Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-07-26
RICHM0ND ENQUIRER.
NEGRO EXEMPTION LAW.

characters perfectly right when shc ucc'altu '" ~
body likes to be conrsdckt And the
pcrience teaches is always lle more uh"e'c'c "' "
o,e,ons nnnaceu or patent remedy for physical or So
. csi ills Bu, we may indulge IN some niue SURPRISE "
the paricuar line ., objection which has been adopted "
s.. ,,s, I, onsns with compliment, which We are
10, ,,c;ons Of having mered, and il closes win ee"-
,s which may be still undeserven Fo'a"a'eS Af
,,l,ah. dscod between the extremes Is pcVeh'eu W o
IN, erven,iun of an elaborate criesn "hic" 70 So''
Ia, The mos, purl exposi,ory Of just views, but not
, r,hr opvropriao the opinions which we designed TO
however cosent may be asa re'ua"n o. lhn opn-
ions we have been supposed to entertain
We are not able recognize in editorial those merits
which Tho Cotton Plant has kindly attributed 10 it. Our
great regret that the boundaries and the nasty
composition Of newspaper article, did no. permit and GER
noy had precuted the orderly concatenaon o IDEAS anu
even their enuncation degree peEspicuy and pre-.
cisou which was exhibit them with proper elect
Thus when aege that We have been we
are wiling lake the larger poIlon OF Tue oe 10 our
e,,es hp, nj the same time may attribute pur OF
our failure TO the Of development and the indistincl
rcss with which The positions OF The Cotton Plant were pre-
,.d ,nd which are diminished by the reply before us
y s NM ,ybt 10 state also in the spirit OF good !ec
ng INA, l. manifested by The Cotton pIant' that in our re-
ms,ks on Mr. project We had The same zeal Tor Inc
Inferior advantage of the South which acuaed him. but we
, h, allowed 10 sute our conviction tina, the zeal OF
ardent defence may betray into errors well as the tana
.m of unwarrantabe attack and that the Te;auory poll
cy suggested bv des 70 oounetact The dangerous ouh
cs ot Abulivnism may sometimes begue us'nlo course
rs vorab, 10 The very cause we arc soctous d,sai
We have been no aggard in ish;ng The outtles OF the
Souh aa iIo THE Cotton Pint, Its conductors AMI is
friends have been and now are earnest IN oea " FEY
measure which may advance The broad interests OF me oa'e
Saos anuurv their tranquility and lead % the extinction oil
Il Il Ind rary1 s Iut
ends could bs secured by the Negro Exemption Law we
hond ho ,esy endorsed IL but appeared 10 Us that
Inn, law was calculated have either little or an opposite e
fact we ssrnsd um it, aud expressed few os the grounds
of our dissent We did profess 10 discuss e question uy
or definitely but merely indicate the doubts In our nn'
and the issues which they pointed We did not haNca
scientific approaches draw lines oil ttumS1!a'ion OF pat
regular bal srics-we did not make en assault win trump
and drum and Cuvern but only made
and made known what seemed TO US O Dc Inc "eak po-
of the new io We considered mat In mo case VI ho"
llaw and one Of such importance anu suth an eN-
,ens,ve operuou the onus proJandi rested on the
propounder. W. remembered cuns'i1utona' 'u''o''
OF some OF the Greek Staas, onco III ioIce IN hueu " 70
ovs oui,inp The mover vi bill 10 appear III Tue ue
assembly halter alound hls necE anu sa"e
his life on The successful advocacy or ie la'ofdoe
lion of his provision; and we thought tha Ia ee'sa'
o,neriment which innovates on established Jupluu''
and pocy cuts alhwart the genera! pacceS ah" opo'
f noes the spirit OF the Old rule should % aPpea 81
far as 10 require proposes The complete
:, h; ,sois nv reasoning We did not think il harsh
thai the halter raocinaion should oe suspchuoo
,,osey on their nsrks be drawn eat ey JAILED 10
te oood nv argument their position # our doubts wete
;,, II was for them to YIELD if they were unloundrd "
hich ". are not vel convinced was Tor The cotton
Plant 10 rh0w tina! they were 50 v!rh II uoes h"' appear
u hu il has yet done Wc haS" but one quest 10 hah'
in Ills matter 'im Cotton Plant questions Oh! lhofousn
examination Of The subJeci rghuy we cohceae hous'
not on tho strength Of evidence produced. ~ qdc8'
our acQusu with the SUBJECTS 10 DC aheo
rightly again. if 10 be The Judges but "hu' We
that rho Cotton Plant, will compose or cuuae 10 DO com
,o,.d nm ess.y on the subject which shall mol be merely
eper,ory Of all that may be sad in advocacy OF he Ne
Exemntion Law but sla rigid order and syInmetfl'
dencndence exhibit all the bearings o The propused hca-
ure on the moral economical POLITICAL and social eiaohs
of the whites and the moral, n'atefia'' anu us
cipnary relations Of the negroes the phosopea' a"o
other relations of contemplated change 10 Inc eS'nG
arous of Southern and Of modern society ana con
cude with an expedition OF the further INNOVATIONS WHICH
will be required ettcuac the original OBJECT OF necess
tatsd by tendency OF It's influence. unh ls TASK o
done we may approve the PROJECT hesitate about lis
adoption; is usk be fully performed We conceive DC
any practical active assent 10 the schene can oc ea
sunaby sought and duty which dcvolVcs upon lt
Cotton Plant not upon usirrespectYe OF any income
ency supposed by tina, valuable paper.
If The Cotton Plant had advocated the entire exemption
negro property from sulc by legal or other process OF
had required sale only in connection with tho land nae
suggested distinction between field hands, and artsunS o
scvante proposed TO coneidcr the one class as VII
ains repardant and the others villains in gross NIGH
still objected The proectas unculed ioand in advance
The times or behind cn but would have recognized III
ern and although might have cvenaed in
lion Of the cuda rsgimc we couli have pecc'e'
how Il might operate ceCuta bar TO idfher uooiot
ugu,ion But the plan, propoundcd, wants slapc "h
luIncss limited and partial IN It's opcratoh
scism into the general mechanism ot our society," u''
proyokes hostility Without in opinion, impeding aSsfcs
sion.
We have made long preface, because our reply "ou.
necessarily be short We and regret that we sh"uo %
ten have and whore not n'sconVe'eo m
The reasoning however acute for other purposes Is moi ad
dressed 10 the point We regret that some passages uf'
not Ineligible to any connection with the argument
and Ih,t the remarks enatsd as 10 renee
any lipht uuon The ubscucs Of different parts IL seehs
10 US that the article in question is devoid OF any uny o
ieu any central point of view and TO lis certainty iu
no n, light except in regard TO The laws oil Lou''
nl ana then dim aud shaded However, we puos'
the article question: only ccctua collaboration
its rufutatinn essential part OF this reply
but out :" respect THE Cotton Plant whose Southern zea
" We Sencrate, and whose ability we esteem.
hut We must proceed to few words Of direct reply
ln"saFd 10 the first objection alleged contemplating ap
paenty some Question connected with The police regulation
OF inc slaves We compelled sey that we are unnoie
ri !" discover clhcr what specific Of Is objected 10
oy unl or What particular objection IS offered
By It, We cannot lddces ourselves to the removal Of hs
objection until we are aided by fuller and develop
OF its character. II may be our fault but we
discover its meaning its PURPOSE It's eurinp und
- utterly unable detect any pp of our former remarks
10 which IL applicable. We CONSCIOUS Of ever
having thought about he rig Of potice Or control in con.
ncc,ion with this subject and cannon see hs We said
any thing suggestive even !" such Constitution. Tho
II Cotton PUNT has endeavore to ."gmas which il
= fanced we had entertained those which attempted
briefly 10 Indicate regard 10 the first hend of tho onde
d then, we can say nothing because we understand nothing
without further the necessity OF such
panaon can be appreciated By readers from an nspec