Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-06-09

-wneneEef the has OF " EMANCIPATION"
shall be raised within our borders. citber -
nestle ineendiaries or foreign focs,-tie,...5 'o-
Gy 10 disregard their constitutional nst.a,s, ''e.
iraierial obligations, to forget tie bond. tn. e'
us together as I" one people," and to alIy =. 'a
selves, against Aea. era race, with tbe c.,.'
forces which saail rally under that n,ar /.
morrow; fexls should be received into H..
lean Union, fee to tolerate or to prohibit S,,...
as her local Legislature might determine ~
threatened beforehand with the Interference Of -
two leading European powers, which indeed;. :.
rited by the threat itself we are told tba, :, -,
be the most popular war in which they EYER
barked and they assured Of the s.,,...
and cooperation of a large portion of Ame,aa
citizens in this war upon the rights interc,s -,
safety ofanothcr portion And this insnl,;a. !,
guage is uttered unrcbukcd on the floor of r..
gress His moral treason is calmly vri,,on -.
for the press by him who uttered il. as ,lo,.l
rather conred than feared the Indignant, rron,..
his fellow citizens ! That this man, who b,s J..
once elevated, BY the American peonlo 70 i
highest Office within their gift, should no,. A.,
how utterly unworthy he vas of their coofl...s
and respect, is indeed sad commentary n,on l..
man foresight. For one, most heartily do wo
pcnt US that We were ever numbered anon, l..
supporters We have, however. the conso,.
ton Of rejecting, that, up to tina, nrriod h
had been always among the most zeaopx mr.,
tenders TO patriotism in the country. Il ~.
NOT in our power to sean the motives of the pret,n-
der, and to detect the insnccry of his proi,,.or.
and the bascness of his prmciplcs-vhicb. mar
that they stanl exposed, in all their nude deo,n
ty, we do not with the less promp,ncss dnnom,,
because we were once amongst the warn,o., adm;
mirers Of him who entertains them.
1t is in vain for Mr. Adams to seek for nroco.
dent, as preteN to Justify the foreign n,crter.
ence winch he invites, in supposed continocnr,
lis narrative OF a certain Unofficial pledge, voIm.
tarilY entered into by the governments of the nj
ted States, France and Great Britain, MAJ be true
but, whether true false bear, no sort Of analogy
to tie case in question. Cuba is an imporrantmilita
nv position, which, i'll the hands of a weak power
like Spain, is harmless to the rest of the world :.
but held by strong maritime power, furnishes thu !
means Of read, annoyance to other nations Hence
all are willing that it shall be held by Spain
bnt neither would be willing that it should pas, in
to the hands of more powerful government
When, therefore, the civil wars Of Spain cxtend,
to Havana, ard it became a subject of dopI :
whether that colony, like every other held lv
Spain, would not throw off its allegiance to The
mother country, and seek H." protection of somaI
ether power more capable of affecting it, the II,
LOUSY Of the three Great commercial. .;ons (EngI
land the L. States aud Francc,) was at once A.
reused, and each ofthcm voluntarily p. deed itself
to the others that it would not avail itself of the
Discussions in Snain to seize upon Cuba-But wLal
interest Of France or Spain can be affected by the
Enumeration of Texas to the American Conrcdera.
cy, as a>lavch5l ling State. or by it, erection ino
an independent Empire, free to permit or prohibit
slavery. as il NAV eer? If France and Great
Britain make war upon us, or upon Texas, to pre-
vent either of these alternatives, they make war
not to Wrest from us weapon with which we nav
innict blow upon their interests or safety, bur
purely to overthrow system which is abhorrentto
their notions of abstract Justice, and to confne a
certain moral curse, as they are pleased to regard
the institution of domestic slavcrv,-thougl it is I'M
every essential particular, far less grinding both 10
the body ard to the mind than the heavy yoke
which their worm eaten institutions bind upon tho
nccks oftheir own hai.starved. naked andunettor-