Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-08

Removal OF FREE NEGROES.

lis lime every fgl lniar 10 attend To ins Emporium
subject consider suberly seriously and as worthy
rhoioug investigation II has heretofore been treated al
together as sutec! OF theory and ane
essated upon merely suit The peculiar fancy .! puHcu
lar champions of negro capacity for sclfgcvernmen; or 4
Indulge the fanatca and constitutional notions Oh Pa'"
lar gentlemen, the the moral or constitutional Hs"
and power of the Legislature lay free negroes hue' e
,ribulion for their removal injunction !" 'h''
crate Indeed the subject has been held somewhat III s'o
lection 10 certain semiabolton sentiment 10 l'e c'tc
that BORN in this STATE the negro has rig 20 Ff"d"
here any and hazard, 4" the rest "i the co'
nty We have arrived period in our history "heh
NAV be asserted without exg.cra'lon that the public sae'?
requires RATIONAL practical consideration oi he SUBJECT
and some udcous and careful legislation of he c"rFcco
or exrpaun Of the existing cv-such as an oppressed '
Injured pabc might rghullg demand In any o'ef case
equal danger.
Chanp!ons OF negro capacity AMI seul'aSohh"hs' '"
,. should now be souirod b. public opinion waive pre-
renions 10 menl upon theories against nature ana 10
hermit Legislatures 10 adopt practical and eecnc
system humane by reason OF its efficiency which sha '
compsh the great object which The people are 70 deeply
p,eos,cd II is mon strons that thousands OF the people
money shooIJ be extended for the purpose OF iamPens
win anbiec of such decacy and danger, merely 10 en-
couroo. sickv alism, which may niuse ioc
deadly mole into the whole frame work o! our Poca'
system Than all The secret VACCINATIONS and open hS'"
of abolilionits We either assef! tie constitutions I''
as society and the natural right as Toll grown men, 70 "'
upon the subject OF yield now TO temporzns pohct'
which can have no other elect than 10 perpeIate Inc exist
nn evil until pechance acquire strength when can
not be overthrown.
The sublec, nust hc taken hold 0! IN eathc7'.-
Measures must be devised adequate TO the emergency nc
evil and the moral danger OF the continuance Of the co0fc
hn ,l.ai IN
face au way measures be abandoned as worse than
useless; and measures going the root OF The ev po"hs
10 The very bottom OF The sore, must be taken Nerves
,b,, capnot tolerate the thought Of ampualon 10 save me
hodv nilic must be huckti ampu be he rehtui
,,aten-and the question OF ampula lion whether shan
b. rer(orned and rh.a pctfoncdnusl be discussed KIN
,be or surgeons without regard 10 the shock or
the pain it may give 10 sensitive nerves
These remarks are suggested by The strong and interest
iop facts disclosed !he correspondence upon s SUI
;ec, Of crime committed by negroes published n another
column
CORRESPONDENCE
RIcHMnSp Va March u, l563.
n,, cr-In rerY 10 yUur inquiry in relation II The
c,ius M free nepfn. ard muluIoes viii win great pea
sure DIV e yeu The most rtabr information 10 be cleaned
from The public ducumcnts Ut hand But Is 10 De regret
rcd rhal most of the OLSON reports otherwise u anu IN te-
resting are quite Ill The main !ac!s most hilma'"
~ connected with tie sUbcct Gi inquiry Enough noWes
er may be collected The cfiiGal ftcode o oo'h save
and Tree States establish tic 10" siadc "i osa'' 80 sc
ncrally attributed 10 hIs class o persons
That you may The hcs in The most convenient i''
or cnmoar,on the white and coored populations and
e white and tree cooI.d conycIs will be gruG respective
y of several slave aid free States with some explanatory
remarks beginning with ne statistics oi ot' own .''ae
The white population Of '''gln' IN @ IS40 was ~; S03
Average for len ycars, cle $50
In The len fiscal yr-s commencing the lei OF October,
ls4O and ending The 35 Of September 1850 There were re-
p., III,
age them al sc per snau shall have ratio OF con-
VIC. for every 23.O03 "hlte persons IN The siIIe
The fee coored population oi Virginia, IN loiU,
f2,~'1
Do d. do in 1881, 81 sly
Annual average, oi go
n these len years ,oginning The st OF October l74O
and ending 3OIh Sept l0D l59 cooret convicis
received in the Pcnecay II we maze The average IT, we
shall find the ratio is one convict Tor 'Zol ifec persons o
color exhibiting tile proportion ot crime aaiuneihe aa az
10 anUna the white people Gi The state
liz Massachusetts, WHEN the fee Of coio is admitted
the Tar and raised 70 he pulpit lie statistics o CRIME -
favorable his class, lhan IN any stave state me
white population Of Massachuse'ts IN lslo wnS o<2gag
In 1850, 5s2 ~ ~
Annual average 90 3o'
In the 10 years from he lst October stU 10 r 3u
OF September 1885, white received n tie rtni-
ary Of that STATE numbered 29 being an average, say
OF liz and giving ratio OF 1851 o the white popu.
laton. o
The free colored population Of massachusetts in !Si0
was W is,o s7s5 s,7ss
Annual average S,'5|
Within the len fiscal years lasl mentioned l20 cooTed
convcts were received 10 The said Pcniten,iay
Of IL year. Tor every "a free persons oil color in le
State These aci eanb; ,hc crimes O the tree cooIed
people of that STATE bearing the proportion ol 9os Ia
among the white In this term Of ten years, lGc lnl'
prsonmcnt Of Tree coIorcd in Massachusetts, was
in the proportion Of 227 10 in Virginia. and among The
white pc sons 3.2g % in Virginia.
II is due The subject alter giving the above comparison
between Virginia Missacusetts say that crime has
greatly increased in ;s State since The ale fe'aal oil our
Laws In The Two wears commencing the lst October
JinrIh Ihn Ser preiv
convcts, being annual average Of 3D. According to te
white population of 1880 this number gives ratio OF one
convict tor B 65 while persons In the same me 40 'rto
persons Of color received average oil "a nr one Tor
every 50 being The proportion Oi 635 10 l! viii also
be seen among The whites has Increased, above
he average Of the preceding len years, 50 per cent nnd
among the free negroes So
On the Is, February 1859 the convicts in the Pen
tenlinry consisted Of white males, iof
White females none.
Do females 6-s6
ro,, free De,,oO. 24O
There is therefore one white convict imprisoned Tor
~ 5sl3 :Suns, and free courrd convict Tor
every 625 !Icc negroes IN the State.
Ii is proper in the year ending the SUN
September 1851, less l5 while aud l5 coured con-
vcts received in the Penentiary o massachusetts;
being in OF for every 527 OF The white and
every ass oi The co!otcd population OF thai Stac
bsg In The proportion ul l3 81 10 |. There remained In
prison tho las mentioned day l22 whit" and 81 coorea
consics sowing !hat While convict remains III prison
or every 1885 white persons; and co0red convict !of
every lis colored persons in said State These statements
exhibit ole disparity between the npfisan'
ments in Massachusetts and Virginia.
Maryland slave State, lying by the side ot Fenasynna
and containing Inc largest free negro population, among e
States, EXHIBITS ar specimen OF Tie condition. TO which
every slave State time be reduced unless proper
be adopted for The removal o The iree co0ea po
puation. ,o,oo
The Trss c5ored ponua,ion 1907
In the wear ending thc 30h Of November 1852, The penl
enary Of AZ white and ol free co!ortn
conycis; ratio Of one white convict 92S5 white per-
sons aud flee cuorcd convict tu Tree coored persons
in the State being in the proporsion o G39 10 l. On c