Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-18


VIII appear by the statement OF single
laci, OF most extraordinary Character
la ihe year 1902 The principal Reviewers of
0reat britaln, express IN tiie strongest
Terms, their anxious hope TOR the success
OF Eouaparie. even of Bonaparte, in the
reduction oi The insurgcnt slaves of ST..
Domingo. Even an alliance with France
Is recommended and troops and suhsi-
dies we're 10 be offered Tor its aid But
now slavery IN America is q crime. "A
wickedneSs with which no measures are
TO he kept: and The people OF tie u.
States are beneath The least aud loves,
at the nations OF Europe. Are our eyes
nr.'u ?t
Yes, 1t | were an Englsl,man, aud had
like the iniari hero oi Cartilage, been
sworn al The altar, never 10 rest while I
could accomplish any thing injurious 10
America, woGM suspend my malignant
labors, while this inceudiary discussion is
going on, as 1t Is going Oh, IN every form
before The public.
But being native born citizen Of ~
merica, anxious tor lis happiness, lis
Tranquility, lis unlou, dcrrcca,e these
discussions, as OF The most ,n'sc!,ievous,
and fatal tendency. .....li were an
inhahl,ani OF Penu>y wanna, or of more
northern region, | would cntreat my
coun'rymen never 10 open their lips on
the subject OF slavery. | would in,rea,
them 10 leave ii in the iiands of those
who alone have AN interest in il.
would remind them, thai slavery has al
ways existed that IL covers i, this moment
the greatest portion of The inhabiied
world, and that, dis IL has existed from The
most anileni times, of whic!, we lave any
knowledge, it will most probably conf
nue. to exist through all succeeding time {:
that black people are slaves in their own
country, and il sci free here, would cou-
iinue forever io constitute, as they now
constitute, an inferior and degraded cast,
much more vicious, ard much more
wreiched than they are are in state of
slavery. would tell them tia, those
'no tank slavery an evil and SIN, ought
10 he grateful that the cvii and the sin
are not lmpu,abe 10 them. would adj
monish Them TO rejoice Inwardly and ST.
lrnily, at their own innocence, If such
they chose TO deem il, and NOT with d
prrposlernu> aitsctaiion of humanity, in
suit the feelings OF those who have lie
best claims Ia their sympathy and regard,
by annonarine principles and prOp0si.g
experiments, the effects Of which may ia.
volve others, and mol themselves, la mise
ry and run.
Oar brethren of the no;thern and east.
e:n states have been greatly misled on
th!s subject. Their attention has hcen
directed 70 The south, aad they promptly
assemble 10 express their adherence al
slavery. Now II tic existence of slavery
III the u. STATES exciies all this indignant
sens!bIiN, whai will be Their feelings,
when they learn that The people of thus
country stand at This moment charged
before the worl,i, with a participation III
The Stare trGde. 10 d most horrible extent {?
Far he II from me 10 say, on w.ai part OF
the United States, the iiBputatIon falls
most heavily, or 10 point oul where mer-
chants can be ivuud, who have grown
rich with the spoils OF this prosecuted
iniquity. But call upon the inhabitants
oi The large cities, who have come forward
on ihis Missouri Question, 10 pause, be-
tore they come oui again to look around
them al home, and 10 see, before HEY
Ienounce "a state of things winch d..
VINE Wisdom has moi ouly permitted but
ordained, aud WINCH human wisdom viii
IN vain endeayor 10 REFORM; state oil
things solemnIy recognized by the com
pacl OF union between the states " liethcr
there be not cause Tor a heavier, a much
heavier impuIaiion, al home. There is
an admOnllioh upon tins subject from all
authority whIcii'b lille while ago,
would have commanded some respe CT !;
now, none.
On thu point there has been no solici
iude no enquiry. The honor of the u.
States. can be sustained only by The eX
ilrpaiIOD oithe existing system of slavery
aud II is The duty OF Congress, TO prevent
lis diffusion.
have endPavOTed TO shew that Con
gress have no power to do tins but IL
they had, II would be barbarous to exer.
clse 1T. 70 cOnlne the black people of the
u. STATES within the limits in which they
now are, would he as cruel IN relation 10
them, AZ II would be unjust IN relation 10
their masters, and unwarranted by the
constitution OF the u States. But on
Tins point il is needless to dllaie: the de-
bates OF The last winter present every
topic, which belongs 10 lis. dIsCussIOn.t
But slavery is a great evil and this
evil must mol he spread. Slavery is all
evil. Every thing is evil. Government
itself is an evil often a most tremenaOus
one: aud even III lis best form, submitted
TO, for the sake OF avoiding greater mis-
chief. 3ul take away slavery, and what
remains Service, hired service. What
is The condition OF service Let the pre-
sent state Of Great Britain answer. II
would be waste OF lime TO pursue this
subject farther. The condition OF the
servant is always growing worse; that OF
The slave is always growing better. Some
remarks have Iately been submitted 10
tie public On this subject. IL is needless
TO repeat them.
Bul though slavery be All evil. like al
mnsi other Evils, IL - not uunISrd with
good up0n iIIs point, ! may be all in
iercsied witness: my testimony therefore,
will not be gwen. rely then ON the
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