Litchfield enquirer., 1856-10-02

the1narket fr.ce of negroes. MT. Faulkner tes, tifed as follows
 ESir, there is ole point in which | do Iaoat sinccrelys agree wifh those arraved acaihst me in discassion It is Chat the mpropoeed m iinouiry IS one of great delicacy and importance The revolution which agitated this Commonwealth tsftF years ago. great and important as it was, involved in its results only change of our po- Iitical relation with the mother country. This measure, should it prore successful aud that 1t must, sooner or later no inditidual in this' House can now doubt, must involve in its couse- qucaces a moral, physical, and political revoIr- ton Tn this State 8 revolution which will be -bene6cially felt by every great interest in the Commonwealth, ,and by every SIayeholding State upon this Coati ent shall ever reckon it .rnol 2 the prOudest incidents of my life, that have contributed my feeble aid to forward Q revolu- tiou1so grand and patriotic in it's results. The idea of 3 gradual emancipation and removal of the Slaves from this Commonwealth is coeval with the Declaration of your Independence of the British yoke. It sprung into existence daring the first session of the General Assem-. biy, snbsequent to the formation of your Repub- lican Government. It was proper there was fitness of things in the fact that so benefcent an object on the plan for the gradual extinction 'of Slavery in this State, shoud have been the twin offspring of that ini6d which gave birth to the bill ofrights and to- the act for religious freedom. A fact so hoso able to the public spirit and humanity of that age, so worthy of the gennine and expanded philanthropy of those with whom it originated, cannot be too often re- cured to, nor too proudly cherished. Slavery. it IS admitted, is an evil. It is an Institution which presses heavily against the best interests of the State, It banishes free white labor it sexterniinates the mechanic, the artisan. the manufacture 1t deprives them of occupation 1; it deprives them of bread 1t converts the energy of a community into indoleDce, it's power into imbecility, it's efficiency into weakness Sir, being thus injurious, have we not right to demand it's exterminatien Shall society suffer that the slaveholder may continue to gather his crop of human flesh? What is his mere pccuniary claim compared with the great interests of the common veal? Must the country iangaish, droop, die, that the slave. holder may flourish? Shall all interests be subseryient to one--all rights subordinate to those of the slaveholder Has not the me chanic, have not the middle casses s their rights rights incompatible with the existence of Slavery p"
 We must own to suspicion that Mr. Fauk- Ter no longer regards this eloquent and per fectly truthful protest against Slavery as "one of the proudest incidents of his life.n but. as 1t helps to strengthen that Slavery and social imbccillty are iuseparable, and that the en. fceblcd condition of Virginia springs from that institution, and nothing else, we are obliged to trouble him with revived edition. We only add, that the orator now answers in the afr native his old question "Sln.ll suclety suffer that the Slayeholder may continue to gather his crop of hnman flesh 2"
 Let us add one or twy other testimonials of the same character, rendered at the same time. iu confirmation of our views. Gen. Brodnax, of Dlnwlddie, large Shareholder, bore wit. ness in these terms:
 That Slavery in Virginia is an erl and q tramsee'dsa tersi, tt acould 5e idle and acorse Man sdLe, jor aay Aaman being to doubt or denv. A 's e miidew aeAieh has 6ighted in its course erery reg.o" a las toaehed, from the creation of
 me aeorh. illustrations from the history of other countries and other times might be in- structve and profitable had we time to review them; but we have eridences tending to Me same correction nearer at hamd, and accessible to da'ty obserratitm, in the aaort Aistory of Ae diff ere"t Stases cf Ais great Confsdsraey, pAseA are 'mprssssre in thaiv admonitions, and conelu- ssre IS thei, charaetey.D <s
 MT. Berry, of Jefferson County, also a holder of slaves, declared his belief that
 "No eancer on kAe physical body was erer more certain, steddy, aud fafal n Is proeress. than is Mis cancer on the political body Of Me State of Virginia. admit that we are not to be blamed for the origin of this evil among us. We are not to be b'amtd for it's existence now i: but tre saA deserre he sererest ensure # ,re do not adopt measures as soon as possible, to remors R". a# 8 4
 And Mir Marshall. of Fauquier, affirmed that
 Slavery is ruinous to the whites, retards improvements, roots out our industrious popula- ton, banishes the yeolnanry of the, country trprives the spinner, the weaver, the smith, the shoemaker, the carpenter, of employment and support. This evil admits no remedy: it is increasing, and will continue to illcrca:e. until the whole country wil be inundated with one black wave, covering it's whole extent, with few white faces floating on the surface. The master has no capital but what is invested in human flesh. The father, instead of being ricfcr for lis sons, is ut loss how toprovidc for m. There is 10 diversity of occupations no incentive to enterprise. Labor of all kinds is disreputable because performed by slaves. Osr toseRs are st6si6mayv, our vilaares ererv ,vAtye decii~iwg, and tae gsaeral aspea of tit coaatry, ssarks ths esrse cfa scastetwl, idk aud reckless popalafson trho ASrv 10 ister.a ;n tAe