Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-12-26

IN their own eye before they cudt aNof Ia l'ho'i
The mott from that ofihrir uclehloi9 W TAN q,
freedom whe slavery exists IN the ana anni
spea, with horror nl tn tyranny oi the / Jun w E
foster m ,s winch the best interests oil lh' eo'''
n,t,, ,,,,,i,, should be- removed which VIA denouf4
,cd asta# bane oi onr happiness, by the a'ie'
of The Commonwealth. and u winch W haee the
cause of the lnmentahlc depression oil Eastern vi
onn Every Intelligent individual adnls lhai
shaver, ,sfhe most r,ruicluus of all tn evil with
! which body polite can he afflicted By nun u
| the nasitlnn denied If we except thu tfmtf john
! Ia0,olnll of Roanoke who goes about llEe a il"u
bl,d spirit. Indignantly asgnulung every individual
| AGAINST whom his spleen - excited, Holding ih'se
onlnions Of the MIXTURE and operation ri slavery u
nong ~. lac wished that II should be looked at III
all its nsperts-and should, Therefore, vote asa'ha
the rejection oi the p'tdon".
AIR Chandler Ind been d,irhted At many oi the
II mlals which had been called torth tht morning
lie IN common with his constituents, loohta Ion
ward To the passas" ola law during 'he ''s'"'
session for tho removal of free blacks aoa IL Wts
al 80 m favor ol tn consideration oi amy pan "h'o
mat at some future tnne the Erealehi
curse uh,rh Ind ever been inflicted UPON thN Slate
tie should laob upon the day on which The deliver
nnre nl' the I Commonwealth from the huthrn tia
very should be cvnsummatcdos the most glorious III
the annals Of Virginia, after the ioulh oil MY
l576 IL should vote for any proposition likely I"
realize 81 gfeat an oblcct and should therefore ep#
pose the mallon 10 reject these petitions
Mr. Riyes sud that IN the present laneinfe fe
was opposed IL the consideration OF any rlah ami
lar 10 that proposed N the pctluona- n"l lhai The
subject was not an important one, mud worthy ot
the most profound attention but hcrauae IL n"hh
ton at the present moment appeared 10 Inn lnpa-
/ l,, III 1 II
Virginia were now considering the SUBJECT but he
did not beeye That any public opinion had been
expressed rs 10 whit course ought 10 be pursued
WHY wns II mol better thrn 10 leave 1t 10 the con
sulcraion olthc people, until public opmon should
have become settled H. did not wish 10 20 IN
10 the merits oftho question hut he did noi think
the motion of the gentleman iron Mrrltl'nbue Ia
reject the pcions would 80 to dctde whether
the louise would act ON the subject OF hot IL
that s,neman would withdraw his motion, and
allow hun Mr. r. 10 move to lay the petitions Oh
the Tube Ia be- put as test question, the point
would be trcdrd
Mr. Goode ueecdcd to this suggestion aud with
drew his motion.
Mr. Rges moved to lay the petitions on the loble
and asked the nycs and nors
Mr. SIMS snId, That a. he had not yet formed an
opinion rs The measures 10 he thl,cn 10y ihe egIs
nlIne ~ the subject of slavery lac wished that II
mielln mol nov be aetatcd He did not deny tbo
rleht Of individuals Ia petition m all cases, whtn
by dnlng ~ they did not lnlurc the interests 10th
en-. But IL tbs Gaze lac wished that the SUBJECT
might mol b. nrledupon He did not know the u
piulons Of tn people at large but fla own lmme
dat constituents were not d'sront thai III, sub
lect OF emancipation should be considered
Nj B,ou.lx madcn few rcmmha IN reply 10
y l.. ,lt,,tY1 Ia The
dcIa!Ion 81 heihlcct brcnupc ,tunehl be n'lribu-
tod 10 loa, on In pat of the Legislature A lie
g.slanrc Of Virginia. said Mr. Il never nets from
l'ar and but that he know that the gentleman from
Mcckltnburs could not hAve been nctunicdly sueh
feeling be should have thought that The proposl-
uonof the gentleman to decline acting upon tins
subicct sounded IlIl IT The gentleman sIokf Of
the confidence repoqed IN the slave population
But did he doul that feeling like that winch ~
Mr. b had drserbed did exist IN a large PORTION
othe country q thata panic had exisod,of SCOUTS
of horror III aolEr instances ocrnrrtdi hike ihhi
winch relened whn pInnb curtains "hcro droHn
Al midnight hoin So far from having .Naggfra
ted lor dramatic effect, any lndcnt III those appal.
lag secure those who know them beqt would b.
sensible lhl he hnd greatly uhutcd from the ncinai
reality, md although The gentleman from Alccdcn-
bure nnolt like hundreds Of others III his own
neighborhood haeo been wuali, ctcd ~ unpleasant
apprehension ibo fact was lar otherwise III an eS
trnsite region
MIR Goodc Dos the gentleman Gom Dinwid
die suppose, that iurcndcdto imposn any state
mcut made BY Inn
MI Brorlnax sand he diduot although he had
feared that others might draw the conclusion from
the remarks ofthe gentleman.
Mr. Whether explained tic course hc should pr
L.. IN Inv the tnl,lp
he should vote nganst IT, as the laying the petitions
on the table miah he taken by the petitioners rs an
indication that the House was not n pared n aei
on the blcet thus year, and give thcm encourage
mrnt 10 present them again nCNt SESSION. II tn
question taken on jcctng hc should vote ior
the motion.
Mr. IIalyburton hoped the petition would be re
frred llo vas surprised at the objections madc
10 its reference The question was moi whether
any planof Emancipation should be adopted tni
whether the Iect should be submitted 70 lhr con-
mittee. to be adopted rciectodby hem
A short conversation took place on poinl ofor-
der, when Mr. Rlges Withdrew his motion 10 lay
on he table and Mr. Gooic renewed hls notion TO
reject
Mr. Bryce Off said that he should vote AGAINST
the rejection Of the petitions, met intending thereby
to give any pledge 10 his votes Oh ,l.e sae 1uD
lect hereafter
After some explanation, between Mcssf8. Goode, |
Garter of = w, and Roanc Mr. Goode confined
ms motion to reject 10 the petition Of the Society of
Friends, and the question being put, 1t was decided
in the NEGATIVE by aycs and noes, rs stated IN the
Vngniun of l hnlsd3s
SaturdaH Deccrlcr "A communication
was received FROM the Senate, announcing
thar ,b,v hal naeead .hc Pin from tte Iongc