Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-21

From hs Amertnn FWme'.
on MANUMi3SlOA OF NEGROES.
The fine las arrived whcn tins subject ought
Ia he I'll. u up by the Legislature of Maryland
We feel nr,iher disposed nor qualified 10 dts.
russ = and we shalt sci out with the ayo~al Oi
our resolution no to be drawn into any debnte,
on the abstract question, nor INTO angry re-.
erimiuniinn with any who hold opinions differ
ing fom our own We will lutte in denoun.
cling II with the bitercH enemy ri slavery
in any form, exist as IL my, sill, slavery.
| ihou ari bitter iraug ht'-but bitter rs II Is, II
IA not 80 deadly and poisonous MS manumission
| i 10 those who remain where slavery is sane.
! toned by the laws--expriinnce proves that
! there is no CONDITION al humanity, which begets
more wfetc'edness, mare we, more premA.
inre disease and mort illty, than tina, of eman-
fipntcd negroes who tenpln ~llhont political
r'ghts in the mid,l OF "A Tree Vlnte pOpunilon
They enbiter by thcir presence the happiness
of those VINO ramain slaves. They eniice them
add lnru, IL them facilities to elope and lead
foteyeI nfetr ~ miserable hle in perpetual
d. ad oI aprrr ension. Nay, II i, notorious
ihal they nfen seduce the slave into criminal
violations of the law, IN supply tpem with the
mean ut sub i,lrnGc, which, overcome by Indn-
In = or fncrsaled by drunlSness, they rarely
provide f5r Themselves. In every aspcct the
Dir trnciyn NJ the mo ais, the happiness, aud
even OF thu live. al themselves aud the slaves
wiz whom they associate aud are Connected.
/ On the scJte ibrn Of sheer humanity ms well
$50 phlicp. Tor ~ lhIs cas' they are insepaIn-
! bet hos the i'gisi lure 10 pr vide agai ST
! ~" man lmiN IN of ~ ernrs, ultfH on comb
Ion " pforisiOn beng mad for their ieatng
he country II may he sad thai ihis " ,ud
: be an INV atran able Interference with the Iig :
o proprity, bIt dos uot the vriy unstliutipn
/ oi goNef. meat pIes 'ppase the power ON the
/ mart Of he Cover .ta'ut AZ eSta III he'd Ia 10
tefisre with the lsh'S and d.. p siflun oil pro-
+ perry, wi h n Vie" to the general good l. It
/ mi the very i'm end purpose Of government /?
/ For what other ~ would men Surrender their
aturai freedom II tbr lrti.lafure Of >ia'e
On say thai | sha not sell a rel Of nour
hut { part 'alaf weight, an VI mat a hog,head
Of ioha co sh n ~ o. u certain dlmrnsion
have power 10 reg late h number uf nail, in
hnop. shall 1t not nave power 10 prevent
men under ne influence of mistaken philan.
trorN, from en- aiIng n mornl pfs'ilence on
tn community Saal we he allowed 10 rx
trart rom any uhstpufe. all that can be squep-
80 onr of II, 10 s'tsiV "ur own wants aud de-
/ sireS whether real a. suuptuarv, and when we
en- no longer derive from IL advantage or
I i tsure, he permitted u cast the refuse mass
nm i've lighawy, lh're 10 corrupt aud pntIiiy
cShn ing dis 'asc and death 70 nj around Be
II observed, that we are not discussing The
/ right of slavery in the absuact--ihat his $
quite another matter we thor The pfincl, lie
hut the evil il nee il esists; il has been EN-
tailed apon MS, and il /, worse than folly 10 say
that We shall not re- ulafr, no llfy, dirinish aud
eHurpaie thnl evil. IN a IN inner most promotlve
Of the pubic interest aud the general happinr :
II man would so far forget what is due 10 nrr-
cH ana humanity, ms 10 con ign n numher ofhs
elbow Gre 'tntrs 10 inevitable ptivaiion aud
/ "f"'chfhhess, under TIN garb Or honest nfln-
ence "I ieigion on uenevoienCe, Arrest his hnnd
and tell HIM, No slr--you SHAH cherish these
unfortunate people, Won shall as your nrig hbors
do feed and cohe them -proyile attendant
and medicmr when sick, and kind treatment M
all Tune, compe ling them 10 LABOR regularly
and steadl y tor their own happn IS sake n,
We'll n for their subs sfenrc, bat do not for
profit or conscience, sake urn them loose upon
your neighhor.. 10 work their way through
drunkenness and misery, and crime, 10 the pen.
item larry and the galons--stnng as the, must
ever he IN the sight ot genuine liberty by an e.
ternal sense Of real degradation. II you would
accomplish for them the benefit y,u pta.ess II
Il he yonr wish to confer, provide the mans Of
sending them To Hay'i or AZ; lea, whele they
may become animated and elevated b, u seuse
OF equality aud real independence, and where
II will be the interest of all thai a should labo,
aud e secure In the fruits OF Their ind str, we
VIII not permh society aud the very subjects o.
Your caprice, or your III directed philanthropy, j..
10 be essentially mi red that You may be graft
! fed
Where they are cmancipnted by the las, will
aud testament, require the testator 10 max.
provision also for their trans po, alton and Tor
This purpose The labor ofthose who are grow n
might be appropriated for u term suifi lent to
aeiriy the expense OF Transporting al. Bur
II IS not our purpose q g. into ANY Diet us--aud
+ al W. mean To say is, that slf interest aud
humanity alike demand that measures b. adop
'eH TO prevenl the residence OF Zee negroes ia
'he coun'ty-wrre We recommending that mea
s"res be aiken 10 erimguiSh The race diiogt her,
"rVeril he'rve that liter the GIe the means ur 81
certain AMI far more cruel would be TO manu-.
MI them all and leave them like the poor In.
e'an' with " the word Of promise kept To the
ear AMI broken to the hope to 90 by the same
ROAD. surely, Though pethauS not so SLOWLY
10 'hr same goal OF tHai crisr1tiaaiion.
" would hnmillla,c us II we could believe il
necessary here to guard the reader agaipst n
nSconsirucllon ofour principles so lar as Ia lima
elne tha' We Recognise any rght but IN the Slate
Governments 10 interfere in any manner or
form ~ matter essentially domestic. II is one
AT which we hold the General Government. TO
have no right even 10 glance. II is not in the
oond and that is enough-neiher was il fit that
il should be there.
From The Nt,c York Commercial Advertiser,
LlBERiA-No. l.
The operations of the Colonization Soce,y
are very generally viewed in the light of an ex
pertinent. This view is psrtaily correct Blu