Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-02-24

mnnily who would weight his conscience with
this universal and indlscriminsic sentence OF
eSlef Who would saw 10 these unforunatcs
leave usi Break up your homes, sunder your
tics OF ilieods, wives, and chldrenl You may
have been pcacabIe, Industrious. orderly; you
may by industry have gained home.
formed local attachments aud connections
dear To you as lie; you may be better man
than myself you my be innocent but you
are free man Of color: go do not know,
nor do believe there is, a 10 sny it in
! Lynchburg. IN indignant community would
spurn the rIonser from its bosom. But or
game men into legislature, divide the re-
sponsibility. disguise the cpormity under the
name craftsmanship and acts Of the Icgis.
lature, and they quietly vote that which they
would shudder to contemplate as personal
deed They should remember they arc bound
TO respect the moral law Of rights which ara
guaranteed to man under every civilized gov
eminent. or their slatesmanship Is criminal.
their legislation is miserable quackery. What
IS the greet evil Virginia has suffered from
this population Look 10 this place. Tho
commission Of crime by hem is comparatively
small, indeed iuconsiderablc. Here and in 9th
or citics of VIZ gina they are BARRIERS, waters,
&c, &c They are better and moro tractablc
IN theiI mencnl capacities than the corrcativn
class white or colored,) in any non.slavehoId-
| ing state in the Union. Wo must remember
that orr Institutions can never be perfect. Let
ns ask ourselves how this grievance originatcdi
by their own ocl No: but by the acts Of
the first white men who brought them here -
| by death bed cowardice and mistaken phiIan.
thropy Of those who rnanuniued them. often
times in fraud OF the well founded expectation
ol relatives. Wo free them 10 quiet our con-
sciences, and Danish them to free ourselves of
the consequences Of our philanthropy.
But again If We look 10 the relative number
and rate at increase Of this class | think we
viii dismiss ali apprehcusions The whites in
Virginia number over eight hundred Thousand;
the free co!orcd flty-thrcc thousand; tho for
mer III the last ten years have increased at the
rate. ol Il per cent. tie latter at only that OF
| I per cent. This shows the evil TO be rcla-
lively diminishing every day and year. In
view oftheso facts | think The Legislature
should iorbcar. know Of tho provision in.
sorted IN the constitutional know that the
idea Is too current thata majority can do any
thing-rhat there is no end to the object and
sub ects of cgsIatio0---but do trust that II
measure so abhorrent to humanity, SO danger
Gus IN precedent,wlll not b. adopted Endu-
rance and selconlro are as necessary to IL
state as they are TO individual mon That I'M
patience ofopposition. that diseased rrtablity
which will net endure the presence of any
thing the least offensive, is far from being
healthy or wise
We should remember. that our highest du-
Iy, and the best guarantee OF our safety, is the
observance of the moral law and Of the rights
of othors. To forget the one and violate the
other, under the plea of nece ssity. ls criminal.
whothor the actor lie an individual, or lrqls
lator A FRIEND OF JUSTICE.
! CoNGpEssroNAL DIsTRICTs-T Richmond
Times makes the following statement showing
the relative strength of the two parties in each
Cong essjonal District. a. reported by the
committee in the House oi MISUNDERSTANDING
its figures upon the returns of the Presidential
election