Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-08-20

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= yo,ed for free negro suffrage III the New
-, c.,v.o,;on.-and no. born aud reared IN a
.,,vshoding State, TO which he IS indebted ior
H.. ,rbic honors, and 10 whose support he must
',,, link for reelection the office which he now
ST. necessarily partakes OF the preIudiees OF bifh
,.s,cia,ion and education which naturally felt
and manifested by all Northern men on tie SUBJECT
=, slavery, Admit for the sake OF argument, that
Mr. Van Buren, is not more deepl, unetured win
>bol;,;o, sentiments than Mr. Clay, it be sup
posed that he is less so g! Is It rational 10 oehe'e
that native aud resident OF non siayehoiuins S'a'e
and himself non stakeholder can be teSS OF al
Aboiitionls than native, a fesueh an" d 'eP'eSe"
taye OF slayehodlng State and himself Inc owner OIL
- bupd,ed slaves, The bare suggestion OF the idea
- It's best refuation so utterly preposefous and 40
su,d IS it, And yet, the very men who are Stigma
,iz,ps Mr.. Clay as an Aboonist, intend 10 support
Martin Van Buren, though, from motives OF policy,
then dare not yet arote IL Aud stranger stlll, two
wears ago, the very leader of the Calhoun squad. the
editor Of his central organ IN Washington, was la
boring might and II ain, TO iasten tins same charge
upon Martin Van Buren,, 10 whom he vas then OPP
e,o.. d. and within little more than twelve months
WIS ui'n orr knouled2e prepared 10 support Henry
Clas for TIC Presidency! Yes, prepared TO sup
mort the very man whom h isnow prosecuting win
uhis ridiculous charge! Can the assertions oil an
editor occupving this uncnviable POSITION nave
any weieh with intelligent men 1t Is Impossible.
If the charge be true, what shall be thought OF MN,
who notwithstanding its ruth, was willing to clohe
Mr. Clay with the powers al the Chief Masis'racy
II his old and now conveniently forgotten charges on
the same subject against Y IN Buren, were true, what
shall be said of his present Willingness 10 sustain
,ba, gentleman for the same office II they were
made in both cases withouta conviction OF then ruth,
as from their alternate application TO both gentle
men, Just as he has happened to be opposed 10 the
one or the other, seems to be fairly nlelriblc they
cannot excite any other feeling in the public mind
but disgust with him Hho prefers them
The sole plausible foundation of charge of abo-
Inonism against Mr. Clay rests upon the fact which
none of his friends deny, that, when he ist entered
into political life, he ayowed sentiments favorable TO
the prospective and gradual emancipation oil the
slaves in Kentucky. by the voluntary action and with
the free consent Of the people of that Stac-a
scheme similar to that strenuously urged upon VIZ
guia by Thomas Jefferson and a later ~ openly
debated in our State Legislature, and which wUui''
we believe have succeeded within comparatively
very few years, had not the rash and mprudent at
tempt of the Northern fanatics to spur forward
more rapidly than deemed il wise aud prudent
tomove. checked the growing sprit in favor of grad
nal emancipation, aud compelled US, III sell defence,
to adhere to- and to determine with utmost
er.ies and o latest breath to defend rights,
against foreign encioachmcnt and aggression. We
presume that Mr.. Clay, slayeholder nd the
resident Of slaveholdng State, has experienced
similar rcvusion of teeliug-the rather, that, as we
have examined into the true character Of domestic
servtude it exists at the South, feel much less
rcpugnancc to it, either IN reference the morality
othe institution the condition of the class
Immediately affected by it, than we entertained be-
fore the discussion Of the subject forced upon
us for while find it sustained alike by scripture
aud by universal custom, perceive that practical
~ slaves, in all the physical enjovments of life,
possess decided advantages the la5oring class
of any upon earth, whilst intellectually and
morally they may beara triumphant comparison with
that portion of our who in other countries or
even in the non slavehoding sections of our own
are " hewers Of wood and drawers ofwater' to those
who by the favor of Providence. occupy more ele-
waited rank in society II Mr. Clay is to be cassed
among the Abolitlonists, therefore, because Of his
carly opinions on this subject, there are thousands
IN Virgina,-and among them hen brightest names.
OF all partles,-her Jelersons, her Madisons, her
Marshas, her Randolphs,--to say nothing of men Of
more modern times-who mus, be placed in the same
category. And yet Virginia voted for Mr.. jefferson
long after the publication of his Noies Jireinia,
IN which the policy OF gradual emancipation is ably
argued and vehemeny enforced
We have been charged with desire to shun the
discussion of the Abolition question, OF late 1t is
true that have believed it wiser 10 avoid connect
ing ltwh politics, lift be possible, because we believe
that its connection with the Presidential question is
the very aliment which keeps it alive. The Anti
Masonic faction, long it coured by politi-
calaspirans, maintained distinct organization and
swept like wlld-lire over whole sections of country
The Abolition party have been fercer in their zeal
or more determined nspirit, than the Anti Alasons
yet the latter rs soon they became ndscrminately
commnged wlththe two great opposing parties losing
their separate existence, los, sight likewise of their
distinctive principles and ceased pcrpex the nation
with their senseless jargon. SO will it be with the
Abolitionists. Let each of the great opposing par
ties, Democrat and Wing, not only dlsdan to court
their influence, but let each of them cease to at
tempt to identity the other with the traorous fac
tlon and we have doubt, that, within a very brief
PERIOD Abolition will go the way Of Anti Masonry,
and other llumbugs which have periodically afflicted
our Northern brethren. True it may be, and we be-
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