Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-10-13

FREE NEGROE'.
II is not now novel or a deo,teable promo.
sition, that Slavery - gres, moral aud polHi
cal curse. II j. equally clear, that rs nluluiu-
dInous EVIL. are greatly increased bg the exist.
cnce among u' oia mongrel pnpnladnn, VINO,
freed from the shackies OF bon!agr, yet hear
about them TIE badge OF inferioriil, stamped
upon them ndehby by the hIad OF Nature
aud are therefore deprived OF those tight. OF
ciuz 'nship. without winch they most nrcpssu.
rry be IA degraded cdde-dcprnyrd in morals
mi vicious IN condnet, aud nxercising a mj,.
chevo1s Sd dagger rus ,Hn ienre over those
10 whom they are nomnllly superior.
rhat thy mad any active agency in produ-
cling tha Late co,nmDtian, III tnr lover part' OF
this State, We do not pretend TO assert But,
their mere existence amo0g the slaves Is sulli-
cIeut. OF itself, to excIfe IN the bosnms of the
latter feeling OF Dissatisfaction ~ it'll their own
conhllion- 'pfarendy ~orts, because of the
coercion Ia labor which Il imposes bat essen
nhiy bitter, because OF the comforts which
that labor procures. anl Of which the idle and
d,ssohte habiis Of the Tree negro almost inv nj
oily deptiVe him. The slave, however, is not
carabir ofreasoums correctly, if he reasons at
all, on ;hrse truths. lie .nyies tue free negro
his IdleAps5, and his freedom from restraint,
with all its attendant dlsadVanI ages of poverty
and disease, erane AMI punishment and hence,
Ae viii sometimes indulge the dc!uoipe dean OF
rhrCting his own enanc ipaton by the murder
o( hose who hold him in bondage. Take away
ir Ii 81 IA;
incentive 10 insurrrGtion, and then these " im-
practicable hopes" which now sometimes GIt
before his IMAGINATION, viii 40 Longer embn-
ter hIs nours oil labor, and urge hun to the
commission Of those horIil deeds of ma5sacrr,
which, though they may eint momantdry re.
v,nG", must result dsastrnn,ly, not only TO
the sl,ses rngtg ii i,nmed,1Iel IA their perpe
,rsion, but 10 all that unfortunate race.
We t It stated. IN Norfolk paper, thar,
toe free negroes in Southampton haze been
arouse1, by the late tragic scenes in that
county, aud by the restrictions and grievances
which have b-en imposed upon them, the
Consequence Of those scenes, TO a sense of their
rue interests II Those Interests require that
they shall remove lrom among US and no lon
(
Fenvy to the slaves, and oil degradation to them
selves. Two hundred, in thai county alonr, are
ahUut t. remove 10 LIberIs-io the lani 81
Ihrlr fnretaihers, where they Gao he emphatt-
! cay Tree, AID where, rs in other countries, the
incentives II labor and anterprize are held
out to them where, wal IL will be ia,
reward of industry distnctnn Of ivan-
ng; and resprc ability of m"ral "ofth--Snd
where no nyidious distinctions Of Color exist
TO check the working, ot generous emulation,
! or to ciush the asplrings OF iaudable ambI'un.
| 10 di,pass,Onate mind, 1t would setm ga
necessary TO address any argumentto the free
! negroes thpm5elves--particniHl} To The rrpn
lahle and intelligent among them,nt whom there
| are nahy--to induce them 10 second tue exer.
tons of the Colonization Society, by voIun-
/ taIi.y removing TO land not Onls where they
! shall be free bot where their children may be
well educated, and reputably e-tabl,shed--ihe
impo stability OF dong which here, they knnw
AS wen as We. But, strange TO say, the mos
! powerful Arguments which can be addressed &c
their ssnsc., as veil as 10 their reason, in
a great IN assure unsva,ilng. They SEEM 10 be
!
derive from St ca a Step-and prefer 10 grow
! on here, in the midst OF PeoPie, who we"
! them with suspicion, dIs,rust and hatred and
i who eagerly seIze on every pTgtext to render
thrir situations embarrassing and uneasy.
! Bd,if.hey viii MOI consider for themselves,
we must consider for them. The safety OF
the oeople, is the supreme law aud toihat law
all minor consideration. Must bend. If the
Tree negroes wlil no; smisraie, they must o'
cooteniea 10 endure those prl"ations winch the
pubic interest aud safety call tor Ana AREA
DIV we see indications oil a novoh6ht on I'M
! subject. the sirnulianeousness and generality o
which. although there has been nothing OF pre-
yious concert, prove It's deep Importance nc
less inan its embarrassing character. In tht
last Richmond Enquirer we notice an advertise
nenl, setting forth that IN petition Will be pre-
,entei to the next Legislature of Virginia, from
the county of Westmorelsnd' praying The
massage OF some law TO compel the iree negroes
in this Commonwealth 10 emigrate thereirom
onoer a penalty which will elIsctuay prom ot'
,bs object :" and the people of other couu'
ties are, by the same, notice solicited 10 coop
crate with tue citizens of WeStmofeland II
" riddmt the State of class OF population
which has become dangerous TO our lives an
l;hsr,ie..n So, too, at a meeting Of the citizen
Of Prince George county, IN Msryiand, II wa
70 olyej u rreiuion The nezt Legislature Il