Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-11-15
Gbe DaiIp Dirainiau.
The AbOiitiOnisis.

The AbOiitiOnists.
The National Era, published at Washington,
makes the following plicit declaration ofopn-
ion, which is very novel one for an Abolition
isl:
There is progress 10 The South; and, after
all. IN whom are we to look for the emancpa-
tion of the negro race if not TO its citizensl We
declare that our only hope for the peaceful re-
dempton and Improvement of the slave pop
ulntion, is in the South itself. Congress can do
nothing more tina withdraw Federal support
from the system; il has no constitutional power
for lis abolition. The free States cannot legis-
late on the subject; their citizens can do,nothing
more than discuss the question, and separate
themselves. politically and enthusiastically,
from all responsibility for it. Further they
have no right TO go. Where then is the hope
of the slave1 We may Talk of tho right of re-
sislancc. Of rebellion, Of revolution. Our fa-
thers resisted the desposm of Brlton. They
would have been dastards had they submitted.
They would have deserved chains had they
not succeeded. They had intelligence; they
had lradr; they had mechanic arts; they had
arms and soldiers they had government; they
had free institutions; and the Despotsm which
oppressed them was across an ocean three
Thousand miles wide. The slaves have none
would result in a war Of horrible extermina-
ton
where then. we ask, is tho hope of tho
slave So far can see, it is under God,
in the free citizens of the South Peaceful,
successful, Emancipation. must be their work
The Public Opinion that shall originate the
movement, carry it forward. shape ii, direct it.
accomplish it, wisely and henefcially for all
concerned, must bc Southern Public Opin-
ION"
During the brief session of the Legislature
of South Carolina, held ON Tuesday. tho 2nd
inslant. for the election Of Electors Of Presi-
dent and Vice President Of the United States,
The Governor transmitted the following special
message:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT }
COLUMBIA, November 9, 1862.
Geadcmea the Senate
and Houscof Representatives:
feel it my duty officially to announce to
you the deaths of Two of our mos. ;lIusttioue
Statesmen, HENRY CLAY and DANIEL WEB
sTER, which have occurred since your last meet
ing.
Thus, in the space Of three short years, have
passed away from the stage Of action three of
the greatest names that have ever adorned the
history OF our country. CALHOUN, CLAY and
WEBSTER were names which were upon every
lip. for praise or blame, according to the Pc
culIar political tenots Of those who pronounced
them. They were the shining stars of our Re-
public. One by one, they have been extin-
gulshed, as though they were not permitted to
shine but in conjunction. While we mourned
the loss of our own Calhoun, we should not
withhold our homage to the intellectual power
| Ill.
mngle tears with Kentucky or Massachu.
setts over the iombs of their favotite sons
Differing, it is true, upoa the agitating subjects
Of the day, now that the grave has closed over
them, we should forget whatever of frailty was
incident 10 their mortality, and only remember
them the great intellectual lights which shed
halo Of glory around tho history Of our com.
mon country. J. II. MEANS.
In response to this message the following re-
solutions were adopted, on the motion of Mr..
MIDDLETON:
BE 1t resoiued, That tho General Assembly
of South Carolina deplores the bereavements
which have fallen upon the Confederacy at
large in the decease Of those illustrious citizens
and eminent orators and statesmen. HENRY
CLAY and DANIEL WEBSTER, and that whilst
we have recalled to us the memory of sorrows
nearer home, it but adds 10 the poignancy of
our grief to know that others mourn as we have
monrned.
RcSolced, That we offer with fraternal feel.
ngs our coincidence to our co-States Of the
Union on this sorrowful occasion, and more
particularly do we tender 1t to the Common
wealths of Kentucky and Massachusetts.
Resolred, That his Excellency the Cover
nor be requested to communicate copy Of his
message TO the General Assembly, together
with the foregoing resolutions. to the Execu-
ii, es of Kentucky and Massachusetts.
We havenot seen the coincidence anywhere
noticed that Mr.. Webster was not the only
great man to whose mind "Gray's Eegy'
has occurred on the eve of death; but we learn
that as Gen. Wolfe " as moving at midnight in
his hnaf f,0 q nnhac with ,h1 sLaIo l.f liz nm.