Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-10-12
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NORTHERN WING DOCTRINE.

-A'T-ti cittt'itai a
nPm S."iarror r'aTse. Hhici The frees II an bu
rel aafy has lh.u-l' fro,.er 10 pHfsne
In we IS hrrr So, forth 5y Mr.. Is s!aall nsk" the
alhrral~ Il ihep tiaa" bash t1r shaaIe- Mr.. olS
tlAls lirg1!ll .af as ih qi 4tion es iHa III m
pears TN us cyerv an H cfse NJ ha country Should ile-
When The teltr4l Crgstitu'in was adopted them, If
ever. the time or lie sqaeams gent enen of the
North to have expressed Their diSapprl5a'in. Then
jhr- had casea they might have refused to unite in
c,nplct with shareholders. Bu after having RENAME
il it sixty years during hcb time they have come ~ for
tfr M share Of IN its be;le 5 We submit that it is
tsI lle t. e. plain efIi.
The liberal sensible. noble. views cintaiaed in this
eX:aet a7e credit tae Wig party. What contrast
tn they nrstni ihe aaraIede1lng dsA5eauus course
ii The 'Nufhrrn Allies III
II is further seriously objected that General Taylor IS
suvehOlier This o. jacton comes above sixty years
too Iae Il was disposed Of in substance by the Original
articles # c1rf-dcrliln and aunul,ed in form by he
con$iiuln If the United States The Northern Sa;-s
g.d enough avail themselves If The co-operat y
of tie Sauh. ii their ruLL9 for indep nlelce, and
'n-qn'siion5 asked" Nt less thankful We're they 10 ce
nent the iuejpi-nt alliance bva most s,lenn compact,
EXPIRE sly rec glzng tn II right To property IN thlr
slaves, and engaging 10 protect lt-treathg with them
as popeors If slaves. equals il all respects. and
eligible IF uHnce To all offices under the clns' Iiu-
lion. What would have beea The fate of motion in that
Curious assembly which formed the constitution, or OF
those who mi ght have made -George Washington
presenI-to declare stakeholder ne5 ble to any office
under i We'll remember the adoption Of the consiIiu-
non by my fellow citzns Of this State when Hancock,
muiiid IN red b1za. was broughtnto the Convention
t" sgn the a:iti ltio7. The evening preceding, de
mons'mtoa in favor Of the measure was made IN Ihe
streets Of b son hy an nbare favorable to il, whose
hunters Paul Revere assured Samuel Adams, were
Ike tile sands Of the Shore like the stars IN heav
The upb undel ,v If the people on that occasion WIS
aoyed oulf hv the fear din the Southern States might
tt ni-t 1pT mn
balcony Of tile uli CITY IIA IL New York, Washington
the saveAod"r an-e dropped from the clouds.
ne inth ana jol oath to support the Coasu ION
No one can describe the silent, eard rxacy, Which pr
vadad the myritds who witnessed that succeeded
only b. shouts which seemed shake the Canopy above
ihhm. Ihr ho. un hat occasion. had dared 10 b
jnci II savehIing President would not have been an
oh ct OF envy. 1t would prlbaby not he too much to
affirm that such SICK mans dream had never entered
any mind.
Years rolled on President after President was
elected from the South despite all manner Of opposition
anu iha eNhanstIng oraIl popular topics The unequal
bearing Of S,uhvrn 1lntncc. through the appointment
Of representatives, felt and complained o and de-
sire 20 amend the institution, in this particular
Sometimes eXnressed ~ wha view Of turning The
public attention the effect produced by The operation
Of orrown dingh faces without which that influence
would have been comparatively insignificant, than with
an expectation OF success.
Thus much appears the records OF the Hartford
venilon. BIT 10 symptom Of the abolition mania Or
desire 10 Interfere with the dome S c concerns u the
South, was manifested in any quarter until wiihlna few
he rise and progress ofths ever is curious
The first Information received by of disposition to
agale this suu g in our Safe, from the G,Yern-
ment Of lrgina and Georgia, severalv demonstrating
gtos Incendlary newspaper published in Boston, and
they Legged thrown br ad cast among their pania
tons, melting t. iuSurftc ION and its hurd results. IL
appeared inquiry that no meNber Of the city guvern
bod ave bOprI
IF ne publication. Some time afterwards, was rePor
cd u me- hv nv city tlic-s HAT they had ftrreied out
The paper and its editor; thai his flee obscure
hole. his only visible auxiliary negro boy and his sup
PTers few very Insignificant per.ons Of all cp'orS
This in,rmation with the consent Of the alderman |
cumnunca ed Tie above named Cows with assur
ance Of my belief that lie new amlicsm had not made,
nor was likely to make, proeyles among the respectable
classes of our peopA. In This. however, mistaken.
1t shortly afterwards appeared that the infection had
spread beyond the obscure locality in which it seems to
haze orglnate!.- An ab luton party organized, a
public meeting Of the citizens If Boston called By
the agtalors. 1t which, however, no connenanca was
given to their views, which then denounced pa
ItIcAI in their tendency and object, though this dn
ed. From that time The party has gathered strength
and Numbers. Thus, r I'M ncunsiderable and
obscure has risen an ~ taon Of the public mind Of
which the tendency to desecrae the memory of depar
ted heroes and statesmen who Struggled side by side
with ancestors for their common liber lies and to
bring pom the Planters Of the South The hatred and
contempt Of their northern brethren, and indeed,
their infatuated leaders openly avow, dissolve the
UnIon
1t is mp's>bIe to find any for this disposition to
embark in crusade upon the nihern instilu ins which
did not exist The time when The Northern States stnu
lated N tact u ltave them uninterrupted. Since thai
period the sIaYeirade, respects this nation has ceased
Slavery. 10 great extent, has been alb lShpd il many
parts of the world and the condition &, the slave in this
country is unque>ionably Moderated More Just concep
lions # prevail among The owners. These facts are it
sh1uld seen. Of suuthe and not 10 exaspprate
the anti sav ry zeal, and reconcile it 10 acqniesc
in the present state Of things country until the on
y remedy be developed by that far seeing Providence
Whuse wisdom is unsearchabe, and whose ways are past
finding uul." The spirit If the age, and the sense Of
mankind, opposed ana The furce o crcum-
sancrs, left ~ themselves. will do more toward eman
cPaton, supposlng this ps5ibe than lie force u threats
in or out Of Cungress-a other free beng out Of the
question: Indeed, single consideration should suffice
the Old ground and leave the Southern States 10 naaare
their own concerns. 1t is undenabc, That were
the Southern States in other relation Il Us than indie
foreign countries without treaties or conventions
We cunld have more night concern ourselves with
ih.lr dJnes ic plcv. than have with that of
Brazil Or CubI. How strangely unwarranted therefore
the inference VIII Oh would Justify our Interference IN
virtue Of tcal connexion, basel 81 az instrument
the express cond ion Of which is thai we Shall Mt inter
iere al all. ..-..
THE TRUE GOVERNMENT POLICY
The National niellgeucer If Saturday clnians ano-
Their # the Caapaiyit" articles the whole series Of
ch are 81 well and ably WriHen The fllgwinu ex