Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-02-22
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TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY %, 1925.


Emancipation. On Friday last, Mr. King, OF
New YORK moved the following important re-
solution IN the senate ofth United States.
MIR. King OF New York, rose aud said, in offer
my the resolution he was about To submit. though
J.. was SnpJect ot great national Importance, he
did not desire tn debate it. nor did he offer il with
view to ITS present considerations lie submitted il
is matter los the Iutnre consideration of the Sc
nate, and hoped ii would be received by all parts of
the House, as one entitled To its serious attention
lie then Iaid on the table the following resolution:
feSoVed ~ NE Seitafe Of H,e Ui,itet States Of
'f"cFtc0 Ihat as soon the 20 ton of the exist
ing funded debt of the United STATES for the nav
mint OF which the public land of the u. States is
p'eugeu, snail have been paid OF, then, and thence
lof'l' thc whole OF the public land of the United
states, with the nett proceeds of all future sales
thereoi' shaii constitute and form a fund, which
IS hereoy appropriated, and the faith of the
United States is pledged, that the said fund shall be
ihVloiao'y applied to aid the emancipation of such
slaves within any of the United States, and to aid
e removal of such slaves, and the removal of such
nce persons oil color, IN any of the said states,
ny the laws OF the states, respectively, may be al
lowed to he emancipated, removed, to any ter
ritory or country without the limits of the United
states OF America; which was read, and, on motion
oil MIR. Benton, ordered to be printed.
Incredible as the proposition NAV seem to our
not man in the limits of the Southern States.
but views slavery the greatest of evils, and
VINO does not as patriot, republican, and phi
ianthropist ardentiy anticipate the day, when il
snail 30 longer oe cause of unjust reproach to
us, OF boosted superiority To the north, and an
ihcnhuS on the prosperity of the country. At
what tune the first movements shall be made
hoio fdr Hc Stote Eorernmeats ran 90, tciihout a
Cn'rent'o" fMe people IN attempting the grtteiu-
al d6ohbon Of Siorery-how far it may be polite
10 solicit or accept the aid and interference of
the Ieuerai Governmcnt-and what particular
plan oil emancipation is the most cligible-these
are enquiries as profound as interesting, and to
winch The attention of statesmen and philan-
tlroplsts ought at once to be directed i've he
lleVe tiie time is approaching, when serious eff
forts viii he made, much for the sake of our
country, now oppressed and impoverished by
inns species ot population, for those feeling, of
human nature which revolt at the dep.rada ton
OF beings whom God made equal TO the rest to
rid our land of the reproach of slavery. and uf
the calamity of dissi,nllar and disunite.l popuia
ion we do not mean To conne the obscry3
tion to the free persons OF colour, or To the on.
ratioh OF the slow and inefficient means, which a
few benevolent but visionary individuals have
set IN motion, 10 ColoniZe them OH the shore of
their native Africa. We intend to embrace b,
1T. the whole slave population of the U. States
gradually released from bondage by the virtue of
the people, and which shall he effected on some
plan devised by Legislative wisdom, simutaue
ousiy adopted IN all the slave holding states and
| executed ~ the power OF law. For this great
revolution IN our civil condition, the minds of
men are fast preparing. All who have discern
'nent, trace the superior prosperity of the nor
thern states, their Furnishing cities fertile fields
and o"crTlowIDg wealth to the absence of tins
| bngh'ing curse--ai! who have discernment trace
oar wasted feds and Wondering villages. thar
melancholy decay which sits frownine uron the
ircc of our country, and that moral lanruor
which marks the character OF her inhabitants ~
all their public undertakings, to the presence of
slavery. IT satisfied of this, ought we not TO at
| tempt IFS eXtirpaiion2
| The proposition OF Mr.. King, seems TO MS we'll
trned--conceived in aspirit which embraces the
welfare and happiness ri, the whole Union--pro-
ceeding from disposition the reverse ofwbat
characterised the Missouri question-anJ suo.
costing for the accomplishment of the great end
| means competent, and particularly appropriate
| What can be more just, tiian tnat the proceeds
OF The vast and fertile regions which Virginia re
iinqnished to her sisters, si.ould be applied in
! part 10 the determination OF an evil which is
! wasting her happiness ard strength We hone.
that the proposition will be met by the Southern
States, n the spirit with which, we believe if 70
have been made. Wcsee i'm it, nothing objec-
| tIonablc or alarming nothing of the forward
| and intrusive temper, which we saw IN the New
Jersey Resolutions. II offers to effect thi, grand
purPose-natDna! Tueans, to be applied ONLY
when those WHO are chiefly interested, shall cal
Tor their application.
We invite the attention -four Correspondents
10 a consideration Of this subject, in all its yari
Gus branches-the powers of the State Govern
meDt to begin system ofaholition, and the plar
which will most speedily and safely effect it,
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