Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-11-18

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sples and lis plans, avoids both of the extremes
which have thus endeavored To explain Recos-
nzinS the constitutional and legitimate existence
OF slavery, II seeks not to Interfere either directly
or indirectly with the rights, which il creates Ac-
knowledsng the necessity, by which its present
continuance and the rigorous provisions for its
maintenance are justified IL aims only furnishing
the states, IN which II exists the means OF imIiie
diaieiy lessening its seventies, and ot ultimately
relieving themselves from lis Acknowledge eel evils
IL is Tor these purposes, la part. tstit abou;
10 urge the government OF the Union to commence
the gradual removal OF the tree people oil color To
the Western Coast Of Africa. The eXi-tence oi
That description OF population in the vicinity, and
In the very nidsi OF our slaves, has ever beeu
source OF complicated evils TO Us. Dlstins uishe1
ron their unfortunate brethren, only by their free
dom from domestic restraint, the comparative IA
cihiy, with which they enabled to indulge their
vicious propensilies, while IL Is a OF envy
snd oil restless anxiety the slave, furnishes hi,i.
AT The same time, with a temptation to guilt with
the means oil concealment. Hence, Lave arisen
some oil The severes provisions oil our laws--hence,
the most cruel restraints to which slavery is sub
Jected--and hence only, the early encouragement
ana OF late years, the absolute prohibition OF eman-
cipa'inS In many OF the Southern States. Let the
Cause Oh these evils be removed let the source oil
these rSors be dried up, and The evils and the rgors
Will disappear together. Tire very first step that
shall be taken by the government of the United
States, Tor the removal OF the free people OF color
TO the Coast oil hlca will be signal for the gene
raj amelioration ot the condition oil slavery and in
the end, will lssse humanity bu, little 10 depior.
In relation 10 II, but the continuance of lis name and
its forms.
Nor am l without hope, that even these will
ultimately be abandoned. There is no riveted at
'achment to slavery prevailing extensively in any
portion OF our country. Its injurious effects Oh our
hahn .AfIr r.Iz 1.,.l,
especially on our national strength and prosperity
are univ ersaiy felt, and almost univ ersaly arkno-
lodged Its evils are submitted to from the stern
| necessity which imposes them upon US. We have
made an effort to relieve ourselves from their ope-
ration, from the fear oi enGountering others sill
greater thaa those we should escape We have
ieit the utter impossblity Of uniting in the same
community and OF admitting to an equality of prv-
leSes two classes oi iTeenen, more unlike in
coiof than In the characters of their minds and the
props'isities OF their natures. From this dilemma
the plan oil tie colonization society affords us the
only eifeclual relief. The asylum (under the aus
p'ces OF the general government the safe asylurn)
which would be provided ia Africa for liberated
slaves, would turkish abundant scope for action to
individua humanity and the legislative wisdom of
the states OF the certain operations OF the former
we have the means OF Judging in what il has al
ready done. The favorable reception ofthe propo-
sitions OF the colonization society in every part of
the Southern Country, eyince general and heart
ieit interest in its And the MANY sacrih-
| ces OF individual wealth which have already been
made TO generous and enlightened philanthropy
are unerrng prognostcs OF the more extensive ope-
| ration oil the same benevolent feeling, when its
happy results in relation 10 those, by whom il i,
excited, shall be rendered certain by the protection
and support of the government OF the country The
interference oil the authorities of the states will be
more slow, perhaps bat less certain in the end
The feelings of the people must ultimately reach
their legislative bodes--and these will find In the
contemplated African establishment the removal
OF the greatest il not the only serious obstacle to
| the gradual emancipation OF The slaves within the
| limits OF their respective states No longer per
picked with the difficulty OF providing for them
when liberated, they will more readily engage in
the less arduous bat not less important duty OF de-
termining no" and when their liberation shall be
effected.
| Such. then, the objects of the colonization
society, and such the grounds in which us claims to
the ia, orable consideration of the nation and 10 the
aid and patronage OF the general government, NAV
very fairly be urged. II remains with an enlighten-
| ed public to decide, whether objects such as these
shall be defeated by arguments calculated to strip the
| government OF Its most necessary powers, and to
perpeuate 10 the nation The acknowed sed evils OF
domestic slavery. Formy own part / fear rot the
| result. - Magma est reJitaS, ct preUGieba.''
OPIMICS.
! Fairfax county. Oct. %, 1925.
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