Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-15
LySCHRIIRG, SEPT. IL -
MIX. VM Z. VES-ABOLlTIoN .
NlZATION. ~

if Mr.. Rves, du ing his residence in p,, :
not written 10 him letter. avowlng hn,.g
abolitionlsi, in the Vrginisn sense Of ,b,,
such, for instance, as I meant IN the wjnte ~
., when The question was so warmly deb,' 4
our Legislature.
In answer 10 these queries, Mr.. Richie a.
silelce of some time necessary 10 enable la
communicate with MIR. Rives, SAYS,
thought i, our duty to lay this subjec b,ru. y
Rlses, as we had not presers ed the el,er fo. -
K vos--at least We did not fad II anon, oa
pers--and &c had no rght, even If We had ~
privats bette, before the public, without.
ter's consent. r Rves enclosed US, in re,. ii
follow 3. tNtract f letter h. h d Previous,
ten addressed TO a gertl.man," (tlugh A G','' r.
of Mecklenburg, We surnfse, from the lpa'1 81
" Who had written HIM on the same suhicc, ~ e
extract corresponds with the contents of The p' =
letter, as nearly as we can recoect."
Extraot If FLetter 10 II. A. G. Esq dun +.
1884 =
" am no AbolttoniSt, and never have been X
In common with every Am,r lcan patriot h, II
depoted the exisence of slavery IN our counr
and would rejoice 10 any safe and ieas be t.,
dy adopted, If any such could be devised, TO mlI
or to r, move the evil But would never ya'a'
| SbneliOn ~ any WHiSh Wo"lu uiSft 9ttJn
rights OF property 10 the slave-owner; " k,a
con, dcr us held under tho same guarantees Of H.
/ Law aud the Conservation, that protec, every "a,
right Of roPH NY. ! did not approve of any OH,
! schemes which were proposed in the Lee.uc,
at the time the 81 Jtcl was Under nsIde,aioD
rlal body but, on the contrary saw lnsupepg
objcctloes to ali Of them. The policy have ,,,
cd, as both the most safe and practicable, is ,huy
the colon zation scheme, which, by gradually Jn,
ing the country Of lis free colored population ~
of slaves who should be voluntarily manumlt,d
their masters, would, AZ the same time, promote n
interests oil ~ save owners III observes by rtma
ing agfea soHce of corruption and disa iec'io,
mo- The slaves, ( by kce, my down the acersAA
number Of slaves, would place the problem Of
uNima'r extinction OF slavery, al some remote u
rod of our lutOr- history, more ~i.hin the power
aHv eusplcious contingencies Wheh the coug.
events might present.
"These ere the Vows have always .nteu,n
ed, and repeated expressed. They are, a. t,f.l
can fecoect, tie views expressed by me in m, cor
rcspondence with my friends, ~hile | va i
F,snce. Alive as was during my re.d,ry
abroad, to every hing which affected the f,I m
and interests OF my country, could not but \
deeply moved ~ ne holrjd catastrophe which occu
red IN Sou hampton, 10 the summer of 1881. So.
tnat pubic hte on had been, every wd,re inc
S,nte, awakened - ,he sr' a question W. Oh II |
ev, mt had forced on the reflection OF even IN. NJ
c41less and unlhlnkla Under these c'rcumstol
&c. havr 10 douot hat, IA my commuOAe,A,or
wi'h ny friends, expressed in song terms, 4
sense Of the evil of slavery in our country, and
anxiau. desire, # any remedy for ii could De dcr
ed, to see some ssse and pruden, measure ajOTs
fol 4
nil the dcllta cy ara difficulty of the subjrc, who
well recollect 10 have expressed and TO have dtcr
I'd my conscious IN bilty, a, the dlstsnc, vs.
from the scene OF Iteration, and deprived OF .g
| ~ ercnange of opinion with cihers, to judge wiz
oueh, 10 De done. My general views howe's
were those which have stated abovc--they are TIN
views now entertain ) and feel sanshed, thu
| ti.,re was nothing ellheI IN my letter TO Mr.. R
che, o. g tnY II CT 81 M correspondents, lncot
s'v;rsi wi'h The exi Ian loo here given of lha
views"
Even if Mr. itivcs's opinions, while in Pan
ice,e similar TO those entertained by the Virsm,
Apoiilonsts in the winter OF 1881 :, We cannot SO
the proPriety o. policy OF rnking up the ember.
that heated and improbable controversy al TIE pre-
sent moment. Those persons, especially, who con
Cured with lin IN opinion on that momcnlou
q resion. should be the last TO lend Themselves L
such q purpose, however decidedly they may "
| opposed &c the supper, which Mr. Rves has rem
dercd to the late measures of the administration sH
however DESTROYS they may be, in reference TO nps
measures, 10 secure his non-eIecton 10 the U. 5
| Senate next winter. We therefore regretted lh
appearance in the Wing of the queries which hiN
| elected the foregoing letter They have no bearlr
on the questions now before the public, and
xyb tcba Io Mr h, H., linI
many men, in the ranks of his opponents nigh
have the same sin if sin it be- thrown in IhcN
own teeth !
We do not, ourselves, intend to say one word OF
tho Abolition question. 1t is. for the present,