New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-02

NOS, VA, ,se Introduction Of Negro Slavery 10

mos, VA, ,Ae Introduction Of Negro Slavery 10
this co.'infnf.
t.,n.a,s.o hsye ben atc7t he year l525, a.inot
Al .n,n. e.n,0Iy b. fore the Pilgrim! ~.rs p .sans
,h r ,oysse Ltbtr that captures Ar,esos SeIe ioiio
anrsA tS tb+ West inaies f tbs gap ~h'oh spansL
aysriee bsc made IN the once teennng PoP4a, H., ~
tlo.e beautiful i-lss PersJDs servitufe Sas a. t1
lin p tact disappearing from Europe lhs enIg 1terou
sspin, M Of that osy wss agsin.t slavery tee
,piiit of the Christian religion, says Danc,"I
"wopld, be,sre the discor,y 9t AmT'ea nav. ied - "
Il .ntne abolition VI the slave usde bat TOT inc no'
th,y b.,w,. tle CSri-isn Church ana the foo Fers
of Muhouttn As early as tbs twelfth century, roo''
A'x,poer bad written Nature hsVms mn'e no
slaves, all men have a. equsl night 70 noery. pu1
tb. Tuks roo their Christian captives inoo siaNepi
AID the Chr.tians il retaliation cold thzlr caPtiVes,
sLo The casuisis Of The ChuTcn excused u on ,ne
grouno that the inhdel was MT within y pae 0. ~
msnty Ahicsis were confused WITH tneir uoih'
Moosb bre'hren, and the cnpidity I'd co'uineree sac
etssfuly iers-. th. humanzius iDhd-nce vi the doc
nints u tbe Bible. Laa Casa- the biend ana chrlf
tlsi ntr OF the inoaDs, suggested the impnrenon Oh
pagan Africans 10 r.ieve The severe tiss oil the
scsLt populston; Recommendation wbca be byed
to see ADOPTED, end 10 depL r. With all bis heart.
10 the month OF Augu.t, 1870 four mouths before
the MAY Hover oropped her sbehof Ia Massachusetts
Bay more than c. ntosy afer the !a-t yestiges oi
btrt dfaIy slavery had di-Sppesrcd from Pngi-n soc
efy ano the EDRlith Constitution ard SIX gears after
the Commons If France bad p- Ii oued for the eman
cipaioD Vf every sen iD every hef" Ddtcn msno Of
war sailed up james River and labded tweny
gIots iCr sale the soil Of Vrgnathe date ot the
ss6 origin OF this " stem upon our continent
The Colony Leedeo laborer-. The negroes seemed
VEL fitted TO the clin ate and the exigency. Tney
were bought. OntS FLOWED. The foul utag,oa
spread 70 other coloies. Georgia alone with singu.
Ia, for. sight resist ID it for time, by aw-s Tlus
t. Is declaring that they did not wish 10 their
Province VOID Of white Inhabitants, 6l ed Sth bl,cks
tie iecarious prop-Ity of few equtlly exposed -
dou. site treaoa.ry and foreign invasion The Ger
N Oyer
hon for advice shd living in reply, If you take
ssv.s ia ia b. with intent of cO.OuctiDg tnem TO
Chit, the acrion will no. be sin but may prove
benedlcion." New. England anticipated in the
guilt. census shows that in 1854 there we're shout
or thousal ryee in Borton-more 10 proportion 10
the free white IL a1ta to than taere are IN Bat,aore
tu-osy. Newport wore tlan Boston. IL was
the great sl&ve.n sIktt of New +. gland Yet Neg
England slavery was al ways mild in It's type, aud the
slaye-codes of the South were wholly uGknowl
"Sjsves were regarded "a possessing the same Legal
rights as apprentices and masters 10. abuse their
authority were Ii hsble 70 noic.mebr.'
About the time of the Revolution, however, tins
systt M never az yet vigorous on American soii, be-
gan to decay esp, cialy az the NUrth, and all over
the land found great and good men begiInlog 10
coups. together for ils entire p,uova IL was felt to
he csis. disgrace, ard al iDconsisttn ncy with the
Declaration Of Independence which coald not long be
borne.
Next were the compromise ses Of the Constitution.
But, at the time of their adoption, the spirit Of
the couItIy was Anti Slavery, and this, TO con-
siderable degree, at the Sou as we'll as at the
North The facts in regard 10 thi. opposition to
Slavery JUS, before and SOON a,t-r the Revolution,
are We'll summed up.
In Prince George County, Va, in june, IVA, it
was voted in general merfhg OF tne citizens, that
",he African -tIade Is injurious 10 the Coony,
b,csne Il Obs'ructs the population of it by freeGen,
prevents manufacturers and other hl peopl' from
.triDg add occasor an az nua, iucre1s7 IN the BAL
ance oi trace against the Colony" similar meet
ing in Fairfax County, vita George Washing
toi in the chair resolved that 1T is the opinion ot
this meeting that, curing present difficulties aud
disttss DO slaves ought To be Imported Into any oi
the Briteh Colonies in tbi- cobnt eli N, We take
the opportunity OF declaring most came wi,h to
see MI tbtre stop put to such wicked, cruel aud un
nsuJa tade.' No di'rinct provii"n in refer nee to
slavery appears III any state Constitution except that
of ID. ore which provided that no person here
sft.r imported from africa ought 10 be held III slavery
unoer any pretense whareyer," and that mo Legr',
IL dian nuaio slave ought To be brought ibto THIS
STATE for sale from any part OF the world.
On tie Goth of October Hif, the Continental Con.
OF, 81 unanimously resolved: We, for cur-eves aud
the int obitan's OF the several Colonies whom we
pIes, Lit inly Sgree aud 1ssoclate under the sacred
tier Of yf1ue Honor ana love Of country, as follows:
we will either import nor purcha.e a. slaves i'm
ported nittr the first dsy OF December next, after
which time We will wholly discontinue the savetra lie,
abo We will NJ itbeI be concerned ia it ourselves, nor
manufactures to ihOse who concerned III IT,"
In I775 tie same Congress voted denial tnat the
Divine Author OF existence intended part OF the
b. mon to hold an absolute property IN aud an
un Oundt puw over o. hers " la 1875 the Declira-
ton OF pdepeJ d, unanimously 20 phr+sed
that it must be forever in glaring uconsstence with
the coDfnus of single tlaye ON the soil of the pa
tion. The Congress of 1857 vIh tie exception OF
single u. gaiiv. from New-York) unanimously adopt.
Oh oroI provdiug that slavery should be forever
excuce ed ION oil the Lational territory north-west OF
tbe River Obo-bow occupied BY ONO, lndlans, lili-
DOis cblgan and WI conSln. IL 10 dlHcnt 10
u1 DE- rsiapd how the votes of Delaware Maryl And,
VmgiDia Georgia and the Carolinas could have been
III aLimously given tor this rss ut4 result which ap-
peaIs 10 have spuDg IRON NO arrange nent OF cou-
promise except on the ground that slavery Tas t1en
felt to be evil which oDght at least TO be restricted
to the CIign al States.
Vermont had abolished slavery, by Constitution, in
lf77, and Massachusetts, in 1880. Pennsylvania
pass j an act Of abolition in 1850, and Coon-ctcut
anO RhOee /, sLd in 1854. In l77S the Virginia AS
semby on motion OF Jt esoD prohibited the further
ntroduc ion ef saves and in pas ed act facii-
tatDg emancipation. Maryland room did the same.
An attempt to prohibit slavery was ary success y
full in tht Cohvei ton that formed the COnsttuth of
Kentucky, in 1850. 1t is on record that decided
majority of the III. mbers of that Convention 10 all
probability, would have v.ted for its exclusion, but
r the gre a. erts of two large slavehoders, of com
manc iDg influence.
A arg. proportion of the prominent patriots were
aholitic'rts i'll feeling La Fay ette purchased plan
tatie n AT Cayenne concerning which ne wfo.e irou
The prison OF Magd. burg: 81 know not what dl'po
si,ion tas been made OF my plantation at Cayenne,
but hope Msdame de La Fsyette viii take care that
the begiOes who cultivate it shah preserve their lib
tny aid ming which Wa shir gon wrote TO the
Frpch patriot: "YOur late purchase Of an estate in
the Colony of Cayenne, with g view of emancipaing
the aves on it, il gen. rOus and noble proof of
your tunsriiy. Would to God like spirit might
ouse Itself ~ ner-, into the minds Of the people of
Ills country" SO We find Washinsto wiring to La
Fsy.te, rnder ate Of April 5, 1893: "The scheme,
nytesr Marquis, which yoa propose as precedeat
to. pcoUrag- the emancipation OF the black people in
Ills couuty roEl that state of bondage in which they
are ted is striking evidence Of the beno solebc, Of
skan hc haIa..r iain in Iuuia-