Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-17

Black Mail.


Black Mail
Wsrrxrst d and that there Il class cf men,
small Il 10 true. and we are thankful for it.-in
the South. who are endeayoring By means the
most reprehensible. ss turn the existing sectional
pre;udccs aud divisions to personal account, BY
leyies Of black nail .poa Northern merchants.
They publish what are called Constitutional
Houses" /. e., thoss that advertise in. Southern
newspapers; and In another list the BLACK 'or
Abolitioa RosseSs
Against the latter. all the Northern IN ,rch.nts
are are warned. The New York Post ears that a
newspaper pshlished in Atlanta. Georgia. called
the Soatsra csysd~ocy is rraotieing upon this
principle; that eae Of It's editors has beea N New
York forshe pap@s Of carving out more effect
uai,y his pians ths, oil the fortyeight 'Eonsti.
tutioaal Hoase." published in that Psfer, Sevcn-
teea hsi been lvcrti-ins in it. II says farther,
that one II The mercantile frms " TINT city hnd
been called ueonto subscribe honey fer che pur-
% -. of protecting itself from being denounced as
an ''sh,.ition iouse' ia the Ssatasra coet>dtera-
ey aud ihst person VAS perambvlaiing the
streris II New York. in the interest II that print.
vino Ind been very sucse,sul Ia his black mail
ie,i~-. And had carried Of about uine thousand
dollars The Post also refers Ia the fac: tl,st this
same ptinI has publi,hci IN 'eh larger b't OF
.Iaat Houses in Philadelphia lhna is ba"d
ia the city Of New York lr IN winch. II :. infer.
red, thar ti,e black mail levy vi. not qutc ~ sue
ce.s.ua in Phlsielphis. The asi number Of the
Peonsylvania Inquirer tha; reached ~ also reiers
tptbis matter. observing very truly that, no Sou.
theru gentleman wouii regard the e,Riact OF
common iuformer with anything short Of abhor-
renee
In .pcnhing further of the Black lie, OF phila
tsl,.Lia merchants, and Of the means that will 10
emrAscd to crcamven. the por"sns engaged in
ibis nefarious scheme, the Inquirer says:
The lis, to which wo have alladc viii he plac-
ell Lef,re the merchants II ttns city without de-
Law We ,xst that the agent will be- arrested
VITO attempts 10 carry this kind If business
A statute is ready for him, and the rrbrer and do
cisive way Is To- apply it. We know that South
eyn gentlemen will rejoice in hav,as n remedy mp
piled 10 such gross imposition upon the cpmmu.
nifty. All saat it needed is 10 take the matter in
hand upon public grounds, and to expos, without
fear HE character Of the men who aiming to
prosper by this Course Of wicked and legitimate
traffic in Iander
The Inquirer has correctly interrupted South
ern sentiment when 1t says that "Sodthern gen
tcmcn will rejoice in having remedy applied to
such gross imposition upon the Community"
THE mcn who thrive 10y seeh means deserve
place in the pani.entary, ana will sooner or later
fnd l., if ,bey get their deserts, They nre d re.
rroaeh and disgrace 70 tho section in which they
live.
We would lie gratihed il 10 Southern man
should hive % --ors Mason aud Diso.;s liz for any
articles N psc and consumption; preIcrrns to
see the Sonh do her own manu- featuring aud i'm
porting.
To this emf No have been laboring in our ham
ble way Isr yoars,--not that we lrvc Caesar less.
but Rome nure. Not that we de.pisc any portion
of our comnon country, but because we wish to
see our own section rapidly realizing its certain
destiny.
1t is no newborn zeal with us, that now prompts
the effort to relieve ourselves of dependence upon
the North, but rather than it effected by such
agencies as have been employed. we would have
it held incommercial or any other kind Of sassal-
age, forever.
Our Northern friends may he assured that the
transactions they have exposed will no, be iusti-
Ged or palliated by die people of the South