Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-09-10

& hv IL This furnishes the key 10 the whole question:
All the powers Of Congress on TINS SUBJECT are Implied
NJ sir: IL was specific II was to promote the gooo
Zach individual memberno of one, or majority oul OF
oh And Congress By implication exercise no power
which will affect inuriously single member OF The Con'ae
r,nv. And Congress with much propriey say TO
Virginia shall emancpate your slaves oerase !ney u s
an evil IS TO say her. shall not take them to your
or, If California they evil. As said DC,
,c ,he mission Of Congress is specilc not general ANA
v.a The interests OF the States come In CONNECT II Is '
81 Congress TO take part with neither but do justice 10
I'll In this case the subject cannot be enJored III COIL
and mother has right all ii must be equaby d.
.gcd among hem otherwise any citizen of the United
States may settle in the territory win any species Of pro-
cr,y which any recognizes such appears 10 me
fh, ,ns, pecuar guardians OF human rights whose DO
saws ne 50 dsenLcd with philanthropy could lind an ample
6,d fr rs exercise in their neigh5ofnods They arc
much distressed the ignorance Of our people ard profess
nnn,rcrable sympathy AT their uninstruc'rd minds Inc re-
r,,,;ons of the themes 81 a Te-endlng spe
uIa,ions They hold MP their hands IN ay horror al the
,huaht that Virginia one in every fourteen adults cann.
IA nr write afraid To compare situations WIN
rew York and Massachusetts and the world slai GeclGe
i, :, ,hcu, The statistics of those States show, IN the
Go ,cr that every seventeenth twentieth person IS
, in the second place, that in fourteen oil every
ha;tant in Boston and New York under arrest Tor crime
,n The wear So that fr every citizen OF virginia VINO
is Ignorant Of books. VIZ will show yon Two in New OH
and Boston of whom Is pauper, AMI the oaer elmer
, convict or upon MS .,iai 49,. r, -.o,s :,
vim consciousness that AT period Of our history
since be adoption of the Constitution did weleh'ier re-
sDonsibity upon the members oil TINS oooy-at no pen
"A ia more important and omentous consequences dcpend
nnnn il. action More than sixty years ago, moved oy
common interest and sense OF weakness the people u
thirteen separate and independent soveregne whose novel
nrncres of government with those OF every
Thor nation and too feeble resist separately the aggfes
sons which they might anticipate determined 10 unite the
energies for mutual defence and established government
brd with powers only they supposed were neces
sary 10 secure this the grand object Those VINO established
,h Government sensible Of the VARIETY may say contra
,;tvof interest which grow ont o. difference in
soil climate and pursuits enearoTed 10 throw around each
community such protection and safeguards would suffice
TO each
ton which did tend 10 the good Of ALL 10 ms tnd was
,b limitation of its powers TO this end the equality
of representation, States in branch Of the Lcglsa
mre and the end greater and disproporon
ae weight given the smaller communities and to the
sayehodng States, in the choice Of Chief Magistrate
and for the purpose concurrent vote OF wo-ihris oi
these communities required 10 make any addition 10 the
powers already granted The good OF eacl and TIE COM
mon good all the sole object and this constituted
the fundamental conionhe basis OF This confcderacy OF
States This condition is therefore violated by any action
by which either community is injured which greater
benefit IS secured more, the Ii is idle TO
sneak of I've constitutional right of the Government 10 DO
Ills o m Thing II is vain 10 speak of the legitimate ST..
MITIGATION OF words. If injury be done any member of
the Union by the action OF the common Governmental
more INTENTIONALLY given 10 portion than to another
or eaIa protection withheld, the main object OF the
pac, is defeated the injured, and the condition upon
which she party and upon which ii was TO remain
party has broken and thus cected il from
estate, its future safety and security becomes
r its ..yilual and peculiar province 10 look TO-
No state in this Union would have become party To H.
with the understanding that lis future c was 10 be under
the control OF tie The object Of each TO benefit
+ rl That falling the obligations under it end.
\ 49, sill say that this Coniedrracy would ever have
ys,, il she present Of things ha! been ioeseen.-
I What state Of things The property OF hall this Union is
s.r, inyadcd II is carried into another half and there
c tryes are openly protected by the panopy merely
ot uuc sentiment but u! law The Injured III pursuit al
i r. is arrested ircarcega,ed and sometimes murdered
/ - r;lv: Ingenious devices resortrd II by
OH . ovadc the plain provisions Constitution;
sometimes They are fortunate enough Ia obtain Iu-
dei recognition Of eF rights, The dress is bu; nominal
appeal l. taken 10 thu community al large, which Of
reycrses III. Judgment, and strips the owner Of hsnp
ery II Id say that this is Unauthorized hr
law Il i. in cases, encouraged ny the law. But
when community cannot rcStrain wrong, il is itself
puns. h. an is Identified with the general sentiment II
the pcu New York Ia make repeated inronds up
On lannjaf they IL tc 1hit weekly III sackng the
cities oi Quebec and Moruca, the demand III Great BT
Tain would satisfied hy telling her these tarays
anatl, restrain people, must AMI fsals womld
follow The burning of Ill" Caroline application u
> this principle nerha-- too promptly II. When MAORI
~ ui community becomes imbud with Violence and
wrong prevent the passage III requisite laws, or Ia de-
iy them when passs shield the perpetrators of wrong
the conuuitv itself then brcolnes the aggrc-so and
>ponsb IT,! injury. But sir, the point Of the argu
men is This Should peaceful communitycaa peaceful
comuniv uns continue in anitv and union with one that
, is lawes>! Sir it i ndurermen that there
honest men among l'm unless ny are strong enough 10
, control the wicked, they mast all rank aiae.
could here dwell the moral depravy of that people,
would thus aside The most sacred Obligations and
boast oac's which involve them in the two-iod guilt OF
perjury and plumber
But sir This not the Outrage az great AZ is which
qurcs The spcrdiest remedy and Of which complain
being the dangerous to future peace. Our
have been flied far The last fifteen years with an abuse and
scunity which difficult conceive that The
yn.r breeding could teach the ntterance. And it
strikes a southern mind with surpriss that anywhere in
this great country 0. in responsible station
could be found vulgar cnonh 10 speak in terms 80 essen
TALLY low All, lbed those sometimes hear on this
lonr.
But sir this is offence agans, taste and good breeding,
il i only productive nf the mrIh il cxces in
genial souls and tie deust which il fails in
genilemans bosom ii might be past By as crime that
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all this is 10 discomfort in The hearts o quiet and
conicnicd race to render e mastrs life torture and 10
stir w. instructions and assassinalions.
He is told thar by the equal 10 the white
man. and entitled 10 all his rights and privileges while at
time the laws made by these very deny him
all hc by which these rights are 10 hc enjoyed Self
is essential freedom hut suffrage is denied
him. and he il bound submit II laws which others pre-
scribe The pursuit of happiness another unalenabe right
The highest enoymcnt in lite next To unstained consc
free the honors Of the country and 10 the
best and most refined societies 10 these The negro IS adj
mc only mental Life is permitted to him, but it is
poisoned every by marks Of Degradation legal and
social The temple Of liberty is shown him, its gates
opened he cannot pass threshold. He It's inter-
nal order and beauty, and his appreciation OF them is
aggeraed by fancy stimulated by denn Now indeed he
, is conscious he is slave and be signs and wccps.
The happes and most cheerful people IN earth are the ne
groes of the South They understand the decree
ed against The descendants of Ham, and they content 10
abide H. They believe they born 10 serve the white man,
and they do il cheerfuly 10 be called faithful sarvan is
highly reward and good and just master Is negos
pride The joys of the present hour ne his the cares OF the n
his masters. Would you impose upon him the one
deprive him of the oher then beraie him. To this end
all your efforts tend With the prevailing preu!crs against
your successful efforts could have bn' one ter
minaton-to wake him up from blissiul ignorance 10
painful Consciousness Of his slavery. Into this population
the asiiaors OF The North seeking inuse the spirit of
, insurrecion and massacre.
When Mr.. Jefferson said that mankind not born
with saddles their hacks with few booted and s2urrtd
Ia ride them legitmaey BY the Of God" he SPOKE
more Ikea phanhropis, than philosopher. Unfortunate
IT, with us, this is only political truth; socially it
not In all countries where fhc laws of property pre-
vail the who rich make slaves Of the poor certain
senccugh their necessities they make them do the most
menH services; and they deprived not alone of the
sganccs and luxures Of life but often of its comforts,
aud Of inierority weighs heavily upon them
than negros slavery. The slave who cleans my
and brushes my coat does il with alacry and feels
honofed in the office; white man had rather wear
than clean them; he signs his inferior condition
, and aa exchange places with his employer The
i -a feels natural nferiory, and is conented 10
at IN .c decree Of Not So the white mamie feels
his equality and disposed it. His condition
he attributes the wrongs OF society and longs to ayengc
hem. Give him the power and he will make the effort.
Whenever the density of numbers makes their comforts less
ana he- necessities harder, then that be-
cap al and labor whose low mutieringS
audulc some settled Ii has