Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-06-26
MEETING CAMPBELL.

| MEETING " CAMPBELL.
/ we stated IN ear last. hat meeting Of the czens
o THIS county had beer held at il,ir r the
purpose OF protesting against the recent snSp,u,i by
tue state Executive ii tie senltrce Of tho law IN tho
case OF two OF the ce neerets Condemned IN he hmm,
f The attempted unider Il their n isrr,ss Tie mn.
ce'dirgs ct that meeting " II he found bclny-ond ~,
hope hey vii arrest The sera,s attention ftbr Fx,a-
i've ard prevent airy farther interference hy that h,ly
IN This malioran Interference which eau only s,rye sill
'ar'her To flame The temper uf The ptoplc already f
Jc"ty excited by The respite Of the culprils Tins
''eIng arises irom deep e,nvicion that the execuon
:" 'he prisoners Is demanded by grave Considerations of
P"o"r P"iey the character aud I,fce If which will be
u'y c"InPehended by the reader without being stated
ny u.s. a'd that, On the other hand the Communication Of
h'lf punishment. following elesey upon recent siai
lar exhibitions Of Executive lemeRcy are sure To be
ms'nerrfeed. aud being misunderstood, will npe-
tate really as premium To crime.
We are aware thai there is abroad in The Nor,d cor,
ct morbid philanthropy, which never fails to display il
Sc II IN behalf n eulprils ulonay le do, med IN d,atb
r Their crmes-lndlsldnals Who will move heaven aud
earth 10 arrest criminal iu, who the moment that he
is chdcmned, becomes sui Of maryr in their ewes,
mandcd by his crimes They are all commiseraon for
the murderer, as the burd II his victim is wash.
ed r. m his hands Thy fo'ec tia, mercy to him may
be. aud not unhequenily is cruelty to socerv. His
earnest po,csalonsnt pentence and emorsc which are
AS ''ttn Inslhcere as oherwse- fact demonstrated by
the subsequent vlllanies Of paioned criminals appea
So powerfully 10 Their symrahles, that they forget what
is due I" their guilt in vi'w Of the terrible but just
punishment " hch our wise and humane laws have di
rccIed moi only with view 10 cni him off from society
endangered by his nger existence but dicrot from
'he preparation Of similar ourages For we not only
IN pard"ning such persons enable them again To ndue
their criminal passions. but hold out inducements a.
the vicious by their escape from the penalties of the law
on the slightest provncalion, II may be " h none At
all, to be guilty of similar outrages with the hope Of the
like immunity We do not mean 10 sa that our laws
should be- like those Of The Nedes aud Persians inf III,
bly, executed. There doubtless cases in which the
pardoning power should be exercised Bot il ouoht NO
Yer to he inerposed, in humble opinion except in
peculiar cases.-such where some doubt exists as to
the guilt Of the condemned individual or where cjrcum
stances arise to Justify belief thai the crime was one
of sudden impulse rather than OF cuol aud malignant de,
liberation, such in his case il was
We have reason, by lhe way to believe that We were
misntorned as 10 the reported declaration Of the prnc
pal actor in the attempted murder who executed last
Friday, as 10 the innocence oil his repeved coned
crates, to which we alluded in last paper Indeed
his testimony against them on the ual fully cor
roboraed by other circumstances, that there is no more
doubt entertained now, than there them of their
equal participation in the attempted murder-and one
Of the repreved cnpriis indeed is regarded as the IN
sigdtor of the attempt Under these circumstances. we
should regard 1t exceedingly unfortunate should the FIX
ecuilve nterpose its pardonng power.
Proceedings ofhe .Teeiing
AT meeting Of large portion Of the czens Of Camp
holt county, held at the Courthouse of said county ON
Friday the Goth day of June, lSA5.
The object of the meeting being stated Edward h
Withers unanimously chosen Chairman. and john
u. Alexander, Secretary Of the meeting; and lhereupon
The following persons were appointed committee 10
draft preamble aud resolutions expressive of the sen
limenls Of the citizens DIR. Robert f.. Wuhers, Dr.
R,y b. Scott. Josiah Shepperson Henry Bradley John
ID. Alexander, John C. Ward, Fayetle w. Jones'
Thomas CGcke Dr. Joshua ID. Nunnalee and eorup
w. Jones, who retired and Immediately reported the
f.llowing preamble and resolutions which were receiy
cd and adopted by the whole Getting only one person
voting against one, or any one of them
"Whereas our Executive has thought proper to re
prieve Two slaves Harry and sally, condemned 10 be
hanged on this day for attempt murder Mrs Susan
Nlohr of this county, without giving any satisfactory
reasons therefor; and II being IN The opinion of this
mt etlng most uncalled for and unustiable nerpos-
ton of Executive authority, and well calculated en-
danger the lives of ourselves and families by lis exam,
Pile; therefore.
Resolved, that. in the opinion of This meeting, the
retrieve OF the above named slaves by the Executive
was TACT dangerous in lis probable effect and utterly un-
called for by The circumstances Of The case.
"Resoved that the Executive in interfering with the
execution OF The above slaves, has given any
therefor. and we are constrained 10 conclude that such
satisfactory exist
Resolved, that copy Of these ceilings be for
warded 10 the Executive, and 10 the Lynchburg and
Redmond papers for publication; and that all other pa.
pers in the State he requested 10 copy them.
EDN ARD b. WrlIlERS, Chm'n.
JNo ID. ALEXANDER, Sec'y.
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