Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-02-08

ed them, should not have repeated them IN this
place.
Dr. Cumming proles>cS, IN the beginning of his
hook, 10 address hlmsclt, not To the slave, but 10
the muster race " II i, not" SAYS he, "by per
sonal dir, action the mind oil lhc slave that we
can do him good. Dur concern Is with the free
with the free We to plead his cause" And
towards the close II the work, ~ the al, ice Inc
yves rs as to the "meauS OF removing slave y =
lac SAYS, vet molc formally How slavery shall
he removed, Is question tor the stakeholder, aud
one which he alour can full, answer. He alone
has an intimate knowlcdgc OF thr character and
habits ot the slaves, 10 which the mennN OF cnan-
: cpaon should he carefully adapted. General
: views and principles ma, and should hc suggest
ed nj distance, but the mode ol applying them
can he understood onl, nv those who dwell on the
spot where the evil exists. To ,hr >la,chold-
: II belongs the duty OF settling aud employing the
best means of liberation, and 10 10 ohcr W.
have no right ri interference, hof do We dcslfe
II. And IN the chapter which he devotrs Ia the
correction OF tho errors of the aholnonj>tN, ("ho,
doubt not, understand the end tc> arc aiming At,
aud the mean, besl adapted to the end, rather bet
ter than their monitor,) he sa,>. Tho ad, lion
o the common system OF agitation lay the aholi-
tlonsts has proved scnallv unsuccessful. From
the beginning, created alarm IN the c0HSido-
rat, and Rcthenfd The Sympdfhics otho ffee
States wjh He Sidrchoidcr. tmad, converts al
II few indi, lduals, but alicnaied mult,tudcs. It,
influence NJ the South has been evil without niN-
'tule. II has stirred up bite, passions and
fierce hnaticsm, which has slut every ear and
every heart against its arguments and pcIsua-
sons. These effects the more 10 be de
plorcd, because the hope OF freedom to the
slave hes chc, III the dispositions OF his master.
Thu d6ohfioniSt proposed, mdccd, IL c0nrcrf TIN
IL, IaI a.
: ed them ruth ranptr0fion and tIhdVsttd on
them The rocabaiarY n dbnSr md Af has
redped as he soncd Ills Vehement plcadnps 10,
the slaves have been answered by wilder ones
from the Shareholder and, what Is worse, lie
berato dclcnces ol slavery have becn sent forth,
III the spirit OF the dark ages, and IN defiance al
the moral convictions and feelings of the CHRIS
tan aud civilized world. Thus, wnh rood pun
poses, nothing seems Ia have been gained. PEI
haps (lhough am anxious To rcpcl the thoughl)
something has been lost to the tallse of freedom
and humanity"
Now, let MS Nre how Dr Channlnp practise, lhc
pleeeps he delivers, 10 the aholilonl,r>, and how
(prolesslng to address himself 10 his sM,chol M
fellow oilzcnS) avoids the errors he imputcs 10
them. In the irsl place, he says, and that, too,
hv WAY OF apology 10 us, and as n motive of charity
towards Ms, that "a man born among slaves, ae-
ilsuecc>Nily by venrratcd parents, as,ociallne il
with all whom hc tc,crs, aud loo familiar Wnh
: its evils to and feed then magnitude, tan
hardly be expected 10 look slavery as II ap-
pears TO more impartial and distant Observers.
his Is only an expression oi the common opinion
ol the abolitonlss IN England aud America, that
they who have 10 experience ON the subject, are
better able to comprehend the evil, and 10 devise
The corrective, than any person born, bred, and
living IN slavcholding country because, though
we have better opportunities OF information, our
minds are necessarily cloud,d by interest and PIE
ludees OF education and habit. But Dl. Claiming
has other opinions oIuS, which (conng with the goS-
pei IN his hand To admonisll us fer ori own rood
he thinks proper 10 announce 10 III these words
" approach more delicate subject, aud one ON
which shall not enlarge. To own the persons
: oi others, To hold females in slavery, Is uccessa-
lily fatal TO the purity of "A People. That nrpro-
teoied females, stripped by thcir degrade d con-
,Iillon, of woman ) sel-rcspcci should be- used 10
minister to other passions IN men than the love
oi ean, is next 10 inevitable. Accordingly, IN
such community the rcInS arc gwen to Youth.
tul RIGHTEOUSNESS. Youth, every where IN pcIS,
: in these circumstances URGED 10 vice with Ter
rhc power. Md the evil cannot stop at Youth.
Larry Iccnlnusness is fruitful Of crime in mature
lie. How fal the obligation To conural fidelity,
the sacrcdnrss OF domestic ties will be reverted
amidst such habits, such temptations such lacI.-
ries to vice asa are involved in slavery, needs nocx
position. SO terrible i, the conncx lon OF crimes
: They, who invade the domestic rights Of others,
suffer in their own homes The household Of the
slave may be broken up arbitrarily by the mas
ter but he finds hi, revenge, iircscngc he asks
: in the blight which the rIHnNApilLi
sheds over his own domestic Y6Vee11S 6onn-
try r,chs mM heentiousnrss. n is tainted wah
n dcadher pestiien,e than He plog"c.'
| am not going to enter into rciulation Of dies,
mpntatons, or the reasonincs they are ioundot
on. shall content myself with declaring ny
conscientious belief lhat there is no society exist
ing on the globe, in which the virtue of conjnea
fidelity, in man as well as woman, AMI the happi
ness OF domestic lie, more general than IN thu
slavchoding States. ! can find apology to
DIR. Channing's errors OF opinion IN an apology he
makes for the errors of others. -" As tine intel
lec, IN grasping TRUTH often loscs its bold ~
Others and, by giving itself up to one idea, fall
into eNaggcratiou 50 the moral sense, ScHIng on
particular exercise of philanthropy, fo,gcts otle
duties, and will even violate many impotan pre-
cepts in itscacerDcss carry one into perfection.
But can find no apology for his publication u
such opinions of his slavchodiDg fellow citizen,
Surely lac cannot think ii is calculated to conciIiat
a favorable hearing from MS of his arguments an
admonions The Tappans and the Garrison
have never Chat ! know Of "approachrd Il,
with any harsher !" vi,upcraion," and DR.. Chan
nng, too, must expect to reap as h" as N""ed.
But as to the reasonablcncss Of the opinion tia
- slave country is rocking with hccntlonSnes',
that " it is tainted with deadlier pcNlIcnce tia
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