Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-21

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tZs.oha .: ;;a p7!Eo.3:S, LIE "a: ~ a., IN
you.ss!" S.s"s-y. q, il p1:zs &: 'Es ,.'.e'. ,- o..
Tho Southern Sats OF his r:nn'
.hi"n one -! n" ea.cs III '''ii ltS''S' -. ,,.:,r
the slave r"lalg,, ,aL tit: iI:s:t"it"h -"h'! -
- sx.:. Oar ,pr,a,a:- =-ii Admit irs' -
hnowr annng u, s OF the mos: 'r';i- 80 ~ '
.; ans i-sulle4 ~ 10 li:;!e a.:"*r'a.e 80 u,,r
tn. f.-lvre; and thu: it compares ~ ~ ", 49,,
tie AtjYct.c srrvi:udc wci. p.evai'e IA We t.
EN- cou'irls1 IN Pa.!r,cia! time. OF "'e" ~ -,
v!uar nved, ar even with lh- slavery q! am"
this day Fic;"n- may De wittcn To- a"t'.' 80 o.
n.:Gni>b.i wora the horrors al 4 n-r'chii -'e'r.
but We have ccncep';un that Their authors s,us'
credit thJ theTise!"rs nr THAI their readers "eI
such lc''1ns TO be- ver!!sb!e descriptions I" He ie
~. These readeie know should kToR 'ha' .,.p
main merit nf such productions CONSISTS III w
strength at imagination and NlviIntss OF lhi"N
which their author. haYe brought 10 the task. SaSe
ry u presented IN It's true gul.r. would ha!Gy "",
mf'erlsl t'r the uso Of ihrss latter DAY inmao'ss
who d-aIin stories 80 cLrdr tho blood. ana maH'
tbs hair sand 81 end " Without taxing INTO '!is Nc
count, then. HE fA!s. continent which surh worn
msy have created, we nG,; believe That 1t "ill ir
Admitted ~ 4. who's OPINIONS worth anF ';''hG
that ;hr slavery with is OF the most NIL Sa'tC
form: We say more: On. slavery hH- exalted ~:
rarc who are IFS subjects from satc Of gIoss thr
barsn - slate OF comparative rv.z ,i'0n. W.
say more: The race ruhj =c,eG 20 slavery among -
Is YET incompetent 10 govern or provr!e Tor itss.i
and II sach th!nS az universal emancipation Wrrt
prhCtichGc, ana oLhi Kin race al u;cG Do 5cphtnc'
IRON tbs whites, Il would again speedily lnpse INTO
bar5aTsIn Even amid ths restraining uf Jruce. ui
tbs highest civilization, the Individual instances o.
emancipation attest what We have said, that, as
people, they arc incompetent aud improvldenf, auc
utterly unable 10 MAINTAIN decen.ly themselves o.
their families. In tho Character Of slav+s they hnv'
been Useful, and have advanced "a her han retarded
the prosperity 1T oar people Sich being the a.van
tnEes, on tbs one hand, % keeping them IL .aT',
tude, and Eucb being the Disadvantages on tbs other
th.,VN tIa,
OF slavery must 5e "v-rS heimiug indeed, bsure VT
bo brought TO believe tha, /. l. eih-r iu-t ur
right Or expedleiit 10 ;nsnuEit slaves. As they
are, they live happily aud cnnunIed the ap"h-
tionsis propose 10 have them, they would be n"te'
happy nor contented, and would 100 often be unable
10 either food or lodging. AS they ART, they
ranGer service 10 thsr masters and 10 the community,
and ill up the sphere fer which their capacities amd
character adspt them III the position in which the.
would bs thrust by SITTING them free they would bc
incompetent 10 discharge Alright the duties they
would owe tbs public TO themselves, but would
become charges upou the one and curses 10 the
other
II thess statements be true-aud we may appeal 10
facts 10 supper, every assertion we bav. nadctkeE
it il evident that duty Christian duty, gudeC
by the principle Of that maxim which the abolition
lets NO frequently urge, demands that In lien q! ell
ting our slaves free, and dcpvng them Of our over
sight and care, should re1it ;hen Ia :hsir present
sutton until zach Improvement i. d.scsrrai and ~.
emoliEed in tie race no viii nlori rcahle evidence
that liberty vii be TO them blessing srt not Il
curse.
Hc designed 70 answer other arguments which
have beGn urged as establishing the wrongful! char
act.r OF savery and to en:.r into tho discussion o.
The evils of emancipation, OF the evncesum that
slavery is a that it Is represented 10 b. by n1,iion
ISIS. and o have then considered the duty OF profe-
sing Chrsan. in relation 10 this Institution But ~r
have already passed the limit We inteudad, and inus
defer to future numbers whist we propose saylug Oh
,hose subjects.