Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-21

Mr. B. exhibited IT, and handed il TO Senators near nhJ
representing large and spreading tree OF liberty pe
meath whose ample shade slave-owner was d! on.
time luxuriousy reposng, with slaves tanning ,, LIE
another carried forth in palanquln, TO view the hei
naked laborers in the cotton field, whom drivers Will
whips were scourgng to the task Inc print was eSi
entIy from the abolition mint und came 70 MIN ny 6oe
other conveyance than that OF Inc mall LOT t"tie mas
post mark or mark Of any kind, to identity lis origin,
and 10 indicate its line of march For what purpose
could such picture be intended u"css 10 ihnac .e
passions of slaves and why engfaVe H. except % u'
tplv copes for extensive distributions But IL was MOI
n;cr.s aonr that operated upon the passions OF the
slaves but speeches, publications., pettlohs presented
Congress- and the whole machinery OF aooiit'oh sCce
ties None Of these things went 10 Inc Understandings
of the slaves but their Passlons all npeccty unacf
stood and INSPIRING vague hopes, and stimulating abor-
tive and fatal instructions. Societies especially were
the foundation of the greatest mlschleis Whatever
might BE- their objects, the slaves never da, ana never
can understand Them but in way as allies organized
for action and ready march to their aid Oh the first sig
nal of instruction. 1t thus that the massacre OF
San Domingo was made The Society in Paris, Les
ts des A0irS Friends of the Blacks with It's afhiateo
soartics hrourlout France, and in London, made that
massacre And who composed that Scciey: In The
bcginnng it comprised the extremes oil virtue ana Of
vice. it contained the best and The basest OF human
kind -Lafa yee aud the able Gregolre those puIest
of uhanlbropists and Nlarat and Anacharss ChootZ,
those jumps OF hell in human shape. In the end. for
al such societies the same career OF dcgcncra-
t!on the good men, Disguised with their associates,
retired from the scene, and the wicked ruled At plea
sure. Declarations against slavery, publications IN
razetcs pictures petitions TO the constituent assembly
we're the mode of proceeding; and tho women OF
Paris-hc said it with humiliation, because American
females bad signed the petitions now before us-thc
hswonen OF Paris the very p0tSSdT@S from the quays
of The Seine, became the obstrepcrous champions OF
West India emancipation The effect upon the French
islands is known to the world but what is not known 10
the world not sufficiently known to IT. islhat the same
societies which wrapt in flames, and drenched IN blood
4 md n
wilderness, the means Of exciting an instruction
upon our own conuent,-n Louisiana, where NJ renc
slave population existed and where the language OF Les
ennis DIS fors could be understood and where lher ems
salics could glide. The knowledge OF this event. Mr.
said ought to be better known both to show The danger
of these societies. however distant, and though oceans
NAV roll between them and their victims, and The tate OF
the slaves who may be excited TO lnsurcconby them on
any part of the American continent lie would read The
notice oflle evenfrom the work of Mr. Charles Gayare
lately elected by his native State TO seat On tls hoor
aud whose resignation OF that honor he sincerely regret
ted and particularly for the which occasloned IT,
and which distracted talent from station that 1t would
have adorned. MIR. Benton read from the work, Is
sal Iistoriquc sur Ia LOusiane' The white popua.
ton Of Louisiana not the only part Of the popna'
ton which agitalcd by the French revolution he
blacks encouraged without doubt by the success when
heir race had obtained in San Domingo, dreamed OF IL
Geyy and sought 10 shake of the yoke. The insurFcc'
ton was planned at Ponc Coupee which was then an
isolated parish, and of which the number OF slaves was
considerable. The conspiracy took birth on the plan:
,ation of Mr. Julien Poydrus rich planter, who was
then travelling in the United States and spread itself
rapidly ,iroug hout the parish. The death OF all The
whites was resolved.llapply, the conspIraors could
not agree upon the day fer the massacre, and from THIS
disagreement resulted quarrel which led to the disco.
very of the plot The militia of the parish Immediately
took arms and the Baron dc Carondelct caused them
to be supported by the troops of the line 1t was re-
solved arrest and to punish the principal conspralorS
The slaves opposed it; but they quickly dispersed,
with loss tIyrDt Oi
spot Fifty Of the insurgents were condemned 10 death.
Sixteen were executed in different parts OF the parish;
the rest were put board galley. and hung at inter
rals all along the river, as lar rs New OIeHnS' IA dS
lance OF one hundred and fifty mrs) The severity OF
the chastsemen nlnidalc Tie blacks, and all returned
tu perfect order. 80,
Kcsumng Ills remarks, Mr.. b. said he had read this
passarc to show that white population had Fight
to dread nay bound 10 dread the miscIernus ii-
huence OF these societies. when an ocean intevcn-
ed, and much when they stood upon the same he
lusplere and within the bosom OF the same county
He also read il to show the miserable fate OF their VIC.
tins, aud TO warn all that was good and yrlunus-ail
that was honest but miSlakcn-in The three hHadrcd HRd
ftty affiliated societies, vaunted by the individuals wlo
style themselves their executive committee, and vino
date from the commercial emporium Of this tnion, their
high manifesto against the President-to warn them ut
once secede from associations, which, whatever may
b. their designs. have other effect than to revive
in the Southern States the tragedy, not oil San D'!L
but Of the parish Of Poinc Coupee.
Mr. b. went to that these societies had already
pcrpclraled more mischief than the Iont remain vi
all their lives spent in prayers OF conlrton, an IN
works of retrbutlon, could atone for Ihcy mad
thrown the state Of the emancipation question MY
years back They had subjected every traveller, and
every ciugrant from the -savc-hodIng States 10
be received with GOODNESS, and viewed with suspicion
and jealousy, in the savc.hoding States They had
occasoncd many slaves to lose their lives. They had
caused the deportation Of many len thousands from the
rra:- growing 10 the planting States. They had caus
cd the privileges Of all slaves to be curaIied, and their
bonds TO be more tightly drawn. Nor was INC ms
chief of their conduct confined TO slaves; ii reached the
free coored people, and opened sudden gull OF mise
ry to that populations. In all the slave States this po
puuton has paid the forfeit of their intermediate posi-
ton, and suffered prescription as the instruments real
or suspected, Of the abolition societies In I'LL these
States their exodus had either been enforced or was I'M
pending. In Missouri, there clause IN The Con-
slilullon which prohibited their grafton to the State
but that clause had remained dead letter IN the book
until the agitation produced among the slaves b. the dis
tanl runbmg Of the abolition thunder, led TO the know
ledge in instances, and to the belief in Others that
these people were the of The abalitionss, and
their medium for communicating with the slaves, and
for exciting them 10 dcSerlion first, and 10 lnSurrecon
eventually Then ensucd painful scene. The pco-
pie met resolved and prescribed thirty days Tor the
exodus Of the obnoxious caste. Under that decree
general emigration had to take place at the commence
Inrnt of winter. Many worthy and industrious people
had quit their business and their homes, and to go
forth under circumstances which rendered them objects
o suspicion wherever they went, and sealed The door
against the acquisition OF new friends while deprfihg
them of the procclonsof old ones. He, Mr. b: had
witnessed many instances Of this kind and had given
certificates 10 several to show that they were banshcd
not for their offences, but for their nstoruncs; for the
misfortune Of being allied TO the which the abol
ton societies had made The object Of their gratuitous
philanthropy.
Having said thus much of the Abolition Societies in
the slave holding States, Mr. B. turned with pride
and cxullaon to different leme-tlIc conduct of the
great body Of the people in oil these States Before he
that conduct, and while the black question, like
portentous cloud gathering and darkenng oil
the northeastern horizon, he trembcd, not for the
South, but for tn: Union. He feared that he saw the
fatal work Of dissolution about to begin; and the bonds
Of this glorious cunederacy about to snap but the COLI
duct Of the great body of the people in all the Shaving
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