Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-03-12

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rni,g 70 allow, thatae committed a gross biunder in the
app"S"'on which he made Of a mere common la,o prin-
eTNs 70 % fairs of government.
49,, ~ ~ his argument, so far, has proved any
nahis nv - h "s . rsso,rc sly shown that Virginia is inca
or their increase. IL the evils OF s la" away nr oaaeAs
times greater than MIR. Harrison or ANY ,S r. ."Ion;s,s
suppose, still the mpracticability would be a s1n,,a,Ins oh.
lection 10 the plan OF deportation. And il Is passing Va.
they cannot sec, thatthat very inpractiea6iity is rendered
more certainby the rery evils which they ende av6r to shew
are ~springing out of slavery. Let MIR. II. prove by a misap-
plication oil some OF DR.. Smiths most common. place princi-
Piles, and a ready adoption Of he slang Of the day, in regard
to the wealth OF Virginia, that she is actually in a state Of
d~espicable poverty! What then, Mr.. H.i Would you
recommend the expenditure of millions to such a com-
~monwealth? Would you not, sir, II your advice should be
followed, be able in a few years 10 presents bill equal to that
Of the Irish horse-doctor. "To curing your honor's mare I'M
ill she died, l2s. 6i." II "your honor's mare' should be
changed into "the commonwealth" and the amount in the
bill be multiplied by millions, then W. should have the
precise formula. But MIR. Ii. "utterly protests against.
this question being argued, as If the emancipation were
In fact a money speculation" We ask, with what face can
he or any other aboiitionist protest against that which is
inevitable! Professor Dew proves that the scheme OF de-
portation is utterly impracticable, because we have not
the financial ability, il we had the asylum; and AIR. H..
protests against this view of the question. We tell MI.
III. and his ,oorthy disciple aud eulogist. (Sharpe) that
whether they protest or not, the difficulty is not remov-
ed-There It lies, an opposing ZIP in their path, which
their protest can never remove.
So far, we have examined Professor Dew's argument,
drawn from the expense and difficulties of collecting the
negroes for transportation. He shews, however. that
these evils, appalling as they are TO every rejecting mind,
constitute butone half OF the difficulty in colonizing. We
must look abroad TO the asylum, the recipient which is TO
receive the exiled black; and he gives us a full view of
the history of colonies, in which he points out the I'M
numbered hardships and obstacles which all colonies in
their nascent state have 10 contend with. He shews, that
no colony can be expected TO flourish solely by emigration
you must lest the CURRENTS flow too rapidly-any
addition must always be a decided minority, or the colony
VIII be liable TO revolution and convulsion. The colony in
Liberia has hitherto been but slowly supplied with emf
grants, and this circumstance has been its salvation-Sierra
Leone has been pushed too fast, and it's a decided failure.
Look TO Liberia, and you find the agents calling for indus
tr1Otls and COOL moral entrants. and ortl,ubIiu0 most Gn.
rously at every promiscuous cargo, if the numbers do not
exceed a hundred. Does not this speak volumes in re-
gard to the capacity OF our recipient! Now, says Professor
d., II you send your purchasers in the State 10 buy up
negroes, you get The very worst, with but few exceptions
You VIII inevitably, says he, gather together the very
uregs oil creaion-the most cici0uS, the most WORTHLESS,
and the most idle, for those alone will be sold A fright
ful population, whose multitudes, when gathered together
and poured upon the infant settle OF Afics. will be
far more destructive than the lava flood from the yolc,.
MO. SD He says, il is utterly absurd TO talk of
Iberating thousands, and suddenly; not only making them
JTee agents, which they never were before, but calling
on them TO gorert where government is more difficult
than in any other situation that we can possibly imagine.
Mr.. " has no objection to colonization, il judiciously con-
ducted; but insists, that any attempt TO drain off any thing
like our ANIMAL increase, in this way, must be Intellectual,
and will inevitably break down the colony.-The moment
government shall resolve TO send out thousands TO Liberia.
Tor example, that moment will the bright prospects of that
colony be destroyed. We have been 10 years at work,
and have now only 24O0 persons at Liberia: let us 60 on
then as we have commenced, aud the colony will be well
built-but hasten the work, and the fabric will tumble to
pieces.
MIR. ID. shews that those visions about ciyiliZing
Africa will probably prove delusive-that the Africans
are now totally different In language, manners and
customs from our negroes-that the contact between
two such races must engender wars, and the party that
can cut the greatest number of threats will gain the
victory. He shews that this is the history of COLOMBIA
uon every where and we must recOlIect that the Afi-
can nations are much more formidable than Indians. We
have been successful against the Indians, but our colonies
may not be so against the Africans. Al all events they
will be obliged to fight.
Professor ID. examines the plan of emancin,tion with.
OUT deportation, and shews that il is totally inadmissible. -
He proves that it would produce economical, moral and
political calamity, and consequently must be wrong-that
Tree labor made out OF slave is the worst in the world
lie shews what a wonderful falling of there has been in
the productions of ST. Domingo-and that the condition of
me mass S q hHOss Gi e y Ter:e there than before the i!nsyr:
oIGek 0UerseeT. He says, the example OF the liberation of
seris in the southwest of Europe, proves nothing in our
case-diilerence Of colour and The want of a class in our
society. to act as an absorbent for emancipated slaves, will
always operate against US.
Mr.. ID. then proceeds to his Sd general division.
Ill. INJUSTICE AND EVILS OF sLAvERI.
He says, that whether you prove slavery TO he an evil
or not, his argument is not at all affected, for it is based
upon the impracticability of removing the evil, but he in
sists, that the evils are not so numerous or great as gene.
rally imagined. He investigates five prominent evils i'm
puted to slavery.
LIST. Said TO be wrong in the abstract, and contrary to
the spirit OF Christianity. Now, he says that he is willing
TO allow all this; but still, If we cannot get rid OF it without
producing a greater evil, the law of God and man both re-
quire us TO refrain from action. Mr.. ID. evidently every
where pays the utmost respect TO the christian dispense
ton, and some OF his best illustrations and principles are
extracted from the Old and New Testsments. He forti6es
himself particularly by passages in the Bible, to which we
can merely give the references, q. Cor. vii. 20, 2I-I.
Tim. vi. l, FL. Peter ii. Is, 20-Ephesians vi. 5, 9,
Titus ii. 9, l0-Philemon Coloss. iii. % and iv. ~
~; Mr.. Jefferson has charged slavery with producing
moral effects oil a most deleterious kind. The Professor
combats this opinion of Mr.. j., and shews that he is not
sustained by facts nor sound theory. He insists that there
is not a sounder population on the globe than that of Vir-
GINA, and he points you triumphantly to the South gene
rally ior high and chivalrous character. And as TO the
lar sex, the world itself cannot furnish a parallel 10 the
Southern ladies-they truly adorn the human race. And
there is a reason, which may perhaps better he limited at
than explained, why slavery should communicate the
the softer sex among the whites.
I'd. II has been contended that slavery is unf,vorable
to a republican spirit. "The whole history of the world
(says Mr.. D. proves that this is far from being the
case" Sparta, Thetes, Athens, Rome and Poland were
all slave holding States. In fact, the Professor proves that
the spirit Of liberty glows with greatest intensity i'm
slave holding communities. He says, where there are
black slaves, the whites are all equal; aud equality is the
very essence OF Republicanism, and you never can have
this equality where there are no slaves; for then you must
get ireemen TO perform certain offices, which necessarily
degrade them, and render them unfit to associate With YOU
on terms Of equalty.-You may say what you please about
natural rights-but he insists that the man who brushes
your shoes, and waits on you al table, will not feel himself
your equal: his very occupation degrades him in his own
estimation. Now, all these servile Offices are perC,rmed
by slaves to the South, and that most efficient of all causes
Tor widening the separation between the classes of socie.
~, occupation, is consequently almost imperative.
4th. "lnsecurity Of the whites arising from plots. insur.
rectiOns, &c. among the blacks Mr.. ID. shews. that in
mixed population like ours, this danger is trining. If YOU
supposed every negro was a savage, reckless fend. then
the danger might be great, but this is not the case. The
black can no more be brought to look with conposure upon