Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-09-23
lDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 2.,, 1853.

~" 'ast going ruin In The harbor not D .x,.
ts VI al! nations bushes. In", sui dun
"u 'caTi sp"kcn was in hr language of complaint
e p'cSs have been liberated, they have hcrn,u lnioru
degraded and dishonest. They are udr, beast,
-, - =, ~ Va@abonds lying naked aboGt he scrs iEh,
Va. ,'o'lenlntS, and believe worse
IN getting To the wharf, the first hing the blacks .
uv.h sexes in great hunters peccy nakci SWIM
s about The boat and would dive i"r small pieces "l
, " were thrown them by the rasseE.rr-. These tlr
' ""' eacl IN HE water pick from tse houm The
hcu.r n illl hunyh the wafer is ~+nly !rei deep
u" iarhor OF Kingston is spacious an! secure. III
p = ed hhd IN ruins on entering II tie stranger
ycd 10 death by the black brg.ars al every step,
~" must often show hrn your pistols or uprd can
" M ,a Yourself ol their mpurtunIll"s.
"r were here twenty -nur hours took in 400 tons
coal which was all brought board by blcA women il
'"Ss IA tubs carried ln"lr heads.
= ihc whites very cvil and courteous. They seem ir
,ehrd y Americans say the island ia rninrd by ga
uoh and llc neglect Of The hnne CuvGruucn aul mnst
'ic,i are drSr,u- If getting away.
hope the abolition oi slavery every where will b
ci VII" lie sair ccnsr' r'lcnccs that IL has IN Jamnlt
TO rum both black AMI white bat visits Jhnac
w't' the most thorough conviction HAT the liberation
u' slave has spoiled him and ruined his have
however, time iot nn more comments on HE 5Gblect.
I'M here ~ the Interesting litter =" Gen Felix Huston
Which We have based nnr curnmrnis:
p"Rr HupsoS, La, Aug "a 1853
D'ar Sir: received Your kind and enclosure
~ had another copy, would !nwad tu the "Enqnifc
k''hmuud Va
The subject You treat o l. of vast impo lance NV rx
icf"ncc proves that White labor will do this rula
exposed Ia the Fni years have employed white
"S from IA 10 eighteen Old, gather fruit in my
rhim have had many whu born in thr country
accina cd for several ycIs have always selected healthy
Days and their age when lie resistance III disease great
est employ ir"In ~ 10 60. The rrsu! shows thai they
ic healthy for about month; after that they begin rnF
III sick, ard in about six wcrka nearly every will be
tucked. have had many ~ y sick white boys when
nal, ont o 81 nrer"rs, not sick And yet auw lht
white boys four hours n The middle O The day. aud The
grocs hu wolnd 10 not turn them early in The
mornings and when The weather Is rainy damp
cannot gather the ifu the white boys do M work And
nriher-l employ eight ten while boys in The fruit house
making boxes and putting up fruit and they nrl
liable 10 sickness those who gather IL may also hr "h
served that gathering fruit good deal IN the shade o thu
tee. do believe that white boys would stand wo
weeks IN The open field pIonahng aud hocng working he
same hourS that do. Nv 60 out al day
gI, allowed hour fr breakfast and two Al
and quit WORK duskh,ng fewer hours work than il
ncraly done by Northern hborcIs.
In relation your Striking and correct statement that
lie great mortality AT New Orleans during cpdrmics l.
amongst white ,burcrs exposed 10 the would suggest
that you siunld hereafter notice the lc that every year
The principal mortality oi New Orleans l. amongst the
white ubnrers exposed, who annually pay tIibGc al
many lives or having nearly driven The black from
many oi the industrial pursuits ni The clly The fact l.
We have not sufficient supply ut slave The ra
rural demand has aided against nature 10 drain thc cities !"
their negroes.
years ago paid good deal O attention 10 the apli-
tue 0 whites and blacks 10 different climates with view
oil answering some opinions oi Mr. Clay. My theory lE.
that lwo points may be- takcn"ne al the equator, the other
less arcaly protected from III. great hcit; The n The
negro hardly exist nn!- By protection against The cold
A. hc Ccn'rc between these points Is reached neutral
ground i found equally aiaprd each. ami al which Zach
attain greater perfection than tie extreme points Tie
central punt wuulI locate AZ llnir IS degrees North m
Ills hemisphere This theory is modified by depression. clc
valon ana particular location BY artificial means, either
do well Tor many degrees North or South al ht
central point. Thus the hitr protected from i sun
&c may do well in the low grounds ut unislann; an i
negro with clothing and good houses may do well N
New orku either ease, partial exposure Ia the adverse
climate il borne without pcrccptibc injury.
Those parts of krntucky, Virginia Tennessee, w.
which remarked having the largest white men, have
uSp the largest The tendency oi The negroes inh
those States further South urged 10 show that 'r eli
mate does suit negro The Is, that ht
Southern States have great body ol cheap land
and valuable staple pruiuclDns and their labor g"nrr
.y better In 1880 The famine yclf corn ana prov
were high low and that check cd the Trans
nrgrces South. Had remained al 4U CENTS PEE
Gscl and cotton At cents per pound hy this lime III: ne
traders would have been buyng mp here Tor the kenuc
~ and Virginia markets.
feel dscuencd pursue these Investigations II Wi
b. m The present calm pnsscs when any but ie~ "il
any arguments in favor III slavery. The Abolition
ISIS more active and stronger than they ever have
brc and The Souli pro- p"rons Al llr present Ia iot
10 the future. Still the au 2uncni" YOU have published
hope viii continue Ia prhsh, are proving Gsciu
nagn2inr for future use.
Ace. p my knsl regards and estccm and do not forge
Inr hereafter ~ | would like often IN hear nom you.
Your friend FELIN HUSTON
ponr irnsoS, EAST fElIoiASA PARism, La.