Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-07-23
MISCELLANEOUS,
frcm the Richmond Repu blicar
JEFFERSON'S MONUMENT

EFT EItSON , NUN MEM.
The Boston Republican makes our reference to the
commendabe resolution of the students of the University
10 erect monument to Mr. Jefferson the text of show
er Of abuse upon Virginia.
We are unable to understand why at the mere men
to1 OF Virginia, any Of Northern contemppraries
should be set into COMMISSIONS like mad-dog at the soht
OF water Suppose Massachusetts paper should STAT.
that steamship to be launched from Boston what
would the Boston journals think Of Southern newspapers
II tley should make that the occasion of bitter attack
upon he North There would be Just about as much
connection between the two subjects. and Just about as
u reason as our contemporary Of the Republican has
manifested Il would only prove the existence of very
bter state of feeling. and one not al all calculated to nr0
mote good understanding.
ln the days Of The Revolution, Virginia and NIassa-
chusetts st cd side by SIDE and formed the advance Guard
Of the armies Of Freedom Massachusetts suffered and
Virginia generously responded to her calls for sympathy
Massachusetts was very wiling to receive the aid and
cooperation OF Virginia As the patriotic Otis of Boston
observed, she welcomed The Shareholders who came 10
her relief as if they had been angels from Heaven She
was very willing @ come into he confederation ard to
JON herself with Virginia and other sovereign and indie
pendent savehoding States ,undera Constitution by which
the rights Of the South to their slaves were most solemn
" warranted.
Massachusetts and Virginia. once such warm friends.
ae now as far apart the poles What is the cause of
ms las Virginia inertered in any way with her pro-
rerty or her inst tutons This is not even pretended
rights Of Virginia that the press has abused our ins-
tuilons and people, that her fanatics have stolen our ne
groeS, and not only refused to surrender them but glo
led n their vlany, admitting and Boosting that their
conduct was in violation of the Constitution which all
the States have solemnly agreed uphold This is
the reason that the anti slavery of Massachusetts
haze Virginia. Because then hare injured her. man
who has wronged another can never forgive That is
privilege OF the injured The man who can make con-
tract, whether written verbal whether express or i'm
Piled. and them selfish interest," be guilty
OF bad ialh end secretly nue confding nature is
scnundre OF the deepest dye but all the rest of the world
VIII sympatllze with his VICTIM and depore the injns-
tlce under which he suffers bef1re the rascal will forgive
the man whom he has wronged The reason is, that he
Is conscious OF his utter depravy aud hates to be re
MINDED OF 1t by the presence Of the person who
has been the sufferer from his evil deeds.
We can understand that Massachusetts is opposed to
slavery though slavery formerly existed there and though
tr ships kidnapped the negroes from Africa and brought
them to this country for sale. But her oposon 10 sa
very affords no reason for injustice to the South fal-
lance with shareholders is aboninabe sin she ought
to have thought of that in the days Of the Revolution
she ought tn have thought oftha when she joined the
south In the Confedrracy-she ought 10 have thought
OF at when she became party to the American Cons'i-
tuition.
When the Northern swain courted the Southern lass
ne Knew that she owned negroes, but that see Ii. G
Os BY no means damped the ardor of his affections
ne knew that, 1t she yielded to his proposals. he would
become TO certain extent involved in the credit or dis
credit OF having in his possessions ''peculia' kind OF
property Nay, mare he entered into a solemn mar
rage contract by which he bound himself that the adys
negroes should never be nerfered with by him and that
one Of them escaped, he would bring him back On
these terms, the alliance formed Aud now the con-
sclenllouS gentleman has disc )verad that slavery is
great SIN; and rather than commit SIM bless his sane
I'm Nous sou, he breaks his solemn OATH for in the
ehcS OF abotionisn, lying, stealing and perjury are vir-
nes lie rails at his spouse for holding slaves runs them
oil BY the hundred refuses to bring hem back and hrea
tens her with The lash if she presume to complain
l he abuse; 50 recently showered upon the South BY
Northern journals have no other effect than to weaken
those lies OF natural respect and regard which are The
only real links of the American Union But no doubt
this is the end at which many Of The utrasts of all sec
tons aim The fanatics Of the North desire to free their
sanity souls from The responsibility of that which, at any
aie Is none OF their business The urasts Of he South
see no safely to our rights and sovereignty except
paann no better means of preparing the public misd
ur The event can be conceived than the uneproved in
decent and lndlscIiminae abuse which is so constantly
heaped upon The South by those whom she has never in
Jured.