Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-09


] n4rtei nion the lmdian memorial for a Temporary
tIispensatnn froi The antislafery part 81 the or
tli,.anee of IzS5, lac puts the question upon
zfatesma's ground. and reports against II, III
!. bril- aud comprehensive argument:
..lnai the rapid population Of the State u
Diiia sufficiently eYiness, in the opinion oi YOU
eoiiIfnifice thai the lubor OF the SLAVE a. not ne
eessary 10 promote the growth and settlement 81
colonies in that region. That this labor' Dc
naIIsfraily the deaIest Of any. can only be en-
played la advantage iathe cultivation OF products
in,tre valuable than any kunwn TO that quarter 81
tie United States !; aud the committee deem II
highly dangerous and inexpedient to impair n
provision wisely calculated 10 promote.ibe hap.
piness and iT ,sperity Of the North wertfh
country, and to give st engt, aud security 10
that extensive frontier. In the sauary opera
ton III fhr sngacioa~ and benevolent rcstfan'l
i believed thar the Inhabitants OF Indiana wlliai
ne very distant day, Fl - ample remuneration Tor
n temporary priyafon 81 labo- aud emigration.
lie was against slavery and by his will. both
laanumitird and provided for the hundreds winch
Ie held. But hc against foreign Interference
will his ri hts, his feelings or his duties: and
never failed to resent and rebuke such ihterief-
rnce. Thus he was one of the must Jealous 1T
the orposers Of the proposed Missouri re tr'ct Oh;
and even voted against the divisional line OF
.tiirty-s thirty In Il . House, when the term
slave holder would be reproachfuIly used, lac
would assume H. and refer Ia n member, not III
the parliamentary phrase of colleague, but III the
complimentary title OF my fellow stakeholder =
Aud. in London when the cansignees Of his to-
bacco, aud the slave factors of HI, father, urged
him to librratc his slaves, he quoted their in
trusive phiianthrolhy, on the spot BY saying,
Yes: you buy and set free to the amount OF the
money you have received from my father and his
estate for these slaves, and will set free an G.
qunl number
In h- youth and latt age.he fought duel lin lis
middle life,he was against them; I'D for VIII le,
would neither give nor receive challenge. lie
under rel gious convictions Ia the contrary.
but final y yieldedlas he beleved) to an argument
of bis own, that duel is private war. and rested
upon tie same basiSas public war; and that both
all ,wabe when there wis other redress,
tor injuries. lhut was his argument; but thought
his relapse came more from feeling than ren-
son; aud especially from the death of Decatur,
to whom he was greatly attached, and whose duel
with Barron long had greatly excited him. lie
had religious impressions, md vein of plety which
showed itself more in private than in external
obseryanees. lie was babtual in his reyerentlal
regard for the divinity of religion; aud one of
his beautiful expressions, was that, AT woman
had lost " paradise. she had gained us heaven"
The Bible and Shakespeare were in his latter years,
his constant companons-trayelling with him on
the understanding with him IN the chamber.
The last time | saw him In that last visit to
Washington, after his return from the Russian
mission; and when he was i'll the full view of death
heard him read the chapter in the Revelations
tnf the opening of the seals) with such power and
beauty of Voice in delivery, and such depth Of
pathos, that felt ~ if adnever heard the chap
Il + read before. When he hal got 10 the end of
the op,.n Of the sixth seal he STOPPED the rca /
ing, lai, the book (open at tn place. on his
breast, AS he lay on his bed. and began discourse
upon the beauty and sublimity of The Scriptural
writings. compared to which he considered all
human compositions vain and empty. Going over
theimages presented by the opening of the seal.
he averred that no human power could take the
same images, and inspire the same awe and terror,
aud sink ourselves into such nothingness in the
presence OF the wrath of the Lamb'-that he
wanted no proof of their divine origin but the
sublime feelings which they inspired.