Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-26

whale ship manned and officered fy blacks. witt
 the exception of two white stewards. which .th, Captain, Benjamin Boston, uniformly shipped fu
 his particular service in the cabin This vessel neve
 made an unsuccessful voyage; and, it is said, va,
 the best disciplined ship that ever sailed ont of Nan
 fneket, notwithstanding it's African crew were [ of the genus homo net recognized on our stat ute books.
 At the battle of lake Cbamplain McDonougI had one ship anned exclusively with these anomc
 'oas an'"als and 1t proved enc of the most distin
 gaish d in the action. In the same war, General Jaekscn issued proclamation to the eo1ered ci,iar niGgtr. of Louisiana It was dated .' MOBILE, Sept
 lst, lsli,'' and ran thus:
 "7o the Free Peorle gf Ca,sr SOLDIER. :-when on the banks of the Mobile called You to take ul' | ,rms, inviting you to partake of the perils and ! glory of your whAe FELLOW CITIZENS. expected
 much from you for not ignorant that you pos- sesscd qualities lno.t forrnidable 10 an invading 1 army, &c., Sc.
 In 17se, Mfr. Pinckney. representative of the slave holding State of Maryland, exclaimed in a speech before ths House os Delegates
 mighty Providence intended prosc,ibc thss. vic tins of fraud and power frofn the pale of civilized society. because he has denied tn. m the deic.cy of an European complexion !? k their color Mir Speaker the work of divine vengeance or is it only the tiimsy pretest upon which we attempt to jus l tify our treatment of them Y
 A. the object of this article ia to deny land prove by historical facts the denial) the assertion of Chief Justice fancy. that negroes have ever been consid i cred lower of tengs, We refrain from mo- ! ticng at length any other instarscs O. remarkable blacks. save they have been recognized ill some way by orr Government The lives, however of T.lom Js llns. l.. M Carey, Paul Cuce, Ignatius 5 S4n. 10. and mapv oshe,s we would advise all those agreeing with t,:e Chief Justice, to pcruse.
 D'i:ng tile lives of Washington and Jefferson, there resited in Na'yland, black man, lnigger full btc) rem;i:k :kablc for his skill in mathematical sci ence. Jefferson spoke of hin :n the highest terms. Washington often refers to him. He was seif-anght anG having directed his attenion to the subject of asti oromy. his calculations were so thorough and exact as to excite the appreciation of such men as Pitt, Fn:. Willerfurce, and other eminent persons An Almanac which he compiled. was produced in the l1' use of Commons, argument in f,yor of the mental cultivation of colored people. Jefferson wrote to him as follows: MY HEAR bANNIkER-Nobodr wishes more than do. to see such proofs ss you exhibit hat nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to l th"se Sf other colnrs. I can add with truth. that nobody wishes more ardentlv to see n good system commenced for raising the condition both of their body and mind 1 have taken the liberty of sending your almanac to M M,n>ieur Cond zette. Secretary of the Academy of Sciences at 1 Raris
 In tbe year 17Gl, Mrs. John Wheatlv, of Boston N hp slave bat crowd of unfortrnatcs then offered or sale negro g''l of about seven years of age. She afterwards became famous as poetcss, and correspondent oi Washington, and an associate of the most refined society in England Washington thus wrote to her:-
 ' "CAMHR1nGE, 2Sih January. l1;G Miss PHYLLIS Your favor oi the 26th of October did not reach my bap6s III inc mi.dc of Dcccm- brr. Time enough you will say 10 h~vc given you af answer eie this. Granted But va: iety of i'm poftant occurrences continually intc posing to dis turb the mind and withdraw the attention, | hope will apologize for the delay. and plead my excuse Tor tbe s,eu'hg neglect. thank you sincerely for your l"iite hotice of me in the elegant lines you pave ehcl"Sc'' and however und. d.scrved may be oi such enc",nium and pGncgvric the style nn,, manner eNi.i it striking prouf of your p,etical talent m honor of which, anu tribute justly due to you, wonld have published the roeln. lal ! rot hren allrefcn5ivc that while only meant to give [" the world the new instance of vour genius might have incurred inc in,putation cf vanity, If you can come to Cambridge near Head Quarters shall be happy to see person favored by the Mnscs. and tc whom Nature has been so liberal and hencfcent in her dsprnSations. 1 am with great respect, your obctlient, hum 'e servant. GEORGE WASHINGTON
 As We have not tl'is poem, we give a short cx- tract from another. upon Sleep
 "As Reasons powers by day our Cod disclose, So may VIC trace him iu the nights repose. Say, what is sleep! and dreans-how passing strange
 , When action ceases an,i i,ieas range
 Lirentious and nn'ountcd Q CT the plains, Where Fancy queen in si,;dy triumph rcigns! Here in soft strains the dreaming lover sighs
 To q kind fair, and raves in jcaousics;
 Gn pleasure now. and now on vengeance bent,
 The latmrins passions struggle f,'r vent What Power. o man, thy reason then restores, So long suspended in nocturnal hours? What secret hand returns the mental train, I And gives improved thy acti,c powers again' l For thre. 0 man what gratitude should rise And when from bamy slc. thou opcst thine eyes, Let thy first thoughts be praises to the skies
 How mcrcitul our God who thus imparts
 O'erl"wing tides of joy t" human hearts,
 When wants and woes might hc our righteous lot, Our God forgetting, hy our God forgot!'
 We venture the assertion, that Chief Justice Ia ney cannot write piece of poetry superior to this specimen from the pen of one of the race whom he has pronounced namelcss; not'capable of enj wing the immuuities of free citizenship And VIC iol,l,v assert, that this same Chief Justice Tacy in viola ton of the opinion of whole world in ,ioIati,n n of the dictates of his own consciousness of right an, wrong in violation of the sacred oath he has taken. in violation of the direct wortled meaning of opr
 Declaration of Independence, in violation of the good faith trusted to him by the several States with malice prepense' and without the frar of God,
 has made false issues, and by usu,pation of rights
 vested in hm as Chief Justice of the United States
 Nifuly orerthrewn the decisions of our States, and