Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-03-18

upon some hnly as war n IND ~ nrlVe III
on and urln and all hef duties ht may stand IN
| the way. Ihete uha IN times of ihaf ~
and Disputes of Tint srt are Il afinon bst human dn
ties may he nscetainpd with the precsin nf ma he-
mqlirs. Ihry deal with mntas wi maitena'i-a.
aud hey h0k what right may he distinguished rom
what is wrong with the precision ef mn al eaic equaion
They have. therefore, none tm mnch chtny 'owafda
others who differ from them. Thy are ap. op. IN
think lha nothing is good bn what ia p"tr ana mt
there nte M mnromises catinos t' be made IN
suhm sson In difference Of opinon. or in difference To
uther men, jndame II their peispc ous vls"h en-
abes hem lo detect sp,' the ace II NE sun they
think thai gwd reason ~hv ihe sun should - struck
dnwn from heaven. They prefer the chan-e ~ running
into nirr darkness To living IN heavenly vh'. il that
heavenly linh be no; absolutely Nnhnut I'm erieeon
There are impatient meu-to, imra ent always 10 give
heed the ndmssion of ST Paul. hh are not 10 do
evil thai gnnd may cpme'-ina impn.ient u a"ah hr
the sw progress uf moral IN the Improvement "
mankind.
They do not rcmember that the dhc''ines and the
miracles of Jesus Chrisi have. IN e'g teen hundred
years, converted only small p,,un # he hum,n ra"e;
aud among the ions that converted 10 Christianity
they fape haw many vices and crimes, public and pf-
vale, sl prevail, and that n,nyd them. public crimes
especially. which offences aealns the Christian rei.
gon, pess with u exciting particular regret " 'ndgna-
tIun. Thus nro waged. AID uajns wars. dn NOT
deny that there may b. Just wals There certainly are.
hnl It aas thr remark Of mn enneni lerso". not many
years NJ the oher sie IT ihe Atlantic, thai u was
of the greatest iepfoaches In human nature thas
tnos agalns, The injustice o oiher ma
tuns
Nuw sir, in til = state Of sen ment npon this gener-
Al nntnfe Of slavery lies the oi great parton ot
those happy divisions exaspera'ons. aud rerfoaches
Which find vent aud support in different rars OF the u.
nj n. Slae,ry 80 exist IN the United States. " did
eNs IN the states before tha adoption ol this CONSTITUTION,
ard nj that time.
/ And now IN consider. air. lnr nome t WIN, was
the siae Il sentiment Nor aud south il epa 10 slave
ry ut the iine lhlscoust uion Was pteI. teunfk-
able change has taken place sace. du what dad The wiso
aud gfeai n III pafs If thu ennnrt ihlnk slave
/ v3-ia wht rs ina'ion did they huld II ~ lfef. when
his constitution wns adapiedi Now. 1t Will b. t,nnd.
sir If we will onty ,ur-eyes by hsorlcd rseafch blck
Ia lhll day, aud uscrliain nous opnons by anhenc
records sill existing among ihal there Mns 10 great
diversity OF opinion between the hnr h aud the sonlh
upon lhe acl Of slavery. and II will b. tnnnd that
both plr4 ot the couuiy held equally M ev-a noral
aud political evil viii mol ba ,nnd HAT rliief a, tho
Notth the south there much. though there was
some, inveeyc nanlnst sl,vey as han IN an cruel u"
great gfnrd ul olIccoo 10 II political thai It weak
ened The social ibuc that lahlng the place q" ires Ia
hnr, sseley less no mud abr was less prodno-
tive; aud therefore we find from all the en- netl men oi
the me the cear'sl expression # ihptr opinion That
slavery evil. And thy ascr bei ~ MOI without
truth, aud with ut some aseeiby ~ temper hud ofos
Of nognaeeo the juous policy ii the mohcr country.
vhb, to favor the glor hid eniailed thee evils upon
the euones. need hardly refer sir. Ia tue pbiicatons
of the day. They matters of history IN the rec rd
lhe eminent the tnnsl eminent uleh anu hefHv
all The conspicuous If The Senh hel the same senti-
meuts that slavery vas evil, bhgh blast,
mldew. senutge, and enae. lh'te are m 'erns oi
repphaion ol slavery 80 vrhem'ht IN the Noh oil has
day asin The South Tue North was moi, 50 much ex-
cited against it hc South. aud the inson Is. sup
puse berause there much rss al The North. ard Ihe
people did $50. Ihin lhey The evils SO pron-
neay they seen, NJ thought To be steIl, at mo
Snuth
Then sir, when his cons'iloau framed. this
was the lohi IN which the Cotyt non viewed Il. The
Convention rr, ed The Judgment aad senIntns 81 mo
Q a the South. mtmhaf o the otitr iio"se'
whom hove not he honor In kna9, III recent speeeh
has collected extracts ifom these public d"umen-'-
They rye he tuhh of nh4l ing. aud The qnes-
ton lHrn WAS how dead viii II, and how 10 ideal with
II evil2 Well. They came 10 this general result
They onpht that slavery could noi hc cunllned IN ,he
mnfty II The impor alton ii lyts were mad" 10 cease
and hrrelto lhey provided lhei atrr tettin period
The mpof alton might b. prevented by the nr E" the new
Government, Twenty yfnfs mas promstd ny Sums
ren sman, Northern gentleman, lhnh. ana many
ii the southern gcn lrnen opposed II ~ he' o' long
Ma Madison prclaIy somewhat warm aGans IL
he said II would lrng much oi is mischief Into
hs country allnw the imp riaon oi Is hf sufh
peri Becausa must take along WIN u.s. I'D 'ne
whole al thl- ,cus,uu, when "e are considering inc
setmert. aud opinions IN which this c'nS''"''ha P'o-
ylsnn orlnad ihn thr eonglrion al all meu was that
if the imp atln Of slaves ceased. The white race would
multiply faster than the black e, and that slavery
would therefore gradually weaf odl aud expire IL may
not he improper here alnde 10 that had almost siid
cell rated opuion Of Mr.. Madison i,u observe, slr'
thai thn tenn slave slavery mol used IN tue canstl-
mtan. The constitution dues nat require that 'lnguse
sIayosn shall be- delivered IN. 1t nqnirrs iia per
MS haupd service in onr Stae, and escaping into an-
other. shnl be delivered up Mf Mpdl'on "rp sso inc
lnfonc ion OF the term slave slavery into hr coilstl-
luton: for he said he did wrh 10 II rec ised ~
the constitution Of The Ufiied SAFES m America that
there could be property in Nov, SIR all this look
place at the Cupvenilpn III i1Sf hut conneeed with
lhis-eoncurrcnt and contemp1Iane'us-is anolh'f n-
putaot nslderalion uot -uliiceny attended To- no
,eaian fr framing HIS constitution asseihDltu Ill
PhiIadelpIa 10 Nav, aud sal unu sep em1ei licf.-
Dufng all HAT lime the Umgr IS Of The United States
was in sess On at Now York. II matter u desgn,
as we know that tine Convention should nut asseinDed
in the same cy where Congress was holding lis ses-
siu1s Am,sl all The public men ot he country ihefe.
G,fe of ,snron and emint ne, were III one or lie
the other ni those two as,enhl aud think It hap
pp, IN some instances hat The same gentlemen were
menneis If both. II mistake not. such was The case
ot Mr.. Rufus King. then Il metnbhr II Sol9tess tf"m
Massachusetts, and a tie same time "A ueinoer oi mo
Cunyeutlp ip frame ,he ,tinnn from thsi Sate-
Now it was N the summer ot 1907, The very lhe "heh
.a Convenl,ou in Philadelphia was framing inns ooi'-
sttn.ioa that the Congress IN New YORK was framing
the nrnan.e uf l7S7. They passed that ordnance Oh
the l2 h July, 1881, al New York, The very ni'h'h,
NET hs rs the vefy dat. on which these qntsus aoous
he INN slaves and the caiacier ot slavery "se
H. hated IN the Con, eniiun at Philadelphia And, 50 far
as We can nov lea n. there perfect conrui reaee Il
ninon h, en- tss respective bodies; and II resulted
in this ordinance of l7e7 excluding slavery as apped
winch the Gun ,I,S u the u