Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-11-04

prem ium was hig her LAWYER. How absurd, then,
the etlou 10 organize any banking system 50 as 10
enable II 10 Withstand such state OF thugs ~ now
exists! 1t is folly winch il be hoped our Legs
lalure not fail into. As there aie some diseases
which Ni3e physician leaves 10 the healing hand OF
nat ure, so are hele political malades which pin-
dent statesman Should iorbear To meddle with. but
leave to the slow but sure operations OF Tune. Above
all thngs let the Legislature beware OF political
quacks and thelr nosttums. AT least lei them no, be
resoited 10 ill the case becomes desl crate. II,
Case Of Nessrs. Moaiez and Rai,-The Captured
SHARES.
1t is need in the New York papers of the
27Ih uit thru Judge lnglis had delivered his opin-
on in relation 10 Messrs Montcz and Ruiz. the
Spanish gentlemen imprisoned by the Abolltiouisis
under color of charge of ASSAULT change fabii-
ca I'd by The Abolilionisls, but purporne to be
made upon the oath OF Cinqu,z, the head man Of
tue gang of Africans recently captured in the Am
israd ana brought into tie Uuned States. Monte
dis, harged on hlsown recognlzance, and Ruiz
was held Ia bail III the sum Of $3.50. The arrest Of
thc,e gcnrlen upon charge Of assault" strikes
bein- very absurd upon lis very fdce, thai
should wonder that ii for "A moment entertain
ed by judy lnglls, much less that IT had been sus-
tanned, not aware Of the sinister Influences
by which il WAS effected. aud which, We presume
thai funclionaty Was unwilling, II he was afraid,
to encounter. Tie truth is, these negroes, over
whom the rappans and their associates have be-,
f1r weeks past shedding Crocodile tears, ought long
since to have been discharged as fee men or trans
tetred to Their Claimants. the TWO Spanish gentlemen
above named. According 10 the terms Of one Of The
provisions oi our rreay w Span. the latter course
would seem Ia us to have been the proper one, and
should have been promptly adowed by our National
Executive. rs soon as the facts Of the ju-
ideally asceruaincd. That provision, (Which
ny from the National lntellgencefD is in these
mofds
IAN sh aud merchandise. of ,cbat nature scorer
=" which shall be rescued out rfHe hdnds ~ any pr
:. rates or robbcS, tie high seas, shall be brought
- INTO some ont OF eith,r STATE, and shalt be detjrer-
" cd 10 The cuspdyefAe 4DcerS of that Poh 10 be Ia
- ken care 81, and RESTORED ENI,RE TO THE TRUE
" PROPRIETOR. as soon as due and sufficient Prool
" shall de mdde concerning the properly Mcrc9t'
A(erleadinI tlis clause OF the treaty, what is the
natural inference as 10 the Presidents duty Was
it 40, simply ny tie question OF pFoPeriy, and TO
have been governed by The proofs adduccd Has ii
moi been shown, clearly that, according TO the
laws of SPAIN these captured negroes are the pro-
perry OF tue Spanish gentlemen. whose escape from
their murderous clutches seems almost Pfov'den-
tial acl g! Why, then, have they not been restored
to thc 5, agtecably TO lie ienns ol our 'rea-
" with Span? FoitNo reasons-Ihc tlrst is. that
SPAN is weak, aud can br deted =; the second Is.
that The Abol:tlonisis the North too strong 10
be provoked on the Of doubtful political con
AlcIl
9,et us reverse this case. Suppose that Vm-
giuian ait mpls transport his slaves from Norfolk
4 |, IA he ave
rise upor aud ovemaser The sparlng the IlIe Oh
the owner, TO whom they conhde 'heiask oil n"siga-
ting the vessel themselves being too isno'ant 10 d'-
rect her nloven enls The racLlcss deep Sup
pose that after wandering about ior some days, they
are taken barge ,tby Brush cruzer, and carried
INTO "A rorl 81 that kingdom; and that instead ct
being restored to thrir owner, and sent home &C
toidlng to treaty obligations, as soonas The proofs
of ownership are satisfactorily adduced, they are
CONVEX ted into the IDOLS OF the mob while Their mas
ter is arrested upon false charges OF assault ana
thrown into prison, aud required TO give heaVy Dali
what would be said OF such conduct here WIN
one voice the people would demand atonement Tor
Ibis oatra.c upon a fcIow-ci zen. And yet the
President PERMITS vile sci Of Abolilionsts al the
North thus to ha,lass aud perplex the owner OF
-
Gone his duty, under The treaty with SPAIN would
long since have been surrendered anu sent NOME
indeed. a Southern man, finding his absconding
slave in New Yo,k, MA, hereafter be arrested "P""
the saborned oath Of hIs own servant, ana DC com
pclled TO Give bail, or, being unable to do that a
midst strangers, be thrown INTO Pnson' ana he'"
thcrc. un.I lns slave is put beyond his tc'th ny
Abotuon philanthropy. There IS nothing peculiar
!, ,hs case of these Spanlmds ;--noth'ng "h'ch
mightno every day happen IN reference 10 our o""
.,,,1,ns. And yet we have seen 'he'"' a'''f ""'.
row., escaping murder HE high seas, arrested ana
,lioMn into prison. and afterwards l'e'a 10 ''" "i
nm :, change, sustained by pe'Jn'y' o' ." "SS'""
,on those from whose hauds they Nus Narrowly eS
,a,v,,h ,bcif lives Aud tins has 'tSuHf" ''o'"
,le,eoIc,t,i tAc President 10 pctlolm ms S"o'"