Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-22
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rsursday. October a, ASS.
>rLsL,yERN CONVENTION.

'eh''o' III II have us make " could it have Us
mem ,he projec in such unmea>ared terms as
de"oI Ias,,e of itself! Or would il have us ex-
Il ',,,,,roval OF il live took sides At all on the
-, NE should have taken sides with lhosc who
t,,a'bli,hed the call. We see no reason why
~ L,ye not perfect rlght to call the irIrndS OF
,ol,.e emancipation together, Tor the purposes
'...s.d in their circular address aud those
w. arc opposcd to immediate emancipation have
~ r;sbt whatever 10 throw any impeachment IN the
NV Of the proposed convention. They laay call
v Convention for counter objects Il irA please, OF
: ,,o l,rcc Of argument and persuasion through
H.. nubc press bu, opposition in any other form
u" Wv, 4 he unlawful, contrary to the spirit and Sc
ac onr FREE institutions, and diSgraceiul to our
r,,,rter as liberal and enlightened people. We
."o No moro reason to oppose the formation OF
.,,,c i-slaycry societies, than State temperance
.;o,;.s or state bible societies, state mssiona-
oo;.tes or state societies for any other OF the
.lo,s.nd and one jccs for winch such associa-
.a.. ,lre,dy exist v. !. Ercnins Post.
The foregoing paragraph furnishes fair sam
II. If ,hc reasoning of the Abolition leaders. 1t
nI.sc, the lbolitionsts upon footing with the
,.;ords nj Tcmperancc, and Of the Bible con-
.tendin. that the former have precisely the same
,,h,,,o oroanize their strength and dilusc their
,rnc,les that the latter have. We deny it, toto
,aiu. The Bible and Temperance Societies, and
,hr various other benevolent associations which
,s in the land, arc both in their design and in
ttc means by which they propose to accomp sh
Them, as we'll as in their very nature, totally dis
similar to Abolilionism. 1Hcy carry with them
le healing streams" of virtue, picty and peace.
They excite no spirit Of rancor and hostility be-
tween sections ofthc Cnion-the> do not propose To
nproot institutions long established, and intimate
| " interviewer in the very framework of orr social
aud legal pcty, that they cannot be destroyed with
out involving in the destruction the pillars OF pub
| lie peace and salety-they do not excite one class
Of Use community against another, by false asser-
tons and iniammatory declarations, and put into
/ the hands of the lower orders the torch and knife
witt, which to ayenge their imaginery wrongs, aud
10 recover privileges which hrs nor their fathers
never enjoycd-thcy do not disturb the public
tranquility and endanger tho existence of the /
nion by bold disregard Of the constitutional guar
antccs, BY which the RIGHTS of the South were de-
signed to be protected agains, fanatics and inccndi
halls of egislation-and therefore, even il they did
No good, their operations, being harmless, their
coald be possible objection to concentration
OF their energies and m ans by voluntary associa
ton aud united action. But it is not so with the
Aboonists. They do the very things which the
Bible and Temperance Societies leave undone.
They have already kindlcd feeling of sectional
hatred which augurS the worst possible consequent
,rs,-and if, with full and fair view of the evils
which have originated in their operations, both
present and prospective. they manifest DISPOSE
ton, instead Of covering beneath the storm of pub
lie Indignation, TO proclaim the doctrines from the
housc-tops and 10 push them to the tjirhest posi-
bic limits. They should be crushed by the strong
arm of the Lar, which, after all, would be nothing
more than Public Opinion embodied in order to
efec, great good which otherwise it would be
impoent to achieve.
Let us put case to the EVENING Post. The
North has its slaves as we'll as the Souh-aye, its
slavcs-slavcs in every thing but the name, and
worse than slaves IN many essential particulars.
What else are they, who toll and labor from the
moment that their limbs acquire strength enough to
perform the hard and -rcquited tasks which Jov
erty exacts of all its victims, until in some wretch
ed hovel or iT'id cellar Death, like an Angel OF
mercy. IN all but its alcyiatng conconlitants, clo-
sea the upon the parent, only to entail
iod wrechedncss upon his o8sprng1 Answer
us that. Well: suppose scmc daring spirits among
'hs II-ated class, goadcd to madGcsS by the daily
contrast between the namccss Injuries which
crowd the table of the idle and pro0gatc rich and
""e scany pittancc OF coarse food which, in despite
sh-unwcarled toll and parsimonious economy, the
'F''F are glad to obtain,- suppose that turning
from the view of robes and costly edit ,cs, and
Sumr'uons banqucts, and splendid equpages
winch bloated Pride exhibit daily in the streets, to
Their own taered garments, and cherries huts,
ana meagre fare, they should begin to question the
justice OF that social compact which permitted, and
"'c duty of obedience to those laws which protect
'ed' such slaring cqualities-suppose, with the
declaration of Independence in one hand, they
should declare that call men are born free and
equal, and with the Bible in the other, proclaim
'nc great law, " thou shalt love thy ncighbor as
myself and should form Societies to effect an
EQUALIZATION Of condition, a dwelling Of the high TO
W.T. condition of the low, a general distribution OF
"'a''f' and future common right each to the ac
4"'S'uohs OF the other; and suppose that they
'"o''u proceed to call Convention to carry their
uoS'g's INTO cicct-would the New York Evening
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