Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-13

Mr.. Otis in his letter of Sept s. to the Jazct'e says
"I have belonged to the American nti-Slavery Soce
ty and auxiliary society established IN ms f.ty
am not member of ether at present, haOtng tthdra7cn
from them upon finding that the intentions Of the society,"
acere far o,er,css nth respect immediate action AS
an exhibition of the character of this man. we State on
the authority of the President OF 'he r 90
cety in this city, that at the time when MIR Oils was
moknu the above pu6iic disclaimer he had NOT with
drawn from that association here And II was not until
yesterday morning. (Sunday0 that any ntlnat,on of
wish To that effect was received from him On the same
authority we state that the declaration subscribed by
every member of the Society, contains full enu,nera
ton of its Objects and that Mr. Otis could not have been
msled he pretends, as to Its designs But few
days before lie left this city, for the Springs he deliver
ed an address before the Young Mems Anti Slavery So
cely which he distinctly approved of It's Objects and
mode of operation This the course of Mr.. Otis
up the time he left this city for the South. That he
still preached abolition in Virginia, learn from the
Lypchburg Virgnan, IA violent Wing paper which has
From the Lyncuburg Tirsinan, Aug. 3l.l
"AyoTEn ARREsr.-A gentleman from Lexington,
Va informs u.s. that the I'D inst, the orderly citizens
of that little village thrown into state of no little
excitement by the arrival OF man whom rumor had de-
signatcd as an active and influential Aboonst from
the Norh-no less parsonage than James F. Otis, Esq.,
distinguished lawyer Of Portland Maine, and Co editor
of paper printed at that place. 1t appeared that Mr.
Otis had been to the Virginia Springs, and while on his
member" with no little freedom, the abolition ques-
ton He was understood to have asserted in alusion
to the rewards reported to have been offered in the South
for appan and his leading associates that the Southern
People were g all wind"-tat if lappan L. Co should
come among u.s. should be glad to take off hats
to them, instead of arresting and Furnishing tlem-and
asked if eager to seize abolitIonlsts why he
was permitted TO travel unmoested among us-that he
profcsscd their sentiments leading member of
their Society," attended An-Slavery Conventions made
Abolition speeches. &C. and ready as they 10 suf
fer marty rdom in the cause!
His remuneration was not wrnng from him until Judge
=. To,,t IN
now to be proved incontroyertbly, that MIR. Otis, in
charging false accusation the Argus has only proved
himself TO be that triple personage, which figures so
largely establishment in his published letters
His own testimony and his own political friends have
noc fixed brand upon him, to use his own elegant pra-
seoogy like Gains, stamped upon the front Of all his
words and actions.
We have thus attempted TO give faint sketch of the
return of James F. Otis from the Sulphur Springs Of
Virginia. and il must be confessed that in celebrity of
movement for man laborng under the most rtotent
ThcumatiSm in the dangers which so holly pursued
him behind and thcky beseI him before the mastery
retreat of Xcnophon and his ten thousand dwindes into
an every day arscarcey worth the notice ola future
historian. We have also made an exposition of his
published sentiments. Our readers will have no diff
Guilty in deciding whether in his pretended conversion lie
acted the knavc the fool What had occurred 10 change
his pre- rous opinions not known to him. in the yday OF
his abolition ianatcisn: not surely the excitement
Souh-or he has declared in one of his late letters that
i'm Virgina-it electioneerng trick to unite the
South against Mr.. Van Buren, The truth is, Lynch has
had him in temporary duress The ready executors Of
the Judges DEGREES forever tterng before the be-
wdcred vision of the unhappy The atmosphere
seemed alive with Feathers and the very earth he lrod
on bed of burning star. The African whom he
would have Rugged to his bosom as "a very brther
seemed to frown 'diuck Erebus the trembling cu
prit. The heart of bad is great charcl house
Of pent-up and fostering corrupons. Yet even there
now and then troublesome inmate proves too strong
for the bolts and bars of 4 callUus conscience. The
dread Of Judge Lynch wrung from the STRICKEN
panicstung abotonist, the very extreme of earthly
humiliation. The Judge in the very centre Of his uris
dicton had planted himself in the path Of the eulogis
of Garrison To live there he could not; 10 seek a
place Of safety, where he could rail at the shareholders
with npunity, that obstacle must DC AS he
had the courage surnount by the counsel of that
sbeter part Of ralor, he concluded to ~ his knees
and cruel undcr After the foot Of Judge Lynch had
taken liberal toll of the body of the PROSTATE penent
he made good his retreat and more brears at ease,
on the Of his former glory the euOg of WM
LLOYD GARRISON. Thus ended the exploits of this 5olG
Knight Of the Sinister Aspect among the sashcs and
braes Of the Ancient Dominion.