Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-03-30
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.;OtIfflCru Retaliation.

Many measures have Of late been proposed
for rrtalmtng upon the North will suggest
one which think will work well i'll practice.
II is this: That the Legislature Of Virginia
slal repeal all laws prohibiting the introduc.
ton Of negroes into the Stale for sale, apd
lisaiac the sale into slavery of free negroes,
brought bv force or otherwise. from other
States The effect Of such law would be Ia
nfI,r bonus to Northern traders to run oil
free negroes trOm the North, thus changing
the direction OF travel on the underground
railroad and stopping the present dram upon
our lahnrlng population.
Also, let the Legislature enact Il Law proYld-
ing that MI free negroes found within the State
alter the first Of July next shall be sold INTO
slavery for the benefit of the State. She Will
then have money enough for tciclre, a'lu all
other ,nlrpusr<. There are some 10000 free
negroes now in Virginia, and ut an average
price of 5000, they would bring into the Treas
urv over $.i'l, ,Uu0, 900; enough, and more than
enough to pay the entire State debt and put
it in the very best condition Of defence.
AS to the right Of Virginia 10 do this, it does
appear strange that amy one can question 1t,
and ut the same time pretend To justify slavery
a. all. There will be- no violation oil State
faith, us they have notice and time to quit the
State and certainly 10 one can argue that
Virginia has given any pledge that they shall
nirugs 1--we here free. Again, contend that
the same moral law by which wc hold onr ne.
grucs AS slaves, juSlificS us in mdhtng slaves ol
nh ,cgy,rs nporswhom We can lay our hands,
wherever they may lie found. And we have
uow near half million around us. What
nrc,l then Of rc-opcning the AFRICAN slave
trade. while the .ImericGn slave trade Is so
u,,rl, more convenient and better: Only le-
c;.lZc the sale within the State, and we may
trust ,n Yankee c,piditv and enterprise TO sup
pv us will, just aS many slaves as wc want or
can pay for. iAA''hHs''
tiogpnS.yiLLG ANp FGEDEglcKsRuRG RAIL-
roAp. - The fredericksburg tIa) Herald, "
sI.cakins Of this railroad says that Wm. C..
Moore, Of Orange county, the newly elected
President, has been most successful in procuring
subscriptions TO Tie work 1t adds:
He has already secured Il subscription Of
SOME 81, 600 in the country interested, and Ne
hopes to swell it to the required SD2 600, which,
with the :;i3S, 900 now lying uneXpendcd Ill
the State treasury, and contingent upon this
private subscription, will aggregate an amount
insnring the completion of this railway beyond
almost any reasonable contingency.
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The shcris Of Virginia are delinquent in
yaving in the State taxes in the amount OF
$50, 900. Only eighteen in the whole State
llarc paid NJ: in full.
4 meeting ci the Democratic party was held
in Madison county last week, at which aniIna-
ted speeches were made b. different gentlemen,
which caused some little excitement for while,
and resulted in the success Of the Hunter men,
in 81 far rs the meeting was concerned. Nearly
every Hunter man in the county, was present
ut the meeting, which amounted to the enor-
meas quaEtiiy of 81 out of about 400 voters IN
the county. The Wise men made no effort 10
carry any point .Ilerandria Ga.stfe'