Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-04-05


anslt! H. 50 she could dee The thing a. l..
c.on 81 non, and thus, inr ;Iy prohibr thc trade
"''ac, ; ,.'rS which, according 10 high authority tIt
,.s.'"'lon was framed IL prevent. But ii the STATE
Government ccu'd not take away this character of pro
perry, cou.d The General Government do it j. il com
ile ' u 20 say what shalt shall not be property in
ie o'nlcs II so might establish slavery in Pennsyya
ma and nb2lsh in Virginia II thes neither the State no
e eaera Government deprive slave Of hs chlrscrc!
u properly WITHIN the limits Of Pennsy ylyana how Con-
te uc'e hhi OF That character In the territory which is
tnr co'oh property OF all the people OF the United States
a tt aSf more power there than both the State and the
General Governments have within the limits Of Siate
'tSu ~ ai l!s ls that ii slave be carried from slay.
State to The territory The United States heis property sim
rel,lny ,pIn ny, % le1s be no law prohibiting it an
! u c'hry IN my opinion, evenif Congress had passed
trust 20 decided 1
need not say that this argument is founded upon the pos
tte that the action Of Congress in the Territories IN
governed by The constitution know there a,e other opn
lone nut shall not pause TO give them serious exaina
ton. ~
THERE'S opinion that Congress i, or,ni,o,.n, - ,ho
,oie ana under no constitutional restraints there I'm,
u has been shown that this would udri their power 10 m
things actnsly forbidden by the constitution and contrar
!" e whoie mature o our SYSTEM These conclusions are
20 extreme that have fear the Supreme Court Of the
States would 50 decide So too OF another class Of opn.
IONS which suppose that The power o government
i. in the people Of the Territory This too wod lead n
te same extreme conclusions. and admit their riehr to do
things forbidden by the constitution and contrary 10 ts sprt
~ any rue ms is branch OF The argument into which do
not teel called upon to enter There also another view
which has been taken by those who dispute the right of the
SOUTH mean the existence OF the law abso-
ntey prohibiting slavery which tlev think vet remains
This view however has been completely hv the
Senator from Georgia. that am disposed 10 adopt his arp
nenl as my own II ever it shall be decided that the nda-
enta hw of the Union does 20 10 its territories may
hen perhaps be time TO enquire what law that exists in
The wild and unsettled portions of the territories ce9cd whe
he II BE- that of the Mexican who lived npo its soil
except NJ slave The law OF the rowing Indians who can
iieu nm Bit, Mr.. President have done with the arg
nn o ihs part OF the question Ii or ANYBODY else have
succeeded i'll demonstrating This right in The South why
;oolln,
Nhy object even IL protecting by law if snch proec
on be necessary for The enjoyment Of the right II is sim
in IL Is said 10 extend the slavery Ii is an ins,
on offensive 10 God and man. say others and cannot re-
ro@nsc or permit beyond its presen, limits We owe it 10
obligations higher than the constitution says another op
pose lis extension. To pen up" the slaves within the
limits o the present slave States and thus destroy nst
;ntion BY making it nnproftabe odoua and ii NAV be-
dangerous is the horrible proposition Of persons who per-
hups have not considered the full consequences yhat they
propose 10 what misery this process would lead with the
white and The black in those devoted States have
moi as said before the patience contemplate the fancy
fully TO paint.
But sir. Wish 10 take issue with this feeling which op-
poses :sef 10 the discharge Of constitutional duty or even
OF plain socal duly would reason, If may be allowed
Ia do with those tender conscences who under misa
Ken views ol philanthropy would inlic much misery
upon the section 10 which bclongeys which they p!oba
ily hnve Eeer fully contemplated or duly considered What
Is II iha, makes the right the wrong Of political
sure! Is i not lis effects upon human happncss3 Does
hot This afford thc rule by which Is BE- tested rather
Than by any considerations Of mere abstract
Snppos system Of has been shown by actual
experience to lead to almost immeasrrabc suffering whilst
ndcT another have happiness improvement and
progress: wond il not he madness 10 adopt The foac an
epudale the latter upon some principle q abstract and
theorcc propcty! Would any m@sn be rash prcsun
uous bold enough obviously stake the hnppncsl OF
millions doubtful positively mschievous experiment
Sir l am constrained 10 ask these questions obvious as
nay sce: the answers. by what see going around
Wei sir, what if show that ii the object of eancpa
ns our slaves in the South were accomplished the inlll
bic consequence would be- the abou, h the country the
deepest injury both racec would You be convinced
that any political measure designed for this purpose was
wrong? And what il were show you that BY allowing
Ms to expand this territory, You would add
the happiness Of both in the slave States that you
would give harmony, pcpculiy to he uQon by allowing
ccio and that thu other section. destined whilst this
Union lasts ro ha The stronger would increase thar pros
be shown could nny consdemtc man pronounce ic policy
wrong which would lead 10 the. results Sir, "il not
undertake to show wl!a wonl bc the condition q. ho
South if this warfare upon slavery should succeed in M OBJ
rcts. pod consequences vast will undertake
nnw 10 speculate; but can peseaa picture upon much
smaller scale which will show of the practical effects
of this policy have been ,ooha. lately into the results
pl The British experiments ard for thai purpose have ey
inined the hast reports upon that subject which be
found in our library These are compromised in certain yo!
faI 1917, Islargc Volumes sr-hnd where YOU
may, you find the picture ruin waste aa social de-
preston In tho first place. sir Hooked whatever related
the industry and productions Of those colonies for the
purpose Of measuring them by That test which, after ALL
best marks the prosIess and condition Of people. The first
reports 10 which turned those from the beautiful
Island o jamaica find that the Chamber OF Commerce
in ta. island on the 4th Of July la4s made conmuni-
caio Of which the following is extruct:(See volume
Al, Accounts and Papers, No. 2 pages:i
III the constitutional liberties of the people did per-
cmptoly demand such step, iEe ruined condition of The
island would render compulsory the assembly decline
further 10 people who have been driven into absolute
bankruptcy BY the policy Of the government" They also
declare that this destruction Of colonial property has been
effected by government under guise Of the public good
And further that claim chalf Of the West Indians,
whose property has been -caed with the alleged OBJ
lcct ol beneftine the United Kingdom full and ample
compensation for their abandoned properties and sacrificed
capitals"
Isle of France al meeting VI the planters who made
communication the Home Government, it said, bid
M i. Enclosure |, y, sl)
'Thc actual condition Of the proprietary body loudly and
nerayey calls for such relief The pacors weighed
down by the current expenses OF their estates
provisions exiored from ihem by the nborers.
In British Guiana find the story. The planters
from ha; colony in address to Earl Grey, say
'We glad 10 find your loiship acknowledges hGt Tie
real the distress in the West Indies be found
the mistake committed in 1884, ithe emancipation act
We have not only been The victims of that great original
mistake but of Il Succession Of bnders and contrary
10 universal usage aud honesty, denied any
eparaou for the injuries which have been inflicted upon Us
or your lodship That the measures now proposed
by her Malestys government will prove neicacou for
our relief those which have preceded icnl and BY which
we have been led from bad worse until entirely
ruined" Again "We feel somewhat in the condition OF
man who having been robbed of valuable property adver-
tsca that he would be happy 10 sacrifice fifty cent ol H.
and say nothing tie subject Out Of thirty seven
sugar in Bebe hy say not has been profitable
tSec vol Is, Enc!. in No. H. p 1861
como Trinidad Lord Harris, the governor, In a
letter Earl Grey, in April, lS48, says:
in rejecting the depressed Of affairs in this colo
n.y. and on prospects, which duly become more gloomy
have eneavored discover whether relief might not
be afforded some alienation found whereby the burden
which weighs down the planter might be ghtened II
sad and painful behold expecting ruin quickly to
overlake them 1t is perhaps sadder and more pain
tul 10 them struggling and toiiing against ad.
versty but with their energies dued and their arms pased
from knowledge that their abors must be
and that failure be- the sole result Is most distressing
witness this and the time 10 oe aware that much
of The misery from which they suffering and tEi which
awaits them is of which they are unable TO avert
by any acts of their own II is ptabe 10 witness fine
colony daily da;erorang-a land, enjoying almost every
blessing under Heaven suffering from shock from which
docs ray but the deepest pang OF all TO an Ene!shman
10 see the hearts and affections OF whole population be-
coming gradually aenated from the country which he loves
Il could quote your lordshp estates as lar as soil 10
concerned Of great value and giving previously TO eanc
patton large income which the whole OF the redemp
lion money wes expended in Improvements which were
trey free from debt that time and which are now mort
gaged almost their full value and their proprieors
siden Creocs, too from being In good circumstances
lucd 10 the last extremitics IS, No 1, 1919
In Montserrat where the population denser and III.
experiment ought have been successful ind tho
following communication from its president
Montserat, 10, p lu9-Ine President, acmonshng tho
government, states:
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