Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-04

pOWcf arrcst or conc
uou In The opinion of intelligent West India plant.
rts, II is because the local authorities from n sense of
% security neglected. hang up the first of these po-
Hca missionaries that made their ON The
british Islands that they doomed to and
oesrron and TO be the wretchcd abodes of INDECENT and
Pfoigae blacks, exhibiting in their squalid poverty
gross immortality and savsh subsection to an iron des-
poiisn OF British bayonets the fatal nockcry of oil the
promised blessings of emancipation.
Under these circumstances ind i'm this critica con-
Jnnct1re OF our affairs the solemn and responsible duty
asroses on tic Legislature OF taking that the
ihe CRIME which these foreign inccndiaries have
committed against the peace of the State is one of the
very highest grade known to human laws Ii not onlv
nes az inc very existence OF society but seeks 10 ac-
conphsii the catastrophe, by most horrible means
the ooseqcies of the State in saturnal car.
nsui VI oiood and murder, and while brutay violating
AL the charities of life and Decorating the yerv nlta
o. reigion, mpiously calling upon Heaven to sanction
hese abominaons 1t my deliberate opinion that Tho
avs OF every community should punish this species of
interference by death without benefit clergy regard
ing the authors Of il enc mics of the human rac
Nothing could be appropriate than for south Cr
ma 70 set this example in the present crisis and trust
tne legislature VIII not adjourn till it discharges this
IL cannot be disguised, however, that any laws which
may be enacted by the authority this State however
i us units VIII be wholly insufficient TO meet the III
gences OF the present conjunciure If we 90 no farnr
IMAM tlis we had as well do nothing These outrages
'ne peace and safety Of the State perpetraicd
IN other communities which hold and exercise sover
niu GAciusVe Jurisdiction over all persons and things
"itn 'nelr territorial limits. II is within these limits
protected from responsibility our laws by the sove
regnty OF the States in which they reside that the
toTs oil all THIS mischief curey concoc their schemes
plant Their batteries, and hurl their fiery missiles amon
us, aimed at that mighty magazine of cnbnstble mas
ter, the explosion of which would Law the Sta,s in
IL wall, therefore, become mperous duty reenr
mig TO these great principles Of international law which
SUN exis' IN IN all their primitive force amongst the
sovereign States of this confedcacy TO demand Of onr
sovereign associates the condgn punishment of those
ehem OF our peace, vino avail themselves of the
tuaries OF their respective Jurisdictions to carry ON
schemes ofincendary hostility against the institutions
the safety and the existence OF The State In nerornr
i nsh a1'y 70 which we are constrained by the great
aw oil sen preservation let us approach CO States
with all the fraterna mdness which becomes nc as
members OF the same family of conicderated Republics
ana al the same time with that frmness and decision
which becomes sovereign State while maintaining her
dearest interests and most sacred rights
For the institution OF domestic slavery we hold our
selves responsible only to God, and il is utterly NEON
paiibe with the dignity and the safety of he STATE a.
permit any foreign authority TO question our r;b, ~
maintain 1t IL may nevertheless be appronrate as n
voluntary token OF respect for the opinions of our
confederate brethren to their con-
sheraton on Tins subject, calculated to dsabuse their
III mos oil false opinions and pernicous preudices
No human institution, my opinion is more manifest
consistent with the will of God than dome sic slave
ny, and of his ordinanccsi is written in ore
characters than that which consgns The African racs IN
inns eohu.on, as mare conducive to their happiness
thahahy oticr OF which they susceptible. Whether
we consult the sacred Scriptures or the lights of natre
and reason, shall find these truths as abundantly nm
parent, as II written with sunbeam in the heavens
Under both the Jewish and Christian dspepssona os
our religion domestic slavery existed with the uneou
vocal sanction of its prophets its APOSTLES and fna
its Great Author. The patriarchs themselves thngs
chosen instruments of God were slaye holders In Iic,
the divine sanction OF this institution so plainly ri
ten, that " he who may read it, and those ovex
righteous pretenders and plarsees, who affect 10 be
scandaized by its existence among u.s. would do
wen To inquire how much more nearly they walk in
the ways of Goodness, than did Abraham Isaac ard
Jacob That the African negro is destined by Provi-
aence 10 occupy TINS condition of servile dependence
Is not less manifest 1t is marked on the face stamn
ed on the skn and evinced by the intellectual In
ier'or'ty, and natural mproyidence of his race
lhey have all the qualities that fit them for slaves
and not of those that would fit them 20 he
irecmen They are utterly unqualified not only for
rational freedom, but for selfqoyeru3,enf ~ ~
kind They IN all respects physical moral ana
political, inferior millions of the Human race
VINO have Tor consecutive ages dragged out wretch
ed existence under grinding political Iesnotisr,
d who doomed to this hopeless condition bg
the very qualities which unfit them for better
1t utterly astonishing that any enlightened American
after contemplating all the manifold forms in which even
the white Of mankind are doomed TO slavery and
oppression, should suppose i possible TO reclaim the
Africans from their destiny. The capacity to enjoy free
dom is an attribute not to be communicated by human
power IL is an endowment of God and of the rarest
which 1t has pleased his inscruable wisdom to besto
upon the nations of the earth 1t is conferred as the
reward of merit and only upon those who are qualified
TO enjoy it, Until the Ethiopian can clange HE skin
it will be vain to attempt, by any human power ia make
recnen of those whom God has doomed to be slaves
by all their attributes
Let not, therefore, the misguided and des;gn;, n,s
meddlers who seek to destroy peace imoone that
they serving the Of God by practically arra
ing the DEGREES of biz Providence Indeed il would
scarcely excite surprise if with the impous audacy of
those who protected the tower of Babel they sbould az
tempt To scale Tie battemcnts of Heaven,
strate with the God Of wisdom for having put the mark
of Cain and The curse Of Ham upon the African race in
stead OF the European.
Ii the benevolent friends Of tie black race would aom
pare the condition Of that portion Of them which we hold
in scrvitGde, with that winch still remains in Afrca To-
tally unbcssed y the lights Of civilization or crstani-
y and equally destitute of hope and of happiness they
would be able to form toierabIe estimate of ,ot
our blacks have lost by slavery in America and what
they would gain by freedom in Africa Greatly as their
condition has been improved, by their sulecon 10 an
enlightened and christian people, (be only mode under
heaven by which 1t could have been Accomplished tbe
are yet wholly unprepnred for any thing like a m
tiona system OF selEgovernment Emancipation would
be positive curse, depriyng them of a guardian.
ship essential 10 their happiness aud they may wei
say in tile language Of the Spanish proycrb Hsave
Us from friends, and we will take care Of
enemies" IL emaucpaed, where would thev
live, ond what would be their condition? The idea Of
their remaining among us is utterly visionary Anal
gamati0n is abl0rrent TO every sentiment of nature and
If they remain separate caste whether endowed
with equal privileges or not they will become our n1as-
ters q must resume The mastery over Them Tb;a
slate # political amogaination and conflict which tho
aboidinnsts evidently aim 70 produce, would be tho
most horrible conaiun imaginable, and would furnish
Dnne Milton with the type for another chapter illns
disposition therefore, that could be made Of our enamel
patcd slaves would be their transportation TO Aica n
cxirrfninalc the natives be exteffnaaled bv them.
tagrncies either Of which may we'll servo TO Illus.
the wisdom 81 not The panhroply Of those supcr-
scTyiceabc madmcn, who 10 tic name Of humanity
would drsolac the finest region Of tie earth and de-
sifoy The perfect system Of social and political hap
pness that has existed I'll perfectly evident that
lhe destiny OF the negro either Tire worst possi-
bic form Of political slavery domestic sergitude as
exists u The slagc.holding Stairs.
The advantage Of domestic slavery over The most rt
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