Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-09
DOMESTIC NEWS.
-. ID. Ha,liaar. American. ca. 1.

cent outrases In Charlesown. IL occupies iou'
columns of the Bssioa Daily Advertiser, ana u
signed by Charles G. Loring, as chairman OF ,ne
committee and thirty seven members, rcspec aoie
e;,yeos Of Of Boston This numerous committee
"a, every day, with The exception OF Sundays ioi
!. fortnight from nine O'Clock IN the mprning uh''i
e,eset They examined upwards oil one hnnofeo
and forty persons, and besides Obtaining in''fma'
ton enabling them 10 lay before the p"elie an &C
count Of the affair, their INVESTIGATIONS 'eo 10 INC ~
res, OF several individuals
tn. distraction Of The Ursuine Convent is at
,,bn,ej in the Report 10 a widely extended popular
.xers;on founded on the belief that the establish
,,ent deserved those impuia,ons OF cruelty, vice
and oorrua,.on 80 generally credited OF simiSr os-
,.blishmcnts IN other Countries and was ineonsIs-
tent With the principles OF our institutions 500 ~
vios,,on OF the laws ofthe commonwealth ihese
,mou,al,oas, according to the abe RePod oi lhis
committee were utterly groundless' Inc oehei ~
THAR Justice however, was hot only pfefAshi III
Boston and the vicinity but the COMMITTEES nave
reason 10 think pervnded many distant parts VI ne
State aud were extended into other States afford
ms monory Lesson" says the Report, as TO
the ex,en, and exe.,aby oil pubic eiedSiiy "heh
in accordance with popular prejudice
The Convent Sas founded IN the year is@o, "
p,c,ors Maiignon an Chesorus, and was al his'
0tAblIsneI IN DosOhs Wv ~ VIZ
C,ba,lcs,osn. and in 1927 the main building Vas
f,;,h.d The reputation of the seminary opened
in !, by the nuns extended so far, and the num-
her of pupil; from New England, ard Other States
and from the British Provinces increased 30 much
that in 1929 two large wings wero added to IT, he
number has varied nj different times from ioot 10
ten and that Of The pupils from forty to sky, Qht
number of aiholics al no time exceeding ten, aho
wholly unrestrsned ~ Their communications WIN
their friends concerning Nil thai tfanspreo IN Inc
scminsry. Although the vow Of the nuns was a
nnonr themselves regarded as lns.oab!e was per
f.c,lv undersoodby every one oil them that IN ms
cUun,ry thsre were nv legal means TO enforce IL OF
detan any ope who might choose to return 10 she
world Their moral conduct 10 alarmed TO nave
h,cn always unexcepllonaole. In communicating
TIE result of their inquiries the committee disn'o"
being Influenced by any impression tina, the hu'h
OF the impua,ions would have eonsuaeu any as
tlkoation of The wroBg.
The, state, there can be no doubt thata conspi-
racy had been formed, extending into many OF .h'
nstshborine tosns 10 destroy The Convent. They
men describe the frat excitement, and consequent
investigation Of tho 81 .etnen Of ChITlesfow1 Oh
Inc day preceding the outrage, oil which they gave
detailed secouni corresponding with that puOash'
al A, ths time, from which 4, appears lhht ve BE
lec:men of Chaneslown ere ehnrGeabe with gross
neglect Of duty. No Satisfactory reason has been
suggested, they say, why The mob was not arrested
in It's career, b. the great muluiadss 10y when f"
was su,rsundtd than The supposnion that from
the omission Of magstorial interference, doubt and
mistrust existed whether he work were nat No Tar
sanctioned by popular opinion, or The eonn'Vanc'
those in authority, tina! resistance would be hope
less. The committee conclude lhls poflioh Of INC
report IN following iorclbie language
LINZ nft NOT 4sfrt Il.
males and children, guitess OF wrong 10 The per
sons, property, or reputation oil DINERS anu re
posiog in fan.ied security uader the proiee
,ion Of the law, las been thus assaulted by u
o,oa. mob and ransacked, plundcred an burnt IL
tho rround snd It's terrified inmates, IN the deaH
honr Of njph driven from their beds INTO the helds
and that this should he done within Tho limits o
one of the most populous TO WINS oil 'Ec COMMON
wealth. AMI IN the midst OF an asssemoieu mutt
tudc OF spo GATORS that the perpetrators should nav
b.cn en- JARED for seren hours more IN the work o
destruction with hardly effort to prevent or arrcs
than ,ho, many OF them should afterwards be VI
far sheltered or protected by public sympa'hy or o
ninion as 10 render the ordinary mean, oil detection
Intellectual and that The Sufferers are entitled 10 nc
Iega! redress from the public, for this outrage u
against their persons aud destruction oil their prop
er,y is an event OF fearful import, MS well as oil The
Il |; has come on US like the shock Of on earth
c,.ke md has disclosed state Of society and pub
lie sen,,men, OF which We believe no man was be
fore aware
uIffor the purpose OF destroying person OF
family, or Institution, II be only necessary 10 excite
q public prejudice, by the dissemination OF false
hoods and criminal nccusaions, and under s sane
ton 10 array mob and there be neither an eihcicn
mass,racy nor q sense OF public duty or justice sui
fcien, fox It's prevention, and II property may
b. thus sacr6 ed without the possibility Of redress
who among US safe
Z" The cry may be ofbgoiry to-day, and heresy
tomorrow Of public usarpa1'on vi one time, and
private oppression al another OF any Other Of those
methods by which the ignorant, The faeuous, and
the desperate, may be excited, and ihe victim may
be sacrificed without protection OF r.liof
|, is hoped that the fearful warning thus sud
denly given, enforced as i. is by similar occurrences
in other states, will arrest public attention check
the prev ailing disposition to give ersdencc TO in
furious and caumnious reports will produce
throushou, the country higher sense Of the quail
iScatons requisite for maglsterls oHice q lead &c
amendments and improvements OF our laws, which
sre thus found so sadly defective
&" And above all may il rebuke the spirit Of in,ol
GRANGE thus uhcn pecledly developed hostile to the
genius OF our institutions, and unres,raned, 40 fatal
To their continuance. Ii there be one feeling which
more than any her should pervade this counlr,
composing as it were. the atmosphere of social life
j. is tina; of eng h,ened federation, csmprehendine
oil within the sphere Gifts benevoence, and exlen
ding over all the shield of mutual protection"
The Committee conclude their repor, by sugges
ting amendments of the law, so tina, in similar ca
sss there may be an official power authorised to COM
pei the appearance Of witnesses this can now on
~ be done when the grand jury are in session, eI
cept upon complaint Of an ndividua! which subjects
him 10 odiUm and per sonal danger. They sugges