Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-23


men. and within his knowledge, he cnjoined it on
slaves 10 be obedient to their masters, and did not
command masters to berate their slaves. / think
the inference is clear and conclusive, that it is not
sinful to hold slaves does it present any obstacle
i'm the way that loads TO everlasting happiness. The
error and the great of this subject is not at
tributable 10 the slave-holdS, but TO those who
produced this state of things while Englands
most inspired poet of his day, saying, in the lam
guuge Of enchantment,
al would not have a slave 10 ill my ground,
"To carry me- TO fan while sleep,
'and tremhlc when wake, for all the wealth
"rhst siiews boush, and sold have ever earnetii
mo! dear as freedom is, and in my hearts
"Just ESTIMATION priced above all price,
al bad much rather be myself the slave
land wear the bonds that fas'en them on him"
Whist her orators were pouring forth similar lam
guage in the Senate and the Forum Even at that
very time with the connivance, and by the aut hory
and direction of the government, her subjects were
engaged Oil the shores of Africa, tearing asunder III
the igamcnts which bind the husband to the wife
and the parent to the child And why this done'
Not to transport them 10 Great Britain. No "Slaves
'cannot breathe i'll England; they touch country,
land their shackles fall" Tins IS the language of
poetry and fancy What is the language ofltu,h and
fact Their labor was not needed in Grea, Britain;
already the population great to be fed with
difficulty, therefore were they sent the British
West Indies and her American plantations if this
mitgated the offence committed against high heaven
and the rights of man. IL not until the year
1906 that this traffic put stop TO by the British
Government. 1t the last act Of Mr. Fox's public
life. But let ns come nearer home. When the his
tory Of this unhappy shall be fairly written the
name of no Marylander, no Virgnian no Carolinan
North or South,) no Georgian of the West,
FOR West there was none at that day. will be found
inscribed in that chapter, which is written IN tears
and blood. 1t the citizens of some of the Eastern
States who carried on this traffic My friend from
Rhode Island, MR. Robbns,) tell you more upon
this subject thsn know. | name not this by way of
Eeproach on the great body of the population have
doubt the moral sense of the community was
against IT. but the avarice and cupidty of some Of
tier citizens prevailed over considerations justice
and humanity l am no advocate for slavery.
wish success to the exerons of the Pbianthrnpists
of all the Suites, who engaged in ameliorating
the condition and laborng TO restore this unhappy
TO the land of their fathers and should another
Moses rise up and lead them peaceaby To distant
iand Of liberty and plenty, would not join in the pur-
suit to bring them back What is our condition.
We have the evil, and how can we get rid it, That
free people of color cannot live amongst u.s. is demon
xtrated by what is seen in ONO and the other non
slave holding Western States.-I have in my ha nd
The memorial Of two thousand free people OF color
resident in Ohio, praying this Congress 10 provide
them funds to enable them to remove 10 Canada be.
ctuse they cannot remain i'll the State of Ohio, on
account Of the severity of the laws imposed on them
do not censue the State Of Ohio for tie rgor of lis
statues, because community has the right to pro-
vide for its own safety. 1t proves. however, that
these general notions about the liberation of slaves
idle and visionary, when attempts made TO
reduce them to practice. The State Of Indiana has
forwarded its memorial, dskiUg Congress for aid to
the free people of color, in that State 10
Liberia. This shows that those who have tried the
experiment of having free people of color amongst
them, have become weary of it. / doubt whether
this PROJECT of settlement in Canada will succeed
am not that the descendants ofAfrica can grow
and thrive in cold, frozen region. If they cam may
not all the horrid scenes so G6ly portrayed by the
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. SMITH occur
May not their present advocates aud their children
have to meet them in very different character than
that Of friends' This, fear, will happen, whenever
Great Britain shall order it to be so.
h,y ha,rd e
from office. Some gentlemen have charged the adj
minlstraton with prescription; and Senator mr.
IIolmes still bOder than the rest has charged il with
"glutting its vengeance" upon Its enemies | like
not this predatory warfare. now challenge gentle
men to come out boldly and discuss this subject with
us freely and frankly, not calling to their aid passion
or feelings these are poor auxlaries in inquiries after
truth. In this way will endeavor to eXamine this
subject, and afterwards will make some remarks spe
cially for the gentleman from Blaine (Nr. Holmes
The question insisted by the other side is that
tho Senate has the Constitutional right to examine
into, and Judge OF tho proprety OF removals from of
fee, and to conroul the Executive in the DISCHARGE of
this branch ofhis duty. We say the Senate possess
CO no such authority, and that power is confined
to the question OF Illness or unfness Of the person
nominated to succeed. i think have stated the mat
ter IN difference fairly, and will proceed to It's Discus
Slon. This is subject of great decacy. Itnot only
fcates to the power Of the President but to the pow
ers oftbe House. II we decide that the President
has not this power, determine in favor of our own
We should approe CHI this subject with great caution
Test we be misled by tho idea which sometimes infu-
cnces the human mind, that power is always DANCE
in the hands Of others though entirely harmless
IN our own and more especially should We act warily
when we recolect, that for forty years. ever since
lhls government went into operation, the practice
we contend LOT mas prevailed, bottomcd upon legis
lative construction ofthe Constitution made BY Tho
House OF Representative, the Senate aud President
OF tho United States in the year 1869. Ifthose who
insist on the power the Senate not warrant ed
by the constitution, they guilty of greater error
than that OF which they complain They are At
tempting to usurp power not given to them by tho
Constitution. In the first place, we will examine
who possesses this power Of removal under the con
s.ituton The great, distinguishing and Characters
&c principle our institutions, State and Federal is
The separate, distinct, and Independent existence of
The different departments, Legislative Judicial, and