Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-03-07

Nov the distribution of labor in ,thu I'M.
led States b geographical the free labOreEs
occupying one side Of TIE llnes and the slave
lab0fefs the other; each >elNss pursuing is
own avocaiions almost altogether unmixed
with the other. But on The suggestion or
immediate abolition, the black class, migra-
ting into the free States, would enter into
with the white class, diminish
ing the wages of their labor. and augmenting
the .hardships Of their condition. ,.-.r
This is not all. The abolitionists strenu-
ously oppose all separation Of the two races.
l confess to you, sir, that have seen with re-
greet, grief and astoDishments their Tesolute
opposition 10 the project Of colonization
No scheme was ever presented to the accep-
lance of man, which, whether il be entirely
practicable or not, IS characterized by more
unmixed humanity and benevolence than
that of transporting, with their own consent,
tho free people Of color in the United States,
TO the land of their ancestors. It has the
powerful Recommendation that whatever It
does is good and if it effects nothing, il in
flicts no one evil or mischief upon any por-
tion Of our society. There 10 no necessary
hostility between the objects Of colonization
and abolition. Colonization deals only with
the free man Of color, and that with his own
tree voluntary consent. It has nothing to do
with slavery. ~ dtdistnrbs no mans property.
seeks toimpair no power in the slave States,
nor to attribute any to.the General Govern
ment. All it,. action apd all its why's and
means are voluntary, depending upon the
blessings or Providence, which hitherto has
graciously smiled upon it: And yet, benefi.
cent and harmless ascoionization is, no por-
ton of the people of the United Suites de-
.nounces it with SO much persevering zeal and
such unmixed bitterness as do the aboli-
tionists. t .a..ts.. .,..s.-. ,....t. ,...
They put themselves in direct opposition
to any separation whatever between the two
races. They would keep them forever pent
up together within the same limits, perpetua-
ting their anilnositics, and constantly endan-
gering the peace of the community. They
proclaim, indeed, that color is.nothing that
the organic and characteristic difference be-
tween the two races ought to be entirely over
looked and disregarded. And, elevating them
selves to a sublime but impracticable philos-
ophy, they would teach us to eradicate all
the,rcpugnance of CURVATURE, and to take to
our bosoms and our boards the black man as
we do the white, ON the same footing of equal
social condition, Do they not perceive that
in thus confonnding all the distinctions which
God himself has made, they arraign the wis
dom and goodness Of Providence itself! 1t
has been His divine pleasure to make the
black man black and the white man white,
and so distinguish them by other .repulsive
constitutional differences. It 10 not necessa.
ry for me to maintain, nor shall endeavor
10 prove, that il, was any part Of His divine
intention thut tho one race should be held in
perpetual bondage by the oaher; but this /
will say, that those whom He has created diff.
ferent, and has declared, by their physical
and colour, ought 10 keep as0nder,
should not be brought together by any pro-
cess whatever of unnatural analgamation.
But If the dangers Of civil contest which
have supposed could be avoided, separation
or amalganation Is the only peaceful alter.
native, il it were possible TO effect the, pro-
ject of abolition. The abolitionists oppose
all colonization, and il irresistihly follows,
whatever they may protest or declare, that
they are 10 favor of amalgamation. And who
are to bring about this amalgamation have
heard Of none Of these ultra abolitionists fur.
Dishing in their own families or persons any
examples Of intermarriagc. Who Is TO be-
gin IL! Is il their purpose not only to create
o pinching competition between black labor
aud white labor, but do they intend also to
the industrious and luborious
classes of society Mt tho North by revolt
ing admixture of the black element! .1p3z
g 1t is frequently asked, what 10 TO become
Ofthe African race among us! Are they for.
ever to remain IN bondage? That question
was askcd more than half n century ago-It
has been answered by fifty years Of prosper.
will be repeated fifty or u hundred years
Providence who has hitherto guided and gov.
erncd US, and avcrted all serious evils from
The existing relation between the two races,
will guide and govern our p0sterity. Sutei
cient to the day is the evil thereof. We have
hitherto, with that blessing, taken care of our.
selves. POstcri.y will find the means Of its
own preservation and prosperity. Il IL only
IN the most direfnl event which can befill
his people that this great interest, and all
other Of our greatest interests, would be put in
jeopardy. Although in particular districts
he black population 10 gaining upon the
white, II only constitutes one fifth Of the
whole population of the United States. And,
Iaking the aggregates OF the two races, the
European is constantly. though slowly gain.
ing upon the African portions. This fact is
demonstrated by the periodical return Of our
population Let US cease, then. to indulge in
gloomy fOrebodings about the impenetrablc
future. But, five may attempt to liz the veil,
and contemplate what lies beyond 1t, too,
have ventured on speculative theory, with
which will not now trouble you, but which
has been Published to the world. According to
that. in the progress Of time, some one hun.
dred years hence, but few vestiges of the
black race will remain among our posterity.
Mr.. President, at the period of the lorna.
ZION of our Constitution, and afterwards, our
ancestors apprehended danger to the
Union from two mNeeRS &lyAfv vvns She Alla
gany Mountains dividing the waters which
how into the Atlantic Ocean from ,hoae
which found their outlet In the Gulf of Mex.
ico. They se6Egsed o. present n nssaral, ss,p.
aration: That danger has vanished before
The noble achievements Of the spirit Of inter-
nal Improvement and the immnosAal genius
nf Elllton And sa<as,s. .z.,..l.o.s.