Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-24

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mcihodists themselves, VIII lie at d loss for texts
to aathor.Sc enlightened Chrisitus TO CNtermimltc
. irlbo OF pagan blacks, occupying q vast country
which they cannot or will not cultivate, and render
my no PRAISE to their Creator tor tue blessings he
has Showorsd upon them. 10 these conscientious
gentlemen. We will address Il few words Of special
encouragement, and we doubt not of special allure
wcut, also. Whether the tract OF land for the CO.
lony Le quietly coded for friendships sake, honest
Is purchased and sold Tor Il tlr consideration of
beads. mirrors, rum aud tobacco, or slormly cN;ort-
eel ~ ei c,miS. as the lawyers would phrase it, there
can be- no dovht that sIvagcS enough will rcinain,
unSlaughtcrcd, to exercise all their zeal and talents
for the work OF civilization and conversion. ihC
whulo Ufthc vast continent OF Africa may become
the Theatre of their lobors and their triumphs;
aud whom, i'm the loug lapse o:- tIGc, the settle
men:S Of the whites shal! spread noriHward, tall
they meet thore of thg ihhcrIan negroes. Il liuc Of
PARTITION NAV bC auicohiy drawn between the white
and the black Descendants Of 0lAj.rants from the
same common soil, assigning 90 the former tho
more icrlrrrtic rcyioms OF the south, and to the
latter the hot bnt c%NngeniaI districts of tho torrid
zone. There need be no Interference between thc
two colonies; for Africa, surely, IL wide enough.
Our remarks en- the several authentic modes Of ac-
curing TERRITORY, are designed solely for the ccclc.
sins;iril gentlemen. From the rest, we are suro
OF cucour'cring little objection on that score
Although the lawyers are accustomed 20 deal in
~scruplas of a d;'itren; description, wu hopc that
every Young cxpouudCr Of laws and advocate of
natural rights. who wears Il sutcty-chain round his
neck, and d watch n his sidc-pockct, will bow a,
once ;o the precedent given i'll tho days OF autiqui-
ty, by the lovely, youthful, accomplished and artful
widow DIDO.
When "a colony has Lson fairly established, con
sistimg of Young men exclusively, the question is
very apt to arise, how they are To procure wiycs'
The rape 81 tho Sahincs, 4 precedent venerable
enough Tor It's antiquity, will not satisfy tie present
OCCASION. Men born and educated in Virginia
must OF course havu an inaupcrahlc objection TO
wives with woolly heads. Bat another precedent.
OF native growth, and therefore tho greater autho.
rity, occurs, luckily, 10 relieve our enlharraas.
ment. The annals ot Virginia inform us, that for
many years after this State was colomizod, the emf.
grants purchased wives from England, at Il iYed
price, which was just sufficient to compensate tho
exporters for the charges of Transportation. That
price was fifty pounds OF tobacco. Now, we are
very sure th.t many ladies may I've found in Flrgi-
MA wiling to follow tho example OF their female
ancestors, or at least wise suouTh TO prefer Il hus-
band in Africa, rather than 4 life of ycstal hapri.
mss IN their native country, and we cannot doubt
that very many of our fair countryvomon would
he dear purchases at tho price of tfty pounds Of
ivory, the probable staple of the colony. The emf.
grants may rest assured, that there is little Gauss
To fear that wives cannot be acquired, either for
love or money. The attractions OF n land abound.
ing i'm ivory would be alone sufficient, were there
no other and stronger Inducements to female cmi-
grafton.
We anticipate ono great and triumphant object
ion TO our plan. IL viii be asked, why should we
incur the trouble and expense of forming a colony
in the distant and wild regions OF Africa, when the
United States yet possess thousands OF square miles
of unoccupied territory! why abstract so LARGE a
proportion of our white population, when cvuturics
must glide aw~y before the vacant lands are filled
up! Why not recommend emigration TO the West
and South, instead of the passage across the broad
Atlantic? Toull these questions, wc have hut one
confident reply. Virginia cannot be discharged Of
her learned young men in tho mode proposed in
these inquiries. Independently of the fact, that
every State, far from being grateful to us for sup
plies ofthis description, would most chceriully send
us as large 4 quantity as VIC choose to demand, we
asScr; that emigration TO the newer States will not
accomplish our ro!ief. Every one feels and knows
the strong and enchanting attractions of father.
land, homo and friends. Ramblcrs, and discon-
tented rambicrs, for Il year or two; meeting at
every slip with some acquaintance of earlier life,
not less dissatisfied than themselves; unskilled in
the ways Of the world, and consequently unpre-
pared for its struggles and disappointmcnts: oh-
serving, IN all around them, 4 resemblance TO their
own country sufficient to excite vain regrets, but
not sufficient to console them for their privations;
the young men Of Virginia arc pretty sure TO wan
der back from the west and south, dissatisfied
with what they have seen, and untitled, by their
rowing habits, for any constant and permanent DC.
~cuVation. 1t has not escaped our notice, that all
this may be supposed to apply equally to transit,
lantIc cmlgrant$, or perhaps yet more cmphatical-
Is. Bat this surposition is unsupported, we thiAk,
by the testimony of experience. There seems TO
be something in the vast ocean, in It's boundlcss
extent, and its perfect want of resemblance to any
thing that the land can display, which was design.
ed by nature TO ollitcratc the kccncr feeling; that
attach us to home, and leave only a regret, so faint
and unSustaincd by hope, as to be without pain, if
not without sadness. X few stra ggicrs may re.
turn, to bring the story of their disappointmonts,
and SANDER the country they have deserted; but
tho great body of an emigration return not again.
They encounter like our own hardy ancestors, every
extreme of suffering and privatiOn; and sometimes.