Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-11-21
NUMBER 50.

nlshed, in his Narrative, the means OF de-
tecting its entire destiIuiion OF the SEM
blance oftruth. He had given the names
OF the persons and families, whose habits,
&c. he affected to describe. and had Local
ted the scenes where the bruiaiIties Ia
which Whittier's morbid imagination loves
to revel, are said 10 have occurred; and
the mention Of these names and scenes
has enabled those persons who thought u
worth while TO institute the inquiry, TO de-
mons:rate the entire ialsnhood oil the
whole Narrative, from its title page TO It's
conclusion. So complete, indeed is tho
refulation, that the Abol,ionisis them
selves, though not over scrupulous IN The
means TO which they resort, have been
compelled to admit to its utter ialsity, and
to order its agents TO discontinue the
sale Of the work"--though, some weeks
ago, one ofthe organs Of the Fanatics was
base enough to contend, that, although
the stamp of faisehood had been branded
upon the foul volume its circulation should
not be- forbidden, because. although I'M
true MS n Narrative, il was still correct
por,rai,ure of Southern customs, and
fair exhibition Of Southern morals We
are glad to see, however, that more no.
nest counsels have prevailed, and that the
infamous libel IS TO be suppressed. And
yet, we assure the Fanatics that, false as
this Narrative 10, it is not whit more so
than ninety.nine ofeyery hundred Of their
publications touching the Slavery question
in its practical forms. They hardly ever
hi, the truth except by accident, and then
il is so exaggerated, distorted and en-
bellished, that il can scarcely be recog-
nized by those who are conversant with
slavery as il is, and not as 1t is exhibited
in the bucks. fall their lbels were col
lected together, indeed, like the tower
Of Babel, they would almost reach 10 the
Heavens, and a torch applied to them
would illuminate continent.
But what have they done with James
Williams, who has thus dupcd and cheat
ed them. We are told that he is now IN
England, sent by the Abolitionisis through
whose sympathies he cunningly reached
their pockets, bearing Certificate 10
their brother fanatics Of the fast anchored
Isle, tina, he was a modest and engaging
young gentlemen ofcolor," and, fofsoo,h,
:. worthy of all confidence !" Is II not
their duly TO recall their trusty Ambassa-
dor7 Or will he be still deemed tit a.
gent for Tappan, Garrison d Go. and
worthy associate and co-laborer oil George
Thompson
|. is asserted, and doubtless with great
truth. that thousands OF Aboktionists have
been made SO by the perusal OF this vol-
ume, which, as we before remarked, -
written in bold, nervous, and even ele-
giant style, and which, SO far as we have
read il, seems to possess all those peculi.
ari,ies which render blended work OF
history and fiction SO captivating even TO
sober minds. What will those persons
think, when they discover that they have
been made the dupes Of a man, who, al
though scholar and genius, was HIM
self TIE dupe Of an untutofed African =
Will not the Northern people generally
learn 10 dstrust aud TO dIscredit those
false stories Of wrong and outrage, with
which the pages ofthe Anti.Slavery peri.
odicaIs and other publications have been
so long filed 1.-THE same facilities OF
obtaining evidence we're furnished, ana
the same efforts were made to collect IT.
all their other highly. wrought narratives
OF barbarty and crime might be shown 10
rest on no better foundation than the story
of James Williams, over whose sufierings
SO many teais have been shed, which had
been more acceptable in the sight oil men
and angels, had they fallen by the bedside
Of some neglected sufferer, perhaps with
in reach Of the reader at the moment'--
sufferers. who, as their own coroners yer.
diets, sometimes say, "Died OF sfarra-
lion" ia the mids, Of their opulent cities,
and within sight of,heir gorgeous palaces.
where perhapsthe sippersofnectard sweets
from golden gobets, were pouring out
their sympathics over the condition Of
Slaves! Alas for their own
poor, in every respect more worthy OF
their compassion and more needlul OF their
bounty than our savcs-alas for their
own poor, when their charity, instead OF
beginning ut home, passes by the novels
Of want. TO seek and to save those, VINO
are, at last, only injured by their mlsdi3
rected philanthrophy
TIE NORTHEASTERN BouNDARY.-Ihe
proposed survey Of the boundary line, un.