Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-10-23

that the West would have gore cs masse
Cor il, and that its vote, added 70 the votes
Of the non Shareholders Of the East. and
such Eastern Iapckoidcrs as, like Mr.
Randolph, were scared cut Of their wits,
would havc carried the measure. And
then, what would have been the condition
of the shareholders OF Virginia. They
must have done one of two things--thcy
must aave anticipated the operation Of Mr..
Randolph, s post matt law by moving their
slaves into Some Other slaveholding State.
or stood still and seen their property struck
valuele,s in their hands; for Mr. Randolph
proposed compensation to the owners
when The Commonwealth seized the slaves.
But could they carry the slaves into other
S;atesi land by doing thus they would
have sacrificed their lands, as such guam
dry inhabitants of the County of Hanover.
praying The Legislature to take into con-
sideratiou the propriety of providing means
for the removal of free persons Of color
from the Commonwealth, and such slaves
as may be liberated by individuals. Also
a petition from the Society Of Friends, in
the County Of Charles City, for the emau-
cipation Of slaves by some gradual scheme
which may be adopted. and the removal of
the free negroes and slaves from the Com
monweaih.
Who was Mr. Roanel Why, nobody
else bat VIM. II. Roane, an Eastern man,
and a Dcmocrat--the son Of Spencer
Roane, lone ofthc lights and fathers of Vir-
GINA Democracy and subsequently a
Senator of the United States. Every body
knows that if, at this day. such petition
were presented to the House, it would be
received with storm Of groans and his
ses. But how was it treated in 1881. Here
is what the Journal says inrelation to it:
Whereupon, motion was made by Mr..
Goode. of Mecklenburg, that this house do
reject the said second memorial; and the
question being put thereupon was deter
mined in the negative. Ayes 81, noes SO.
On motion of Mr.. Goodc, (seven of the
members present concurring) Ordered,
that the ayes and noes upon the said ques-
ton be inserted in the Journal.
The names of the gentlemen who
voted in the affirmative arc Messrs
Booker, Gholson. Patterson, of Bucking.
ham; Daniel, Wilson, Of Cumberland,
Stephenson, Hale of Franklin, Woods
Smith of Gloucester, Bruce. Sims, Gravely
HARDWOOD. Poindexter, Street, Hudg gins
Goode. Fisher. Harvey, Anderson Of Not
toway, Adams, Witcher, Swanson. Gill
land, Land, Shauds, and Carter, of Primo,
, William.-27.
And the names 9th gentlemen who vo
ted in the affirmative, are Messrs. BANKS
(the speaker) Grinalds. DRUMMOND
! Of Accomac, Pcrsinger, Garland, McCue
, Cameron, Campbell. of bedford, Pate
, Faulkner, Goodc. ANDERSON, of Bot
etourt, WILSON, of Botetourt, Campbell
of Brooke, Shell, Boiling, Rives, Took
! Haly burton, Patterson, Of Chesterfield
Pendleton, Broadus, Brodnax, Jones, r
, /. Chiffon, Marshall, Stillman, Wood, o
Frederick, Bryce, of Frederick, Snidow
Bryce of Goochland. Hail, Of Grayson,
Erskinc, SPENCER, of Grcensvile, Car
skadon, Poston. ROANE, Mullen, VIII
liams, of Harrison, johnson. Williams OF
Hcnrco, Jordan, Shield, Gallahcr, Berry
Summers, Hooe of King George, Dabne
ry. Carter, of Richmond. Allen, Hays,
M'Ilshany, Cordell, Caldwell, Smith, Of
Mason. Billingsly. Henry, Kelly, Preston
Byrnc, Webb, Cabell, Chandler, Leigh
Fitzhugb. Parriott. Robertson, Hiner. Mil
Ter. Zinn, Dupuy. Hart, Moore, Mellow
ELL, Mcmahon. Cline, Bare, Carson,
Cobb. Powell, Moncure, Hargrave, Giles
pie, Mccoy, McCulloch, Keller, Newton.
Morriss. Crockett, King. Brown. and
RUTHERFORD-93.
The said petitions were then ordered to
be referred to the Select Committee. upon
the said subjects, that they do examine the
matter thereof, and report their opinion
thereupon to the house.
Here. we scs that Mr. Goodies motion
to reject the prayer of the second petition
the petition to abolish slavcry-was re-
jccted, and that among those who voted a
gainst the rejection were, Banks, Demo
crat, an Eastern man, and subsequently {
member Of Congress; Rodne, an Easter
man, Democrat. and subsequently ;
!, IN mbcr Of the U. S. Senate; llcDomcll, ;
|, Democrat, and subsequently Gorcrno-.
and R,tiytord, an Eastern man. Demo
Graf. and subsequently, Councillor ofState
over whose election from Office by The
Wings the Democracy shed hogshead o
tears. At this distance of tine, it il
impossible to classify all the members as te
r politics, and we have therefore underscor
ed those only whom We know to have
been Democrats.
We have gone as far to-day into this his.
tory as our space will admit, and think
that our readers will agree that thus far
the distinguished Democracy of that day
went hand in hand with George w. Sum
mers. We shall resume the subject in ON
next.-Petersburg htell;genccr.