Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-27


was sincere; that ID went something farther
than mere hp-serrice. Now, among the
known and acknowledged writings Of Mr.
Jefferson, nothing has been more universally
admirCd than the Declaration OF IRdepes-
dease. Our readers ara so familiar with that
mastery paper that they Fll at sRee recolIect
the following language quoted from it:-"Ws
| hold these truths TO be sslEeVidenr, that az
men are created equal; that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalisnable
rights; that among these are lie. liberty. aud
the pursuit ofhappiness
In the Virginia Bin Of Rights, or preamble
to the constitution, unariu ously adopted IA
Juae, IT'S, and re adopted without alteration
by the late convention. we nsst with the fol
lowing doctline in tina very FIRST seatsucs:--
THAT all men are by nature equally free
! and independent, and have certain inherent
rights, of which. when they enter into IA state
Of soeiety. thev cannot, by any compact, de-
priye Or divest their pOsterity: namely, the
snioymsnt of life ard liberty, with the
| means of acquiring and possessing prop
eitY, and pursuing and obtaining happiness
and safety We shall not ensUmbsy our
selves with The inquiry whether the principles
announced in the Bill Of Rights and the Dec
laration Of Independence, so highly and re-
, peatedIy sanctioned, are just and true in
themselves, or whether these celebrated pa
pers, are, as Randolph would say, mere
..lanfaronade Of sbssrsctons." Nor shall wa
stop 10 inquire hew far or how well the prac-
tee of our country qaadrates with MS favor
tie abstract theories. We merely ask wheth
er the so called free people Of color of the
United States Constitute a part oil the All
mea"- wheshes. ia fact, they are to be con-
sdsred as properly belonging to the human
species, or only variety Of the monkey race
an improvement ia general sonfguration
and sagsci'y upon the curang-outsng? Thai
they have been nuisance to us has been
long seen, felt and admitted Virginia has
attempted 10 rid herself Of them, or of
tho worst of them, several years ago bs
legislation. Ohio has recently followed her
example. and stll more recently, and with ia
Gnitely greater reason, Louisiana has follow
cd in tho same track. Canada, to which they
had thought of migrating, is unwilling TO
! receive them. Should the ether States, Aat
uray avsrse to being made the depot for the
''dregs and feculence" of the worst part o.
heir neighbors population, enact similar
avs, whore shall they goP The American
colonization society, with such men ct its
head as the late Judge WASHINGTON, Chief
Js.ti-e MARSHALL, WILLIAM II. CsAwroRD'
and HENRY CLAY, sIsge hotdels trOnl siaUe-
hiding ISiates, proposes to send tAem back to
the home OF their fathers, and accordingly,
under the auspices OF flis society, q small but
! fourishing colony has been founded on the
Western Coast OF AFRICA, where their OWE
colored countIymen and bouudleSs extent
OF fertile country is ready to receive them -
/ Ia the United States, their present condition
never can bo essentially amelierated. There
they may enjoy equality, freedom and pieaty
| The American Colonization Seciety rs n
voluntary association for a purpose as purely
/ benevolent, philanthropio, and patnohc as
ever warmed the heart or animated the efforts
of man, maugre all the mean and malignant
destinations to The contrary. fts resources,
with the exception of few Legislative dona-
tions, have hitherto been wholly derived
F, from the voluntary contributors Of its mem
bers. Itproposes only 10 transport the Gree
people Of colour of the United States 10 Afi-
ca. 1t enables he slave holder, who is dis
posed to masumit, TO do so without in jury to
his own country. Ii offers to the msnumitted
slave an ASYLUM and home, where real lib
erty may be had and enjoyed, and where bis
prosperity and happiness viii depend upon
his own conduct. IL RsceT has nledsIed toit.
the relation cf master and SlaUs. Ii would de-
preeate and resist any oflieious and nhschiev'
Gus intermeddling with that relation. Tbs
right OF property in the owner - conseerated
aud secured by the constitution OF the United
States. That constitution, happily, does not
Give, and move, and have ITS being in the
cob web brains Of Southern madncn, but in
the hearts Of the American People; and