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

ne a%en'.cT>ai ~eeiy. The i"unly ,flbc Snlcl> am
pie. ahd has hrcn. | nave no joutI. Nstly ana udicious
" e%NPrndtd. See Doc. NJ. !
fe 90 1dlil,n Il The Banks ii this COMMUNICABLE
VII He i'lild IN iileIr various rrlofis. Ia " hlcl Your Al
Lotion vii of course be- directed. The Act, auti,,rlziai
4 branch Il thr Iarmtrs I'ank and also Il ihc t.Nchaup,
DAMN IN The t"wn Il Alexandra. aud al the \ alley Baum
~ HE l"wn al Ntalnlnu, have heen executed, anu branch
IS ol tios institutions III the lla, E, slated are IN success s.
Iul fprfa'Ians Tie act passed Al suuf last >cs.iun Ia -
'a4lsi Ihe liaHk al \ atunsaurg IN Virginia. l., b.
NV. yet windy uneNccuied. aud nIl. | thus lt, peal
e. lac policy III scat, my sal banking Institutions
"V'r ,lr country Is IN my judgment uua Isl. and ought
Ia he abandoned. The establishment II Banks IN com
n'cttlal clllas Is SIS alncd :, many plausible reasnfS; but
lttrtf establishment n the country : repurnant 10 the
sIundrSt principles ii political economy. aud injurious 10
the test lntens sis OF 5 cIrly. | hope tn, da, will nj ar
rive When the money power orgsnizrd by law. shall be-
come the ruling Interest IN Tins good old commonwealth
The pract c" Of The Banks 10 which called the al.
tenilal tt lie Assembly in my last message siHl cuntin
ues. atn surprised AT II. because | can se no necessi-
y IL eAcuse II. That II do,s he character aud bus ness
"i 'lr Slate an injury have moi 4 doubt. aud that II
Should lie pers.y ' red IN 10y our BANKS, sound and health,
~ thy uuduult dly afe, and urdor tie administration OF
erniIefr ri superior intelligence. IS Ia me IA source oi
%nnlelencd asfouIshupnt and regret. The rcmedy Is IN
your hands. and. If The practice be not Voluntarily aban-
duued. VIII | trust be applied.
| have had suggestion, tion highly respectable quar-
tiers. proposing thai the law allow Ing pro>lrs be rep alet,
~ u II i"u" lHdt IriflIcalIN IL llicts he ibIhk under Tue
control 81 a lie" individuals. 1t has ais been suggested
that the quarterly lank returns should embrace IA return
from each branch, rs well as the genera returns nqulr
ed by law. ~ these Suggestions are from gentlemen Of
high intelligence, submit hem 10 Your conslderallon.-
See lo"s Nps. u, %, 26, y aud Is.
hercNI Ia couumuulcit. certain resolutions Of The lie
= stature 1t the State Of Maine. approved June lath,
lsl1, rrI,tlve 10 4 railroad from Lake Michigan 10 the
Pacific coast and aIsl sim lar res iutons OF he General
Assembly 81 the State OF Connecticut, approved NJ Y
10Th, 1917, relative 10 the same subject. also comtnu-
nlcaie y preamble and resolutions OF the General Assem-
bly, oi ils Safe OF tonhectlci 1t, expressive ol the opinion,
ihat II any territory should hereafter be acquired rom the
Mexican Republic. The treaty ot acquisition "shuuId con
am an mdllerabIe fundamental article or provision"
that The 5 ulhcrn people with Their slaves should not he
allowed 10 settle therein. See Does. Ms, 20 and 2l,i
/ 1t !. dlhi ut 10 su5due Jul feelings 5, HI .icntly to rra
sou with such a PROPOSITION as ihis. Virginia, a co-cqual
ptrlt.r IN our great cnnirdefacy, entitled 10 all the rlyht.
al property, migration aud settlement possessed by any
OF her sister States, Is gravely told that future acquisl
ions "i tcrIltory, even IT Non aud mulsted by her blood
ae not open 10 her occupation?
Mr.. Justice Story. in the case to which have pre-
Ni"u>y referred, In delivering the opinion of the Cour',
says: "lt Is historically well known that the object
ol Tie clause IA the Constitution OF the L.. States, reIat
tIhg 10 persons owing service aud lahot. in one State and
escaping into other States, WAS to secure 10 the citizens
ot the siavchuldlng States the complete rltIi aad tile
Of ownership III their slaves. as property, IN every State
III the thlol into which they might escape from the
Siaie where they were held in srrvltnde. The full re-
cognllion OF this right and title w.s indispensable to the
security ct The species of property Ia all The slaveholdlug
States; and indeed was ST. Vita Ia the preservation ut
thrIr domestic int, rests and institutions. that II caunot
Ire doubted that 1t constitute ed a fundamental article
without the adoption of which the Union could not have
''n formed. lis trne design was la guard against the
doctrines, prevailing IN the non slaveiuldiny States, by
preventing them from Interutddlihg with OF obs,rucring
~ ao lshlng The rights Of he owners Of slaves AID
yet tins institution thus protected. without which The
| mon could nothave been formed, and intended 10 shield
1t against the ''IntermeIIlmg" of the non siavehoIIltg
STATES, 5 to be crushed. and The rights Of The master an
minated. IN disregard Of reason, humanity, the Consti-
tuition. and all The conSidc ratiuns which teach us the val
ne at 1lr Union. II is generally admitted that slave
ry' wtthin the slaycholdlna States. cannot be cofstltu-
| untlIy disturbed but It rs II sisted HAT hey ond Ia Sc lIn
u.s. Tie institution should mol and shall not extend; that
he no -slaveholdlne States cannot aid in the perpetual
ti"h Oh slavery, submit to the increase Of lis polltiell pow
eJ, or allow The acquisition of territory from which their
citizens are Ia be dtbarred.
Now, it is wholly denied that the extension of
slavery INTO territory not now occupied by it, in,
wolves the exclusion OF the citizens of the non
slaveholding States. We know otherwise for
the citizcnsofthc non-slavcholding states are TO
be found in every county in this commonwealth
on every sea, and IN every cline of the habitable
globe. Nor can II be seen how the extension OF
slavery IS to increase its numbers. No free per-
son is proposed to be made a slave. The acqui.
sltlon OF new territory involves only a change of
residence. Nor is il seen how slave representa-
ton is to be increased. If they multiply here in
our own State, they can do no more in the new
lands to which they may be transferred. The
representation in the Senate of the United States,
of new States which may be occupied in part by
slaves and their owners, is not a representation of
numbers; but Of sovereignty.
It's unquestionably true, that if our slaves
were to be restricted to their present limits, they
would greatly diminish in value. and thus scri-
ouSly impair the fortunes of their owners but at
the same time humanity must mourn the dimi-
mutton Of those comforts and that regard for the
health of the slave which has so characterized
slavery in the South, and make it the most cheer
tul and happy meniai labor TO be found in the
world. II is we'll known that as the profits of labor
diminish, so do It's comforts. Many melancholy
examples Of this truth are to be found in the his
to ries of the old world; and when tht negro pop
ulation multiplies in number and sinks in value,
whatever may be the humanity of the master,
necessity will compel him to restrict the comforts
of the slave and reduce him to the smallest pit
lance upon which ii is possible to live. But the
non-Slavcholding States will comfort themselves,
no doubt, with the reflection that when this day
arrives, the freedom of the slave is sure. He is
TO reach the much desired goal of freedom
through years of suffering and when he obtains
it, what is to become of him ; Is he to be allow
ed political nights and privileges ? The recent