Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-08-15

"nu am very glad fIe IS in country where he
cus the soil, without having middle man 10 hold the
scourge over hm--and why? find have fallen into
Dad habit, when addressing the Senate of saying
inucb-ne qutd nimis-but, when agree 10 take
STOCK IN The Ohio and Chesapeake canalnot Potomac
mo, VIC don't go for any thing less than Chesapeake
my friend will rccoilect he has read leaf out of my
own Speech delivered two years ago, showing that the
fair OHIO river is during part of the year. u.nanaCe-
able from drought and, during part Of the year, I'm
manageable frcrn ice, running or standing.
sim, hope my friend will rccoiect ihat even The
Mississippi himself the Father of Floods is at ST. Louis
and as low down as the Chickasow Bluffs ridged with
ice IN the winer-,vhich proves what has been offer
said, and what Drake Of Cincinnati has asserted that
the climate West of the Acg,any Mountains under
me same parallel of latitude is not mild in winter
as on this side-there such degree of cold
~ the same parallel of latitude East of the Mountains
To bridge such river as the AIissssippi NJ the
Chickasaw Bluffs.
Now hope my friend from Missouri vs. i'll agree that
te money oil my constituents shall not be taken the
shape of taxes Oh the salt the IRON the coarse goods the
pewter sleeve buttons, the commodities as my friend
from North Carolina said the other dav-I wish he
coutl have been hcari-the only things the People
c0nsume--an |who are the People, They who are now
turning the furrOw, and whsug-I hope they have
the heart 10 whistlewhle their is puttr in the
ground. and they giving il the first worxinr-put
ct whose corn houses the horses and of Washing
ton are To be aitedthe articles consuisi by the peo
pic, the bulky articles the cheap articles which they
are obliged to have, and lave they rnusthe coarse
woo!ens which they eau do without after Sort as the
W aPerley man saId-Tplg asked how he served the
hing, beng IN favor Of the Pretendcr he replied he
served him after a-sort-so they can do after sor,
Ilhout these uiings-but how Sume of them who are
good managers may their rags, and make blan.
kets ont of them-in small family, there will not be
rags enough. thee will where there are plenty
oil negroes-but IN a small family of white folks
they "Hl have tn buy the blankets and show are tnv
taxed-how are they tariGed-and how are the Peonie
living under them fairfield with culd II is great inius
nee To the Southern population suppose IT con-
siSis OF nabobs, with legiOns Of black slaves watinn
their commands, aud, have them pictured ~.
ing on sofa, having slave their head and one
1T their feet TO keep of the es drinking cool lemonade
all day, and hardly walking hun,Ircd yards in tho
twenty four hours
There is less luxury in the Southern countrv-there
is not family in the State ofVIrginia who in point of
fVn'"re' fine mahogany furniture, Turkey carpets
expensive WINE, great show grant IL is 4 miserable
tnft ct thing-but there is NOT one family within my
knowledge who maintain st!le of expense equal TO
tHt wont say OF Chief Clerk but secondary Clerk
!" our departments here-cqual 10 that which, when
was iii the habit of going about al night-which have
ing iet otf-they did manain-and do not hear that
ey nave FALLEN oil IN any respect because understand
rIey generally pay by the summary process.
The first thing which recommended VIM H. Craw.
ford 10 for the Presidency was his giving me 10 I'm
erstani, that If he in, all those who paid their
debts ny smoking the calf skin should 20 ou-there is
u II tR'ny IN Virginia, within The course of my ac-
rHtntance, that lives in such stle of expeuse luxury
"ni g'aniure-and the more negroes they have the
worse they oil. We are the trustees for our slaves
an they receive much larger portion of the proceeds
{" the soil than tue aboer of any other country under
me SIM Unit nave ever seen, except in the States
local O wi
'nY TREND has alluded. and which mus. change as those
new States progress. have hesitation in sa wing
aaVery IS curse To the MASTER have been held M
as any man VIII be who speak, his mind fairly and
boldly without any guahticationaSa backish sort of
q white, anj wIeh sort Of black-as an adyoca te
ioF slavery in the abstract The other dav saw
What the spirit of fanstacism Will eGectuatc; Cap
LAIN IN the British Navy cashered for buying
save not adult either from some place on the coast
Az Africa For tse naked fact of buJ ing slave he
IS caShIered--urncd ont. What should we have said
To thc British Government, If they had prosecuted the
h"nev"lent Mr. Wiltshire, for buying Riley and his com
pomons: There the fact. He bought so many
AHcricAp slaves from their Arab mastCxs-not Arab
Int Ecdouin-haIf Arab and half Nrgo--I speaI, of
nc African Moor, and not cf The People, the Arabian
irhinsHia-why was he n6 cashiied? Every body
Knows There were no printing presses-theye were
20 M cling "rers-there were saints, TO rnisrepre
sent The state those American and English persons To
f'uy item well enough. Was not that sve trade:
j. il not buy ing slaves? have been wanting ret al
las lung good while and am glad got il now.
wish knew this gallant British Captain. and he should
he welcome TO my bed, my board and TO every thing
have for the rest OF his dys This slave jumped over
,'aTd and s7an ashore, and w!iy2 Because the slave
'AI oeen led TO believe tie white 10 him,
ana te escaped any Wild animal will, from nan-as
ne fox cub will away bite YOU as tie hawk or
'be eagle viii strike at yOu while writing under the
pam OF gun shot wound; but sooner has he tasted
t"e water You offer him, but he acts like Here some
worls deicient1-Aud would rather AXE lesson
tom the shepherd i'll the fable than from the PHILOSOPHER
~ the Schoo.-And what did this Captain epdeavor 10
because according to Aiungo ar.he ray eed in Afri-
c-he eadvocate ofthe slave trade himself though
lis book was under tic hands Of rcdactew whose opin-
IONS turned the other way and it has been sotened
much possible on that subject. The British Captain
would have preserved this slave from domestic servtude
from political and civil servitude. What would he have
dme with HIM The worst thing would have been to
have brought him 10 colony country where he
might have been brought up-not to Engand--it would
lave done him injury. Suppose he bad brought him
20 this Couury who does not remember the old African
negro, more Ike baboon than man-they have been
brought here, and in two generations they are almost on
with the whites. II YOU take the upper classes of
tc blacks and the lower classes of the Writes the for
rncr IS the most moral viruou5 and intelligent mani
mean to coufne myself TO the slaves aud not to the free
blacks. Mr.. Mdltbus' famous check of vice and want
does not prevent them from keeping up their numbers
without the slave trade. These NAL treated half stav-
81, cart whipped negroes, las they represented TO
be- go on increasing N friehtfu arbmelica, almost
gcOmetrIca progression. We cannot find bread for
fnem-we are forced to send them to the Western
Country. and sometimes 10 away from them. It is