Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-02-02

treat interests Of the common wcalp Must
The eountrv iaarrish. drOsp. die, that the
slave holder NAV flourish shall all interest
be subserv,ept 4, onee al rights subordinate
10 those az the slave. holdei? Has not the
nechapic-haye not the middle classes their
rights?-righis incompatible with the exist
ence of slavery?
So great ard overshadowing are the evils
Of slavery-so percephble are % to those
whose minds are not warped by prejudice
and interest. that it must appear manifest
that th, community IS Justified 'ls'0 IN de
handing It's extirpstion we however pro
pose a compfsnlise--and It IS one, which IN
NV Judgment the slave holder ought 10 &C
cep,. We will, tolerate the evil, Tor certain
deiinite period longer-upoh the condrion,
however, that be agrees forever to par, win
his rights The present generation WIZ MOI
feel the less, lG any Il IS; and posterity has
no right TO complain, II complain 1t would.
! Let i; not be supposed that. because the
sss of feai action Is postponed To some 10
lure pef,od--say thirty years hence mat
therefre he necessity for the removal Of
,lavery Is not imminent aud pressing That
| nostDouemen, is bat the sacrifice which soeI
ety u disposed to make. 10 reconcile the
! slave holder 10 his loss--and to adapt the
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| which must necessarily ensue. is not the
| slave holder also disposed 10 make some sa
crilice for thn benefit of society, and OF his
conntryp SIR emancipation upon the Postaatt
| principle is gradual is jnst--is practicable
! No other schrme ever has succeeded, and
none other stn sseceed IT, Virginia. Ii Is the
only SC aefne whict to my mind promises The
most distant prospects OF rebel Ii Is plan
which am proud 20 say, has the sanction of
| mgh and lllusifioas authority.
sir. the gentleman OF Brunswick 10 aid OF
| his legal argument, has invoked tho powerful
Egis of the Federal Constitution Sir am
zratiIied 10 perceive, that that gentleman can
discover even Al ibis distant day, something
IN that much revled instrument, calculated
| 10 restrain the elratc sovereignty OF this an
cient Commonwealth as 'Fsi,G shoots madly
from the sphere ag her Just relations To the
Federal Head Bat, sir. does II mol strike
tast gentiemas as slightly inconsistent, that
the Federal Constitution shculd confer no
power 10 protect our commerce add mana
f1etures-Hpae to connect th,s widely eX-
tended empire, by puiicFors AMI Nahiai ie I'm
provemeBis none 10 supertie ,h9 errors Of
your State judiciary --und yet sh1ulsi as IN
vested with the authority OF prohibiting this
State from legi>iatleg upon one OF the inost
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5th article 81 ,he amendment TO fhe Federal