Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-04
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CONTINUED
Mr.. SN,,k"r, nave apo;hrc objection To THIS
Schcmr. = ~ not Ia commence It; operation
wI'hu about thirty wears. 1, - To pToGucc u"
p'ac'icai effect within ha'ta century. Ii 1t Is
mtcJdel To uJylt, impending DANGERS, what Is
To become of us ali, II cur safety be- the Object.
in the moan l!mc3 Bat, VIA, is Of greater I'M
port, wl it not b. subject T. Legislative inter
vcn'ion during the whole timr' And before
SINGLE one Of these Fortunate POST Natl could
attain to freedom, could not any subsequent lie
gisaurc repeal the statutes which we might O.
met, comforting on thcm this iEchoatc right?
Have grntemcn reelected on the character of
The discussions which would CcrJMnly be KEEP;
up here, winter after winter, ON this subject ur-
I'll the day Of Jubilee should arrive? Have they
thought If the dangerous excitement which
w0aid Inevitably be CngcUdcrcd, both among The
wa,jcS and lie blacks, during this dark and I'M
certain period and Of the thousands which
would be expended in p.otraCtcd sessions OF the
i'cgsII' urc-en0ugh. perhaps - remove all the
negroes in tho $ at,' Arguments have been
derived from the legislation CT other Sta,cs--cf
New York, PENNSYLVANIA, and the New Err-
land States, in favor OF the,plan which am now
considering. am not one If those, sir, who
arc too proud to borrow principles or institu-
tons from ether States, which arc found TO be
good, or TO profit By their experience, But we
should not upon trust, adopt Il policy inappca.
BILE to our stuatlon. Thcy Eavo taught US in
o'C' u '"4HiO'c ltSsO'--OliC winch, | hone,
have lHarncd-that some, hing can be DONE
But, does it FOLLOW because they succeed.
cd IN removing slavery under nno,.l;.s. 90
cu;asauccS, by L particular process, that We
should attempt the same mode? What might
have been 0ltalnaGle there, NAV be ruiuous
here, uICcr DIFFERENT CIRcuMSrANCrs |
have no census before me Of the former popu,o-
ton OF these States, al the time that those nho-
liIion laws were respectively enacted; but ha-
lard little IN saying that there were not, in Il
single enc Of lhcm as many slaves At
me time as there are now FREE NE
GHcEs even in Virginia. when the cvi,
among them was small, it vas no doubt
easily crushed; and if the rights f he holders
were crushed ~ the same time il i, because they
were not sufficiently numerous 10 protect them
s"ivcs-andn Is the fate of m1orijics to be tram
lied on And the name and authority Of tie vcr C.
rauIt and lI.uSrlOus aucC tor If The gentleman
who moves this PROPOSE ion. he immC rial Jeff r
s"n-nTe invoked 10 AID and sustain il. But
wIih what proprlety, Il? No man ever felt the
evils al slavery more acuteiy than Mr. JciTsrson
-nD Statesman was ever more anxious TO re-
move then: Tie plan "h.ch lie proposed in his
wrt"gS, but which, from he intrinsic difficult
ties Whlrh he M doubt irlt would MT nd It's OK
ocHtion, even tt that day. was noycr specifically
proposed to the government during his lorr and
brilliant carer in public ith,l contained ica-
lures csssn' tally ilrrent f,om this. do not
understand bim To recommend that the ,lf-
spring cf the slaves should be torn from
their owners without compensation IL : last
letter published n the subj Get, accordlno q nv
construction of 1t, is OF opposite import--ant.
he, certainly, does not recommend u submission
at 50 important me sire 20 the people, i'm q
mode which gives % different regions of the
State relative political weight in its decision.
to which thsy arc rot cons .tUtionally entitled
Age.n, MIR SPcakr.; pan winch the powerful
intellect of Mr. Jefferson might have thonnh,
possibly attaiuaGlc al the time; ana under tho