Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-11-04
t'fom the = 'u'hern Plsner.
REVIEW or BRI CTS ADDRESS.

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,rJ With lilculiy. through The Ia'iical open
- Nhs,h .~ras Ia 10 be HsEksj vita very ,ul-
gar and vrts slraN aflhaughi. dislike We
~ much the e,minun slang ABDUL tte evils - party
Nnluu, party nuthing that graf noble would ever
have een effected. VIVA Is party bat non and coop
er7inn. the mighty levers by which The world has been
raiscd2 & what rs tolica parry the united concert
ed action Of those who willing 10 compfmse minor
differences cor The sake Of seeming great prlnci
pc held in common amongst ihem' Things that lre pow
.rfu are never harmless, aud unqucsonably
that this mighty engine may be worktd Tor evil as well
as Cor yus but the man who wtuld REJECT II altogether
r this reason would he about rs Hlee as he who would
int rdci the printing press because IL not always de
voted to The cause ii virtue.
Nor does Mr.. Bmce's idea of"ffcedom" find more IA
vor in my eyes ''Iic who bind, hns,f To h, an,
s, Of chain; ho tasks IN his Smiles and rilhes under
his fown mol iroe.' This is Mr.. Bruce's lest and
tired hy it, fear that the niHitnaIe If Halifax
II he he the worthy gentleman imagine him, VIII be-
found REFUSING IN the chaus Of slavery The urcnt oh
icc < result Il fertilization is 10 bind 10 mar tomake
one ind iyidna d,I1 udeu upon anoher. 10 summon each
To the bar Of public opnluu IN whose smiles the hero nsy
hask and under whose irown the culpflt may wiher-
/ Society government and legislation have other end
and aim but thls he merchant Who asks the patron
age Of his csininer the lawy WIN desires the appro
aou Of hsrent. aud the the pulitclan who seeks the
isor ri he puhe. even although he do pursuit u
his daily bread. only groan under tic rfeyeISlbe and d
VINE d,cftc whi IA The al aoue1 has been con
denn'd. And 1T never iogel that Is The great mef
II a lhe glorious institutions whtt Mr.. Bruce Vas call
ed 10 eulug.ze one speech delivered on the It'll
nfJrv that they seek to dllusr equally the burden
th's heav, load amongst the backs that doc nrd
To bcar hal III pursuit o the aproballun of orr tel
low men, winch Is need.ui iothe purse % most,
! IN grateful 10 the alice OF oil, the ifates aud fail
ings ol hun an nature prominently displayed.
doubleday tne; hut 10 select class r this peculiar
sagms, Ut 10 aint ii his itlon cgrns Win the
ccssy ofsifnggl ny for iyohood Is what weare sure
the good iastr oi Mr.. James Bruce would be the ii ls
10 dcprecate and yet this Is What his language means OF
1t means nuthing. hope Mr.. Bruce will ,sruse me
when add thai the habit In which some of our apcul-
ural orators indulge. Of snccrug other canns is nel
lhet graceful just The several rntsslons Of life
arc the members OF the body polite. equally dependant
the upon the other cuneoctnd together by an dls
soluble link, all performing their several functions, and
equally important 10 the great end they he destined 10
accomplish know IT is much the fashion Of the day
abuse the American people genenly and the lnlab-
tauis OF Virginia especially Tor their devotion 10 politics.
but iI my own part hope the day may never arrive
when iht cl'izeus Ut this great Republic shall become
like ihc sluggish Turk indifferent In. like the Rus
SANS scf guorant OF the great principles OF political
economy.
Bui enough of polilic~; II was iarner that | IN
tended 10 address agricultural paper. and If have
heend diverted from my course, may find an excuse IN
The agricultural address proposed 10 review The gs
Of Mr. Bruce's discourse, the only portion perhaps which
has eAcred the public attention, Is coutlncd his oh
servaions upon the important and Interesting subject Of
slave labor In Virginia vi" say nothing Of the pecu-
liar dccacy that surrounds this subject this particular
period will say nothing ol the imptcy of re opening
a topic which, by common consent, has been buried
whilst the unau horned interference of ruthless fanatics
make II dangerous to discuss but admitting the rght
OF every citizen to Judge of The ptcty of such COURSE
| shall cndcayT to show that Mr. Bruccs views have
been conceived in haste aud lack that serious aud
consideration with which this subject if approached nj
all, should he carefully treated lhnk Mr. Bruce,
argument may be expressed in much fewer words than
he has used To convey it, II understand it, il is tbs-
There are other portions Of the world hore aoricnltnr
al labor Yields greater returns than does in Vitonia
therefore the Virn,nan is yis,d To remoye his slaves IN
those more favored regions
That some pA,ious Of the earth arc NV pr,vdepc,
more bes ed than others is unquestmahr thnnuh th,,
any stand higher in the cateuor, than Eastern Nlrolni,
may we'll be doubted 1t is this Oblivion, If ,in,,.
blessings and the tendency tn see an I'll Dnr,i ,no,,
~ distant prospect that renders us palin or Arabs
and induces us To e,d life ot MIGRATION IN search al
BLESSINGS that exists only in The visit, of ,o t,n,,
This spirit il the curse of the countty and with il Mr
Bruce seems to be fully nhued An the tender iios nj
home are to be severe all the lelnrs Of patriotism are
Ia be- forgotten in this vain and llusiyc vandr,ng a{ie
wealth. oh no. says Mr.. Bruce. it is only the negr,