Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1845-01-23

for commercial, manufacturing. and seEfcaIidsl1
Our O energies. or blight The rising prospects Of,
q Present Tyler tellsus, 'lhis free and indepens
dsat nnlion," BY an unnatural, selfish union. LeE
rs bear an mind what Texas wass while she -:
manned . portion Of the Mexican ConLelsg1cyA
how one Of the great causes Of hes disSaiilaelson
and revolt was, the absolute pEohihition IL slave.
~ within the limits Of Mexico.
p Who docs not knows that Texas was first eslilee
by set of restless freebooters, gamblers and spec.
ulators, mostly ft0mlhe South ana soalk western
States; all of whom gave ny, ouF free Pr0festspt
cssboIic rule and MANY 81 whom spesD.d a. ro%
their native land, to RIB the law Of its rghfInl We.
tins. or the creditor Of his Just due We have
seen the government Of that country administetep
in accordance with these materials, ever sines it,
revolution, Specializing and land-jcbbing hasbeem
its ruling propensity, ever since IFS commences.
ment. An Of our cities and towns have been i.s
undated with its land scrip and its bank script ~
But, say the abettofs Of this unions the whole of
Texas will not be admitted as slave stateS-Alhat5
the balance Of the free and Slave States will Sill
be preserved BY an equal number Of each. They
argue thus The interior Of that country Is MORE
calculated for the production Of corn, wheat. xrd
grazing, when slave labor does NOT prove 20 psoh-
table; and they claim only that portion whieiis
designated plantation soil = that -, where cor
ton, indigo, rice, and sugar. are indige1ous Let
oSAe any part tGft1IOIY more UUUEItk<
table, her soil unproductve, or her climate neon-
genial, than Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri ~
Did not the North concede the SO 1-2- degrees of
North latitude in the Missouri eompromise, a ~
constitutional line between the free and slave fsvI
ritory' With a. Senate already holding balance
of Representatives between the free and slnxss
states wou,a :. "at be thought arrogant b hope 10
see a,fee state added to the Union, south Of this
liue Are the slave holders esstenaciouss q &nelr
dispositions more accommodating. an this subject,
since the agitation Of the Abolitlonists at The
North !! - .f1e 4 a,&a sl9s aEf I5I4'E
In looking at the subject of annexation, We fesr
our prejudices against the African race are too art
70 warp and blunt our consciences. Having frem
our infancy been accustomed to look upon anA
treat them as an inferior, down troaden mepi.l
race, we have willingly folded our bands and shut
our eyes against all efforts for their moral ana 80
cial elevation. We have prosecuted and pYescri-
bed them from their infancy, with all the zeal and
malice the Hindoston Bramin does the odious Lost
caste" Pertains. We teach our children the dan.
ger of contamination from their sable mates, a.
soon as they are able to distinguish color. We
withhold from the blacks their sustenance of life
and then brand them thieves and villains for "a.
king to satisfy the cravings of nature. We cast
them off from all rights Of suffrage and preferment,
and then brand them for not becoming philanthro-
pists and statesmen. We shut from them all mcans
Of knowledge and science, and then stigmatise
them for not being poets and philosophers. We
see them quail undet the branding iron and-thc
lash, and then declare them only t for the toll Of
perpetual bondtnen. That this is no fancy sketch.
we would refer the reader to the work Of late
English traveller in this country, George Combel
entitled Notes on the United States of North .
American" Vol LIST, page 264 and 265, on Negro
Slavery. Can human nature bear such indignifies
for generations, and not sink into that degraded,
abject condition in which we find that prescribed
and prosecuted race, in this our free, independent.
and enlightened Republic. rs go
Let us look back for centuries and ask ourselves
if this down trodden people were always thus for
those conquefors. those patriots that once glad
dened, graced. and gave immortal renown to the
Euphrates, the Gauges, and the Nile, of that same
sable hue which causes in cur free Christiou 10.
tion this prescribed caste !! And since History
abounds with the progress of the "Rise and fall
of States and Empires" and when we look at the
modern nations of Greece and Rome, let hssremem-
Der that g the is not always to the swift nor
the battle to the strong" ata ss.s - z % W.
The truth is, human nature is the same in an
mankind. 1t rs the fact that circJmstances. tsfe
en- beyond our control } make Us what we afes-and
character is formed by condition. II was the fnfce
Of circumstances which planted our. New England
COLONIES, gave TONG md vigOr to our enterprise,
courage and freedom. established cur independence
and national prosperity and has filed our Western
States with courageous and energetic population
and we fear that circumstances are to bring sla.
very, disunion. and anarchy upon this our Tepub-
lican paradise. .sfias
But let US of the North, be just, as well as gen.
erous. Let US pour the :" milk Of human kind
ness into The bosoms of these "caste" ridden
brethren Let US welcome them to our. institutions
and to our hearts, we do the poor, ignorant emf.
grants of ireland and Germany-and we hesitatcr
not to say, they will be equally as patriotic anddu
tiful subjects. 95s ". tal.tS
We are sure, if the reader has drank in the same
spirit in perusing, that the writer has in pepning
these Communications, he must be convinced that
the annexation of Texas to this Union, will be =,
90 fraud ON human liberty" aaF 7@t Assj sJaas
We will close with giving one, out Of many in
stances at hand of the fithfulness, capablity and
aptness Of the negro for mental and moral iml
proyelnent. rs The following evidence is from the
last will and testament of the lamented Secretary
Upshhr: a5 r.ss- al4g4 Bid. 7tsv.s..g.,
IS emancipate and set free my servant David
Rich, and direct my Executors to give him one hum
dred dollars. Irecommend him in the strongest
manner to the respect, esteem and constance 81
any community in which he may hanE g.
He has been slave for twenty fou} 14fing
which time, he has been trusted extent.
and in every respect. My confidence u hlm he's
" has always been such as to afford him every on.
portunty to deceive and injure us, and yet he has
never been detected 10 any serious fault, nor even
in any intentional breach Of the decorum of shis
station. His intelligence is Of high order-his
Integrity above all sus2icion--and hin sense 81
feel that he is Justly entitled to carry this eest
cate from ne, into the new relation he must now
form. 1t is due TO his long and most faithful seEa
vices, and to the sincere and steady friendship
which bear him. In the uninterrupted and COM
fdential intercourse Of twenty -four years. have
pleasant word Iknoso no man sohO has Jescsr
faults, or more ercellencies than ne" II! s.a
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