The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-15

emancipation party" in their state, puI
that after the final suppression Oh the
slave-trade IN lS0S and the CONSEQUENT III
creased demand for Nirginia-bred saves.
the thought OF emancipation vanished
from the memory of man" Tho same Of
fcnsive suggestion r. made tn almost the
same language. the breeding or slaves
such a profitable occupation IN
virginia" I'm his critical Period. NC
page g. and again on page zlb. where We
are told that when the inventions Oh Aih-
wright. Cartwright and Whitney go great
Is increased the value Of cotton. there re-
suited a great demand for slaves FROM
virginia as "A breeding ground. and the
Abolitionist party I'M that State. there
upon. disappeared. leaving her 10 JON lh
the Odious struggle for introducing slaN-
cry into the national domain I'm polh
passages We quote him. perhaps. ht'ie
roughly. i'm his pages all this Is haha-
somely expressed. for Mr.. Fiskes style
g. very fine, as YOU may learn from some
Of his friends. lt would however be dit-
fcult 10 discover anywhere pen pictures
so adgantageously incomplete-adNantas
ously incomplete. because a statement or
the facts would not have represented as
DO these most slauderous sentences n
mere race of slavc-hreeders easily sacri-
ncing their convictions for the value or
slave propertv and ready 10 fight for IL
when occasion should arise.
UTTERLY UNRELIABLE.
IL IS impossible to consider these pas
sages without becoming convinced al the
utter unreMability of this historian When
speaking of slavery, the causes oi the war
or the rights asserted by the south. lt
was 10 be- supposed that in writing VIZ
GINA history hc would at least consult
.sNHIH So
sumo that AN Nirginiaus are equally care
less. or as ignorant of Virginia history as
the record proves him 10 bee. or as charity
compels us 10 assume that he Is. Eighteen
hundred and eight is his date for the us
appearance of an thought of emancipation
i'm Virginia Selecting from mass OF 40
cuments. he might have read two OF MT.
Jcffersou's letters. one 10 Mr.. Coles. an
other to Mr. Jared Sparks. urging ms
views and plans for emancipation ana
deportation 10 Sierra Leone, etc, one
dated August - lSlf the other February
g. 1921 fSee Vol ~. jefferson CORES
p0ndence) But chiefly. and untterly over
throwing all title ne may have TO credit
when writing of these subjects, we nave
and he might have had. Mr. Thomas W.
Whites volume published IN l>Z. con-
tanning the great Deportation aud hinahci-
patton Debate I'm the Virginia Legislature
I'm January and February Of that year
the debate enlisting the strongest speak
ers OF the State and consuming q great
mart of those two months. the resolution
being lost hv a very small vote. ana thal
because TO man could say where tine nece--
sary means 90 deport them could ne FOUND
and none could suggest "a safe ana piaetl-
cable disposition 20 be made OF the blach5
when free. IL did not occur 20 us 20 solve
H4ra... u. AmH
already done by selling them AN 70 the
coutb. nor could we further initiate tnem
I'm contemplating with indifference sucn
consequences Of ebolition as now confront
MS The fact that this most remar kap'e
omission occurs I'm both Of the DOCKS
ouotod Droves that 10 g. not an accidenial
result ~ Mr.. Fiske's misleading love for
n rounded period Our teachers should
not allow our children to think ot TINS
venerable state as mere negro 'oie'd-
inns, ground" or of her people as won from
other thoughts while gloating over inc
money value of the black.
THINGS he DON'T KNOW
Mr. Fiske does not know that the Afri-
can Colonization Society. Of which Cen
eral Charles Fonton Mercer, Of Virginia,
was "a prominent member. lahOred during
these very years 10 meet this very diff
very familiar with individual acts Of
emancipation: nor does he know how
many Virginians. long after lWs manu-
mitted their slaves. among them John
Randolph OF Roanoke whose executor
Eish0u Ncade-lOcated them Don The Deduu-
full region where now stands the town
of Nenia. Ohio: giving them good homes
of which the ncighbOring whites shortly
dispossessed them. Many. many such
cases marked the time 10 "the indies.
when. as all men know, the end or eman-
cipation in Virginia came about through
the "pi0us' interference OF the Northern
abOliii0nist In consequence or WHICH, n
Virginian-manumitt his slaves-n eff
feet gave the weight Of his influence 10
the sentiment represented by the de-
stroyers Of our peace. and so felt that
he must az least suspend his purpose lest
he should becoke an ally of the enemies
Of the state This is the exact truth Of
the situation with respect 10 that matter
Mr. Fiske's writings teach us the OPP
pOsite. our children. taught hy him.
would neither learn it nor readily be-
lieve IT, Our conviction is chat this half
page. though taken from his "O.d VIZ
ginia" 10 say nothing OF his yet more
objectionable Critical Period is enough
10 Danish from Southern schools Mr.
Fiskes history and everything else that
he ever wrote We quote indlnereuty
from other books than the history as we
are merely engaged IN proving Mr.. Fiske
unhness as a guide for Southern readers
even if the North is content tO folio"
him. We therefore, turn again to the
Critical Period OF American History. lie
is speaking Of the successive Publications
OF the Constitution of 49, Page $780,
speaking OF amendments offered by Mas
sachusetts" he says: 1t was not intend
ed that the ratification should be condl-
tionaL" Pages 36-1-N Dee is telling MS oi
the triumph OF Madison and Marshall IN
securing Nirginias ratification by nar-
row majority of 50 against 10. lie goes
on TO use these words amendments
were offered after the example OF Mas
sachusetts" We appear from his state
mcnt 10 have acted after that example
10 Is perfectly true chat both States. after
ratifying the Constitution. did recommend
certain notable amendments Not one word
Is there 10 indicate any different action
at all. We necessarily suppose that here
too, 1t was not intended that the rdri-
hcatiOn should be conditional Would
any uniformed or unsuspicious reader
imagine that while the Massachusetts
act was d simple acceptance. there oc-
CURED in the body of the Virginia act
OF ratification the following emphatic
declaration? I'VE the delegates Of The
people OF Virginia, '''' do, in the name
and behalf az the people OF Virginia, de-
clare ana make known that the powers
granted under the Constitution being de-
rived from the people Of the United
States may be resumed by them whenso-
ever the same shall be perverted TO their
injury or oppression. and that every pow
er not granted thereby remains with