Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-01-21
To the Editors of the Enquire

NV YORK JAN. Is, 1901.
Sirs. have lust seen remark In newspaper 10 ie e.
feet that the slave Long, recently returned 70 kt n
this State will probably be purchased by New any
seems 10 me that his ought not 10 sen ,' % he
urce for il will virtually set aside the iueuve saw a.
holdinr ou, bounty TO negroes away, ana lhe'
they are sent back slavery, ey a'c w ~ hse ne
Let the benevolence OF our people De ,emained
oroes who have never run away, but have always @ IN,
faithful 10 their masters. If this suggestion Inc. in
prevail, something 10 the same ehecl oos' " -
the newspapers w coSer,7rTIoS
Our correspondent in New York will find thai III, ''-'
arc moi realized and that Henry Long has oeeh =. oon
purchaser giving bond and security 10 the anlon' M
rim, the slaye is to be removed 10 the South "
York Journal of Commerce states that men,oe's''
committee in New York urged upon DR.. fa'A.. w r
lepe of redeeming said slave offering slVo0 -"
if required" In reply the sneers Oh W 49,, =,
,b,t noner further shows that while those
having in the year ending last June "dss's''1 % ooo
slaves and have mulced themselves 10 '"e '',' - ~
s the c,use of "theyery" that is TO save 'he O.coh
49, .,eser. they have done nothing Tor Inc
legitimate ransom of slaves, whom lucy "'p''
ssss 10 love so much. Tho journal says. nm
"y;,h,n Tho last nine months between s4OVo ana 80
the voluntary offerings OF tho @ &c i o, ,.sniy
through hands for the Jason to bere as con-
e.ssd b. A5otonis black rhhe They do nothing 10
,s Tbey have no relish for emancipation unless
there is an odor of Eerery about H. Wh" SUCH ." 0
thew scent the game att long distance
n poL,r AID well 10 decline The liberal offer OF Inc NC"
yoters nv which he would have received more nun '"e
un, actually obtained by the sale of the slave mere
IT. Norbcrn papers have been discussing letter from
ohor of Congress which appeared in the ENQUIRER e0N-
tanning recommendation similar to that IN the I'VE" oiA
,er above We take the liberty Of adopting the c0e"'
Of Yesterdays Wing on that point: -,
The Commercial Advertiser in commenting upon .i,e o
lowing extract from the letter, draws from 'e -
ns shat sarery becomes moderated in PTopor1'0" 10 ~
contact nth frsedom c,,,. GRO usuallv the
as,y Of the most indueent masters Ihey are aho"'u
pnsua liberties and thus have greater ,hpsa
and are mere exposed 10 the tempung @ lid ma srer
who would persuade them 10 run away iro"' M ~ Ill
81 Il he known that such fugitives when %
be sent summary the extreme SCUM ana ey ,n
laes inclined 10 leave the certain advantage Oh SCI
| lind master for the doubtful benefit OF freedom IN one
of the Northern States ,;. oil. IoocoI conclp
The process OF ratocnaon BY which TINS ogcal
to-; 10 arrived at is somewhat follows: Ihat inashueh
"a recaptued slave ought TO be sent to inc extreme
i, follows that this is be regarded as species Oh
men, and that the further South no goes Of ali he
condition will be and the greater his deprVa'o VI az e
opdnarv comforts of life The final inference from oil lnis
is that Southern gentlemen who desire ,ne a VI
slave should look with favor upon the Nor una oese W
he in as close proximity TO 1t as possible:
!, 10 hardly necessary 10 refu,e so illogical position
The meaning of the author OF the eef was 50 pam as ~
need no Interpretation from any one IL perfectly wen
Lnown that according very simple natural law, no
desires be removed from the place OF his birth and
the associations of his life and still ia equally certain tha
where is he better clothed better fed and better treated in
every resnec than the extreme South The climates
Genial 10 his natural astesthe pening fields OF cotton de-
light his visions and the beautiful sugar shooting up in
all its tropical luxurance throws him into
But these are pleasures the Virginia slave has never last
led and 10 which his imagination rarely transports him. He
only knows when from his fault his master forced 10
dspose of him. that he is about TO leave the scene OF MS
boyhood gambos gives up family and friends and what to
him is of far greater concern his favoIte and warmly at.
,ached possum dog But let him once nhae the perfume
Of the orange and magnolia or bass in the warm sun
of that delightful country and the threat send him back
60 "Old Virginia" thrills him with unutteabe horror Our
Northern friends who rarely If ever Mason & Dix
line know so little of the and habits of the slave
that they never speak of them without displaying their g
norance.