Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-04-13


,an. was hdeo,ed before u was oorn' anu becomes
ihaeoeu Tor us support during 'hat pefiou OF
s infancy, IN ~meh II was incapable 70 earn i.s suo
sEene1 ny Tvs iaoor ana uia' mus ate iaoorhg ns
who're ne or us subsistence oies indebted Tor the
support OF "seh 'ahd mether' curing thcir respective
Wms,hes al, ~ :,
e"eI us ieason'ug oe SCUM VI ia"scious' !, Is
meeuess 20 inquire. mas 'he SANCTION OF very nigh
, ias' "unou' oe'ns a1'e 10 re'u'e !" my iec,ngs
o away oeeh opPoseu 20 me conclusion, 10 "neh
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=, s; - 1 na,urs. stare Oh man IN warm ana ioer
- III Ill 49,, 80, 80, 'n ,1'o c'haes inns sentiment
~ hinS ~ ~" ppp.%%p Wy history,
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,,y ~ "'', vii ,"P'css upon Uie people great
'So anu "a'uhooi vi character; anu qualiy them 10
i 'u'ca'c 'nc,r 'ioerty' whenever, and UNI
e. 81, Is may DC assmied' AMID
e se.y anu gloom o me climate, and the penury
'ey ','id ho'hhG so valuable, morning which
y eSs',"e 30 'sny' as tler liberty. IL Is TO them
c c'est Soou' ana conpensates Tor the absence OF
people of warmer cIina, ,rio, ,s uio, 'he
and ecessariJv nnressnd Win H. - - a., 80 80
dam aud rossoss H. ;,,ai;,,; ~ ,, VI . :, "ec-
10 maintain II ~ % "e' "' ''ie power
In Southern c,;,,o,os ,,o.,,; :; ,,,
expo,urc IN tho ceryiJ r,,,s 81 = ~ ~ 0 ,'
anv thino IL rnorn nac,Ii; y, u'o i-Hnu scarcely
ey1osnre l. 10 thos III 50 ",,I NAN M m''
sncciaI k;ndns Of H. - NOV so.ueu 10 IT, me
~ writ In, rac.ronoo ~, a. W IT. - '''o" :" i,o
sbaJo,, az 800 ~ ~; re''i'us inhluv"ce OIL inc
climate oaei,, L. -" "ey anu III such
forced TO do so and bos ,b @ Du' u,Jso " nv arc
c,rco IF o;ro,,,,a,. -, e So">u'iheu Ny ,i'e
10 ther on IT, ~ aUO, soon become rec1hcied
Ijsnnai;G ,i 'o ,als"o' ,h'ncteu ny 'i'e climate
them for it-and owing to the bounty Of nature te Ia
bor of comparatively small portion of the peonle win
support them ALL Those who do not lobomr While e
enjoy the refreshing influence of The shade are Ie IN
the possession of liberty with leisure TO cultivate lis
theory and contemplate its charms until they become
with il. Liberty is the beam ideal of The
Southern and Western Slaveholders-and. indeed. is
more or less so, with all the white populaon-Their
devotion TO it, parakes of the spirit of idoatry-and
this sentiment heightened by the presence of
slavery, and is and strengthened BY the con-
trast which every Gay exhibits between their own con-
don and that of the slaves. So that if This reasoning
De correct, the OF civil liberty is ganer by the
numerical amount of her voaries thus rescued from
the fcrvors OF Southern climate But f.tc instead
OF all the people in such climate are slaves; and our
Northern brethren if this theory be correct have only
TO lament in common with all the disciples of Liberty
that nature exacts from the people of the South the toe-
ration OF slavery, the only condition, upon which they
can themselves be free.
Then sir the federation of slavery OUGHT mt 10 bo
imputed by our Northern, to their southern brethren,
matter of reproach; for if according TO iursts he
iustifiable upon prncjnles of natural ,c uo noan
of each State are at liberty to tolerate il or not az tb
may choose. IL is i'm that case n mere oueson of no
icy But if the writers on public law should in tis
have erred and slavery is not i'm accordance win,
the laws of nature the slave holders of the South are
cusable because they have been reduced by the climate
which they occupy TO the necessity of submitting toll az
the least emil and that at last il The al,ernoo &c.,
ed to man. in his progress through life, whether in his
Individual or aggregate capacity His choice is in
instance perfect good. 1t is between greater, and
less evil
But is not the theory which have been ureing ,C
irmed and illustrated bv the history of the condition oC
mankind in all ages? OF what instance to the CONTRARY
does history furnish any account? OF what Southern
country were the people ever Free who did tolerate
slavery! There are many instances of Southern peo-
pie who tolerated slavery without being free them
selves But believe there is no instance record
oil Southern people being, and continuing TO be free
VINO dl not tolerate slavery. The Jews,-the Greeks
the Romans were respectively the freest people of The
periods ia which they lived, and they each tolerated
slavery IN ITS most repulsve form. They, too, were
greatly in advance OF other nations, in cviliza-
uoh ana all the arts which embellish life. They
gave important lessons on the science of free 60
veTneh' 10 'neIr cotemPorarares and to succeeding
generations Ihcy, who but for the slavery which they
tolerated. would have been slaves themselves, taught
mankind now 10 live Tree, and what was greatly
Important no" 10 die ior the maintenance oil their ber-