Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-03-07
Extracts from Debate in the Legislature OF Vngt''d,
ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY.



of thousands country VINO would never e
anime ITS objects principles OF acon-and winch had 10
subdue disadvantages within and without 10
infant exerion has propered already beyond all
contains at present population of about 4O0has established
and aws-esabhed commercial relations
with the surrounding Tnbesand already exers most happy
influence over large portions of Africa II is SAID by men VINO
know its condition. and not enthusiasts to b IN more pros
than any other colony which has oee ~
centuries Its disadvantages were dsheartenngIou. Io "
our encounter when they landed at
Yo are aware Sir that the Colony now exehd
from the Ganas river the North, to the Territory OF h.oo
Settra on the which South Of ia distance 81 you
Iengtnd that the country already under its actual usdlc
on extends miles along the Coast from Gand cape MOUNT
near the Plssou river to Iradeowh Inc posses
sions already acquired this private company are caPaoe
containing thousands of why should we CONNIE
our observation theml Regions Of ntermnabe extent and
possessing great advantages can De ACQUIRED @ Nv h
every negro the United Sates-much more those ~ virginia
mperfecy acquainted with the geography
the interior of Aca but recent have reeced
much additional light the information which formerly
sessed there distance the INTERIOR
very regions peopd by and wandering tribes
which are extremely erte-and healthy from all appearances
as any other tropical climate letter was not long since
from Dr. Meckn. the resident Colonial Agent who haG pro-
ceeed up The Measurable He there found that
the the Junk river in the same
He returned that and pursued its whole course tor great
distance mouth less than forty miles from Monrova and
his great SURPRISE found wide and noble stream caPaoe
any inland and borered by extensive plains OF rich
and valuable and-exhbing appearances similar TO the 'ans
seen in tracing James River from City Point to the Ocean In
the reception of any future Increased number
Of emgrants, selection could be be made so udcousy as
with little expense give us the entire cono OF ae
Africa-eDab forever to put down the slave
rade-and place the native tribes OF the interior IN depend
snce on the settlers from America The present colony owns
The valuable harbors any them can De cata co.
on an extended line By acquiring the Island OF Bua
ma tor instance policy which ecoect to have seen some
where recommended the mouth Of the RIO 'rane and within
short run from the Cane Verbs and the which vessels
from thence usually touch the North Of the English settlement
Sierra Leone which, from causes well understood mas never
houshedand an extended influence ana
also obtaining Cape Panas. the southern extremity o Inc
Southwest Coa-we should frontier which would include
tn. mouths of the Rio andethe Gamba-Nunes and Ponsos
Leone Cape the Koo nation which constitutes
the ony native seamen of Africa. We should hold the
c key whole South and West Coa and as tar East as
the Blight Baf, and control pleased the trade Ut the
Gambia the Senegal and of the Nger-the Ivory Coast
and the Gold Coast So Sir OF all other objections let US not
distressed BY the difficulty, that we cannot hnd pace carry
our black population 10.
Mr. peaker-one objection urged any legislative
action on this subject that calculated to impair the cdfe OF
the property To this e have not Devoted heretofore
any particular attention Ii the plan which Involves
any such consequence must principles abandon IT,
But Sir operation if introduced will be precisely ne reverse
shall any influence at all on their value Inc aoduc
ton of the negors the value o labor and can
impair, if did improve the value OF slaves But the
objection presume, intended principally that fea
the pan which proposes hereafter the u"
or their without compensation BY the public
funds price slaves, prObab will decline Virginia whether
we introduce like this notcerny IT the South
shall prohibit their introduction there And this
demand for slave labor which has ever gradu-
a-d price here but the foreign demand Their labor is
infinitely productive the and rce and cotton plan
of the Sout and West than ever be rendered IN
Virginia the value here must much depend
ON the euand there No could from pecunay con-
afford give $500 for slave to be worked on an
udina Virginia plantation though slaves which they
price So that it the number hereafter sent
those be materially diminished the value OF them
here must decline But If such should b. the result will not
b. the consequence of any system like that which recommend
On the contrary acknowledged principle q" political e."
nomv the supply of article is diminished the demand
and the value improved It, for instance BY any
operation, fourth half of all the slaves in Virginia were re-
who remain b. valuable! And Will
not the effect of throwing augmented CAPITAL into The market
before minated have the tendency!
But the gradual abduction of part ct our black popua
ton oss' Are the people prepared
to make no sacrifice object desirable AS this holds
out? knnw Sir of the weakest points ol our ma
proves be of individuals and nations
cling perihacity all possess-and thus t" peril ALL
rather giving up portion. to the residue Inc
IF experience exhibited No man pro-
fits bv the xperience OF ahers-he must tor
And often does dearly At this very moment we see the
Aocracv England rather than submit to moderate reform
the government and abatement OF portion OF their
exclusive privileges, eopardug The wholeand nothing pre-
an Immediate explosions dreadful revolution England
but fact the King the side of the People. and they
hope thus eventually attain their object without to