Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-11-05

Union which has lately been convuised
with question involving is own reputa-
ton, and that OF our common country,
zvhethcr the slavery Of The human SIZE
cieS SAoufd be iegahzed withln he Jurt8-
diction Of thai Commonwealth ? H. TINS
conflict Governor Coles has borne an
ardus ns and distinguished psrl on The
side Of justice and humanity, and II is his
privilege, viii. that oil every Trend OF
freedom: TO rejoice In the success OF The
manly and virtuouous effort, which has
preserved the lair and fruitful region,
over which he presldes, from the NUM-
berless mlseries and mlschlets which be-
long elsewhere TO the institution oil negro
slavery.
Governor Coles, who has not ached
The meridian OF lite, is a native Of Vr-
ginia, and received his educ alton al he
then principal seat of learning in that
STATE; he has been intimately connected
with many OF her most noted clizsns,
and in the quality OF private Secretary 10
President Madison, du' NJ his adm luis
, tralion, had ample opportunities Q; en-
, larging his know edge in the society Of
| that experienced parsonage, and by an
| intercourse with The able men, WHO, al
various times during ihat period, repre-
| senled the people OF this republic in
Congress, and who, for other purposes,
resoued To Washington. He moreover
is benefited by foreign tra.tl, chi. Fly in
the service OF the nation. These Incl
dents are related because they exhibit
part oi the means which were fl, ed
Tor the cultivation of his mind and the
disciplin OF his understanding, which a
less general information ot men and
| things, might be supposed BY some to
have given to bis Subsequent private acts
and public course, cast oil untcmpered
zeal, al appellation with which gener' us
and noble deeds are leo often sUgm atiaed.
On the death oi his father, lew yesrs
since, Governor Coles be- anne possess
| cd OF share OF The slaves, hlCh, win
lhe other estate OF his pareH' W re equal
iy divided among ne children An oc-
casIon WIS thus IF red Tor the ayowal Of
his opinion, iormv0 10 his early youth, of
the Inconsistency and unlawtulness of
holding his leiio" men III perpetual bon
dage, as we'll as Tor showing the stu crI-
~ of his sentiments, by he immediate
manumission OF those who had fallen TO
his lot. He now resolved 10 move TO he
state OF Illinois, and a a heavy cost, took
with him Tie freed pegfoes, 10 WHOM hes
assigned farms and comfortably settled,
with means 10 pursue Their own happi-
ness. This liberal course was viewed
by many of the iDbsbl,ants OF that stare
with an evil eye, ana he has iearlessly,
though with genteness, endured II M
such opposition, and incurred III oonse-
quence from il, considerable peouDisey
losses.
Notw outstanding the uBkDd DISPOSE
ton which was manifested by par, a
large majority of the people Ct IIj,po,s
saw fl, 10 elevate him to The hiehts, sla-
ton in their gift and COZ fd5nce, in " hich
capacity he has displayed 'slen' aud Judg-
ment OF DO Ordinary KIND recon.nonded
many sa!ulary measures, AID ao,Dng
others, The abolition OF the slavery that
was transferred from the territorial 10
the present form OF the Government of
that district OF country Ibe result Of
| this wise proposition remains to be as
! ctrtained, bu, to have been NANNY IN
strumental III preventing change IN The
| Constitution Of illinois so as to degrade
lis republican character--pollue its soil
with a race OF Saves, and eniaii upon
genera ions to come, an lmosi nnr n
querab!e evil, is the digniiied and pre-
Cious consolation oil this aIuiabil and
excellent cI,izcn.
| The reflection is truly animarine, that
| so much should have beer ocComp lish-
| ed by the exertions OF an individual, in a
cause which has enlisted the talents of
some OF tue abiest men at our county
on another theatre, with less happy re-
suits. Ii may furthermore be remark ed,
that in the instance before US, the instru-
ment Of SO much good, TOR part OF the
descendants vi Africa, came TO his homo
rable task, trough all the opposing
causes OF birth, education and connec-
tons, in section OF the Union where
slavery is tolerated, but where, il we
mistake not, will yet appear other en-
! lightened minds 10 assist in solving the
difficult problem which their condition
presents. V,
The weekly Journal, called the .Amer-
lean Farmer, published al Baltimore. is,
doubtless, one OF the most useful works
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