The Speech of Henry Berry of Jefferson in the House of Delegates of Virginia
The Speech of Henry Berry of Jefferson in the House of Delegates of Virginia
Henry Berry
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But I think our eastern brethren are to blatne for it; tiiey rather arrogantly advanced their right of property, as an insuperable barrier to our doing any thing for the removal of the evil of slavery, and rather challenged an investigation of their title, and it has been rather rudely handled in tliis debate. Yet. Sir, I am for maintaining the bonds by which we hold this property now, with firmness and with vigilance; because it is necessary to the public safety that we should do so, and becau...se there are vested rights to this property, under the law as it now is. Sir, I should be glad that this house should declare unanimously, that the relations between master and slave should not now be disturbed, that none of the present generation should be re- moved, except those who may be given up voluntarily. But, sir, the plea o( necessity will not answer in har to a scheme for the future gradual emancipation and removal of this class — that measure is within our pow- er. The evil was gradually entailed upon us, and can only be gradually removed.
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