Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-23
DOMESTIC.

One OF three essays is copied, into this
paper by particular request, from Rhode
Island paper audhowrvcr much we dis
sent from some oifts doctrines, we heartily
unite with the writer I'm his adherence OF
the slave trade, and rejoice to find this
sentiment so strong in that ,,sriicular
section Of the country, from which il is
said 10 have been formerly carried on
with greater assduiiy and, TO greater cx-
tent, than IN any other.
IL we have, from respect 10 the free
dom of the Press, and yielding TO the
wishes OF IA distinguished 1ricnd, given a
place IN our columns to opinions in which
we do not concur, we certainly have not,
IN doing SO, bound ourselves 10 refrain
from commenting on them Our opin-
ions, II may be said, are of little moment.
They are, III our view, OF no further impOr-
lance, than "a, by suffering what we be-
lieve incorrect, 10 pass without notice, we
becon. the agents IN ditfusng (wha, we
believe 10 be- error and, doing so, should
do a mo al wrong.
There Il ar attempt in this essay to
produce an Impression, that Tie Missouri
question ~ connected with tie .SIare Trade
Not only in this essay, but a, almost all
! the numerous meetings which have re-
Gently been held on tue subject in the
Eastern ) ates, this idea is held FORTH
argument drawn from II Va be eniiiled 10
no weight whatever. We venture 10 as
seri, that, IN Missouri, among ten thousand
saves, Surprising tina, 10 be the uuinber
| nov III that territory, there are not ten
who are not natives otthe States now com.
| posing this Uuiou We should be sho H.
ed al the prohigacy OF the age, could we
| b lev, as stated by this writer. that
fourteen thousand SiGves had been in,rodu-
| ced into the United States within the past
year. II "A tenth part OF that number.
| however, have been Struggled i'm by the
| mlscreants engaged in that iratlic-whic.,
we do moi admit has not been into
the Missouri territory, but into the thin
| ~ settled parts OF our territories which
border on the Gulf Of Mexico. Neither
| Is Inc Missouri question aqueStion wheth-
| er The settlement OF that territory by
slave population shall be commenced. IL
question WHISTLER the pc pie u "A ter
riiory. standing precisely lii !Le same re-
lauon 10 the United States as Louisiana
aud great part of Alabama, shall be
admitted into The Union on ihesamc foot
ing with those states, or under resiric-
tons which were not imposed OH them.
vi The merits of this question we do
not propose 10 speak. Enough has been
| said on II in the newspapers aud the
discussion In Congress will soon shed
greater light on it.
| But we protest against The attempt TO
excite new preiudices IN the minds of the
| citizens Of the East, against their bre.
threD OF the South, by such arguments
as are employed. in part, by the Rhode
Island writer. We have lived long in a
country where slaves are held We know
The People; and We know their senti-
| menis. They have an unmixed abhor-
renee OF the practice OF kidnapping, hap
| ply so rare in our country, attempted 10
DE imputed TO them; and the people Of
the East have, il possible, iesSabhorrence
OF the Slave Trade, than they. W. cam
not conceive why other feelings are i'm
puied to them. For what reasons? With
what object is this stigma ATTEMPTED 10
be liked on them! Lei candid men an
swer, and say, whether the citizens of The
South have not led the way i'm eyery mea-
sure tor the abolition OF the Slave Trade.
ana 'oJ the amclioraiion of the condition
OF the slaves. Let the aci OF the last ses.
sion OF Congress speak: LET the destined
employment oil our ships Of war in quell-
ing The slave irade-let the sirou. sup
poi given 10 the African Colonization
Soc ct, heclare.
L writer, upon whom we remark, is
evidently wholly unacIuainicd with the
character and habits OF the Southern
pe"pie: 30 lar from refusing TO labour,
he while man and his servant labor side
by sio', and frequently partake of The
same meal. No people in the world prr-
form more labOur than four fiflbs of the
W,'i'e men in the slave holding STATES.
This remark OF course does not apply 10
me proprlelors OF large rice, tobacco,
sugar, or COLON estates, any more than
10 him who boasts his millions In Tie
funds. But it is true in The general
we have reason TO beiieve, that the
writer ot he say whit h we copy 10. ay.
Is above ihe Inttue OF sinister mot,t,:
Du' we cannot forget that the editor of
The New York Daily Advertiser, who as
secretary to certain Convention held
curing the late war, has exultingly =
clared, ~ substance, that now or never ia
the time for the free states 10 obtain the
@scen aHcy. We hope this is The CT
OF very lew, II Of any man in pub ic life.
we hope no question will ever arise. in
our time, to be decided by this geogra.
phcal test. Inn Ln9
A letter from an Officer on board The
C.lunbnS, "a, under date of Dec. IL.
informs us, that the Ship has arrived az
the harbour of ST. Mary's, favour d
much by The weather aud assisted by the
Steam Boat Washington, whose COM
mander, Capt. Walker, is represented 10
deserve great credit for his attention and
lMdusfry ID the management OF the Boat.
The officers are much pleased with The
movement Of the Ship. RIO.
New YORK, December ia letter is in
| town from New Grenada dated in An
| GUST iast, winch contains the following 80.
| teresting information -" Many of my conn
| tIymen VINO sailed from New York Phil deli
| Pima, Baltimore AVID Charleston few ,eaa
ago are mere and doing 'ceH, although their
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