Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-10-11
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SATURDAY MORNING. OCT. II. Ia3s.

.Sesro-trndtnS P1eSderI.-The business OF buying
and selling negroes and transporting them from ono
part OF TIN, mon TO tle other, a matter OF gain is
not Only tolerated by the lews Of tho elave-holdurr
States but the occupation one which the actual
co1dition OF things renders necessary, and which is
therefore JusItablc. sorrow for humanity that it IL
So fn'nfu la 1t to every generous bosom, that tho
shoft-slghtcd policy and avarcc of our ancestors
encouraged by Government that, enhcitous on it's
own account for the pccunary prosperity of its Colo
mes, dsrcSarded their moral condtion) should have
imposed upon their potcrty the necessity of holding
feiow-creaturcs i'll bondage and OF exhibiting to the
eyes OF rcpubicanissn and christianity. caravans of
slaves, chained and manacIed, separated from their
parents ana children, and driven into mere homeless
slavery IN distant end strange land We do not
mean to reprobate this practice, because howeyrr
hphorrcut to human bencyoleuce, and theoretical
repubioanlsm We know 1t TO be justified by stern
necessity. But, shall the people of the United States
reward enc who has Systematically engaged in it. with
the irt;sldency Though i, is tolerated nv law aud
the counteiiancc OF society," the people of VIRGINIA
wiling to vote for negro-tradcr the Chief Magis
'rate OF lo.0oOono of freemen Can they who raised
d. " ashIn9ton, Jefferson, and Madison to the Pre-
aidency soop their pride low ~ 10 record their
votes Tor buyer and seller Of human flesh, II tbc-c
Nlrglnan prepared to in1i, this stigma ,,ou the
national character? BY high Heaven, VIC do not
believe It, We do not believe that the Vir~iniau cpp
DC found who satisfied that Andrew Jackson had bccn
regular slavedeacr for profit, would agree IN assg+
In eevatng him to the first station in their oou,trv
to tho station once dgnificd by their honoured Wasb
iagton and Jefferson,
That Gen. Jackson las been tIis rcor,or e,Is
dealer tho statements of Mcssrs Tanneh;U F,rui,
and McNairy of Nashville, his near ncjpbbor. ond
his own confessions, established. In the case rsfr
red to By those gentlemen he pleaded in cxouse tbs,
he had engaged in the traffic from nece-sitv-a p..e
sity imposed upon him by having become security foy
Nessrs Grc,n and Coleman But TINT tbc-o o.
any necessity in the cose, has been controvercd b
Messts. Erwin and McNairy and with tin orests-st
probability of truth their side. The discuss;on
however, has led to other devcIonerron+s ,,h;L a
this charge Of negro trading Cen Jackson beyond
the possibility of eavil dis putc PcIo,u a.
not Ike bare sIaves, who afraid to nuection TN. in
fability of,hcr MASTER close your eve. mon ,t..
extraordinary facte. Exercise tho Judgment which
God has given vcu and the right of enquiry int. ,h
character of public mcn, which is tho privilege fIe
men, and the best security of their liberty.
Byops he Porif,bsoa aE,.) C5,,,,,,yas,, y , G.. -,
re nave WIN aHtonishmcnt, observed the atfeu,nt
10 svilc 10 oro'o-JeH and bully tho most rt.spocts
Dlc gsiltench IRON asserting publicky what is the
80. .o,it uu,n mat General Andrew jackson was in
Tue year lGIl dealer in Negroes; and hcI;ov,,, :,
10 DC our duty to expose fasehoods mud to aid Tho
ruin we do now assure all men whether the fricnd
" II me opPonIhts OF Cen Jackson, far and near
That IN the fab Of the year 1911 Zen Iai.a.' y
John liutchmgs did descend the river Mssissinn; J
!ald al br'shurg at the mouth Of the Bayou Pierre
IN IN tins county with from twenty to thirty Eegroo.
nat a h'Oei OF those Negroes were brought to This
immediate nelgjIbo rhood-and aferwsrd.o e,l N'
ed tor weeks at Mr. Moorc's in the Nj Caleb sct,ip
Inent ten miles from this Town that OIL the o7tb Of
Oecehoor' l"i Zen Jackson sold three negroes. ga
woman named hiS''1h, with her two children Re,,
ben about three years old, end female child nt
the breast called Elsay. in and for the consdero
ton OF Inc sum Of SG5o;"-that on the q8fh off
DECEMBER i8i J., the very day after the former
sale, ana "hiie ~ the same cncaIupment, he sold
to Mr.. James McCaleb, of this county, two Other
Negroes PANIED Cands and Lucinda for the SIM of
Siooo'-I:at nc sold o.her Negroes in this co,,1,g