Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-07

LedI, III whose nov nentS we are So
deeply concerned Is il all pure, uuadul.
.erated humanity Sympathy for the
blacks aud good will towards us F.? Ii it
be the first, employ il at home, i'm your
own dominions If the latter, we assure
you we want II not. II does moi come.
even IN questionable shape. We beg
10 be permitted 10 Judge for ourselves, and
10 act for ourselves. We have rejected
and The members of the alliance, piously
and modesily calling itself The Holy AMI
ahce, have rejected, The proposition made
by your Minister al the conferences in
September, 1918, 10 subject, i'm CERTAIN
iatitudes, the trading ships of all nations
90 search, by The commissioned slim,
oil all other nations and TO establish
an anomalous tribunal, for the condem.
nation and punishment of all inlrsc.
tions o. The laws prohibiting the slave
trade. This proposition, 10 be sure.
sounded well, admirably we'll but il is
easy 10 discern, through the exterior of
humanity, a policy well calculated 10
bend the nerks Of all The maritime nations
OF the world 10 The yoke of your naval
supremacy, while il exposes their peace.
as tho French Minister Qhe Duke of r !
most truly remarked, 10 the most fearful
jeopardy.
And, after all, where is The great differ
ence, IN estimating the mass of human
misery between slavery and service. In
a certain stage OF society, that is, when
the population is thin, and when the do
marc Tor service exceeds ihe suppIv. the
difference IN favor of the latter is admit
yea TO be great; but when The country
becomes more populous, aud labor. AFTER
having oePn sought by employ meIit. b..
gins Itself to seek employment. the hire
Ing Is IN sIate of more absolute ,icpen.
dence than slave, and proves that he i.
SO, by working much harder aud tarmo
much worse. la state of socirtv sill
more advanced, where manilfac1ure. hav.
encouraged wreiched population and
where poor laws, founded m ,iu,naniiv-
NEEDING, erriug humanii, have iucreas
ed ihe numbers and the niseries ef ,be
poor, and their cries too, il!eD ,he adyau.
iase Is on The side OF the slave Snch
rs the condition at great portion Of vour
country now. The scenes of want and
woe exhibited there, familiar 10 Won
make but slight impression: hut. TO MS
They appear awful. FREQUENT assemblies
ofilVe, ten, twenty thousand peopIe 3px-
lous for labor and clamorous for bread
which, II obtained, must be obtained
from charity quiet sometimes from
deep conviction Of their own impotence
ana utter insignificance in the scale OF
British subjects, aud sometimes from fear
OF iie bayonei, which turns towards them
whichever way they move wretched. moi
oniy from a sense of present suffering
bui rom gloomy anticipation of thai
sun greater suffering which attends their
"ds'en sirehgih IN the decline of life.
present spectacle Unlike any Thing thai
can be seen IN America, and, vii ven
.".e ~ alhrh1, 10 man ct real humanity.
iHlihi'eiy more nifiiclDg. repeat, then
NY ques'ios, What is this difference q
Iu"H' ~ MOI made TO mourn" was
mace 10 labor. The services required
III soC'eiy must be performed, and will be
performed by whites, ii MOI by blacks
wen, are moi The iaboring whites, if
constantly at work, poor as well as The
Diacks Are they not ignorant. c,,ite &c
Ignorant as the blacks Are thev M,
also la state OF more absolute denen.
dance than the blacks, cvjnced nv hi,
nhls'ei laboT, poorer food, aud greater
suneIihg IL Is true, they cannot be
chastised, except with moderation nor.
haps moi at all bnt they NAV he driven
OH Without character, and left 70 nerish
or TO steal. Are not your biofws,p
INFESTED, your jaiIs filled, and vour nil.
fary ranks supplied by discarded seryin"
men? And ii a poor man snhmi,s -
hard labor and hash treatment, for ,hD
sake OF family, is NOT lis hrarj in .,
state OF constant misery. from tI,e aht;c;
PATTON Of that poveriy and wretrheInose
winch he knows will be their To-, 2 From
all this anguish, The slave is free. n,
feels no anxiety about his cyn s,,nnor,
nor any apprehension that lis children
may siaFve. He enjoys tho comIn,i Of .
iamliy-tIle first and greatest AFTER Ali
tnat man, While or black, can havp--ar,
this comfort is without ALLOW. when sick
attended by physician, b.. is uursed -,
| ms own family, directed by his master
or most probably his mistress; aud. vher
Old, II OF good name and behaviour
! greeted almost universally by the rospcct.
iuI ana afectionate tpilhef of tc,cIe. he
| spends his lasl years siliout lahnr. OK
cept such as lie chooses 10 undertake
without want, without fear Tor his chill
dren or his grandchildren. in the mid.
OF lhose whom, through life, or for man,
| years he has been accustomed 10 low,
| and iorrsprct. He knows. indeed liza
bis chiIdlcn are slaves bu, he know,
also That u las pleased Almighty God /,
separate bin and bis children from tb,
whlie people by difference Of color
guile as great as the difference Of lhei
eon,nrIon, and more constantly presented
To the senses.
Now, gentlemen, estimate This differ
ence carefully; and, ifsurh be your III a
sure OF your opinion, make no deduction
rom Tie mass Of misery imputcd 10 III
| bidrkS, on account OF sense of infcrlorii,
10 Tue WHITES, arising from various causes
Dui particularly from color make no dc
| auction 10 consequence OF The fact, liza
almost every black in America vas bor
slave, and viewed and felt himself ?