Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-01-26

iegis alton could do no good-,hat it was vain
IN Tue blouse To attempt 20 ccin,nit tho State M
to policy which it did not approve. If mes.
snres recommended here did 10, rec, i've publ,
-anc'lon, what sas nnw 9nIc wonId snan be- TN.
done; and why Rrsu into Legislation, when 4
was admi'tcd by oil, that schcmc we In
heard OF, looAns to abolition, could commcnc.
lis operation in les than thirty year.
ga the contrary, let us pause, let us deliberate
irt us make an cNpcrinont by the transportation
OF me ireo people at color. Eight or ten wears
would be required for that purpose, under the most
favorable auspices. AM! le hoped that facts would
operation, which eanno, np,c cer,a inly rely
upon.
Difficulties, which appeared f,r,mdabl. RON.
might VANISH. But resting upon this hope sh.,l
We tsfo a slap now, which cannot rc,racn
when disappointment Kinks our hopes! He said,
nc Was unwilu. to boli"va, that th. subject: with
all ITS diihsni.s, WAS beyond tho hopo of relief
bn ! seemed 10 him, that tho nrhc,nc vas no, W.,
devised, by which the cns could be accomplished
ITO WAS proud, - hoa.', that ha lad heretofore
seen IN hio coun,ryu,.n energy equal To every
emergency; and hu still! trusted, he still hopci
hink'nE thus, it was at his suggestion that his
TREND iL,m BrunSr lex, the other ,ay invi,.d
E"",lemra from Al. parts Of tho Hou.u To submit
any scheme, which lnd prrs-n, cd itso,r Ia their
minds, hv "f which this rrn,t obicc, could
hc accomplished. II s Il now osp.rinsnt upcu
winch we about TO enter. llirtory affords mn
parallel to u" effort propose 10 m.a, No
! ,''s'anc" has yet occurred. in which an av.uu.
mas been ,Sd" ,c remove from. State riyo;uelfihs
OF Ills total population. TO sag i, ccraoi hr Of
f"oted, i'y lie saying tno much. B;,, he hSzsriS
'l" :" Ia" asserts. that it will require eou,ury for
IT. accomplishment. Ii wo pau., svl.ils and
wat Ia" succcss OF oxPcriincnts,w about
mehs", upon the troc co!oured populations wc may
go TO IN" erost task, Wit. beltor liyhts-NVbat IA
but experiment, now. will be experience then.
Another reason why he did not think we ought
70 touch Inc question OF abolition, is found in tho
'','' TINT u" drlne opinion, has bccn formed or
! expressed by Il large mass of the people. This
| House was "lrctnd wi,h no view 10 thi. subject
Perhaps IT this matter pd boon in contamination,
sumo ether might, now, occupy Law scat in this
ilensc' who might TOO bstter Informed, as To the
Wish-" o! my constituents, luore caoubc OF yr.,,
ing tI.la giant, and moro worthy Of il,is high ,ra-
The Mcmi'"rs al the sc>t Assembly will be elect
cd with reference TO this question, and will come
prepared TO act.
But attempts are na,,o to alarm ,,c far. 10 NV
cite ns I" immediate actou upon this subject; and
with thi' view, gloomy pictures ar pre.ontrd %
our InE!naion', to satisfy us, that the idea of ru,
Tic security is gone in Eastern Virginia, and that
no man Can enicy tr blnssin OF Life, in their ure
sent condition. The acts Of thu Bandit, of Jon,h
nniP'on, thu inc Snd progress Of Nat. Turner
hnvo been ndverted Ia. Those occurrences HAY
been mhs"iiioi, tale Of fancy h,s been created
out oil ti"'h, which inay do worry oil, 10 frph,en
naughty children. Bat gentlemen canno, cxncct
tho Legislature o! !hs Commonwealth To he inllu
ehceu nv sueh ertravagant picturop. In what
Wow will history regard this SOUTHAMPTON MACS.
\ nAort paragraph will sum up the whole sior,
1t will BIZ wrI.:ea, "thst in the year 1881 dcIyJ:d
J"nnhs lived in the County of Southamu.on: az y
man ~ In. n"'ne 'i Gabriel. lived in III. City of
hichinond many years prcvicns; who being una
bio te enjoy the blessings of lie himself and ra
vous OF the ca oymonts Others had tho at:Lrcs.
L" coi!ect teScthOT, number OF ignorsnt & nfstu.
atOd slaves, end by stimulating their coward hearts
with sprituous liquors, he procu ed their coou.ra
t:on in su indi-criminato hatchery of mon wo
men, and Children to the number OF fifty or sistv
and that in less than thirty hours, uf,or the insur
rcctIon broke out, the whole party wsro d;snc,.
cd, portion of them killed, and the remain
cor taken prisoners, with tho single execution of
General Nat, himself lie found means I, escnpc.
and conceal himself in tho pines for several weeks
when he was captured by a solifary white man rbn
passed through the wood in which he was con
Scaicd. He was tried, condemned and e,ccn
t'"' u" eon"pirator, and expiutcd his crimes
ny public execution" If this transaction
~ viewed as the faithful hist orian will reproscnt il
is thore really any thing in il cslcuntcd To DESTROY
the idea o. public security so far from il. This
snort history IL pregnant with facts and eireum
stances which shew to my mind, that no extensive
mischief, no concerted plan, need be appreLcn dcd
from these people. At the time of those move
mcn's in Southampton, there was in the adjoining
ana neighhouring counties, between the ocean and
'ho mountain. anu OH tho south sido Of james Ri
yer, ABOVE li1,OOU sayOs, and only lOJ 600 white
persons This transaction occurred too s., g. go.
son OF tho year, when many Of the mos. irtclli
gent and energetic among tho citizens wcr. ,hsent
i,o" 'her noincs In the pursuit either of health or
pleasure. Cnder such circumstances Mr. w sa;d
he thought it much more a matter of ,urprisc th,,
thiS spirit had not extended farther than that il
extended so far. Those facts Mr. w said snokc
'"rcIh to his mind, that thcso people mediate no
ihi"chei TO their owners. Had thcy done go what
opportunity could be favorable to tho p1ocu
lion Of their plans? These arc II peacof,l peonle
They arc faithful 10 their masters Thov ara ahe
dent and tractable, and most of then, ne r,c.n,
events khcw' VIII not only put them upon their
guard against medl:ated Danger but will xh,d ,h.r
! p.oo'' IN 'hcir defence when il comes. In the pc
r'"d o! TWO hundred years, only ono instance h.s
occurred, IN which black man has bc,u "a e.
Misguided and dcludod, to attcmpt l., assam
me master End his family And this idea cono,iv,!
| oy dalIdcd wretch, who conceived him. .,r ,.r;
reu OF Heaven. Mr.. w. could no. bcl;av. ,l,,
thcrc was any thin. in the Southsnpto, ,tT,;r .nI
cu!atcd To inspire alarm; to create di.,rrs,. m 49,
contrary, much to inspire feeling of conf;dorc.
IN the slave, and Of kindness for his porson
W.T.. w. SAID tia. many fae.s had boon ststod
many arguments usch, To convince nc that W.;
MA ms iaiicn from her high estate, and that the rco
son OF all this is to be found in slavcrv ,rd =;
slavery alone. He said he was free +, ,!d;, .. ~
injurious consequences have resulted from sl,rer
NAT Virginia could not rival the Northern tt..?
commercial wealth, ia systems of education ;rt
ia" improvements, or IN manufactures. The truc !
WY s's mas not done 90, he believed would
be found IN other considerations. !!ad thc c,ri |
settlers OF Virginia, like those vino settled 80 |
r1'gIind, been OF that OF puritan, VII, rI |
from England aud Scotland, because tbcr 80
fH're denied the high privilege of rorsi,i,,n;
'ii'f creator according TO the dictates or iha;s |
c"hScichec; and the principles Of whose relr;nn |
lhoulcacd upon thcm u duty abs,c,u;o, s ,o,',
iEoH' Indulgcncics 10 tic fossil: her coud,io., ;',
nave been better without slavoS. Dri the r, 49,"
lar otherwise. The early settlers in Virginin .,
OF Tie race of English gentlemen, man1 Of tho,'
win largo fortunes, who came to this dci;obtri w.
V, ,,f ii.