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Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, JC. C.) Saturday, May 2, 1835.
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1?L.CKS & MULATTOES.
During the recent session of the
Lcci!ature of Ohio, a number of
petitions were presented from va
rious parts of the state, praying
ihe repeal of all laws imposing dis
abilities of restrictions on blacks,
a mulatto persons. Tne subject
was
referred to the Standing
Committee on the Judiciary, by
whom a report was subsequently
made, from which we extract the
following:
The relative standing of the
white and colored population in a
lae community like ours, so far
as regards their civil right ami
privileges, has been a subject of
earnest, and at times, of angry
dispute since onr State Govern
ment was organized. Repeated
applications have been made to
the Legislature, for the last
twenty years, seeking to place
blacks and mulattoes on the same
footing, as nearly as the provi
sions cf the Constitution will al
lo'.r. The interest manifested by
petitions and memorials, so often
presented, emanating from re
rpectable sources, to ameliorate
the condition of the colored popu
lation of Ohio, demands respect
ful attention.
The committee have maturely
considered the propositions con
tained in the memorials, referred
ta them, and have come to the
conclusion, that it is inexpedient
at this time, to recommend any
Legislative action on the subject.
For this, it is proper, they should
submit a few reflections, and they
ak for them an attentive consid
eration. Theframers of the constitution
foresaw that difficulties might
arise by placing the whites and
Macks upon an equality; and while
t..ev declared that involuntary
servitude should not exist in this
s,aie, with certain exceptions,
rt' withheld from the negro the
felu of suffrage, and made him
"capable, thereby, of holding any
of trust or profit. The ob
At of this disfranchisement was,
lU presumed, to prevent the
Ration of that uufortunate
; 'Mce; not from any callous or
wreless feeling for their unhappy
rfj:i(iition, but for the purpose o"f
'' preservation, from evils
h might arise by the intro
S 11,0,, 0f a c,ass of p0puation
leaded and debased in other
i.'' aml which from the antipa
. of nature and the prejudices
ii fcUUCatlOu. OtlPrnfinrr irrninct
:;e,n, would necessarily remain so
' Ihe same considerations
;floubt prompted the legislature
,,J tarry out as far as nractirablp
k 'ews entertained by the Con-
Itnt;'onof 1602.
:iPerience 1,as sl,own lhat
Til" Were not mlstaken veiws.
! , ecc, of crime in the free
r ;; e.;'s"owafrigufu dispropor-
, ijuu,e "umbers of white and
I livin,?,r,ers' a,Kl most'espe-
; -p no j states where there
i . ----o w t tan IV,IIUS
' ,mPosed upon the blacks.
--acnusetts the blacks
tlif . uisauuity or dis
,,t Caton whatever, under con-
Jn... r ,vy are only one
Th
"fourth part ofthepopula-
' tion, yet they are in the propor
tion of one sixth of the convicts in
ihe state prison.
In Connecticut the black popu
lation is one thirty-fourth part of
the whole. The blacks one third
of the number in the penitentiary.
The constitution of this state in
regard to the qualifications of
electors, is like that of Ohio, in
excluding negroes from the right
of suffrage. The committee,
however, believe that the enact
ments of the legislature have not
plat ed upon them any additional
disability.
New York, by her constitution,
has placed the whites and blacks
upon an exact equality. The
colored population is one thirty
fifth of the whole. One fourth
part of the conviets in her two
penitentiaries are negroes.
The one thirteenth part of the
population of New Jersey is col
ored, and one third of the con
victs, in the penitentiary are
blacks and mulattoes.
In Pennsylvania one third of
the conviets, in the two peniten
tiaries are colored, while the
blacks ar only one thirty-fifth
part of the population.
In Ohio, the hhick population,
as compared with the white, is as
one to one hundred and fifteen.
In the penitentiary the number
of black convicts as compared
with the whites is in the propor
tion of seven to one hundred.
But the st alt prison of Ver
mont illustrates, in its most. glar
ing colors, the impolicy of giving
to the black population the priv
ileges and immunities of the
whites. In that state the negroes
are under no re-'riction that the
white are not. By the census
of 130, Vermont contained
about 277,000 souls; 91S were
negroes. In I S3 1 , there were 74
convicts in the prison, and of
these, twenty four were negroes!
The foregoing statistics have
been gleaned from authentic sour
ces, and principally from the an
nual reports of the American
Prison Discipline Society.
When compared with what is re
ported of the prisons of the slave
holding state, it is shown that
the proportion of negroes in the
penitentiarif of the free states is
in the ratio of more than ten to
one, in favor of the blave holding
states.
To account for this dispropor
tion the main argument is, that by
the spirit of our institutions, the
mind, the capacity of the negro
is not developed, that no encour
agement is given him to abstain
from vice or to prompt him to in
dustry. Without stopping to
combat this proposition in detail,
the committee deem il sufficient
to say, thai the history ol the
race has shown the causes to lie
deeper. Nature has forbidden a
general amalgamation of the two
races; and misfortune, which can
not be at once remedied, has made
the black dependent upon and
subservient to the white man.
The free negroes in Ohio, in
the aggregate are in no better
condition, therefore than the
slaves in Kentucky'. They are
excluded from social intercourse
with the white, and whatever of
education you may give them,
will not tend to elevate their
standing, to any considerable ex
tent. In those free stales where
every right has been extended to
the negro which the white man
claims, it is proven by what is
contained in the above statements,
that his condition is still worse
than in the states where he is un
der restriction. This may appear
singular, indeed, almost un
accountable, but it is nevertheless
true.
There are considerations of a
still graver character than any
presented, which influence the
committee, to ask the passage of
the resolution appended, such as
address themselves to the good
sense of every man; challenging
deep interest and solicitude, and
requiring the calm but firm ac
lion ol every one who has th.
weal of his country near his hean
The germ of a faction has sprung
into Hie in the United States,
which now but feeble in numer
ical force, and not extraordinarily
distinguished for character or ta
lent, may, if its growth be nol
checked by the friends of peace
and good order, through the me
dium of individual exertion, or
legislative enactment, impair the
siaouity ot our federative Union.
It is well known that societies
have been formed in different
pans of the United States, for the
avowed purpose of effecting the
immediate emancipation of all the
slaves. Any one who will reflect
upon this, for a moment, must
come to ihe conclusion, that their
efforts contemplate revolution, and
necessarily strike at the existence
of the U. public. No respect is
paid by them to the compact en
tered into by the States, when the
general government was formed.
The perseverance which has
marked the steps of these vision
aries, the increasing establishment
of newspapers and periodicals to
promulgate their incendiary doc
trines; the donations and be
quests which ihese societies have
received, from men of fortune, to
aid them; ai;d heyur.d all this, the
inculcation of their dangerous
principles in the minds of youth
in our schools and colleges, give
loud warning Mhat the wolfis
upon his walk." Jealousies,
he.irl-burnings, and fears have
been excited amongst our breth
ren of the south, by the counte
nance given to these societies by
men ot respectable standing, and
by the efforts made through their
agents and emissaries, to inflame
the slaws againit the masters, and
thereby produce revolt and insur
rection. Well may Virginia and
the Carolina be indignant at the
fanaticism, or the darker motive
which prompts this mad inter
ference in their internal concerns.
The horrible massaVrc of South
ampton is still fresh in recollec
tion, ami the scenes which follow
ed, when the innocent black was
sacrificed to appease the manes of
the murdered!
Great Britain has been travers
ed by these enthusiasts to gather
funds to accelerate the objects de
sired to be accomplished. These
always met with encouragement,
if the statements made by the
English prints are to be relied on,
from those who would exult in
the dismemberment and destruc
tion of our confederacy; or those
who were most active in bringing
about the manumission ot the
slaves in the British West India
Isles. Speculations have been
indulged in, by men, eminent for
wisdom, with what color facts
have given them for such specula
tions, the committee are unadvis
ed, whether the measure spoken
of is not an insidious blow at the
commerce, the prosperity and the
internal peace of the United
States, in aid of the efforts of our
own disorganizes. This, how
ever, the committee will not
descant upon, though greatly
tempted to do so.
From a principle of self de
fence, then, from what experience
ha3 taught us of the capacity of
the tree blacks to elevate them
selves above their present misera
ble condition, from the enormous
amount of crime perpetrated by
them, as compared with the
crimes committed by the whites
or the slaves; and reflecting that
there is an insurmountable barrier
to their becoming useful or order
ly citizens, which does not arise
from casualty, but from fate;
your committee recommend the
adoplion of the following resolu
tion: Resolved, That it is inexpe
dient, at this time, to take any
legislative action on the subject
matter of the memorials, and that
the committee be discharged from
the further consideration of the
same.
The trial of Luwrence Com
wenced at 9 1-2 o'clock on Sat
urday morning, and lasted until G
o'cock, P. M. Mr. Key made a
speech of fifteen or twenty min
utes; the balance of the day was
consumed in examining witnesses,
principally as to the sanity of the
prisoner. The jury returned at
G P. M., and returned the follow
ing verdict in about ten minutes!
"Not guilty; beinc of the opinion
that he was under the influence of
insanity at the time the act was
committed." -The Court then re
manded the prisoner to jail. We
will publish thewhole trial as soon
as itcan be prepared. Globe.
(TpWe are happy in being-
able to announce that ih
authorities ol the States of Vir
ginia, Mary land, and Pennsylva
nia, have signified their accenl-
ance of the portions of the Cum-
beiland Koad vvilhin those Slates
respectively, agreeably to the
provisions of an act of Congress
ot the last session, authorizing
the expenditure of the sum of
S340, SV) for ils completion.
The road is thus surrendered to
the Stale Governments, and fur
ther appropriations by ihe United
States will become unnecessary.
It will be kept in repair by mo
derate tolls, established and col
lected under tho authority of the
Slates. The above sum will put
the road in complete repair, and
render il equal to any road in our
country. This information will
be gratifying to many of our
readers who are interested in the
condition of that great work.
We understand that arrangements
are already making for the com
pletion of the road. ib.
The Secretary of the Treasury
has issued a Circular to all the
Collectors and Receiving officers
of the U. States, directing them
not to receive in payment for
public does, Bank notes under the
denomination of $5, after the
30th of September next.
JS'ew Jersey. The legislature
of this state has passed a law
abolishing public Executions.
The bill for dividing the Church
property of the society of Friends,
was defeated by its rejection in
one of the branches of that body.
tt7A curious scene occurred
upon the steam boat deck at Al
bany, when the De Witt Clinton
was about to start. A man who
had been married for seven
months, had madearrangement3to
leave his wife and come to this ci
ty. The good dame was not,
however, disposed to allow such
a thing to occur, without some
exerlion on her part to stop it, so
attending him to the dock, as the
last bell of the boat sounded for
her departure, and the last cry of
'all aboard echoed along the
decks, he prepared to walk on
board, when his resolute wife col
lared him, dragged him ashore,
carried him to the Police Office,
and had him sent for thirty days
to prison. JY. 1 . biar.
C7A furious tornado took
place at Columbia, Tenn. on the
21st ult. -lasted but a few min
utes, but tore up trees, fences,
houses &c, killing 8 persons and
Wounding 15. A negro girl Was
blown into a fire and there con
fined by a beam until nearly roast
ed. She was however still Iivincr.
Enormous Consumption of
Silk. A Philadelphia paper
states, on the authority of a dis
course before the American In
stitute, that there ''annually con
sumed in the United Slates more
silk than all the wheat, corn, rye,
oats, flaxseed, biscuit, potatoes
and hops, which are exported,
will pay for, by nearly two mill
ions of dollars. Think of this.
ladies, and beware how you ex-
tend the dimensions of your
sleeves, or we shall be compelled
to add cotton to the appalling list.
Newark Adv.
G7"The case of the Common
wealth vs. Dr. Henry C. Worsh
am, for killing Dr. W. C. Jack
son, came on in the Superior
Court of Nottoway ou Saturday
last, and after a minute examina
tion of the evidence, was submitted
to the Jrry without argument
from the bar upon a charge as to
the law of the case from the Court,
and in a short time the Jury re
turned a verdict,uthat the act was
done in self-defence, and therefore
me prisoner was not guilty.
Petersburg Lit.
Late advices have been receiv
ed from the British. West Indies,
the dates from St. Vincent being
to-the 2d, and irom Trinidad to
the 1 1th March. The 6rst crops
since the emancipation of the Ne
groes, had been taken in, and the
falling off in quality had been so
great, as to realize the worst ap
prehensions of those, who had
least faith in the Apprentice sys
tem. JY. Y. Jour, of Cork.
. A Delightful Climate: The
Quebec Gazette of March 30,
says "the season is still cold, and
we have experienced repeated
snow falls within the last ten days.
The snow in the woods is 5 feet
deep, and about houses and on
the roads has driven sometimes
15 or 20 and even 30 feet deep.
As soon as the milder weather
commences the roads will be im
passable, and the rivers swell and
overflow their banks."
Louisiana Legislature. -This
body have passed a bill imposing
a lax oj all passengers arriving in
that city by ships or steamboats
coming from beyond the limits of
the State every cabin passenger
to pay one dollar, and every deck
and steerage half a dollar. To
levy this impost, two Collectors
are appointed, at a per cent-age
salary not exceeding S3000 each
per annum. They are empower
ed to sweir every captain or
owner of vessels and steamboats,
to give a faithful return of the
number, names, ages and appa
rantages and sex, fee. of their
passengers to have a lien on the
boats or vessels, or institute a suit
for recovery of the actual or pre
sumed amount of the tax; and to
hold the consignees as well as the
owners amenable to its being paid.
The revenue so levied is to be
equally divided one-half to be ap
propriated to the charity hospital:
and the other half to be equally
distributed to the male orphan
asylum, the female ditto, and the
primary schools of New Orleans
-that is, after the 36000 are
deducted to pay the collectors,
and the amount of all expenaes
incurred in suits, &c.
Another section of the bill lad
ing the tax on passengers imposes
a tax on Keepers ol taverns and
grop-shops, coffee-houses, and
billiard tables, of $ 100 a vear.
the like sum on exchange brokers,
and $250 on negro traders, and
$25 on all . retailers; to collect
which an oflicer is to be appointed
with a salary of $300t) a vear
Another section imposes a tax of
100 annually on the agents in
the city of all foreign insurance
offices, and enacts that all real
estate becoming the property of a
foreigner shall be subject to a tax
of 10 per cent.
(I?The citizens of Mecklen
burg county, North Carolina, are
making extensive arranffempnt
for celebrating the anniversary of
u,c declaration ot Independence
which was adopted by the people
of the county, in public assembly,
in the town of Charlotte, on the
20ih ofMav. 1775 more than
j i
a year prior to the declaration by
Congress in July, 1776.
Canals in 2ffinpis. bil!
passed both branches ol the legis
lature of this State, for the con
struction ot a canal frun the Illi
nois river to Lake Miciigan. The
improvement, when completed,
will be 115 miles in length, and
will open a direct corrimunicaiiou
between the Lake anJ New Or
leans, and the river St. Lawrence
and ibe Gulf of Mexico. The es
timated cost of this work is
33,000,000.
(00 n'e of the most successful
rail roads in this country is the
South Carolina, running from
Charleston across the souther
part of the State to Hamburg, on
the Savannah river opposite to
Augusta', a distance of one hun
dred and thirty-five miles. To
gether with its fixtures, locomo
tive engine?, burfhen cars, &c. it
has cost one million two hundred
thousand dollars, nine hundred
thousand being in slock and three
hundred thousand of debt. At a
recent meeting of the Directors it
was resolved to create three thou
sand additional shares of stock at
one hundred dollars each, so as
to pay off the debt. The commit
tee on accounts, in a report mad
to the board, express the opinion
that the whole capital thus aug
mented will yield eight per cent.
The'v give an estimate, founded
on good data, according to which
the gross receipts of trie year be
ginning on the 15th of October
next, will be two hundred and
seventy five thousand dollars.
Current expenses they set down
at one hundred and thirty thou
sand, fifteen fur embankment, and
thirty thousand for new machinery
leaving a balance of nett profits of
one hundred thousand.. Ball. Am.
'03 We understand that Gov.
Dunlap has received a letter from
Lord Aylmer, the Governor Gen.
of British America, at Quebec",
stating in substance that he and
his government are ready to meet
ours in a survey of the route for
the proposed Rail Road from our
Atlantic sea bdard to Quebec
whenever our government shall
appoint the necessary Surveyors
and Engineers. The Report in
our Legislature on this subject,
we are informed, has attracted
the attention of ihe Quebec and
Montreal papers, who have re
published it, and commented upon
it at some length. The Montreal
people feel but little interest in it
as they have comparatively' au
easy communieaiion with the
Atlantic via New York. But the
Quebec people look to this ciiy as
their grand outlet and inlet par
ticularly in the winter and spring
and the months of October and
November. The republication of
Ihe report in our Legislature in
the Quebec newspapers with the
interest felt by the Quebec public
in the establishment nf suoh a
communication, induced Lord
Aylmer to enter upon the subject
with zeal, and therefore, he has
tended a co-operation in a surveys
to Ihe Governor of Maine. Prob
ably Lord Aylmer as Governor
of Lower Canada, has under com
mand a corps of Engineers at
tached to the army stationed at
Quebec or, has the power of de
fraying the expense out of the.
income arising from the sale of
ihe crowfi lands, for it seems that
he has the potver to make the
Canada part of the surtey without
an appropriation by the Colonial
Legislature. Portland Adv.
C7The "Pee Dee Gazette,
and Cheraw Advertiser," pub
lished at Cheraw, S. C. by Math
ew Lyon, is no more. It
breathed its last on Friday morn
ing, April 3, aged 1 1 year, and
aooui mutiius. mis is me se
cond public Journal which has
been permitted to perish at the'
hands of the people of South Car
olina, during the Dreserit monthv
and both for the leant of patronagtt
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