Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-20

no abundance without any sort of eypcnss fin. &C.,
AZ southern FRUITS well as abundant ycrc,,
as Inc municipal regulations are mich n la admire,
;..He 'esleu IN body polite the power of maxim
.c,nal regulations and laws for laying eff road.
kss..nS oriuscs and est ablishinr public ferries "a,
u perintendin. public schools, supprcssnp gan,hhno
" y. unaenneSs vagraDcy aud prnfane sweariS, IN
e Ie,tution extends the frcrioa oE clec,ions far
.,n, an .nat OF any other repub!ic promises por
n noer'y, personal security, and the -intt OF nv,
Q NC property;-has divided the government i'm,
: separate and distinct department to. wit. >Fx
$ St legislative and Judcia sud esys no ON,
:, to the other. " "'ii'y oeiohgins
We elect our President and Governor for tho tors,
n y, - years; our mcm6crs 10 Congress and State To-
s.sia'irc annually Judges aud all o,hcr inf;o,
, officers elnuallv. ~ '''i'i 'o'
w hHvo great many public schools for the NM
tse VI educating the poor and iteraie natives =
oil; - , nave III me town of Austin. the mctrop.
V.S W the county, College undcr the patron, ge
a.. '"a government, which is ct this tjmo ~ :, IS
fIour,sSiGE conaici6d, and has FOR its Pres;Jo,t .
graduate of Yale college,.
me heiiglon OF the country is Roman Catholic
Apostolic. Tho Pro;cs,an,s OF the comet, ,-,.,;se
'' 'o''.' u eohsciencc they do in America
they have no Catholic priest among ,nstI ,ma- paw
no respect tribute 10 them. Since touching on
that subject 30 sacred To frecmen. must inform YOU
OF tho policy of that infant republic in protecting
that most wretched and degraded mock for religion
1t was through the Catholic clergy they became fr e.
In the revolt against Spain the Clergy said TO the
Republicans, II you will protec, religion will
make you t'Temen, otherwise had rather be sub
Jet 10 the tyranny and oppression OF Ferdinand.
The Republicans at agreed To their rropositon
and they their freedom to tina; class of men
who are such curse To the name Of democracy. In
drafting their Constitution they have been vory care
lul 20 uspIiVe the clergy from holding any office either
CIVIL or military and since, by act of Congress
! have abolished the salaries entailcd upon then--in
consequence OF which the clergy are not much reg
pected; there Is nothing 40 be feared hs subject
I h,-a -.
little doubt but the liberty of conscience will not o;,
be tolerated BUT exto!lcd b. tina. most bran, Of nh
the Southern Republics
me state OF society is alike ell new count ries-
we nave some OF the first class and some OF TIE most
ehtefpr!aing young from the different s,a,,s
Our courts OF Justice and more respected rs
: the good society increases
II wa os nothing more han duty, being so well
H'P"a!ii'ed WIN the Common character and policy of
thut government as am. to say sometime, nv, rho
suOIect OF slavery Ia the year 1922 and from that
until 1895, every person emigratiog took with then,
taer negroes IN Common with other praoertv. and
the government invited settlers and Drnnt;sed ,bn,,
The protection OF property. not KNOWING bv yyhn,
tenure We he'll o.. negroes. Some believed .ha,
icy were N very respect. equal 10 their mas
'efS' In 1877, the Federal G., institution v,as -,
muigated, and one article of that sacred s,,p Wv.
P'o'o''eu, ai:er certain time the ip,roinction ~
FeS, ana also declared all born in the country .o ba
-" ,re ~ CERTAIN period The American population
complained to Our STATE Legislatures and ;pfr
'hcm that our negroes were our prorar,, amJ -,
icy might say with Is much Constituency thai we
snon4d not emigrate there as to say we sbord no,
property wa pa" - oa'
The i.a%i-t :. --s.,-- sass-u Il law -,
fnIllit intIent slaves for the Of SO yearu;the
Eame law gees and provides for the indcnting Of
minos.
The internal laws and customs of Mexico,
little known abroad that great many persons would
infer from the proclamation of The President of Mex
leo late occasion, that negroes had forever
4 be- emanc ipated, and tuI ned loose upon without
! our having any remuneration Ghaever-so much for
not being acquainted with the government
Z Vhere very Numerous class of the native Mex
leans, who Cor ages have been held il AFFECT slavery
A contracts debt with e Notwi,hs andipg a Is
man Of equal rights and privileges with T., and
having property to extlnsush his debt he rs set
up at public auction and sold TO the highest bidder
TO labor and be held slave until he extngnish the
debt Should not extinguish the debt il his life
his heirs had to until they eNtinguShe- it. aod
then their heirs, and by that thousands OF then
were kept IN the most barbarous and AFFECT slavery
|, and those very held slaves IN this way, are
the men who called upon in the time of war tC
j defend the eountry This is the slavery which thu
patriotic President Guerrero said should no lon9e
exist and remain stigma upon Mexico as Repub
, lie. This Of the mo1t noble achievements o
his life, and which Will perpeturte his 10
ages, and Ian him among the Washngtons, the JET
b Persons, the FraDkIiDs, and Boiyars
The Prc5:dea; in his proclamation, viewing tn
property and perpetuity OF the Rights ofthe Amer
: leans settled under htn readily observed and e2
cePteu that pr VI the PfoCiaNhhIoh Whcn mig"
n be SO construed to interfere with the rights
property OF the settlers viewing their negroes a
#, he did rather property than persons, and 81!
o peremptorily that his proclamation did not eXen
20 Texas, and ordered 1t be published there
Is 1 could say great deal with regard to th
2 settled and unsettled condition of that republic
IF and it would be ideal in TO give nothing NOR
d than my opinion; the best evidence we have of til
" permoncnce Of the government, Is that it has eS
l. lsed more than ten years unaltcred and is grow
" ing stronger and wiser daily. We may have som
e small connections political occasions. though
IS would be impossible to produce radical change
n any feature of that governmental anticipate
,e could wish for bu two small amendments ~ Il
" constitutions one of them that oil men shail
r ship God agrecably to the dictates Of their ow
N coDsclenccs and tue other, under existing CT
;c cumstanccs, unrestricted slavery. Yours, &c.
IT Some persons fond Of odorirerous plants al
- flowers as to have them in their bed chamber. Tn
a however, is dangerous practice many oftbcm belt