Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-25

crowd INTO these unt les or dis,tiets n moi nh
stfuc cd by fhe prhoy Of States, where ,bei
lab is 81 r. of able employed This is N,
Ia" II their IA nf as IL ~ the genpraI laN o.
all capital an labot. The slave mad. ba,
not YET ben oitnclnaIiy so ped 10 thr l.a, d
! OF Cuba, Wheneve Il Is. ~ siayrs can be TIER
more prohaby employed. on more valuable
products thar IN 'he U tied state. ard as III,
supply there is much beloa ihe demand ubch
viii ai.ss on Of ihe susoeplibll,rs 81 lhe Island
for agricu rural p oducr, they will rise In prlce
much HI net there han IN the Untch 8 III.
l the laws do not forbid IT, vnst numbers viii
be exported 10 that island. Aud II they do
prohibit II, many will be ,mugerd IN. ,empied
by the high prices which,they will bear
But neither this, nor any other conceivable
cause, can, for any length of time, check The
ial ~ The value OF slaves 10 winch they nre
inevitably destired We hnve seen thai y.
slaves diminish in price the motive ( ihr
proprIetn,s ofih"m t. rear thu nffsprinp of
them will abate, that consequent neglect in
providing for their wants will ensue, md con.
sequcn, voluntary emancipation will take place
That adult 'avrs will ~ process Of time sink
u value, even belos hundred doHars each,
! have moi doubt, This result may ~ bs
brought about by the termination OF the 6fn
period OF their Duplication. b I that j. viii come
~ some subsequent, aud not iii tant period.
ilink perfectly clear. Whneo,e the pflce OF
TIE ndu, shall be less than the cot OF RAISING
him ION infancy. what indu,emeni will the
proprietor OF the parent have To incur that ex
pcnse In sue slate OF things, II viii br in
vain thai The laws prohibit mnnun,issi n. N
laws ran he enforced. or Will b. respected, iht
effect nj viii h Is the ruin Of those on whom
ihcv operate. Ia split of all their pennltirs,
the lihrrale ON o. abandonment Of slaves will
TAKE place
As the twn races progressively multiply
anu augment the source Of supply Of labor, its
wages Ill diminish. and the preference AREA
Il nc will he given of free To slave labor i,
Blu anolh ,nfct will also arise here VIII
beno onl comp if,nnIhotween lie iwora =
employment, but ,rpgee, not porcepii
Bile perhaps tn the snpei fetal obseI er. for sub
sistcnor, IN such struggle tho stronger nni
more powerful r'ce viii prevail. And as The
Ia" which regulates the slate Of population In
any gwen community, is derived from the
quantity OF IT'S subsistence, the further conse
gu nees would be- an ,nstnsibr decline In the
increase of the weaker race. Pinrhud by
want. ADD neglected by their masters, WI :
would gard them n bnnhen. IN y wonl
be slim dated TO the commission # crimes. an
esp, ias those II "A ny description.
When we conSld = the cruelty OF the orlgin
Of n"gio slavery, 10 nature, fic character II
the free insi iui'ons OF t8e whites, aud the -
resislble progress ~ public op,niOl, thrnugh.
out America wrll as IN Europe, 1t is i'm.
possible not 10 anicpat frequent insu,trc-
Ipns among the blacks in The United stan..
They are tn'ional beings like ourselve cnpa.
bile II feeling, nf rcnr Ion and judging Of
WIN, naturally belorgs 10 them MS n portion
OF The human rnce BY the very conditsn Of
the relation which suhsm between Us. we ar
enemies al each other. They know well ihe
wrongs which then ancestor suffered nj The
hands Of our ancestors, aud thu wrong Which
they hehcvc hoy continue In endure. ali hpugh
They may hn unable TO avenge them. They hrr
kept III Subsection only by the superior iuleli.
gencr aud superior power of the predominant
race Their brelhira have been libet aied in
every par of The continent Of AM RIGA, except
III tn United States and the Il azhs. I have
Just .eeu ~ act oithe Presi lent Of the X pub
liz of The Unnrd MeIIcap oIa,cs, daird no
longer ago III II the 18th Of September last
by which the whole Of them III that Republic
hay been cunnc paied a great effort is now
making IN GtcH Bria'n, hicb irnds 10 tue
Same ui,n,aIe effect. in regard 10 The negro
slaves ofthe BRUSH We. Indies
Happily for us no such insurIecion ran
ever he n, ended with prrmanru, success Ms
dy suppressed by The al powerful IN ans 81
the United Slae., and il would he the madnes,
OF dipar in The blacks that should altempl
il. But If attempted IN some parts Of The Uni
led States. wha, shocking scenes Of carnage,
rapinr. aud ln"lfss iolence night moi be- per
petraied before the arrival NJ tie theatre Of nc
ton OF a compce 4 force I qlel II ! Aud,
after II was pat 6on n, whal oihrr sCrnrs ol
mldar} rgor aud bloody executions would
not be Indispensable necessary TO puu,h the
Insurgents aud impress their whole race with
the influence IT a terrible auplo !
OF ali the descriptions Of our popu alton
and OF either y ion Of the American race, the
free people ol color are by far, rs a class, tho
mnsi corruii, deprayed and abandoned. There
are many honorable exceptions among them.
aud take pcaure 10 bearing testimony 80
some | know II /, not so mu, h their fault as
the consequence Of their anomalous condition
Place ourselves, place any mrn, ~ the like
predicamrnt, and similar " ct wonld follow
They are mol slaves. and yet they afe not free.
The law. II Is true. proclaim them frec but
pr. iudiccs more powerful han any laws, de.
ny thein the privileges OF free men. They oc.
cnpy "A middle station be weep the free white
p,pua ION aud tin slaves Of tn United States,
aud the tendency of their tabhs IS TO corrupt
both. They crowd our large cities, where
thuse who addict themselves 4 vice can best
prh,iire aud conceal their crimp.. II the Vi
cions hAhils and prppensilies OF this class were
mol know 10 every man ot ai,enjiyt obsPrva-
too they would he demonstrated by ihe unpr
ring test Of the censns. According TO the las
pnumeraiipu uf the inhabitants al lhr U,i'e1
States, IL appear. d thar the rat. of its anpua
tncfralr VS. only about Two and half PEI
crnt whilst that "f the other classes was abgu
thrse No oihe al quHte cause ior this dis
pro ,orllon can he assigned, but that of the i'm
providence and vices vi the class referred 10
! II irevions enumeration exhibited dlffsren
results, they were owing chiefly 10 thu acces
sion oil numb rs which 4 received ~ the az
qusitinn Of Lo1isana aud the events Of ST
/ lJomingo But, il the reasoning which | have
before employed be correct, this class is DIES
| tined, by voluntary mannmisSlon or abandon
men,, 10 increa,p snd ultimately perhaps TO b,
more Numerous in the Unfed States, than ihei
brethren in bondage, # there be no proyisio
for their removal % anothel country,
! l. there no remedy I again ask for the vii