Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-12


Iron Company attach said bridge 10 thelr ran "uu "use
| md TO charge tolls % the vas passed. also
Senate bill 10 amend the net ncorpnraIlh4 Tue iotoHu'
Coal and Iron Company, and The Petersburg lowing So
pany; -. ~, r, ,,,,,-
Senate bill incorporate the Board oil Trade III The CITY
Of Whreingi aud
| senate bill concerning the second section at the &C
authorizing The issue of Coupon bonds, passed May 20
1882 30 provide for issuing certificates OF Stale Deb
hearing less interest lhnn Elk per ccntnm;
lilI concerning the compensation nt Jurors and he
AMI manner of selection in certain cases was
taken up the House no, being hbe TO agree upon e
amendments the Senate ~ SAID h coinlttee OF con
ference was appointed the part OF the House as iolows
Messrs. TAL1AFEaRo VAscE, ieDoSAto, RENSIcK anu
PATRIcK , :, ,
Two ococs the Speaker vacated the chair for the purpose
oil signing enrolled bills
FalpAY, February 18Th, 1858
Remarks Of Mr.. PRETLoW Of Soua5amptoI on =, ,se
Bill for The remora Of Free Negroes aud !" reply % -Hr'
Mr.. Sucnker should prefer remain qne, in my seat,
but il il due my constituents and 10 myself 10 say rev
words in reply The eloquent gentleman from toochiana,
nhu has Isr addressed House. Sir shall necessarily
speak 10 great disadvantage as was not aware mat ms
subject wonld up night "hc" mace ny appear
ancc in hi. Hail. the Clrk reading the DIN tHt IS now
under and find myself under me necessity OF
in debate without papers notes OF any kind
But Mr. Speaker feel it due 10 mysc 10 speak boldly
and without. hesitation the views that entertain on lh-
subject Sir represented county thai hao very lew
Of hs population within It's borders then might properly
number Of free blacks and the BID, advocated oy my
friend from Goochland unnecessarily harsh ana scVer
shall frs oppose the grounds al lis nhumahlty ls
degraded o! popnItlun afo IN INC coiiait'pH III
WHICH we End them without any agency their part
Having been brought among us "iie"a lei' CONSENT ti'
liberated in accoIauc with The 1"s I" inc al anu 1T w
s,re t,c ut all constitutional rEhs II oeconcs
~ as liberal and generous men, representing enlightened
and Christian people ucls ~ them soae sort .! US.
lice Sir, whs. sh-y are the iow7! f1sF y "n P'p"
tgr thc wise responsible 9r ne de2fara POSITION
u,t they occupy from the very lac! that We have u IN
oar pwrT 10 sink hon sl lower and 10 c:ssh tneu.
need BE- single blow from or nondcrous aim am IN
clluet 10 ne more lenirnt 10 them
| Secondly Mr.. Speaker, il Is rnwisc ana impollc 70
pass lay" that would hastily remove 81 large class u
Iaboers from any great agricultural ds!fct You arc Told
hv the gentleman from Goochnd that 52OOO-consdera.
bly, half Of This popua;oh-Afc 10 De 'on"u IN
our Underwater district nit,
has learned from sad experience, mat avs ~hen
work haSty radical change a7s al times :os' up'uh
Drive ant 81 O00 ,bores from Tide Virginia, where
labor l. already very " AID yGu cir.!c demand !f IA
b,r that rns supDlict from Where, or onr ht''
NUS waste aud neutrality-suspicious. IN ans d'suic' ic ec
negroes IRE the ony h!Ic'ing Cay lhyic!s.
Sir il is rectl.ss gentlemen 70 -: US tat loei2n Ia
borcrs will in suppl" tbs vacuum when mas
formed by the sudden removal Of his large huGc'o
human beings who known 10 perform great ocal 81 me-
NAL for abores Will come where ready employ
ment and prompt pay Is TO be had And MI Speaker,
must mind, that the slave population IS I" DC
found in the hand. oil our wraltncr czcns-conscquenly
many of small farmers compelled from necessity !"
hire labucrs BY ls day week month or year, Tor when
I
hastily mis- labpcfs-and worthless 40 they may De-
the demand and high price VI lo9r will be strong
indurenenl for foreign lah1ets to pour IN among US
Sir the gentleman from Guuchand mas told tna f1ousc
that The negro population exert most psrncOus IN
huence ever save and 10 o3on agree win NM
In THE but sir let nsk the gentleman wHat would h'
M, cucdilin among population deadly hostile 10 the ~
sutiou m sIavefy7 Who could stand side by side with US
the polls and could give Us as N 10y ana marc oio"S
could send
npprrIrnd hi. state OF things should occur, that it
would be years before you would find, but ton late
that deadly bnw has been stricken al The institution OF
slavery Eastern Virginia; AMI warn gentlemen To b"
careful they egisas subject which must produce
radical change In the population Of our State Row, s
the time BE careful Tor when the knife Dt mo h:asln
has been made sharp md the torch OF the ncendlay has
brcn lighted |. will be too Late
Mr. Speaker feel bound to speak frankly and boldly
this House for cir after mischief has been DONE there may
be an arep made TO hold the shareholders responsible Tor
i-and say here In MY Place that neither The savenold
ers any other portion Of The constituency whom have
the honor 10 represent have any agency in this sudden
movement against the free negroes.
Mr. Speaker my friend from Goachland, (hlr. RuTHER-
told us of the rvls propensies Of the free ne
guesand the slaves aided By them, have pundered and
pla ped his county 10 wonderful! cxttat.
IL might b. fair presume lhst $50 OF this population
had sn iraniIcd fair Goochland that nv uwn comfy
tanning as the gentleman told the House. 1885, mus be
in miserable and wretched condition. which am happy 10
| say Is not CO.
Sv friend SAYS he did not intend say Southampton
was the scene much theft did understand him So
On contrary, understood him 10 speak only for his own
county, Sir have never in ali my life heard OF much
sreaing in any place befoehc has aroused my warr,cs
sympathie. his behalf for truly II the Sabeans and Cha
ans ha vc taken his oxen his She and his camc
the sons of Ham have carried of hs pigs and poultry
Unfortunately for the gcnemans argument, he has told
us that he raise hogs for the free resroes Sir ne
could mol have consulted his statistics II he would
seen that Southampton Is the largest hog raising county of
the State numbering thousands than any other county
| 10 VireInil
Mr. Speaker The gentleman h7s told Us o 'hc d!cnass Of
these non productive CONSUMERS lie calls Them and he
says they totally unproductlve. Sir this argument be
pnod rhod supposc those counties hu yng Of
! that
appear be the fact for the county my e:d will not
bear comparison with my own. do nat 10 sny that
Goochand il not good agricultural county; the other
hand willing 10 admit she IL; but there few, II any
counties H. State that surpass Southampton the value
of her agricultural products il proportion Gnpnaion
The county OF Northampton with seventh Of Tree negro
population lie productive Than Gcochand The coun
~ OF Accomac with 600 free :;cgrors, 6h nearly Of
her whole population almost twice as productive cap
tia as the county o: Stafford that he only about 30 and
il would be ridiculous 10 compare Stafford with my
county, for peas and cot5n sttd worth nearly ns
much as all her agricultural prOiucrs TIE whole Of the
agricultural products oi Stafford fair market valuation
would amount SlSS 359 whilst those Of In county that
have the honor represent will amount 10 S65 $50 derived
Immediately from ao; besides apple "op
ported which is worth nearly or quite 500 600
Nj, Speaker do to The depressed state Of ac5-
culture any county from feelings OF unkindness; but
legislators. il duty investigate all suhe that
come up here action and The only object
u view sh.d what 'tlc ct light 90 II thit my huc:
ability All enable me ~ do.
will call the attention OF the House what seems
10 be little remarkable In the county OF Stafford There
does 10 DC any percrptor improvement IN .gi
culture snce lS40-and her free negro population has
cned 10 per cent In 1870 find Prince George nasprg
amos, fr ft IN 1850 hnh e7satiy improved aud
presenting thrifty appearance md there The tree negroes
hsyo Increased Is cent which shows that in
There Is demand kind of labor where agriculture IL
| In houiishng and healthy condition.
Sir the member from GoUchland has told Us that the
amount of crime committed by this class il They
are lust that order Of population from whom might
expect much crime.
But whilst this subject OF crime let call the aiten.
lion of This House 10 the fact that al this very session We
have The necessity OF passing law for The
pose OF allowing county Of Augusta extend its
stngs twelve days each 70, lhr purpose Of ad
justice about 500 foreign a6oe!s that have
recently come that county Now, suppose you had
5000 OF people Accomac and 1000 in Nunsemond
and 10 dewate you would be under the necessity
OF having courts Tor each county, for could die.
pose OF hen ami sir ycu would md your penitentiay ami
your 4ls qnite small J! my memory a:ieht
there were In 1850 0G0 convcons Tor crime IA 600 Of
whom Of foreign birth more than half compare
this to 100000 Of native bern citizens little
tnnn 2OGO,UUU OF ioIe gners and you have problem 10
solve And again, Of The l35 600 paupes in The United
States more than half OF foreign birth. When sps5k
foreigners mean the class Of eeranis who Ihrong
ing shores, for would the OF
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