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

In cur laSt pnper VIC promised 10 r'vc
history of the slavery agitation which took
place in this State III the year 1882, aud
to prove by the retords of lie Legislature
that II the course pursued by George w
Summers in the Legislature of that year
convicted him Of being ran A5oisionist'
a; ilis tmc, the Democracy had since hat
period elevated 10 high Office men who Ind
pursued course simiar 70 tha, Of Mr..
Summers. If we succeed 10 showing this,
we Of course prove that The Democracy
cannot convict Mr. Samitierr ~ being "ar,
Abollionist" now. without convie,ing
tGcmselvcs of having knowingly aud vii
fully elevated, upon more tlmn one occa-
son, Aboitionis,s 10 office: and that all
warnings now coming from them on The
subject of Aholilion, must he regarded
with much suspicion. live prove this
as we certainly shnll--wc, n iact, prove
by their own arguments TINT the Virginia
Democracy are ready 10 elevate "Aboh-
uonists" TO office wlicnit suits thoir party
purposes TO do 60, and have on more than
one occasion, drnc Iris very things
III August. Of the year 1891, d rcnit
iusurreerion brekc out in the county of
Southampton, which wns not suppressed
until the lives Of many Of tire whites Of that
county, males and fcmales, adults and cllil-
drcr. had been sacrificed 10 the demoninc
passIons uf the insurgents Ibis wnn tie
first actual occurrence ofthc kind which
had ever taken place in our country, and
wns accompanied by circumstances of
horror which sent thrill not only through
Virginia, but through all the Sou,lcrn
States; and, in faci, through Tho Union at
large. Well do we remember Tire Wild
excitement which prevailed, nisl the inany
opinions Which Wcre expressed aa 10 the
best riiojc preventing so awInl d TRACE.
dy. Some suggested Immediate, others
prospective, emancipation, while there
were not wanting those who would hnvc
united in an lndiscriuiuate massacre oftho
negro popnla,ion Such an excitement rs
this could not bn expected u s,bsijc
speedily 1t caused discussion in socinl
circles, was n topic for the press, and was
still raging when the Legislature of tho
State met. As was to be expected, tho
awful tragedy in Southampton was pro-
'minent feature in tho Govcrnor's rnessn re.
lie called the attention Of TIC Assembly 10
1t, and strongly urged the adoption Of ,-,ca-
sures which would prevent tho recurrence
of n similar event. Now, although Gov.
Floyd was "Wcstern" man, we nlfknow
that he had as little sympathy with the
AL o'iionists OF the Nonh--in fact, with
the North in eencrnl--ns any man who
ever lived in Vnginia. "As means Of
guor.ling agaipsi The petition Of these san
gninary scenes" the Governorrccomihcn
dcd 40 the early attention" Of ,lc Lcgis.
laiurc "thc revision % NIL laws intended To
pre-. erve the due subofdin0tion Of The slavo
population Of our Staie." &c. On the va
ry first day Of the session, Mr. Micrs Fish.
or, representing ihc county Of Norihamp-
tpn, county as distant from The extreme
Western counties III has btcn sltgrd ,hn.
the iniiiitory steps for lrgisnrinti on the sob
jcct Of slavery at that session were taken
by " IEcSfgn" mcmhers) rs the Atlantic
Ocean is from the Ohio River, made the
following notion:
Erfracf. from He .joa,na IF Me Housc of
Dc'cgatesf T,ygiaio. Scsnon IF 1897
'32.
MONDAY, Dec. 8, ls3l---p IL.
On motion Of Mr.. Fisher. hliers w. Fish
cr Of Northampton. the same being rnodi.
fed on motion Of Mr. Bradnax, fSd@ed;
That 50 much Of The Gosernor's Message
as relates 10 the insurrcctionary movement
Of the slaves and the removal Of the free
persons bf color beyond the limits or the
Commonwealth, be referred to commit
tee Of Messrs. Brodnax. OF Dinwiddig
Fisher. OF Norhamp;on, Cobb, Of South
ampton, Who'd, of Albcinarle, Roarc. pf
Hanover, Moore, Of RoekbriJgc, New
ton, of Westmorcland, ,Campbell,o Of Brooke,
Smith, Of Frederick, Ghoison pf Bfurs-
wick, Brown, Of Petersburg, Stillman, Of
Fluyanna, and Anderson. OF Notiowayi
with leave 10 report by Bill or otherwise
So, it appears from ibc Journal tbe' Mr.
Micrs Fisher, delegate from ab, extrsme
Eastern slayeholding county, and them -
now, good Democrat, made ne h,f.
movement on the subject ofslavefy at me
famous session of ,'3I--'32. Wesay tnis
10 show that The West did ncf make tho
first movement, and noi for the purpose bf
attribuiing any Abolition aiinii'es 70 Mr.
Fisher. We'll. going on l'tils turthef,
we find .liat Tho neat step was iakeii. on
the subject of slavery on the Nth Of Dci
cenber And who, In the name Of every
hing that is Eastern and Democratic. WAS
il taken BY, and how was it received by
the Housed The following extract from
the Journal tells the tale:
WEbsEsDIs. Dec. II. issls-p %
Mr. Rohnr hre,nhte,} n t,ttitinti 81 auA,