The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-23


and even of Panama are mere nothlngs in
Importance. II Ia. too, To be held in the
heart of the United StAies-in the Monn.
mental City, as Baltimore has been APPLY
styled. lis object is the snbversion of the
police of the slave holding States its De
legates SEINE OF the toisrsG, most temperate
and most celebrated meu Of the present
century But, LET them speak for them
selves, through their mouth piece, the
g" .Vew York Commercial .4ipfrtiser,h whose
Editor is the ardent promoter il not the
prnmpter of this strange and ridiculous
scheme
From the " Y. Com. 1dUertiser.
There is now in prison IN Alexandria,
black y ung man, who VAS burn free
IN this state. and the proofs of whose free
dom have been laid before the competent
authorities of that district by whom h.
has been ordered to BIZ liberated, on the
payment of his Jail fees. These fees a
mount TO between eighty and nlnety dol
lars, aud unless they are paid, the poor
fellow must be sold into slavery Things
have trul, arrived a fine pass, when mol
only are the irermen of the north, because
the Almighty has made them black, seized
and imprisoned while pu suing their iawf Al
business at the south but even after
| their freedom is so clearly established that
there eau be no dispute about IT, they are
It'll held in durance TO bc sold, unless the
beney0lence of individuals AT the north
will raise money to line the pocket, Of The
south, in the shape of jail fees, which
,f,t LA, I'll
We are happy, however to announce,
that measures are in train To put an end
at once and for ever, to these high handed
and illegal proceedings. An extra meeting
of the Manumsslon Society was called
last week, at which resolutions fere pass
ed directing prosecution 10 be commenc-
ed in the case of the young man lmprisoa-
ed al Acknowledgements an understanding
that the case of Horton may be prosecn-
ted also, should II be thought expedlent 10
select that case TO test the great principle
IN controversy. Committees were appoln-
ted 10 take tn" business in hand, and raise
the ways and meaDs for prosecuting the
suit or suits, with all possible yIgur until
the decision of the highest tribunal in the
| land is obtained. Able counsel have been
consulted aud the committees will nDme
diately enter upon tire execution of Their
duties. No compromise will be accep-
ted until the laws of the southern states
under which, for long series of years,
these aggression, have been pIactlsed, are
repealed, or until they shall hasr been de
clared unconstitutional and void by the
| supreme court. The constitution declares
that the citizens of any individual state
shall be- entitled to all the privileges and
immuoities of citizens al the ses ersl stotes
And those who do not hold the truth
to be self-evident that all men are created
equal, enjoying equal natural rights" &c.
| will be compelled at last to obey this sec
ton of the constitution, although for thir-
ty-nine years they have set it al defiance.
1.-THE General Convention of the sever
| al Mannmissions Societies of the u. States,
will meet in Baltimore % the 25ih Octo
Der, instant, and the following deleg ates
have been appointed from the society in
this city, yez William l.. Stone, The
odore Dwight, James Palmer, Joshua Un-
drrhil, and Aaron Leggett."
Such is the outline of the intentions of
the General Convention of the Manumis-
sion Society and we venture to tell them,
that, If they proceed IN their scheme with
| the same Inconsiderdteness and the same
disregard of Southern interests and South
ern feelings which have characterized
their fist step, they will he met by the
| just Indignation of an incensed communi.
| ty. Has not experience spoken to them
IN terms audible enough to Induce them
to pause and reflect, before they attempt
| an Interference with matters with which
they are wholly unacquainted, and which
must cod, if prosecuted To any considera-
BILE extent, in civil commissions and wide
spread ruin? Have they no fears of con-
sequences Does not the fate of st. Do
mngo make them shudder, when they
must be aware that they are laying the
foundation of similar scenes that they
are placing the torch and the dagger 10
the hands of the incendary and murderer
Do they know that they are creating in
stead oferadicating evil ? That they are
in fact Tightening the bonds of slavery in
stead of unloosinS them and that they
are forging heavier chains for the slave.
rather than bursting the shackles which
already unfortunately weigh him down
We tell them, that if they do attempt the
interference which they threaten--if they
do permit the mad enthusiasm by which
they appear to be actuated to hurry them
on the experiment they have resolved To
make, they will be preparing " poison'd
chaice" for the South, which will be re-
turned to their OVID lips. flour Laws were
unreasonably severe, we should not be the
last to advise their repeal or mitigation.
But such IS not the fact. Our slave pop
ulation compels us to pursue towards the
free blacks aud towards the whites a poll
cy totally disslmilar. We must be per-
atted-it is a right which we possess
and if it were not, it is a duty which we
owe to the peace and repose of society.
strictly to scrutinize the claims to freedom
of such ltinerant coIored persons as may