Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-12-04
roprIIrRN ABoLrTIoNIsTS.

NORTHERN aDol1l l''.>i'' -
.,.chari,ablc to doubt that a large portion
=, Northern Abolitionsts are, OF AT least believe
.e,yes TO be- urged on in then i'na'lca' crusade
southern Institutions, by motives oil lhliah-
MINGLED with some indefnite aud niiracu-
.o,ions Of human n ehts, which serve very
h.snauelea Revolutionary Manifesto or
nj D,a,ion but which eau never DO realized
;r,cuous neral CONFUSION sweeps over the
'"'' soc;cty. and effects radical change III It's
'' - constitution. Yet larger portions OF the
however, are unqueslionaby lnstigated by
In, and less laudable motives-Some oil them are
o' '.., ,c,,ators, who seek, by nuodueinga new
! s,,ietly sectional topic into our poi'c'' con
...,scs. TO advance Their personal AMBITION by
..y,,,pc upon whole masses OF the community
I'D, The medium of their uncnhshtened passions
,.,hnhorn prcudlccs Others are under the influence
As mouonania, which seeks TO proptate
,x If Heaven by councracting the designs OF
.n;J.nce: by whose permlsslve VIII, at least the
,.,,, al Africa have been carried INTO bondage,
l,-.,s-,q The means Of ultimately rescneratmS
,nd by bearing back torch lighted at our
,,,s 10 illuminate the minds and to purify
,o,ds Of their degraded race, and 10 elevate
. h;,her Jesiiues both here and hereaer-
cc, men are " wise above what Is written.
uar. conscicntously pious than the Prophets and
ia, A,os,Des or the Saviour himself, they RAISE the
',a1ard Of Christian morality higher even tImnthe
p1lo ,u,borizes. In a former age, these bIgoted
.,s,,,c,s would have followed Peter the Hermit
"a J.m,oiem with pilgrims staff IN one hand and
s,,o,d in the other, ready either to convert
- s,x the Saracen, soft words or hard blows
..I,, chance to be called in lequisition. In Rome
I.a,, Eth. l,,t,t sttfrs
40 and iortu,ing the body for the good Of the
sou, and expelling both be'esy and HE by the same
,os.ss of refined and protacied cruelty. In Eng
land. during the reign OF the bloody Mary they
would have iraped FOR JOY at ever, fire Which con
..med mart,r--Aud, had they been present at the
.,n,u,nar, rites oil ST. bartholomew in France,
tley wond have been frantic with cAuation al the
,nI,,less victims inundated III the shrine of
,loJorv! In all these striking commentaries on the
,loess Of hnnlln nature aud lis liability become
the victim OF 3" strong dclnslons,' We find plece-
dent and paii alton for the lohes OF the religious
enthusiasts of our da,,who n,ady deem that they
arc doing God service by hIllng the world with the
.lrlle both Of words and biows-eyen a Minister OF
tlle Religion of Peace FIRST provoking his fellow
citizens to wrath, and then a',nns himself with
We. pom OF death and deliberately sending a fellow
creature into eternity, to herald his own coming by
A similar act of violence! Others still are the mere
dunes and Instruments OF the two classes just de
seriLrd-aud obey constitute tie great body of Abo-
ltmniSrs-thc women aud children, whose petitions
crowd the tables Of Congress: some, operated up
on bt thc innate softncss al heit natures, which will
i,9f prsmi them adeai 10 the exaggerated
esricaiur-s oi southern slavery, which ariul hypo
cries ;,la. off upon tiarr I.norance and credulity
aal others by natural envy Of The supposed advan-
!, III ihciT Southern si,tels IN being exempted
fun much III at to and labor which the absence
Of slavery ueee-s.rIiy impulses upon rhemscVes.-
And tlicn. 100. j. IS si.n ones Hanle When
thrreis nothing pay for it, tat, would be strange
il such cheap >>tcn philanthropy did not find
many disciples, for the honest and sincere por-
ton Of the Abotenisi, Of course bound to
feel some respect, while pity the dcI,son under
which they Labor, and reprobale the tendency of then
rsc-Bu Tar the systematic md calculating sian
tclcrs who ugc them c,eu whilst they know bet
,ef-sucl men. for example, Brman oil Troy,
vino has resided in the southern country and him
SCH raiflckcd in slaves, II Impossible 10 feel an,
4rle, emotion than the lost profound ndguatiot aud
contempt.
Bat we have wandered very Ear from OH, design
when took up the i'l Nhitn Was sllillN IL III
.nv the attention OF tcsetrsto tie following
tract from u late letter OF The New orb corrspon-
dsAi Of the National lncliisencer:
INV NoRh. Nov 26.
The Wh2s OF y. \ DIRK met last evening 10 make
arrangements tur the closing part nj their ceiebra
tlon. good number were present, and the meet
ing went of in manner which pfomls : success 10
The benevolent enterprise OF raising Wing lund Tor
the benefit OF the poor aud destitute OF toe city The
Man oft hp presided The
hy several vice presidents The Mayor made Il very
clever speech upon taking the char, as he always
does upon such occasons-slaed tie objects oi Tie
meeting and called upon the Wings OF Ne" \ ork,
always provc,bal for their lbeality and industry to
close their Wing jubilee in manner worthy oil
their Wing victory. lr WILL BE DONE. Inc p0or
al .NetU York Alas ms heart beeds when | think
othem. They legion in number, and suffer
bcvond the power OF description. This Sunday
morning have seen two meu--and probably there
were a doZen-who were taken up dead this NOR
lng, having fr0ccR 10 death dur1H9 The night
There are SiebtS IN our city, which one who mikes
with the People every day, enough 10 make the
stonest heart a heat Of flesh. Mothers begging
Tor bread to feed their Children and children to iced
their suffering parents ON almshouses and poor
houses are inll to the brm, and there are hundreds
who should he there. who are all but diving OF cold
and starvation beyond their precincts. ouwil I'M
dersand The cause Of distress when told that the
number OF emigrans who have arrived from Great
britain alone the past year exceeds ttcetre HouS-
and. The poor mostly foreigners, although
there is great distress among many OF our American
population