Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-09-24

Northern cities and towns; while the South the most
intense excitement is created by the manner, IN which, loo
Often the rights of the sayehoic at defiance by
the negroes and fanatics OF the North i'u ms IS nor
There s still formidable difficulty behind ALL dllcul-
y all, citing The interests OF both sections ol the Union
and filed with the most fearful and fatal ioreboangs
Men in the South feel that they robbed iy Ia
natcism that pnrsues lis obIec, with unbendua iury
and they often seek IN vain 10 reclaim what the Ion-
ution has declared o be their property. On me ole
hand the North startled by the increasing numbers
of The negroes in all the free States the ertos with
the white aborer only, but the germ OF constant al-
cues and tumus Thus il is that anaiicisnl a1ed hy u
socalcd sentiment against slavery enabled "npovers
the South by stealing slaves and 10 cppress the North by
making these slaves burdens her treasury ana coe
,ors with her masses What more effective way hah 'Ils
effect dissolution of the Cuionl Whit more infamous
scheme could be esoried break asunder the hands th'
unite the North and the Souhl The result is inevab,e-
Free negroes the South being gradually expelled from
those States because not 10 be expected that the people
OF that region shall contribute the support OF those WHO
doing all their power To excite the slaves To nsec-
on and who are the time the acile instruments VI
the aboiionists OF the North Oi course the Tree negroes
thus expelled 90 the free States where they are now
clustering and organizing in vast numbers Is going 100
far say, that they do not directly interfere WIN Wnc
labor in North they either the main body o the idle
of great cities, the authors OF pnder and oi umuii
That there many who do all they acquire an honest
support glad To know but that these are exceptions
to overwhelming rule, is equally true.
No rejecting deliberate upon this subject with
feeling that is one that involves considerations vtay
affecting the perpeiuv u political and social existence
1t inertwned with the whole fabric Of our government
and society Every day increases the evil 10 which we
have auded and increases as" the necessity Of speedily
and radically exngusing il. In comparatively few years,
may il is not Immediately met IL is now an
appalling and gganc spectre in our paths an obstacle 10 e-
gisaton 10 the public peace, and Ia the puhlc security
We make up minds to adopt some etcacous meas
ufcS before il is 100 ate.'
The present condition of affairs predicted by that re-
makabe Thomas Jefferson long ago as lS0l
whcn with startling accuracy he drew picture "i e -
The very plan embodied in HE mastery report
oi Mr. Stanton he himself shad"wcd forth as The best ana
il,ta l
To be monstrous We take the following from his re
ply Mr. Monroe who had suggested the pfopreiy o pro-
curing territory on our Western OF Southern on'iers lor
the purpose ol coonzing these Tree persons ol c"of.
He goes 10 discuss the pracicasty and eSptaIcncy
OF procuring territory western oT southern fohler
and concludes with asking would we be wiling I" nave sue
colony in contact with us Ii impossible he adds, not
look forward distant times when onr rapid muilpca-
ton will expand beyond those limits ana cover the wh"le
northern il not the whole southern continent WIN people
speaking the same language hnd governed "h ue S'c
laws Nor contemplate with satisfaction either biol
or mixture ON the surface.
He then gives the preference Ia the West Indies, an
among these islands, Domingo. in consideration OF s
being ieidy inhabited by people o lis own race ad color
having climate congenial with their constitutions ind be-
Ing insulated from other descriptions o men. Alr!ca he
concludes would otter last and undoub'ed resort, ii ali
others more desirable should fail as
Those political casuisis who have assalcd the report o
Mr.. Stanton Will be called upon Ia correct ,hcir record
when they find how ausp!ciuusy il originated ana how
overwhelming is sustained by the opinions oi "uf states
men and people.
We have already stated in another article the objects pro-
posed accomplished by the friends oi the proposition
reported upon the Naval Committee ot the House o Rep
resenhtives and might ill columns with expressions III
favor of it, The advantages the free people {" color tha
result from this project will not fail 10 strike The
most superficial observer.
There are about 600 free colord people in the United
SiaeS-a number equal that Of all the Slaves the time
the Declaration o Independence in l1I6. The number n
slaves nanumiited be Liberia wil hereafter ht
very large especially from the middle States Congress
will aid the colonization in The proposed
The following table shows the number ot the free colocd
| lIla Of tn mi In lS,l: