The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-08-15
GOV. HAMMOND'S LETTERS ON sou
THERN SLAVERY
fid2fessed 10 Thos Garrison the EnglisA Ado
ltionist
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| lildr1ssd 10 Thos Garrison the EnglisI AJo
lftionist
/ No. A.
Rriroi Of he Stare Trade under u ne,r
name. Emancipation IN The limited
Suites certain 10 result IN the Eriermi-
nation Of The Negro Race. Conclusion
II any farther proof was wanted Of the
utter aud well knosn though no, yet open
" avowed failure of Yves, Indian emsncl.
patton, i, would be furnished BY the start
ling fact that The African Sldre Irade has
been actually rcrircd Under HE auspices
and protection Of me British Government.
tndcr the spccious euize Of "lmmlgra-
ton they are replenshing those Islands
with Slaves from the coast Of Africa
lour colony Of Sierra Leone, founded on
tina. coast TO prevent tho Slave Trade. ard
peopled bv NE bye 10 the first instance by
negroes stolen from these States durIne the
Revolutionary War, IS the depo, where
/ cnpttyes taken from Slavers by your armed
vessels are transported. might say re
tJrucd, since nearly half the Atrissos car.
red across the Atlantic are understood TO
be embarked IN thtsvtctnily. The wretch
ed Survivors,, who are there set At liberty
are immediately ,educcd 10 "lmmigrAts 4"
To the West Indies. The business 10 sys
icma'cely carried on By Black Dele
gates" sent expressly from the West lr.
dcs, where On arrival the immigrants "
nrc '9l9 INTO Sldrcry for twenty one years
auder conditions rid cuousy ,nsipl and
~lckadiy VOID, sl0cc few or none vii ever
be able TO derive auy advantage from them.
he whole prme at life thus passed ~ bon
d,gc It IS contemplated, aud doubtless IT
~tl be carried toto feet TO turn them out
IN Ihctr Old aye 10 INF, for themselves, and
10 ,ufply 'hcit raccs wila fresh aud vtgor.
ous Immigrants Was eyera system
Of slavery SO bafbarous devised before -
Can ytu ghtnk e comparing II With ours
Even your own Religious Missionaries Of
Sierra Leone dcrouncc i. Us wofse than
tho Slave state IA Africa" Add your
Black Delegates fearful Of the Influence Of
ihose Missionaries, as vell 80 on scconut
ct tho Inadequate supply of ihe Captives,
src now preparing procure the ubIe bodied
and comparatively Industrious X roomcn OF
Sic Interior, by purrhdung from their
Hcudmcn tho privilege q inve,glirg them
10 the West ludia msfkeii 81 ends the
maguicca, farer- perhaps ! should cav
tragedy, of Yves, lnda Abolition ell
uot harrow your feelings by asking you 10
review thu isbors o. Your he and tell ma
Shlts and your brother Enthusiasts have
al ell I,r AE,tra I.,t
shs'c agreeing with Lord S'ovell. thu,
" NHIelnsge dccayrl," and admitting that
slavery might DO SO also, think sm fully
3sliGrd by passed and passing events, 10
saying, a. MI Gfosvenor said OF the Slave
trade tia, It's ob5ittton ,s impossible"
Yea are greatly mistaken, howevc.. you
think thal the consequences Of emancipation
here would be stnlar and 10 more iul1ri.
Gus than those which followed from 1t IN
your hH,a sea gir West India slauds vhoto
Dearly sl' eere blacks. Tho system Of
slavery is not in decay with Js. II
il5utl'hes in full aud crossing vignr. Oar
country - Lauudless 10 extent. Dotted here
aud there with villages and fields, IT s FOR
the most part covered With immense forests
anj Stamps Of almost unknown SIC. In
sueh a country, with people so rcslle" as
ours, communicating Of course sone OF that
spuI TO their dunesl,cs, eau you conceive
that enylbtug short OF the power Of the
master over the elAve, could couf1e The
African race, noloFlcusly idle md trproyl.
dent, to labor on our plantations Break
tbs Jopd, lot Tor DAY. and these plauia
llous wtil be soltudes. The negro loves
change, novelty aod scususl eIcltements OF
al kinds, uhcn dwdke. " Reason and or
der" Of which MIR. Wllbc'fofce said lib.
etty was the child" do no, characterize
han. Released from hjspreseut Obligations
b., FIRST impulse would be 10 70 some~ here
And here 10 natural boundaries would re.
STRAIN htm. Al fret they would all seek
the towns and rapidly accumulate IN squal
lied groups upon their outskirts. Dd.en
thence By tho "sfuct police which would
immediately spring mo existence, they
would scatter 10 oil directions. Some DO
dies Of them ulght wander towards the
4" fec States, or to the western Wilder.
ness, marking their tracks BY their depre.
datlons and lhclr corpses. Many would
roam wild IN our " Big woods" Many
more would seek the recesscs Of our swamps
for secure covert. Few, vary few Of them
could be prevailed on to do stroke Of work,
none TO labor continuously, Wh,le a head OF
cattle, sheep or swine could be found ia our
ranges, or an ear OF corn nudded m our
abandoned fields. These exhausted, our
folds md poultry yards, barns and store
houses would become their prey. Finally,
our scattered d~ollincs would be plumber.
ed perhaps fred and the inmates murder.
cd How long do yon suppose that We
could bear these things7 How long would
II be- before We should sleep With rllss al
our bedsdcs, and never move without one
Ia our hands This work onco begun, let
the story Of our Bntlsh ancestors and tho
aborlginele :. .D.g country tell the sequel
Far more rapid however, would DO tho CO
;astropho. " Ere many moons went by, "
tho African fHce would 10 exlerminstsd or
reduced again to slavery, their ranks re
cruited, aiior your example, by fresh " En-
- ~ Lad