Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-03-02

d nort Of children; consequently form early connections
The increase Of in Virginia from 1890 to 1880
..har more than ten per cent.The ratio OF increase
aiming all the slaves the United States 30 per cent IN the
tenn reasonable IT, suppose mar nut r e immense
the If here would nave been IN the
49, nronoron and the addition 10 our stock instead Of
the number above menru you'd have been 5ooo; haklnga
difference of Th. statement shows how entirely de-
n, 40 are upon the ,Iainn of other states Tor
Tho IF our l. at ven: should be closed
h re- will be the next 10 years. at SO Of
1863 OoO But gentlemen contend earnestly that there no ser
Gus reason to aprehend prohibition by other states ey be
correct and he trusted the increase Judging OF The
future by the past will barely exceed 49, 600 4Soo per annum
Gentlemen assure that the danger OF nsurrectlon has blown
over-hat Of Southampton was sma aa II vas
SMALL when regard the numbers originally concerned In the
attrocous plots this Circumstance was one o e most alarm
ing casetha SO few me ignorant ana Without arms
should have ATTEMPTED scheme and perpetrated such
teuve murders He believed that no plan u general 'nsnec
could be carried into SUGGEST operation Inc intelligence
pow.r esources-and all habit o command and mutual
confidence are side; the other, ignorance, disus
and dread punshmena punishment prompt awful and uni
versa; involving alike the innocent and guilty ID It's
saoyunary course The best concerted plans would, therefore
be speedily put without foreign al by Eastern Virginia
alone. should partial occur time would b.
say required for embyns the local militia; and the
interval many valuable lives be lost Will be
ation for him. whose wife aud children bu'chered if left
to catastrophe that only 80 or 70 are killed and that
the extend hey Ond his immediate ycnag
What is possible will be felt probable BY each Every
individual will appresnd that the spot which he stands
ceas the fire. Sir the uneasnes felt in reference
to this subject natural All affected by dangers which
are unsern known exist. remark ct Cesar. nen
adveng to panic with which his soldiers had been seized
the occasion of simultaneous attack accompanied great
Glamour ade all parts of the line that each fet his
safety 10 the danger which existed elsewhere and
adds that the If commonly most disturbed by
gers which do not appear
This principle OF human nature sucen 10 account tor what
at first had given him very great supisethe excitement which
prevailed places far removed from the scene OF the late da
bances FIRST published the real transactions
sinyuIary accurate all the melancholy details, and produce
universal feeling of sympathy for the sufferers and horror the
assasns Had the matter there tranquility would
pIy Enn.u
fore Rumor with hundred tongues began to scatter and
unoun tales of nsuectionary elsewhere and
ceedcd in producing general dsquietue That time will
rect excited Of feeling he did not doubt: but time NJ"
not diminish the which subject the
such events consequences at which humanity must
shulder.
But the question will be asked what remedy do propose
this growing ev To this he would y-strke at the annual
of the coored OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to remove gradually
many the blacks who frce and OF those who
hereafter for that purpose the Of H
great will permit Invoke the aid of the u SIl
promotion Of these objects and the uteor one of purchase
and Let every retain his slave who wishes
keep m and let the fund for transportation or Tor purchase
aud removal. be exeusive under State control
gentlemen direct their whole Policy-or rather level their
whole artillery, against the free Blacks and recommend
of coercve persuasion should fail They seem
think that eye,y purpose security will be effected by
NOV al however harsh the mode. To MIN, Mr.. NJ said this plan
appeared b. unwise oppressive No doubt cIasd
that description, when sufficiently is peculiarly danger
Gus society Enjoying partially the blessings OF liberty mp
fecly educated. enue with power where inclination leads
responsible for the employm Of their time haSngm
of the degradation without the saluay restraints Ut save
would, in the of become extremely dangerous
present. they m'sche, in proportion they idle and
ought be removed when they have visible CT .s
tence; evidence Of disposition on their Ph@
join revolt, disturb the public tranquility They cOu
the limited freedom which the laws permit and which
they feel hold by the Of good beba'o
They cling with fond enay the country of their br 1a
NAV possby constitute incon>leable barrier future TO-
surection slaves To make them and dave
them to would certainly be hazardous Banshmrnt"O
have the effect of peopng the free States with exe
country which had expelled hem-whO here cOmpara
harmless but hihe would possess andax the meas
annoyance Different, widely different would be the re" 1
who submitted removal the condition Of freedom M
They would regard with beamIng and heart he
sci which bear them to the land Of their ancestors
that necessary proper to do in regard to the ~
now free is the annual increase. sufficient nupN
purpose will from voluntary emigration aha III
power given county corut to expel them when ouFn
the community. MR.
The annual increase of this class computed at 1900 %
slaves 1900; and the annual removal of both classes
proportion, and that would have the double I'll
preserving the ratio existing between Them and Of Keep I
the total Of cosed population at its present po0
the white would gradually, may hope rapidly, increase
II Is found by experience, that the OF 50 dollars per
is sufficient defray the expenses incident to the A
voyage ard subsistence for MOI tbs after arrival Inc
necessary for the removal Of 5000 persons would
600: but time unavoidably eapse before Tue
could carried into full and successful OperatlOE
would suffice for the present aud ODe-a %