Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-12-09

import the Hill Coolies OF India and the#iecap-
tufed Africans, IN order to swell the amount OF
labor, and thereby 10 secure from lis necessities,
not from rs choice, the cultivation of then islands;
and even tins experiment has failed. | mention
lilS As a recent case, striking IN character and
completely illustrative of the known and cStab-
li>hed fact. that the negro race, with rare cxccp-
IONS. viii not labor as the white man. unless
when compelled by those having the authority
to eoerce hum. can appeal 10 every State III
the | mon IN support OF this important and most
painful truth. Should. therefore, the non-slavc-
holding States succeed in the abolition of slavery.
thcN VIII throw upon the community three mil
hons of human beings as n charge and a pest,
consuming instead OF producing, and intlicting
upon their sister States as we'll as themselves the
most fatal injuries. II the free Negro s are now
such an INJURY and annoyance, and are denied,
even among those who seem 10 take the most
lively interest IN their welfare, all social and po-
Ihcal equality, II is appalling To think of the con-
sequences that would cnsuc If the whole of our
slave population were set free. ! do not hesitate
to express the opinion that the moment YOU free
the slave You degrade the man. RELY upon the
experience of tins race in every State in support
OF this position. In point OF productive industry,
character and happiness, the free negro is far be-
low the slave.
The South never can consent to be confined
to prescribed limits. She wants and must have
space, II consistent with honor and pre- pretty. 1t
lHdue to the happiness and interests OF her popu-
latlon, and To no portion of II more than the slave
himself. tontine her 10 prescribed limits, allow
emigration 10 the white man and forbid IT to the
slave and the consequence is obvious. Her
slaves will rapidly accumulate the white man
man must cmlgratc and finally, the slave will
become the owner of the present Slavcholding
/ States. Npthlnp can arrest tins rpSult under such
a policy but the adoption of nome means on the
part OF the whites to prevent the increase of slaves
by we'll known checks upon population or by
sending oft the worthless and unproduCtivc TO the
non-Ia,ehold:..y States. These are crave and
unpleasant views of this important question; but
it is we'll at once to look them firmly IN the face
and boldly present them to public consideration.
If the non->aveholding States would recognize
us as partners, free and equal partners, in our IT,
mon iithev would only be content To let us
share the social feelings that should exist in this
relation if they would let us as we let them
consult our own interest and pursue our own hap
piness unmolcSted if they would respect and o.
hey the sacred obligations OF the constitution,
aud consult that real and enlarged philanthropy
which characterized the revolutionary fathers !;
in short, if they would practice that golden max
i'm OF christian morality, which inculcatcs the
duty OF dom untn orr ntthbDr as we
] Nouih lldt nc NlpHlN 40 unto nS-Nt tONlu look
to the future with confidence and hope TO reveal
a mighty people distinguished for a higher devcl-
opment oi all the GodIikc attributes of our nature
than Is to be found in the history oftimc. Chris
came INTO this world To teach the law and TO re-
deem us from our sins. His lot was cast in the
midst Ola slavcholding community, and yet lie.
the Son of God, so far respected that institution
as never TO denouncc II even as an evil, much
less a sin. The inspired Apostles made it a
christian duty on the part of servants to be true
to their masters, Says st. Peter, Servants, be
subject TO your masters with all fear not only
to the good and gentle, but also to the iroward. +"
Paul, in Rome, found a converted slave who had
fled from his master, and sent him back
with a letter, desiring the master, to forgive
his servant Oncsimus and lovingly to receive
him again. But all these illuStrious exam
pies, all these christian rules of conduct, seem TO
be lost upon our non-slaveholding brethren
Not content with the wisdom and patriotism of
our evolutionary sircs, not content with The for
bcaranCe of Christ and the pculcationS of his A.
postleS they seem bent upon a policy that must
>hiver into atoms the fairest fabric of power,
greatness, glory and happiness that ever fell to
the lot of man. The Union could not have been
formed without the full protection of our slave
interests. 1t must end ifthat protection is with-
drawn. And if it ends, who can, without a sick
ening heart, concentrate the consequences p
! ne Union dissolved, the slave not freed, wars
engendercd, industry arrested, fields dcsolated
and died in blood, and the star of our destiny,
now rapidly eliminating, paling amid our own
ruinous disstnsions. and the SCOTS and the scorns
of the world.
In view Of these conSi dorations, and other
which readily present themselves, | recommend
the adoption of resolution, without argumen or
comment, in which Connecticut shall be informed
that if the policy of her resolutions prevails, it
will sacrifice our priceless, glorious Union.
The Washington Monument Fund it now near
V forty thousand dollars. As ii may be in our
power to obtain by purchase the Mount Vernon
estate, | respectfully recommend that the pur-
chase be authorized, and that this fund be appli.
ed to effect it. The residence of the Father of
his Country should become the property of his
native State. AT no place could a modest and
unpretendlng monument be so appropriately e
rcctcd, as on the spotwhere he lived and died.
| am happy to inform you that the health and
condition oithc volunteer force from this State in
Mexico is good; and that It's reputation for soldier
y efficiency and department is in the highest de-
gree satisfactory. 1t is a source Of no slight NOR
tilication TO this gallant corps itself, as well as TO
the pfide of our State, that no opportunity has
occurred for it to share those laurels which have
been 50 abundantly gathered by the gallant troops
OF our common country, in every battle field
I Aithouuh war with Mexico still continues the