Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-03-01

than your negros-and you'll have to pay them wage
'9oLhow can you make more money them But the negr
children says he-the white will have their children
too says and you think they work harder than tn,
blacks reckon you'll be out-or people will worl
more or ought 10 work more than our negroes doanc
hey 10 their work well too, the the
be good Tor any hingbut this last did mt say to him.
nut you havn seen the farms TO the North, says he.
could say no more-but 1 thought Of his mill Now e
come to the upshot: l read in n newspaper TODAY tha
the Assembly has passed law, or going to pass one e
pay the expenses sending away negroes that may
after be emancpaed when the don't furnish the
means. ofthose who are now free say nothing tho
think 1t Is best TO let them alone. But, If such law
De passed. say it Is law for the encouragement
oil emancipation, and the taxes to raise the money
are IN aid OF emancipation. I don't pretend to know
much; but this do know, that if the law be passed. part
oil The taxes pay will go TO aid emancipaton and the
law, whatever they call il, will be emancipation ia,c
with which don't want TO have any thing 10 do and my
ncighbors don't want to have any thing TO do Don't lie,
them feel our pulse this way If Col Jones chooses
his negroes free, let him do it, and send them away him
self but don't make pay for another mans projects
And have sense enough 10 know, that il the tax be
small, the principle ought to be resisted lust as much
it took half my little property to paw -and will rc
sist IL resistance do any good. am not so ipno-
rant but to have heard of the Stamp Tax the Tea
Boston, am pretty sure the people don't want any ich
aw-and the law isn't TO send the free negroes away-all
the money will 20 TO aid the emancipation schemers Tho
Tree negroes won't go, and people won't drive them
lhey DON'T hercabouts at least take them out of their
beds at night and beat them. Whatever faults we NAV
have we are mighty kindhearted people: and bad as
me Tree negroes are it isn't often they have to complain
-
uy would cry out shame Don't tell the law will send
the Tree negroes away IL WILL sure by Offering en-
couragement to emancipation only add their number:
'or the State will soon stop the sending. The people
won't agree to ii long. Ii is by checking not favorng,
emancipation that the numbers of the free negroes is 10
be kept down-and il won't lessen the danger There ia
more danger from hundred negroes expecting TO be free
than from thousand who know they are not 10 be free
never was afraid; but if you talk of emancipation and
sending the negroes 10 Africa, there's telling what es
peraton may drive the poor creatures to do.
Now, tell me- in plain terms, has this law passed. When
our delegate comes home, shall, suppose understand
all the Assembly has done but, in truth have thoupbt
MN ratter 100 much like Col. Jones-and they very
fond of another. And to hear them talking together
about the improvements that might be made-the rail-
roads, and canals, and making land rich and good plough
ng and clover, and stock-and they seem TO talk so sem
siby too, and are kind in giving advce-and then TO
see their wretched-ooking plantations from bad manage
meh-and their overseers, especially the Colone are
tight enough may be too tight-to SEQ their cattle and
their bad crops and then think of their cxpences and
what 1t must be at the end of the year-it is enough TO
put one out OF conceit OF fine takers have not seen
the votes; but think il our member gives vote nv
which me people are TO pay any thing at all towards
emancipation, he may hang up his whistle
Now, we in the country know what ought TO BIO done
win the negroes rather better think than you town;
and we don't want Mr.. Jefferson or Mr. Madison or Mr.
Monroe or the Assembly, 10 tell us any thing on that
head Let them attend TO State affairs, TO which, think
negroes dont't in any sort belong.
Lave written you long letter. for get laxative ne
grow old-bu you will the better understand what want
to know Answer me fully and plainly, and wen find il
In your paper We are all uneasy hereabouts.
Your servant TO command,
RICHARD HUGHES.
Pehaps Mt Patterson 60, his sheep aputn il
noed without wool WINS reared with for tho
so pcrempiory. ~ wv