Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-07-30
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~~~r~RoDERT PEEL ON THE COLONIAL
SLAVERY QUESTION
Sir H. Peel began by saying that in the whole course
oil his Parliamentary experience he never approached o
discussion of any question in which the interests involved
appeared oil equal magnitude with that now before the
House (Hear) lie never recolected one in which
the difficulties appalinE he never recoleced
one in which sc step incurred the hazard of ccnse
qpehces SO lamentd6ie and cpaTabe. III admitted the
just claims OF the West Indians 10 compensation on fair
aud equal terms for the loss of their property ia conse
quence OF tue measure before the House: hui The least
part oil The question the compensation 10 the " est
Indians. The value OF West India property had hcen
estimated OF 30 OOOOOO and that the oxtent of the
claims OF the West Indians The country could find ade
quate means 10 meet them. Blu, there were other in
terests Involved in ibis question: for which if they were
sacrhceu' no compensation could be uiade--nierests
OF lar greater magnitude than any property could be
hen he looked at The extent Of the revenue raised from
the West Indies, as wei the state of the national
finances, and at the imp ence Of the country under taxa
uon--when he recoIlected the OF thai revenue
that we were putting hazard an aunua sum of > 600
oVoi.-when he reelected that the subject of this mo-
ton was intimately connected with the very foundation Of
our commercial greatness he recoeCed all these
interests, the claims of the West India proDre,ors sunk
Into comparative nsgnifcance He assumed that he was
addressing himsel TO House Of Commons which was
prepared to the hazard of every sacrifice TO ensure
the emancipation Of the negroes (Hear1 He was
confident That in the decision which the committee was
now about to come Hon Members would not look to the
mere redemption OF any hasty and inconsderate PLEDGES
winch they might have given TO their constituents wuou
tho hustngs. Their object would be to amagamate
TWO distinct ana separate races, discover new siu-
us TO induce the negro 10 labor, instead of The old base
and degraded stimulus OF the whip (HearO Their object
would be- not to create dominion Of free blacks content
WIN the mere necessares of life, but to train them nio
taste Tor the comforts and even fr the Injuries Of Vie
tence TO accusom them in that manner 10 the Labls nj,
honest industry and 10 place them in That state Of moral
discPne winch would enable u.s. IN Unloosine their fe
ers, TO ieel that we acting inconss,enily will,
the safety OF The whites (flcar) Was that the object
Of Parliament or was il no'' II it the object of
10 fIrtl a., IL.
was encompassed with greater difficulties than ether the
majority OF The petitioners 10 that House the majority
oil me House i'seii were prepared to anticipate He con-
tueIeu mat me mere >creum5iancc OF the Kings Co
rernment having recommended emancipation constituted
now era IN the history oil this question That recon-
mendaiOn essentially Affected The inoresls Of all Wo.t h
dla propneors, AID Ought 10 make them sensible Of the
danger likely 10 accrue from further DELAY and ndecd
from any part aiken by The House of Commons which
looked like shrinking from difficulties by which they were
surrounded ~ TIC snme time TINT he said dis nc fet
That in settling this Question II was mt that hc com,
nitHe should not be inseusbic oil The difficulties Of another
description by which Il ouvironeI Az WINS fo,,rd ba,
society ~ the Vest Indies, IN which the great r,i,rt NJ
numbers and Of physical Strength was on The .iie of be
blacks was At this moment in state Of alton
almost amoiniing TO total decomposition The rircumsan.
ce' unaeF "ch slavery "as cxnguishrl ia Europe we're
very different from those which existed st prcso NJ in ,c
"es1fndi's. ShyCry VISA eXinguished ~ most of the
countries OF EIrnpc and also in The East be il vas
1uni more p0hld5lc 10 the master 10 employ r sve az
Tree hhluror tlian slave (Hr,r) There Vgre
physical causes as we'll moral surrounding The qucs.
eolmr lie di n1t allIde ~ TINT p. implying any iuie
oqy between the bscE aud fhe whc--ho merely sjlud
o1"l as acWcnilin'e which threw Li.fcullv i'm ANAL
kmiHg me slave population with the fser, which did
h e&t cher Nv nny country of Europe or n any couu
ny oil me Crt. Qie1r hear) II the Hon. Gentleman
lo6eI 10 lno S'te' or To any other Of tho democratic
as5embicsno" existing, which recognized te cnulv nj
" casscs, ihey wonli Jnl TIA, long after slavery was mo-
mniIy abolished Tho ainalEmauon between The slave
anl The rec population, "rh 80 ,iuit 10 he deli
Ta0e, dd not take pltrc. tii'nr Boz ull or saf Geo IA,
mannor Then. too in the West indies tiey had to de-.
WIN county, 90 which The cuats, thc diicflty Of h.
hour and facility Of obt1niug subsistence we're prtpcp
any oosruchg ail your eli1rsyou were seeking 10 sub
tu'e Stimulus los forced labor in country yhcge ali
agouf mus' u' lorcel ln other counties the stimulus 10
dOour arose iro Use necessity Of procuring the article.
necessary 70 subsistence. Va ire Wet indies The Labor
ly the articles Of luVury. Tie etilence is concnsye
That 20 fertile s The land ia Of ne West indies ,h
slave, by very sfDa portion Of corporal exerlio1 in
deed can obtain all thas sufficient maintain existence
when YOU say iai the slave has already motive which
vii induce him to better bis condition. YOU say that bicb