Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-30

sionaIly springs forth; and but Tor this, Virginia
would rise from her bed of sloth, and enter into
successful competition, with her more prosperous
sisters This is no ''viSion wild"-it it plain mat
| ter of fact, substantatcd by experience in other
States Is it therefore WISE is it poletic is it safe,
| to defer the commencement of SO great u work as
that which would thus elevate the State and inn
prove the condition ofthc great body of tho people?
cnrcat those who oppose us, to pause and reflect.
! Ii the door be now closed to all hone of remedy
who ofthc ''bonc and Sircw" of our country would
wait to perform the dirciul work of sscIosing The
| awful DRAMA" and see our land drcnchcd i'm human
blood, while such fair fields await them i'm the ..far
VEST" Or who would conscn. to remain here with
all these evils around them, to toll on worn out
lands for Il hard earned pittancc that their chill
dr"n may toll harder still, for still more mcagrc
return! Fora the number of our slaves increase,
the capacity of the poor white man. to maintain
ms family, will proporionatcly diminish.
This great question, in all its bearings is now
before uS-the people Will sec their interest,
ana seeing It, they have the power, and man RENE
dy the evil. The declaration by the opponents of
abolition, that the resources of the State are mad.
cquatc To make compensation, should surely turn
them TO such scheme, as that embraced by Ran
dopfs resolution. That declaration pleads i'm
language clear and strong, the necessity the abso
late neccssity for it's adoption, to save us from
condition Of overwhelming calGmitics i'm our native
land or TO shield us from the necessity of bidding
"our native land good night" In this last men.
toned event, what will be the condition of East
ern Virginia. Let those who can consent to re.
main here, under such circumstances cast about
them for the answer.
| Men of reflection and observation may form
some probable conjecture of the future, by tho past
and on such the experience Of others is not always
lost In the northampton address, we are told
that the evils of slavery not ncw but that the
subject has long cnCrosscd the serious considora-
ton of rejecting minds. This is Il truth which
can be attcsted by thousands and could be by ALL
II the secrets of mems hearts opened to noon
day inspection. But alas! too many like "Roanc"
| conclude that III such this, "the head
should not take counsel of the heart" and there
fore it is, that all who think with him, lock up
this truth in the secret of their hearts.
IL is observation and experience which prove
that continuance of this evil, will still farther
impovcrsh soil, and keep our farmers poor;
they have demonstrated that free white labour has
improved the lads wherever it has been employed
to any extent, and that prosperity and con,cntmcnt
are lis constant attendants. But, although this is,
and must be the result OF calm examinations in
which the "hcad and heart" mutually assist each
other, although it may he that our country
would prosper, and the condition of the great body
| Of the people would be greatly improved in prospc
rity we'll as morally and although
| 1t may be fairly proven, that peace and tran
GUILTY. and even the security of our lives, require
the adoption of some plan to remove this sorest of
cvilsand although to do this facts big with horror
are rcatcd-yct, at every step which we take, to
effect this high and righteous purposc-at every
advance, are met with the cry of Property!
Property! Property! SO, in the days of our great
| Henry, told, that when shouts of Washing
ton ana victory were ringing through our land,
| and all men were uniting i'll the general Joy in
prospect of tranquility and peace, when all the
storm of battle should be hushcd, the ears of our
| ancestors ''wcrc stunned with voice crying
through the American camp beef beef! beef ~
Would that the spirit of Henry actuatcd the lead
ing men in these days.
After seeing the mastery manner in which
| Jefferson" i'll his expose Of "Apponlattox," has
handled the Court House memorial, from the
county of Hanover, | should not now advert to
that, but for the purpose of mentioning some
things, which writer, who signs himself 'Hano-
vcr, entirely omitted i'll his attempts to set 'Jcffcr
SOM to rights. And by the way, will here take
occasion to mention an impression, made on my
mind, when first read this said Court House me-
mortal: namely, that the said memorial was insti-
gated by "Appomattox," if indeed he did not actu
ally pen it. But if should be mistaken, the rcscm
blance of the Scar marks" very like those of
| his production, and the zeal which he has
manifested IN his second essay, to defend it,
is so great, that l may readily be excused,
for mentioning that impression. "Hanover" sets
out, by attempting to give reasons for the small
number of subscribers to that general order, issu-
ed from Hanover Court House, by the fortv-six:
and asserts, that it was in consequence of "thc
badness of the weather the preceding dan and nght
| and the snow which fell on that day." Now as
| by lar, the greater number of persons who usually
attend Hanover Court, go there attend to their bu-
sness, and return home on the same day, should
bc at loss to know, what the weather on the pre-
ceding day and night had to do with it, but for the
fact, that the weather, on the preceding day and
night too ''bad" for them to send mcssages TO
their friends, to meet them there on that day.-No
publtc notice OF the meeting giUcn. Hanover
also, entirely omitted to mention, a circumstance
calculated to give an imposing aspect to that pa
per, that it was signed by persons Of various ages
and conditions. Old men, nOn-reSidentS of the
County, persons arhO haze no uote, and Jeardless
60yS! and furthermore, that two 0RLy signed
that memorial who had previously signed the &C.
nulne Hanover memorial
i "Ianovcr' says, 81 think am not mistaken in
| saying, that this memorial (the Court House me-
morIaD speaks the sentiments of nine tenths of
| the persons of the County" | know not in what
part of the County of Hanover, that gentleman re.
may possess on this subect--but l speak advised
ly, when | say, he is greatly mistaken. If he had
said, that nine tcnths in favour of abolition
he would have been nearer the mark.
In his attempt to justify the language of that
paper, he says, "our title to slaves had been
questioned, and this carries ioith The charge, that
'Ce LtUe IN tie constant practice of injuStice" (It
is |, as "Appomatox" says, who have put these
words in talcs) "Ilanover' is the first or at
most, the second man, who now rccollcct to have
heard vlndIcate the practice of slavery upon prn-
cplcs of Justice! The most determined opponents
of abolition, have not vcntured at this day, to use
such arguments as this; but with becoming mag
ground of necessity and even in this, have failed
to sustain themselves by sound arguments: but
this writer overlapping all the acInow Judgments
of friend and foe to the cause, attempts to Justify
it, because it is JaSH file is welcome to all the
good which he may derive from his arguments to
sustain it, and to all the benefit which it may bring
to his Causc-for feel assured, that not one tenth
of his boosted nine tcnths, will be found in Hano-
yer, i'll Virginia, in the Christianiz ed world to
agree with him.
will here take occasion to observe that in order
to lessen the weight of the Hanover memorial,
frpr hoo,