South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-09-05

steals loaf Of bread TO keep life and
soul together, 10 hunted down, until
he, in desperation, is driven to extremi-
iy--he commits greater crime, for
the first one is crime, and then he
ends bis days upon the scafiold. We
TOO, aok-"How can this be ?" Little
would have been the coEmissera,ion
these young men would have received
little chance would they have had OF
being sent 10 sea, if they had been
poor , but they are rich, and that is
sufficient to screen them from juasice
Cincinnati Republican.
The people of Portland, 10 Msine,
have acid their meeting on the subject
OF the AboIiiionists. Ii was held in
the City Hall, which was crowded to
overlooking. The Advertiser says il
vas eIoquently addressed by Messrs
Ware, Neale, Anderson, Haynes, Cod
man, Preble, and Jewett.--Gen. join
Chandler (formerly U. S. Senator) pre-
sided, and Rufus Read acted as Secre.
tary.--A committee, of which Judge
Preble was Chairman, reported pre-.
amble & resolutions, which were unan-
imously adopted, fully sustaining the
South in its constitutional rights.
In the preamble, it is stated that they
do not approve Of slavery. "But it was
established, and had struck deep root
into the institutions oflhe country, be.
fore we were an independent people.
It was forced upon US by the mother
sennssy. 1t has grown up with the
country, and is now so Incorporated
and interviewer with the social condi-
ton Of large part ofthe country, that
il is impossible to eradicate it at once,
without producing evils which cannot
be contemplated but with dismay."
And they further declared that "the
work Of abolition must be left to the
States, as il has heretofore been, where
the slaves are found"
We can only quote one Of the resolu~
tons this morning, which is as follows !:
Reso1uea, That it is the bounden &
sacred duty Of good citizens of every
State, carefully and scrupulously TO a.
void all interference and attempts TO
interfere, and all manifestations of any
inteasion or wish to interfere with the
peculiar interests, concerns, laws, & do
mestic policy Of every other State in the
Union; and that all such acts of inter.
ference, where they tend to disturb the
quiet, to ALLEVIATE the feelings, to pro.
woke the jealousies, or to- jeopardze
the safety of the citizens of States,
made the unwilling subjects of such
olficious intermeddling, deserve and
ought TO receive the Reproduction Of ev-
cry friend of his country.
II was further voted, to reques. the
several parish committees not TO per-
nit any person to deliver lectures on
the subject of the Abolition of Slavery
10 the Southern States, in their respsc-
tive meeting houses.
This prompt and liberal and just
spiri. will do much to sooth the feelings
of the Southern people /; and we expect
from the Boston meeting, held on Fri.
day last, a prompt and earnestresponse
TO the calls made by US upon our North.
ern brethern. The notice forzthe lat
ter meeting was signed by two thous"
and of the best citizens, headed by FL.
G. Olis.--Rich. Comp. dug. rs.
Great Meeting in Boston, against the
A5ohtionists.
Conformably to previous notice, a
great meeting of citizans OF all political
parties, was held on 2lst inst. a, Fam
euil Hall. The meeting was called to
order by F. J. Oliver Esq. who brief
ly addressed the assemblage, as to the
object Of the meetiug-W hereupon his
honor THEoDoRE LYMAN, Mayor of
the city, was called to the chair.
His honor the Mayor, says the Sem
tinel, "entered more at large upon the
objects Of the meeting, in an appropri-
ate address, and called upon gentlemen
to express their sentiments. where
upon RIcHARD w. FLETCHER, Esq.
rose and stated, that he had been re-
uuested to offer a series Of Resolutions
which he would submit to the meeting,
together with such remarks as occurred
to him, as suitable to she occasion.
MIR. Fletcher then proceeded, in a
most eloquent, impressive and argu-
mentative address, which was listened
to with profound attention, aud in