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

oncl had pillowcd hi, head upon the bosom olhis
black Dulc,nca for upwards OF twenty wears, the
thck-hppcd, wooly-hcadcd, swcct-Scrntcd Julia
was torn from his coniugal embraces, by the cruel
Cholera Did the Democratic Colonel repent
him oi this " youthful indiScrcton y Did he. by
Il life OF occurrences and proprlcty, atone In an
outraged and wronccd society for tho wounds he
had inflicted upon ii 7 Let facts answer. AZ
ter adccent time spent in weeping over the tomb Of
the sooty Julia-n his old aye" when the
! hey day Of the blood is tamr," so cnamored had
he became with the practice OF amalgamatlon--
fascinated with the m,lSk-rat aroma peculiar
10 the sable far Mok"--hc dotted his mourning
wceds-bccamc thriving, Jolly woorr, and took
INTO his widowed arms the lovely Sun-hurnishcd
Madame parlhcnc - another II has negro locr-
ohts = Crcdat Judru> Tia W. Democrat
and others--you who deprecated any illusions IN
Col. Johnson's" domestic relations" and squared
II over as "A youthful mdiscrction," although il
lasted until he had raised and married OF large
family of nulattocs--how will You dcnnminate tins
latter marrlagol VIVA, soft, palln,inc mantle vii
You throw over this hodrg sin, TO induco the full
hooded oR lugintans to assist IN cl.,atnp
10 the second office IN the government of this
grand conicdcracv of sovereign and independent
nations, rs an example To be initiated by their
sons and daughters, "A man--wM nrsro rite !
Throw oil Il mask--on in with the political
presses of Your own creed To the north and bot
tom your support of the Baltimore ticket upon the
broad grounds OF the proprlcty of an incorporation
oi colours and general Indignation oil the
white and black races.
Here, utter cnumrraling these facts, lrtmc 'cpcat
again, that the venerable Mr.. Richie (,hc head oil
the clam knows that his candidate, Van Buren,,
smell, strongly of abolition, aud that i, is onl,
necessary Tor the intelligent people of the South
to examine into this matter, to spcw him up, as
they would the most nausrous poison. Hence hi,
eagerness 10 ho'h up this Northern consprac, IL
eanst Southern righi>--to throw a we'd over the
dangers which are lowering over us, and To n Us
10 sleep, although he must know that ii the South
sleeps a little longer. she must awake from her
slnmbers amidst all the untold horrors ola scryilc
instruction. Yes, Mr.. Il knows all thiS--he can
not help but know it. But because the interest Of
" the parly'-in other words, Van Buren,, requires
II, he IS willing (i he CAM lead the people oitho
South, bllndold and unrcsiSlne, into the burning
cauldron which the nccndnrics Of the North are
SO ndusriously preparing for them Is this too
INDUSTRIOUS for belief Arc the people of Nnginm
unwilling to believe that such creature lVurshcs
amongst them, and wiclds the sccptrc of their
State These questions, lam aware, will be ask
ed, and many in the goodness oithcir own hearts,
will refuse to believe, in defiance of the most per
nam conoboratng testimony. To all such |
would observe there are party" fanatics as well
as religious fan tics :; and where either prevails, we
are not exclusively to Judge Of particular alleged
acts oi turpudc and bascncsS and folly by the
general character for probitv, good dem amour and
GOOD sense, enjoyed by the individual who i, labor
ing under lis curse. Now, no man prctcnds 10
doubt there are such men a. Tappan, Garrison,
Thompson, &c. &c. dcludcd fanatics, who, were
they strong enough, would tomorrow commence
| ia IL, h., i,
every white man South Of the Potomac, TO free
the negroes, about whom they know nothing.
! " hilst believe there Il great many willy,
schrminF, cold bloodcd politicians amongst thrm
exciting their morbid and heated ,mngnaiions, and
eoadinp them To pmcnzy, who care not doii either
for the negro or for freedom, | am equally couti-
dent that number, of them are acting under The IN
lluencc of false and mistaken ideas of phanlhro-
pv, and eoadcd on by inocrant religions ianalicsm
and bgoiry. Yes; | doubt not that numbers Of
these misguided wrcichcs at home are good pa
rents good husbands, rood citizens and held in de-
served respect for all the social virtues who would
nevertheless, with their own hands will, the utmost
sang troid, cut the tlroats of every uuo1cndnp
Stakeholder in the Union, and consider that they
were honoring God and advancing the cause Of
Liberty and Human RIGHTS by doing ! This
assertion, 10 those amongst rs who have not close
! " studied history and the human mind, no doubt
| appears strange Inconsistency, which will make
them disposed 10 be incrcdulous. !, Is ncvcrtlc-
less true, that the rankcSt fauatrism may east
III the same mind co,cmporancously with The
pure,t virtues and whilst ianalic,m may and
! frequently to limited cXtcG, does exist up
On any and every subject, rs the different
species of monomania, &c. &c. yet it is on
! y when it makes a political religious de
vcopemcn that it aundicc> the whole mind.
Then, il too frequently becomes a tremendous en-
rlne Of evil, scattering ruin and blood-shed and
de,oaton i'll lis path and capable of upturnine
society from lis deepest foundations, and prostI a
ting and tramrling upon the best regulated govern
mcnt,, and the purcst and most sacred human in
stuions. 1t wasrcligious fnacism, that, in times
that are past, enabled the plous Catholic to drag his
neignbor the no les, pous Protestant, to the stake,
and offer up to the throne of grace his dcvou, aud
earnest prayers, believing them an acceptable sac
rhce 10 Deity, whilst at the same instant his hear
was boiling with hatred and revenge. and rejoicing
in the cries of his victim, agonzing in the flames
he had kindlcd to consume him 1t was religious
ianatacism, that hurled all Europe, England,
France, Austria, and Scotland, like a tremendous
avalanche, upon the peaceful plains Of devoted
Asia, wasting millions of treasure and shedding
oceans OF innocent blood for the acquisition OF
barren scpuichrc 1t was religious aud polit-
zeal lanataciSm combined, that dragged the Wnior-
tnnate and siriuous Charles to the scaiold--dc-
populated the iairc,t portions of England, and
placed upon the throne of the Stuarls, the blood
stained and tyrannica Cromwell |, was this
spirit tia, bahed its unhallowcd hand, in the blood
tll y HAT. trt hanr ,i Inc