Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-22

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VAsi is this bot esnsosships ~ vhAt ri ell
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The pssss ahall sr.essht 70 sxsseaue. The eAasess
Of IL Ahssy q guaranteed By Ne ssussitstioa. il U
liaaitab's. U Tie Legislstsrs NV inpess one ne
friction, Why nay Il not snothert Why may h rot
erect csnsor in Riehmond o. wAssssoayer these b
. pre-. with powers to examkss whstsosvss ID de-
sigusa to be published. and TO exclude. what b his
opinion has tendency hovsver remote. however the
publication was desgnsd, q however arbitrary may
DO tho coacuson, to ncite nsursectioa or rsbelion
The conductors Of the press, like Ill other ditixsns,
are and ought to be, rsaponaiheto lau for the is-
chief they may infict, but not In this way-not By
restrissions which compel them to consult not
their orn, bat the discretion ofotsrs. In What they
shall OF shall mot print. The press cannot BE-
said to b Jfss, which 10 da6ied the right Of
judging Cor tssH what Il may publish II 10 not lire
the chartered iberne, tia air, to which Lord Chat
ham compared It, in the language Of Shakespeare, hst
u cramped and cribbed by prohibition. and previous
demarsatioa Of its imits- Whatever necessity may
ex for the enactment of new penalties to protsct the
public sfety against the sssaus Of such agtiaus in
eendiaries a. the osthar Of the Boston pamphlet
and though in our opaiou, Il would have been more
dscreet in the Executive TO have raised that pub
into conssQuoncss ~ making il the subject oi
formal eomuunieatioa to the Gsaessl Assembly
ve aay, whatever Necessity thnse aay - for new
penalties. and d matters staad, ve fully admit The
necsStywe do not perceive the necessity Of caring
one evil by the Introduction of another.
1.-THE first section ininges the rights of tina Prezs,
the rights ofproperty and Of conscience, seem to us
iuv al hv fbaE
s In many cases enhanced, doubled, by his ability 70
read and write. Has the Legislature right to do
that which materially impairs tho value OF propetys
Many religious persons fanatics If you please to call
them so) esteem it tho highest and most indispenn-
BILE Christian duty to teach their slaves to read the
Bible. Has tho Legislature right 70 interfere no.
tweoo them and their consaences? To be sure if the
plea Of Necessity be sustained, and if the nature Of
this necessity be Of that high and stern description
supposed, there is IN epd of all argument But this
latter superstition we deny.
Before we conclude. we request 70 draw the stten.
ton of the negro pbilanthrapis Of the Nosth THAT
ofcious intermeddler, vho negscg the white slaves
around bum, must needs exercise bis sickly seusihl-
ties en- those who are thousand times better OIL
to this statute, and to paragraph in Gen. Haynes
Into speech u, the Senate Of the u. States. "Sir,
all our difficulties on this subject have arisen from in
reference from abroad, which has disturbed, and
may again disturb, our domestic tranquility, JUDI 90
foros 10 bring down pHnishmeut upon the heads Of
ne xyo'tuoate victims Of Jaaatieai and Uaistaken
humanity" This has been, will and must be, the
fruit Of such Interference We Do believe. that the
views of the people Of tho North collectively are in
the highest degree, just and liberal upon this subject
It is only Tho phlanthropic fool who has py d.spoai.
ton TO DO meddlipg.
The Senate has yet to aot bafbre the above hill
becomes law.