Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-13

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he nsr.ua>ou III the people Of me
S,a,ss IN, lhe numerical power oil 'ne ne
,c,;,o ,hropoh Inc Federal soYerhnen'. Sfs
nose now me South mad majority o. 'o'es' " NV
were n announce us Determination '" az -,
,nriber rropress al commerce ahd uidu"'"N
N conseouence oil Their poverty,
.,;o,s AMI mu;iaIity, what woul' be tse SUI
msn, every where tell in Inc Nor.h ny Wv
:, Indication, scofn and RESISTANCE. oue"
The Suu:h ttei now! ,.;os confede. |
900, ,,r rss;>,ance ia Great Britain the icfino-
Al area IL The Sou heln portion o. 'ne"" a,,In
6dS 2o2 SQUARE Mules thai OF The Noi' o";.
ia 0SI ar about one fourth as large. 'ns"."
alone had. NV Royal charter, me ~ho,e 80
,rss,e,, .a,r,iory in her limits, ana uui'"S
,yar ma frmed nel tile ~ ne p"''io'',"'
valor a her own ciIzens VINO !eseuen -,
I;ro;s from R,it,sh power. Bn; heioFe me p'esen'
.an.,;,,,.o, ,cas tormed VirsinII. WIN uid!-
nantmily almost N atua'sd, had ctuetlo he 30"
r.cr,scv Tor ne formation OIL nee S'dU'' :"
who,e Noiib- western Territory low consutu''s
N. S,alys nj Ohio, lndiana, ILLINOIS, Mich's"n
and Wisconsin, containing 2oi DOL squa'e hi'..
and making lhr territory ol the nee s.a'es ."'',
,,n-. ,han ma, Of The slavehodins. The oclect OF
his c,ss,on and The ordinance OF l7SI was 10
.onal;,.. lbe area q. The Two sections. Inc ac-
= a,;s;,,on q, Lyuisii ia in 1903, added ! ,i3o,-
1Ioa .c,ars miles 70 our territory. oil which, ny
10 Missouri compre mise, the Souh ohta'nea
a,ly o36 (I3 .guaIe miles, or about one. hiln-
,ha o,h.r ,oar-tihs, notwithstanding u came "
a. nc \ slayehciding province, were ahoaeu ~
~. Nor.h which thus had acquired more man
100 900 square miles Of territory over me oou'n'
Finusa am Oregon were acquired Nv Inc icdY
~ 1919 % when he South got SO ,2bo square
nils AMI Inc North GAL ,463 making he Norm
about | 600 900 ot square miles the mos. lh
ls15 Texas was annexed, which added ohy
3 - So square miles To The SCUM, even II ~,
r.,as were included. In lS4S we obtained
sos O7s SQUARE miles more in the territories Of
Nov Mexico aud California. And now the
| Nn,h cian,s he whole u This also-and MOI
nniv mis- hut hall Of Texas besides, when
| uonlt max, the snare OF the North exceed mat
| of me Soc,a nearly 100000 square miles:--a
| territory about equal IN ext u, 10 The whor var
ley o, Inc Mississippi and leaving TIE SCUM ohy
| .hont AlOSi2 square miles, while the Noitn re-
,ains 2O97 i24, or nearly ihree-iourhS oil me
whoe A ad this top when the South conifiou'-
et her iull share VI the men ana money oy
which The whole territory was oola med. In me
revolutionary war the South FURNISHED an ave-
raoe ot 10. TIA men in each year, aud the NORM
y SIS, winch nearly corresponds WIN their re-
sn,cltve uumhcr OF citizens, and that 100, al
,hnuoh the war was wased chiefly against hr
large cities oi the Nonn--ciiies being IN wal
N, mo-; rrmp'ing and the most vulneEaple
ooints OF Il tack In tie war with Mexico me
Snoih supp,iedlWo-hIds Of he volunteers when
constituted hIee-iuutthS al The entire force en-
nloyei. Tne revenue by which these wars nave
beeu supported, The public debt paid, and IN,
MICE ~, IN. territory furnished, has been RAISED
CHIEFLY by dutes which have notor'nusly oFefa'
d tesi.neiiy and Incidentally 70 promote me III
dusIfy AMI capital OF tie North, and to oPpies
nose Of he South.
,lnnd.red Of, her snare Of he territory now u
tisnule when, as an agricultural p pie, she r.
ouiT,s her full proportion, she ronld b. recIean
~ ne, Interests, her power. her right, her honor
and her taIne;-recrean 10 ner history and he
destiny.
One Of the proposed objects OF these Norihc:
reiutm.rs, is 10 promote the prosperity oil IN
South. have sa wn mat she wants nonr
,neir aid and that there are At home thousands ,
criminals 10 reform, and hundreds Of ihousa no
Of paupe!s TO be relieved, on whom their phiI9i
lhropv NAV be exhausted.
l. il Tor the welfare Of lne slave theyare conent
ine2 held ii 10 he me duty even OF am ""
UNDERTAKES Ia subverl he established oder {
!. things 10 manifesto leasi, a. muct Iesp'ct y
exppr,erce a experiment and II 50 happens M
|
; and diversified.
J In Ha;li. the black, after cx!trmina'ins II
whue population, reman ed independent and is
,a,ed IN. exclusive architect ri * own inSlii'
Mons am, destiny. The fesuii is. iha, hey ha'
relap>cd into pristine barbarism. The eSrcT
. 81 liayli amounted in 1889 10 about twenty-h
x millions s! dalats- ihry 20 not nos amount
e on..,en.h al ma, sum The Hayden conen
: himself with the cultivation - Nv :ams i
70 mere subsistence and mere aui .o' d@r!!ia
: Tue blacss and uulanqes are At CIV! wai. a;
y -.-...e-asP', cr 80 f';"ce
Auuinct plan OF cmlrcirapinn is II cod =
beIaed 10 Liberla. Blu besides the expense
such system, which renders ii impractical
:. II i attcided 18th the death OF nom onc-iourl
!, 10 one-ha.i ., the emisrants by ID" coast 'evcf.
The lhiIa p'aa attempted is that Is The Bf;is
!. in their MS indles--lhe plan oi gradual ahri
. tion b. apprenticeship and ultimate equality
. black and whio; and this also has tailed. III
i exptrls OF Jamaica have already, in The first e
years Of he experiment., fallen one-halt. Tt
negroes refused . work even Tor h g1 wages l.,
vond what is necessary ior mer" subsistence, ii
: planters are bankrupt, plantations are arcad
: aban iunct, ana nc island is Fastening To Il
: condition Oi Hdyti.
: The fourth plan Of eman- paton is III.
: which has been GONG on with " Tn;
the freed man remaining with black and whit,
or seeking other States. This experiment h;
not succeeded. The emancipatcd slave doe
not appear 10 be willing To perform the amour
OF work necessary TO enable hun 10 compel
successfully with the white laborer In III
, Stale Of New YORK the Constitution coBferre
The RIGHT III suffrage on colUted persons ownin
$3.50 worth OF property. Yet ~ the city Of Ne,
iork in IS45, out of IL ,939- CO ored Poop!
there were only lO3 VOTERS and notwith tandin
the, numbers are augmented by frequent manu-
missions and iuciiiYr slaves, they do not ln
crease so rapid, Is the slave popu alton, whc
Is evidence that their coalition is not so com
Portable. 1t Is also curious fact that Of 3>6,
29} free persons OF coor in 1870, nearly hal
ls3, i6b preferred to remain in the slave States
where certainly, as class they are treated i,i
no peculiar favor. liz Massachusetts, where sC
much sympa by is expressed for trem they cao
not or will rot live There are less now o
them in Boston than there was twenty year
ago, and III both Virginia and Mass achuscll,
there are ten times a. many free colored peopl,
IN the peni,entiary as Their pr, portion Of III,
white population. Is II then for the sake OF such
emancipation a he Vest Indian, which result.
III idichc.s barbari,m and civil war among the
blacks, or for !.ib.rian, which extermlnates, OF
The American, which subjects them 10 crime and
want, that Philanthropy would undertake 10
oyerturn the unrisai,d system Of Southern CT
! ylliZalion
But We are told iha, slavery is al evil. We'll,
so Is war ali evil, and 50 perhaps is government
Use an evil, since II ais, is an abridcement II
liberty But one OF the FIRST objects oil our con
slitution is to provide t war for the common
defence. And The people VI the United States
prefer the evil OF war 10 the greae CT evils Of be
ing plundered aud >ubducd. They prefer tie
| evil of government TO the greater evil OF anar.
chy. 50 tie people OF the South prefer slavery
to the evils oil a dense manufacturing and COM
mcrcial population which appear 10 be incvits-
bic without II; aud The back man may prefer
the slavery of he South TO the want, the crime,
the barbarism and blood which attend hi race
in all other countries. In the practical affairs
Of human life in It's present state, choice oil evils
il frpnupnily all that IL IN uIlr mower (,onl and