Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-11-08
SLAVERY.


SLAVERY ~ nothing more III an poverty
m its mildest form and poverty ever has, al
ways must, and for ever will exist, in every
community In Great Britain, The peasan-
try constitute formidable proportion Of
her whole population say several millions
three thousand of whom are said to die
annually by the horrors Of tarvatiOu, m the
grant city OF London alone. Thousands, and
lens Of thous ands, Of those peasants subsIst
on a stinted allowance OF the coarsest and
meanest fare clad in mean and tattered
garments continually tortured with hunger
and cold, bv day and nght--with the neces-
saries cnnveuicucies, comforts, luxnrles, and
eiegaocies of life ever present 10 their view,
bot out Of their reach--and enjoyed by .
theirs who were born under happier stars. A
las how hspiess and hopeless is their fatei
and yet they bear IT with wonderful patience,
forbearaEce, and resignation, all things con-
sidered. Such has been the bitter lot Of
man, in bis state oil Indulgence, time out of
mind, in the British Isles, and throughout all
Europe and Asia, without the suffering class
rising in the might OF their collected strength
and massecreing the ruling party 1t is true
that they have often collectcdin potent squads
and displayed spirit Observation-Disclosures of
devastation and massacre, in partial point
OF view; bli, out RACES oil this sort have hap
pened IN all nations, and under every form
OF government We might az well attempt
TO prevent the sun from pursuing his course,
rs 10 endesvour by legislation 10 direct and
control the future desiny Of mankind, 10y
providing for unborn gen eralioDs, and con
jectual or immegnary mlsfortunes, whether
they shall arise fJrtuously or njecgdgely In
Ba, bandoes there are four, in Jamaica ten,
in Antigua twelve, in VI. Christoher's fifteen
and IN GRENADA eighteen slaves TO one white.
II the danger from unequal numbers, in
The point OF view under consideration tie SO
imminent in great, expanded and almost
boundess country how have the blackamoors
been kept at bay, for more than two hundred
years, In those crcumssribed and pent up
isles?
Ard why have the Tritons, with all their
bosted love Of liberty and philanthropy, tol
Grated the continuation Of such political
sin, in their islands? From Great Britain
and her isles we transport ourselves to China,
IN. greatest and most popu!ous country in
the universe. There the peasentry pre- sent
themselves 70 the eye, In exceedingly dense
numbers. in every direction and there, too.
they live in a state of horrid suffering Cab
ject and servile-pennyles and degraded.
The poverty Of the lower ranks in China
surpasses that ofthe most beggardy nations
in Eurepe says, DIR. Adam Smith In the
neIghhnrhood of Canton, many thousand
families have no hahitation on the land, but
live in little fishing boats upon the rivers and
canals The substance which they find is so
scanty, that they are eager to fish up the
nasiiest garbage thrown overheard from any
European ship-any carron. the carcase OF
dead dog or cat for example, though half
putrld and sinking, is Is welcome TO them,
as is the most wholesome food to people OF
countries Notwithstanding this almost in
crediable state OF the case, those miserable
human hPngs are surpcrlatl""lY loyal sub
lects, aud IN no instance have ncy attempted
or waged war of determination, TO change
their hari destiny. The empire OF China is
uniformly Tranquil, and as stable as the
great globe we W TX upon. itw04il he SUI
pert}nous TO adduce other evidences TO eluci
date our text We have selected those two,
because they are the most powerful and pop
ulGus empires IN the world, and became the
proud Britins vaunt yerhosely of their free
institutions, philanthropy and cmancipat'ng
creed. We adyerted. too, TO tins method
OF anaiogicalIy coming to us probable as IN
ference and true result. as the nature of the
case is susceptible Of and, as like effects az
al, times, and under every circumstances,
we persuade ourselves we are not wide from
the true mark, when I'VE assert nfdently
thai we will be IN no greater danger from
the continuato3 of slavery in its present
form n Virginia, twenty thirty OF fifty years
"The5e has been a progressive term, q
stationary point, and declining stage in the
population of almost every country CHINA,
perhaps, is the oniy exception The coun-
" of Berkeley for an example, which before
Jefferson was severed from her pronounced
the discriminating genius Of our immaculate
Washington, in point Of fertility, without
doubt the richest county in the state, has
been nearly, if not altogether, stationary
In her population, for the last twenty years.
Aud if the most fertile county in the state
has already, andlorg ago. arrived TO the staff
onaIypoint, have we not right to expect that
Ike causes viii produce like effects elsewhere;
and that the whole State, together with all
the States, will after term, arrive at the
dead stand which our fertile county Of Berke-
lev has been al those many years which
China and the universe have been at Tor
hundreds, if not thousands of years2-The
aggregate population of the universe may be
lkened to the mighty ocean which. although
constantly receiving fresh supplies from its
countless and copious tributaries, never In
creases, nor overllows.
'Hither shalt thou come and no further,
and here shall Thy proud waves he stayed,'
is The irreversbe law when keeps all terres
trial things in exact order We are aware
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