Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-03-07
DAILY RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
WEDNEsDAY MORNING, MARCH s, 1851.
,.M.,ra AND TsE FREE NEGROES.


Nv n ,he subiect of removing free negroes to
,.,c. The Northern Press appears to be divided upon
h ,onretv of this measure The Pennsylvania can see
M good in the enterprise and says: Nauen at can ~
r,a this country whenever its prosperity IS IN opposoh
her own ambitious schemes will Great Britain leave uneo
To the emigration OF free blacks
uneasv from this country to establish them IN 1amaica ~
,o.o nroxmy TO our Southern shoresshe sees VIII form
continual source Of anxiety to the South 1t VIII ahoiu
refuee for the fugitive slaves far more safe ana
their habits than Canada" &c. 1t adds, Let US oe"@
then Of such schemes and scrutnize closely INC
actions Of any agent who may come here 70 pte'e"'
.ho .rh;ec, N those whom il may concern" we cef-
tanlv feel obliged for the kind feelings expressed ~
,he pennsvyanian for the safety Of the Soutn Duh inc
a,o ,e, the number of Southern slaves winch nave Ia
ken and maintained safe refuge IN pennsylvania, I've"
York New England and Canada Us wen as IN the Nofu-
yyeatern States and the numerous lines OF 'ndsTSrod
,;,o from the Southern States through the free States
named TO transport giives safely into Canada we imagine
he u,oud draw no such comparison between jamaica anu
thu, colony We should almost as soon expect 10
cape into South America or Africa as into Jamaica anu
what more connexon has the emigration of free negroes
with fugitive slaves than with their emigration 70
anv 9TH rcoun,ry? None Our object Is to separate the
fse from direct contact with slaves by senohg
them 10 some other country 1t matters not "nee .ha'
country is the charge made by the FennsyiSanoh W." "
equally applicable. IT. therefore, we adopt sucn aoSice TIC
free negroes must remain where they are 70 many
among the slaves and omeni rebellion as they nave
In eyery country where their strength has been
assume magnitude sufficient to justify tho nope Oh over
turning the Government
While the slaves in Virginia increased but sx per cent
the last ten years. the negroes increased eight And
person knows that the actual number Of these people
can be ascertaned with the accuracy OF slaves Inc
census of 1850 exhibits 357 and 1t can hardly De douoeo
that the actual number is over sixty thousand
One important advantage OF Transporting them -
ia cheapnsss and the assistance which the government
TINT COLONY will render In the enterprise 10 TINS may NC
added that the price for the labor OF such persons exceeds
vba, hy can command In Virginia; and the demand cannot
he ovsr anpoied The government is well organized and
the protection Of e liberty and property is as good rs IN
INV part of the British Empire.
The trade Of jamaica although greatly injured by the aoo'
Iton Of slavery yet Of value and may not be I'M
worhy of the consideration Of Virginia The transpora-
lion Of free negroes there would undoubtedly be the means
Of attracting ports and taking it from New
PHILADELPHIA and Baltimore There is annually imported
10 Jamaica about millions Of dollars worth Of proVi
sions of this sum from FIVE to six hundred thousand dollars
worth In corn and meal Why should not Virginia avail
hsse of the double advantage of transporting her free
xroes to the West Indies and OF restoring her former trace
with the British Colonial possessons2 Are we 60 be hum
bueped BY our Northern neghbors out of these great advan
tapes which are not so available them They have put
their free negroes nearly equality with themselves
that like the porcupne who took refuge in the den OF the
SNAKE and become troublesome by OF the sharpness
of his qus when the latter desired him to remove cooy
informed his host that his part no very well sas
fed and those who not, at liberty to remove
1t is to hoped that we have not come to this conditions
but on the contrary that may make the transportation
Of our free negroes Of building up profitable COM
merce with the West Indies and the Western coast of Africa
We have bur push forward the system adopted last year,
of taxing the negroes raise fund.- Jointly with the
appropriation of the Treasury for their removal and de
rect in proper channel effect the humane objects Of
the last Legislature.