Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-09


!, ecdl in severance OF he State. in an az uaf
d;smembermen, Of the Commonwealth? that
would he the wors, evil Thai can be an ioipated
r..n,, which mus, D, owe calamitous TO all
Should i, take place none can get forward with.
ou, injury from il; even~,he parry who had
messed their claims with the mos, -arnes'ness
If sure ess(ul, will suffer as much as others =
And ifthe Star should be severed, what VIII De
he cons. auen p? Will il b. admitted INFO tie
Union as two separate States? viii the gene
raj Governmen, sgree iha tie State shall be
separated! Id"ub, il. Blu. If it does agree
10 il, can we ge' forward, in such siiua'ioh
with all our objects Of I"ternal improvement
which l have always advocated in which ! nave
always fell deep interest, because ] CONSIDER
them a. important TO The strength OF the 'Som-
monweaii,., as well as to the strength ana SOIL
div OF the Union? | have wished 10 see 'he,p
objects prosecuted, bu; wi Inn the llmlieh
resources Of the s tie, and with the AID oil 'he
Uni,ed S. aies VIVA, else is there that Can
bind us ,oge,her? If the Atlantic States shall
be ST. para,ed from those OF the Wes', the coun'
try mus be ruined Then we shall have the
Western States set against those on The Alan.
tic land Goddess strife the consequence i,
VIRGINIA shall BE- disme mbered on ths ground
of the presen, controversy. will not the Catoi
mas and Georgi, do The same? Tor the SAM
principles are involved there, though not TO the
sam, ,x,pnt The same consideration, do not
exis, in the new States which have been sci
lie d. where emigration was sudden, and the IN
,rrest OF all the rmig' ants are nearly he SANE.
Thrre are causes Of disunion am ang US, which
do not apply to them a. all, and NJ we a" bind
the Union 'oge, her by opening communication
between the new and old - ates; then our Un'
ion will be perpetual, nothing can ever break
There are two great waters in Virginia, the
James River and the Potomac, (and indeed hr
Roanoke the upper part of IT,, who IN am
very anxious 10 have connected with he Yves.
tern waters to which they approach; and these
OBJECTS ran be much better accomplished I: The
State shall remain in us present form.
What are our grounds Of division: On what
do they rest? regret thai l am 'ne ompr
tens to go a, nge mo consideration OF thrm
/, is commended nv those who reside in the
west rn par' Of he S az, that representation
to the Legis atur- shall he based upon NE whit"
pcpula,i n alone; II i c nie"ded, on the other
l. and BY those who live In the east ,ha, II shall
be bssrd on The principle Of population AID
ak lion combin Il These are n. TWO ground
oil difference. | am sati,fi' d that the claim OF
those in tn West is rational under par'it ulaI
]. has often been sugg"srd
here, and | accord with that vi'w, that puiing
the citg-ns in an equal condition, and the ba-
Sis which they claim is just-i' is founded o"
the natural rghs Of man, and in policy also,
und r certain circumstances. Blu lo'k al 'hr
Atlantic country, and what is thr principle OF
their Claim? They arr the oldes' portion OF
he S,a'.-- thew have species OF p ooerty dis
tinct from The people of the w, ST, and 10
grear amour aid his they wish TO protsc: 1t
consist, cniehy Of slaves. am saish d
II no such ting as sa'ery existed. that he
people OF our Atianii Aorde' would meet their
brethren of the West upon the ba,is of m,
ioriv of The free white population.
VIVA, has been me lie ,ding spirit Of this
State ever since on Independence was oh IN
ed? She has always declared herself in favor
Of the equal righs of mn The r ,oiu,i,n
was conducted n that principle Y here was
a. ,ht 'imr slave population ~ Virginia; we
hold ,hrm IL the condi'ion in which tie Re'o
luton found them. Aud what can be done with
this population? II they we,et * net, "r tad
no, been here, white persons w"ud occupy
thei' place, and perform all the off,, now per-
foi m d by them, md would consequently br
represented. If the nthrr whit c, ,zens were
nOt is1eu, m $50 WDutu NC utf ihIn 'dAf
ion If YOU Sc, them Gee, ionk a thr coudi
ton Of ,o,i y. emane,pa,e 'ne,n, and wha'
would be- ,hei, condition.? 400 900 poo, wrh
out one zen, Of property Wa woulh bee ome
OF them? D.soigso "a ion must follow md PR
feet confusion. ihty re separs'ed from the
rest Of society by d ffrrrnt c"lor - he,e can
be no intereo o. equalR, between 'hem.-
Nor can you &c .ovr ,hrm How j. II p actI-
csbl! ne hug j. inp"s,irl': and hey mus
remain as poor, fee from he coutroul OF heir
masters, and ms,t soon fail upon the res #
>ocir'y, and re>.'r' to plurd for subsistence.
As Q h. possibility Of emasc'ps ing hem, i,
never abe done by tie STATE itself, unless
aided nv h- Union. Md what would be Ihr,r
co"di" suppo ing they were emancipaled !?
hr Experiment has in pat been tried h y
aye emigra,rd TO Pennsylvania in gtea, oum.
bcrs, aud form part Of the population Of Phi
Iadeipha, NV York and B. sion.
Bu' those WHO were The mos; arden
adv"ca es Of emanc'pa ion in hose por-
tions-o Of the Union, have become shocked a he