Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-15

~ on - years, as some have PROMISED.
jO or hundred. Ii Is manifest thai
there Is ga point Of human hir, al which
lie lerCi Il service is obviously TO expire.
II Is question of experience only, and
not Of right: "a question aud strife of
words"
li,u waving this Inconsistencies mere
Tl2-, which the true hlooded rlIilsn,hro.
psi will not stop even for q mdmont, 10
consider: let las see how the proposed
clcasure - 10 operate IN relation To The
black people themselves. Let us see what
are the effects, thai must inevitably be
irt by them. As for tie white people.
who have gone 10 Missouri, with their
families, and settled there, withou, The
slightest apprehension of the mischief
which threaten them, say nothing row.
Probably II would be unavailug 10 say
any thing al any time: and it is sill more
probable that they would not ank me
l. did IT they act with a tirmuess wor-
ihy OF the ability which they have already
dlsp ayed, they can manage their OWE
cause themselves. | am not very sure,
that an investigation, demonstrating tia
the measure proposed would be du AL IL
ilun t. the load by Which Tue friends II
the blacks say they are already oppressed,
would have the slightest influence even
as TO The blacks themselves. believe
i6ai This demon >iraiion woUld be but IL
tie garded. humanity is the iuslru
meat, the mean, and not the object.
II the amendment should be adopted,
tn consequences about tO be enumerat-
ed, or some of them, must inevitably
happen.
How many slaves there are in the terri
DRY OF Missouri, | know not. II is pro-
hal. lp hat
siderable. Some thousands al the least.
II the amendment is adopted, II must
follow, that all the slaves in Missouri, who
have left wives or children behind, must
neycr expect 10 see them more.
All female slaves. pregnant al the time
Of Tins admission, must be hurried out OF
The stale, III order that the owner may
have property in The child, instead Of
an expence, and Il plague Ii is made
his interest 10 carry them off THIS hu
mane amendment Illus offers an induce
ment, premium, 10 masters To be luhu-
man. II tenptS the owner, in debt, per-
haps and IN dlstress, To carry off a preg-
nau, woman, and 10 separate the mother
from the children, born before the admis-
sion OF the state
Mi. King with the apathy which dis
tIngushes thu phllanihropIst as well as
the statesman, cOoiy observes, slloulu
" therefore the future InlroduciIon OF
slaves into Missouri, be forbidden. tie
feelings of the citizens, would soon be.
&c come recomcIled IT, their exclusion,
and the inconsiderablc number al
slaves ovned By the inhaGstamts at tie tate
Gf the ceSSlOH Of Louisiana, would be e
mancipated or sent for sale into states
where slavery exists"
In the discussion of the treaty ques.
lion, did not think II necessary 10 All,
nadvert on the gross and palpaDie ab
Surdily Of ihls deduction. The reader who
has any curiosity Oh this subject, may
amuse himself, and perhaps asiomsh
himself, by comparing Inc proposition
announced IN the foregoing queiatIen,
with the dOcirlup maintained Us Mr.. King
as exhibited III the 81 No. In that No.
also his words are quoted.
My object now is not with Mr. Kings
Arguments, but with his feelings. The
slaves would b, sent tor sale mic states
where slavery exists as for tine wishes.
the feelings, The affections of ihr blacks
themselves, they are 20 be utterly dIsre
sarded. Philanthropy, | know, disdaInS
such trlties. Fixing lis eye sieadiaslly
on some great scheme, some elevated Oh
jeci, The attainment Of whi, h Is 10 make
tame, and som tlnIes more, ii marches
in a straight line 10 It's Object, pticry re
sardIeSs OF the suif,iing and wrelched-
ness by which It's dread footsteps may he
traced.
But The young women are constantly
advancing 10 and attaining, that period
OF lite, al which they may be expected 10
be mothers. When that period arrives,
you have nothing else To do, say This
humane amendment, and It's humane al
voCaies, you have nothing else 10 10, but
10 watch them clnsV, and when yOu per
celv,-GOu forgive ne ior having pur
sued this horrible idea thus far iMen
you are To send them olt-io separate
them from - stop again. Mcn, TO
be sure, are s1lhslI, cruel, ierocinus: Dui
that The Congress Of The United States
Tie repTGsentdilV Ol the p Oplr of INV
native country, loved and bOuored, as 1
love and honor II, ilIai they shouid briDe
aud tempt anu duce bad mtntO be worse,
and even the 90 a, TO do the very iHIng
lCil The law PROCESSES 10 Condemn, IS
hoirlble-Aii tile energy OF ihe english
language. concentrated - single wOru
would mol express my sense oi the "detp
abumIualIon' of su h d deed.
B1 the people nlay be- more humane
man Tux Id"J anu hdS IVidiH lHtil lendit
slaves III lie country, trusting 10 the III
drmnny whlch rvlce uniil % MAY
afford tor all RISKS and expcuces, IN Tie
support OF their children. They may be
thus humane Dut suppose they are not.
Suppose that an individual, or many IN
dIvidudls, should say and determine, HAT
HEY viii keep their slaves but not their
issue. the law has declared them 10 he
free, and alter 20, exempt from service
We will not, say they, accept The service