Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-02-16

| todaelarI thrm men 80 Tins was a true declaration
Of nntural rirht aud moi declaration ithe powers
Of government OF Of the social obligations ~ RIGHTS
Of property liz Bin of Rght', Mr. speaker
announced the ieht--hc Statute enforced thcnor,9-
sity under which our iorciathcrs acted.
SIR. Mr. Jefferson. .whosc hand drew the prcom
hle To on liill Il Rights, has coqhcnny remarked
TIM We had Invoked for ourselves the hcn'ht o' II
prlnriple which VT d,nod To others. lie saw aud
fit that snsts. MN, were ,mbrn''d Wllh'" ms
prInrlplr And rs one of the heaviest grievances
Of which we complained IN our separation from
Great Britain. IN tn Declaration oi Independence
he declared that they had violated our nights 10y
| " mnnptnp our ncgrnts to rise in arms against rs
those very negroes whom by nm lnhunan use
of his NEGATIVE hr has refused us PERMISSION to cH-
clnde ly law" In The ORIGINAL draft oithnt m9lu.
ment IN hs own hani writing, hc alleges 'thHl
Grrnt Britain had Wagcd cruel war against human
nature itself violating It's most sacred rlGhA ~
tifr and Hb,lfgl thu persons al a dlsIan, people,
" ho never offended hun, capturing ana ''rfyh"
them INTO slavery another Hemisphere, or 10 IN
eur miserable death IN thrlr transportation lhllh'l
this pruliea warfare, the opproblum ct nidel
nwers Is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN King of
Great Bltnin, determined 10 keep open hhnfa
where MIN should he bought aud sud' lh'y
We're then Mr. Speaker, considered as men under
the principle invoked hut they were property under
Statutes made by ordinary Legislatures " he
objects of dominion OF property are lhmGs he
contradlsnamsh,d from persons, amt conceive
TINT TINT provision ia the Constitution when guar
antrrs property 10 the citizen refers exclusively To
tins common Inv Il tuton Of property, Sm, there
isno statute by which your horse or your on IL de
clared To BE- property They orc somdT tins de.
inlllon They orc property per So, and the dee
tn the PlIi2t
embraces them ns the natural legitimate Objects OF
property.
IL was, Therefore that slaves winch were not
properly by the common law, were made 80 ny
statutory enactmruts= a statutory enactment which,
by The operation ol m,rc law has erected us they
suppose, an inealnoWablc barrier to those natural
and nuhenabe nEhls, which We cannot dvrst
ouf3 Ives Of N Of winch none others can dl''7t as
Tn slave has II natural right to rcao,n his liberty
-nnd who hus rs high Alright to reduce them To
slavery amin In Two OF the States otthls Union,
Massachusetts md New Hampshire, the d'rlna
ton III III ih Of Rights, has, of ITSELF abolished
| slayely Not TINT would abolish IT here, under
the authority ofthat declaration They were made
property her by the stnue they are property uhhu
thu statute, and they must remain WopHV untll
that statute srepcalcdthnt statute was the result
ola necessity imposed upon rs 10y the British
lhronc-bul II Is such statute rs can bc Ttp'nrd
IN, ,b,t A ssenl,ly III, mower which tins cgis
Io,nr, nos,sss,a If declaring what slaH bc proper
T., 'l.a' ,,,,Il~. Il +, declare what yAoH net be
nron,,,y All t,n, claim on TIM, question. ia
,l,., NJ. tho ,nll,c nec,as,,y d,mnnlino lheir
e,,oc,nnt,n "a ercnter ,hen the public Necessity
e.. d., ,c,I,,,,,, os .Ioycs ,h,n II am the power
nj, nr mn, snl.,o,,cn Icptgptnr, to repeal this
s,,,n,s Az, friend from Hcrtrly (Nlr. Faulkner
nn,eI, Inv. ,.on, f,,rbcr i, the ur,ncnIe which he
o,y,,ced ,l,on thot tbc mast matt were not such II
n,oncrl n. thu owner Of tlc,r pnrrnt, could not be