Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-02-03
American slavery and English No
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and eloquent reply I" me a'ia' IN - " -
css of Sutherland, and several other utled
danes of England ito their sisicrs-tbe 40.
men of America" on The subject OF domestic
slavery. II is doubtful WHITTIER The best
mode of treating the ef'Ision Of these lily old
;,,ermeddlers would not have been 10 lavere
ceiyeJ il with silent indiaerencc,but since It has
led 10 81 much Of grave discussion and indlg
nant rctort Ne are glad tbat Virginia lady
las furnished 50 well conceived oni complete
reiulatiou Of its feeble reasoning and seky
sentiment
Mrs. Tyler commences by defining ycfy cor.
rcctly aud trutbfally the proper sphere Of 40
man. aud the actual one to which size confines
herself in this country, and particularly The
Southern Slates. "Itis the province OF the wo
men in the Southern States. she tells them, 10
preside over the domestic economy Of the rs.
tates and plantations of their husbnnds--it is
emphatealy their province 10 vlsit The SICK
and attend to the eomfor of all the laborers
upon such estates aud il is lslt TO be but poor
compliment 10 the women ofthe South, 10 sup
pose il necessary to introduce other snpcrin
,heir dependents and servants
She says, she thinks the fingers Of others
an the ladies whose names are signed to the
ADDRESS are visible in the movement; that the
Coaatcss Of Derby me TtscoDatcss Palmer
Staa Tie Countess Of Carlisle, Lady lain Ras-
sci and others would scarcely have signed such
II paper without the concurrence Of their nus.
bands, " ho are the leading statesmen Of En-
gland She speaks of the opportunities the
Indies Of The United States have Of becoming
familiar with pollicll SUI iecis and of their
their appreciation Of the brilliant and bound
less future, which opens 10 our country aud
adds:
The women Of ihc United SIulcs lorosee
all tbs aud they also thoroughly comprehend
the lact that all confcdcrdcies have heretofore |
been broken mp and destroyed by the mach. |
nations of foreign governments; aud # such
has been the fate of other coale1eracies, how
much more vigant ought we TO be TO guard
against the fatal results which have attended |
on others, nnd To look with suspicion. come |
from what quarter II muy, on all interference
in our domestic concerns. lfthc Achaiau and
other leagues could not Withstand the mach. |
nations Of the powers Of their day how truly
sensitive ought we 10 be 10 point which
proved SO fatal to them; and if The foreign
States by W hom such conIederaclcs were sur.
rounded, felt 1t 10 lac due 10 their own safety
10 destroy them hy their mnchlnalious, have
we not reason 10 suppose that ten fold inter-
est is found IN our case, IN view of the rapid
growth of the L. States, and IN the early de-
velopment OF that future which will cothc
tins country with all the elements of control
in the affairs oil the world Cove fnmcnts
and countries which are now looked upon as
stars OF the first magnitude, " i'll ere long If
the United States roll on in their present orbit,
be secondary and tertiary IN the political hem
isphere. This is quite as thoroughly known
by us as by You, women of England, and
therefore you should not be III the slightest de-
gree surprised at the suspicion with which
your address is regarded by all the thinking
women, not only of the South, but Of the whole
Union. We know that there is but one sub
jecton which there is possibility of wreckiug
the bark of this Union--a possibility however,
which, | trust, is very remote-and TO that
very subject you have given your attentions
and not only so, but have subscribed an ad
dress, not prepared by yourselves. as the ema-
nation of your own susceptible hearts, but tho
admitted production Of the newspaper press of
England, which affects mawkish sensbility
on a subject with which II has nothing proper.
ly to do--and all for ends which every reflect
ing person cannot fail to understand
Nor is this suspicion in any degree removed
by the fact on which you predicate your adj
dress, viz the fact that your country inflicted
on her then colonies the curse OF slavery in
opposition to their frequent and solemn pro-
tests. In the historical fact yod are certainly
correct The colony of Virginia, an1. be.
lieve, most the other colonies, were constant
and earnest in their circumstances: and one Of
the causes set forth in the Declaration of indie
pendence, as prepared and written by a son of
Virginia, was a continuance of the slave trade
by the mother country, in despite Of all remon-
STRANGE on the part of the colonies. Thus.
then, England not only permitted, but en-.
couIaged the slave trade, for period of
century and half, as means Of swelling her
Golfers; and the infamous traffic could only be
expelled from this country by the force and
power of the sword Your KINGS and q neers