Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-09-23
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
THURSDAY MORSING. SEPTEMBER 22.
JNpDRTsNr FACTS.

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tnke The liberty o giving it circulation 1t IS from
Felix Huston who most intrepid, en'igh'r'" "
powerful agent in securing The independence OF Texas ~
n Mexican domination IL is addressed To Dr Saih" .
!, Cartwright an eminent physician Of New Orleans "''
learned and searching isquisliions upon many s"oJ
great interest enlitlr him 10 rank high as Sar""' u "
South Cen ilnslons letter contains some very in'""'
facts lnucius and Inomontous subject III "hl'" "
ania is deeply Interested both Tie Of principle III"
inercsland goes confirm views put form hF !"
some weeks since.
Gen Huston Il sugar planter III Louisiana, woShE =
grown negroes his sugar estate and from lu 10 do WA"
hands hired servants, in his extensive and pr1ae" P
orchard Mississippi River. Inc facts stated m nun
undermine The very foundation which abo"nsh siah'7
and prove that the white labor in the Loui"''n
fields and live The present epidemic which nis "'as'h'
New Orleans. proves the same Thing. II has s"rP :"
about three iourihs ul all those VINO were "'"''s
negroes Of themselves By doing drudgcTy "uTR III '"'
whe1e Providence intended thai negroes slion 'o the WON
While in Charleston only l. were dying week, III ~"
Orleans 50 the white luborers were dying day '''
Charlsu nrgrnrs do the heavy work bn IN Nt"''"a
il is mostly done by white aborrrs from the North and from
| Europe. Five thousand oI them died before me c'':
oucheI single citizen proper II opinion Of eminent
phy scians that the yellow lever Ike iylhts lrVe "'
contagious When any large number get sick aud mat h' ~
phus fever II will affect persons not Prrds"sd !" " ''
fined in close room with patient bul that win doors ana
windows open and with practice Of cleanliness Ike Iyhhs
fever il cannot spread We hear that in New dreams ana
all the surrounding towns, the yellow fever began among
those who making negroes OF themselves 'y '""S
drudsGIy work. and then il spread in man! cases !" person"
living in the shade, who hunanrly nurscd hef "'"e SET
wants The conclusive argument IS dcinccd lr"m 'ese
facts that Virginia the South from r devastating
plague yellow lever 10y simply supplying AL our SCUM
crn towns and cities Will, sufficient nLnbe "' negroes 10
do the druiscry work New Orleans ha- large population
nl Northern people too proud L" be waited on oy NEGRO
who prefer cnslaying the white 10 The back They
courage white people 10 III that kind u WORK wlci 'cy
cannot do in thai and live. Every mile ol Their ran
roads the strong language "i correspondent, costs
hng.heud Of white mans b""L j would De- "''Hr tn
give $4,000 piece Tor Virginia u"r do as III" niis
are doing import African apprentices 10 build if roads
Wherever The white worl M on The Louisiana
rail roads The yellow fever is among tarlI Ia every NOOK
and is oaking up all thusc whn are iahos III the
sun In that hot climate"
In conn, ction with his subject llvc read very able
and interesting cc ip New u,Ins Medical aud Sur
gica Journal from the pen Of DR.. A. Cartwright The
article o The moral aud ph-ca effects {" ardent
spirits The race, and .a9s into an examination "l
the peculiarly ul that people. II sh"Ss that The brlsl
who made 1luncs by selling the gf"es Ia the virginia
Maryland anu Cafolna PLANTERS 'h'I''
away by money aud plenty whssry the great
uri,y o the ncsUrs hundred and nncly.nnc ~ a
thousand would go with the Bsh, but continued To
hoe corn raise pigs and poultry sheep and cattle 10 sup
lply Master Washngtuns army then IN Pcnnsj vania win
provisions "Ihey stayed hi hor-conilnEcd AT ilcir
wok-tuok care of The AMI Children whllc their
masters Yorktown ana whipped ihr British entirely
Of The country. Instead ui finding the country "'fr
the takes Of the black man, tie "':nhrs'
part and easiest conquered the HiIIs found II The strongest
and there conquered themselves, In both wars they
waged against the black mans prueclur-fofkown and
New Orleans for instance"
There many lmpnr,ant 4gs which have only 10 br
rnowl ui he dis! ol MI
political que snnsas, for insancr that South Carroll
ma has Christian COMMITMENTS in proportion 10 h.!
pupuation white and bIacG h,n either England po-
observation-disclosures lnat she has Christian rom,,ni
cants among the slaves In her bnrrs than hr
in all Africa all Canada, all New En-. nj AL e North
States among The free negro population put together.
II would bc fatal 10 the existence Of COM! dcracy f
sh policy were tu prevail on this negro question Some Of
our Southern papers have Inadvertently played into !hr
hands of Great Britain, whose studied policy il is dr.
the shareholders of America ronrrnd for nclrinc a.
tho negro is drsctnied from the bnboru was
known Ia The Sacred Writer'S HE object n Great f,tiIa
being 10 catch the slave holders H. urc that a!l Chris
tendon may isIl tl WIN Whlp Oi scorpions. litf
writer's such as p'chall TODD and others have ALREADY
brought large number in holding South, Ia brtr
in the opposite doctrine that The negro like The while nan
in every respect The cuI" his skin In
that doctrine Virginia and Mlt have been cursed with
free negro population II Virginia and Maryland were
nut their free negro rnpnliinn making rail- roads and
even pay them twice as much wages they arm they
could build the Pacir l;a Road themselves The income
from il would enable those States iospense with all axes
and it would benefit the free n"grm, Themselves act oI
expa lralion, work The road might look like
bilrary Irasir: but il is more so than to compel
white 10 give his individual services TO his rnnntry in
time OF war, the stipulated WAGES n 50 n month or he
shot.
The ne doctrine To The bass on which 10 lace negro
slavery, is thus strongly Stated in Dr. Cartwrghs article
above alluded 10:
Natural History and the Revealed Word Of Cod the
basis IL stand upon because il is The only and
solid On The slave question b, isis az important ~
the Stale shi and strict construction ns the has. ii true
democracy We do not Keep HE negro in slavery from
some ancicd d:l that he irscrn,r from a monkey be-
cause The Greeks ana Romans had slaves hut ramsr rs
pcricncc and observation have proved thai e.vcry the
condition nr him; because The ts Gathered from his
rny prove his inability la HIMSELF because Natural
History points out his disability in the organic iun "i his
system; add lastly, because The Revealed Word Of God or
dained him To be "serVanl servants To his berhEcn
1 Higher authority we could have No institution ever
had or can have higher au'hny than ths BY naving
This snid rock Tor tr qaauIfrs ol English and Frcnci
speculaon we do injustice The nsrilu,ion The negro
and 10 ourselves Besides iui,tcc is done The ne
gro 10y regarding MN rs brute instead of anu
brother n weaker hrnht poor blind brother, rqnln.
our lean The Ahili,usts do great injustice To
their pOa blind brother Of The human Iuce by wanting To
deprive him u all The advantages derives from that trcnd
and protector, called master He has eyes and hry
suppose he see and they take for granted that he can
see they into the narrow or The next cay But
they would aSe ihr pains I" observe him cos'y 'ry
would nd that he chhhnt sr, beyond the present nilncu
He looks al the last stick wand huruinu in The HEARTH
but cannot see 'e sn"" sun that coming. or the ntc
sty OF gathering fuel until Tie culI plnrics him and makes
him feel IT, He looks al Ir last nca of meal about I"
n be baked into bread und regards the flowers spring ana
hears The singing n nrds hut he cannot the necessity
o planting corn. tie wants friend 10 remind him OF these
things tl hun what he has do and he will MOI Il"
IL TO make htm. In other he wants master. Du
AS the neeros sight - int, m future he scent alconi
from atar better than white man The udor at nlcoh"'
has stronger effect in nctizinp his will than il has on
the white race lie cannot IT, unless he has master
Ia restrain him With all his msales care keep nm
from H. he too often obtains by the most Ingenious ari'"
crs which are SO much above natural reasoning pSrfs
an other subjects, us |" l"'a !kr instinct
To show The ru'nous elects u British pseudo hianthr"'
py upon both the blacks and The whites c may quote the