Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-07-30


10 certain excn, is unloub,,jlry true lie has got
ts'e ior hnery and thus he has within hin the
habits, from which with and attention. YOU may per
haps extract hereafter the stimulus 10 iabour. But al
present. the elysu of his existence repose In the eli
mate which he inh"biis the great blessing OF life is
sence OF abourthat abour Tor which YOU are now at
tempting 70 create ia lisniud stimulus The question
really TO ths'is il safe TO rest here we now M
Is IL sale TO trust 10 The colonial legislatures for the fulfil
meni OF the resolutions to which this House came
almost unaNmous.y IN the year 1928 Z" Now, be
"uniVVu thW we were arrived at a state in which
standing still would be more dangerous to tho safety OF the
west Indies than proceeding onwards (Hear hear)-
'ho'snttha' the step recently taken by Ills Majesty
r''n"e", \" compliance with the almost unanimous
wish OF the people, prt clvd ON staying where we
now "erci Tor, to leave the slaves under tie guidance of
icaots who would he daily dingng their ears hst for
certain numlcr OF years cmanc patton was not TO take
place ia Difference 10 the wishes of their white PROJECTORS
% add ua new subject Of agitation TO those which they
had already would; ia h- opinions be expose ourselves
odEeiS mos aggravated Than any OF those in whch we
were Involved =, present (HeAr) Did he deny the com
potency Of Parliament TO deal with this question. Ii he
uh' 'h1t would AT once he Fatal objection these
luo But lac, " lao had voted Tor the resolutions OF 1928
ana me- toouron cue deliberations prepared dis
pule The constitutional right OF the Imperial LEGISLATURE TO
ue'l WIN the question:" Shall the negro population of
the West Indies remain longer in state OF slavery or
not Z: He readily admitted, that there was difference
between the question of ahoshiug the Slave trade anl
"t OF aOoi'htns the existence OF slivery. The slave
trade was carried on upon the open sca,he slaves were
The Inhabitants OF the main land; and yet the courso taken
ny Parliament on the slave trade did certainly affect the
inei css OF the propretos slaves quite as much "a
The present resolutions Tho establishment al.o of svs
te OF save registration, by the authority OF the I'm
pela Parliament affected the internal regulation of th,
colonies Indeed ii appeared not only reasonable but
natural 'ht ia case affecting 100000 OF the Kings
su'JGS'' mere should bc power in the King and in
"c ta'iiamcn' 10 make regulations for their safety and
ellbeing; but still man could feel more sironr
~ than he did, the indispensable necessity for our sue
cess That should dispose Of il with the assistance
OF the colonial legislatures and with the concurrence ~,
the great body OF the WeS India proprieors Now tho
nrS! resolution OF the Right Honorable Secretary OPP
was has 10 t. 81. -.
and eHectuai measures no taken Tor the entire
abolition OF slavery throughout The colonies undcr sch
provisions Tor regulating the condition OF the negroes Is
may c0nh0 'ielr welfare with the interests of the pro-
prietors' Twopans were. proposed To he cou,niIir
"''hc consequences of This first resolution One was pro-
posed by the Right Honorable Secretary for the, Colonies
The other by Noble Lord, who, though he held sub
ordinate Office, had such greater experience a To- Colonial
affairs Tan the Right Honorable Secretary One of them
ADVISED Immediate emancipation; the other proposed u-
'"e em,he'Pauon with system OF coerced lalor for
We next twelve years. Now if the plan of the Rich,
honorable Secretary were adopted he doubted the DO
Icy oil passing his resolution in the words in which
WAS oouchcd at present. He (Sir r. PeeD doubted tho
olcy o using the words "imnediae and ,iIccusl ,e,
sues Sha be taken for the entire aha ion OF slavery
rd to Iai'e expectations which the plan of the Rig
non SSffe Hiy by no mean> wartdu ed, aud tia, Was
E'ea' e'i III establishing preliminary resolution The
N-| ron secretary has reminded the House Of thai
part OF Nr Burke's litter, in which he said rb,, ..bc
GaG locked To al that tie est India legsst es hal dom.
q he had found hat tho Had done e and tlat to, In,
ne was Soch Ter nothing in short that IL was arrant ,ri
Hing" MIR. Burke stated that he had no ccrfJerr,
Whatever III The colonial assemblies; he asserted The
OF F%i"ment to egsIlte on these subjects
ana even cohttnded hat The question OF the abolition
could only be decided by the imperial lspisla,rre ~
10 'Ae opinion thus given by Mr. Burke he would now
oppose GHoiher opinion OF Mr.. Burke oiv,n an III.
qies3n IN the spirit of cnla ged human " Mr. DurLe
sdh-- henever, in my proposed ieloimaion we take
cur point OF dep lure from state OF slavery We
must p.ecCGe the donation OF freedom by disuo.ny In.
minds OF the obj cts to disposition 10 receive il viii
out danger 10 themselves 10 US TIE process NJ hn
's zee S2y'ges TO order and civilization is very dil-
I'reh| Nhtn STATE OF slavery is that lrou which
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must rartaSe OF compu.sion. Tho minds of men heinz
crippled with that restraint do nothing for them
selves; every thing must be done for Them The requ
s'ons can owe little 10 consent Every thing must be
the creature OF power Hence is that regulations
be Multiplied particularly you have two parties to deal
WITH The planter you once restrain and sunport
and you must conirou at the time that YOU eose IN
servant Many years had elapsed since Mr. Burke FIRST
advanced nose doctrines but could any say that the
slave was better qualified then than he now is for the
session oil freedom In the OF the discussion ain
sion had been made 10 The opinion of dissatisfaction
tanned by Mr. Gaming with regard to The proceedings of
Inc est India Legislatures. The question was not how
ever, whether the legislatures OF the West Indies had ne
elected their duty To the slaves but whether the slaves
m point oil moral improvements fit for freedom,
hist on this subject, he wished The House TO recolIect
the eloquen, language OF Mr. Coming who described M
negro as being with the form and strength OF a man
nut Wih the intellect only OF a child ITO turn him
loose, said NJ Canning, Sin the manhood of his physi
cal strength, In the maturity Of his physical passions hat
III OF HiS unlUs'Tuccd would he
up creature resembling the splendid fiction OF recent
romance; the hero of which constructs human form
win al The coTporea capabilities Of man and with tb
'ht VS. and sine OF giant; but being unable TO ipart TO
me woIN OF ms hands perception of right and wrong
he finds TOO late that he has Only created more than nor
al power Of doing mischief and himself ecoils from the
monster which he has made" (Hear)
Instances had been mentioned in ", cL
conferred Oh the slave without any danger TO the soce, in
which he lived gallant Admiral had stated facts yiich
Tell under his observation TO justify he inference that free
dom might be safely granted to the slave file had mon
toned the OF the Caracas; but there were cirr
stances which shade that a case in point No
sale deduction could, however be drawn from what had
happened IN Caracas as TO what would happen i'm the
west Indies In Venezuela tie physical distinctions
were not so great rs in colonies and as was well
observed by the Noble Member for Liyerpoo The
dld not constitute more than eighth oil the whole nop
lalon. Now II might he safe to confer freedom on
slaves where they formed only small minority Of the
community ana yet~there might be safety in confer
Ihg II upon them where they constituted The great ma.
Jofty lie you'd now come 10 the plan of The RIGHT
honorable gentleman He (Alr StanieyJ proposed thai
the slave should be Appended twelve years TO his mas
Ter, out mat the slave should be entitled 10 demand his
freedom at any intermediate time on rendering certain
fixed value; but, suppose that some slaves sbonId moi
wish 10 demand their freedom, any time but should
prefer remaining as they were, what would follow? Whv
that there would sil be classes-one NJ sjovae and
one oil apprentices, and for The the whole slave code
would have still to be continued would not That be great
and inconvenient anamoy? But il was proposed Thai
they in the present session should BY an aci of the ne
rial legislature, make law hch was TO apply eoual!v 70
all The colonies, differing, they did in so many things
IN ine'r internal government omo Of them being peopled
ny English, some by Dutch, aud others by French and
SpdniaIdS Sec how different the system with re.
pect TO NE mode OF supporting the slave in some Of the
colonies In Barbados the slave was paid by sort of
truck fysem,-in Jamaica, he had certain allowance of
provisions given TO him. but in each Of the colonies there
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