Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-01

obe,, who have been sinnggled from the coas OF -i
"a torn from their country and their KINDRED anu "
tined to more wre,cied l'' anu as Wl,i W ,ho
more enduring captivity than their brethren Oh ''e
Western world Will II be believed, that Govern
mon, itself participates in this description OF F"fs'
Thai il actually holds possession OF slaves ana 'e,S '
on, for hire 10 the cultiraiors al Inc county, ~
If \ whole family being two ianains, or hait rupee
per annum: -, c., s,,yos:
But why dwell on these comparatively 1e" s'ases'
The whole of Hudostan, with the hujaceh' p'ssea
SONS is one magnificent plantation, peop'ta ~ NV
than one hundred millions OF slaves, or""ss
.n,, of ran,emen in England, called the East In.
d;a Componv whose power is far more unl'mi'ed anu
desnotc thnn that of any Southern planter over ms
sayes-a power upheld by the sword ana Da!o",, 20
acting more and leaving less by far OF the product OF
their labor to the subject race, IMAM ~ ltl uuc o
own system with much less regard to their comfort III
sickness and noe This vast system OF servlude car
es viii, itself the elements of increase; not, u IS true,
by The African slave trade, but by means not ess III
human: that of organizing the subject race 'nlo ar
mics and exhaustng their strength ana Tic III ieou's
all around TO the same state OF scffiluue
I'm, /, m.y be said, that the East India Company IS
bui danariment of the British Government, through
which il exercises its control, and hoids IN
Tint vast region BE it | sickle not Tor nice aus
,;pc,;on. Rut how stands the under this aspect
If Il be contrary to the laws OF nature or nations, of
mon 10 hold man in subsection Individually, is u MOI
equally contrary for body OF men to hold announcer III
snhecton, And IL that be true IS 1t not as much 50
for atIO
individually has an absolute right to seligovernment
have moi men aggregated into States, or nations, an
eopnl r;rbt, If there be difference IS not he r'eh
the more perfect in people, or nation IMAM w !he M
divduals who compose 1t: And is not 'he suu,cc,u ~
of ono neople to another usually accompanied wlh
n least, as much ABUSE cruelty and oppress'o as iha
of ono individual 10 another; is il possible TO make
distinction which shall justify the one ana cohue,hh
The other? And If not, what right, then, ask, mas
G. Britain to hold India in lection, II 1t be contrary
r pafIn frrDn
another in subiecton, Or, what right TO hold Cana
d. or her numerous subject colonies, all over the
globe, Or, to come nearer to Tie point, IN "hat is
does il Mace her boasted abolition of slavery IN the
West Indies: What has she, in reality dome there but
10 break the comparatively mild and guardian authority
of the master, and 10 substitute in lis place her own a.
rect and unlimited power: What but to replace inc
overseer by the army the sheriff, the constable anu
the tax collector Has she made her slaves Tree
Given them the right of sclfgoyernmenG Is IL not
mockcry to call their present subject condition tree.
DOM What would she call il, II 1t were hers-li,
by some calamity TO her and the civilized world, she
should fall under similar subsection TO France, or some
other power Would she call that freedom, or the most
Calling and ntolerahe slavery:
But approach near home. | cross the Atlantic,
passing unnotced subiugaed Ireland, with her eight
millions of people, and only ninety thousand voters,
and placing myself on The boosted shores Of England
herself, ask, how will the principle work there:
II was estimated by Burke, if my memory serves
me- shortly before the beginning Of this century, that
the British public, estimating as such all who eXrr
ciscd influence over the Government, did not exec cd
100000 individuals. Since then It has, no doubt,
greatly increased By the extension OF the right OF sui
irare and other causes Say that il has trebed or qua
drnpled and to &c LIBERAL that it amounts TO seven or
eight hundred thousand In this small portion, then
IS vested the supreme control and dominion over the
twenty five millions, which constitute the population
Of the British isles. 1t, then, 1t be contrary 10 inc
laws of nature and nations for 10 hold man IN
subec on, nation another, how can small part
or class Of community hold the rest: Or on what
principle according 20 that maxim, can these few hun
dred thousands hold many millions: 1t the right
of Enforcement forbds the subsection of man
to another, does it not equally forbid that of small
portion of the community over the residue: And, Il
So must not the kim terminate in the utter over
throw of the present political and social system u
Great Britain, and the rest of Europe;
What a picture is presented 10 the mind in conten,
plating the present state OF things in England! WE
behold small island in the German ocean, under
the absolute control OF few hundred thousand ind
viduas, holding in unlimited subsection not less than
one hundred and fifty millions OF human beings DIS
persed over every part of tie globe, making not lei.
than two hundred to each of the dominant class and
yet that class pfopagatIng maxim, with more than
missionary zeal that strikes at the foundation OF tins
mighty power. | would say to Ter and other powers
impclled by like madness, you are attempting wha
own safety and convenience. Vain hope in this in
quiring and investigating age. GU cannot make
benefit 1t will be carried out to its ultimate results
when its reaction will be terrific your social and po
tca condition. Already it begins TO show its fruits
The subject Ct your population, under the name
Of Chlrliss, now clamorng for the benefit OF the
maxim, applied TO themselves. They demand prac
caly in their case, the bcnei, Of The principle you
propagate. al distance, and for 81 dong, are cut down
without mercy. My object not to censIre the course
adopted towards them. 1t not for TO Judge what
your safety may require. | am simply showing that
the West India colonies, and which you must apply
TO case, order 10 sustain your decision, begins IL
oe applied to your own ut home. IL is only the be-.
ginning. Already It is passing into higher and mo.t
intellectual class, who applying il 10 the present
cial and political cond on of Europe. body of
not incons iderabe either for numbers talents,
the Continent of Europe and particularly III France
are busy in making such application They are mer
not Of character to stop short, or be nmldate By
final results Already they proclaim that socia or pc
tcal slavery-thGt which results from the sulaectoI
of the great society TO the small governing class
is than domestic s!avery-that whic exists
within the Southern portion OF Union in lis mild
est and most mgated form. In illustration, vii
read extract from the Paris pendent Of the
Iniclligencer, SAID to be Mr. Walsh, taken from the
work Of the Able Lamannais:
"fhe Abb" eAclaiis, in good sooth, am not in tho
least astonsed that so many, viewing onl.i the mate
rial side Of things and the present sepaa, ed from The
future should, in the midst Of our boastct civilization
millions Of Frenchmcn true ser!s Of this era, crouch
tremendously under the domination Of two hundred
thousand privileged masters and supreme dispensers u
their lot Such The fruit of struggles for half
century. Slaves, arise and break your chains lc,
them no longer degrade in You the name of man
Eighteen centuries of Christianity have elapsed and
we still live under The pagan system. :"
To this add another extract, taken from another Of
the public journals, which VIII give some idea wla,
the fruits of slavery in the form vehemeny de-
nounced by the Able
"ENGLASp ASD IErLaxn.-Its enough to make
ones heart bleed, if all true, in the winter pic
lures drawn Of the starved suffering condition of the
peasantry in the bogs-thelr cabins inundated with
rams and mud-thc bodies of the iaborcrs saturated
with wet, sleeping freess hearths, and peat at the
ex"rh'tant price Of penny sod-,oo exorbtant TO
cook The very few potatoes they may have Parallel to
these scenes, the English operatives arc stated To be
reduced to dire extremity and around these dark and
gloomy spots, we have narratives Of the luxurious and
vnlunlnnns Life led BIZ the farnred E.w iln