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

possible plan OF emancipation which will not
necessarily infringe the right OF property, AND
that no scheme ought to be sanctioned by
this House Which docs 50 invade the private
rights Of individuals Upon this ground. oar
opponents have not only declared their or
position to emancipation, bat to any enquiry
which may result in the adoption OF bill
This assaf0ptioD-for 1t merits no better
name--is ahuadanty dlsproyed by the plan
so lucidly exhibited yesterday, by the gen
tlemau from Dinwidd,e, Mr.. BrodnaN) dis
plan, according 60 the most forced constfuc
ton OF what may be termed the property
advocstes,n does not infringe any right oil
property. | refer to that scheme, SIR, not
because il meets my entire appreciation, but
because IL is an ample retutaiion OF thus OBJ
lection,
And sir, ivhile upon this part OF my sub
iect-I do not know that ! shall be favored
with a more appropriate occasion permit
me 10 express, yesy briefly, my views Of the
project. of the gentleman irom Dlnwlide.
It's spirit is specific Its purpose Is compro-
mise But, sir, like NEST propositions, WHICH,
in stormy and tenpestuous times, seek con
Citation rather than any decisive result Of
polio, which address themselves more 20
our good feelings than 10 our enlightened
judge emit fear II deals too much IN con
Predictions, and seeks TOO iaDclidly, TO &c
coneilc Representatives, II Is sehene which
proposes 10 remove properly, and yet re
spects, in lis operation the mos quxouc no
tions u the right Of property. Ii IS 10 rGvo
iulionze this Commonwealth, and, yet, to
carry On that revolution SO quietly, that none
can perceive the change: II Is TO 6islncunabef
tins State Of "a mass 81 property, valued at
ninety millions OF dollars, and yet, by means
within the grasp OF an ordinary banker
This certainty is striking the golden mean
and. could II be aes ornpllshcd, ne enc
would more READILY co operate wlth the gen
tlenlan from Dinwid,lie, than my self. But
sir, il wants practicabittly You might as we'll
attempt, one by one, 10 gather into mass,
the sands now scattered on the endless mar
gin Of the ocean, as seek TO remove the slave
poailation by the means which that gentle
mao coatemplates - Two hundred thousand
do,iar, to be Annually appropriated by the
State! Why, sir, II wonid scarcely alone, pay
Che costs % transportation How. then, IL
the annual quota to be made up? by gift, or
by purchaser If, by gift, his views are vi
sionary-Il by purchase, his means are in
adequate Sir. we can accomplish nothing
BY scholastic disputatlons about rights. The
gordian knot must be united II II Is by the
sword--AsIa must be yanqnished-the coan.
try must be saved
Bur. Sir, according to my judgment, nci
ther does the proposition OF the gentleman
from Albemarle Mr. Randolph) violate any
just rights OF private property That scheme,
take occasion 10 say, is not to my taste, nor
was 1t submlt,sl with my appreciation II is
however before US and we must pronounce
spUn il
That proposition operates alone upon the
post f,ati--those who may be born after the
9th oi Jaly, $40 Sir, do not meat 10
iniiici upon this learned and patient audi
epce d dry aud metaphysical legal argument;
elaborated from the materials which law a.
bran so readily furnishes--nor do | mean
here to jeepardise my professional reputation
by even prononncIng an oplnioa, upon point
so happiy located lnte, alpes leg's: ! will con
tent o,y sell with addressing aasingie enquiry
TO my friend from Campbell (Nir DanieO
who preceded me, and who seems TO have
taken this part Of the subject under his ne
cuiar guardianship. To what class of rights,
would he place right 20 that s5l.iela IS ncL.
and which may nercr be- Under what head
could he define the rights, which the slave
holder has To that, which NAV or may not
come into potential existence ten years hence?
] must confess II IS too rttennated for nay le
gal apprehension to grasp-and think it
would puzzle the learned doctors OF St Omers
to give us satisfactory solution 10 IL a right
executed or right esecuiary? Is it an interest
accidental. an interest tHcidcntei or an int
rest Substantial Or is ii right IN presenft
habeudam IA tIdlTo2 Sir, says the gentleman
from Brunswick, il is right rested No,
says his able co adjutor of Diamiddie, il is
right contingent. | maintain, says the gen.
uemaa from Brunswick, ii is a right indie
pendent and superior TO all other rights
regard 1t. says the gentleman from Dpwd
die, a right, Incidental to other less cues
TONED rights And in due time, we shall
Doubtless have some third gentleman, down
Soe5h. rise IN his place, and with quite 80
much plausihihty, contend that neither the
one nor the other--but terSin gnid-hav-
ins many OF the qualities of both but meme
OF the essentials of either Sir, apprehend
ehese learned gentlemen will find it quite as
difficult TO classify thor favoriic tights as the
faIuous dccters Of Strashufg did, to ascertain
Che reality of poor Slawketbergins's nose
9" is false nose" cries the Anti Nosarian:
'''Tis true nose" exciaims the Nosarian:
f''Iis faith" rej0ins the one:
otis .fddlestichs," cries the other"
Sir would disdsin, upon an occasion of
this sort, appealing as il does TO the funaa
mental principles upon which society e or
ganised. 10 handy with gentlemen, The net.
" techn,calites OF the law My views are
briefly these: Property is the creature OF CT
va society. The gentleman from Brunswick
anu the gentleman from Dinwiddie, hold
their siaves-not ny any law of nature-not
by aav patent from God, as the latter gen