Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-15
Rescue Of Free Neefoes.

Miss Janet Henderson. of Virginia emancput-
ed "A negro woman aud four children. She be-
queathed $500 to pay the expense Of removing
| them To Il free State. Mr.. William iIorner, of
Fanquier county, Virginia took charge Of these
negroes, aud carried them a. far as Western
Pennsylvania on his way to Wisconsin, in which
State he had purchased n farm.
The abolitonists Of Allegheny city seeing a
white man going into "A free State with colOred
persons under his charge assumed that he was II
slave breeder propagandizing an odious institute
ION. They Thought that this was the advance Of
that great army of invasion with which the South
are to oyerrun and subjugate the North as fore
told by the mouth of Prophet Greeley, chapters
IN inclusive. So the libcrators seized this
poor woman thus set free and furnished with
money by charitable mi stress. She "cfied pite-
ously as they took heraway, and lmPI"red those
around her t. permit her to 20 with her master;
they, however, paid no attention to her cntrea
ties, and carried her off in triumph
Mr. llorner, relieved Of the duty imposed upon
him. pursued his way to Wisconsin. The phil
anthropist succeeded in depriving the woman and
children of the money, friendship and protection
provided for them by their bcncfcent friends.
We ask those Who as editors and statesmen, are
rcTonslble for moulding public sentiment upon
public subjects, to reflect how rapidly they are
succeeding IN breaking up all comfy of feeling
between the people of different sections.--This
rescue grew out of no friendship for the slave,
but hostility towards the master; Il cheap oppor-
tunity occurred to insult and injure unprotcct-
ed stranger and with malgant cowardice, they
awaited themselves oft.
II this wanton cruelty 10 the poor negroes had
arisen from II sincere interest IN their welfare,
how easy it would have been to have verified the
statements of Mr.. liorner How could he pos
slhly have cnslaycd negro in Wisconsin We
ask the same influential interest how it can pos
IL n Il HIT
fest their attachment to faithful servants by acts
of mnnumisson The Aboltionist has render
ed more stringent the free negro code of the
South. The free States of Ohio, Illinois and
Indiana exclude them by legal constitutional
requirements. The Inter, we believe, prescrbes
by a clause of her constitution that free negroes
shall not become citizens of that State. IL was
the adoption of the same principle, by the state
Of Missouri, which occnsioned the difficulties of
her admission and resulted in the Compromise of
lS20-2I.
The District of Columbia has, believe, i'm
posed "A tax of some so per head upon immi-
grant free negroes. Slaves cannot be manumit.
ted to remain in the South. They are virtually
excluded from other States to which it would
srcm they had a right of access. Their condi-
ton in the Eastern cities is what has been II
th ,nsand times described. They are vicious and
destitute. What then is the object of the agita-
tors Can ii be the good of the negro! Every
act shows that it has resulted 50 far in his injury.
1t can therefore only be u scheme To acquire
public power by creating sectional hostility un-
der this feeling the numerical power of the North
will he used 10 secure 10 the agtators all the hon
ors aud advantages of the common Union, whilst
the Southern people are TO be subiugaicd and
subjected to the disqualification Of an ignominious
stigma, and excluded forever from any participa.
ion IN the administration of the common govern.
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