Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-12-17


unavoidable. rn that time arrives, when the Save Q" ncr
iuds his slave beggaTing nsad Il enFichihg t' ';'en
n slavery be abolished in Virginia. and i'L ber' unless
rom violent cxctnal ""cr which VIC Will nave no
control Pat gft chaDgr has come over me south SINCE
Of Mr. J,iicrso. both IL its :t"s Gl It's sha''oh.
ana and Texas have been acqT.5 slave :e"T Is no"
uuuIv ns In: larger portion {" Tie unii.i Sias :'' =!
oar and ali i.Is and factories .! Earore w' cotton
~ rrpro slave has been found better aiipic than anT othcr
;h 10 the VAIN and m ,t climates vi he SUu, ana MS
I,bo il rw immensely prcductlvo ard cnce you i'nd hn
,. :, snu Ia emanc;yais and master while he has
tund The labor vi his slave 10 be very poHiao has 'is
rJ il 10 BE- 10 his interest 10 treat h;n with humanity ana
kiircss As proof this while The free black population
has increased but ten per cent IN the last len years s
slave populaoa has increased lwenty.c,ht per cent
II we .c TO believe political economists, ard tinsG who
have written The subject Oi lopua!"n WHO have tahrh
,Jy and Uniform increase 81 te poPui!i0n OF any cuuH
y as lla surrs Of its happiness and prosperity Then
we rlst rclnde that the slaves oil Tie S"uth are nearly
nr, lines better oil than The free negroes OF The UmtL
S,ntrs From my knowledge Of the condition al Inc
wo classes in this State ain satisfied the condition OF Inc
slave is best Thai OF eiree negro u: he >nnth Is ~
deed a melancholy Without Intelligence, without pro.
rer;y without social y! political rights without the pro-
.cng care o master, he Is far worse oil nan the SLAVE
under the mild care of 4 master
If VIC examine The of Virginia. it exhibits the same
,hrnomcna as that CT the whole Uncn Ii The year l!9u
the number of free negroes in this State was l. SUB IN Inc
wear 1870 in The smart space %! fifty years lh-y had IN
cr s 10 the large number Of SO Si2s slng nearly quad
runI. in thai tile The increase not il ;ay cX-
rrss myself The natural increase OF the Tree biacSs b.
much the most OF il, was from inc immense nnio
"El
Stale In the year 1850 the nmocr was % 7- being !n
increase in the last decade Of 3IsI being ie s,9st OF
per But there canc'paleh IN l73O IN Tginh
De slaves Taking this The Number, Tor Tie s
Ten yars-anG hinG il rather under 'hr marx
We have , $50 the number freed in the las f"cadr-
Taking this from Tie whole increase |! leaves Sui as me
natural increase the free bacEs in that time being b
per for ycars26 Of one PEI cent year ocinG 1o
per year
have gone sir into this statement 10 show you 10 show
10 the ptnIc of this STATE the fault has been not 80
RIM
evil has grown rapidly upon Us. Sir there has been
law upon Statute book ever sincc the year lcUo ru-
iny enancipated slave leave the State within twelve
months be sold into slavery; aud believe that nne-a
of the free negroes in tie State have hccn rnanclpatct
the descendants OF such as have been rnancpatrl
since that time, and il the law were enforced would De sd
slavery but this law has not been r1dy enforced ana
will not be- unless public sentiment undergocs change
But sir, have looked u hr past not 81 much Tor blame
and censurc avoid its and profit by lis ssons
II | were set 10 drain marsh or pond, M hrst ming
would do would be search out all the springs and onn
tains which fed it, and cut them oil That Is Jnst wat
proposr here oil this bitter fountain from which all
these bad uuors have flowed; 10 lay The 10 IN" root OF
this evil; change this law of emancipation. doubt, AT
best the policy Of a~ permitting emancipation within hr
territorial limits of slave State unless that law hc unvcr
sal in its application slavery BIO right ard cNrcdrn
then, surely emancipation must be ineSim;rn Our right
10 our slaves we will permit no man "q1es'" u! ths ,e
Virginia As question OF morality leave that IL Others
discuss. deal with rs fixed ac guaranteed by The
Constitution and recognised by the laws Gke "r gran.
ted that slavery s ciis here mill il becomes ssary
Ia The we l.being of the State abolish it, take il that
this il but step towards fixing slavery on trtncr
and more solid basis.
change In public sentiment and private Interest has, 10
some extent already arrested this evil Another important
step taken last winter in The bill which passed the Sen
ate and is pending in the other House, permitting
free negroes 10 enslavc themselves voluntarily. An.
other thing is neeed-a stringent law, such VIII
surely and speedily every slave" hereafter cmhnca
ted from The limits Of the State As aah! Just now
law pcrmn. emancipation within tie limits of slave
State is bad but if must yield something To those
whose tender cunscicnccs will not permit them 10 hold
raised large family of slaves who cnCrtanr parrnal
gard for their interest who is unwilling III his dying hour
that they should pass other hands where they n!ghl not
receive The kind Treatment let say those Tia.
comforting blessing benefit 10 free your slaves
here and leave them in condition than HAT ol slave
r.; that vDur tender that yoG no
enough also, 10 afford them the means - seek place
where they BE- Tree indeed This a but sheer Justice t"
ourscvcs-it is but humanity 10 The negro. These two
laws-one permitting voluntary cnslavemcn and The one
which this resolution contrnp ateswl think, completely
check and eventually remedy this evil without cost 10 the
STATE and without cruelty TO the negro
The increase Of this population has been mostly from
emancipation. Their natural Increase must neccssariy be
Slow for but few have the OF raising families Near
" all those Of AM intelligence leaving the state
They know This Is place for tI"r hcy are seeking ZONES
where they can ENJOY all soc! aud political rights o. 81!
zens. anxious u encourage N'ur'1ry ct=iatiom bY
every means in my POKER | AN willing 10 e1Icni aId I"
tic Colonization Society inairyinc every Tree negro to LII
IBERIA is willing eo but am not willing or prepared
this exei violently and At an enormous cost his
The >uta EG.y had agency bringing about the
present things The victims 81 false philanthropy
as think left thea, liberty without tn" place al
enjoying il; they have, least some claims on oar huan
iy Whenever they shall become dangerous 10 ' STATE
then ready for The stenest and prmpcst measure OF
relief
How are they 10 be removed! We must force them 10
leave Of their own accord mus! have |; done al patic
expense Bat they all cannot and if they could hey val
not leave voluntarily !en done at AL II must De cone
public expense One proposes 10 appoint yers"es 81 the
negroes in every Commissioner al the !tevcnucs DIS
ct, whose duty shall ,. Ia collect ti- men and hTr
on, akin. from Tie hrr, bond with good security
payal AZ he end Of year, and this is 10 stitue
fund rcrnoval-Gnt the women AMI children must
provided for they will be the parish cVics 1T ea-
w charge To ob.iac this he would place hcsc win per.
who would engage 10 support hc al te lowest Pflcc
be paid ont of thus hiring land Now, cir, THIS fund must
small Free negroes will not hire Tor much, win those
who know thcm. The women and chdren constitute
fOurths u this population. II viii aIc more
than The will hire for support them; and these over
sccrs so far from raising fund would slcr time. fni
hcns hopecssIy in debt These wumCn wei! fed AMI
we provided for would become prolific and this evil
would grow Jpdlyfor these reasons, consider Tins
plan futile and utterly npraccabic in is exccutiJn-then
il removed al ALL il must be al once and at Pnbc expense
TO collect these people dePps convenient Tar anspra-
ton; feed them while there, and IN irGRS@ 10 procure
Of transportation; employ officers and persons Ia
snperin tend their removal would eas; hundred
dollars hcad this price il would cost the State the
nous Of $685. 300 Putting the micr at fifty dollars
per hcadandl hiak this low possibly tic done"
would 50 G9 45O In The present Coniti "i our
finances aclGvc that the people wiling 10 IN
this deb We uirnalt enough III itut
nd from present Indications likely ~ run deeper IN
debt 10 finish the many public w"ks that have been area.
~ co,ri.uccd But suppose these free negroes already
collected and ready br carried our borders
are We Ia carry h,ml Mary land Kentucky ard North Cas-
nina border States and SLAVE States have laws "gnint the
Immigration IL dis class of people. We cannot violate
their without bad faith Sister State. the citizens
of ONO, with all their pretended synraicS for
wien Mr. Rlndolps slaves carried ihrrc have rhowm
what expect from tho IRE" STATES. Can yon be
cvG that they would permit quietly - place 80 GOO pau
pers in their midst Would they no. rise up and DIVE them
back upon at The point ol the hayOn.2 We know this,
lha, r!ey aIsO aborng themselves nm this evil
Abrlilionlsm Is but fancy matter with most Northern
who entertain it, They c:p"ni all their syHphlhIes and
phil Iuthcpy in idle words. Tier object DIue
Us Than IN benefit The negro.
do lIot believe free ourselves from the free
this way,cven willing The expense:
Tor irc place, within the broad limits pl The Gilri
States. 10 which srnt them II you -rnd them any
whcrr be abroad trcign country; they
expect aId rncc'ion, sympathy in the L. States.
We mas; oHk 10 the Colonization Sorciy, and to Liberia
the place 10 Gcn l and ins society effect but little
unIrss I'D by Tie Stale II has been in operation upwards
pi thirty years and in that time has settled c over Fix
thousand ce blacks from the United States in Lbc!il-
There is law setting ASIDE large animal apprppl
lion rom treasury aid II t!- society; but
defect has not been able reap It's foil benefit Let
The compensation fifty dollars for every
gro carried from Virginia IL Liberia AMI this society will