Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-01-14

old maids, has protected him from all tho rage Of
the indignant citizens Aye, sir, at tho ve-
ry moment when the people surrounded HING
breathing ihrcaenncs and dcnunciations, detefs
mined suppress his doings and chastise his inso
lcncc, his charming female followers and admivers
exercised so powerful d charm over him, that they
carried him away unseen, as IN tho midst Of .
cloud whether in their pockets or how, no ohs
can tell but 81 il is, he was carried ont nm
seen, and escaped untouched, entirely through
female Intervention. How potent tho charm, thus
TO paralizc indignant patriotism and aiornal alice
ton
Mr. SLADE said Thompson had never been in
Vermont.
/ Mr.. GARLAND. Well, am very glad 10 hear
that Vermont hns not been cursed with his pre-
scncc, and | wish could say tina, his principles
had never been there but somehow Of other, all
his doctrines have reached there, hate apparently
taken pretty deep roo, IN some Of its soil, and
aro broac hcd here in their every odions and de-
,cs,abo form, and shape. will, therefore, say 10
the people Of the Morrill, give your aid in this
thing. We love you az brethren, We love tho u.
mon; VIC ash You citizens having the power by
force of Law, which we have not. TO PIT down
these abolition schemes, and their aders and abot-
tors IN your amidst, and 10 protect against these
'necndaiy attempts 80 bring war and desolaton
into Our very ,lomcilrs. This, sir, is nstionaf
| eohSlutfathn, cbnsIuefhiloh uetply aHefIlhE
Southern country and the Union itself; and should
despisc myself If could allow an, other feelings
10 enter into IN, consideration, where the property,
the lives, or.thc liberties Of my fellow citizens arc
Al stake.
Mr.. Speaker, I lopo need scarcely remark
that do not include all the people If the North
with the Aboliiionist.. God forbid ] believe
! better 81 lhcm. Sir, know them to he incapable
| of the designs OF these midnight mlrdcre,s, for
call the Abononisi.. They ARE not open and
manly mnrdr,ois ior they do not darcto show their
faces IN the South, N propagate their schemes,
but stand IT distance, safely muurcd behind tho
ramparts ofiho laws aud institutions o independen Mt
States, ar,iulN exciting, insin,,ane, and simnla-
| ting slaves 10 the work Of destruction. Sir they
are nrurdorcrs in the most obnoxious sense Of tho
term. ] could have respect for The man who bold
" marches mp aud assaults me openly, but abhof
| and decst the tn>tardl, hcnd WHO approaches mo
atby STEALTH nr fires al me from behind the bush.
| repeat, sn, their object is nurlrtons, and can
| prove il oul of then uwn mouth. lSn not notori-
Gus lat, but short time ago, one al ,cm boldly
svo@cd tia, every southern STAKEHOLDER ought TO
he executed And yet, that very fellow walks in
broad day, unmolesied by the men, and care.ed
by ladies, in the streets OF northern city Of this
Unionf Have they not declared in print that they
would pull down and destroy the very arch Of the
| Union, raihcr tlnn ,lry wou fail 10 effect thei,
purposcsl Sir Is tins language, IL the midst OF
our northern friends, Ia be- tolerated Are .hesc
the pions actions oi these bene,"lew servants OF
| God ! Sir, they nfe aciions, out thtv are nm
those Of the holy and peaceful religion OF tie Sa
viour o(the world, whom they hypocriilcally pro-
,css TO follow and whose religion they profess To-
propagate. lie did moi effect, nor seek to effect
! the grand object Of his mission b, violence. No
sir, tie religion of the Saviour is ola different or
| der nl,i,,t ~ n,s,cc MOI 60 these fanatics.
| Theirs !, the religion Which seeks the attainment
Of in designs Ly FIRE and sword, and would drag
iereics 10 the stake, burn them with 1ape0ts,
torture them with the rack aud the inqusit,on
Inc real christian is never stimulated TO, and ne
| Yer nciics 10 murder and midnight assassination;
| and regret the name OF christian should ever
have been connected with this uphallowcd, deicsta-
bile association. Ii is Dissertation 10 The name
Sir these people mus, BE- put down, and that specdi
ly or dire consequences, which, dread TO conicm-
plate. " i'll cnsue. The time has arrived when the
people Of the South mus, insist upon ii. Security,
liberty, life, nll involved in this question ; and
they will never surrender their rights. They may
| b., driven from them, but abandon or surrender
them they never viii. II may be matter of no So
rous concern 10 these mcdJlcrs with our domestic
rights with these nstIrat"rs Ia the murder OF our
wives and children, TO contemplate our plains
drcnchcd with blood, in s.rviie war; they are
| absent and secure :; bit to Us, Who are husbands
and fathers, Who must be- in the mds, Of it, it is
with slight concern, no ordinary cmoi'on thai
we cnn contemplate, or could the blood reck-
! ing from the bosoms OF our wives and children,
POURING from wounds inflicted through The insiiga-
lion nj these disturbcrs oour peace, and enemies IT
our lives aud liberties. We are not brntcs. We
should feel and that acu,rly lou-we should re-
vcnge To the utmost their b"od, upon the heads Of
those " ho shed il. Mr.. Speaker, we may suffer
much in the connc, with which threatens
ed but be- assured, that unless God, in his provi-
ner, bus determined our fate otherwise, we shall
! drive back the storm----wc will maintain our rights
keep our slaves in subsection, aud drive bach,
with signal overthrow, these inruders upon our
rights.
Mr.. Speaker: | shall not, upon this occasion,
enter ,helisis with the gentleman rom Massacln-
scit. TO discuss the " s,iblime merits Of slavery )"
iih the gentleman from Vermont into religious
controversy to prove that slavery rs in conformity
with holy writ. The latter gentleman may find, If
he search the bible, that the Pairia,els ofold held
their bond men AS well AS their free servants and
! both sacred and proiane history will teach Kim
/ Il ~ slavery las existed in one form or another
! from, the foundation of the world and bv not a
few pors and learned divines il is supposed to be-
curse pronounced upon the descendants of one If
the sons OF Noah. But into the philosophy or dr..
crssion of these matters design not to enter. II
i, b. stain on our escutchcon. wish To distribute
the honor to whom honor is due and let our
former mother England, who bequs,hed it I" us,