Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-05-11

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from Richmond Mr.. Y. condemned tbs nro
ceedings OF the mob as shameful and disgraceful
and he believed that all engaged in them will be
severely rebuked by the orderly and law-)oyips
people of Richmond. But outbreaks of this cha
racter, shameful as they are, will sometimes tokf
place in the best regulated communities. and bt
thought it would be grossly unjust to pass any re-
solutions implying censure upon whole commu
nifty for an act committed by a few lawlessand in
temperate persons.
| Mr.. BARBOUR said, he did not recognise the
right of the gentleman from Richm ond city (Mr
Roblnson) to arraign the conduct of the people OF
| Culpeper either upon the subject referred to by
that gentleman, or upon any other. Had he Mr.
| b. proposed to remove the Capitol to Culpepel
county, then the gentlemans remarks might have
mad some pertinency to the question but not
having made any such proposition, the gentle
mans reference to what had occurred in regard
to the execution of free negro, by mob violence,
In Culpeper county, was entirely uncalled for and
out OF place. No man more deeply deplored this
outrage In Culpeper than he (Mr b. did-and,
| nau ne oeen present at the time, he would have
MADE every effort in his power to suppress the
lawiess proceedings of the people. But even in
t.is case' bad as It was, there were MANY paatino
| circumstances. An estimable younp man had ot
| the dead hour OF night been brutally murdered bv
rulflan free negro, who had been ynched in eve
| fy county In which he had resided The evidence.
II Is true was circumstantial-but of such a char.
acter as to leave no doubt of his guilt The youno
man had many connexions in Cupeper and in the
| ADJOINING counties, who assembled at Culpeper C.
IL. TO witness the progress the trial. Had the mob
spirit OF Richmond pervaded them the negro wonld
never nave undergone his trial by the legal tribu-
nal OF the country. Instant death would have been
| his inevitable doom. But the people waited un
I'll ne was fairly tried by impartial Jury, before
whom able counsel had been heard in the negro's
oe1ence. The jury rendered verdict of murder
IN the hrst degree, and an appeal having been
taken to the General Court that tribunal sent tbe
case back to Culpeper for a second trial. The
1uoge reused to let any man in Cupeper set up-
on the jury IN this second trial. but sent wr;ts r.
the Justices of Madison directing them TO select
Jury oil men who had rever heard the circum
stances OF the case. His orders were promptlv
executed the second trial of the negro came on.
and after one of the ablest defences ever heard
before Court, the jury returned verdict of
murder IN the first degree. Another appeal was
taken to the General Court, and in the meanwhile
| similar murders were Committed in the ADJOINING
counties. Under all these circumstances so well
calculated to incense the people and to Justify ex
cltement, crowd assembled before the Court
house, and notwithstanding the most earnest an
PeaS MADE to dlssUade them from violence
proceeded to perpetrate an act which every COO
and rejecting maa condemned and deplored
Mr. SEGAR said he should vote for the original
resolutons as being more expressive than any 9TH
els that had been offered, of his deep execration
OF the outrage out of which the resolutions Ind
grown. He did not mean, however, by the vote
ne should give, to commit himself to the removal
OF the Capitol, for that was question not to be
determined by the demonstrations of a lawless
mob and still less did he design to cast any imp,-
tation upon the great body of the Richmond COM
munlty, which he believed to be law-loying and
law abiding community, and which he doubted
not, would take early occasion to show that tba
great mass of its people, hold no sympathy md
| would lend no countenance to the disorderly mob
which had lnsulted the chief Magistrate OF the
Commonwealth, and in insulting him, offered n
| foul indignity to the whole State.
MIR. LEAkE said that although mobs had &C.
Cured elsewhere than in Richmond, yet these
moos were directed against crime, and therefore
dlherent from the one which had Just taken place
here. The Governor in discharging the high
functions OF his office-in the exercise of that
great attribute OF mercy, in case in which his
judgment informed him it might be properly ex-
erclsed, is assaulted by the fury of mob and
ne MIR. L.) was anxious to satisfy the country
that the Legislature did not look indifferently m
on this wanton outrage upon the rstofficer Of the
State. - ''o
:, Mr.. PRICE of Hardy said, that on an occasion
Ike the present, he had hoped that every man in
the House would rise superior to the narrow con-
sldeiatlons OF party; but he very much regretted
that his hope had been in vain The member
rom Hanover had imputed these proceedings to
party spirit, which he (Mr. P.) thought wholly
UNIV arranted by the facts of the case 1t seemed
to him. Mr.. P.,) that all we could d. would be
to pass resolutions condemnatory of the riot and
expressive of our continued confidence in the in
tegrty ofthe Governor.
MIR. MASSEY said he would not have troubled
the House withan remarks but for some allusion,
derogatory to the character of cities, which mad
been made by several members. He presumed
there was not a man in the House who did not
feel that every portion of Virginia had been in
suited by the mob outrages in front ofthe Govern
or's house last night. But he was not disposed
to cast censure upon the whole population of
Richmond, for the dsgraceful acts perpetrated by
few; and if this House should do so, their pro-
ceedlngs would be Incorporate as he thought
were the proceedings of the indignation meeting
last night. Why, sir, said Mr. M, YOU had as
well hold every individual in Virginia responsible
Tor scenes OF a disreputable nature, which often
occur at Court Houses and Cross Roads, as to
hold the people of Richmond responsible for the
dlsgraceful conduct of few individuals on the
Capitol Square last night. A more peaceable Or
DERBY, and moral people did not exist any where,
than were to be found in Richmond and all the
cities of Virginia would compare favorabIy in point
OF morals with all the other cities of the Union. |
The question was then taken on Mr. Lewis
resolutions, and carried in the affirmative.
HE JENNINGS ESTATE AGAIN.-The question |
OF che hership of the famous Jennings estate il |
again agItated, and inquiry is made in relation to
1a hIIrI 1y,l,a o1cT IL.