Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-10-03
II. 4. WISE ON SLAVERY.

rv-:n adm;i that il is an evil, and curse aud HI in
cubus, and all Ihat-tn ti;niil: dcprrcatc the lIGfh
utgmrn; u: the civilized world oil account o: IT, SO
much the better. That was al unincaning scn,!ncH-
ial,y, and Was derived f.om sUnc ut The widcs.
hrn;!Gs OF III. First French revolution and the bar
GcrLasil ui AnLchar-s Cl"u.z Ii is p:tisbe rn
even the masculine intellect Of Jefferson ubusca
ted that he can write 10 Mr. Holmes oiMa!nc
this "On The su9iec: Of slaves, thcrc is no;
a mIn earth wh" would aacrIlrcinurc ;EnG wOuIG
~ r.ry" u, from i!I:s heavy ItprCaci IN any prRc:.
cable wiy. II.s wus merely an affected nu:nn- -
the new j. .!1r"vcryG principles Of civilization ana
Mr.. W." lu only refuses 10 SAY tha: slavery IL M
evil, IHcu'-, aG curs"hr cG"!y E"':i:!rS ii'r io-
tom ccr.yrIcn br EsS.riI:! i!' tn .Nr!'ail save
trad: s.uuid he let; free. A.jl. much the better
Let Gnrr.sDnlam men hear PLAN talk ahDut thi>-
either slavery w;"Hg, Use Il right. II II be
rg; 10 hold slaves. then II is right - bug them. breed
iI~:n Ilu.; them n al iE. world usc, - de- prc
the CiuuZ rev rlHon. IL IL right 20 10 .iirICa,
where nj i,l, tie siIiiIS ui the inhabitants are al
-!hy.s I" ignorant and brutal negroes, ulI there
10 huy many H. possible Of th"-c creatures, tl:"t
they may b" promoted and elevated ont I'll the
miserable and ahlt Of ali possible human conditions,
10 the comparative lnriinrss nnd dignity -! p0H'g-
,,ou hayd>. This Is r,:i. jus; aHG humane. The
more slaves from hirirn the better i>r III" Hi9r"S.
One thn., however, is .s>nr,d!y not rsh,-ro AZ
gravatc oUr.o!d the har!rh!ps oi the v"yag" and ia"
rru"r- .! the incnrs, by sending unI h:pm'r!.i'ii
fleets q" rgusI!I- cdItm. I!rIic> II waic! IA" rn,iS,
and hrr; NJ Tho bulrICuO.Is and GhGS1 The tr!"r-.
|; is dJ:c u!re. a..c rroirncr "i humanity; hC the
;rmdc, 2:ccs Of The wicked are crU"! Tor demand
will create supply. lJlrUu negroes are annunr scuI
safely across TIE Atlantic, notwithstanding the can't
ing laws and rcuchr-uus treaties. iSrc Sir l. Fnwci
Buxton AFRICAN slave trade The result al the pi-
ratica interference bcirg mainly thls-,hat whereas
the slaves used to be shipped i'll ro"my vessrl- and
accommodated Ike ,rIigrants, they ARE now slowed II
little ~ch"uncrS built for speed and packed like her
rmg--,at whereas formerly there loss oi some
ten per cent. upon the cargo the shipper. niw have Ia
procure a1l despatch four times ia" number they cX
pc't :" -, safely IL Cuba or Brazil, brcru-c many
car-uc> are thruwn overheard when tie riavcr- IRE
chased hv the humane pirates many are cGpiurc,i.
and either .'avpr-uiirr" settled uAdcr British!
nver-ccgs nj Sierra Leone lin either case much worse
oil than slaves j-iEauv are swRmpcd, owing I" the
>nailuc-s OF "a" vessels; those ship. winch do make
their way 10 Cuba ar Brazil lose ""-i i'rr:h "f their
cargo on :hr pasSr:c; and ri the rrGIand', an"t:,r
fourth part is lost IN th" Seasoning. owing 10 the de-
hi.i:" induced by the hnrrhc passage. Thus for the
supply Of these l5n.rG0 slaves, somewhere about
60lA must bc hnusht from tine chiefs, driven 10 the
cna:, locked up in hhrracnons, aid slowed in ole All
others laps Oh tie slave decks Of little black scoon
crs.
Thus the pirates Of humanity promote slave wars.
and vastly increase md enbittcr and dcmornzc the
slave trade; whereas, if common sense and common
Justice prevailed insrnd of benevolent hunIhuE, Tho
system, put under the protection Of aw Had with due
sanitary rcgulatiunS might greatly mitigate the evils
of negro Iii. in Airicu, und avoid the mscries and
horrors o: the con,rIJand trelic.
Africans have always deal: i'll slaves. Besides the
transatlantic slave trade, there Gt this day perioGI
cnl caravans OF slaves conducted n"rihward from
SUiilan 10 the Burharv StGi"s and Egypt: and tho
Imaum of Muscat trades "fi $1,000 "i his subjects
lmuch their advantage and hls) every year 10 The
ports of India, Pcrsia, aud Java. In fact, the export
of negroes is the only way Africans have to provd.
themselves with European commodities aud i.ucri-
can notions. One Cap'. Canot, mn old slave trader,
has lately written his experiences, more properly,
has got them written for him. And although the
old sinner affects some ionch of philanthropy here
aud there he tell. truths worth pUudcrng. For
example, England, with MI her philanthropy, sends,
under tho cross of ST. George ~ convenient maya
Zines Of iawti rommCrcr on the coas; her Birming-
ham nr,krs Manchester Cotons and Liverpool lead,
all uf which ARE ri:h"Hiis!" awHpcd Il; Sierra Leone,
icra Gm,! the gold coast, for Saul-h brazilian bills
pn LONDON i"i. what British merchant does not
know ;lc irali.c which those bills arr founded aud
Tor whose support his are rIrc!iTscd. Again,
..inrltitudrs ni our Owu worthy traders, who would
liy slavcr rs pirate when caught, dc uoi hesitate
to suppy him indirectly with TOBACCO powder, c"i-
ton, Yankee rum aud New England notions, III order
TO bait the trap in which Er may be caught.
On the whole, we approve of Mr.. Wiscs doctrine
that the slave trndr uug 10 be lcGaiIzcd; and that
would get rid Of liz two crying cvils-cruc!ty and
can't.
But il would have been better for MrsWi-e, when
he was invited BY his Boston correspondent 10 give
lis cas Of the 'desnes OF the neg! race, f he ha
simply stuck to his first hnswrriia he had no ideas
on the subject. Men have no business 10 speculate
about 'tcst mes and "mssiuIIr, but should TO the
beet they can in their GnnGr!ii"n; !tnd whether or
!n, the negro race is Intended By Providence 10 pass
through sIurrrv, and haze an exodus !!rieout back
20 Africa certain il is that there could be 10 more
perfectly humane proceeding IN this az" {" the world
than 10 cali of the pirates ii phtntlir"r! ana to en-
courage un open traffic Ill african! slav" lhe change
in cvc.; way tlcvacs the ucgroes- gives them ,tcn
Tor MIA ers instead ui bru;cSlt tsk. them 10 rational
labor in cuvating the ground instead q: bnskins all
greasy in The sun, rearing skull "'cl!sEs 10 II"
King of Congo and his hundred wUmea.' Il gives
them family ties aud settled way of life, whereas
Lomc tlcy rear children for oae, and cannot be- said
10 know the dnEi"st!c relation al all! Ali Tile mSs!"n-
ary enterprises, all lie hospitals aud .lmshouses in
the world hardly such blessing 10 inanhnd Hs
tree ,radc III slaves would tc 20 Africa.
..As t,r"A "Aho.i;ion" it !. time 20 h1vc drue with
-Ia; u.nrsrusc Tna examples Of sudden aooii,inus
nud emuucipaous u.Iic the world las sacn are IL"
c,,cnu-n ms: ard NcfEaI"S ", l''E on 'iic :! " h
the .rcui,r GHhHrr@I"r ui-?iuch ~ ;Hn :!Ft, n2"i"
"ynupie ui tb"!f.omam occurred III irl III !-H'i
WIKI, IN. b.: rcsls il the world. Iha Anglo SA"nr
.: Er:ia,L, il Is w,H h@"w!i, reEe great hr".!%!'
and nlr,.uints Of slG"cs: aa! rope E.cS"fE thc
Fret Il. hc wa taking Ta.I one EpTh- n ;.ic
siovr ma et oi Euiae greatly s!!nIred
vt.u,hs irnG that 'S:aui Is. I'd; but even ages alter
hey hal become Christians, his great Angio,HhA"n
race regularly sold their c-:cu and ihe Irish seem
70 have been their best customers lhe Irish chels
k fan haired handmaiens; and in the lists "t tr-
uutes payable by minor cheftains to the kings, We
nlmost uniformly find SD many ";all, fair women or
90 many ..youths who knew NO Gaelic" Seyer says.
History OF Bristol,I "slaves were exported from
England in such numbers that it seems TO have been
the fashion among tie people OF property in ireland
aud other ncl2hoorinS countries 10 DC dlteluca "
English slaves.
William OF Malmesbury another English authori-
w. descnbcs rie young saves standing, tied together
Gy ropes on the quays Of Bristol, waiting shipment I"
leland; and GirGi Bishop OF 81. Daviu's, aaetheT
English nan, tells Us "that the English we're accus-
tomed, through common vice Of the nation, 10 cx-
pose tsir Children tor sale; and even before they