Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-09-19

first Of December by their into their oy hou
ses The Receptacle will hold $50 persons, and addi-
tonal Accommodations may be easily procured for SO
more Should the Board de- patch their next company
with view TO the settlement of Grand Bassa which
hope they wi 1t will be uecessary provide par
t'cuiary for the exigences OF a new settlement by
sending, or authorizing buy here (which is bet
teri ten thousand feet of Boards.n
we trust that no apology need DO offered for the
number and length of these extracts. From the very
aoie aud tuu communications before us, we might
make many others of scarcely less interest. They
cannot fail 10 pIsduce thoir appropriate effects
enlightened and generous People The very mail
which brought TO cur Office these dispatches brought
also letter from very respectable gentleman in
Maryland, Inquirng whether all his servants Thirty
IN nunber) can have passage the present to
the Colony.
Let, then, friends throughout the Union feel the
holy motives which ought now to inspire them in the
prosecution of work SO maniiestly conducive our
interests and honor as nation to the regeneration Of
Africa, and to the glory Of God. Let not tho Autumn
pass without the deparu expeditions 10 Liberia
Let every friend Of our be active. And here
would huinbly suggest, that sIonld the Society of
trends in North Carolina, who have repeatedly made
liberal donations to Society," find themselves able
to iit out an expedition at their expense should
confidently expect the gratifying results f.om the
efforts OF the present year.
The third number Of the American Quarterly Re
view has just appeared aud is we'll adapted appre-
hend, To sustain the reputation acquired by the second
The subjects are popular and interesting; among
which the articles "Navgarion Laws, aud that on
NEGRO Slavery" wil' at the present time, attract
particular attention. Viie latter is written temper
more likely to do good than most publications on this
important but delicate subject. Leaving untouched
the question of the Observation-Disclosures of this state OF
things to either Natural Law or the GOSPEL there ex
isis sucIent reasons of policy and advantage for seek
ing a remove II, which acknowledged on all sides
The great mischief resides IN this, that while the labor
OF the slave wants motive, and therefore comparative
" inefficient and unproductve that OF the master
absolutely null, from the Dvaable moral influence OF
slavery. What rules Can be expected in the end to
the Industry OF country, when the prejudice of pride
taxes nan lis numbers from the working class, and
want OF hope and motive subtracs largely from the
labor of the other half, !, is this evil which appals
the contemplation OF the politician, who in pros
pect stu diminishing profits and increasing cares
the tnaste stationary Dorance and moral degradation
TO the slave; aud at length TO tho latter when the
whole mischief shall be developed ID the decreased re
sources and product of the country, double share OF
the vretchedness CT which he is the involuntary
cause.
Il is often urged by slave owners, and with truth
doubt, that the physical discomfort of the slave is
much exaggerated. Nay, We will Further, and allow
that IN that point OF view alone, ms condition is often
better than that Of the peasant of countries which are
never done throwing out nvectives this subject q
gainst US; and we readily imagine that it is not
very palatabIe TO humane men, land many such have
the misfortune to own slsves,) to have tue charge OF
inhunanity added TO the other vexatons their res
ponsib!e situation. Justice, besides, 10 our nationa
character, demands that the actual truth should be
known, while the dispassionae allowance of il on both
sides, is the best mode for bringing about conioin
effort tor the eradication of the evil But it should be
remembered by those who reconcile the existing. state
OF things to themselves. because their nifty is no
shocked IN the comparison their slaves ih the pea
SAINTS OF other countries-hat this comparison
IN the nature OF things long be made their advantage
Every day increases the disparity between lands cult
Vated oy the free and serVie and augnents the disa
vantages of the of the latter: And as his pro-
duce thus becomes less valuable by augmented com
parEtlYe cost OF production he become propor-
tonay less able TO sustain, in their present comfort
those by whose labor it produced The result is OBJ
vieus and we hope that the evil may admit cure be
fore the People Of the South reduced to the alter
natives which would, in such case, present them
selves. poverty TO themselves, oppression TO then
slaves. Bait. .4merica,.