Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-21

more or less SC, ere, according to the
degree of injury sustained.
6. A Man who, intoxicated with Ii
quor, commits outrages against the
laws, shall be cxiled to desert coun-
try, there to remain in a state OF ser
vitude.
The foregoing are articles OF the
Laws Of the Empire Of China, accor-
ding to which judgment is passed on
persons offending against them, with
out allowing of any compromise or
extenuation,
! From the Richmond. Enquirer.
The following is an extract Of a let
ter, written by Thomas Jefferson,
to J. l..
MONTICELLO, January 81, 1911.
SIa,-you have asked my opinion
on the proposition of A. NJ. to take
measures for procuring on the coast
of Africa, an establishment to which
the people of colour Of these states
might from time TO time be colonized,
under the auspices of difersnt go
vernments.
Having long ago made up my mind
on the subject, have no hesitation
in saying, that l have ever thought
this the most desirable measure
which could be adopted for gradual
Iy drawing OFF this part Of our popu-
lation most advantageous for them
selves as well as for US. Coin e from
a country possessing all the useful
-rts, they might be the means Of
transplanting them among tho inha-
bitants of Africa, and would thus
carry back to the country of their o.
rigin the seeds Of civilization, which
might render their adjournment here,
a blessing in the end to that country.
received in the last year Of my en-
tering into the administration Of the
general government. a letter from the
governor of Virginia, consulting me
at the request of the legislature Of
the state, on the means ofprocuring
some such asylum, to which these
people might be occasionally sent. |
proposed to him the establishment a.
Sierra Leone, in which private
company in England had already CO
lonizcd a number of negroes, and
particularly the fugatives from these
states during the revolutionary war.
And at the same time suggested, if
that could not be obtained, some Of
the Portuguese possessions in South
America as most desirable. The
subsequent Legislature approvingthese
ideas, | wrote the ensuing year fls0a)
to Mr.. King, our minister in Lon.
don, to cndcavour to negotiate with
the Sierra Leone Company, and in
duce them to receive such OF those
people as might be colOnized thither.
He opened a correspondence with
Mr.. Wilbeforce and Mr.. Thornton,
Secretary of the Company, on the
subject; and in 1905, received,
Mr.. King, the results The
effort which l made with Portugal,
to obtain an establishment for them
within their colonies, proved also "a
Dortiye.
You inquire further, whether l
would use my endeayors to procure
Tor such an establishment security a.
sainst violence from other powers 7
Certainly shall be willing to do a.
ny thing l can, to give it effect and
safety. But am bnt private indi-
vidual, and could only use endeavors
with individuals ; whereas, the Ma
tional Government can address them
selves at once to those of Europe, to
obtain the desired security, and it will
lnqesionably be ready to exert its
with those nations to effect
an object SO benevolent in itself and
SO important TO great part of its
Indeed, nothing is
more to be wished, than that the U.
States would themselves undertake to I
make such an establishment on the
coast of Africa. Exclusive of motives
Of humanity, the commercial advan-
tages to be derived, from it might de-
fray alits expenses.
Accept the assurance ofmy re-
,pect and esteem.
THOMAS JEFFERSON. |
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