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Irfai j vpl-y ' j , tvluch time e heart, as . Faulkner, icr, Jioorc 0.s5 0t); w 10 00 F t 00 IB DO ,54-00 25 00 45 00 85 00 libertr; ko tliat, before I was of ae, and Le- 121K) 16.00. )0 16 00 20 v )0i20 OOj 0-0 50 30 00 70-i 00 1 1 S0 2 o .iiVLitcfor a County of- iikte foraSUto , . 5 00 We I luiihearil that tLere' ras abolitionist in existence, nunc iriepint oA'f-' Mtw -lla niumo. arraisrnea L.en g"fi-1 Lcwrc yue country jailing to pant nc gr; suH'rao jn the District of ColuraVia to nu v.li ) can read an J wiite to all who own ia Northern was thor oughly ir-ibucd viili tho sentiment. I may accompany all or- lo'r aJvtutiiinfr.' Joll VUU if : . ,IV--':iftcii intaiticla in y L to h ou cat' ' 1; " C!t: oiTice,'.-, vur;uir,y, if ndt untenahle. I am X iv. I'll, J ' J rS V- .L irt I t Vo winft . w P I. fc.aT il iUr Moo lormcr ruknee i o himself.-'. in' his - i ropreenta- jr.' at . lHit'.o'.v iox has heen call- you'r journal criticise my -con- in remarks well render my posi on, and . a public remark, aH that I heard no one attempt tojlefenil thc"atsttaet id Jt was thofuoast of the emajicipat Viririn a, J.nt no man hal ii-cn in latnreto defend; tho slavery TU borita aplirvcs and excises, buti t justificion. I have compiled debate, anu 1 hnne ?nolai to 9C It will donore h-.nbr to iurini imusr in ii'ir annais, smcc ;iue period. ' I have o.u 'mean to incuancG me :.natin. or veno-cnance. ' C? ' ufor from thci fo! (Moo llist.have i?b .'ritieisc tli s evolutionary i . r - t ! and op- r 1 as a j oilm en had occaoion to xaiiiine and ways pn'tc'-te 1 ocraiii pose J the cktension of sdaviery; ai aT'j-nruents of 'its fi ic ali ent to showtliiit the institution with equity and Christianity; bu er set myself up as a censor jof individual.-?, nor e Virginia rized by as those opinions were not spontaneous in my nwn mind, thev were imbibed frdrn j reading -.. 1 y - i; the debate which took place in Legislature in 18S2, upon the que boiyunjr slavery. It was Jchara rat elooucncc and power, and mtde an lm- O f 1 ..... I ' i pTelnn i?ix?n toy youtjitui rnuul has not effaced.' I embrace. I tnc dcaof emancipation, with njy whe it was exponded by I McUowell Thofl. J- llandolpb, BiilingiChan of Ilockbridge, Mr-rhA'I, Bfoadna crs, Subsequently, I Teadjhe wrj -jit if.i.L. rmr lii.-iiuti, vmi luatic-vV11 aoa'nst almisi.i of . tions will pass away, when their , n.undlc-ianv SJaic, North vr South, fhall j Jist in cx- 1 matlc 'ovi'jx the XewjncM i.s sho irt the li-l.t of reason and cx-LiJ u hc n 9 froin hc rioLtKaVra, Vki?U the National, ulilca, ofj j tt,in""th ZrZuu y are not to lo reckoned k rf of thiselyV:v.le a similar :intiinat;on has ap-o-faTo'.vmS nejrjo telimmy. The principle i tliC r Tu!alIon apr-ortionm? rcifsetptiati jioarctl recently in thi JittcUigtncer. Dut thi.sjahrv.st universailv admitted to be iut: an! I 'ive the substance an J cflect of i irction. test-oath is not the only unpalatable food which the new friends of the! President will have to swaJlow. . We, are assured by the Na tional Republican thai !Ticsiicnt " is still the fiicr.d of nvgro suffrage,' us he was when he ?ent the telegram to Governor Shark'.ey fcnd oth-iand when he put his name to the reported con- lins of 3klr.lvcr; a'ilcii vith Maj. Stearns pf r ston. The while it is felt to be an essentia! protect:-'T:rathcr tl to the negro againt oppression, it is at th'f-.v -, than its words. This basis! cdtainlr 3ai4v.- uuib iuunu 10 kc in no wise iicirnnentui ' , r , . . . , t to white men. On the ror.ln.rv Jt 5 nnbr-ri' ?l0rt of fa'r"c t may bo to thejneirocs. seenntv tin own around ?h"ir nahts. Com mnnitioR need to be Arirus-cycd. Tdiev should I i have never yet scon a Southed ttia who coul i deny iu fairnc h'oalh fyreta. f?r property, and la-jnp liavq borne arfns in at that .davftM e-rnce of th a of slavery.- be Ii'.n. " It char' n orators in the Legis- rejwere cla n0 atteipt . this entire i it j-UbllsIlOil. than d fetatcs against the re- see ail around them, that there mny be- no instance, with but 28 1,0 10 white Wibitants, l,,i,UnT,r!a;?1foT ri;iie' (,at, XhVl.mTt V no 'l cW to a reprcJiJtioa ia- tiouht of tho wisdom of btates which blind- J J, tj. t.ld half their poulation to the misds ofj tu u: l',urc lua" V'. i l- the other half ( contrary is to claim fir each of li gUzens as I know nothing In all history comparabb- mnch jlitical influence as is .'ercised Lr with the suddenness pf this cuflap-c ot time-' two and a half Northern citiz. Yon mav liv.iioiea.picjnaicc. xi:c peop.e oi me r-utn nim0 l1iat tll0 Xoithcra peoj are not inst 11is .iction of suffrage, howeicr; can U rtponed uutil after the ratification of the a mendmcnL It will not afTat the question of rcprc.cnt-ti.i until the an?nioinr.tni ofi 1S 72 is n.adcian l in the moan time the negroes will have made considerable proves in cdtic. turn and independence cf character, o thu thousands of them will U qoallGid to cxercud the elective franchise intelligently Wfore they Jwm - invested rith it. If an. educational est n H.oTTgn.w tirereff-n vn-vt enr,tf : bo anally proper for tn bite pcor-le- for'' iorance in one class m U a, incCn' ti, , ble w.th the intelligent cWcise cf tho Iran. ! cluw, as in the other. Fniformity U U that I the ContitnAional aTiieUoDt j. ""uui'i ".till 11 IU tllMltl.-t. Ul'J "IIKilUO Vi; . . . ( tt.al that twiArelic of .laverv. their aversion to ne- "0W ,u l1,e mo0,1 t0 nia tlionceion injfron. no man, who has htWorc U 't-o sulfnve. I confess I would be tla'd t avorol outli Lartl.na (.'uingress by this JVi$V. place the Tresi- his anxious desire lr it - " vt-i to the dsi intendc compatiable I have nev- have t maintained that all whb were as unjust as I conceive the jsystcm to' be'. I liarcj followed the examples of held ,'fclaves Washington, and jof bur distinguished eople."' WUstcVer y.'-u y Viy 1Ave ,wlXl i cau- 1 1 Jei.ern, Madison and a 'host of other noble Virginians, with Hugh ' VUiiarnson- James fredoil and Williim Gaston of North" Caroli na, in declaring my bpiniathat slavery was the greatest moral and political ovit that afllic- : r lv ft . 1 & dctu in a laisc pos-Y La,- ' countn coloreii race, wtnclL-yi1'.rXa2htv Congress would not pernrit. I leave you and ycur rea-def-s to say whether the tlelegates to the ,Au-;:u-t Conwnti-vn will acquiesce in this jolicy ofjiho I.'.ent as ccrdiallyjas I 1 l:mw not what policy imy bf I " 1 down bJ the I hiladclphia September .64 i'htioa. i I Signed the c ill iV.r it from a conviction that eioyal u.en'of the South are, entitled to be ard, and thai they cannot be 'heard in- the T:St Convention, if tho x'cprp?-C!itativcs of the l::tdrebelho'.i3 popuiati.m arc to, be a! mttteJ. This is an undecided fjne-.tion. The authorities dilftf. The lie publican adherents' ofj the President's policy, as I have stated say t!ie "Confederates'' shall not be- admitted. put thlslass of Ilcpubiioaiis is small and fee- ble ixjf umber and influence; iu the Northern it was theobject of;oe one c.iidid. dispassionate amninent dei-Uee Southern representation rtleed he; It! political -i tvhl' our country. Like them, too 1 have ?1- th net A .'la m. m V ft. ' I I liafco ueiTC to m the fcHate, the r.-ht to 4e.-an.?.ii... .. - On the bo f ufiu-icnt to pravidc, til cn . ter ..1 i. ,V'. il . .. 'I. jt . . . t .l.r ... . . . I .... . f:.i;u w miw uie eviij mat hum aiwnn me contrary I w ish it to Le leTtj.teij mcreas- ccim-u uaic r.o new cIettorlbaU jeij , extension ohe franchise to 'that i-la,. If (l full anJ fj.f 1. of. jl to th pOIs unWthey canu a,d wX cmuot be tnat thev are illiterate, because the , ... . . I . . . , ,K i... i ?. . n- .. ... I "a 1Nr,le ime arirnS., k is ,o,d against atlea.t twen-!tlA 80,1 U lnS about tu.tcsult, 1 womaj- ct would 1 1 ioccnUvo r tliouvind Ixt: voters i:i the Sta:.; nnl ifjrip the white people of the njlcscrved ptivi-.to uupvvent m feolh i mJ sit tv oi i-nor.moc is cfus-.:erol an msuj.erui.l ol-i. c-1 le ol representing t urnnui f el non-vcier, jnwai tion, iti ivetfippilo-.Ue. tj all negroes rnd hi 'nuu the latter are cnfiancll-ed. I wouM ,dram .p-, n a policy I a cf U.at r'Ulatio!i iron ,"': ' " i as vcurt i - - tiou, it I'liotfippi.c-ibUtj all negroes -.and i-m until the latter are cnfiancl hs a; i r:.tl 1 ' .-'-:iie of that ci.is than t' .i- ;,,.,,.;,. . v -1 , . , I , . , . ti'i.ico Uii mccntive to a l.ucia many winds - J'U the very r.'n-'-r.mo. and m-r, , ... ierio'rit ,.f t?e n-roo; furuidi a rcn-m, why t!,c reoi"c- 1 rC !,iai'c hc we should i;t be a!Vaid of thrjuniu ncee. jwendmcnt excludes the black .'t'IVf.1 U '.r.-vl.lip r..v tho a-Ini-ters and pa i 'I'to.ccutJcLlf their ',of l'mhl il ord trcnizlng tbo clcc schocl- ordcr ta The wddte poplc have the e.luvati .n, thci ihc bais of rej rescntatlon, wlia the inaVs f One great olIe 0 ttC r.e.-.i.M;0n cf nc, high spirit ..1 h-ibit of commaiuTTand at the !t went v-cne years and upward arc rxclul.M t- s U the ct,en! 0f 0 1 j . J u,1etl.c.Vi:t;tute am.ity of two-tlrrds . fn,m , j, j the tlaUe in thi SLTV''" 1-abit nAmndi,, J .j;.. , .- oJ the populttion: et th"v arc aiia.d t.. , 1 J ,.r ,-; . - Wi.il caualitv I . "Vj I'ca with trust tl!. r.,go v.fth the riht of suflra, kt IV"'tnti .n which defines tU fiuaS.hcatun.ul i;iuaa.y.l .j? tkro , r c he shot-.: 1 supplant them! - " H-f State cfiicers would nut ' te ifTected by ti.otdy dii.cr.-m. if a! j .. t?.Qali( If it is ; ki d, why give the negro suffrage. adoption of the amendment. ' jare csscnt.al to yuan, t0 ;cnrc him in i rq.ty. .y a i: ng woy give it to w n: e men TJ Jisai:nt;cs ;U1 a lv llc lLIrl tec.4C ..jovnwiu .l 3, f. , Is liwt tho bu'lo: box the bulwark ot hlertv? . ,, i . ' ,u TLev mut be ct ,si , , i , , acri Is there liberty anv whero on earth where thc;tlon all who bcfwrc t,,G w-r look au "'s,,,,, r ,..:.ul , . 1 fllxx'U' elective fraiulusa fs wiihhcld f. om the. popk?, to support the Coantitutlon, and abcincr.t.y j"1' a' d laws of a State, and Tho light V vote ft.uu.1nJ4 respect, 'and so- participated in the rebellion, may be riia)vtJmut be c,ycel eiary, b- the magiV euroi::te?an.-o and friends the world o-( uV a two third's vote of both llocs of Con-;lac bucialc'l iMerendent nf ve whi'e th absence ( f tho f: anc!:is is cv-j States"vhilo tVegWt 'Cotcrhcad" party in-ivhcrc a;mpai'ned-with the negleet and - , ' c x' ..p-on-iempt of the rich ind powerful The man woma ' sts that tue Southern .representatives B1,!'L ho, arm, with the bafiot ,lut to be dc-: I gress; and tho ratification of the amendment j ' 11 p-.. ir ; r;. 1 idativc enactnic bo admitted: without 'regard to tests of '.ovultv. I have made- up my mind that a political ass:- ways addressed ray-lfr the white peopu-j ciatibn - with' .:- N01 tbera ; i.Cun2X'ili-eads" and 11 .1 would of itself, ill my opinion, secure that re- lCt 1 lV u,fU, a-t not t be i ruaran and never by written orMKcn Word ', have : I eneoaraged the negroes to lVvolt,' or" to diso i'hirtce. Since slavery? wjiV abolished, I bc- 1,. jq eoni'em- Southern Cohfe'V-nttS,'' will' nut b aTto my taste; I thf aid bo' a fish out of water; tindT, tliej-efor chK-4 be -represented Inith h-r :.Crnventic:l! hj tho?Ci who ncr ment of'. plseo:I llc;s not only rcspecto i ami fn.ioct etl by Ohc iniJierou class cf a-pirants for of fice, bat bvi'.l who feel an ir.tere't-in the tuc- f parties. The poor haiidlnl of free ne- groca in NMh Cartdiua were icspccted and jpurt&d b lvditicians bir as thev enj ved c ccci c irar.c tii-. j.uiwnen m a imo .jsiou, the Cviiv. nt ion i f 1 .v-jr. in . r --r c T r it'";r n? 1 r l.ir.iii 111. mediately for themaj rity of the cla affected, aiid eventually for all law-abiding cit izens. I know it is ungracious to ak r.ifn to vote away privileges 10 which they have been accmtonicd all their lives but the deprivation dread v exists a3 ii regards N. and will continue t J uientVi adopted b ( J iveni m e n t J i. ? ttcd if thcthingl- 1 .... u n could not l guaraa- c guaran. There could no uiorcevo oideofinmp . pv j habit, to; f 1 1 H n La.eC
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