New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-08

Tais day Mr. james Buchanan will communicate
10 Ccrsrsss very long Message, designed to COM
loeLd The principles Of bis party aid the policy OF
tis Naturalization, and TO convince foreign nations
that We ere the freest hsppie't aud greatest Peo-
ple O. earth. But, jas: 6Se weeks ago to-day, a
trial vss hid bsfore the County Court Of Prince
William County, Va, the resul. Of which concars
9Th mauy kindred, but hardly 80 slsripg incidents
10 giving tho lie to these wants. Wnle We are
waiting for the Message, we will very briefly set
forth the fssts:
Piince William is al agricultural county in East
en- Virginia. strongly democratic" in politics,
having given Pierce 534 votes to 100 for Scott and
Buchs1 an 100 to 233 for Fillmore. AT Occoq1an
ie this county lives John UnderwoOd-(no relative
Of Jobn C. Underwood, exiled from Clarke
Ceuuty for att nd:ng the Repu olicau National Cor
yent:sn-but ssubstanti al citizen aud wheelwright,
wko, though rot agreeing with the mass Of his
aeighbO-s in politics, is so much respected aud con-
fded 10 that 20 has been for some years Justice
of the Peace He votes with the "Americsn
party erd supported Fillmore last year, but, being
az in7ete-a;e subscriber to The TRIBUNE, was
strongly suspected of BLACK Repuoicani'm y
Hence bis reighbors managed, during the high
political xc:tensDt Of last season. to draw him
into y,rou, e:scu,sions in the course # which this
,atye Virgiaan was impe'led TO say that be
| would sooner vote for Fremont th,n for Bachansn
| TIE evidence sdduced on the tiial proceeds;
"Dawson then said, Yon must be abolitionist
Ee sai6, Ism The defendant during the con versa
ton said he Considered regro just as good az he was,
and ought to hare the privileges 10 the con-
VIBRATION cs.n6srt said we 81 descended from Adam
| end Eve that they were the father and mother Of
ID ell
"Tte defendant on another occasion in said store,
vixen be and others taking on politics and other
subjeo.e il January 1857, ssid that Slavery sas an
evil TO the ~ the Sta.e and that it would
put people tDoIs on eqasly if slaves were free;
al during the conversation ne ssid that II he was
slave ari killing his master free hi in, he would
90 it. Tie las. conveisson was in the presence OF
four o. fye white persons VINO were acqusiutauce, Of
ceftndsn,; ,Ast at DO ST these conversations much
VS.. said which witness does rot remember. There
were 70 Iegress present at auy of the conversations
! Such wac tee substance of the evidence ad
| (uced sgsinyt him On bis trial Eve weeks ago to-
| day. For the defense, it was shown that he last
/! January after these alleged conversations, and
bsfoIs he IVES prosecute for biz ,hsre 10 tsemsat
q, one Of the Justices on the trial OF fve slaves of
| G l. Green for the murder Of their master, aud
Vi TED in Siding the prisoners guilty aod condemn
| iDs them u ds.!h. This WAS the whole case.
TIE charge on which Mr. Underwood was in.
dicted ard tied wss that of "utt.rins aud main.
"t.ipips ths, owners have no right of property in
"slaye,' very old and seldom quoted statute
Of Virssia makes this au indicable offence. Mr..
Underwood was convicted of having violated it,
AID fined 1912 so A motion for new trial was
oyerIu'ed, srd motion for arrest Of jadgnent on
TIE ground Of the unconstitutionality OF the act
aforesaid vas denied by the Court. To this deci
sion bs ooupssl have taken bill OF exceptions but
there i, little doubt that the ver1ic. will be sus
tsirtd aud tks defendant nearly or quite eaten up
/ b. the fne ard costs.
Reade: when y)u read in the forthcoming Mes
sge ttat this is q laad Of matchless freedom aud
eeurty ior tie rights Of persops-niggers excepted,
Of ccuIse-just think of the case of the white ma
tive Vrgirisn and Justice of the Peacs, John Un-
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