Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-12-06
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May not add TO this1ist OF evils s2ringing out
tsavcry, without suhiccting ourselves 10 The i'm.
putation OF cart and Hypocrisy, another, which af
lcctS not our prosperity here, but hopes OF
happiness hereafter? Fit be oar duty To spread
the christian religion throughout the world, may it
not be considered an offence against Heaven, not
merely to withhold, but To exclude u part of oar
own household from the use otthc means l,v which
they might obtain knowledge OF these important
truths upon which their eternal happiness depends
and yet, We conceive, selEprcScSva,ion co,npuis
The shareholder TO go 20 this length. Intelligence
and slavery are incompatible that it hc taken
us a Scncrairulc that they cannot exist in the
same individual. Recent events prove that we
cannot nrart To- our slaves that degree of
learning which will enable them TO read the Scrip
lures, without cndangoring t!.C safety of society.
All the leaders ofthS horrible Sou;ham pton mas
sacrc, and OF all the other projected rehc!!;ons
were rrcachcrs, possessing proa.'y precisely that
degree of learning which enabled them 10 read,
and nothing moro. And We may advance the
opinion, without mpicty, 't!iat the Scriptures are
The mos, dangerous book tiuy read they learn
from that volume that all men created CCuui,
AID all equally G"ncudcnt on their Greater. They
Will nc apt To- apply what Is said of the situation OF
Inc israetcs in Egypt, To their own condition,
and To consider every uuusual appearance in the
sun or in the Heavens, ii signal OF their deliver
aucc
Fanaticis:n is the natural offspring of limited in
trtT-cncc and person WHO is barely able 10 rcQd
Ia much more likely TO hccou:c Il hiood-;rsty faua-
tic than an humble Christian. 4 higher degree OF
intelligence enables the human n:;;:; 10 avoid these
crrnrs, into wirh tho more itcra'c arc apt to
iaii Bat 1t Is vain To attempt TO give the slaves
past much knowledge as Will enable them to see. X
their own future happiness, without becoming dan
gcrous TO society; FOR the truth is, that slavery is
| not only incompatible vi h any useful degree al
intelligence but with the true spirit of Christianity
itself. The c+sImplcs Of Luther, Calvin, Knox,
and the o;lfc. protestant leaders, afford the most
conclusive evidence that individual who has
tnibiGcd the true spirit Of Tic Christian rc.ig ION
(Which teaches him TO regard the Deity a!cnn, as
superior TO urScf) can never brook the doliui ion
ot man, and that tic fear OF punishment never
deter him from seeking not only tie liberty
Of conscience, but his temporal liberty also,
at very hazard. But if this reasoning be not
conclusive the subject, the dreadful! t5amc-
dy OF Saint Domingo ought to teach US Il
lesson, never TO be forgotten dsrcgIrdcd: Tie
slaves in that island enjoyed more privileges, and
received more education, than those Of any of the
other islands; the consequences were tee horrible
TO relate There appears them to he no alternative
but Ia keep oar slaves, as long we retain them,
III the most ahcct iguoT:cc; and if the sins OF the
slaves lie imputed To those who withhold the light
from them, where shall find ;Io master who
viii 53 prepared TO meet his Maker!
moments reflection, should suppose, on
the terrible approximations which sinvchncrs must
feel H. times of unprecedented Instructions, wop!d
We suino'cn "a make every considerlte man wish
! TO get rid OF his slaves. What must have been
the state OF feeling in the county Of South amp
ton, during The late Disturbances there, shah
not attempt 10 describe; you acquainted with
the facts, and YOU can imagine what the whites
| must have felt during tl!at period.
But all the evil consequences of slavery which
we la enumerated, serious they are, bear no
proportion to that dreadful catastrophe, in which
1t must inevitably result to us at no distaix day,
unless we can manage 10 get clear Of our negroes
Il is Ill vain TO attempt 10 shut our eyes tie MP.
pasiing truth which already staras in the face,
that tho time inrst when either tic ST Domin-
go tragedy viii he acted over again in this our be
loved country, The whole slave population mus,
be- cStcrmincd. This is no idle surmIs", or raS h
attempt at prophecy, IL is urcontrovcrthlc fact
capable OF tho clcJrest demonstrations 1t must
oe perfectly obv Gus to every at all acquainted
with human nature, that when the proportion of
slaves in any country the free people shall hecose
very great, the slaves will no longer TRANQUILITY sub
: 50 the dominion of their masters. All expert
onco p.cvcs il; AID it requires argument to
prove that wn"rcYCr & general inGuc:cCtion docs
take place, it will end IL ,,c teal determination o
the slaves or the whites. What the propt lion OIL
rather dsproporon of the slaves 20 the free .,its
be, which will cmbo!dcn them 10 attempt 10 throw
Of the yoke it is not for US TO determine; certain
it is that in this state they are rapidly approach;ns
towards that point To slew with what rapidity
they are gaining on the white population in East
orn Virginia, insert the following statement
from memorial which has been published in SIEVE
raj newspapers.
BY the census o. 1890 there were cast Of The
Blue RiGge-Whitcs, 3I152.
Blacks, 253 ~: