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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1843)
NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. D.. COTTING, Editor. No. 10.—NEW SERIES.] News and Planters’ Gazette. T E I! M s : Published weekly at Two Dollars and lifly Cents per annum, if paid at the time of Subi en ding ; or Three Dollars if not paid iili the expi ration oi three months. Vo paper to be discontinued,unless a the O] .4'.i oi tha Editor, without the settlcncen -of I all arrearages. Q* haters, on business, mast be postpaid, to J insure attention. No communication shall be j published, unless we are made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first j insertion, Seventy-five Cents; and for each sub- j sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will | be made of twenty-five percent, to those who j advertise by the year. Advertisements not 1 limited when handed in, will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators andUuardians, are required by law, to bo advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be adver tised in like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the .Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must be published for four months— notice that application will be made for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days; and Letters of Dismission, six months. Mail dfljrran&eiftcnts. POST OFFICE, ) j Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. $ EASTERN MAIL. By this route, Mails arc made up for Raytown, Double-Wells, Crawfordville, Camack, Warrcn ton, Thompson, Dearmg, and Barzclia. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 9, A. M. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 2,}, P. M WESTERN MAIL. By tliis route, Mails are made up for all Offi- 1 ces in South- Western Georgia, Alabama, Mis- i sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and the North-Western part of the State. arrives—Wednesday and Friday, by 0 A. M. closes—Tuesday and Thursday, at it! M. ABBEVILLE, S.C. MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Danburg, Pistol Creek, and Petersburg. ARRIVES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by 1 P. M. CLOSES. -■Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 6 A. M. LEXINGTON MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Ceutre villo. State Rights, Scull-shoals, and Salem. arrives —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M. closes —Tuesday and Saturday, at 9 A. M. APPLING MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Wrights boro'-, White Oak, Walker’s Quaker Springs. arrives —Tuesday and Saturday, by 9 A. M. closes —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M. ELBEIITON MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Mallo rysviilc, Goosepoud, Whiles, Mill-Stone, Ilarri sonville, and Ruckersville. Arrives Thursday 8 P. M., and Closes same time. LINCOLNTON MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Rehoboth, Stoney Point, Goshen, Double Branchos, and Darby's, Arrives Friday, 12 51. | Closes same time. ; oj’ The Letter Box is the proper place to de ppsite all matter designed to be transported by Mail, and such as may be found there at the times above specified, will be despatched by first post. F. COZ ART, H AS on iiand Cotton Bagging, Cotton Yarn, and Factory Cloth for Negro’s wear, from Pouiiain’s Factory, cheap for Cash. October 19, 1843. 8 Q ,4 T f J'S for sale at Three Dollars per j k 5 JLi Sack. Apply to BOLTON &. NOLAN. October 19, 1843. 8 COTTING BUTLER, ATTORNIES, HAVE taken an OFFICE on the North side of the Public Square, next door to the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia. October, 1843. 28 Last Notice to Debtors. PERSONS indebted to the undersigned, are requested to make payment to A. L. Alex ander, aud no indulgence beyond the present season will be given. MARY SHEPHERD. October 12, 1843. 4t 7 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. nA.J.,L persons indebted to the Estate of Kin bred Jacks, late of Wilkes county, deceas ed, are requested to make immediate payment, and those having any demands will please pre sent them in terms of law for payment. J. R. SNEED, Adm'r. September 7, 1843. 6t 2 FOUit months aiter date, application will be made to the Honorable the Interior Court oi Taiieferro county, while sitting as a Court of Ordiua-/, for leave to sell a negro namad Daniel belonging to James Thomas Andrew, a Minor. GARNETT ANDREWS, Guardian. September 7,1843. ml'n 2 FOUR months after date, application w.ll be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Wilkes county, while sitting a? a Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell the Real Estate belong ing to the Estate of Nathaniel Chambers, de cu.tsed. LUKE TURNER, Adm’r. September 7,1843. m4m 2 New Goods. The Subscriber has received the balance of his Fall and Winter VIZ: Cloths am! Cassiincres, Kersey and plaid Linsey, Blanket Overcoats, Pilot and Beaver-cloth Coats, 8 and 9 4 Duffle Blankets, 10 and 11-4 Whitney do. Course and tine Shoes, Ladies’ fine Kid do. Gaiter Boots and Children’s Shoes. Fur and Wool Hats. Fur and Cloth Caps, Sealelt and Hairseal Caps, Saddles, Bridles and Martingales, Fancy Baskets; Wooden-ware, Powder and Shot, Hardware and Crockery, Drugs and Medicines, Collins’ best Cast-steel Axes, King’s do. do. Hull & Son’s patent Candles, Silk, Gingham and Cotton Umbrellas, &c. &c. Also —A great variety of GOODS in Store, which lie oilers Cheap. Call and G. P. COZART. October 19, 1843. 8 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. VLI, persons indebted to the Estate of Thom as D. Boroin, late of Taliaferro county, de ceased, are requested to pay the same immediate ly, aid those having demands against the Estate wifi present the same in terms of the law for pay ment. GEORGE W. CARTER, Adm’r. with the will annexed. September 20, 1843. (it 4 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. \\T ILL be sold at the late residence of Thom as S. Carter, deceased, in Elbert county, on the first day of December next, all the Per ishable Properly of said deceased, consisting of Horses, Cows, Hogs, Corn, Fodder, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Tools, &c. &c. The sale will continue from day to day until all is sold. Terms made known at the time of sale. EDMUND H. BREWER, Adm’r. October 11,1843. 8 To Teachers. A TEACHER wanted to take charge of the Rock Spring Academy, in Wilkes county, for the ensuing year. For particulars apply to the Subscriber, living 14 miles N W. of Wash ington, who can be seen or addressed during the silting of the Legislature, at Milledgeville. L. M. HILL. October 5, 1843. 0 ml Teacher VI tinted IN MISSISSIPPI. f JMIE Subscriber is authorized to negotiate for a Teacher to take charge of a School in his neighborhood ior the ensuing year, to commence in January, or Ist July. We have subscribed Five Hundred Dollars and Board as a salary to begin with. For this vve wish to procure a sin gle or married man who is disposed to emigrate to this State, for the purpose of Teaching the “young ideas how to shoot.” Any Gentleman who can teach all the English branches, Latin, Greek, &c., and can produce satisfactory recom mendations as to qualifications and character, by addressing the Subscriber, Grenada, Yalabu sha county, Mississippi, can be assured of the above stated sum for his services ten months. A young or single man can board in respectable families ; a man with a family can do the same, or if he lias Negroes and wishes to farm it, lie can rent or buy land convenient to the School. It is believed that the Schom w ill hr ••.v'orti: more than the sum name.'!, and at the expiration of the i year the Teacher can have his choice of the fix ed salary or proceeds of the School. For further particulars, address me as above, and for a description of our country, 1 bog to re fer Ui a letter from me published in the “ News & Planters’Gazette,” Washington, Ga. 10; a of June last. As to morals, health and cheap living, this country cannot be excelled b> any section of the Cotton-growing region. A. D. STATHAM. Yalabuslia county, Miss'p. > Sepi. 29 th. 1843. $ P. S.—The neighborhood is fully able and willing to sustain a good School for a series ot years, ana the Gentleman whose services vve procure next year will probably find a permanent home, with an annually increasing salary. I will take the liberty of referring to Judge An drews, Rob’t. Toombs and D. G. Cotting, Esq’rs. ol W ashington, as to the reliance that may be placed ill me or my statements. Also, Col. J. H. Lumpkin, of Lexington ; Judge Cone, of Greens boro’ ; Alex. H. Stephens, Crawfordville ; B. B. Moore, Esq., Lincolnton, or Y. L.G. Harris, Esq. Elberlon. A. D. S. October 19, 1843. 3t 8 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in January next, before the Court-House door in Elbert county, agreeable to an order of the Inferior Court of Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, Three Shares in the Elbert Factory; Three Hundred and Fifty-seven Acres of Land, more or less, ou the waters of the Beaverdam Creek, adjoining lands of James M. Sandidge, James M. Harmon, Mary Oliver and others, and six Ne groes, consisting of three men, two women and one boy, sold as the Lands ami Negroes of Ha ley Butler, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors ot said deceased. Terms will be made known on the day of sale. EPPY BOND, Adm’r. October 10,1843. in2m 9 WASHINGTON, (WILKES C OUNTY, GA.,) NOVEMBER 2, 1845*. NELSON CARTER, DEALER IN Choice Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals. Patent Medicines, Surgical and Denial Instruments, Perfumery. Brushes, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Window Glass, #c. Isa. RED MORTAR A AbuuiiiA - October 12, 1843. lv 7 HAVILAND, RISLEY A Cos. Near the Mansion House, Globe and United Slates Hotels , A U GUST A, G A., DEALERS IN CHOICE leyas m medicines, Surgical and Dental Instruments. Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils, Window Glass, Dye Stuffs, &c. See. Being connected with Haviland, ‘ Kekse & Cos., New-York, and Hav- ! vSfjf iland, llareal & Allen, Charles r%?P“3 ton, they are constantly receiving ! ‘***s3* fresh supplies of every article in : their line, which they are enabled to sell at the lowest market prices. tD* All goods sold by them, warranted to be of the quality represented, or may be returned. Augusta, August 1843. 51 _ W ARE-IIOUSE | A N D Commission Business. AUGUSTA, GA. rg Hlll undersigned continue the W.aRE- , A HOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSI- i NESS, at the Old Stand, their Entcnsive Fire- \ Proof Ware-House, on Jackson-street, leading 1 directly from the Rail-Road Depot. Thankfui j for the liberal patronage extended to them the 1 past year, they respectfully solicit its coutiuu- j mice, ami pledge themselves to use every oxer- i lion for the interest of those whose business is j entrusted to their care. Particular attention will be given to the Stor- I age and Sale of Cotton, Receiving aud Forward- : ing Goods, &c. &c., and our advice and assist- j ance always given to the Planters when in mar ket themselves, without any charge. Liberal advances always made on Produce in Store. When Cotton is sold we will remit the pro ceeds in whatever way the owner may desire; we can at all times obtain Checks on the diiibr ent Banks and Agencies in the interior. ’ CLARKE & ROBERTS. Samuel Clarke, Augusta. James M. Roberts, Greene comity. September 21, 1815. 5t 1 ADaMS & IIOPKINS, FIBE-PBOOF WARE-HOUSE. AUGUSTA, GA., August 22, 1843. THE Subscribers respectfully tender their thanks for the liberal patronage heretofore received—and again oiler their services to their | friends and the public in the WARE-HOUSE I & GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS l in this city. Prompt attention will be given to the Storage and Sale of Cotton, forwarding Goods, purchase of Merchandize, shipment of Cotton, &c. Proceeds oi Cotton will be remitted (if so instructed by the owner) in Bank Checks payable at Washington, Greenesboro’, Madison, Ealonton, Milledgeville, Covington, and Colum bus, or in Bank Notes by mail. Messrs. F. C. McKinley & Cos. of Madison, will act as our Agents ior die forwarding of Cot ton by Rail Road, make advances on Cotton con signed to us, receive return sales of Colton, and pay over proceeds at Madison if desired. Messrs. McKinley & Seymour are our Agents for forwarding Cotton per Rail Road from Greenesboro’. ADAMS & IIOPKINS. John M. Adams. ( Laiubeth Hopkins, j August 21. 9t 1 \Y iikes Superior Court, July Term, 1843. I David Montgomery and wile,’ John Marten and wife, Isaac Marten and wife, and Nancv Collins, BILL IN Vs. EQUITY. Purnell Truitt, Executor of Purnell Truitt, Sen’r., de ceased. J FT appearing to the Court, that Sarah Truitt, relict of John Truitt, Watson Shaw, adm’r. of John Truitt, Frances Shaw and her husband Watson Shaw, James M. Truitt, Delphia Spears and her husband Joshua Spears, Sarali Spears and her husband Jefferson Spears, Elizabeth Truitt, Alfred Truitt, Nathan Truitt, Martha Truitt, Indiana Truitt, Purnal Collins, adm’r. of Eli Collins, defendants to the amended Bill of Complaint, reside out of the county of W.ikes, and have not been served. It is on motion of Complainant’s Solicitor, Ordered that the afore said persons named not served, do appear at the next term of this Court and plead, answer or de mur to said Bill, and that notice of ibis Order be perfected on said Defendants by publication thereof once a month for lour months in the Washington News and Gazette. A true copy from the Minutes, this 21st day of October, 1843. JOHN H. DYSON, Clerk. October 26. in4in 9 lAOUK months attar date, application will be JC made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Elbert county, when sitting for Ordinary pur poses, for leave to sell all the Lands belonging to the estate of John Watkins, late of said coun ty, deceased. JOHN D. WATKINS, Adm’r. October 11, 1843. ni4m 8 PUBLISH E 1) EVE IIY THUR SD A Y M ORNINd. BOLTON & NOLAN, RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and i the public in general, that they have just ‘ received trom New-York, a select Stock of Fall and Winter GOODS, Which they offer for sale for Cash at unprecc- i dented low prices. We beg leave to inform our customers that | vve have adopted the CASH SYSTEM, and are | now selling our Goods at from twenty-five to j thirty per cent, lower than former rates. In ] these times oi economy and retrenchment, we presume our customers would object to pay i twenty or thirty per cent, advanced rates for credit; or, to cover the had debts of non-paying i customers. By adopting the Cash system, they : will avoid both contingencies, and we, the trou ble and vexation ot endeavoring to collect bud j and doubtful debts. Hulas wc consider many ol our customers as good as Cash at any time, we ! will sell on a credit to those who will pay prompt- 1 ly, at our lowest Cash prices, with the and stmet understanding that their respective accounts will ! he punctually paid when due. We particularly call the attention of Gentlemen to our Stock of English and French Cloths tV Cassimeres , The quality ol she Goods cannot lad to give gen eral satisfaction, and we are selling them at the j right prices. Washington, Ga., October 12,1843. .‘it Til MERCHANTS AND PLA^S, HAMBURG, (S.C.) July, 1843. , I BEG leave to inform vou, that I continue the i WARE-HOUSE AND COMMISSION j. BUSINESS at my old stand, known as the Wa- j ter-proof Warehouse. Detached as it is from oth er buildings, its location renders it nearly as se- I cure from fire, as if it was fire-proof The floors have been oievated above the high water mark 1 or the great freshet of May, 1840. Planters will thus be secured from the possi- | u.idy of loss and damage by freshets. 1 avail myself of the present occasion, to re- . i turn my thanks to my irieuds and patrons, for j : their liberal support during the past season. 1! , solicit from them and the public generally, a con- j , tinuance of this confidence, and assure them that ■ 1 in return for their patronage, 1 wid use my best j ‘ personal efforts to promote and protect their in- i 1 terests, committed to my charge. In addition to j 1 tliis assurance, 1 pledge myself that 1 will in no | l case purchase a bale of cotton, directly or nidi- ! 1 rectly. 1 will attend personally to the sale and j , forwarding of cotton to Savannah or Charleston; . also, to the sale of Bacon, Flour, &c. and to j the receiving and forwarding of goods to the up- i country. Having a tine wharf attached to my ! Warehouse, no wharfage will be charged on Cotton consigned to my care, either for sale or i to be forwarded to Savannah or Charleston. My commissions for selling cotton, will be 25 ; cents per bale, and 12 J cents for forwarding. lj will also attend to the buying of goods per order. ; Very respectfully, yours, &c. G. WALKER, j August, 1843. 52 EXECUTOR’S SALE. \\HLL be sold on the first Tuesday in De * * cember nex:, before the Court-House door in Lincolnton, Lincoln county, between the legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: The Tract of Land lying in said county re cently occupied by Wilkes K. Wellborn, belong ing to the Estate of Abner Wellborn, deceased. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms made known on the day of sale. NICHOLAS WILEY, Executor. September 28, 1843. 5 ADMINISTRATE HP SALE. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in January next, before the Court-House door in Elbert county, agreeable to an order of fi e Inferior Court ot Elbert cevity, v.!o sitting as a Court of Ordinary, ).'■ the Land;.’ lying in El bert county, belonging to t; > E-fvc <>• Cla born Sandidge, dec ex —d, constating A Five hundred Acres, more or less, whereon the deceased formerly lived, adjoining lands of William 11. Adams, James Lunsford and others; thirty Acres, more or less, on the waters of B j verdam Creek, adjoining lands of James M. v | didge, James Oliver anffothers, and I wenty-i Acres, more or less, on the waters of the Beaver dam Creek, adjoining lands of Charles Sattcr wliite, the estate of John 8. Higginbotham, and others. Bold for the benefit of the heirs of said I Claborn Saiididge, deceased. Terms will be ; made known on the day of sale. JAMES M. SANDIDGE, > , , ANDREW J. SANDIDGE, rh ] October 21, 1843. m2m .i GEORGIA, ) Whereas 1. ecu Smith ap- Wilkes County, j plies to me i miters of dis mission as Guardian for Fram is E. Smith. These are therefore, to cite, summon, aDd ad monish, all and singular the kindred and credit ors of said Minor, to be and appear at my Of fice, within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause (if any they have,) why said letters should j not be granted. Given under my hand at office, this sth day of September, 1843. JOHN 11. DYSON, c. c.o. September 7. rnfiin 2 GEORGIA, ) Whereas, Felix G. Hender- Wilkes county. \ son, administrator de bonis non on the Estate of Edward Jones, deceased, ap plies to me for Letters of Dismission. These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad monish, all and singular the kindred and credi ->rs of said deceased, to be and appear at my office within the tune prescribed by law, to shew cause (if any they have,) why said letters should not be granted Given under my hand at office, this 20th day of October, 1843. JOHN Ii DYSON, c.c.o. October 26. > Jim 9 EVERY VARIETY OF EXECUTED AT THIS MR. CL,AY’S SPEECH ON’ ABOLITION PETITIONS. In the Senate of the United Stales, Feb ruary, 7,1839. (Concluded from our last.) A third impediment to immediate aboli tion is to be found in the immense amount of capital w hich is invested in slave proper ty. The total number of slaves in the Uni ted States, according to the last enumera- ! tionofthe population, was a little upwards : of two millions. Assuming their increase at a ratio, which it probably is, of five per j cent, per annum, tlier present number j would be three millions. The average val- I ue of slaves at this time is stated by persons i well informed to be as high as five hundred dollars each. To be certainly within tlie j mark, let us suppose that it is only four j hundred dollars. The total value', then, ‘ by that estimate, of the slave property in the United States, is twelve hundred millions : of dollars. This property is diffused throughout all classes and conditions of so- ; ciety. It is owned by widows and orphans, by the aged and infirm,as well as thesound ! and vigorous. It is the subject of mortga- I ges, deeds of trust, and family settlements, i It has been made the basis of numerous j debts contracted upon its faith, and is the) sole reliance, it) many instances, of credi- j tors within and without the slave States, | for the payment of debts due to them. And now it is rashl y proposed, by a single fiat I of legislation, to annihilate this immense a mount of property 1 To annihilate it with- ; out indemnity and without compensation to ! its owners ! Does any considerate man believe it to be possible to effect such an ob- j ject without convulsion, revolution, and j bloodshed ? I know that there is a visionary dogma, ! which holds that negro slaves cannot be ! the subject of property. I shall not dwell long on this speculative abstraction. That | is property which the law declares to be \ property. Two hundered years of legisla- ! tion have sanctioned and sanctified negro; slaves as property. Under all the forms | of government which have existed upon ! thlscontinent during that long space of time j —tinder the British government —under the colonial government —under all the State constitutions and governments —and under | the federal government itself-—they have j been deliberately and solemnly recognized ; as the legitimate subjects of property. To j the wild speculations of theorists and inno vators stands opposed the fact, that in an ‘ uninterrupted period of two hundred years’ duration, under every form of human le- j gislation, and by all tiie departments of ; human government, African negro slaves I have been held and respected, have descen ded and been transferred, as law ful and in- 1 disputable property. They were treated \ as property in the very British example ! which is so triumphantly appealed to as worthy of our imitation. Although the : West India planters had no voice in the li nked parliament of the British Isle, an ir-j resistible sense of justice extorted from that j legislature the grant of twenty millions of j pounds sterling to compensate the colonists i for their loss of property. If, therefore, these ultra-abolitionists are | seriously determined to pursue their imtne- ; diate scheme of abolition, they should at; once set about raising a fund of twelve j hundred millions of dollars, to indemnify I the owners of slave property. And the j taxes to raise that enormous amount can i only be justly assessed upon themselves or ! upon the free States, if they can persuade j them to assent to such an assessment ; for it would be a mockery of all justice and an outrage against all equity to levy any por tion of the tax upon the slave States to pay for their own unquestioned property. If the considerations to which I have al ready adverted are not sufficient to dis suade the abolitionists from further perse verance in their designs, the interest of the very cause wlf h they profess to espouse! ought to check :heir career. Instead of advancing, by their efforts, that cause, ; they have thrown back for half a century j the prospect of any species of emancipation j of the African race, gradual or immediate,! in any of the States. They have done , i more ; they have increased the rigors of le- ) : gislation against slaves in most, if not all, j of the slave States. Forty years ago the ; question was agitated in the State of Ken- ‘ tucky of a gradual emancipation of the slaves within its limits. By gradual eman cipation, I mean that slow but safe and cau -1 tious liberation of slaves which was first adopted in Pennsylvania at the instance of Dr. Franklin, in the year 1780, and accor. ding to which, the generation in being were to remain in slavery, but all their offspring born after a specified day were to bo free at the age of twenty-eight, and, in the mean time, were to receive preparatory instruc tion to qualify them for the enjoyment of freedom. That was the species of eman cipation which, at the epoch to which I al lude, was discussed in Kentucky. No one was rash enough to propose or.think of im mediate abolition. Noone was rash enough to think of throwing loose upon the commu nity, ignorant and unprepared, the untutor ed slaves oftl-.e State. Many thought, and I among them, that as each of the slave States had a right exclusively to judge for itself in respect to the institution of domes tic slavery, the proportion of slaves com pared with the white population in that State, at that time, was so inconsiderable that a system of gradual emancipation might have been safely adopted without any hazard to the security and interests of .71. .. K APPEL, Printer. I the commonwealth. And [ still think that the question of such emancipation in the farming states is one whose solution depends upon the relative numbers of the two races in any given State. If 1 had been a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, when Frank lin’s plan was adopted, I should have voted ! lor it, because by no possibility could the black race ever acquire the ascendancy in that State. But if I had been then, or wore now, a citizen of any of the planting States i—the southern or southwestern States—l should have opposed, and would continue to oppose, any scheme whatever of eman cipation, gradual or immediate, because of the danger of an ultimate ascendancy of the black race, or of a civil contest which might terminate in the extinction of on. race or the other. The proposition in Kentucky for a grad ual emancipation did not prevail, but i’ wa sustained by a large and respectable minor ity. That minority had increased and was increasing, until the abolitionists commen ced their operations. The effect has been to dissipate all prospects whatever for the present, of any scheme of gradual or oilier emancipation. The people of that State have been shocked and alarmed by tlies, abolition movements, and the number who would now favor a system even of gradual emancipation, is probably less than it wa in the year 1799- 9. At the session of the legislature held in 1937 ’B, the question of calling a Convention was submitted to the consideration of the people by a law passed in conformity with the constitution of th< State. Many motives existed for the sage of the law, and among them that of e tnancipation had its influence. When the question was passed upon bv the people at their last annual election, only about one fourth of the whole votersofthe State sup ported a call ofa Convention. The appre hension of the danger of abolition was the leading consideration among the people for opposing the call. But for that—but for the agitation of the question of abolition ;r. Slates whose population bad no right, in the opinion of the people of Kentucky to inter fore in the matter, the vote for a Conven tion would have been much larger, if it had not been carried. 1 felt niysell constrc'iir ! to take immediate, bold, and decided : against it. Prior to the agitation of this sir abolition, there was a progressive r.s tion in the condition of slaves tlire all the slave States. In some of ;• schools of instruction were opened bv v . mane and religious persons. These i. all now checked, and a spirit of iiimi’ nation having shown itself in some 1- .. ties, traceable, it is believed, to alio’ movements and exertions, the legu i authority has (bund it expedient to i; fresh vigor into the police, ami laws - • regulate the conduct of the slaves And now, Mr. President, if it wc sible to overcome the insurmountable ‘ stacles which lie in the way of immediai abolition, let us briefly contemplate some of the consequences which would inevitably ensue. One of these has been occasional ly alluded to in the progress of these re marks. It is the struggle which would in stantaneously arise between the two races in most of the southern and southwestern States. And what a dreadful struggle would it not be ! Embittered by all the re- I collections of the past, by the tmeonquera ble prejudices winch w- uld prevail between two races, and stimulated y all the hope.-’ j and fears of the future, it w mthi a - in which the ex: ’-minnr. .m of th • Ida 1 [or their ascendanev ut th” vine . v be the sole alternatir. P.ior to th - , I elusion, or during the p ■ gr- ts su contest, vast numbers, probably ofthe Luten. race would migrate into the free States; aud what effect would such a migration have upon the laboring c asses is. those States 1 Now tlie distribution of labor in the Uni ted Slates is geographical ; the free la bo ers occupying one side of the I ine *■ ’ slave laborers the other ; each cia„s pn suing its own avocations almost a’, go !•,• unmixed with the other. But on the su position of immediate abolition, the tdack class, migrating into the free Stut- s, w ulu enter into competition with the white c: S diminishing the wages of their labor, tu, augmenting the hardships of their oondi ; tion. This is not all. The abolitionists stren uously oppose all separation of the two races. 1 conf’ss to you, sir, that 1 hac seen with regr t, grief, and astonishment, their resolute opposition to the project of colonization. No scheme was ever pre sented to the acceptance of mail, which, whether it be entirely practicable or not, is characterized by more unmixed humanity and benevolence than that of transporting, with their own consent, the free people of jeolorin the United States to the land of their ancestors. It has the powerful recommen ! dation that whatever it does is good ; and, if i it affects nothing, it inflicts no one evil or mischief upon any portion ofour society.— There is no necessary hostility between the objects of colonization and abolition. Co s deals only with the free man of color, and that with his own free voluntary consent. It has nothing to do with slavery. ! It disturbs no man’s property, seeks to im i pair no power in the slave States, nor to attribute any to the general government.— All its action, and all its ways and means are voluntary, depending upon the blessing of Providence, which hitherto hasgracious ly smiled upon it. And yet, beneficent and harmless as colonization is, no portion of ” the people of tiie United Slates denounce it [VOLUME XXIX.
