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

anu p'ncl ical remedy In perfor mug II, thu,
'"g"' " ffHeri, 'ha' 4 wuen gytn remedy
Is presented 10 Their acceptance, instad oI
dhe ekamlra.iun aud deliberate cnnsid.rs
ton oi VI, they promptly rejrcf II aud mani
irs' an imp ilieace whenever d su. sion Is
hhde ni any plan 10 romIv, re evil, they
WI expose themselves % the pt0ar h of ,irlo
ing 10 Tue illusions o. self,n,arest anl OF in.
sincerity In the profess nns which they so
oiien make OF desire 10 get rid of slavery.
IL sa eh' misfortune, &, owing ont Of The nc-
III hai'ien Il thr sev rai states. ,omr being
exempt and olh"rs liable Ia this evil, that trey
are too promo 10 misi.teri upt the view. and
WISHES Of zach o her in respect TO IT, TIE
worm aud the South aud the West, when they
UNDERSTAND each other well, must he each con
vince a, that no other desire is en- ertaned 10.
wards the others by any one OF them, than for
theT welfare and prosperity. Il the question
were snbmlttd. whether ihere should lac either
immediate or gradual putau cinatinn of all IN.
slaves IN tn Unied States. without heir re-
moVal or colonization. palnfll IS il is IL exprrss
the opinion, have no doubt iba, IL would b..
| unwIse 10 eDancipate them. Dor | believe
fhhf the aggregate nt he evils which wonld he
"ngfhnefed IN saeiety, upon the supposiun of
sueh general emancipation, and uf the libe
rsisd si"ves remaining promiscuously n
WIS OF slavery, great as they unqnestlouab Y
are
he several States Of the Union we're sen,i.
ME oil the responsibility which acc,ued To them
on the establish aent of the Independence of
the uhred o'ais, IN regard II the subject If
slavery. And many oi them beginning M n
| Itilod piior 10 he telmluai on OF the fevoiu
| iionPiN war, by successive Oui disriuct acts OF
| ifgIsi ton, have effectively provided for the
ambition II slavery within Their respective
Jurisdictions, More tan thirty years aeo an
attempt Mas made in th Commonwealth Ia
al p syst. N OF gr adual enI,n nation 81 nj
lat o that .,h ca he illuSrions Frank IT, had
many eonribu ed I iu.rodnte in the YER
! I''9, ~ the STATE fouu Ted by the benevolent
Penn. Aud, among the acls OF my llfr ~ hich
| ! ok hack 10 win most Sa isiactnn is lhat oi
| a having c" Op rated, with Other Jealous aud
| tHige trends, TO procure hr es ahlishmput
81 that ssie'h IN 'hs ta'e W. be levcd thal
th sum of cd ,lth would have been al
tatned the STATE oil Kentucky, la a gradual
emancipation Of her slaves at hat prfIud.
Would have ttansccnded The aggrega e of mis-,
c Ii'i " 1T mlgrt have rs, ed 10 herself and
L Union geiher, fom the gradua liberation
| OIL AMI her dispersion aud resid nee -
| the th' United S acs We were ove,powerrd
! by numbers hut sobmiited IN the decision OF
the m jorlty with Tho grace which the minority ,
/ IN pu5l, oul yer yied o such Ne
clsi n. lave nevertheless never ceased, and
/ never snail cease, TO r"grei q sipn, the If
! iec'S 81 which have b en 10 pace Nc IN the rrar
/ nionr n-ishbars who sIe exempt iron ST..
rei "a the sia,e of ng'icul u e. the pa
guess of maauia lures, The advance ol inn
] pr"'tment aud the general prosperity ol 20
| eiets
a. pg ia mol
not b5cn unnndfuI offs evils nor lndGcref -
IN adequate remed, fur their remnyal Blu
/ most oL them have hi herto rcuc auilv az
4G'Pscrd III the tuntlnuanc" of these evils be-
| cause they thought icy sa" no pincllCa
| scheme Tor iheu 'rmuval, wlicn va =, from
! ! upclahl OBI ion and lfliruty. IL there
then rea ly M such remedy NJ couture
pernetnally all the IN Quoted misrhiris Of tn,
state al slavery, az il aff cts both the frre d
bond port Jns Of the population Of fhrse states?
! AlrraGy the slaves may BIZ estimated AT Two
/ millions, and the fee population at ten, the
! former being IN the proportion of one 10 five
| otth' later Their respective numbers will
| probably duplicate in periods of thirty three
Years. L. The year CD The number of the
whites vii probably be twepfy. aud of the
black, tour millions :; IN ni"ely six, forty aud
eight and III the year 1929, aboui a century
eignly and sixteen mlIIious. What mind is
sufficiently extensive in its ;ea h. what nerves
! sufficiently strong 10 contemp ate this vast aud
! progressive augmenta ION. without an awful
forSbOJing oil tn" ireme tdous cons qurn es.
| II tn two descriptions OF population were
j equally spread nd in'erminglrd over the whole
surface OF the Unlted States, thrr diffusion
migh diminish the DANCE of their action and
corrupt, & Influence upon each other. The
! slaves ofip- Quilted States are chi nv rrst,ic
ted to one quar- er of ine UnloH, which NAV
lie described with suffice accuracy, by n
boundary brgiuuiug with the mouth OItbe 20
tomae river exrend,u to IS head, ihruce IL
the o ,iot.y Il down it /, the Mississippi, 10
Cuph Of NJ Aicp and with that AID the A e
lanlc OCEAN. aud tnc Bay OF Chesapeake 10
the be ginning. Marylan1, De ware, .issou
ii. part oil Louisiana nd Arkansas, compose
the whole of the residue oiihp slave ilsIict of
The United Stale. Wuhin those imi. all our
slaves are ,onccntralef, and within portion
/ OF them irresistible Causes and inevitably /,
their further concentration. In one Of the
STAT S comprised within these limils, the slave
stock nal al the last censns, the superiority IN
numbers whilst III several o'hrrs the enninert.
fion exhibits the two races in neaTy equal pro-
pprtions
Line alone which unveils every thing per
united men 10 see, can disclose the Consequen-
ces now wrapt IN innfity, oil th" state oi
thugs. winch slightly touched But, with.
out violating his p,erogallve, We may venture
10 CATH IN anticipation, glimpse of some of
, chem.
The hun auty of The slave States of the Union
has prompted them greatly To meliorate the
condition Of slaves 1hey are protected in all
instances by just laws, from injury extending
to the lives, aud 10 many, from cruell y applied
10 their persons. Pub &c opinion has done even
none thun the laws in eleyatng tneir condition
in the scale oil hnman existence. In mis- state
as well as in others. iney are treated wib much
! kindness. aud abundantly supp led with sub
stantal food Of meat ana bread anu vegetables
aud comfortable clothing, whilst they are mod
eraely asked in lanor BIT sail they are
subject to many civil disabilities, and there l.
vast space between them aud the race OF fee
men Our laws continue 10 regard them n,
property, ami consequently as Instruments OF
labor bound 10 obey the mandate oi others
AS mere ahorer the slave feel. that he toll.