Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-09-11
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GOV. HAMMOND'S LETTERS ON SLAVERY

GOV. HAMMOND'S LETTERS ON SLAVERY.
As the length of Gov. Hammond's letters On Slavery
has prevented us from publishing them entire. had
Intended to have made synopsis o them for readers
we have fortunately been saved that labor by tha Editor
Of the New York Courier and Enquirer, 10 whose
paper we Indebted for the follow ING abrldpe ment;
Gov. Hammond, Of South Carolina. has addr essed to
Thomas Claikson. the we'll known English Ahollionst
very long aud able letter The subject OF Slavery In
the Southern States II Is exceedingly well written Is
far less violent and severe than of the Abolition
rades which 1t meant 10 rebuke and though many of
Ills positions VIII of course be very widely disputed, II
presents facts and considerations we'll worthy nt general
attention. Leaving all controversy to slavery the
abstract as likely 10 be vague and utterly USELESS Gov.
Hammond examines II II Is, ncnclng his
by some auson to tho we'll known labors Of W. Clark
towards the suppression OF the Slave Trade aud
.owing his belief that the attempts prevent IL By force
have had no good result. In l7s1 he says. when the
agitation WAS begun $4,000 Africans were transported
annually to America and the West Indies; and the
aliiy of the middle PASSAGE IL acknow lodged
have exceeded nlnc per cent Notwithstanding all the
steps that have been aken 10 suppress IT, by armed force
aud otherwise, II was conceded by Mr.. Buxton IN 1910
thai the uumLo of Africans annually transported beyond
thu sea- amounts so 900, aud tia, conscq ucnce of
the great severity made necessary by these laws the
mortality Of the middle passages had Increased To 90
30 per cent. And otihe $4,000 slaves who have been
captured by BRUSH cruisers II is stated by judge Jay
that lUO, 6OO have persisted between their capture aud
their liberation. Thus IL shown, urges the Governor
that all the lavish expenditure nj abuI x money IN which
tho several nations Of tho world have esoricd 10
this trade, have only increased the Traffic ihrecfoid and
caused more than a thfeeild increase Of It's horrors
Time ha wing thus shown that the trade cannot be sup,
pressed by iurce Gov Hammond urges that il would be
lar less cruel to free II 1on all resrlcions aud leave it
10 the mitigation and decay which time aud competition
would surely bring about. II, says he.
ali kidnapping. both secretly and by war made for the
purpose, could be 10y any means prevented IN Africa the
greatest blessing yon could besow uoon that coun-
try would be transport ls actual slaves ~ comfortable
vessels HE Atlantic. Though they mig hi be per.
petual boudsen st they would morne from da rkness
into light-irom barbarsn It, civzaion-lrom ldolaly
10 Chrlslianity-ln short, from death TO e."
The Governor next ad yerls 10 sluperU itself against
which, he sa,s, a crusade Is directed as enthusiastic
aud erucluus and destined be about as successful as
that OF Peter tie Hermit That rpIs may bs establish.
dby pescrpve uses however orlurD us they may have
been their origin he ays no sane man viii deny No
Englshuan would Wed his fnhi 10 his land because il
caule 10 him from Saxon or "A Norman copoueor nor
would any New England AboIiilonis surrender his farm
TO the descenIanis of the Indians from whom it was
urested Gov H. then discusses thu subec, under the
following heads:
l. He first seeks to show that Sapcru has been ex-
expressly sanclionedby The written Revelation Of God IN
passages which he quo.es and which, he insists aIe EN-
illled To far more tspect than that 70
pion" which seems coming int, yopue.-"a religion
too pure and elevated for The Bible which seems tn eroc,
amonc men a hioher standard Of morals Than tbc Al.
mipy has revealed ar our Saviour nr,achcJ and which
is nr,iahIy des,in.d 10 do ,,.,e IN ,,sJ ,h a., ,ni,
Of Gods knydo, an earth thnn all The ip6ds ~ I'M
.vpr lived
. ue nav, ,m;,.s tho ;,a,o,.o ,r Sl,vo,, nj, am,
political and social state lie repud,aes Tho doomn thn
linen are horn canal No ,idculous in beorv and false