The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-24
TmportAnt opinions Reproduced.

Important OplHtOhS hepI
The Hon, A, H. Fl. Stuart, 10 his speech.
Mt Assembly Hall, In this city, on Wednes-
day, ably discussed the question Of tte hos
,illty Of the black aud wilderness. He con-
sideredthe separation Of ,he4so indispen-
sable 10 the best intercsts ofsboth, and rem y
forced his own Yis8s INTERPRETATIONS from
leading Statesmen of this century, ana more
particularly from statesmen Of the present
Republican party, i is important TO place
the valuable quotations made By Mr., Stuart
on record, and to further this object we copy
them below: ,..,..-
OPINION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. -
Mfr. jefferson, one Of the earliest and
most earnest champions Of emancipation,
| nearly a century ago, after expressing his re-
eret that the public mind was not then pre-,
nared for prospective emancipation, useo
this prophetic language: "Iet the Gay IL
| not distant when 1t must bear and ADOPT II,
or worse will follow. Nothing Is moro Ger.
taiply written In the book of Fate than that
these people are to be free; norris II iesscer'
tain that the two rnces, equally free, cannot
| live under the same government t.H.a,
| "Nature, habit, ,opinion, have drawn ln'
delble lines of distinction between them.
| Il Is still in our power. to direct the process
lof emancipation peaceably, and in such SLOW
Edegree as that the evil will wear OF .insensi'
| bly, and their places be, 7pri pdssu, filled up
lby free white laborers. If, on tho contrary,
| it is. left to force itself on, human nature
must shudder at the prospect held up. ~
should in vain look for an example IN the
Spanish deportation OF depletion OF the
Moors. This precedent would fall far short
of our case" .. rHH}! = ..-.. y
| DANIEL WEBSTER, .:
fine great statesman of Massachusetts, speak
! ING on this subject in the Senate of thu
| United States, said: "If any gentleman
| from the, South shall propose scheme TO bt
carried on by this Government on large
| scale for the transportation Of the coloret
people to any colony, or any place in TIT
world. | should be quite disposed to incur
almost any degree Of expense to accomplish
the object" "".' - -..'' ...,
l. .r... r.: HENRY CLAY,
the eloquent advocate of colonization, ant
of the interests of the white laboring classes
in speech delivered in the House Of Repre-
sentatives in 1927, said: "Of the utility of
total separation of the two incongruou
portions of our population (Supposing it t
be practicablc) none have ever. doubted
The mode of accomplishing that desirabl
object has alone divided public opinion. Co
IouiZation in Hayti, for lime, had its parti
sans. Without throwing any impeachment Il
the way OF executing that scheme the Anne
rican Colonization Society has steadily ad
hered 10 its own" ...
| SENATOR TRuMBCLI., OF ILLINOIS.
| On tue Sth OF December. 1859. Senate
Trllnlbull, Of Illinois, said IN the Senate o
the Quilted States: "When we say that al
men are equal we do not mean tina
every man in organized society has the same
rights. We do not tolerate that in Illinois
| know that there Is distinction between
these two races, because the AlmiS hty him
| self has marked it on their very faces, ant
in my Judgment man cannot, by Legislation
or otherwise, produce perfect equality be
tween these two races, so that they will live
happily together. &c.,,
II trust that an idea foreshadcwed by Mr.
Jefferson will hereafter become, although j
is not now, part OF the creed Of the Republic
can party. ! mean the idea Of the deporta
ton of the free-negro population from thi:
country. 1t seems impracticable to trans
port this great population to Africa Let u:
obtain Il country nearer home and know
l may say for the. people whom represen
we will contribute literally Of our means tt
relieve the country OF the freenegro popula'
ton. 1 hope it may become the policy o
the Republican party to deliver the country
from the only element which ever seriously
threatened its peace, and furnish the means
for relieving it of large free-negro popula
ton. BY such course we. may lay th'
foundation for continued and permanent
prosperity"