Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-04-17
A new Whig Issue.

The Wings for the purpose of securing the abolition
vote, are evidently preparing to make the thir
teenth article of the Constitution This article if
adopted will prevent the furher emigration of negroes
and mulattoes to the State. Whenever the argument
will avail the cry o. injustice to the poor African will
be rased but in sections Of the State where this ngger
equality sympathy cannot be easily excited the peo
pie will be alarmed at the expenses of Colonizaton
This to be clearly foreshadowedin Milton Greggs
new whig paper at Madison. Mon's uncle, an honest
old man IN Franklin county, having learned that his
nephew had been honored with in the Convention
writes to him as Constitution maker, for his views
this cause-or in his guratve language he asks his
nephew to strke light that he may see through the
stbject Milton thinks it is plain pike staff that if
the section is adopted the Legislature will have to tax
the people to carry out this provision and like good
and considerate nephew he his dear uncle in the
following language
Now, sir, with all the lights we have upon this dark
subject have only this to say If you are willing
to saddle upon yourself and upon your children the ex
pense of coonzng in LIBERIA ali the free negroes and
mulattoes in Indiana who willing to emigrate
vote aye If you not in favor of ncurrng this ex
pense, then vote But do latter yourself with
the delusive hope that one in a thousand of our coored
population will ever be colonzed by the fines collected
for violations of this Article.
Now if this is to be made issue in the coming eec
ton by political opponents desire to know it.
We are ready to meet the question. We are in favor
of the provision. The existence OF two distinct races
separated, by the prejudices of color and CASTE is
positive evil. An evil which the Legislation of the
country ought to remedy. This Government is the
white mans Government. This country is the white
mans country. The black man can never occupy with
us the common domicil, enjoy with equal, social
and political privileges In OF the slave States
emancipation is prohibited unless the persons emanci-
pated sent out of the country In Iowa and Illinois
their emigration is prohibited. Let the people of Ind
fail to adopt this provision which has been inserted
the organic law and you hold out inducemen for the
broken down and abandoned negroes fly our State
the city of refuge, where the laws will protect hem
and where there comfortable poor-houses for their
accommodation, and where they will be fed and clothed
by the drawn from the hard earnings of the white
man.
1t must be borne in mind that of the
groes in the State will be compelled to 60 TO Ii
beria without their free consent. Suppose that five
thousand dollars be annually appropriated for the pur
pose of colonizing the free blacks and riddng our
country Of this useless population. Will any one say
that it will not be money well spent Encourage them
settle among and in years the negro popula-
ton Of Indiana will be doubled and poor in-
creased in corresponding ratio. The law of necessity
which knows sympathy should prompt every man to
vote for this clause We shall have more say this
subject in future.