Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-21
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More Reaction.

More Reaction,
There is a white person named Brown, in the
Legislature of Virginia, representing the district Of
Stafford and King George, who bids fair TO estab-
lsh name for inlamy, equal TO that Of the trainers
and movers Of the Fugitive Slave Law. He has
just introduced bill into the Virginia House of Del
egates, providing for the removal from the State, Of
the free coored population. The manner in which
he provides for this wholesale and arbitrary expa-
trialion OF Native Americans from the land Of their
birth, from the scenes of their childhood, and from
the graves Of their to.worn fathers, is worthy, in
cur estimation, of the worst devil that con-
ceiyed or dreamed OF.
The Boston Courier may snap and growl at Eng
lshnen because they memorabilia our wives, daugh.
ters, and sisters, about slavery; and neighbor,
the Egis, may bark and bite for the same reason;
but we think that memorial from the Emperor of
Russia the Grand Turk, OF the Bey of Tuuis, should
command respect, and raise the blood Of shame TO
the cheeks Of us all, in view OF this bill of our ''re-
publican countryman.' Mr. Brown.
We think ii must edy the bunker friends Of in
PREVENTION in the affairs OF Tuscany, to read the mode
in which Mr. Brown, Of Virginia, proposes to ''pro-
lect liberty by law"
The bin provides for the appointment by the
ty and corporation courts OF the Commonwealth, OF
Oveseers Of free negroestheii number and districts
10 correspond with those of the Cnmmissiant rs of
the RI in each county and corporation. Il is
made the duty Of said overseers hire the free
negroes OF their respective districts y the highest
bidder, At public auctions and to pay into the Treas
TRY the accrulng from such lures. These sums
to constitute uhd to be expended in conformity
with future provisions of law, for the purpose of
Transporting Tree negroes beyond the limits Of he
COmmonwe alth. Between the free negro and iht
hirer, the relation of smaser and slavr'' estab.
lished subject to all the laws that regulate the
At The expiration nf five Years, all Tree negroes re
naming in the State, To be sold into slavery, TO
the highest bidder, at public auction, the proceeds
of such sales To be paid ino the public treasury; pro.
vided that said negroes shall lie allowed the privI-
lege of becoming the slaves of any free white person
whom they NAV select, on the payment by such per-
son, of fair price.
We published, few days since, an extract from
work on Russia, by gentleman named Jerrman,
in which he showed that the Gear is actively en-
gagged in ameliorating the condition OF the Muscove
sers, and in elevalng them into the position Of free
men. The cnd-hlooded, indexihle despot, who has
violated the laws Of nations, and overwhelmed lib.
erty in Poland and Hungary, with the bayone,s Of
his auomaton hories, still seems to obey The law of
P'pSiCHS NttuIl MS own uOtDinlOuS. Tie N8ntS
against the liberty Of Crcassa, and against the pro-
gress of European democracy, with aihe inveterate
ma!gnity of savage barbarian but he seems to act
like statesman in relation the slavery of his own
subjects. He that freedom is the ultimate con-
dton Of the human race, and he prepares for it.
He removes the distractions which ignorance and
hereditary bondage have placed in the way of his
in urnnres, tou,ar,s Ete.,, al ,aa,, .,
feel pleasure in witnessing their slow development
from barbarsm to civilization.
But this Mr.. Brown, this republican, born and ed
ucated in the land of Washington, Jefferson, and
Patrick Henry. grayely proposes to expatriate So.
600 free men from their native land, without right
or reason, to sell them into eternal bondage, if
they do not obey this cruel, outrageous, demopiaca
decree.
This Mr.. Brown, representative Of Virginia,
whose insignia are PROSTATE king and broken
crown, beneath the foot of triumphant Liberty
whose motto is an execraton nf tyrans-whose bat.
tie cry, since I775, has been, ''Gve me Liberty or
give me Death"-demands that tens Of thousands of
free Vrgnians shall either leave their country or be
sold into hopeless bondage.
While the Russian Gar seeks to lead his serfs
from the nigh oil barbarism into the morning of civ
ilzation and freedom, the t'en ghtened'' State of
Virginia, mpelled by the cupidity, the cowardice,
and the blind stupidity Of her white palrcians seeks
to return, by the forms Of tyranny, into The
night Of barbarism.
The question that arises in the honest mind, in
view of this contrast between Russia and Virginia
s,"of what avail are the forms of government?''-
The despotism Of Russia is more paternal and more
enlightened than the ogarchy Of Virginia The
despotism OF Russia gives hope to its slaves, and
gives promise Off future enlightened and permanent
republic The osarchy Of Virginia invades the
sacred homes of the lreemen, browns out their al
tar fires with their blood if they dare to complain.
puts shackes on their limbs in the lust of greed, ma
lgniiy, and power, and stiles in ten thousand hap
Ply dwelling-paces the aspirations and hopes of a
higher condition Of intelligence and life While
Russia is slowly walking into the sunlight of better
future, Virginia rushes back to the gloom of the
''uark ages
No doubt, Mr.. Brown and his coadutors suppose
thai such an act as they contemplate, viii give sta
biity to Vrginian institutions. Tyraunca cow
ardice always makes mistakes Of this kind, under
the influence OF It's fears. In its eageruess to pur
chase safety for itself, it breaks the laws of Justice,
and instead Of building wall Of defence round its
posltipn it digs its own igaominious grave Blind,
inveterate desposm, like that Of Virginia, while
seeking to secure permanency, will always, inevita-
by compass its own destruction. ''Sic semper ty.
rannis."
II Dr. Gilman's I'd and Sd Lectures on the
medicinal ase of alcohol, will be given in Horti-
cultural Hall, this evening and tomorrow eve
ming. A substitute for alcohol in the preparation