Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-03-22
VOL. XXVlI.--VO. Ga.

old thousand blacks composing about o. fuTth 81 III"
entire population Of the STATE, with their descendants.
could never live peace harmony and equality with the
residue Of The population. The color, passions and pref
udces would frvrr prevent the two rareslivng ngeth-
er in of cordial union. SOCIAL moral and plitI
ca would be n-vl able lot Of the i red
race Even in the free States q the free and
slave States not in any derogaory from Glass;
OF implying any superiority in the Other but for The sake
OF brevliy) that's their present condition. In s,me If
those free States the penal legislation agaln,, the people
OF color Is quite severe. if no haTsher Than il is IN M
Of the slave States As no where in the United States
are anal gamaon and equality between the pos
sbe Is betT that there should be separate and that
the African descendants should be returned native
land Of their fathers.
Il will have been that the plan have suggested
proposes the annual transportation Of all born after spec
fled day upon their arrival the prescribed age, the
Colony which may be selected for the.t destination and
this process Of transportation is be continued u the
separation Of The two races is mpeled If hr
pated slaves were TO remain III Kentucky IN il they at
taned the age of tweny>elght would be about thirty
four years before the first nnna transportation brganf
the system commence in 1855. and about thirty nile
years, If lis operation began in 1869.
What the number thus to b" annually transp ted would
De, cam be precisely aScetained. observe stated
by the audit that the increase Of slaves in Kentucky
last year was between three and four thousand But as
that statement made upon a comparison Of the agge-
gate number Of all the slaves il the 5 ale, without re-
gard 10 births il does presume. exhibit truly the
natural Increase. which was probably larger. The ag
gtegate tc ed by the introduction AID still more
BY the eXpoaion of slaves. suppose that there would
not be less, probably Than five tn ,usand be
ported the first year Of the operation Of the system but
after II was II progress sumo years. there would be
slant dnlnuilUn OF the number.
Would it be practicable annually to transport five
thousand persons from Kentucky There cannot be
doubt Of it, a much larger number. We're
ceye from Europe annually emigrants to an amount
exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand lat for
the passage, of about ten dollars per head and they
embark at European ports distant from the Uni
ted States than the Western of Africa 1t
that the commercial marine employed between Europe
and the United States affords facilities in the trans
poration of emgrants, at the low rate which that
gagged in the commerce between Liberia and this
try does not supply but that commerce is ncrea-
sing and by the time the proposed system adopted
would &c into operation it will have greatly augmen-
| ted
If there a certainty ofthe annual Transports
ton of not less than five Thousand persons to Africa,
it would create demand for Transports and the spir
it of competition would, have doubt greatly d.
mnish the present cost of the passage That cost has
been stated upon good authority, be at present fifty
dollars per head including the passage and six months
outfit after the arrival of the emigrant in Africa
Whatever may be the cost and whatever the number
be transported the fund to be raised by the hire of
the liberated slaves for period not exceeding three
years, WILDE amply sufficient The annual hire, the
average may be esteemed at fifty dollars one hun
dred and fifty for the whole term.
Colonization will be attended with the painful effect
of the separation of the coonists from Their parent ind
in instances from their children but from the lat
ter it will only emporaryas they will follow and be
gain reunited Their separation from their parents will
not be until after they have attained mature age,
greater than voluntarily takes place with emigrants
from Europe who leave their parents behind 1t will
be far less distressing than what frequently in
the state Of slavery and will be attended with the ami
mating encouragement, that the colonsts trans
ferred from land of bondage and degradation for
them, to a land Of liberty and equality:
| And Sd. The expense of transporting the liberia.
ted slave to the colony and of maintaining him there
for six months think ought to be provided for by
fund derived from his labor, in the manner already
dictated. lie is the party most benefited by emanci
patton 1t would net be right to subject the non-slave
holder to any part of tn It expense and the slave
holder will have made sufficient Sacrifices without be-
ing exclusively burhened with taxes to raise that fund
The emancipated slaves could be hired out for the
time proposed by the Sherio other public agent, in
each county who should be subject to strict accouna-
bity. And it would be requisite that there should
be kept register of all births of all children of color
after the day fixed for the commencement OF the sys
TEN, enforced by appropriate sanctions. 1t would be
very desirable regulation Of law to have the births,
deaths and marriages Of the whole population of the
State registered and preserved, as is done IN most
well governed States
Among other considerations which unite in recon-
mendins to the State of Kentucky system for the
gradual abolition of slavery is that arising out Of her
exposed condition. affordng great fci les the
cape fiber slaves the free States and into Canada
She does not enjoy the security Which of her
slave States have, by being covered in depth by two
or three slave States intervening between them and
free States She has greater length Of border free
States than anv other Slave State in the Union. That
border Is the Ohio river extending from the mouth Of
the Big Sanduskv to the mouth of the Ohio, distance
of near six hundred miles separating her from the al
ready powerful and growing States OF Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois
Vast numbers of slaves have fed from most Of the
counties in Kentucky from the mouth OF Big Sandy to
tie mouth of the Miami, and the evil has increased and
is increasing. Attempts to the fugitives lead
to the most painful and irritating collisions llither-
to countenance and assistance to the fugltves have
been chiefly afforded by persons in the State of Ohio
but it is to be apprehended from the progressive op
position to slavery that, in process OF time similar ia
cilties to the escape of slaves Will be found IN the
States of Indiana and Illinois. Ey means of railroads
Canada can be reached from Cincinnati in little more
than twenty four hours.
In the event Of a civil war breaking out or in the
direfu event ola dissolution Of the Union in con
sequence of the existence of slavery, Kentucky would
become the theatre and bear the brunt Of the war
She would doubtless defend herself with her known
vaor and galantry; but the superiority of the num-
bers by which she would be opposed would lay waste
and devastae her fair fields. Her sister slave States
would fly to her succor but even if they should be
successful in the unequal conflict, she could OBJ
tain any indemnity for the inevitable ravases OF the
war
1t may be urged that we ought not. by the gradual
abolition of saveryto separate ourselves from the ot
slave States but continue to share with them N all
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