Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-25

| 'Hlzfd lndi a tribes, has taken occasion Ia
praise the hrst settlers of New Enga.d and
the fonn Ter o. PennS ylsania, in ha sins pur.Ita
sed of the lodlans h. lands they res lived IA
eul'iva'e. noiwi staining heir being provided
with n charter from ihsir sovereign II 18th,
example which the Uuited State, since they
hecam By their idep nd .nce, the soyereIsns
Of the urri'ory, have adopted and orsanr5pd
into t,olitical system. Under that system ihc
Indidns residing within The L lied STATES are
50 far independent. thu ihey live under their
| oDa customs and moi under The iatcs of he u
| StoteS hat Thea ri ats uaon the la is where
they mhahit ~ hunt, are secu,el TO them by
hou9 diaries dehned IN an,icdbie treaties be.
W. he United States md hrin>elvrs: and
thu Whenever thos- bauu hfies are varied il
rs asa by d,nicable and r0tuItqrQ ircdt.ts by
whlch the receive from III Unlipd tates am.
pie compen ion for every right the, have in
The and coded by them. They are so lar de.
pendett IS no. Ia have flIe fightio dispose OF
their Guds Il any private perS n, nor Ia any
power Other than tie uDted States and IL h,
under their projection alone. and not under
that OF any other power, Whether called sub
l. jecis, IT b. whatever name designated such Is
the relation bei"een them aud the I'm ed
Stdtrs That relation Is nrl,her asserted now
IN tie first iImr, nor did it nlginaie with the
treaty If Greenvillr Thee principles have
been uniformly recognised nv the indiaos hem.
selees, hoi only br hat treaty hut in all the
other prev iuus $ well a subsequent ttealies
between them d 'he Ulupd states Such
was the solemn hnancIstIun to the whole
"urld OF thu principles n d of the system reg
ulsnHg our relations Is ih the Ind ans as adj.
mnled hy - aud recognized hy them. T5eie
ean .e no violation of either. H. th dlstdvan.
'ge .: The weaker party, w1ich vail nj ,uo-
j"e Us, AS nation, 10 III juat rep zach of
good mee. aud winch may not bring down up
~ as Toe ma dtctions Of a more sAal =. ana
-o"ertl tribnna
Whether The IrdDan portion Il he inhabi.
tants Of he Gated States will survive, Or
hr, ON extinct, IN til pfogtess p puIaiion
waich the European Race rap,dIy making
tIom the shores Of the Aaniic TO tb So nt he
P,eIf Gee p,orided they are hea,ed ,oiH,
justice and humanity Is p,ooiem les n :
90 ance. The NV aces are not plomI,c.i.
ousiy mi eled toqeih r, but are gene al, sep
afai AID 3istiac communities There is NJ
danger to the whit o. 10 their pnr,ty, rom
80 y wer n from thP wees oil t." Indians.
TFr Case j. widely dill cnt with thn'r Nho
IN IN i'm aedae obi ct ni this Al r"s,
The African PAT ofour popnl to-, or thair
rc'torS. were Hght II the iorclO y aud by
Y nprcP in the prosecution If The mo I abpm
nabis traffic that ev1r disgraced annals of ia.
human race They were chirh pro med in
Iheir na'vI' country, as Gap'ives in VA taken,
a sub a. My sold ny tue c.. queror rs
saves 10 nv slave trader. sonnet me thu mos
airoci - praciic oil kidnapping we're employ ed
10 obtaii, posses ion of III victims. Wars fre.
quru betwe n num~pous aud barbarOns neigh
bou1g RIDES sea tered tloag The coasts or
reached upon The mug'n Of large rivers OF
Africa ih,s' wars were often enkndled and
pos cuted for no pthr obj tthan abta1 a
~ ply # objects fnT hi; most sho HI 6 com
nerCc. In tbuse modes, husbands were ioTo
from ihrtf ~tvet, parsnI- ON their children
brethie n from aach her aud every tie cher
iSnei I'd respec Ell among men, WIS viola ed.
I'm TIE arrival, al the African coat, of the
unfortunate being thus red ced to slavery, tn Y
were embark d on hoard of ship, carefully
constructed aud arranged 10 contain the great
Isl amo MT OF bnman beings Here hey were
,roned md fastened i'll par'dal rows x wd d
together So closely, in iofnsam hn'es, asnot
10 have ROOM for action 81 10 bre thing w'ole-
some ar. The great ann s TO transport the
iarges possible nu'nber, a the easi posi- lie
chnrgr from her native land e. thr markets
jor winch hey wee destined. the gre dinrss
nj nld was frequently nisanPointe' and
pun SIN in MS purPs', by the loss o. moIehcs
ofwhnle carg"es ofihe snnipcis oftnfs infamous
cnmmerce. from Wa ana SUIT m and DIS
ease on thu vo age How mn"h happier
werr Ihes who thu expired. than their miser-
able Survivors
These African slaves we e brought TO the
cOuiin nj If Am ricl and h" islaniS adjacent
10 i. aud formed tho pateni stock a. the race
nav am ing Us, They were brought TO TIE
Colonies now constituting h U. atcs, under
liz sane tOn, and by tn authority OF Brush
laws, which. a an cary perIod OF onr CO hnlal
existence, admitted and tolerated the trad
II is .ue to our COLONIAL ancestors, - -ay, mat
they frequently and earnestly bn unsuccessful
,pmonsi aled To the British Crown 'gam'l IN =
c n tnuance ofthe practice. The Inr"dnc'''"
# slavery into thi, country IS not, therefore,
C a,geable 10 them, bat Government ~ waich
they had no voice, aud over which ihe' h"n
m cont, OIL l. is eqlaly due 10 our parent
state 10 advert o the honorable Tact, hai ID ihe
midst of the Revolutionary war when c"nten
ding for her o~n Independence and liberty,
she evi1ced the sincerity Of the sqIrr
in which those remonsiranccs had b~en
addressed TO The British throne, by de- ouncnig
under tue seserest penalties, the further pose
cution of the slave trade. within her Ja'IsdI
ton. And add with great satisfaction, that
the Congress of the u. Suites passed an ac',
abolishing the trade early as by lheIr con
stitutiou il was suihoris d Ia d.. Ga the second
dav OF Mach; lS07 the ACT was passed, Tor
:, Mich II was my happy lot 10 vote, the h's'
SECTION ot which enact', " That from ahh ailer
the Il st day of Jannaiy, 1905, 1t shall MOI he
lawful 10 import or htihg into the on't"
States or the territories thereof rom sny Tor
pign kingdom, or country, any negro, mnla'' 10
or per,on Of colnr, with Inteni 10 hold, s'h OF
dispose Of such negro, nnlaito, or person oil
color. as a slave, or he held to service or Ia
nor" Thus terminated, we may hope forever
in the g. States, disgracetul uaihc, which
drew after it a traIn OF enormihes surprising IN
magnimde, ,iarkness. and duration, any TINT
ever spraug from any trade pushed by the en-
eIprise or cupidi'y of man.
The United States, as nation, are nov
responsible for the. orig lna'nt od"ciIon, or the
subsequent continuance OF the slave ua"r
Whenever, As has often happened, their ch.''
actet has been assailrd, in foreign countries
and by Eo,eigu Writer'S, on account OF the ~.
s,tu ,on 81 .iayery amo z us, The jas ness OF