Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-04-12
For The Oxford Democrat.
jefferson.
Was he tie Apo'tis Of LiSerfy or.f Sl@oy

by statesmen both North and South. still
there arc some 10 the position Of the I'VE
brethren in the parable Of Dives and Lana.
rus: III they hear not Moses aud the
prophets neither will they DO per'Hadsd,'
&c.
However, there arc other letters than
those written to Holmes aud Adams. from
which extracts were .hrewdly made. 10 his
memoir 10 the following statement
"In 1869 I bseAms . nsnbss Of che leg
i.la,urs by the choice Of the county In which
I live. and 90 continued until u vas closed
By the Revolution. made ono effort In
thu, body for the permission Of tho enamel.
nation Of slaves. which vas rejected and
indeed. during the regal government. moth
Ing liberal could expect success" "I have
found no mention Of negroes In the colony
(virsin,a) until about 1850. The first
brought, here rs slaves were bya Dutch
chip after which the English commenced
tho trade. and continued IL until the Revo-
lu,iouAry war. Tha. suspended. ip.o yjacio.
their further importation for the present,
and the business u the war pressing con-
s,antly on tho legislature. this subject WAS
no, acted on finally until the year ~. when
I broush, In bill to proven, their further
importation. This passed without orpc-i.
ton, and stopped the increase OF the evil by
importation. leaving 10 future efforts Its
6nal eradication
In q letter 10 General Chas,ellux, dated
a, Paris. June 1th. 1855. speaking OF the
structure. Of slavery and on the constitution
Of Virginia. in his notes hs said 1T 10
possible iha, III my own country these ''r'c-
,urcs might produce an irri.aiiap which
would indi.po.s the people towards the two
grea, obrcu have in view tina, Is, the
emancipation OF their slaves, and the settle
ment Of their constitution on Grmer and
more permanent basis"
To Col. Monroe, the l7ih OF tho same
month, he wrote ~ asked Mr.. Madison
q sound chi. matter IS far q. he cam" tha,
70, the effect Of the STRUCTURES.
10 q letter TO Charlss Thomson. dated at
Paris. June 2i.t. i7sj, he wrote thus Z" !
am de.irous Of prevailing the reprintins
,hi, This Notes on virsinia) I'LL hear from
my friends. whether tho terms in which |
have spoken Of slavery and the constitution
Of our STATE. will not, by producing an
irritation. rc,ard that reformation which
wish. instead Of promoting IT."
In 4 letter To DR.. Price. In August Of the
same year. he writes :" In that part OF
America. (norihward Of the Chesapcake,)
there being but few slaves. they can easily
disencumbcr themselves of them (: and eman.
eipa,ion /. put into such train that 10 q
lev year, there will be no slaves northward
Of Maryland. 10 Maryland do no, dnd
such . disposition TO begin the redress Of
,hi, enOrmity. AZ in Virginia. This is the
mel, State to which We may turn our eycs
for the interesting spectacle OF Justice in
eonaie, with avarics and opprcs'ion-a con.
fict wherein the sacred side issaining daily
recruits from 'no '""'i '"'o o'"su " 'V''S
men grown and growing up. These taVo
sucked in the principles Of liberty. rs II,
~"e' win '"''' '"o'".'' ""a' '"' ="
70 'ne' ''oA VIZ" '"A'''' :" wv" Wv '"'
OF IN" PuS''''n' ID "o' '"''''O'' ''O''
ased'
FROM 'c''' w IL '' '''"'"V' "'f4o''
the following "o' The Two commissioners
who bad concerted the ameh'a'0'y Clause
Tor the gradual emancipation OF Slaves Mf'
"y'he could not DC present. 10 oe'ns =
member OF the judiciary department. anu
Mr.. Jefferson on the legation 70 france
Hut there were not waning IN 'ha' Assem-
bly, men Of virtue enough to propose and
talents to 'ind'eatc this e'an'e' ba' 'hey
saw that the moment OF doing u with sue
cess Was not yet arrived and that an "n'"e-
ec-'iul effort. +" TOO often happens would
only ri'e' still closer the chains OF bondage
and re'Ard the moment OF delivery 10 h"
Oppressed description OF men, WI" .
stupendou.. what an ineomprehcnsible ma.
chine is man who can endure toll. fam.
inc. stripes, imprisonment. and death itself.
in ,indica.iou Of his own liberty, and, the
mex, moment. be dea'i,o all those motives
whose power supported him through his
trial. and intllct on his fellow men q bond.
age. one hour Of which 10 irausht with
more misery than age, OF ,ha, which he rose
in rebellion TO oppose But we mus. avail,
with n.,;s,s. the working. Of nm overriding