Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-03-28

gra,aled III Us forms. And lei X ieec,.s(
cially remembered, that in the ins,an
of this unhappy sufferer, there is no ao
peal 10 the laws: for, provided life or linz
is not immediately DESTROYED, tie la,
have here set no bound TO the rein,
vengeance. Lido not know that The TO-, NY
erufconf;ncmcnt al will, can be scrar.,,",
from Il state OF domestic slavery hui n o's
exercise al thai power ma, and shouldh'
rendered toierabie--rendered compat;Lls
with the life and health Of him who i =,
subject. How 1t may be so rendered
think is shcwn III the few general con-;
derations following. 70 the Iesis!at,,r.
then, II may be proper, in the first =
stance, to suggest the propriety Of rrs.
,,lating, By law, both the constructs
aud Police Of the Jails, graduating :,h,.
dinenslons aud co-i upon the popula,;o'
| of'the several counties, aud enactipy
levy exclusively for these objects. sDS
commensurate with Them. PerIans
would prove beneficial TO require of ~
Judges OF the Superior Courts TO u5Ii
semi-annual inspections of The Jai!s Mil
III their respective circuits, and to autbo
| rise such arrangements by them as shout
| ensure not less the health than. hesafcLcs"
| ing oil PriSoners. would inhibit tive co.
| - 'seA''sN Wv tfitis iiliSttrS. ufle..
such slaves were provided with nro,
clothing, TO be Judged ofhv some dis;N.
| terested person land IN every case ofcnr1
mitment of slave bv magistrate
wherever slave should be apprehcpds
remote from his residence, clothiup NV
perry adapted 10 the season. sIonld h
supplied by the 'Jailor, 10 be charged I,
the owner of such slave. Upon the ;ns
rior magistracy, to whose government
Jalis are at present coniided womb
most earnestly press the considerat;on.
already thrown out, and urge upon then,
the exertionof their powers to the utmod
tor purposes so vitaily important, nj
pend on 1t, gentlemen, the responsibiEJ
YOU sustain, is ot no ordinary kind as M
ilvcs OF many human beings are in xor1
hands, so may their blood be hereafteI
required oty OF. The stale objection. tbsg
| the allowance of fire 10 the cantiyes
would endangcr their own safety i u
no weight. 1t is merely one of those sbslI
low pretexts with which careless indolenca
IS so easily satisfied. Nav moi the ROOF
| OF your Prison-Housps he arched an5I
their floors paved Nav not flues he sy
tended through their walls. or stoves hi
SO constructed for them, as to maintao
the hre '0ithont the Jail! In fine. can Won
uot procure a person TO maintain and ,atl
care OF those fires daring the dav2 and n
| protect these unhappy wreiches from tEsI
| rsgoTs OF lie wlIi'ry night, can Won noI
| provide them with some species of coverJ
ing! In whatever has been here sugcs,J
! TED, there has been no wish nor inieti;on
to lmpugn any individual or class Of inSa
| V'nuais-it is acknowledged, too. that M,
| Partiah.y is entertained for anv of the !,
mendmcnis limited at above nor am
great confidence in theirefIiciencv TT,
chief object has been, 10 attract attept;os
TO what are conceivable be capital defecs,
In an I'M poriant branch of our civil nolar
IRON belief that so soon as they should
be observed, they would find a rene,
d NAN and A BROTHER