Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-12-19

shalt those WHO nus CAIN Tor Congress
the constitutional power 10 emaneipalc The
SLAVE. in the District Of Columbia. will n, bodl,
claim the ,7me power in regard IN the States.
Their whole course demonstrates thai TN, i, III.
couspnm,tion NJ winch they aiming. Il /,
ncithor ctlcniafed uot Designed 10 eonse.t tlm
shareholders, but 10 unIin the people al the
shvehol,ng States IL ftsor Of The emsnei l,atlon
oi our slaves Aud II !. evident thai this would
not coninee, IN any respect, 10 the accomplish
mcnt vi their ohier. unie.. h, fe.ofi Ia ee'sli-
i've power Of physical iofee.
Such being tn apparent tendency arl design
ot these dlseus.on, 4 proceedings, II deso,e. up
on YOU 10 decide what measures shall i~ adopt d
to arrest them. In nanN Of III. popular MEETING,
/ d, tho South, assembled TO CONSIDER the suile
ol ia" irccndntfy proceedings Of l.in Aholoni>t,,
the States in which those proceedings carried
on, vera called upon 10 suppress them by penal
enaci monts and ii declared that il this redress
sho1d be refused, i, would be sspedent for the
Slaye-h holding States 10 meet N Convention To
consider the mears Of protecting Themselves. In
abiding to those proceedings at Tire South, the A.
merican Ant-S avery Society e,ulilnely declares
that no legislative body in the non.siave-h holding
States, and bat one popular meeting, had daed 10
propose penal attachments against the Abolllionsts
and Sc, that tie slave-holdinf States slfunk from
the execution al heir threatened call 81 ConNcn-
tion This the Snelety SETS forth oi its signs
of encouragement aud adds, ''the threat Is grown
stale, and liz terror can n"scr h. restored
The intention Is hnhllv declared oil urging upon
Congress TIA, tnneliatc abolition Of slavery IN
the District ul Columbia. and the hop. Is express
! cd that the table ol that body will "stoan with
/ trhfold weight Of petitions
II IS quite apparent that "a lung az the halls i
/ Congress shall be open II the discussion ul lhl,
question, can have neither peace nor security
and 1t ~ still mofe apparent, that whenever th'
federal legislature shall usorp the po"er oi enlan
tip,ting iIr slavr. in the Dl,iici nj Columbia, Nh,
only security OF the southern States will consist III
promptly and pcareahlv Withdrawing ilom III"
/ Union. with II view, therefore, OF warning the
people OF the North of the Consequences Of such
an usrrl,aou, that they may be- restrained from
longer ugirating subject 50 deeply involving our
very existence people, sugeea 10 You the
/ c,pcdioncy of making solemn Legislative deohra-
ton, that Congress bas II hi 10 abolish 81 very
IN the Ds'rict Of Columbia, aud is under no CON-
stu,onal obligation to reoese The petitions Of
tI, people Of anl of the states praf,ne er such aho
/ litiun and that whenever Congress shall enane-
pate the slaves IN the said District, OF in any ofthc
| Territories Of tho United States Soulli Carolina,
in cun mnp with The Other sl,ve-hollinr Slntcs,
Nill bc ahsolVed trom all constitutional moral
obligation To remain any longer in the Union and
m1v richtully ard peacefully withdraw from il.
While south Carolina IS thus indignantly reprl-
ling all foreign attempts 10 violate the SANCTUARY Il
cnlangcr the existence of her domestic institutions
II becomes her, IN peculiar manner, t. abstain
from every sort of interference with the dome site
concerns or domestic controversies OF all other
STATES, foreign confederate. Tho doctrine oi
npn-ntorlerrnc'. oil the most important IN
the code OF International Law, and there are no
communities on earth vino should hold II 50 sacred
as the >lavc-hojiha State. of h, Union. II bv
their example, in Twin. cnuntrnantc 10 the I'M
lawful enterprises al their own citizens against a
npighhornG and neutral power, t1ey should weak
en- the influence of that principle among nations
tA"y would commit an offence against Their own
institutions by mpalrlng the sanety OF their surest
guarantee against foreign intrusion.
Entertaining those opinions, ha,o looked with
very deep concern, not nnmingled with regret up
on the occurrences which have taken place during
Il present year, in various parts of the L. States
relativGto the civil which Is still ia progress
between the Republic Of Mexico and one of her
i"vnitcd provinces II IS true that no cen,Nry can
be responsible for tho sympathies of its citizens
bat am nevertheless utterly nj "A loss To perceive
what title either Of the parties 10 this con-
troy rsy eau have to the sympathcs of the Ameri-
can people. Fit bc alleged that the insurgents of
Texas are engrnnls from the United States il is
obN ions 10 reply, thu, by their voluntary expatr-
nlon--under whatever circumstances OF adycn-
tnre, OF speculation, oil honor or oil iutamx--they
have forfeited all clam 10 our fraern. regard
II be even true that they have left land of free
dom for "A land of despotism, they have done it
with tholr"yrs opnn.& deserve ther des,iny There
Is but too much reason TO believe rha, MANY Of
them have gone mere adveniurers, speculatinr
upon tho chances Of establishing nm independent
government in Texas, and of s,izing that immen.,.
and ier'e domain by tho title of the sword But
b. tins as II may, when they became cilzens oi'
/ NlrAlco they became subject Ia the constitution
ANA laws u that country and whatever changes
the AeNc1n people may have since made in thar
constitution aud those laws, they are matters with
winch torelgn States el1 have concern, and OF.
winch they have right 10 take corni2ancc
wal give no coun,cnanee. direct indirect open or
concealed, To ANY acts which may rompron,lt the
Neutrality oi the United States, bring INTO uucs-
u"n their pllshtrd iaih. .lustce--siern and nm
bending lu>lce--ln intercourse with other
II ties Nhonld be paramount 10 all the cons.lrra-
UohS al mere e>pcdeney, even lit we've possible
that ti"S" conld be separate d. But they cannot
Justice Is the highest exnediencv, and | am sure
south Carolina is the last State IN the Union thai
would knowingly violate this sacred canon of
political morality
II any consideration could add To the intrinsic
weight oi these heh Inducements, 10 abstain from
every species ri interference with the domestic
affair, of nrjehboring and friendly State. wonld
be the Tremendous rclribnon To which W. arc so
/ pecuilry exposed ON our South western frontier
from measures of retaliation. Should Mexico de.
clare war against the United States, and aided