Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-25
JAN. 25, 1880.

~ ,l,csd. notes of whose evidence we took,
-, ub;cl, we decline publishing, as the accus-
81 were sent on for further trial. The exam
co,r, will he held for that purpose next
r.,Iav. At Campbell court house. We have not
,C the fate of the three (all named Alb
.,,o, who were taken TO 7 ittsylvnnia Tor iIial.
p,,ledse and North were admitted to bail, each
: The sum Of $500. Robert Scott and David T.
Ct, AGAINST whom processes we're also issued,
o.caned. and it is said have ned wes'war!ly.-
rhsss men were once held IN respect by the
conmunity-of Or. Rutledse, particularly. the
ui,nesses smoke invariably as upright and ami
able. and as worthy ofthe highest regard, until
the rnmor became prevalent thai he was con.
,oc,pd with a gang Of counterfeiters If they
40 innocent, we hope that they may be enabled
clearly TO demonstrate IT.
ar we lately adverted 10 a sentiment cou-
,,;oed in li.e Annual Message OF Gov. Miller 10
The legislature of South Carolina, on the sub
isc, or Slavery, which he pronounced to be a
beneft rather than an evil to the community
., larpe. The reasoning By which he arrives
at this absurd conclusion, IA Oh n par with the
,,oc,,ine i~tselr-lo wit, that in all communities
,hore must exist slavery in some character,
either voluntary or involuntary, and thai the
amer IL preferable TO the former. This (he'ng
.n.,,re,ed J means that Providence has 50
ordered things, tina, there must be a %laboring
s'.s,-and he prefers q black population, sub
iect to uetpetual bondage throughout all time,
10 a white population whose services to their
EMPLOYERS arc matters OF mutual contract, the
result ofreciprocal necessities, aad the creator
Of reciproeal obligations, binding alike on each
PARTY. Such a preference may he fell by Gov
Miller but il appears To US TO be a state Of
ieeling al war with sound principles both ia
politics am. morality. We might, indeed, have
expected 10 hear the necessity of involuntary
slavery. supported by such reasoning by an
Algerine or Tuuisian %corsair, a century ago,
defenceiess jewellers on the shores of Italy.
and 10 uaarmed cruisers In the Mediterranean :.
bnt, we had never expected 10 hear An evil
ackaowiedsiy n sore and oppressive evil, on
almost all hands. Just fed aud defended by
al American statesInan, with argum' ots which
can have beeu derived only from that source.
II would he supererogaiory TO show the i'm
menseiy preferable condition Of that class OF
people whose servitode rs an act of free agen.
Gy-a ser,itude from W hich superior talents or
the sudden acquisition OF wealth frequently
exiriUaic individuals, and which, in the revo.
iniions of l'me, thalr posterity may, ave, CiH
shake o1-ovPr those who, from the necessity
from which they can never rise to the dignity
nor enjoy the rights OF freemen, even though
parent 10 need demonstration And IL Gov.
Miller really enteEtains a contrary belief, he
can test It's accuracy by h very simple process.
Let him 20 TO Tnnis or Algiers, and sell him
self and his posieriiy rs ~sIaves-put on the
yoke, and subject himself 20 the lash of the
Isskmaster, and the thousand other indig mites
consequent upon the state of involuntary slave
ry-and he will iscover the fallacy Of his
doctrine and his folly in subiecling it to such a
severely practical test. Then, too, there are
abe debating effects of a henig1 tied ignorance
Of all the sh duties and d esiinies of man,
which no rny of light is ever permitted 10 per-
eifate-rendered more debasing still, il pcssf.
ble, ny the chilling reflection that no merit can
redeem 'hem from the reproach of the caste to
Which they belong-no e1ertions rescue them
from heir degraded condition. Is there notn-
1hg in .hcse considerations which shows iuvol-
on'ary s'aperyt TO he a curse upon any country
1t is cans Of deep regret that political ques
tons, having no immediate connection with
Tins subject, have been permitted TO mingie
! ser afperities in lis discussion. Blu, for this
We most eonscien,iously believe that we should
never have heard such a ent,men advanced
as mat upon which We have been commenting,
by any man in this country. We believe, too,
taat the conduct of many philanthropic but vi
eioharv men in the Northern and Eastern Sec
IONS Il the Union has tended TO create a sen.
s'l'e"ess on This subject, which k,ndles into a
name ut the least allasion to Il from that quar-.
"r' These men should he admonished by the
'Fmperate and rejecting among themselves Of
ee IMPROPERLY Of ;n,ermeddiing with a matter
y me nature Of which they cannot but be pro-
'oonu'y lgnorani-if for no other reason, be-
cause they tighten the cords which they are
.""e"'or'ng to loosen. and, by exciting feel
Jugs OF dlscoh'ent on one part and distrust on
we other. induce the adoption of measures of
greater harshness and severity than would 9th
er%ise be resorted to
We nav, just met with "a paragraph giving a
''r' Outline OF the opinions entertained on the
su"Ject oil Slavery by tina, eccepiric genius, the
u IL