Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-10-21
From the New Otleans l'rpyuno.
HISTORICAL FACTS WORTH REMEMBER

In the drbttas upon The Fugitive Slave bill, which
lately passed ho United atrs Senate, MI Pmtt ono ii
the Senators from Maryland, meniloaei singular fact
on lhe an hory Of MIR. Berfen, of Goarga. lie said
that Nlr Bern had IL the Of his early practice
a hi, profession the bar in Gearea, collected upwards
Of lhree hundrod Thousand dollars i'on cz ms Of Ger
pia md South Carolina for bonds ard noles given et
zens ai Rhode llaud for negroes import ntn aud sold
in Georgia. Ne thnl, We cloll, ut haz nd, eve the
names Of aime OF the owners Of these noes--wio.
having acquired prineey fortunes IN the slave trade.
have held many prominent public stations since; and one
have lately died in the odpr OF sancliy as excel
lent citizens, who shared IN the natural instincts ol New
Eng land apaiu.t the sin IT holding Africans
IN bonlngr To Give particular nams, now, might be
thought uvIdons, where there were 81 many who shaied
IN thu profits oi the land nave compromised with their
consclrnc"s by condemnng TO everlasting peril ION 'ose
who hold he s,aves, fr which the Rhdn Islanders eo
the money and have grown great IN the prncaedsi
But there are some passages OF h'sory on record.
that point very distinctly at particular ransa''ipns wh'h
IN these days If cn, II may have Wholesome ELECT
IN rseap ule. l'y The cons uiioh of The Gnited Sias
Congress was restrained ftom unssing any law 10
The imparaiiin If slaves, before the year lslS
The State oe South Carolina in lSOi Opened her pprIs
/, the traffic. aud large number oi cargoes OF negroes
brought IN there direct from the cast OF Africa tom
that time To Deermhet 1907. OF rrgulr reg
ser was kept Al the eust,m house of The number OF YES
seIs engaged IN tie rale-or that period ot four years
the owners clnsirnes their places ot rcsdence, Ne.
In 1920. when The Missouri qnfs'ion was before Con
gfpss nn STATE was bitter against SHAREHOLDERS gem
rraly aud against the ad Mss 0p o s'miI IN pacu-
lar unless slavery prohiiled, thtn the State '
Rhode Island At that sane session ol the STATE iae4-
isEuufe- lS21-2l taey elected Mr.. janes DE Nof
SenGlof in Cong'ess-eontnuing their lnsruetmn' a
gIos slavery.
On this stale of facts Mr.. Wm Smi h, hen Sanat r
from The State South Carolina man OF great weight
Of character aud influence. who Afterwards resided IN
Nthami, and died few years since at Huntsville
uk the ptns obtain from the rnstom house ho KS
-cpl ,f be papers IN every case ol Imported slaves
Cfl~an dnrug The period named, and read II In tho
Senate We lpy tne a the revelations.
The number Of vessels etered was 2O2 and they we'e
owned as follows: 70 Bri ish 81 Ch,restan, 80 Rhode
Island Baltimore, = French, Norfolk, Connecticut.
Il sion, Swrd".
The list oi can~ignes presents stronger picture; of
these 81 ives of England 50 natives Of Rode
Island, 10 nayes OF France, and only l3 natives of
Charleston!
The whole number Of slaves imported was 30 07;5. of
which , ,047 were on Blush and French account. The
three Rhode Island ports Of Biisio Newpo and P'o-
vldence furnished 1858. and the whole number imported
Charleston account by merchants and planters Of that
vicinity, was only, 2.O0O.
Ten Of these cargoes bsongei to Mr. James De W"lf
the newly elected Senator tJutu Rhnde Island
Nhon Mr.. Smi,h Rad this dorument In the Senate
there great nntteng, and an attempt made to
ra him To order, for ccting upon the State OF khod.
Island, but it rued that Mr.. De Not not having
taken his mol yet Senao or; aud Smith sar'a-i
cally observed HAT he mol reproachHg even air DE
of for trading in lawful rali, but replying Il, ihe
resolutions and repoachts of that Stale agas slave
holders.
Perhaps the notes given ,r If these nsg'@s are
the which Mr.. Berien collected Well does the
/ New York Express say:
'N ih such iats staring in htlacf and pnei'inei
aloud IN ihu Senate Cha nhet al Wa hnst,a. may nj
.4 los the w,Ae Vi slasss DC questioned and