Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-05

y'rt him and all his sbOny associates into white men
lar as privileges aro ooEessa6d be can't, for the life Of
him, bl. wife dow, in the secrets Of bis heart
and there cover L ~ that Who is the Ia
EOrer OF sobeue 50 Visionary foolish and improbable
While Mr.. Lincoln Put himself upon the simple snunca
ton OF the idea apart from the complex objects OF gov
efnment OF toe equality OF mankind - held IN 'ne
Declaration OF Independence, nobody cared, and TO give
hm the ssn,f. Of his own pothouse expression q
body was hurt" When be comes, however, to lend
approval 70 bill passed agains. the will oil lAse ma
oity 81 the people of the dstric: where it Is to o2eFa
10 abolish an institution guaranteed b. the very Oonssi
u,on which be had sworn to suppors-when he goes so
far bsyoad Garlic and Wiley AS even TO call toEh the
j, disn.nt rsbuks Of the debsuched old Crtteaden-
VII n under the preie1t of executing the laws.
he drives or masters and oVerseors. and becomes him
self great stakeholder With his hundreds o. fan
kes managers aud drivers in the cotton 6.is OF the
South every reed and every spre Of grass repeats the
fuble Of Midas.
But il Ess not our purpose to discuss the tu1j9c:s Of
slavery and Of the generally. Safh;s !; to say no
nan can now doubt the purposes Of the Lincoln G0vrl'
msnt Il has rJ3dn tue Constitution under foo and
has boldly proclaimed that emancipation has already eom
meacsi in s omn Way-freeiom 10 race in one sec
ton and slavery 10 both in sro.herfSeedom IN tho
District and in The border States, but slavery nov and
forever whenever the Yankee can make it profitable
10 tiuls,lf in the South. But Ncrlh South, the Yam
ko apres TO be master and the poor free negro IA 10
bs the .ute,t OF his sympathy aud hi' protection =
Well cray he pray TO be delivered from the care CT
,ueh .r.anis-from ue1 With whom lie il to compete
hsre4i in doing tue "ores" OF the households Of the
new masters.
We sat down, however, merely 10 give en- instance
which occurred on Friday has: in the Circuit Court OF
B,af1rd. Daaisl -, free negro, emarc'pated BY
the vii OF the lac Timothy Rogers, fer whose removal
fon tue Commonwealth ample provision was made
came before shs Court Judge Wingh5d presidiog, AMI
-alaetsd R2. O. Mitchell, q az his master He was
asked II he did this knowing that it made bin slave Tor
lief he was aware that hereafter he could De sold as
slsve-i. be acted with knowledge thai he now bad
he privilege OF ctoNyrg slavery or remaining Tree az
he was All Of these ard navy other questions be an
ssereI wtl 40 intelligence which seemed to say,
sulw nv real frienis-sAve from those who pretend
. b. 20" Hundreds OF instances OF this scr. occur
throughout the State. Aud Lincon and bis eoWOrs-
era, the Scuues and TrumSuls c1ulj on Friday light
lts, have sstn Dtui5l -- a. he went 10 his decent
AID ael-appon.ed bu, and have there witnessed the
happy meeting between himself AID his fellow servants
even they v,ud hsvS uncorscocsy clssped both hanos
90 the sides OF their heads to ascertain if their ears had
no. become Tx these Of Midas.
But, az the old noted aet letter writer says to bis
reader 10 the quaint language Of his law book, thereof
ior the prcsea; this little taste shall suffice