Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-12-12
S14.212


In these five States which the sron.holds oil the
Abolonlsts their vote amounts to abou, : por cent OF
the whole number Of In the country at large not
more than per This is the result Of eight
or ten years hard work Aud what is more. tho labor
ers appear to be greatly encouraged by their success
This statement certainly exhibits Political Abolition
in very contemplate poin, of view; and. it no,
for other circumstances, il might well induce the people
Of the South 10 regard the OF the Fanatics
with contemptuous Indifference rather than with indig
nation, But let look a, another fact, in con
junction with the iocgolng-to wit: In Vermont, one
Of the above enumerated States in which tho Abolition
polled only 1908 votes of So ops. have just
seen the Legislature adopting unanimously resolutions
protesting against the annexation Of Texas any other
country in ,hich slavery crisis favor IF the abolition
Of slavery in the District of Columbia or, in the event
of failure, for tho removal Of the seat of venment;
favor Of The suppression by law of the domestic traffic
in slaves, Sc SC. 1t is manifest that the authors OF
these resolutions. if no, political practical Abolition
lists; and that they disguised 60 far beyond their
legitimate power under the constitution, effect thsir
purposes. What right have they to coniscae slave
property in the Ten Miles Square What RICH, have
they to interfere with the domestic trade N slaves 4?
Conceding to them these positions. upon aai ground
the South left to sandl Surrender them and the wood
Ell HofSe II NI'HiH te pats VI ivy
But look, still isrher, at the repeated virua nufea
ton OF those provisions Of the federal constitution which
were intended wall of defence for Southern rights
first BY Maine IN the refusal to surrender Georgia Ger
tain negro sacrs demanded Of her Executive in legal
form, by the Governor of Gcorgia-then at the refusal
Of Coy. Seward OF New York to comply with similar
demand m>de by the authorities of Nginia-and again
at the recent atortIve effort Of Mr. Gray Of Norfolk to
slave, a criminal charged with thci--bcsides
many other instances in which fugitive slaves have
beer wrongully detained from ther owners. and
others in which the most yexaous means have been
used to prevent their recovery 1t is manifest, from
these circumstances, that although there are few Abo-
ton roters is not because public sentiment is SO de-
cidedy hostile TO Abolition. On the contrary we see
that. in almost every instance public sentiment sustas
their moscmcnts-and that even elevated to polti
cal office, agans, their votes, court their good will by
ready adoption Of all their principles, whenever they
are put 10 the test And this true Of all parties in
the non slavcholdng S,acs--the Governor Of Maine,
who refused to comply with the demand Of Georgia, be-
longing to one party, and the Govcrno of New York.
who refused to comply with the demand Of Virginia. to
the other-and both parties in the Legislature Of Yer
mont voting for the series Of resolutions to which We
have above referred. Is it not, then, high time that
the South had begun to put her Of Defence and
need be, Of ageression2 We think it is-and we ad-
here to the opinion that to this end Southern Con-
reton is lndlspcnsby nccessary-not a State Conven-
tion as our contemporary of the Norfolk Herald singu
arly msundcrstands us,--but a Convention OF all the
Slaveholdng States In this opinion happy to
have the concurrence Of the able gentleman 10 whom
we are indebted for the following communcation-a