The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-11-05

That The interests ofGn Y ,hands"ail
ar dissiinHs,r Is 81 fa.- fliai eannhi he dented
But tins ,ety dissdnnlanty - one OF lht
~stfnnge,t Iiuks Ia ttfc eha1a vi uri"n. Ih'
tobacco, aau,, %e,,lien, rae, h'u'p, sc. -
Of Ga. s.,uiIi and west, arr tNcitinged i"i
tia products and manufactures Df the n'hit
and rssi, ,u,un ternis oi muiual r~sciProciiy,
mhirh. IA The end, produces az INIT. hoif
al interest ard lr.ling. We .te, II rs true,
referred by a Citzen "f the Sotalh Ia
,b. Tai N Bill, n. an evidence OF the dts-
p%os,ii.n of the northern pts,rlr bonn lac
90 fr.oaeail, and -uphaiieail, c'lls ON
- brefLien,nj io stall, Ia the hrati ih- 'ntc-
rrsl. of III. south. Eta Mas tbs bill, ~
II. -a,s framed ~ tlc north No. itow's
is ,aigin, and It's most lIretrrd s'q'P0'H, 4"
llre ~rsi. A sreai f%"riton III the northern
people are - dtsrly lDJaied ny us opera
tIun ~ uursrl,ts.-Sa, too, w NJ" told al
tfle Missuuia VT sttnn, aud an rllpri Is made
Ia eNclte our seusibllliles. nn u salJret viii
regard ~ winch Ne are already too sus
celt,hle. Bot although the iHsneiPd up
pouruts to dhe iuirudHctinn ot slat'fy INTO
the state 81 Missouri, were FROM tue hnrth,
yet are Ne 10 suppose that their "pi'o7ltlon
WAS induced fy h0slilhy lo ile Sanlii :
Certainly mol. ". ought 10 recollrc1, thai,
marcustomed as they are Ia slavery, mud
III The same time aware Of its d,5rtrrious
effects, they conceived thrmsrl,es bound,
no less by consideration, Of present int
rest than of future policy, Ia withhold, ~
Car as possibir, the introduction into oar
newly settled territories, of IL sprcies OF
population which had proved a baar aud u
curse wherever II had been rrcrI,rd.-ltts
true, uley forgot, III their z"gj la elect tbs
important Object, the consequences III
which the success OF their doctrine would
lead They forgot thai thy were lnt"rle-
ring with the risl', of property, "r. not ~
thluking, they considered that they WIRE
inilu,oc.d b, the purcst motives and the
soun,lrsl pulley. i1lty knew thai in our
national ~c,aupacts and ordinances-in our
declaration III indrprndencr-1 in the Con
clusions al ethical writer's, all men are
acknon legged rs equal and tbey knew loo
that IN The result Of our own calm and dis
Interested deliberations, we even, who dls
pate the Justice of their opposition upon
part,cul.r grounds, ackno"irdge its cor.
.rcc,urss upon g,+teral principles. The
slave holdcfs admit, feel and ,leplore the
evil tcndrey u SLAVE population has upon
onr ,norals and our politics aud iilry are
continually on ilr rack IL devise some
means by which their postcrlty in"y lr nd
of 4 curse that thrIr ancestors have cntaIlrd
Hpnn them. las curse. Tbs slave hol
ding states exhibit the paradox oi idmcnting
The ed Ia HhWh they are SUBJECT, and of
rtgrrlIing lis existence, al the very moment
lhat they are stri> ing 10 extend liz Influence
and are druouucinE those vino arr endea
,oring Ia arrest rs march,
But II IL not my purpose 10 argue IN the
expcdIepcy and poi cy Of particular inca
surrs, and Investigate thru bearing upon
This or that portion az The uniun 1t is la
combat that Spirtt, which, by exciting hos
ttllty IN one scctlnn of the unlon against
another, will inevitably lay the foundation
of Feelings that will lead To its DISSOLUTION
feelings which ne circumstance can check,
and to which time VIII only add n greater
forcr-leclings which ar. too readily che
and which cannot be too .a,nesil,
coinbatird-fctllngs which Our first and
our purcst i~,strinis furcsaw would be excit.
ed by ambitious aud designing drmagogues,
wle si'rklc nj 40 means Ia secure. their
ends. I, for nnr, u Nirginian by birth. by
aud by freling-entcrtainlug u lively
afilSt VI llt NiNfth lhf Siu ifpllllnlDll
Inns III tines past rendered To tie Union,
aud rrgreitlng as much as any man the
declrnslon of her mtsatal aud physical su
prr1ulity, will never advocate means To
promote her Influence, which lnok not 10
the general Interests of the ration. On
national questions | cea,e 10 be a Nlrginian
Il am au .3mdrieun. In the medication
81 This sentlInent-whIeh ! conceive ,hould
h" ihe ala of every man who loves his
country, and looks upon the efforts that
,frr made 10y pseudo patriots and political
biGots Ia create hostile feelings b.twcen
the N"rt4 and South as but little short al
moral If III legal lr"asom-l here throw
d"~n the gauntlet 10 the whnlr host ol
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS they centre them
selves in the peison uf Mr.. q. ~ assume
more shapes than he can find signatures
A NIkGlNlAN.