Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-09


VIII tine'dale the matter. lake II for grained tia
no one viii say. thai either the Gn,elninenf of ia
United States, ~ those Of lhe non slave hodnl
oiars emu interfere IN any way with the rghi OF pro
lr,iy IN the slaves. Upon whom then, are the ef
i"tis OF the misguided and pretended ltieuds Of III,
slaves 10 operate 7. IL mnsi he ei,her On the 60
scrnnents OF the slave holding States III. individual
who hold Them. or upon the slaves themselves
Ana what are 10 be the argua EMS. What the meant
ny "hi'h they are Ia Influence lfe two first III ilrse
Is these man vain enough tp 20 10 the hand al Ma
olsen. ot Macon, and &C Crawford, aud tell theu
that they either do not understand the principles
HE moral aud political rights oi man; o, that. I'M
deistanding, they disieeaidcd them J Can ihey ait.
otess m argument TO the interest iears # The en-
i'gh'encd ponnlation OF The slave States, that las
| not occurred 10 themselves thousand aud thou
sand times ! To whom, then. are they 10 address
themselves, but 10 the slaves And what can be
said 10 them. thai will not lead 10 ,ndisc,i,n,na
slaughter oil every aye aud sex, aud ultimately 10
ilen own obstruction Should there be iDCar
nate devil, who has imagined w,Ih appreciation. such
catastrophe 10 his fellow. ci,izens have desct
bed. let HIM look 10 the result 10 those FOR whose
benefit he would produce IL. Particular sections oi
the country ma, he Ia d waste all the crimes that
Infatuated h,np, under the influence Of al the black
passions ." his nature commit, may be prrpetfa.
ted Tor assessor tho tides u the ocean. however will
not more certainly change, than ,ha, the food ol
horrors VII, be arrested, aud turned upon those who
may set II IN motion,
~ will not stop 10 inquire into the motives ofthose
WIN are engaged in this fatal and unconstitutional
PROJECT 1iietc may be SON" Who hive ernbaik led
IN II without ptopet, cot sidcrlng its consequence
and who nre actuaed by brneyorn, and viriuous
principles. But II such there are. am very certain
that should they continue their present course their
fellow -c'iixens wall, ere long, "cuise the virtues
which have nndonc their country"
"Should be ASKED Il there ~ no way by which
the General Government can aid the cause Of enan-
cipat,on | answer that II has long been nm object
near MY hear To see The whole al its surplus tevr.
nue. appropriated 10 thai object. With the sane ion
Of The States holding the slaves. there appears 10 me
10 be no constitutional objection 10 its being thus
aPplled embracing not on, tho colonization OF those
thai may be otherwise feed. but the pure base OF the
freedom of others by jealous prosecution of a
plan formed upon ihe, basis, might look forward
10 day, not very distant, when North American
sun would not look down upon y slave. To those
Who have fejecicd the plan OF colonization. / would
ask, II they have well weighed The conseq uence of
cmanci pauon ~nhouinl How long would the Q.
mancipatcd negroes remain satisfied with thai
Would any Of the Southern States then THE negroes
armed and oreahixed be able TO resist ,ler clans 10
u participation ~ all their political iighisl Would II
even stop there Would they no, claim admi,,auce
TO all the social rights aud privileges OF a con,mu.
my IN Which, IN some instances. they would com
pose The ma oiity Let those who take pleasure IN
The contemplation Of such scenes ii must incv tubl,
follow, finish out The picture.
III am correct in the principles here advanced
! support my assertion, that The dsepssoI Of The
subject Of emancipation in The non slave holdlup
satts is equally nj urious 10 The slaves and their
masters, aud that II has no sanction the principles
of the Constitution. | must not be understood 10
say, that there Is any lhing N that instrument which
ptohlbils snch discussion. | know there IS not.
l,ni the man who believes that the csims which his
fellow citizens have upon HIM, satisfied by adhe
ring 10 The letter Of the political contract that
meets them, must have very imprriec, knowledge
of the principles upqn which our glorious Union
was formed, aud by which alone il can be main
tanned. Imean Hose feelings OF regard aud affection
which were manifested in the 6rst dawn Of the Rev.
olnlion, winch induced every American think that
an injury inflicted upon his fellow citizen. however
distant his location, was an u jury 10 hsel which
made us. IN cn 81, one people, before we had any
paper contract; which induced the venerable Shelby,
in The second war for independence, 10 leave the
comforts which his age required, 10 encounter the
dangers and prisatIoDs lncidcni 10 wilderness war
which die" from the same quarter the innnmerable
batalions OF volunteers which preceded and follow
ed him, aud from The banks If the dis'ant Apo
matiox that band Of youthful heroes, which has inl-
mor,alizrd the apprllaton by winch /, was d,slin.
eulshed. Those worthy sonsof immortal sres did mol
stoPo inquire Into The alleged il j. size and in.mo-
iality OF tue Iudan war II suflic leul foI Il en-
10 arm then ciow-ctizeps we've IN danger thar the
tomahawk aud scslping knife were suspended over
the heads Of The women aud children oil Ohio, 10 in
dnce ihemtu abandon The ease, and IN many iDsiau-
ces, the luxury and splendor by which, from infancy
they had been surrounded, To encounter the laigues
and dangers OF war, amidst the horrors Of Canadian
winter"