Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-12-10

matter beyond all possibility of doubt, can il b,
seriously contended that such men AZ Messrs. Ran.
doiph and Clay were practising a fraud upon socie.
~, when they declare at the very moment OF found
Ing the Institution that IL ,oas not their object 10
fo"ch or dgitdte amy question connected ,oith the
@oofuton OF Slavery and that It ,oas upon that
condition only thar the entien,e,i from tie South
and Vest had attended, or could be erpected
10 Cooperate Or, does the worthy Is Member
distrlst the sincerity of Mr.. King when he propos
ed his solemn disclaimer upon this subject
hope Tor the credit of his institution lac does not
but he Is still incredulous, If | have unters, God
him correctly, (for upoo this subject, he is quite
inys'erious,) whether the society in its corporate
character, or its subordinate agents are conducting
their srheme with an eye TO the even.ua, abolition
OF slavery in the u. S.
""hont undertaking dull criticism to shc,y what
TINS extract or the other extract exactly proves as
quoted In appendix G. Let me emphaticallv ask for
w"A' ooject was that chapter made up and given
10 the world as the solemn act of the Society being
appended TO the 81 Annual Report and bound un
and circulated with it by order of the Managers
Let the answer be given bv the society itself.
II was because it had been affirmed That in the
constitution and proceedings of the Society, or in
me avowed sentiments of its members there could
De discovered nothing friendly 10 the abolition of
slavery in the U. So Here then is distinct corpora,e
act, undertaken and performed for the express pu,
pose OF disrroving this charge and declaring 10
The whole world that the Society was operating with
an eve among other things 10 the erentuai o5oiition
Or SLAVERY But The proofs upon this subject do
not end here ; they might he made TO thicken a.
round the worthy " Member - until even incretln
NY Itself would Cease to doubt were no, re-
suSihedoy the proper limits OF publication of thj,
sort, "a well as due respect for the public Under
Standing a few more then onlv of very siihinu
character shall he offered. Let Us hear Gen. Harper
one oil the vice Presidents in his speech before the
Society the goth of February, 1924 in snpport of
MS proposition 10 memorabilia Congress- and
wiz. n viii be found pretixed 10 the sixth Annual
Report few hundred says the General,
al the utmost n thousand colonists might be within
the reach OF our efforts, by such an experiment, we
snail demonstrate this and essentially benefit the
Individuals hut further by our exerions we cannot
nope 10 20. In the mean while there exi.rs among
US great social evil (alluding to our slave popu
lation cancer ON the body paliic that * gradually
eaiirg lis way TO the vi,as OF the state. IL j. a,
Work while we sleep, and when wake, and it
will continue If not speedily arrested TO pervade
and corrode till length it has destroye the en-
tire mass OF our social stength and happiness. |,
cant be touched by us. 1t needs a lar mightier
hand. TIE removalo OF few thousand indiv
will IN an evil OF such magnitude, produce but lit
tie effect, for il consists of than million and
halt OF persons, and though or 400 900 already
Tree should be removed, the CREST political mischief
among us would be bat slightly affected. How then
Is this more extensive 0perafion Which alone can
complete tie scope Of oar design to be ultimately
or ever accomplished. ,"
Alter stating his views of Tie mode to be MR.
sued and endeav oring shew iha, it was legiti-
mate subject for the interposton of Congress. he
further says:'' To the National Government then.
let US address ourselves. The object on which we
address them is national in its magnitude, both for
good and evil, chiefly for evil" To this speech.
Mr.. Mercer, another Vice President rose in reply
and said, He had listened with great pleasure to
the remarks of his eloquent friend and he did not
now rise for the purpose of opposing the adopton
OF the resolution" Bat proceeded 10 uyce some
objection TO the time OF making the application on
Tie ground OF its being premature, and among OF her
ihinSs said, " apprehead that we oyerrate the
amount of our moral influence ia Society when we
Indulge the suppositi0n that system Is at pres
ent ripe Tor the measure proposed" Another
gentleman, MIR. q. w. z. Gusts, also took part in
the same debate in support of the motion, and
among other things said, He would 90 10 the
great Council of the Nation as the guardian OF A
merican Liberty and the conserva;ors of the public
morals. He would tell them, you are the last of
Republics; you boast that this is the seat of free
dom, OF justice, of honor, OF high and magnani-
nous feeling. The evil would remedy is none
OF ours. Ii was done before were born, and it
Is left for us to undo Lend us your all 10 strike
y -
Joyment OF isntehered freedom oper the aphoie
OF our favored ami happy Land" Can we mis-
take tins language! is not the measure of proof on
TINS subject iull 10 Overlooking? But the Society
mas gone farther, and has actually established
monthly Journal termed the African Repository
which Issued its first number in March last for the
purpose OF promoting the views and objects of the
Institution: In whichi is openly ayow ed in every
page where the objects of the Society are spoken
colonization Il tbeirp
object, but that the general abolition of slavery
throughout the u. s. is their iiterior object by
creating facilities, and the nculcaon of great
moral principle favourable to emancipation
would now fain ask the worthy '' Msmber,''
II stranger TO the operations of the Society since
It's hrst formation we're called to decide upon its
principles and objects from the face of its Consti
tuition and the public declarations of its founders
at the time, whether he would have dared TO as
scribe 10 ii any such object is openly avowed
IL is no sufficient answer 10 this view of the sub
ect to say, that at early period after its forma-
ton, such principles and objects were avoweJ
by some OF its members This | know to be the
TACT, and 1t was doubt the knowledge of that
tact that led Gracious The belief that Immediate
iy upon its organization it had afforded rallying
point Tor all the disaffected upon the subject of
slavery, who had infused into lis operations prin-
ciple neither contemplated by it's founders nor war
ranted by its constitution.
Here then let take leave of this branch of the
subject forever, it is a matter of secondary in
portance at most from what period we are TO date
the first existence Of this abolition principle The
question einphaiically is, does it now exist? And
Is 1t one Of the interior objects of the Socety1 Let
the worthy " Melnber'' who defends his institu-
ton with such true faith be a little more frank upon
this subject Let him not tell US when the Soce
IS pressed b. 'he slave owner or Gracious Z" with
the prosecution Of dangerous objects and that they
meant to alarm the public with schemes OF aboli-
tom That they prosecuted no such scheme,
that they were only 10 abour for the removal of the
free, and that those who unwilling to enanci-
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