Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-03-22

was the subject Of slavery introduced at all into
the discussion! The Colony Is designed tor Tree
people of color, and such slaves odv, as snail
be voluntarily emanc,pa,ed by their owners Inns
subject of slavery, has very recently undergone
the eatiohteued action Of the Legislatures OF the
different slave holding States, and consequently
needs not the aid and influence OF any individual
or Individuals, 10 do justice to its true merits or
In delineate it's deforpty. Look at the contrast
which This gentleman drew, betw cen the blacks
Of Congo and the white men of Europe; between
the relative capacity, sagacity and prowess in
war. of the black captain and his 8 men, and the
,clife captain and MS % men; and the enquiry is
naturally suggested-why was il drawn?--fOr
what purpose? what object? If these COMPARE
sons of relative moral eXo eIlence and military tact
and talent, so discredi,able and detestabe as re-
CARDS the whites. were necessary to be publicly
proc almed 10 order to promote the objects OF the
Society. then have the public been grossly lgno-
rant of its true design; but IT, on the contrary,
they were not necessary, then were they hishiy
illiberal and improper. Was it necessary. pub
icly to endeavO to establish the fact that ootacks
are more than equal to % Whi'eS IN personal
conflict? And to what would this conviction tend!
what is its objects its bearlng-Its consequences!
The answer is too obvious to require momenrs
reflection. So far, then. from these remarks BE-
ing necessary or proper, should say. that they
were entirely irrelevant and we'll calculated to
raise up enemies to an undertaking, which, 1t ju-
diciously conducted would in Pill human probabi.
litv be productive of great good to both white and
black: but in the hands OF unskilful managers,
the remedy would be infinitely worse than the
disease-il would IN fact. make the matter COM
pIetey de NAL en- pis. have always thought,
and still think, that a great proportion of this
Society. have nothing in view but the moderation
Of the colored people-to pour into their wound.
ed hearts the balm Of consolation oil of glad
ness-to cause them to be returned to the land
of th~r fathers. and thereby remit thcE back to
all their original rights and inmunIties as an in
dependent and happy people. And may not all
this be effected. without disturbing the abstract
question Of slavery: without exciting hopes, hold
ing out expectations, which at present it would
bp dangerous nay impossible to crafty! Every
man IF common sense, aud protesting ordinary
calculation, must at once perceive, that many,Very
many wears indeed, must roll round, before even
the free people of color can be removed beyond
the limits of the U. States, even were they all
,lliny 10 rempre. WHY then excite feelings in
she slave population which can on', tend t" in
crease their dis on ent--to inhame their angry
pas,ions-,o madden their hear,,? 1t is true. too
true. that he who is utterly desperate, may gam
be in the hope Of retrieving his hopes aud t"im
prove his prospects; but he who has never part.
cipated in SUCH dangerous schemes. will think
well, and think long, and think deeply. before he
acts.
Mr.. Finley took ccasion to declare. that ne-
Their talents nor learning were necessary {" make
a rood Christian and Ia ErOUe it, he introduced
his Keutuck, story! Without stopping to in
quire as TO the prob, biIitv of that tale. will
merely ask. whether his position Or proposition
wnu d no' have been better sustained. and even
elci.sirIy established, had he simply quoted that
par, al the Word of God which speaks OF the
humble followers of the Saviour of the World:
They were said to BE- Carpenters and Fishermen;
and. while most Of Us. trust. give Implicit faith
to Sacred History. few. very few suspect! will
give equal credi, to this Kentucky transaction
The authority of God AT once overrules all OBJ
lection: while. on the other hand the introduce
ton OF this stale Kentucky story, serves only to
excite unnecessarily prejudice and disgust in
The mind of every liberal and enlightened cltl-
zen.
This being a subject Of great public concern
ment. as such treal it, with the pirate FEELINGS
and personal rights OF others-their opinions.
their sorrows or their joys, | endeavor never to
lntermedde; but when attacks are made, whether
openly covertlv, upon the public institutions OF
the country and the settled rights of the people,
| shall never hesitate to expose so lar as am
capable their dangerous tendency,in order that
others. who like myself al interested, NAV guard
against the evil. The writer of these brief re-
marks has left his name with the Editor, not how
ever TO CRAFTY mere idle curiosity in others.
out to show. that he would write nothing secret
IN, which he would be unwilling openly to avow,
and publicly defend and maintain.
A SLAVE HOLDER.
March l6, 1889.
Ne,cIu disrOrprpI (0ye in Psuns,Ip1nin-A