Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-01-05

(who the byo should be eIassd aud compelled to leave
the country) would Ia addition to discreet
Of their property for benefit Of each respective
individual lay tax every negro slave between 10
45 years Of ageor the year 1882 10 cents for 1888
cents for cents; for 1885 cents and
y 81 00-This shall constitute permanent fund TO send
oil the free negroes, and such as shall be voluntarily be
rated To increase this fund and guard society would
further say, that any person who slave notorious
misdemcanour, and who from compromise by the MASTER
Is legally punished (for many such annoy neigh
borhoods should pay line OF $40 year. 50 long as he
keeps the same.
When the free negroes and slaves voluntarily liberated
shall have been thus transported would appropriate this
fund to the buying up and sending off slaves, somewhat
as followsThe State should be laid oil into districts
eoding to the slave population with central points there
In, such as Richmond, Norfolk, Winchester, Saunon C.
at which places, annually, for few days, State Com
missioner should attend in order 10 receive slaves between
10 and 45 OF procred at the lowest comparative
price, for transportaon-Th it might happen that
person mightow valuable slave worth $500, and be
disposed iberate him. but owing, say $780, he could not
do with convenience except he should receive 800
Tor the same This sum gwen the Commissioner would
receive the slave.
The tax imposed on the slaves (for contend that the
slaves alone should bear the burthen might
and should be increased operate two ways; way
to raise fund sufficient send of all slaves voluntarily
hberaedthc other way, coerce a mild but increased
obligation oliberate them.
These, Sirs, are the views slave holder who but
Tor the existing system would probably have remained
citizen, (who he is proud of being somD of Virginia
much longer than he no,o expects 10 be. HANOVER
FOR THE ENQUIRER
MEssRs EDITORS The present session of the Vir-
gnia Legislature, is doubt looked to- by all lovers
of " the Ancient Domiuion" on account of MANY por-
tant subjects which will, ought occupy their deibc-
raionsamong these there is OF greater magnitude
than the subject OF Slavery and the free coored popul-
ton OF the Satc.The time has arrived when something
must DO done, to restore peace and safety to the white
populations and to inspire such confidence prevent
emigration-Thc people expect t-Somethpg must be
done-but the great difficulty is what
Many pens have already been employed on this all
absorbing opcOne thinks it best first rid ourselves
oil the free ncgrocanoher suggests that there Is less
danger to be apprehended from this class from the
slayes-Whchever is best, the wisdom of the Legislature
The writer begs leave to trouble YOU with his crude
ideas upon the subject and TO request small portion of
your columns to be appropriated their insertion, the
hope That they may not be altogether misunderstanding,
TOO that al this time, every should throw their mite
into the scalc.-The free colored people in Virginia
Mcsrs Editors, arc increasing at ratio of about per
cent in ten years, and the slaves ratio greater than
that oil the whites Notwithstanding the immense numbers
carried OIL by the Southern Traders. From these data,
IL must be clearly perceived by every acquainted
with the panest rules of arithmetic that before the nd
oil the present century the free negroes alone will over
take and ounumber the whites whose increase does not
exceed 10 per cent, and WILL under existing crcunsan
ces, dlminsh-and the slaves already out-numbcr the
whites with the exception of the Trans Allegheny country
hat then, it's seriously asked, will be the situation of
tue Old Dominon, when the appalling fact will present
ITSELF oil free coorcd population greater than that the
wmtcs' and the slaves at least to leave il for any
one who has seen and read the of the Souhamp
ION tragedy to answer the question-Is il not high time
ch ha tne people should arise from their slumbers
instruct their representatives TO work which
VIII keep down the increase least of this population
not finally to eradicate it from among us The work
should not be too rapid, but and gradua-and of
course it would take long time to accomplish il there
iorc the sooner beginning is made, the beter-Iet us
but discard pecuniary interest ms to the property in slaves
discard from our minds the thought that -labour is
under any circumstances the chcapest-cease TO tolerate
slavery and set our shoulders to the Wheel and the work
can and Will be accomplished
But says what plan shall we adopt TO rid ourselves
o. ,ns curse oil our ioreiahcs THE writer wed
ea 20 MS own opinions as TO believe others always wrong
as others have given their IDEAS hopes TO be per-
United to exercise the privilege, firmly believing
Iha the people will choose the best-He proposes then
irs as 10 the Tree negroes that such be imposed ON
mem, as will make it extremely difficult remain in the
STATE mat the law be so guarded render eecua
make 1t highly penal for any white person TO deal with
Tree negroes employ TO abour unless licensed Inv
hc Court oil the County, from extraordinary good chaac
tera copy of which permit to be Produced before cb
dealing or employment-tha the thus raised be an
propaed in aid OF their removal to Liberia or some other
Colony beyond the limits of the United Sates-and final
iy alter certain fixed PERIOD say five years all who re-
man 70 be sold as slaves and the proceeds to be appropa
ed in aid of the removal of the slaves some Colony be-
You'd the United States The writer does pretend to
specify all the details of law for this obec that can be
better done by the trainers.
AS to the slaves, the writer proposes that law be pass
cd, allowing the of slaves who might choose 10
dispose OF them for colonization make provision for
transporting and actually shipping such number as thew
choose to cmancpac, Liberia or anv other COLONY he
yohd the limits oil the United States sending with
them suicency of provision for one wears s,.,plv
with the necessary clothing and dcfaying all the expen
prices as the Legislature shall Designate as State debt
% bear annual interest of say or per an
annual tax be levied upon slaves sufficient TO pay the in
,cres ana alter time TO be appointed, years
let tue tax be increased interest annually
and part OF the principal, until the entire abolition or
unu shall be necessary TO tax other subjects for the
gradual reduction of the debt-wch might finally be eff
fected by the end of the present Century.
viii this be objected to- the ground that we cannot
oy any constitutional right, tax poserity! The an
syer Is planthe right does exist and if it did not fu
lure generations will reap the benefit and WILL no doubt
applaud the work of their ancestors Will IL be Objected
that the people Will not be willing send them TO Colo
ny Tor the prices which might be allowed Then il would
DC proper TO pass some compulsory law, by taxing slaves
at such rate as would render them less profitable TO the
owhersanh hnaiy at some specified time say 20 years
hencc' declare all slaves then rcaning and their
creae to be cc but at tie disposa of the State for colo
nizaton Some such plan, Mcssrs. Editors the writer
seriously believes would in thirty years at most entirely
recVc the Commonwealth Of this corrodinr cancer As
the cooured population would rcccde, the white would
succeed and the better enable discharge the heavy
debt which would thus be incurred
The writer has not before him table of the different
Censuses SO as to make any calculations which
copcs him to leave that to Others who are possessed of
mise that to do any thing eectua there must be
oil Tree blacks and slaves together least 900 annual
~ and even this number will take many years o accent
phsH IL manly And cannot Virginia effect this Surely
she can, without too great burhcn At this rate even
one hundred and hty thousand could he cot off i'm ten
yearsand In thirty years four hundred and ftv thou
sahu put me number might be increased with the grow
ing prosperity oil the Colonies. am eettinG snariv in
Years. ana therefore, cannot expect live 10 see INV
country entrey liberated from this cursebut my chill
dfcn VIII; and it is their account principally that
will Hva