Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-01-05

sir, tho sincerity of TINT resistance Is confirmed be
You'd the possibility oil doubt 10y the fact that hei
Legislature passed three and twenty femonsrattse
en,ctwcnts against their importation, which the
policy of the Bntsh Government dad not permit the
| King 10 sanction. postcllor to the Declaration OF
Independence, her citizens have been permitted by
her laws 10 emahc,pato their slaves by testament
tnry expressions OF lher will 10 that effect; aud
,f when SO cmancil'aled they have no, been od.
m'tied TO u full participation IN all the immnnics
ri the whlie citizens, wa. because an overriding
! aud imperlons necessity rendered 1t nnwlse, IS
well M mractlcablr, 10 do 80. Whenever the
subject hns been accurately ,nvestiga 'ed ~hereV.
er reason and benev violence have excited Their mild
and snlultuy swpy wherever lhr voice OF con.
science,
! = Unbound, sovc by tic eternal laws OF Col
! " Aud n"omeneble 10 all below
has 'rIumnhrd over prejudice aud error, tho oholi
tIoa Of slavery lbs heen accomplished, either ,hro'
The direct agency of government, or by the voonia-
~ acton Of individuals, no cnose rather 10 man
nnlt theI slaves than 10 be burihened with the ~
pcnse of their mnintainnncc, scarcely more ihnn
comllerbhlanced by the produce OF lheir Dor. so
general has been the pfeva of these sentiments
mat, as before ob c,veb, many of the States have
abolished slavery entirely and mnny individual
| citizens OF those States, winch stl subject to
cratlons, 10 manu- MT their slaves, although IT
IS eeitln that their condition Is not IN pny
degree nmcllor ted by their emancipation n
lore The slaves. thus emancpoled by 20.
vc'nmenihl authority and individual patriotism,
constitute poPnl'ilon, necessarily dsbnrfed 10y
Thea, inlon from the enjoyment Of more linn
nominal liberty, aud deprived Of those certain
r'cans of subsistence and support which could n
lone rcnder Their sltunlon lol robe. To nd the
country of this nno malous class of population, and
at the same time To prepare them FOR the enjoyment
of real freedom, and the blessings which follow IN
MS train, by colonzng them on the coast OF Aircn,
- The primary, and ot lis time principal objrct Of
the So',ely. of winch this Is an auxiliary branch.
As T." The ptoPrlciy aud rxpedlency--nay Sir
as q the impflous necessity Of removing this free
cporcd population, presume that no ONT, nj all
acquainted with this subI c. con entertain single
doub;, Their own welfare, we'll as that Of thelr
br thrcn " no are si held III bondage, fUtctbly up
I'ehls 10 The pfilhnlhtopisl ior lis AID III consun-
mating HIS purpose white, supelhdded 10 these,
! 'heie are powerful considerations, gto@lng out oi
our social and political relations towards them
winch have rendered thcir continuance among u.s.
IN the'r present condition, Ineompa lble alike with
the Suggestions 81 n sound policy aud the dictates
Of an enlightened benrvolcnec. Excluded by our
ln~s from the enjoyment those high privileges
|
ually struggling with oil tho d,sebr,urs Of scr,,
'ude wi ile they ore stripped Of us extern i body.
Is, 'od, disqlallh by the peculiarly OF their con.
duon to' that regna, aud definitely directed labor
necessary to ensure competence they derive n
preearious subsistence from accident OF chance,
less, indeed ass i'eq lcnHy the ense, they Id-
PEELED TO thr Preparation Of offences, winch o,e
punished by our laws with the most nnmltigs'ed
severity. Beng p'eelu led ns much Ivy positive
legnI enncmcnls, "a by the operation Of putle
tlment, from the attainment either TO poicul emit
ncncc OF $ ,c'al responsibility, they are generally
aud perhaps necessarily characterized Ivy the most
o ions wees ,nehlcnt 10 cisZrd society Actua.
ted by no motives adequate To the production Of ho
nofab'o exerlIon and having oblect III view both
/ 10 stimulate aud reward y, they have become moo
! tous, chss, for their idlcness, iniemprrance
and d'HavUy, md have been observed, from the
p rloI OF lbrlf manumlssion, to drlcrlorMc rapidly
IN all those qlaincs which contribute to the tlcva
| ton of mn above The brute. Unnfnencrd by any
oi those considerations winch generally ter met
tom the commission Of crmc, while they eneou
ne Them Ia the practicc of vlttlc tho free coorcd
peopc nre prevented from cm6la'Ing the social
! AMI intellectual superiority OF tho Whites while
they readily h come familt,rzed wlh AMI adopt
al their degrading vlco,% These wees are tran,
united TO Their poslCfity, snnctlunedby the force Of
parental example" hn1 uneounleracled by the innu
ence o. education and refinement, aud thus rem Ici
the en- popnlnii,n nuisance and pest, in tic
most comprehensive aud emphatic Bignti :nllor OF
the term. Ih1tihcy should manifest muth dissal-
'saction nj their situation perhaps 10 b. natural
~ expected and lat every means should he re-
-ofcd to by ITEM 10 lufpse into the minds Of
tha slave p"pulltInn lhcir own restless penurbed
aud dlacnntcpi u slril, has been demonstrated uy
Experience 10 be uY no means predetermined on
uulltrly. The Shareholder IS thus constrained,
! Ivy the very necessity of hIs si.uAuon, to become
more rigorous III ihyir treatment, uni IS prevented
! 10y motives of humanity from r.inqnlshing thai
saluury control over hem. winch alone preserves
them hom he decentralization and dcpfavlty which
charncieilzc their liberated brehrcn- white eo-
vctnment for the IF sclua pro of our clizcps
! IN tnc enjoyment Of what cur laws define and re-
gnlalG as p'0pcril has been compelled 10 resort Ia
/ penal cnaclments tisfGnchjscment aud clvll Dis.
abilities, 10 keep III sub rdnalIon II class, which,
from these very circumstances, IS ndtnrnly lnmcnl
10 all our social and political institutions.
Independently, then, Of those considerations,
which would influence US 10 promote their removal
by evcry means in our power, we arc imptlled by
manity and bencv Violence and strengthened by az
ardent desire 10 advance The great cause Of cvili-
zitlun and christianity. To mach the tee colour
I'd population of thus country from the gloomy
! depths of ignorance, depraylty, and almost besa
| degradation IN which hey are now hopflcsslv
! gtoy,llrng to remove them TO a country congcni-
| al TO their constitutions, and associated wllh al
| these pure and refined feelings which lumber IN
the breast OF every the most degraded OF batute
Children and which, IN reference u them need but
the aid Of bcnevol nee to kindc the latent opatk in