Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-09-22

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u IS alleged that the black equal in capacity to tho
wnite race and therefore the former ought to he oman
cpatcd The question of their relative capacity has
,nrSweser nothing to do with that of their bondage
,ner h,eriorty would confer right ensave them
nor would thes equality be reason for emoncioatio
Against the domestic slavery of the United States m.
cizens OF Great Britain have made the most cIamonr
navc portrayed II, IN the strongest terms as blot
ana STAN on the American character Let them look M
nome nome What, England reproach England, whose
sg oespots,n and unparalleled cruetes in india ara
known and shuddered every where! England xSbaso
noble people Of ireland ~ - " ''0
~ IL domestic slavery be blot upon u.s. who made il,
England. we were her coloniss when it was intro.
onced and II there be stain It's on her hands c.
ma whilst colony, framed an act To- proh;h;, IT., ,
on OF negroes. England vetoed the hill JecIarp ,.
I as oeneoeiai TO ne mother country The Colo
The slave trade and the language of the British
Gient wasWc cannot allow the colonies TO check or
IN any degree, traffic beneficial To the
nation The history of the colonies shows Ion~ nd
strong exertons to abolish the trade; but england nre
nd ,i one mas since trumpeted forth her humanity
pL =, ieaung ana NOISY part against the traffic
rerhaps the destruction of the French West India Is
ian0s had as much to do with her course as phantro
Py ior look INTO her history and it will be found Thar
national vengeance and have guided her o much
as her neighbours Let England wash the sno,s from
cutchcon. " ''ea" our es
Dor fathers, folly aPpreciatng the value of poco,
tan IT, iie colonies Independent of Great Bri-
'ii; fhe especial Providence of Almiybtv Cod go
"sso TO hey councils, and victory to their arms
IN iie a.h OF July, l776 in the immediate negbbor.
was mode From il the advocates of bI,cL p eneo
ton take their text. 'sAn men arc crented san ;
limited Let Us exan. Sn iney put upon it is
trainers OF the Declaration the renresen,a;; .io
PPe, intend to declare that domestic slavery WINS in
~: WIN the freedom of the colonies If thew
oid not their words of use in the defence s 10y
gro emancipation If they did, chy aocre nor ali ~.
In lIol, The Articles of Confederation. ,vero ro,;
nea, domestic slavery still existed Why did il cyst
me eostr sSlioT OF The Aboltonists be correct3 The
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feet Union and the blessings of ber,v ntIih
ca the Constitution in 1857 Domestic slavery sill
emancipation been persisted in No Union could -"
neen perfected IT theorists and drcamcrs had de,er;
ca 10 deprive the slave holding States of their
bllshed; the world looked on it with ad,n;ra,;o.
u no. prohibit domestic slavery So far from it, that
"e Vi us main features, that Of representation was
based upon IT; further it declared that the traffic 5J
not es Ppos1aea by Congress- prior TO the year IS0s -
Perhaps the trainers of the Constitution ho1gb, tb H.
mat PERIOD the increased population of the blacks womb
snpersede the necessity Of importation
,sasn In our a1y Ianch Prang about liberty and
Pendehce and the trainers of the Constitution r,cr
qSAle as GoHversant with the rights of man as the hes,
OF us;-thsy had as much philanthropy; and If Won vii
have It, as much Christianity as we profess to m
lhey possessed the confidence of the people and do
seryedl-they passed through the times thai tried 49,,
souls and, without fear favor or affection of ea
put IN the spirit of virtue, wisdom and patriotism ner
oha 1t be said that such put blot and stain upon
our county $50 much for the text of Emancinat;op
advocates Tor abolition present several plans for
cnecung their object am against immediate enamel
patton, and against colonization. | view them both no
nPrachca6le-n)urious to the white and cruel 10 the
black man. - va
The matter does not rest upon conjecture !, i; on g
ngnres' wh4eh the youngest scholar in arithmetic can
There about $500 600 slaves IN tho rrn;,od Co.,.
at 500 per head it would require 900 dollars to
Ii after their purchase thev arc r., ro,,o; :; Al,
we must expect results to the free and 10 the 60
pateu Siihap 10 those which have ensued in every
country where emancipation has been resorted to- esnIt
~ wi4ch humanity shodders, and which we perbans
ccnio as IN other countries by the subsni;p
% % sposl over the emancpated nearly, if not quite
as gaming as slavery itself Read the history of Iavt.
mark the rapid diininuoD of its produotions nerns ~
Hgid codes-and thon talk about emancination Nc
one acquainted with human nature would or could -.
pect that people emancipat Immediately would ho
otherwise Than IDLE improvdent immoral and unbappv
1.-THE enamel paied are to be semi avvav We 49,, Pp
to the hundreds of millions of dollars for the nnycbsse
the sum necessary for their TRANSFORMATION To and te
comfort alter their arrival at the Colony From what
could ihis enormous amount of money be raised
II It were aaised, it would he mpractica6Ie to COLI
ME ali the emanepaed in any reasonable time THE ac
viy, means, and profits OF the traders raised
annual average OF importation much above one hun
dfed Thousand slaves What means would allow the ex
portaton OF two mi'lions2
Elie amount Of purchase above sta,ed :, n-.s...
on the supposton that slaves could be nnrrI,osd Gu
at $500 per head which is below half Their
value II certain number could be purchased y, lit
and colonized the price of the remainder ,o,Id ~
ed The death of some twenty thousand hv C,holors
% tie piice twenty-five per cent The removal
number at home The law of population is as certain a.
any law OF nature, and be read by all ,qbo pse the
eyes what eOHDtry in modern times has had s nonu
atloh diminished by emigration? Africa for ncarlv n
century parted annually with about one hundred tbon
SAND OF ITS inhabitants; and whilst half America ,sos
Oackened by the trade, Africa has experienced no dmi
hution oil It's population. The expectation al ce,,o;
number Of slaves, would render those that remainsd
more valuable, and more attention and caro- would bo
paid to populatny. N W
colonization under tie most favorable circumstances.
Is no easy matter Read the history of every Colon,
us record OF priyatIons suffering disease and ,oyo
my fvery page portrays the necessity of add;n vnr,,
gradually, to the number Of the coloDists To coion;z
numbers OF the blacks, would be misguided huma
be sending them from their o,o1 1o,,of ~,
new and dangerous climate and to means of subsstence
!" which they are totally untitled
~ ~ nnch 10 he regretted, that misplaced notiop oc
PmanihroPy has led persons 10 agate the oueaon ~
slavery, IT'S tendency create bitter Ccenos
happiness to their masters. ~
In Pennsygania we have a large colored free oo,n1a
'oh ana notwIthsiandng the prejudice that NAV erst
against thcm asseEt, from the best opporfnnity ~
knowing thal as class they quiet and nogensive
~" ~. many o uiem Intelligent aud respectable The
~ 49,, " we save question is only calculated to rem
ger we rec blacks unhappy and excite the urendcos
Oi Tue wicked and ignorant against them
Know that at Is fashionable proplosv thai so, zig
century hence seryi!e will ensue with all ifs bo,
rors such prophecy IS based on an Ignorance Of bu
inan nature. have fear of a ccnpTal ina,rre,tisT
and believing that have enough 10 do in o,r dsy J
generation am wihng 10 eaya 80 posefty the business
OF poserty. Those who succeed us will Be oui,o m abe
to attend 90 She business Of their times as we arc to NJ
tend to IL fos them W. Nv
Many Pe'sons talk Of the slavery; yet without
slavery, II b., 10 say the least douhc5i ,etle, tbo
Southern states could he cultivated and furnish c, 10
uense exports, whether the free labor Of communicated
slaves would be any thing ike equal the seryie labor