Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-11-30

N'"'e' = Wv 'io'' dSS.dNdtcu Cruelty, WIFI
a more terrible devastation of human life,
than were ever known before the period
OF Mr.. WiIberiorce's humane nierposi:ion.
The documents referred 10 further prove,
That this trade cannot be suppressed. The
governments ni the Unitcd S,ai+s cannot,
and The great powers oi Europe will moi,
consent To the rash aud dangerous expe
rimenf by which alone, il is affirmed, the
OBJECT can be a, cOmplished. Mr. w.
may weep. and Humanity will weep will,
nun Du, he must weep still more when
he casts Isis eyes on tie island of Barha-
does, and rccollcciS the awful catastrophe
OF ST. Domingo. (iO)
Having thus furnished YOU with a brief
and very imperfect sketch OF the acts of
the people and governments of America
on this subject, appeal 10 your Justice To
revoke the sentence, so Iarshly pronounc-
rd on the rank and character of this ma
ton. AN AMERICAN
TO BE CONTINUED
GO This though trIe NAV seem harsh II
is nothing, however when compared with
what is said yfhm by committee of the As.
sembiy or jamaica which shall not repeat
not having possession at this moment of thSf
humber OF the Co!orial Journal which ronia.nS
their experimenting, when compared 18th
what was said 10 him, in the Parliament -
Great Britain. by MIR. Bralam who drnonn.-
ed him To his face, as the author OF the insu--
recton IN barbados, and SIoushi in buribi.
array before him. the slans htered victims q {
h's restless. misguided humanity, and of Msi,
own Ignorance aud creduity. See Co;omiai
journal, July lSi6. p. 5GS NJ. DesodoHrls,
AN elegant historian of the French revolution
considers the introduction bv Mr. W and
Others OF the question about ,iavery. "a ~
snare set by the court of London TO, the
French refOrners. some of whom constituting
society called Les Amis dies Noirs,' snAn
most philanthropicalIy effec,edthe destruction
OF St Domingo
Mr. Clarkson, the virtmons CIarkson. as he
has been ca'Ied-and have no objection TO
the epithet for men without power, civil or
military, cannot do mischief on grand scale.
Hniess thev are very good. or believed 10 be
| so-Mr Ciarkson seems 70 bring Mr. Wilber-
force and This terrible event rather closer to-
gether than they are brought even nv the
French historian. Since writing the above
note, have cast nv eve on his history. Il
} appears that, in 1889. when France was in the
| most coTbusibie state, this same Mr. Clark
| son was sent thither by the Abolition Society,
! then organized m England. MIR. Wilberforce
vas OF opinion says Clarkson, = that, as COM
motions had fGis"n place IN France. which then
aimed AT Political reform. il was nossbIe
mat The leading persons concerned might
II an application 10 them were iudcousiy
made. he induced to take the slave trade INTO
considerations, and incorporate il among the
abuses 10 he done awav"
! Clarkson went TO France copversed with
| the members of tn National Assembly exhi-
| b'ted his plates OF slave ships ; excited among
| people already ipiiamed the highest state
| OF feeling; ami had MANY interviews with the
colored depniies If st Domingo These men
! CAM to pnt in fheir claim to liberty aud c1ua-
| litv. They were clamo,ous in consequence
OF tine DELAYS Occssioned by the more iinpor-
| tant and pressing concerns of the French "a
! ton Gree, one of them, disgnsted and re-
sea'tni, retnr"ed home, and fell victim to a
| premature effort to pnt the people of color on
a footing with the whites ofSt Domingo. The
| events which changed the destiny of that is
land soon followed! Clarksou, amiabie no
doubt, as we'll as virtuous, speaks of all these
things az IT he entertained no sort of suspi-
| cIon that his mission had contributed to pro-
dnce them, or that philanihropisis were at all
| responsible Tor the Ihiseries which they bring
upon mankind. Las Casas the philanthropist
Tue bishop, the duther Of negro Siarery i'm s Anne
| ,lca; was probably cheered in his last momentS
| ny tbe consoIat0ry conviction. that he had
| done all he could do TO rescue the Indian.
| from slavery.
| The report of a committee Of the House OF
| assembly of the Bahama Islands, agreed 10
| DEC. ~. 1918. (see Colonial Journal, No.2, p
| DO contains the following remark " bOnt
| " the year 1889 the British association above
| :, mentioned furnished the prototype of that
memorable institution in France, called lie.
| " Amis dies y oirs.' The difference of ma tito nal
" temper constituted the only distinction he.
tween the two. And short review of the
| conduct OF the two societies, as a cele brate d
| writer has observed, would serve not snI>
" TO lessen the surprise which may have been
" felt at the revolt of the negroes of ST. Do.
| mingo, but raise considerable degree of as.
| ionlslment that the eusaved negroes in The
British islands lad not given them the ex-
| ample"
I cannot say more of Mr.. Wiiberforce
here. hose who can have access TO the I'd
NO. OF the Colonial Journal will not read
me articles Parliamentary papers anC
parliamentary Proceedings without astonisb
ment, not unmxed with regret Thew will So,
evidence OF the truth Of remark made b,
Mr.. Barham, = that men become so eager in
pursuit of their object, that they do no
allow themselves To reflect a moment as I,
tue means they would employ" The Regis
try Bill, according to MIR. b. contained a clause
by which the owner of estate is bonnd Il
give orders that, without tenderness fot
youth, without respect for age, every female
on MS property should be stripped by IN,
overseer and book keepers, in order tina
even the most secret mark or peculiarit,
winch appears on her body may he dIscoy
"eredaHd recorded" with no less freiiu,
than tirmnesS, Mr. b. AYERS, that no power o,
eaftu should compel him TO igSne an Orbgt =
! Tins denudaton, understand, extended TO N,
whole black population OF the islands, male a
wen as female, and was TO be trIcnuialIy per
formed nd this bill was brongh, forward h
mr w. under the auspices OF The African i,i
sutntioD And this is the man who lecture
udlionS about humanity to tile blaeksl a ma
whose zeal so far ontstrips his Judgment. ina
even lis friend Lord Castlercaah YEAS obIine
III That debate 10 make this terrible couces
sion: " Ii is evident that therecent calamitie
(at Barbadoes) had grown ont ola perVersion ,
the meaning Of the Registry Bill which n
raiional man could have entertained. Are n,
negroes ~ the West Indies the only negro,
~ Tue world who may understand the chara,
ier OF smeasure Ia which they are concerned
WIZ nothing convince gentlemen ibst t,is
sore part of our system, the handIjur ,
whch serves only To irriiatp, snd not TO cure
ask The members Ofihe Colonization Societ
" lhey Go not nor knoU that The object
'heiT association Is misunderstood by the uegroe