Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-04-17

t., redress their own sr1,.,,,... hu, =, MI. -
grievances upon other conihr,.,,.s h, ,.,I,,,. 4,
nj their property, the Massach. So
.d 10 assert that this right To rob !, :,
Ultimate powers of the federal lcpisl,t,.l
all upon them to commence the wort
lianon and plumber as as possible NJ.
doubtless deem themselves quite modest sentlem.,,
,hat they thus consent to limit the pov,r of O..
70 The District oil tolumba, and do not claim III,
,irht to extend their philanhrope snpeniSio,, :.
the saveholding States But We imagine tina, H..
people of the District, II they should atrcmut IN 90
force as well as assert this right of rolber, uo,i,
drag the spectators from then seats in Congress- ,,,
punge them headlong into the Potomac. III.
would be unworthy of their MARYLAND and yi,.;n,,
blood if they hesltated moment To iniic upon theso
legislative bandits the summary punishment due 10
wholesale robbers DO they forget that the consti
tuition declares that " Private Property shall nor b
taken for public use" without lust compensation, =,
,,osners Oh no, they tell us But this n,o,e,,, :,
not taken for public usc and therefore il NAV ho
taken without compensation msepious co,s,r,,.
ton truly-as wonderful as the hunoni,v vb;ol,
weeps over the slavery of Southern nec,ocs uL,.
the horrible servitude other ownwhitcs in,ou,, :
factories and inc cries OF their starving paupers uei
Their exces sympathy nor procmcs relief Ursbo,la
suppose that this clause of the constitution ,,.,n.
that private property shalt not be taken at all In, t
public use, and that when some great STATE n,co.,,
or some consideration of paramount pullic min,
ustifes its seizure, then the owner of il Shall H.,
fully compensated. Ii this be the true cons,,n,,i,,
'5iths constitutional clause, land we think il undo
sabc,1 Nrcn the right claimed to confiscate tI1, M,
gro property of the District is clearly untitled
Congress has no more pc" under the constitution
TO confcae the negroes than II has the bouscs .,,
lands OF the people OF tlr District for aoy obc, NM
pose than for the public Use and then only nv
compcnslting the owners. On this pro,,nd ,lo,c vo
maintain the falsry of The assumption of ri,b, ,s.
serted by the Massachusetts Legislature. Aud then. as
TO It's tmmedtdc etcfelSc, which they recon,lyi-all
that We have to say, is, iet them t,y IT. Tlrc sun
that witnesses the passage OF such law sill be the |
last that will rise upon the American Union.
3D. We are told that - slavery being an a{4ited
moral and political evil" and hrrn is the impolic,
OF Mr. Nm. &. Rpcss course demonstrated n.
new State should henceiorl be admitted into tn.
mon who will not renouncc the right To tolerate |
IT, The Missouri question, it will be thus seen is to
be revived whenever Florida shall ask for adins-
SION into the Union,-or henr, lie question of the
annexation Of Texas shall arise As arise il will very
speedily.
hese and other circumstances fore hadow 10 the |
South the dangers that lie before htr Her reursc.
however Is PLAN and obvious 1t is uscIes, u tell
'he Aboiflohis's ii certain consequences o. Their
interference with rights aud safety fol- & /
We do, however calmly rc1, teif wanton insults
and however mildly robuke ihrir nlpcltiuent in
reference with domestic Institutions We are ar.
cused Threatening and attempting to lntimidatc the
Norh-and told OF the physical power of
that section, aud the dangers of i seryle wa ere Oh
securely but Significantly hunted AT. Indeed our ap-
peals aud remonstiahccs fab upon hemelcally
sealed by bgotry and prejudice, upon intellcets
veioPed IN the mists Of ienorric" and passion, and
upon consciences mslcd by mls formation and blind
TO the consequences Of their course. We hayc no
thing then TO do, but, in the language of tie old .
Scottish proserb, to let wilinl man hae his own
way Ii 1t were possible for human patience 10
endure the repeated insults Of our Northern 6rctf5cn
without being provoked to reort-if We could be |
content 10 be sander,d and nnroplesented dd lib |
tu'n, by the Garrisons, Taprans and Weds-nay, if I
We could be passive while Congressional orators
T.
and the occasion II not the protest of pouring upon
the South torrents OF Remuneration aud slauler,-it I
might be well to do But, low {, er !patlcnly Ne
may endure the infections of this ilky and worly I
war. let us be prepared to act with decision and T
nnanimity whenever the1 time for action slIall ar
live, as ii will most aSsuredly do no distant DAY !
The time for brasado and buster is past The sub
jet is which admits of 10 d>cussion-hcTc, at
least. 1t behooyes us to be ready whenever the
now partially unembodied but rapidly eonceuta-
ting public sentiment OF the non sla ehodns giou
shall influence Congressional action, to - cut the
connection" and " hold them as We hold die rest
OF mankind, enemies in war, peace tflends.'-
Sincerely do we hope that this period may
r'c-bnt it were childish, even if it were possible, |
to shut our eyes TO the facts that indicate rapid
approximation, though may, like the Ostrich,
hide our heads and unconscious oi the threat
ened danger shall not be able either retard
10 pfeventit approach.
completely disguised than were by the perusal, III
the last New ork Plaindealer," OF the review OF
norel, lately put forth by the AbotouIsts, entitled
" The Slave, or Memoirs of Archy Moore written
III the style of an autobiography, and filled with vulgar
and obscene pictures of Southern morals and with
the most slanderohs imputaons upon Southern
Shareholders If rs the reviewer of that UNANIMOUSLY