Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-22
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NIes,rs EdtorsA few ideas in relation &c the momen
TINS sublect of negro slavery, which now conVuscs o
Union from Canada to Mexico, ana rom 'e A1a :" =,
Pacific have suggested themselves to my mind as proper 70
a 10 free soil brethren as nj SUBJECTS io
deem wondering aud mature consideration A they seem 10
me both and important, ash ioi 'ieiii p'"'o i" ~
naper as a medium Of publication:
ist Slavery is called evil Admit H. And Is not all
bunan government and law an evil too Does not aorae
m.ns natural rights! Bur should we therefore reject Ill
human laws Who is there SO mad! Inc 'iue que ma
the sincere phianhropst should consider Is
the institution of negro slavery mas uoe more ial' mn.
qoodl Since we all know that no human INSTITUTION Is pr
fec the propcr mode OF testing II IS To weigh us gooG
against its evil and ascertain the balance. Is the .eu
States slave morally or physically, III worse conSon
I'm o nofive African or has the number OF the African
r,ce h,.n diminished hy part Of them having been sold lt"
handare? Now ii these questions must DO answered. net
lively how slavery be called uoI tosc III pohal -"
cell unless il be considered tar ana osicai 10 caA s
cell which has more good than harm IN III II you were 10
set before the slave the real unvarnised condoh OF III, Ia
tive Africans Africa, and convince MN oi tue run Wv
scrntion do not believe that American slave IN MY
,youd consen, To be restored 10 residence amongst he.
2dy sort Of vague idea or Imagination seems 10 lesl'
that The In prored and civilized African race Al present ~
his country are 10 90 back the land VI their origin ana
then ciyiize and chrsanze lis heather aborglnes lhs
notion is maniiesy absurd as any sane NINA vi" discover
by looking into their present numbers ana .aiue % %
nor,r Desirable ms this end may be, the wisdom oi the
ahl.s men OF our land, from the time Oh our lcVouo W
this av has been exerted in vain 10 discover any pfacea
bic means OF accomplishing H. II we must strain gu, eye
10 read the future designs of Providence, seems 10 me
much more probable that the clue may be ouna III "s i
every day going on and has been from their first nirodc
ton into this country viz their steady and UNIFORM pro-
orcss towards The equator The Almighty has framed HIM
for The tropics md in the old world has placed hi efe
and in the have doubt he will ultimately occupy
similar position after clearing the forests OF the te
uerate zones and fitting them for the residence oil better
race Near the equator every where see the Caucasian
race of men nervacd by excessive heat as very soon U
lose s superiority the negro race, or rather 10 SINK
below it, To the tropics the black current is running, and
yill confirm, 10 rum in spite OF Yankcedom In endeavor-
ina IN sion IT, they are about proaby employed they
wouIl be- in dauning the Mississippi with their wooden
clocks Every day removing the sin OF slavery farther
and farther from the doors OF our uncogody brethren and
making room for them 10 come among and chrisanze u
southern healhcns. When the patient then is evidently
getting better daily, why drug him with physcl
3dy This my third idea, wish you Messrs. Editors if
nossble 10 print in shadowy ghosty sort Of type, that
NAV be rather whispered than spoken. think belongs
Ia The awiul Do Northern brethren look for
ward 10 the probable course and issue Of the fight
10 which they certainly driving the slave States!
What are the Northern going do Simply whip the
slave owners Or whip them and their slaves free Or
extermnate them and take possession OF their ands And
can either of these be accomplished in less than years
Can France and Great Britain live years without Ameri-
can cotton Would both like cripple Yankee nanuiac
tu,es and The latter especially be delighted opportunity
10 ruin the Yankee marine And lastly would not the slave
States anpea for aid II necessary, those powers The
South has forgotten La Fayete Rochambeau DE trassc
and those who fought side by side with Washington and the
Americans at Yorktown know that is always humi
ang and dangerous 10 call in foreign aid but there
things even worse than this II the free States think them
selves contaminated By political connexlon with the coun
trymen OF Washington Jefferson Madison Henry, Mar
shall and Jackson lei them plainly say So and withdraw
from the co-parnershp do think the South wishes 10
maintain DAY longer than the North desires 10 continue
IT, love- ana am the South loves, the Union as
was made Union Of equals IN, other of Union
would be different w" also wlsh whether united
or divided live III peace with the North; still we are not
AFRAID @ Ii The struggle is TO bo 10 see which can DO
the other The most ham, We have confidence IN Ourselves anu
in , (;od Of Justice A SLAVE OWNER.