Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-28


continued IN States their border rather than in the
more distant portions of the Union. Ii is clear that
as slavery advanced in Texas il would recede from
the States bordering on the free States Of the North
ana west and thus they would be released from &C
tua contact with wha. they consider an evil, aud also
from oil influx from those States of large and con-
stan'iy augmentlng free black population. AS regards
the slaves, the African being from tropical climate,
and from The region of the burning sands and sum- his
comfort and condition would be greatly ncroved by
transfer from Northern ATTITUDES TO the genial and
most salnbrlnus climate Of Texas There, he would
never suffer from that exposure TO cold and FROST which
he reels SO niuch more severely than any other race
and there also, from TIE great fertility of the SOIL and
eXuhercnce Of It's products, his supply Of fond won!d
he abundant. 1t desire to improve the condition. and
increase The comforts OF the slave really animated ;he
an'isli1e1y party, they would be the wsrmest sdvo
Gates OF the remuneration of Texas Nor can it be
disguised that, by the reannexatnn the number OF
free blocks augmented the sa veholdno States they
would be dused gradually through Texas into Mexico,
and Central and Southern America, where ths
o! their present population already OF The coloed
races, ard where, from their vast prepondernnce in
number, they not degraded caste, but upon
lao,ng, not merely OF legal, but VIVA. is far i'm
poran', ri acta: equality with the rest of the popua
tiNn Here, then, ii Il, .as is reannexed throughout
the vast region md s,lubrious and delicos climate
OF Mex;co, and OF Central and Southern America,
large and rapidly increasing portion Of the African
race wi, disappear from The limits o: the Union TEE
process will b. gradual and progressive, without a
shock, and without CONFUSION hereaa BY the loss
oil Texas, ard the Imprisonment of the slave popula-
ton Of the Union, within its present limits slavery
would increase nearly all The Siaveholdiny Sta.s
and change in their condition would become poss'-
BIZ or If Did tlle PLACE by sudden or gradual sbo-
lit'on, the result would certainly he the sudden
gradual Introduction OF hundreds of thousand, of free
blacks lh States of The North and their con-
d"n there Is already deplornble how would il be
when Their number there shouldbe augment ien-fod,
and The burde become intol-rhbe Then, indeed, by
The loss Of the markets Of Trxas-by The taxation i'm
posed by immense free black population dcpress
he value OF all properiy-then also, from the compe-
ttton Tor employment OF the tree black with he white
aboter Of the Sorh-hs wages would be reduced, un-
Isl hsy would fall to ten twenty cents day, and
starvation aud misery would be introduced among the
white laborng population. There is but way IN
which the North can escape these evils ard that is
the xat'on Of Texas, which is the only safety
valve Tor the whole Unon, ard the only practicable
outlet Tor the African population, through Texas, into
Mexico, and C-ntral ard Southern America There, ia
conGenia climate for The African Tnee, cold
and want and burger will not drive the Air can we
it does IN the North, into the poor house and the
jail, and the asylums OF the idiot and insane There,
the boundl-ss and almost unpsopled territory of Mex-
Ico, and ot Crntral and Souhs rn America, with IT.
delicious climate and p'cl tic soil, reuders most
easy the oil subsistence ard there they would
be degraded caste bot equals among equals, not
only by law, but By feeling and nssoca'lon
The medical writers all say, (ond experience cnr-
firms the ssi-ron) that III t:ea,ment overwork neg
ieet in infancy and sickness, drunkenness, want, end
CRIME, the Chief causes oil ldincy, blindnsss. aEd
lunacy; whist will DENY thu, an! guilt ill
the poor house and the Jail. Why it, ,hen that the
free tlack is, (ls the census proves,) much
wreched IN condition, ant dc5ased in moials than the
slave; These free blacks among the people of the
North, end their condition is most deplorab!e in the
two great States of Maine and Massachusetts, where,
since l'c0, slavery never existed. Now, the people
Of The North eminenlly humane, relrg,ous and
intelligent. What, then, - the cacss o! lne misery
and debasemen, Of their free black population /. is
chiefly in the fact, that TIE free blacks, among their
real snperlo's-our own white papulot'on-ars, and
ever Will be- degraded caste, free only IN nnma,
without any Of the blessings Of freedom. Here, they
have rride, and aspiTations-no spirit OF IN
dusry emuaiion-and, mes; cases. 10 live, to We
ce,ate, t:rr only desire. Hence the Efforts 10 I'M
prove their condition, long made in Massachusetts,
PENNSYLVANIA, ard many other States, have proved III
teIy uraya;lIng Gnd !, grows osse every year, as
that population augments n nuC,bcr In VAIN, do many
Of the States give the negro the righ. OF suffrage end
all the legal privileges Of the whites the color marks
the dreadful difference which here at least ages cat
not ohl ieroe. The negroes, however equal n law,
not equal in fact. They where found in The
Colleges Universities upon The snch or at the bar
IN he muster, or the jury hex, in legislative or Exc
co;ire s;atons does marriage, The great bond O:
society," unite tre white with the negro, except rare
Of such unnatural alliance, 10 call forth the
scorn disgust of tn whole community. Indeed, ]
could truly say il passing INTO the immediate presence
Of the Most HIGH that, in morals and comforts, the
free black is far below the sl,ve ard that, while the
condiun Of the slave has been greatly ameloa'ed and
Improving every year. that OF the free blacks, las
the official tables demopsrate) is sinking in misery
and debasement every census, from time 10 TIME,
by ema ncpatnn and other causes they augmented
in number Can it, then, bs sinful 10 refuse to change
The condition Of The slaves to position OF lar greater
wretchedness ad debasement, by reducing them 10 The
level Of the reenegro race, I" occupy The asyrms OF
the deaf and dumb, The blind, the IDIOT, and insane
10 wander mentcants 20 I've III psstiens alleys
and bowels, By the charity, or 10 probing nissr-
able existence in the poor house or the jail All ms
Tory proves that people on earth are more deeply
nbuSt with the love oil freedom. and OF lis Gials on
cvervwherr, among all who can appHcil:e and
enjoy lis blessings, Than the people OF the South
and If the negto->laye improved IN nloTas aud
comloris and rendered capable of set-govsrnment,
by emancipston it would no, be gradual; but immsd'-
ate If the profits Of slavery were ten Told greater than
they l. slavery then never 10 disappear from the U.
mon? II confined within It's present limits do not per-
ceivr when or hey 1t is 10 terminals. IL is true, MIR.
t;eorue Fucker The dstinguis shed Vrgnan and pro-
sessor IN TIER great University has demonstrated that,
in period not excee dang 90 years, md probably lss,
from the density OF populat CT IN all the a"holdng
States hired labor would he as abundant, and cheap a.
slave abo that ali pceanidry motive Tor the contnn-
ance of slavery would then have ceased But would 1T
tier fore Their drsappeaf No, it certainly would not;
for al the lowest ratio, the slaves would then number
al least ten III lions Could such mass he emanc'po-
ted, And il SO, what would he the result? We have
seen by the census and other proof that orcsixth OF
the free blacks be supported al The public expense:
and thai al the low rnte of $50 each, II would cost
$50 600 900 pes annum to be raised by taxation, TO sup
port the free blacks then in the South requiring sup
port namely: ,666 6U6 If manumlsson were permit
TED: but es such could not be collected, cHan-
cipaon would be II is now prohibited By !a", and
slavery could disappear in this manner, even "he
it became Improbable. No. ten millions oir'e blacks
permitted 10 a; large the limits OF the Sou'h,
could never be tolerated Again, then, the question IS
asked, is slavery TO disappear from the Union
This is startling and momentous quesi'on, bat the
answer is easy and the proof is clear Il Ar certainty
dsappcdr If Icr0S reanncred 10 the lnt0R; not oy
ahoon but against and IN spite OF all lts frenzy $40"
y ind gradually by dusion as it has already "us III
ly receded from several Of the Northern Oh the
slavehodlng States and 1t will continue thus more
RAPIDLY to recede by the remuneration OF e1as ana
fincly the distant future, without shock, "f'hou'
Abolition without a CONFUSION, disappear INTO ano
through Texas into Mexico and Central and o'uhefh
America. Thus, that same overriding froViaehce INA
watched ever the landing Of the fngfants ana Pstm'
a, jamestown and Plymouth; that gave US Inc victory
IN our struggle for independence; that ea'aec ny fi'
inspiration the f.amets of wonderful constitution
thai has thus far preserved this great Union rom oa
GERS SO many and imnlment and IS now sh'e'u'ns y
from abolition it's most dangerous and internal ICE