Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-12-02
TUESDAY MORNTNC, DEl{;Il2Il1Fi.s 3 Is55


, TO The Editors cf he Engnirer:
Article w., section 20 Of The New Constitution prOvi!
} that
The General Assembly may impose sach restrictions
conditions as they shall ttm frouc tie power oi sa.
owners 10 enanciPate their slaves and may pass lass f
NE relief oi The commonwealth from the lee negro pupu;
lion, by removal or oihe. wise"
BY the census Of 1850 published in your paper few day
aen appears that tie White rrolIe II FLia'a numtl
o97 5o4 and that OF Ihs nuHbcr 25sG0 itchmon
aud Hsnrco--hcng Clio per Gnl: nf that ppuIaur
iat me slaves in IIc Stale AZ 52S ard those
tlchiond and tenrlCo IT, G)- bei"g 3 10 PER
iat The free negroes in the who 5a'e 53 s29
those Of said city ana comfy 8 3G63 or 10 per cent
Tie mass Thus il wi tc tina. Richmond and lIrrc
are GcsSsG Mh than double l.ir fair proportion
'at peculiar popullDn which NJ Secqrd Mc Nctc Y0,.
dbcst'on SGnd'Gr prefers, citizens the gallant lt.
amd frugal Dutch who have taken rcgc under the
s'ts aud !ind asylum ia our happy country. We ais,
nave "e ifi "rc than EQUAL ru;riup II slaves Ii w
aah 10 ac slaves, the free n".rues ~ t'Ic on AMI cn,icn
we snail find negro pau ttun anon. ns Of 772 arans
white mpniali"n of 23S0O. Richmond is central ppin
IN lower Virginia for the Of slaves from large
Ing county, and one which is The interest of u guard
with scfupulIus care l. is 10 Virginia what IN. Dlsct u
-"unpia Is 10 the Union The point nion ~. The Aoo.
t!"nlsss have planted tie u;crln :a lrritean Gcvr!
WIN Which they expect la the institution Of slave
ry, Hid cUns.n NIrg MIA 10 the bdieS Of
Gan any citizen, whn regards The SAFELY hi negro
w. Or Tie iutIe peace ard welfare al himself ani Children
SIT down quietly aud behold The progress m hnt power which
Is silently and Necetiy advancing upon ham, Ike The pn>"n-
iin.rd s.rpcn with vrnneance Il, lcnIt? Can any
hearted fhGl1an rrGia'n indifferent Ia the lcoielan "hIrE
oag 10 Lake place n;icc under the provision Guu.
led liOn Tie Constitution H. to yenis ago when tn, lfcp
negro population nniy II S6G
been adopted and faithfully executed. should now
arr ire great curse 10 gapnlc wIt which has hitherto pa
rui!Z:i tr. ie"lIi.te arm OF prwrr rat rev clement
nas ptth '''>ei ia'n ''e machinery :" tin cody io!c
witc! - hoped, VIII br disconnected ary array
iee negroes aooit"ns*, or traitor. far New Voters
ey are MOI HE men 10 b. hInbugsed !nu C he
abvl"hsts, Tree slcs SrwdIc- macy vi oar Vir.
g';a ai!,uca;s ina thay ac ar,w the free r.rcc-
and that they viii tc;cl"re strike Tor aoion anal
flII In l,.rn
wealth arc devoted good pus'rrity una lh-
puny I" HE white Observation-Disclosures :" h Al lean o,.d
--t;'tn ic pJor iaoon. mcchInc a;irf. lht whole
people I" The State hrc ncTeated ard deeply in ro
tecrng the innocent, homes. poor, n.. lie
h,iIleh doctrines ut abolition and umllgamntipn because
inc Strength p"we! ana stability ri cnf -"ca stem
forever l"renrr rest upon their siuudcs Can
consent 10 the doctrines of Seward and uDuonss
mat te honest poor, and the lucgn immigrants, siud he
put upon level with lice uegSurs Nulnhg b.
rercng III any Southern mani AMI yet, II We continue
The present policy nothing DC certain hnn lhc pra
gTess Ut such doctrines.
A free popualion Of fiy: c0ncara-
ted round The Capital the heart Il" heavy slave pvpuic
un where ubo"nsts, SYM uhizers and s,aaieis do
10 do Their works love- an where
and other publications. freely circulated by the
sroes IN mos, of The Kitchens (s wrh general personal
intercourse kept up between purl.cs iLl
highly dangerous the State The slave in lle
surrounding counties are not perhaps sensible OF The
Afforded in this city the corruption of their slaves and
he cIrts made to seduce and entrap them into abonn
ihcy are Probably E"t aware that means are al hand and
nen enough ready 10 work te "irs through The agcncy o
negroes 10 pusun The mind and render useless almost
my The faithful in estimation Of mas
ers, have aIlen victims Ia the Vaccinations o these people
has brconc regular trade, between the a5uIUn-ts ni
lie NOtth anu certain pcrsjns in ne large lic
II this Sate not Only 10 infus: mich discUnCnt among
he slaves ms pracliraoe ou 10 carry oil many bc
lone with safety Vast sums Of money invested IN The
Sur The annual interest of which "a expended in this work.
md those who expect the end Uf the vance,
hculd have the raEnCss do what alone effect the
'tjcct oi their expectations.
The Indian population thirty forty years ago be-
t,r
ribcs resided ard many fine panhrupical
ct on foot 10 remedy he evils Gxisng ana craving
ally; but none seemed u promise the desired elect Among
TEN, Ihnt c educating !c tribes, cvlzing and cytug
hem npuards, most prominent in The hearts
minds Ur neatly Tie whu! American people 10 that, Mr.
suggested The anIaisnnal!on OF Inc tribes M wl!h ~ hc
ur,ry tho =. rri "t I" The ineineiencY o
II me schrmcs those fruitful times Every
ov sax, i;ut ali led to this last result ganaIlon-
lnj however snal and ns gnifcant the ocJG!ons as
sure, anal 4ainailnS with inc lhoin',
comparison with thai ui the Ai;iu negroes yt' 'le va"
# our creation inclined The heart ol our people against u; a
due season he raised upa man, Whose iasteT-lhn a'u
ron will opened up, and executed Hcw way, (at OF eh
a) which, though deemed cruel ana un4oalv ~ "ie t'
y many. has been Inc source oi u'us''i' 7 -
10Th . !, - f -.
So with the free negroes II we had but tho men OF mnc
md of III 10 Ic.ishc upon and execute proper pa" ''
h rn,ov, Of lie miserable wreiccs VINO ne-t our com
nunwcalth and whose political condition can never ~ i
,ru cd among but by education ana WIN m
whites double blessing would bc most GrAciuh- 'rs'"to
mon ,ncn and upon US They wouli be blessed III Hell
,wn land and ours; and we should he saHch if ha
national and individual calamity taig ma 'io ot M "'ih
with The white which Cird himself has forbiditn ny
liz incvItbi train curses decay, dlschs; ana de' IN
iced writer some thirty years ago (bci"re pol'ca "o"
lion had raised uly head) Ianlnn"d t'ht anihsahia
on was the most et.ctua mode Of cxtingu!ssing the am
can Llupd in tic American Sales iuundng s arguments
mon the predmnance Of the white race ana inc hc'aa
IL. law ,,t nature tnat the weaker must soon perish
Rut why should Virginia, Virginia statesmen longer
succtnb 10 the silly experiments Di snpet0ns, OF c o"
in assaults of fanaca traitors whose schemes On ht one
.nd are wnrse than less ard the other ot NE iS
innincn and immediate danger? Why mol "t once acl upon
III. subj. ct as u Judgment prudence ana dctefh'"
and r. ourc the prrmp ctectu" and sale fe'oF" W
The entire free negro population from the C"mn"hwra'n
pl in The hands OF the Colonization Society," or otherwise
,rv,e for al! Who will 10 Africa or the Ne>t ln"is7'
,s,nane means aid in so DOING 5hd inc WORK cd
snnn be donc The British West Indies could ana ""uo
ulJly absorb our whole IIcc negro p"pGior ahu "ou'
,,v rtc LARGEST r.run Uf the expenses ui Ien'Ival
il i lime nnw that should kno" ls views oi 'i"s'
~ nr,,., IN rrn-,s.ut US in the General Assembly
an his sutect There many voters WI iec'
.eu interest in H. and ii there DC the real love ' '"e '
Of thg punr white or uf The safety VI u'e
f The slave huicr whici we hear every where PehG"eu
t ma now sec nenen.ns ailh exhibited ia spoa "ohs
lhc for the u! The ircc ncgt" opu "
- the ,;.aIy enemy vi lie white III m "l TIE uS
lass Of white people, and Of the slave.lilacr: >
c'ass - ""''' 4 WORKING MAN.