Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-09-19

,r:n::h I'll IN. ,uit.;;n.s an! burdens. III! blood aud
stripes, ct A'rIrau ancestors ":!o were c'i'",nS ~
savage war. ar! who wnnld have EXPIRED wiz"
otf-pr;r., aud wit!i, II: bcurin- f:rjt1 iirCt TOR r'i''''-
me- n race aud II co,:ntry. hut ~ IA" eva "'' %
wnirir mas conn rrnl enough L" in"'IiN NE WY
ui E"i, both ~ rTy>icrs an! in H''.tE' -"
horrors al the COTS, trade h"!"rrh ATTIC" anu
Brazil were. only seTen years "s"' ny u" Mdas VI
minis're'l a. compared T." what they ever were !
have officially L.:ailrd SCENES "t wrong ana horror;
aud suffering II r"ctin-itS iiaii". enough /" m"ienI
huI,s,Ii.v s,l..Jy.r IN every ncrvc-"utrag's prTpe'
,ral~l IL English and i'nrrirun captains an" crews,
in vessels owned from Baltimore 10 !inl'gnr, loaded
with ...uo,is tit i"r the cnaS:,' with the British stamp
un,n ~tLcrn-Hnctrcn out "t twenty-five" ui them
owned ror:h Of Baltimore. W~lTiaGton, IDcl") I'M
la,lclp!lin, cities ui Ncw Jersey. New York, Boston,
brunswick, iNle.,) Puakrrs, and even an owner iii,
proprietor Of an abolition newspaper in the North all
implicntrl in III" truihc III slaves. or IN thrhiShinS is
very pghulum, the .nHHrS do roS0'-iilr iubr!ta "i
Old and New England made expressly I" su't 'hr
markets ii the c"u,t factories, those vul'ure eyes OF
Africa which ARE The Repositories ot cotton cloths OF
q peculiar stripe, "t grw-guws, I'll Old muskc,s,. gun
powder, and Brazliian hcll fire, the cnrhacha "i ti!'r
sugnr cane, and nf manacics for human victims "h"
are slowed in the 'hush,' first branded, some on iht
abdomen, and some elsewhere, as 80 many P'fc'fS
markcd, und then packed OF %sllipbOnrd on the tops "l
watrr-cnsks, chained two and two together III holds "'
vessels 1" navigate tropic scaa. where the lii''fii"Hl'-
ter stuuds ab"vn hiond,hrnt. four feet from h'ps l"
deck. four feet rom hips IL heels, and two ieG' rom
Nlo'" w Iu'EF ~ q isli, ~ " ''f'
vi manu-. the twin. ciInimrd 10 the dead, ana u" ne
relieved only hy death dealt i'll cold blood by the
muskr: of the mns;""!! tScr case III me Mem
;uckr, IN the Srlivcs Of the State NJ W "s''''!T-
ton, III Inv Owl CORE. rond,nCc rs m!hiSi'r WIN
The department. IAN this aud much more Of horror.
| have vuIchc't whist ], II siNvchoIueT' hA'e
been ~coGhpcllcd +" rely alone fnr safely on The power
nf God. and of pn,xier and cannon->h"', III siIil'ilih1
the Hal "a the CrHtcd STATES from the lou l"!!h''"h
OF euch II trade, Carried on i'll The face OF the com
b;ncl uryal bowers ui England, France ana Inc Ill!
ted States, bv, | repeat, OH ant .New E"gfd"d peo-
pie! And vet, I say, il called on Tomorrow To say,
~ Il man Of humanity, OF honor, ni truth oil love i"[
the African race. oi hatred IL tho slnvc-;rndrr-, oi
frar and love To my own Almighty Muster, whether
The coast trade in htmun being should cease, 1 would
advise steps The very contrary nj those taken d! inc
civilized world ut the present day. w"u!! recommend
the n ;iaui of every act In suppress the rlHvc trnlo.--
The pInlo-opliy Of THEIRS was true. The c"ntra"ahd
increases tie horrors of the trade, and don't Ill me
lcas. diminish the numb"r"f thr. victims: Iha; mum,
Der amounted 10 GD,iOn per annrim, at Least, Wh'hl
left RIu in lSi., from the cOnst Ia Brazil. The raptIFes
are tnken far in the interior. llInr,aamds of mi!cs. where
no white lnan iIus ever dared I" ~ To liici'r -l"Fc-
trade war;. They parS from tribe I" tribe, ana terri,
tory 10 territory, lnrurrIng n tax IN trNilsitiuh' ann
rcnrh The coast with their price fixed upon them ~
The tax chiefly which is paid on them. They are on
the roast among '$frGagGIS - n'W'6S--in airica.-
II these were liberated and turned loose, they coiid
moi return To their tribes, and ihc.r could not remain
ON In" cnrsi. owing To- the difference nj their occupa-
tons and tho climate. II no pr,cc was pad
for tIcn they wouli be put L" death. Taken
10 lIMZil, they i"r landed IN u negro heavcr-inh
country which il Il paradise compared win Africa
where they are worked Very moderately, are treated,
iud"".l. extraordinarily, where :ncy Cannot suffer FOR
food and raiElcnt, ana where the Catholic faith and
discipline ARE cin;ncntIy successful IN civi!izinr ana
Outstanding them. aud where they have all TIE OPP
ror:u!it.cs wtlich they are capable al Improving 10 be-
come amal@nmaicd with the Portuguese racc-whcre
,ilcv may acquire q right - freedom. 10 lntcrmarfiage,
10 sncia! equality, anl where they do become usciai
artizans. A,d"ug thousands, | assure You earnestly
! acrcT SGw one rho wHs w'H,rg 10 return II nc 6ond-
agc--GHi arOr>c Han boadagc-2i AREA: 81 happy,
So culiicuicd, and 50 improved in condition are they
in Brazil. And there, too, as well rs III the United
States, IL Il grand esuli-irovlIrnlial Oh lis ihce-"i
this nIcl-ahuScd curse ot slavery There, TOO, may
BE- seen II wc!l-spring, nearer stiI, 10 water me waste
places and the deserts OF the negro iathcrIdild, when
has evidently sprung from oil llisil-out OF the nara
rock Of slavery! Nov, who does not see the !ineer
of God III this, and pointing directly 10 tho 'deS'Lnp
OF I'll" African r!ce, III Their own ni"th'r C""h'rf =
Here nrr the United States with nearly halt Il million
of free rrlored, aud there Is Brazil with how many
more | AM no; prepared Ia sayl ready 10 pour PACK
Il tide Of civilization 20 compensate u th"uSni!-'"iH
for that barbara horde of hcailclIs who Were, brought
In the NV Wu.li, il: the economy of Providence, In
lcw away ihG rocks aud To make the rough places
smooth inr Il more chosen and superior race, VINO, III
turn for the slavery, have given 10 Airic" The Gri7 oil
civilization, aud the Knowledge and the worship ui
the only true and living God.
Ny answer, then, 10 Your tirS. question ia
Tn" drs,iRY of he stare p3puh1''0p m M' f"Cd
!Sta'r< ~ !o~ards africa. My authority is GOds pr0.
".dcacc agaius, all the futile AMI iinpious attempts Of
human Babel builders on earth! His servants had
better be busy about their i:astcr's work.
ID. Your second qucstioa-"wlnt * your convic-
ton with regard 10 tho practicabil!iy and usefulness
to ull concerned Of III" colonization scheme; is an
-werei hy my reply TO vour first. Providence has
planned The return ut these FIRE" ru!Orrd .h!r!c;IiI. l"
Africa. II il obliged I" be- practicable and useful To
MI concerned. Bat | have Il few observations to add
ul IiIi~ topic.
Il will take centuries to accomplish the work. Two
centuries Of the past have bat begun II. have nn
idea that more than very few of the ijl,''fU free col
orcd low in tho United States are ii, for -c!t--;"vern'
mcn;. ] have seen the negro from my youth up
wards, in al. circumstances, aud ! know that ms ten
dcucv. if left 70 himself, il constantly back towards
barbgrisiu. The colony in Africa or elsewhere MUST
continue To have for a bong period oi time lie care
and con-trGimt even ut white sircr!ntc;iuciicc ana
power. The black nInu must he sent ahead to open
the Jungle. bur the white man mus; ne behind Inn 10
pre-. him on, To guide and guard him, and 10 save
him when he tccs or falls. -,
Looking 70 !ic ends OF ultimate colonization, am!
to the true policy OF the States at home, I ~onN cpc-
ri1Yy Dr0k, bt bV lar me future emigration Of me trf'
r0lOr,j pcpqi0t0a trOm orr si1rc 20 our free Si1'cs.-
DR.. Drak" was right i'll his views ot"ur laws driving
AWAY the free negroes To re Tree states. II mas h"'"
0uc ri tbc mrs' 6ansii cause; 0' HjOit"n'Sm IN Mr
.North.
anree they cannot remain very long in tho slave
States. The end will be That they must accept the
terms of colonization. and Z" "n tn. mission designed
for them in Africa OF elsewhere. Where else aii they
90 What else could nave been dnrrl
This question brings III" 10 call Your attention to
0nc co!irn oplJrfgRav which WAS lost by that very
lliu,inc-. OF idnaticism which always hrtravs lr-cif
pud defeats liz own ends. C0ijUrmin TaS the hcGirr
To-, n Grand d-rtlnpmcn, of his s"Gisri. i" have al
lowed her geld mines 10 Ia. worked by slaves would
have produced Il marked revolution. Every corn
field ir Virginia md North CHr"iina, IN Maryland,
Missouri. Tennessee, and Kentucky, would have been
| .,,n,il ,f llrPl- q lunrpra md | I1llJi whether many
slave; would have been lett 10 work the cotton nn!
sugar es,a;.. OF Tho other southern plantations. This
would met hTrc rIIrd a S.":(c Shrrc IN TIE HUn!cr
mr. IN ir'ag. 1t would nat har" d,VHS't STARE P,~c",
Lut would y0.L,r hare concentrated hcSIvts GUc0m-
oyy0Iirfy ~ OR state, art Tins k0Ec wc0ke,'si ~
t;JrrdI .fr,.gh IL n. Ga0D: 0,d fire .ys0rS RI N0r
iqLor sa pc rcid m,ncS r0u'd hor. rHr1chei masters
SO mat ikcy cond 1ap" nbi.y cm0"cPa'c H"m
n, tic end n that tims than n".g rG"id mar SCI them
for u tYN market pY'cr and, when cmancipatcl there
was all Pnlvnrsia-all the isles OF the PucIiic-hefnrr
them Tor colonization in the p!eGsantest places for
| them on carth. Oh! what u mighty opportunity WIS
there Lost for the workings OF II great philanthropy,
for n humanity without harm! And what WA gain-
ed Why, the generalization u! hundreds of thou
sands of whites by the acrurscd thirst and hunt for
roll, such ns threatens Ia bring down ashcs from
Heaven +" mingic with the dust ~ Maianlnn: But l.
too, perhaps, dm imp!nus i'll thu" rcpining. Such IN
| nppnrii,i;y, 81 pu!pablv lost, onl" proves. doubtless,
luw weak is mans w~is!oin-tind works i'll Ills own
way. lie meant, may he, that In" .l'ri"li should not
br dcmorniizcl bv the d"Et h"ni. but should still be
taught 70 SOW aud plant, md plough md reap, the
crops Of mcihcr cart., aud be- trained 10 the mcclIar-
ic ar:a, ami hc prepared 10 people Authorization, not
The isles oi lie As:n;ics-in" the African. ] console
myself with N1', and that i. the hest Eulacc-io"iiing
20 God always. Rud especially to correct and prevent
the mischief III many wrongs don. hv the violent Cal
iIurIIlnn Outrage. Slavery out I'll the question, orr
constitution md form Of government were stricken
The most fatal stab ever YET tglt III our hlstor:%, by the
military induction im;o the Union of that MaInmon
State. The srSrrSi blow NJ SIu rrrv i'll tho lnitpu