Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-30
I1UH OF VIC UTS1ITVt
;47. KING WILLIAM.
For The Enenil

Messrs. Editors: In the Wing Of the 25ih OF
June, is very extraordinary article sisheu rs
SEX" Ii is pompous, inconsistent, unrcasondnie
and absurd. From the Introductory REMARKS,
one would imagine that The anlhor was some
thing of a politician, as he denies The right eilier
OF the General or State Government 10 foster any
one INTEREST," 10 the delrment OF others; ana IN the
SEQUEL he inyokes his State Government TO en-
slave fifty thousand free persons; and mol sasiieu
with This, he recommends that The nexl Lesisia-
lure So tax the merchants that all OF limited ca
pilal shall be driven 10 other pursuits. NOW, inc
reasons for absnrdies SO gross, should be pre-
ponderalng indeed. Well, lei them be stated
The negroes steal an aggregate OF more than
one hundred and fifty thousand barrels OF corn
annually. and dispose of The same 10 The Tree ne
oroes and 10 The small dealers. The proois:-
The Tree negroes will not woik-erso, they eat
one hundred thousand barrels Of stolen corn. 4 nc
small dealers are constantly shipping corn, WIN
out lbe means Of buying i--crso, they get u
from The nesrocs-I have always understood
that the receiver of stolen goods was as bad as
The thief but according 10 The punishment pro-
posed By Essex" the Tree negroes, without as.
tinction arc To be enslayed because part OF
them can obtain one hundred and hlty thousand
barrels OF stolen corn from The negroes without
dollar 10 pay for il. Now, tho slave being pa'tl-
cer, eriiuis and The original mover in The Ihelt,
should have an equal punishment; 50 would
propose, il fifty thousand free persons Of coor
he removed 10 some remote corner OF Inc EARN,
that as many slaves accompany them. But, by
The by. did no. know that the earth had corners.
| cannot make an estimate OF the number oi
small dealers Ina, would be driven 10 other pur-
suiis-say four hundred with their families; ma
king in The aggregate about one lhousan' sH
hundred Well, The guilty oil The negroes are
equally guilty with The guilty OF those; ami now
>hal their punishment he determined, WIN a.
many innoccn, ones as will make up like az
nreoa,e? would say, they should be sold, and
The proceeds put into the public treasury. Now
ali The small dealers being, by The rsors OF less-
lal;on. driven TO other pursuits, what II The ne
c,oes continue 10 steal and find plenty l persons
a. receive The booyl would say, in every case
mon detection and conviction, that the ,nascr 9!
Inc slave lie fined one hundred dollars, and The
receiver o: The stolen goods another one hundred
dollars-al 10 be placed into The public treasury.
II is not the being merchant that induces per-
son to conduct an Illicit trade, but The being
evil disposed; and less sagacity than The article
signed Essex" manilcsls, and God knows Il ma
nifesls lille enough, should have suggested This;
and is il mol TO be apprehcnded, that class
vigorously oppressed, would be lnsl'saled 10 re-
yenee. and 50 persist in IN aggravated prac.
ise OF the evils complained Of Such Is
believed 10 be human nature, particularly when
| il would plead in c1cnuaton, black INJUSTICE and
| unleelpe oppression Essex" objects 10 cross.
| road establishments and here again his penetfa-
lion is al fault. The more public the place OF
resort. the less chance for illegal trade; and u
The proplielors Of those concerns be driven to
other pursuits, they will then he less Objects OF sus-
nicion. and their characters being unchanged and
clothed with The panopy OF persecution, and IN
sliea,ed by revenge, with lauiable prele1t Tor
cxcr,ne il, the evil would be increased rather
han diminished. will not ask Essex" Why
he would punish The innocent with The gully, III.
asmuch as he might have brains enough 10 give
me pertinent reply | could, were II necess:-
nv point out inconeluilies and absurdies in this
| extraordinary article of Essex" that improvi-
dent zeal has ushered into lie; "bul The game is
moi worth the candle" To practise successfully
| on The prccep!s indicated by Essex" we should
have 10 establish an inquisinn, construct en-
| eines Of torture, and erect sullloline.
will notice single indiscfcct assertion Of
"Essex," and then close my hasly remarks He
saws The grcgscries are multiplying rapidly IN
der our existing license laws. New. reside in
the same county from which he halls, and am
totally ignorant OF single instance Of increase,
even OF a shop, yclept IA store" Ills apprehen-
| sons. founded no doubt in some causes oil alarm,
| applicable 10 all classes and avoCalons, have
transported his fears into an Incorporate ZEAL de-
rogalory TO the authors, and injurious in its I'M
| sparing abuse and insinuations not against this,
| that or the other cross-road merchant but each
and every one struggling against adversely.
CANDOR.