Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-05-02
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Notwithstanding the cant of certain fanatics IN
the non-slaseholdIng stat on the sabiee, of
slavery, anu IN relat'on 10 the degradation
oi the lice blacks, i, is certain that there is
rs little disposition among the white people
OF those states MS there is with us 10 break
down the hload barriers which divide he two IN.
ces as 10y an impossible gulf One or two wears
ago, for example, an effort vas made 10 establish
a school at New Haven, Connecticut, for the pur.
pose Of educating the blacks, but il was put down
by the voice ofthe people of tia, place and the
New York Journal of Commerce informs us that
an attempt 10 open similar school in Can,crbu.
ry, IN the same state, hos met with like fate
TIE n. \. Evening Post SAYS, on this subject
" few hair-braineh zcalots may 20 ahou, preach
ing the doctrine that the free states ought TO inter-
icfc 10 ohige the south TO abolish the institution Of
slavery but the mass of lhc community are stcadi
y and imnevaby agans, the project. RICH, or
wrong, the prejadcos which scpera,e the white
and coored rao,s have los, nothing in the northern
and middle states, but have rather increased in
strength during the fifty years of our national in
dependence. Several Of our states have passed
laws ae INST tie ln2rcss of Africans whether bond
or free from other states, Ohio refuses an asy-
ium 10 enancipatod negroes. In Illinois, an cmi.
gran, negro IS seized and whipped, and the cas,ge
ton Is repeated from day to day until he is whip
ped out OF the state There is scarcely public
journal, from the Potomac northward, that does
no, reprobatc the scheme Of the emancipation par
y.'-lt Is some what singular that whilst the re
specialize Northern newspapers are thus dcnoun.
eng the Abolition scheme, u press IN Virginia
should be found advocating Their views and en-
dcavorng 10 extend their circulation N,, such IS
the fact, We alIudc to the Roekbrdee Intelligent
Ger, which Is rs pita,in its sentiments as tn,
4" Emancipator' itself
Jhn Randoiph aud Mr.. Pittiie-'rhe las,
Enquirer comes on, boldly against Mr. Randolph.
The recen, attacks Of Roanoke upon hs lat, friend
and co-lahoror have struck spn,k Of fire from In,
veteran Editor of the Enquirer such as 8cdom
burns IN his Editorial columns. Aiming 10 Mr.
Randolphs attack upon the Enquirer at the Cum.
b ran1 election, Nh Richie says -
"Wc owe our nowledgmcnls To Mr. John
Randolph for several favors OF thus d, iplou.
The time may come. wien we shall return the
debt 18th interest fie hae illuminated us--bul
how could irs expect TO escape his remo sclcss ven
geancel Why should he who has abused SO ma
ny others, have spared ourselves Or, how could
uc ba ala
bu,hing rapacty Of the public money, have calcua.
ted upon his fotbcurancc"
And again, IN another article in the Same pa
per- Mr. Rltchc remarks
A man, vh, has snncd asanst his own con
science and sunk himself in the opinion Of all hon.
orable patriots by plune ing his arm into the pub
lie cofers, aud, disgrac,iuly feeding in the public
CRIB may falsely charge US with looking only after
the loayes and fishes. We scorned to Justify HI,
raraciy the ino x,lngulshablc resentrncn,
which we have provoked may new ven, itself in
the bi,tercst al d the most unfounded reproaches
We defy them sllnl--from the tolc, needy syco
plant of John C. Calhoun, who is paid by the CO.
lumn, by his employer, TO do his dirty work--or.
from him, whose conscious soul shrunk abasl ed
from the ligh, of day, and caused him to appear
like the guilty thing in Convention Of his fellow
citizenship to him who condemned to have I'll
| itching palm, could stoop TO
- " Sell the mighty space ofhiS large honors,
For SO much trash as my be grasped thus
We defy them all--nll their ,eo,ef backbitinr
| LETTERS, and all their public dennnc,a,ons We
bail strive 10 do or duty, IN spite them, TO the
hes, of our humble ubtlrs-nevcr relaxing our
| exertons 10 preserve The UNioN and tic RiGu1s
OF the STATES"
Does Mr.. Richie intend that the public should
understand hun as saying tina, Mr.. Randolph Ell
ttcr directly or indirectly applied TO him to JUST
fly his rapaciry' in drawing from the public 'rea-
sury So 500 for services rd rendered, and thor
the refusal to do SO is the cause of Mr. Randoiphs
late ebulliton Of wrath against the Enquirer If
this be his m' aiming he ought explicitly TO say so.
Que7e.- Who is the guilty thing spoken of
by the Enquirer ?
Washington Mos = The Washington cores
ponden, ofthe n. Y Journal of Commerce, says
-" In relation to the mission to France Mr. I.iv.
lngston may 60, or he may not, as the case may
be" This il very interesting information, truly,
and caves the reader about wise as lie was be-
iote nc nc"u IT, NC "t"c' o"S"' W HdNc duo'cu
Tony Lumpkin, He may 60 or he may not
that is as hereafter may be, according TO the con-
| ca,ena,ion Of combined circumstances according
ly."
The snme writer informs us that if Mr. Living.
stcn goes to France and if Mr. McLane be trans
fcrred to the State J. par,men,, and if Mr.. Wood
bury be appointed Secretary of tho Treasury, it
will become necessary to look ont for n new Sc
cretary of,he Navy fact Of great importance
doubtless. but one which in all probability would