Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-12-07

,.,r, srsprs ~ " N1eN are ~ Il" - I''"'''.N
far ~. ~ ri slavery, whatever that may hc, It :
,ss Aeesns. they tolerate j, nov, bi because ihe''
.ncet,f, we're the agents and authors oi lis Orig
nal isffoSaction.
Thesc ancestors sold ours the slaves, aud war
s.,,,.l d.. title and il would Lea much NOR, be
x.s,i,s lnlor OF fisl petty tor their descendants
sanr.y for their souls / hey rrotcs,ants, and
Az. ma,sr. 70 r'iccm lher apm pofgatorN, II
,,hy ar. Catholics, than e. assssi th'ir warranty
,,.j ! ,nd,, their memory ',y d.nounoing G.on a.
.. .,.n.ie ,l.rs and MURDERER Eui TIN, Noluota-
nv and cratui.ons assumption al reape asib.Hs, IN
mi atson of recent and hch example IN Vuf his
tvrv but imperfect, coac,al> inrkhs principle
II danger, which deserves "a le eNauiiied aud eN-
l,oscd. What is there 10 make the people oi Ne"
York or Massachusetts. Responsible tuf slavery IN
South Carolina, any ,nore than ths prople al Great
Brisainf To assume that the people of thosc
States are responsible for the continuance OF this
Institution, is distinctly TO assume that they have
r;phi 10 abolish IL and whatever enforced dis
chalmers they may make, their efforts would be
worse than Improbable on any other hypothesis
Tho folly OF attempting 10 convert The slaNehol-
dcrs to voluntary emancipation by coursc of SIAN
der and dcnunoiation, Is too great to be aSerlhcd
even to ianatieism itself. They do not indeed,
disguise the fact that their principal object Is TO
o,s.rate on public opinion IN the nou-slaycholdnr
states. And to what purpose They cannot sup
pose that the opinion OF those States however IL
unanimous, can break the chains OF ,lavery by some
moral magic. The whole tenor of lher conduct
and temper Of their discussions, clearly denlon-
strate that their object Is to bflu" the saNcioding
states into universal odnn, and the public opinion
ofthc nom slaveholdng states 10 the point ol e
mancipating our slaves by federal legislation, with
out the consent of their owners. Disguise II As
hes "a, his I, n Al
last"
II is in tn. aspect OF the subject that II clallen
rrs our grave aud solemn deibefation. II behooets
us, then, in my opinion 10 demand respectfully OF
each and every ot the non-slav choldng states
/. A formal and solemn disclaimer, by lis LIE
gislature, of the existence OF any neldiul power,
either in such state, or the United States ia Con
rrcss assembled to inie,icreil any manner what
ever. with the institution of domestic SLAYER, IN
South Carolina. q Tie immediate lassase Of
penal laws by such Legislatures, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the incendiarics of whom We complain, such pun
islmen,s as will speedily aud forever suppress
their Vaccinations against or peace aud safety.
Though the right 10 cnancPatc onf slaves, 10y
rocrci,e legislation, ha, bren very reucidlls dis,
claimed BY popular a,sembla,es N Tho non ,aye-
holding states, it is nevertheless, important that
zach OF those states should GIVE tins disclaimer the
authentic and authoritative form OF legislative
declaration, TO hr preserved rs apcrmancnt record
for our future security Our right 10 demand of
those state the enactment OF laws ior the punish
neni OF those enemies OF ON peace, who avail
themselves OF the otuaIN ot tlcu sovereign luri>
diction TO wage "A war oil determination against u.s.
is founded on one of the most sautafv and conscr-
vative prime pies oi international law Every stale
Is under the most sacred obligations, not ouls to
abstain from all such interference with the insliu-
a.. ~ l.
guilty endaneer lis safety, hat 10 prcven, its
citizens or subjects from such interference, either
by inaicing condicn punishment ilselt. or h, de
lyering them mp TO the Justice ol the oileadcl
community; MS between separate and mdc-
pendent nations, the refusal al state to punish
these offensive proceedings AGAINST another, by It's
citizens or subjects, makes the, state refusing an
aecomplicc IN the outrage, and furnishes Ia>t
cause OF war. These principles OF international
law are universal, admitted, and none have been
more sacrcdly observed by Just aud enlightened
nations. The obligations OF the non-slaycholding
states 10 punish and reprcss tie hostile proceed
mgs oi their citizen, against on domestic lnstiui-
tons and tranquility, arr greatly increased both hN
the nature of lhosc proceeding, and the iratrrna
lxtions which sub>i,t between the states ol.thi,
confederacy. For ~ outrage a, 81 any COM
nssnisv car b. greater than 10 sir ~ lIrr orarno
of serviln instruction, and M q. t.!aa To rrprc,s
II can be Uipre sacred, tmn fl4ai NuIe9 adds u the
sanctions of International ltn Tie ,aemn gu.l.ln-
tee OF u constitutional compact, which l. al onrr
the bond and the cond'llon at uur union. The
oberai, enlightened aud niagnanimon, conduct Of
the people ia many portions ri the nnn-SlaNrhald-
ing states, forbid, anticipate refusal ON the
part of those states - n6 these hgh obligations,
Of national faith and duty. Mud we have tie lc>,
reason to hook forward to tn, inauspicous result
from considering the necessary consequences which
would follow, Ia the people of those ST. and of
the whole commercial world, from the general
emancipation ot our SLAVES. These consequences
may be presented, as an Irresistible appeal 10 ry-
cry rational phIIantliropi>i IN Europe or America
IL Is clearly demonstrablr that the production Of
cotton depends not so much on soil and climate as
Nh the existence of domestic slavery. In the re-
lnxing attitudes where it rrows, not one hall the
quantity would be produced, bnl for the existence
ut this institution, and every practical planter will
concur IN the opinion, that it ali the slaves in these
'tateS were now emancipated, The American crop
would be reduced, the neNt year, from 200,
100, 10 900, 600 bales. No great skill IN political
. economy will be- required 10 estimate how enul-
I,.usly the price Of cotton would lie increased hy
this change, and who ~ Ill consider how
largely this staple contributes To the wealth OF man
Wfacturing nations and 10 the nccCs>lrcS and con-
forts Of the poorer classes all the world can
fail TO perceive the disastrous effects OF SO great
reduction in the quantity and great an enhance
ment in the price OF it, In Great Britain. France
and the United States, the catastrophe would DO
overwhelming, and it is cNtravaennt To say that
for little more than. two millions OF negro slaves,