Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-12

The propIieiy Of that adjournment anu y"
element that was manifested, may, OF course DC
questioned and doubled, but there are many
circumstances 10 be considered, which VIII go Id
10 pa late il not justify the course puIsueu. ~
anv rate. il must be admied, that the business
nj he session could not have been very quietly
proceeded with, in city where The Cnoeia uoes
in rsaliiy exist, and where The members were
constantly Iisble 10 be attacked with The disease.
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To the Editors of the Enquirer: $40
SUSSEX County, June lst, lS99.
Messrs. Editors: have had il in con'4mPla-
tion ever silce read Mr.. Clay> plan (as pup
ishec in your paper iur emancIpaine az 'he
slaves OF Kentucky, To address you a ie" ii"'s
unon that subject and l have waited thus long,
expecting aud hoping thai some one cohVefsdhI
with the lacls (Which shall state more ao'el
than myself, would do 50. Mi Gays plan Is n"l
original with himsell-it is the same plan mat
was suggested, many years ago, oy al eminent
statesman OF Virginia the post n0t system, as
!, was termed by some OF the Virginia Legisla-
ture. in the session Of 1881 and 81, who then ad-
yocated this plan But il matters mol from where
or whence this plan originated, il will not WurR;
= The wisdom OF man cannot devise better plan
Than The one that is now in operation and mat
plan is. 10 keel The slaves amongst US, ana ie'
them 60 with ns where we 60, % Texas, Call.
fornia. New Mexico, or no matter where, 10
make cotton and sugar and 10 dig gold dus =
They ale better satisfied and better pTov'jec ~!
than in auY ether situation IN which ihty can ue
placed they would prefer q remain siaV's ios
lIte-yea they would die, sooner han be SEM "
IN. Liberia Colony Bni, il il Is Inc settled 20
lcy Of Mr. Clay, and the Culcnlz,ionis', and the
| Abolionist, to murder all The slaves 0! me
Sluth, know Of no better or safer plan 10 effect
thai object, han The plan recommended by Mr..
| Clay-and that is, 10 lbrrale them md senG them
u Liberia. | shall not undertake 10 notice the
many errors contained in Mr.. Gays plan
shall simply conhne myself 10 The notice OF Two
cases OF emancipation (agreeably 10 Mr.. Gays
plan) which have laken place in this county with
in The last len yeais, which will prove beyond a
doubt tha, MIR. Gays plan is plan OF murder.
The frsl case which shall mention occurred
abonl zen years. ago: a gent eman q Tins county
died leaving about sixty oF SiNy.ilye slaves, an
by his last will and csiament, devised tha all has
slaves al The death Of his vile. should be liberia
ed and sent 10 the Liberia Colony His e1ecu-
tur, accordingly, anu II compliance with The viii
Of mis- lesaoi (at The death OF Inc widow) iur-
nlshed these slaves with Their ouiht, AID The
means 81 support Tor six months alter their ARR
val in Inc Colony accompanied them 10 The
port OF Norfolk, and put Them on ship boar', un
der Inc guidance and protection oil an agent o
the Colonization Soceiy-and they were all IL
due lime safely landed in Liberia. But where
are these poor creatures now3 All dead long
since, and there is now M one living there who
can give any account when the iasl OF them died
Tie second case occurred about Twelve or eight
cen months ago: widow LADY, diet, ard le all
her slaves. fiity in number TO be liberated and
sen! IL his same Liberia (or negroes grave yard
They were, accordingly, all liberated, and sen
Of by me Executor, who furnished them viii
ample means Tor their ouih, and SIX months
provision alter their arrival in this same colony
Within lively. months time or less, after hei
| arrival there, lwenly-niIe OF their number were
dead and buried tour OF The men became SO much
| alarmed, al seeing their comrades dying around
them in heaps, like sheep with the rois that they
escaped on board Of some ship bound 10 the Uni.
| ted States one Of whom, II IS SAID, was drowned
! on the passage-lhe other thee arrived safe, anG
are now ~ The county IT Sussex from whence
they were taken. where they are willing to re-
main slaves for lie, or would sooner die here
than return to Liberia. So much, then, loT
Mr.. GAYS patriotism and love III liberty. II
,wenty.nine oul .: every fry die in Twelve
months how iong would il AXE for five thou
sand nhe NUMBER which Mr.. Cay proposes i
send otf from Kentucky annually 10 die =
The question is very easy 10 answer. Two
thousand nine hundred would die the first year
so that in about twenty months the first five
thousand, sent out BY Mr.. Clays plan, would be
dead and buried; and the next I'VE thousand
could occupy their place and die out by the
time the third five thousand would arrive; SC
YOU see il 3 the very plan TO get rid Of all the
slaves in the United States. MIR Clay propose;
t,h.>n 49, forth 10 30 aftn
that period, are al a certain age 10 be free ant
sent 10 Liberia. But all who are 80 unfouu
nate as to be born before that period arrives
are 10 remain s.aves icr life And this is th,
way in which he proposes to unite parent ana
and child-the one remaining III kentucky
slave for life, and the other sent to Liberia L
die in twelve months sfter his arrival there.
would sooner adopt the plan Of some of the
Northern aboitionisls, and that is, to set them
free 10 day and Gu. their throats tomorrow
sc that they M ght Gle free men.
One word MORE whilst ] have my pen in
hand Why is it said by certain statesmen Of
the South, Messrs. Benton, Bolts and others
that it is too late 10 the day for the South 10
assert her rights, and thereby give aid and com
fort to the enemies Of the South Why is j,
too late Do these gentlemen suppose that be
quiet and resort 10 mild measures, that tina,
coulse IS TO be construed into tame submis
sion Ii they do they have greatly erred, and
have greatly mistaken the true character Of the
Southern people. Or do they contend that the
South, by agreeing 10 the Missouri compromise
have lost Or surrendered any constitutional
right
1t takes two parties to make compromise
or contract, and when either of the two par
ties disIegards that contract or compromise, il
is no longer binding on The other And besides
| contend that Congress has no right to enter
into a compromise which is to bind posterty
when that compromise conflicts with the con.t
tuition Ii compromises are held 10 be SO sa
cred, what | will ask las become Of the famou,
Tariff compromise Compromises. il seems
are made only to be broken but IL is pleas
, ing reflection, that the South has never set
shown a disposition to break any comproGI-,
that she hos entered into in good faith. Con
grcss oversiepped lis bounds when ii adopted
the Missouri Compromise, as il did when II
adopted the Ordinance Of 1857. And in the
latter case it acted in bad faith towards Vir.
GINA for in the act Of The Virginia legislature
authorizing her delegates in Congress TO deed
to the United States the Northwestern territory
that act required that tho States to be formeI
out Of that territory should be distinct republi.
can states, and admitted members Of tie Federal
Union, having the "same rights of sovereignty
frt edom and independence, as The other states
Now what were the rights OF sovereignty, Tree
dom and Independence Of all the states of he
Union nj that time Were any Of them re-
stricted by Cong ess upon the subject OF sla
veryi If there never had bees a Colonization
Society, there never would have been an Abo-
lition Society
AsTI.C COLONIZATION AND ASrl-ABoLi
FIR The Enquirer.
| THE MOUSTAISS-THE SPRiNGS-WESr yIR
GINIA-lNTERNaL lMPROyEMENTS-ELEc,
TIOSS-cHoLERA,& sc.
Gentlemen SIT down 70 drop you a lev
lines on the above subject, in the orier present
ed, and what might occur &c me besides. This
mounan region, Tor lis salubfly picturesque
magnificent scenery ant healthinl resources, Is
perhaps nnequaiIcd. Il, ant H. wei saown
Ut,u,nia SnrlnsS ana fpi in ~ ,n.s =