Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-08-20
COWNUNIC ALTON.
THE ABOLlrlONlSTS.

IN ucHdllct on inc deceptive SiftnsS our al thai
al ch-apostatc of the Richmond Enquirer, and the
monotonous yclping OF the responsive pack, who
have neither sense nor nerve, nor honesty, totrail
Tor themselves, or 10 open upon any track, until
their leader has given the signal there Is doubt
that the time has arrived when the South should
take some decisive step, to stay the torrent al blood
with which the lnccndlaricS OF the North are pre-
pairing To lay waste and de>olatc country. A.
though Mr.. Ritchic chooses not 10 see the dark
cloud that is gathering over us-although, Tor party
purposes, he chooses 10 close has cars 10 the loud
walngS of the coming tempest, and avails himself
of reputation which was won for his paper, by
tho lahors Of those who sumhcrin the tomb, 10
lull coniidng and infatuated people into fatal Sc
curltv; yet every rejecting man must rel that the
South is rcpoSing upon a hcaving voloano--tIat
she sleeps over vast, uneuarled magazine of pow
dor-and that the torch OF the lncendlary is al
ready blazing aloit, that is destined 10 fire the train
which, If done, must necessarily oyerwhcm both
master and slave in the same promiscaous and PC
neral ruin
Fellow Ciizcns, (lor I address this piece 10 all
lrSinjonS, belong to What political party they
! may,) | am no alarmi>t. | have rs little to fear
from such an explosion rs any ma. But beev-
ing, as do, that there is spirit at work. not onl,
at the North, but within own bosoms, which, If
not speedily checked and DESTROYED, must finally
burst forth in a conGagrarion that will poute and
destroy all tha, is valuable in our institutions and
dear to our homcS-and believing, thai. Il rough the
efforts of rrostitulcd and pcnsioncd Press, and It's
5ervllc echoes throughout the State there IS an ap
ahv upon this subject which may prove fatal 10 all
that hold sacred in liio--ii not To life it,elf-I
hold it to be the duty of one who believes himself
tn be patriot-of one whose highest boast, not
wthstandng her downfall, is =" am Il Virginia
CHSen,' to cndcavor at least to excite the attcn-
-, I,II,, H., Ill
ter.
lie, me, then, in the outset, implore YOU, my
countrymcn, as Nrginians--as Southern men--as
Shareholders TO cast from YOU all the shaekles OF
Party forget its cunning, lis tactics, lis cN
cited and embtcrcd feelings; and as one people,
obnoxious To the same common danger, and having
an indvsIbc community Of interest in the happy
adjustment tbs alarming and unfortunate subject
To give to it your impartial, Your close, Your und-
vided consideration. The Aboltionsts a fear
fully growing faction They have incrcasrd--thc,
are incrcasiuo-thcy will increase. BE not dcceiv-
ed by the inSidious, the trcach,rous whsperiugs
OF the Richmond Enquirer, that !" ais we'll
suffer not that dcscrtcr of Virginia and of South
crn Rights, by his insdious cry of faction fac
tom to draw You of upon false scent, and by
still further widening the unfortunate political DIFF
icrcnccs which have already shorn Virginia of her
Glory, and suIlicd the fame and chlvalry Of the
South, To lead you up, chained and crippled Ivy
your internal dsscnsions, an nnressting victim 10
the Molochs of AmalgamaDion aud Aprarianism.
No-let me imporc You, CIzons of Virginia. 10
take this matter into your own hand its magni-
tudc deserves it. Let This he 10 you Virginia
matter, not political orc Meet oaclhcr At vour
respective court-houseS, belong To what political
party you NAV, and commune one with another, in
the spirit of brothers, threatened with a common
danger, and alike interested in supprcssing fac
ton which Is inviting the assassin into every South
crn chamber, and which would deliver mp Your
wives, your sisters, your daughters, 10 the brutal
luNtS of your unclaimed aud cxaspcratrd slaves.
Trust not to Thomas Richie, and the affiliated
presses amongst You, which are hut Tic sycophan-
tic echoes of the Oracle in Richmond. Yes,
would cmphatically warn Won to beware OF him of
the Enquirer Ilr is bou Int and sold- moi by
direct bargain and sale with Martin Van Ruren-
then his own ovcrwccninc ambition his dire hatred
OF peasants and the Wings, and, the fumes Of
Party" have cradicated every Virginia feeling
from his breast, and thrown him headlone into the
hos ON of the political and natural enemies of IL
Clnia and the South. Why is il, tcIo" citizens,
that this bastard and rcCrcant print scdulou,ly
cndeayors to blind the people To the magnitude Of
the danger that is impending over them Why
preserve a guarded silence as to the Vaccinations
of the Northern lnccndiarics. until other presses
lorCch MN 10 notice UlCm W lS. when the II
reused fears of even his own political supporters
compelled him to speak ont, did he audc 10 their
dark doings IN voice soft the zephyrs oi MAY.
and in tone calculated to misIcad and To dspe
the reasonable fears Of the people Who does not
rccolcct the terrific thunder and lightning OF the
Enquirer, upon this subject, when he wished TO put
, ont john q. Adams-how he roarcd and chaled,
when there was not an open ahotionst IN New
England, and not an abolition society in the mon :
And what, fellow -czrnS. when the amalgamaton-
lists themselves, cmbOldcncd be the unparalleled
success of their cXcrtiOns, thought proper IN "A
large meeting at New York, a short time since, 10
withdraw the veil, and proclaim 10 the world their
increasing greatness, their growing confidence Of
success, and their renew ed determination to eman-
cpatc the slaves of the South, vas the course Of
the Enquirer Unable longer to counterfeit blind
ness, he reluctantly admits the dangcr-soit and
plantvc as cooling dove, hc calls upon the tdno-
tics themselves to cease their rnhaliowcd schemes
puts in rcquisiton all his dcmaeoene arts 10 M
dcrratc their mporancc-with LIS left hand giNcs
these hcSh miscrcants gentle tap,-Nhile. with
his right, he aims poisoned >tcto at the heart of
every faithful sentinel, who has sounded the tocsin
OF alarm and by laundering ''t0etion facfion ;
disHnion d,sUnion ;" cndcayols 10 arouscihe fear,
OF the people upon subject and TO drown the
STILL small, mpotent. treachcrous rebuke, which
circumstances forced him to give, to those who are
Of his countrynIrn! Does an, man doubt This ?
Let him read tie Enquirer Lct him there SEE
that the aboonists themselves have compelled