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them. Tho master then, will bo obliged to
hold to his ■» vea on those hard terms, nr leave
1 hem; mid Icctvo them ho will. The passage of this
obnoxious substitute, would bo n decree of banish,
meet to every slave-holder in Virginia. The pro
phesy ot the gentleman from Rockbridge, would
bo fully realized, uud wo might indeed expect. Mr.
Speaker, to sec the chair which you now occu
py, tilled hy a black presiding over un Assem
bly of sable Legislators. I have no hesitation in
expressing it as my deliberate opinion, that tho
client of every system of emancipation, that can
now or may hereafter ho devised, will bo to drive
«mr free white population to the distant nii'l unex
plored regiono of the West. Rut let us suppose
that tho advocates of the doctrine of emancipation
had the power of removing this population; sup.
po?e that by the speaking of a work, this dark and
dense cloud could be Honied to anothor heniis.
phere, what then would be the situation of Virgi
nia? Is it true as gentlemen imagine, that wo
should be every where greeted hy white faces
and smiting villages, or should wo not on tho !
ot her hand, find our country descried and our lands
n wilderness?? There nre but two circumstances
that can invito tho redundant population of other
countries among iis. The first is a large accumu
lated capital, whereby labor is attracted and ro. 1
warded; tho second is cheap and fertile lands, by j
the cultivation of which a plentiful subsistence is
gained with little labor. There is perhaps less ac.
live capital in Virginia than in any state of tho
I’ninn. The little conimerco within its limits,
mid Cod knows that is little enough, is nlmost all
carried on by foreign capital. Labor therefore
can expect but little encouragement from this
source, and no inducement hero offers itself to tho i
emigrant. Our sou 1 fear offers sill less. It j
is almost every whero exhausted. Its charae- 1
ter is written in indelible letters on every hill !
•mlo in the commonwealth; ho who runs may 1
read, and tho travoller needs no interpreter!
1i> tell him, that all is barrenness and exhaustion, i
Think you Sir, that the oppressed of other nations !
on reaching our shores, would mistako this far tho |
land of promise, and attempt to wring a hard earn- '
ed subsistence from a barren soil? No, Sir, ho
would look around him but an instant, and tarry
a moment, to fortify his resolution for still furl bar
enterprise, lie would cast his eyes to tho West, 1
to that vast and fertile region, whero his labor
would bo Itiglit and his subsistence cheap. Thoro
loo our own population would go: tho abstract
love of natal soil would be tho only harrier to pre
vent it, and I need not say to this IIouso how
weak it is when interest invites beyond it.
nous appear 10 mo ,ur. Sneaker, that interest, !
policy, and every consideration that ought to have
weight with this House, should induce us prompt
ly to adopt tho resolutions ot tho gont'eman from
Mecklenburg. What authority have we, Sir, to
legislate on this subject? I, for one, have no in- I
Mructions from the people I represent, and I liavo '
not been so fortunate as to hear ony gentleman de
clare that, he bail. These instructions ought not i
to he implied; they ought to lie plain, intelligible
and direct. The will of tho people ought not to be |
guessed at; or derived by implication, but explicit J
nn;l known. The truth cannot for a moment he J
disguised, that \vc have come here as an ordinary i
legislature for the purpose of ordinary legislation, I
instead of which we are boldly assuming power
not within the must distant contemplation of our
constituents. Instead of levying tuxes, we are de
stroying the most fruitful source of taxation, in- :
stead of’ passing laws for tho well being of the!
State, wo are deliberately destroying ninety mil- !
lions of property. We are here triumphantly ask- j
ed il wo would stifle enquiry and suppress all in- ]
vestigation. I know Sir, that there is magic in these 1
names; they are more formidable than all tho nr. j
gmnent that lias been brought to hoar on this sub.
ject. It will readily occur, however, to every
m-’.n of reflection, that this is no' speculative sub- j
ject, that may he mooted with impunity. It ad- j
dresses itself to the feelings and tho passions of i
men, it is a species of property that owes its se- j
curily to public opinion, it is based hero, and the ‘
moment, you shake this foundation, the whole fabric '
will totter an d fall.
Hut, Mr. Speaker, investigation is unnecessary,
nnd I cannot conceive what possible good can re
mit from it. The ingenuity of man, the mind of
man, nay fcvr, the imagination! of man has never
yet been able to devise a scheme which has upon [
its face even tho semblance of plausibility, and yet 1
wo are gravely asked to refer it to the Committee.
I am a humble member of that Committo raised
for t he purpose of devising some plan for freeing
the State from its free colored population. What
Sjr, has been done? It has labored faithfully, dili
gently and laboriously for two weeks, and oven
now it is doubtful, whether it enn agree on the first
principle of action, on which its future procoed
,, itig« are to be based. The subject which now
propose to discharge them from, is a hundred, nay
a thousand times more difficult. I speak not tho
langm go of hyperbole hut of sobomess, and yet
gentlemen still say go on and report.
l>ul» *>|r* •>pe«iKerf this* enquiry is not only un
necessary, but it is dangerous, not to property alone,
which is nothing in the opinions of some gentle
men, !>nt to the lives of men. The gentleman
irom Buckingham, a few days ago, sketched with
a graphic pencil, and in glowing colors, all the
horrors of insusurrcction—he pointed to us tho
corses of men, women and children, butchered by
the ruthless assassin. With this horrid sketch be
fore us, torturing our imaginations and harrowing
our toolings, wo charge gentlemen to dismiss this
subject. This is no speculative danger with us, it is
palpable and appalling, and if gentlemen arn found
on this floor, o only advocating a general system of
emancipation, need we ho surprized ut the result?
To those who reside in partsof the country whoro
id ives are not numerous, with the best feelings on
I ueir pari and w ith the most |>hilantliropical mo
tives, it is iinposible to estimate the extent of tho
danger; hero it is real, it is felt. You are exciting
in the minds of our black population hopes that can ;
never he realized. You are holding up to their ;
deluded ryes, the torch of liberty, whirls glimmers
for a moment, and is then obscured forever. Their !
happiness is converted to misery, their content is
changed to discontent, and soon this ripens into :
rebellion. For their snkes, then, if not for our-<, 1
beg, gctilleinen, to push thismatter no farther.
Thero are some among iis, Mr. Speaker, who,
whiie they disclaim all expectation of any benefit to
he derived from these views of the Committee, in
sist upon the reference ns an experiment, from
an unwillingness to suppress investigation. To all
such, I beg leave here to remark, that the enquiry is
n dangerous enquiry, and the experiment full of ha.
Zird. Our wisest legislators and meat liberal and
enlightened philanthropists, while they have de. I
preented slavery, have, at tho snme time, uniform,
ly concurred in its necessity. They have al
ways resisted any investigation, believing it
useless, and in no way subserving the in—
t resis of policy or humanity. If this reasoning
Was jiint then, how much more so is it now, wltifo
are treading as it were on the heel of a recent
insurrection. The public mind is excited, and it
ought to he pacified; fears exist, and they ought to
I e a.laycd. Instead of pouring oil on the waves,
we are exciting a storm in this Mouse, which will
soon go abroad, and ho berond the control of thosci
who have excited it. To those, Mr. Speaker,
who believe that cmnncpalion is safe, is prac
ticable, who honestly think they seo their
way c early through this dark lanarynth, I
have nought to say, hut "God speed yon "
if yoj succeed, you will have earned last
ing honors from a gra*oful country. For my
turn part my expectations fall far short of this, I
fear we have already pushed this discussion beyond
the limits of prudence; I fear tho rumour of this
dchn’o may have already gone abroad nmong owr
slaves, and T shall not ho at all surprised, if tho
next breeze that sweeps by our Capitol, should he
charged with the tidings of insurrection. Onu
bung I do f.-cl assured of, that no good can pns.
Holy arise from this discussion, but much mischief,
ln l?'v*ng this public expression of my senti
ments to the House, I am confident that I have
pursued the lino of my duty, a duty which I ov/:
to my constituents and my Country.
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1 lie Debate continued yestorduy, on the Report
of tho Select Co.nii.iUeo, and Mr. l»roston’s
amendment thereto, Mr. Knox opposing lo.
gislulion on the question of abolition, and Messrs.
Summers and Chundler, supporting its necessity
and propriety. The Debate acquires interest ns it
advances, and will probably not be concluded under
several days.
lo the Koitoks ok tiie Wiiio.
Gentlemen:—You arc fully justified in having
pronounced the Debate now proceeding in the
House of Delegates, an af/lt Debate. I havo
been a pretty constant visitor to the lobby of that
House, for twenty years, and 1 can say with the
greatest fidelity, that 1 have never heard a debate
so a bio there, (not even during tho Convention)
or n discussion which so completely wrapped a
crowded audience in profound attention. I con
gralulatu tho Old Dominion, on the possession of
so many youthful sons «m towering talent; for the
youthful talent of lie* House has entirely conduct,
ed this inoinentouM Debate.
A.i Olo VinumiAN.
fr'" Wo are ploasod to find liie following iiitiina
tion in tho Danville Reporter—to whose Richmond
C orrespondent by tho way, wo tender our ucknow.
ledginonls for the friendly way in which ho has
replied to somo romarks on n late letter of his—and
liopo and believo, it is founded in fact. The task
of composing tho biography of Tho. Jefferson,
could not havo devolved upon better hands.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
It is with no ordinary shuro of gratification,
that w« learn that George Tucker, Esq. formerly a
member of Congress from this District, nnd at pro.
*®n* 01,0 of tbo professors of tho University
of Virginia, is engaged in collecting materi
als from winch to coinpleto “Tho Life” of tbo
immortal patriot and sage whose ever to bo
honored and revurod uamo graces the hond
of this article. Wo havo ofton regretted tho want
of such a work. Wo are aware that tho most
Pr?mT.nt •V0,,lH of hi* lif®. and tho most remark
able of his transcendent services, during, the un- I
exampled period of sixty one years of public
lile, may he gleaned from his own “correspon
dence,” one of tho invaluablo legacies left by him
to his country: hut strongly as we desire to sec the
work in tho hands of every head of a family in
America, yet wo ^ro well assured, that a large ma
jority of readers, would greatly prefer a single vol
ume, o! five or six hundred pages, which would !
present an unbroken history of the life of that
eminent man. We are pleased to see tho task de.
vo ved upon the distinguished gentleman above al
luded to—the whole tenor of whose political life,
indicated Ins fixed and steady devotion to rc pub.
licaii principles; nnd who will, wo havo no doubt,
tool iiicu.ible pleasure, in vindicating his memory
trom the aspersions of aristocrats and monarchists
and in presenting in bold relief, the unsullied in.
tegnty—the philanthropy—and tho pure etherial,
°l Ibc great Apostle of liberty.
XT MR. CLAY’S SPEECH.—In Mr. Clav’s
Speech, as printed in the National Intelligencer,
and copied into tho Whig and other papers, there
is a mistake of a word, which varies thesenso ma.
tonally. Iu describing three modos by which a reduc.
tion in the Revenue could bo effected, he i. made
to say: “2, To reduce them on unprotected articles,
and augment them on the protected articles.” Tho
word “reduce,’’.should bo “retain.”
\Ve call the particular attention of our felftw.
citizens to the Memorial wo publish to-day, relating
to tho Navigation of tho lowor James Rivor_
They will bo shortly callod on to sign it.
(TT It is duo to tho delicacy ofthc Senior Editor
of this paper, to say that lie did not sco the par.
graph from tho Phcuix Gazette, republished yester
day, complimentary to tho course of tho Whig,
until he saw it in the columns of his own paper.
J'r0m tl,r National Intelligencer of Monday.
The nomination of Mr. Van Burkn as Minister
to London still hangs in suspense. Somo prnpo.
sitioii in relation to it, we learn, was under debate
on Friday last, when a motion was made by somo
Senator opposed to tho nomination, to lay tho
whole subject on tho table; and, tho votes beinw
equally divided on that motion, it was decided in
the affirmative by tho casting vote of tho Vice-Pre
sident. So says Madam Rumor; nnd, further
that it is not likely to ho taken up again sliort
On the name day, nml after this vote, tho nomi
nation of Aaron Vail, to he Secretary of Legation
to Great Britain, was taken up aid confirm
cd.
/ rom the National Intelligencer of yesterday.
In addition to what Madam Rumor, that gaddir.o
gossip, has said of tho nomination of Mr. Van Hu!
ran having been laid on the table by the casting vote
of the \ ice President, as wo have already mention
ed, she now adds, but with a smilo on her counte
nance which induces a doubt whether sho he in
earnest, that it was by the artful contrivance of
r. senator Webstar, that the casting vote was
thrown upon the providing officer on that occasion.
" lion question.A how that could he, she answered
t hat it was not for nothing that such a man as Daniel
Webster, happened to bo at that verv moment en
gaged >n pleading a cause in the Supreme Court
and by h,s absence left tho Senate equally divided
Our renders will judge for themselves how much
credit is due to this suggestion. This is one of tho
rumors concerning the doings of the Senate that
wo do not intend to bo responsible for.
From the National Journal nf yesterday.
Mo understand that the nomination of Mr Van
Huron was laid on the table for the present, on
1 tiesdav, by the casting vote of the Vice Presi
dent. Three Jackson and three Anti-Jackson Sen
ators are said to have been absent.
From the United States Telegraph!/ yesterday.
CONGRESS. y y
The Senate, yesterday, was occupied the prin
cipal part of the day by Mr. Hayno’s reply to Mr.
( lav s opening speech on'tho resolution for a now
tariff system. This speech is in preparation, and
will very shortly^be given to our renders. Preri
oils to commencing his speech. Mr. I Jayne sub
mitted an amendment, which will he found in our
report of yesterday’s proceedings, in another co.
In inn. When Mr. liayne had concluded, Mr.
Dickerson moved to postpone tho further consul,
cration of tho resolutions and amendments, to
Monday next. This motion was ndopted after hav
ing been discussed by Messrs. Dickerson, Forsyth,
Clay, Tyler, Smith, and M ilk ns. Mr. Clayton, of
Delaware, appeared and took his sent.
In the House of Representatives. Mr. McDuffie,
from the Committee of M'ays and Means, intro
duced n hi 1 making appropriations for objects of
internal improvement, which was read twico and
committed to a Committee of the M'holc on the
s’.ato of the I nion. Mr. McDuffie also reported
a resolution from the same committee, calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury, for information of
the extent and condition, generally, of tho mnmi
fie tu res of wool, cotton, hemp, iron, sugar, salt, ;
United States, and also for such a
tarifTof duties upon imports, as, in his opinion,
may tic best adapted to toe advancement, of t be pub.
he interest. It. was laid upon the fable one dav. A
variety of other bills, principally of a private nature,
were reported and passed through a first and second
readings. A consideration of Mr. Bouldin’s re
solution was resumed, and the discussion of it or.
cupied the remainder of the sitting, Mr. Davis,
of Massachusetts, Mr. Cambrelrng, snd Mr.
Houldin, severally addressed tho House on the
nibject.
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from the Norfolk Herald of Jan. 1G.
I lie subject ol our coloured population is now
before the Legislature of Virginia, und wo uro glut!
to nee u disposition in that body to act upon it
without the control of thosu sickly apprehensions
| and fancied vicwp of (lunger, which have hereto.
| fore ro.trained our legislators from discussing tho
I monstrous evil which it portends to the conunon
! wunl‘h. Our slate has too long shrunk from tho i
I i,tf',n‘ion id this important subject, und tho evil of,
slavery luis increased upon us with fearful rapidity.
Heavens! shall we tear tho consequences of a j
public investigation of tho evil with a view to I
its gradual removal, and not shudder at the in.
(' itablu results ot permitting it to grow upon
"s Can we remain insensible to the starting
.ct, that the increase of our slave population
is even now daily rooting out our free white
yeomanry, who are leaving the fair fields of
• heir native country for the West; and is it
loo much to predict that in fifty years its excess ]
over that ol the whites, will he so great that the
lower and middle divisions of tho state must,
by tho iiiitund operation of circumstances
fto say nothing of violence) he abandoned en
tirely by the latter, or maintained in a condition of.
abject wretchedness, with lUpir few remaining
proprietors trying in vain—“Save tis from ‘tint ho.
dy ol this death!’—remove this intolerable curse!”
e are not so besotted as to ask that tho evil bo
removed at once; il it can ho entirely shaken olFin
o<) or even 100 years, it is us much ns \v« should
expect. All that we have in view is that the mint- ;
her ol slaves sent out of the country shall equal .heir !
increase for the next 10 years? that a certain per (
centum ol decrease shall bo established for the
next 10 years, and so on until their entire removal !
shall be accomplished, according to circumstaucus
and the ability ot the Government to provido the ,
means for clFcoting thut ob ect.
Important.— Thu Correspondent of tho I*en n
sylvania Inquirer nt Washington, apprises tho I
Editors, that the evening ho fore, DutFGrcen gavo
a party at which 100 wero present, und that on
that evening, Gov. Cnss would givo a party.
Important intelligence to tho worthy Dutch Sc Qua
kers of Ponuslyvania.
England.—A letter from our celebrated conn,
tryman, Washington Irving, received by ono of
tho latest arrivals, gives a melancholy account of
tho present state of the public mind in Great Bri
tain. The question of Reform, tho alarm of riots,
the dread of insurrection, and the fear of tho elm.
lorn, he says, so occupy the public mind, that all
enterprise in literature and the arts is at a stand.
Ho has a hook of his own ready for tho press,
which he will not venture to publish under existing 1
circuinstcnces.—N. Y. V<fur. tf- Enq.
. . Lvnuuburo, Jan. 16."
Examining Court.—On Wednesday last, Chas.
Marshall Jones was arraigned before an examining
court, at Liberty, on the charge of killing Edward
Sayre. ] ho investigation of the case was not con
cluded until Thursday afternoon, and resulted,
we learn, in sending on Air. Jones for further trial.
He was admitted to hail in the sum of one thou
sand dollars. Counsel for tho Commonwealth_
Maj. Wm. Cook and Edmund Irvine, Esq.; for
Mr. Jones, Col. Edward Watts, of Botetourt,
and Chiswoll Dabney, Samuel Garland, William
E. Randolph and Charles L. Mosby, Esqrs. of
Lynchburg.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Mr. Suands presented a petition from sundry
citizens of Prince George, asking that tho Clerks’
fees may lie raised to what is a just compensation
for their services. Air. McCulloch presented a
counter memorial from a number of citizens of
Washington, affliinst the formation of a new
county out of parts of Wytho and Washington.
Hills Passed—1, Allowing Sami. Panuicl far
ther time to erect his toll bridge across Staunton
river; 2, C oncerning 1lko. Wilton; 3, Authorizing
a lottery to build a bridgo across North river, at or ,
near Grattan's ford, in the county of Rocking,
ham; 4, Concerning Daniel Matthews and others;
5, Authorizing David Titchnall to establish a ferry
ami erect a dam across the west fork of Alononga
hel.< rivor, in Harrison; fi, Changing tho place of ,
holding a separate election in the county of Hal. 1
I SLAVES, Sec..
On motion of Air. Newton, the House resumed
tho consideration of tho Report of the Select ,
( omiriiten, declaring it inexpedient to legislate at i
this time, on tho subject of abolition, and Air.
I reston’s amendment by wny of substitute, de
claring it expedient to legislate.
__ rI he House was successively addressed by ATossrs.
Knox, Summers, ami Chandler—the former in
opposition to, the latter in faV' r of, abolition.—
When Air. Chandler bad concluded.
On motion of Air. Brown of Petersburg, the
House adjourned.
Wednesday, Jan. 19.
| On motion of Mr. Pariott, the Committee on
Agriculture nn<l Manufactures worn instructed to
enquire into the expediency of incorporating a
Manufacturing Company in or noar Elizabethtown,
in the county of Ohio.
Mr. Wtr.sox, of Cumberland, presented the peti
tion of I cler J. Philips, for a remission of damages.
Mr. Street presented a petition from Euuenburg,
for n separate election.
Mr. Dabney, of King William, presented a mo.
inonal from a ..irge and intelligent portion of the
people of that county, demanding tho removal of
the free blacks, und tho adoption of a plan of a bo
Iilion.
^r- ^AnNET» ,n presenting tliia Memorial, said —
That lie had received on the day before the Memo- I
rial which he held in fits hand, signed by a largo j
. and highly respectable and intelligent portion ofthe
, citizen* oi the county he had the honor to repre
sent, in relation to the removal of tho colored pa-,
pnlation of this Comm »nwealth. That ho regret-!
ted exceedingly that tho communication had not!
reached him sooner—that it had not reached him ■
nt least hetoro the action and report of the special
I Committee on that all-absorbing subject, ns it
j might have influenced in some degree, the course
, '▼hicn ho had heretofore pursued, as it must no- i
cessnrily influence his course, iu the absence of
I any farther advices on the subject which he now
feK himself called upon *.o pursue in reference to j
| t his very delicate and fcirfully important matter, i
Me could not hut view the Memorial as an indicn- |
j f'ont « strong indication of public sentiment in his j
county. He recognized in tho long list of signa-j
lures appended to tlie Memorial the names of ma- '
ny gentleman, who, bo was aware, had thought
much and felt much on the subjects embraced by !
the Memorial. Ho too had bestowed no small de
gree of reflection on this momentous matter, and
entertained a deep and painful solicitude in rela
tion to it—a solicitude that has been daily increas
ed by the debates in which the house for a week
fiast has been engaged, and the monstrous priori,
pies expressed, and tho deep and angry excitement
produced by those debates. He had felt and al
ways acknowledged os was known both hero and
in his county, the many, the appaling evils of sla
very, which gentlemen hero have recently expend
ed so much lima >-nd labor in enumerating and im
pressing on the minds of this house. Ho deemed
it desirable above all things to get rid if
possible of this curse, ns it has so oOen and
justly been denominated. But when and how,
he ns;cd, is this “consummation so de.
vootlv to bo Wished for," to he attained? The qattn.
tin and the quo modo were enquiries that bed puzzled
hi« humble mind, and he believed some of the
strongest heads both in and out of tho House. He
felt himself free to declare then, that he had come
to tho conclusion to which the Special Committee
on the subject of tho cobued population of t.hr
State, h id already come, and reported to the House,
that it was inexpedient nt this time, nt this session
a» least, to legislate at all on the subject, of em.-n
eipation and removal of slaves. The reasons fo;
'his opinion had been too fully and too ably urged .
by gentlemen w ho have advocated hero that sub I
of tho question, to need, or tor justify a repetition V
| of Ilium by liiin. 1I« had been warned, impress.
lv*v earned, by the novel mid astounding doe
trines. principles and opinions that had been
avowed, und the spirit and temper tliat had been
munitested in tlint hall, since tile agitation and dis
cussion of this great subject cmnmcnccd. lie be
lieved, he wus satisfied that nnth.ng cllicient, no
thing expedient Would or emihl be done by the pre
sent Genera! Assembly—That all the funds of the
fetate that could he spared for such purposes, ought
to he first applied towards the removal ot" the free
blacks a measure in his humble judgment, (and
in this lie -vas sure his constituents would heartily
concur with Inin,) ot infinitely paramount and pri
mary importance. This end so highly desirable
might be accomplished in a few years. It
certainly ought to lie accomplished us speedily
as possible. It is obvious however, that this will
not bo tlio case, if tlio means tliat mav be furnish,
od bv tlio Statu, are to be divided, and applied to.
wardscarrying on bot*» schemes at the same time,
tlio removal ot the free blacks, and tlio gradual
emancipation and removal of the slaves. When
the first of these objects shall have been attained,
it would then be time enough, as it seemed to him,
or the State to turn its attention and resources to
wards the accomplishment of the latter. In
the meantime, taking cure to pass such laws
ter the government, discipline, and control ot
t.io slaves, as tlio times and circumstancos
might require. It was evident that there
could only be a given number of colored per
soils annually removed, by the means furnished bv
the State, and ho for one, greatly preferred that >
this number should consist altogether of free black*-, 1
until ah such were removed. Any legislation at
the present session oftho legislature, on the subject
<<t emancipation would be attributed to improper I
&. unjust motives.— It would be so attributed by tlio I
slaves themselves; it would bo attributed to fear,
to a degrading fear tliat lie was sure was not felt
by a solitary member of tliat House; a fear Mr. 1>.
said, arising out ot ilie recent occurrences in ’
Southampton, which had been so much talked of,
and so immii magnified bo believed abroad. Under j
such an impression it was natural tbit tlio slaves!
should become restless, and look with in eyo of i
impatience to the slow and distant operation of tlio
gradual system of emancipation which bud been
bo much spoken of.
Mr. V. said ho could not forhonr there to oxpr*'**
tho opinion which lie dearly and sincerely enter
tained, that if his constituents iiad been there with
him, eye witnesses and carwitnesses of what had
been ihere said and done, and attempted, and that
might farther he attempted to ho done, in regard to '
the important question alluded to (the most import- l
ant ot all subjects ho believed that hail ever enga.
ged ^lie deliberation ol tho legislative councils
of Va.) there would never have been, as ho could
not hut think, the slightest ditleronce ot opinion [
on this subject, between himself and those whom
it was hi- pride and honor there to represent. |
Ho hoped, that in duo time, all would go before the
people, all would ultimately come to tho knowledge
of the people; and it would then ho seen who-'
thor lie was mistaken in the opinion ho had
just expressed. As it was, the memorial had
Leon formally placed in his hands, signed bv
a portion of the citizens of King William, i
whoso numbers, weight of character, and intclli!
genco, forbid that he should disregard it—forbid j
that ho should hesitate, at that time, about tho !
course it was proper for him to puroiie. Ho should
rejoice, always rejoice, so long as lie had the ho
nor of a seat on that floor, that the voice of those
whom he hail the honor to represent, whenever it
was uttered, should he heard, an-l ihcir will, when
ever it was expressed, should ho done there, not
his own. So fur as the memorial went, said Mr.
I>., in relation to tho removal of the free blacks,
ho deemed it unnecessary, at that time at least, to
say any thing. As it regarded tho slaves, he beg.
ged leave lo state, that the memorial did not in
any manner whatever impugn tho right of property
or the necessity of obtaining the consent oftlisown
cr before lie could be deprived of it. These wero
principles ho was sure the memorialists held sacred
and inviolable. But tlicru were two propositions pre
sented by the memorial which he was not sure,
wero exactly contained in any similar memorial I
that had been submitted to tho House—proposi
tion* he considered that wore well worthy the grave, 1
and attentive deliberation of the House as well 1
as of the Committee, if it should he tho pleasure
ot tho House to refer the memorial. As these pro
positions wero very brief, ho begged leave to state
thorn, and in doing so, to refer to the language of
the memorial itself—1st, that the Commonwealth
s loiild raise, by a tax on tho blacks, free
ns well as slaves, a reasonable sum, suf
ficient to defray tho expense of the removal, and
maintenance lor a time, ot such slaves as individu- ■
als may voluntarily surrender to the State, and
for tho purchase of a few hundred of young and
healthy of both sexes, and for their removal
in like manner. And 2ndly, to prohibit by law the 1
emancipation of slaves by individuals, except on ,
condition c.l removal. These propositions seemed
to him perfectly reasonable. The first one particu
larly so, as tar as it related to the provision of
means l.y tho Slate for tho removal of all such'
slaves as-might ho voluntarily surrendered l.y their
owners to the State. If the moans of removal!
wero furnished l.y the State, Mr. 1). bciicved that '
many such surrenders would bo made. It was
certainly asking hut little, very litlio, at tho hands
ol tho .Legislature. II the humanity, public spirit
mid philanthropy of individuals, prompted them to
in«!Ko Audi voInnInrv onurin^s for tho public good,
anrclv the State would have the liberality to fur
nish tho means of removal, the very small pittance
that was necessary for that purpose, which Mr. I)
understood to bo something like ,$35. So far, :
said Mr. I),, in view of the memorial which ho
was about to present, he might ho willing to go ut
prrsrnt, in legislating on the fuhject. lie wished
to he understood, so far as it regarded tho furnish
ing of me ins hy the State for removing such slaves
ns might ho voluntarily surrendered, and so f.ir"as
it regarded the prohibition hy law of the emanci-1
pation of slaves, except on condition of immediate '
removal. Ho hoped, ho Ixdievod his constituents
would not expect of him or wish him at this time
to go farther. God grant said Mr. 0. that they
may not have catiso to repent that they desired
any legislation on tho subject whatever, at this
time and by this legislature. Ho respect full v
naked that tho memorial might ho referred to the 1
appropriate eommitto.
Mr. Daiixkt moved the reference of the p. tition
to the Selec Committee on .Slaves, \,c.
Mr. Simms moved that it lio on the table, to await
the result of the Debate now in progress.
Mr. Moorp. called for the reading of tho petition.
Mr. Simms said, that since tho reading of the pc
tion, ho understood it, contained no new facts, but
was in the identical language of one already pre
sented, and referred. In consequence, iio with
drew his motion to lay it on tho table—when, tho
memorial was referred.
On motion of Mr. Rives. the Committee of!
Honda was instructed to enquire into the expedien
cy of a subscription in beb.ilf of tho Internal lm
provemont Fund, to the Slock of the Lynchburg j
and New River Rail Road. \
Mr. Wkhb presented tho claim of stills Riddick i
for Revolutionary services. Mr. IVvki.i , present- i
ed the memorial of the citizens of Fredericksburg,
asking for the passage of a law authorizing the
Mayor and Common Council to subscribe to the
Stock of the Rappahannock Canal Company. Mr.
I trzuoc.H, presented a Document, in reference to
a new scat of Justice f..r Ohio County.
ABOLITION.
On motion of Mr. Brown, the House resumed
Hie consideration of the Report of th See loot Coin.
"i'Trd I’rcston's amendment thereto.
Mr. Bnowxaddressed an ingenious, eloquent, and
elaborate argument to the H.„,-e, in support of t',e
report and against the amendment.
Mr. Gari.axu followed Mr, Brown, in n manly
irgtimcnt in favor of abolition, and present action
■m the subject, and in vindication of tlm scheme
avu*'*"1 of Mr Randolph.
" "Rn hfl'1 ronHudcd, on motion of Mr Wii
,IAM«, the House adjourned.
D*£Z!%S! U'H 1 f-tterv. N„
M fi 4 2 41 21,
FEMALE EDUCATION.
1^' MIELAit respectfully informs thd
1 ▼ 1. public tbut fin* will open n female school
tor ihe year Ili3.\ a< the house formerly occu
!>i**il Ity .Mr. Josinli Flippen, in the county of
•Jo m her In ml.
1 In* course ol instruction will include ortho
j graphv, reading, writing, arithmetic, English
giuiiuinr, geograph), astronomy, os connected
geography, ln-iory, rhetoric, recitation, ele
ue,ii'rt ol natural philosophy, and needle work,
plain and ornimentul.
I t • School will commence on the 23d day of
January and expire on the twentieth uf the
following |> with a vacation of one month m
‘the summer.
... ^ ,!rlllS fi io'n d.d'.irs fir the sholastic yesr*
I ran.j.uit shnlnrs wil be taken at live dollar*
per tpiarler. or two dollars per i.ionth.
IV.e strictest atienHon will ho paid to the
lormi tioti i f the rnannt rs, and the impression
°* piety, morali’v and virtue in the juvenile
min.Is <.f su> h young ladies us may bo commit*
t('fl to lior (mir*\
Sa-- would receive a 'few young Indies te
boar, ers, on icu'oiiablo term-; is authorised to
s-av a few ho-r.l r< would be taken at Mr. Win.
i* lippnis, iu i he \i.'ini: v of the school, and a few
other re.lie- td‘ 1 * families in the neighborhood,
j mi iG.— It c
UoHANNA
W dl, f.i|- the next pennon, occupy
his iJd stand, a* Unit' Fink, nine
'Idles front Kidnm:nd, nml three,
ir.un i!i,. Moirv < > ihs. He will
stand at Gf v dol'p.r* the season,
w Indi may no d.scliarg. il hv ’ . m .. '.I cf forty
dollars, umui the tiKir. s urn i • n nwav, or re*
fiis,>t||.. hois-; o'heiwise i r.i ' • wiil bn expect*
ed lor fi tv do lars, payable on the .'i- t nf January
next — s x- v live dollars itibiii ...ci and one do! at
io the groom.
tjoml pastures are provided, and a charge of
l weiry five cents a day for all mares lefl with
tin* • orse, tor feeding, ,Ve.
d dianna's colts have not yet made their ap
pearance on tlie tori, and it is with great difii —
d*«nee and lic-itaimn tlmt I undertake to speak
°t their performances in a toll training, least
;>ir i.ility and interest may have misled me, and
I might thereby mislead others; suffice it to say
'la-, as far us they have been tried by me, and
hetrd u| lrum o hors, they have fully «*r more
oan eumilli'd expecttiiim ; and I feel the most
Co iti'l.:i t i‘.ss ir;tnee tlmt tim.-e who mny desire
to breed Irmn tins fine lu.rse, will not be disap
pointed or dsssti find v.ith the rrsuK
1 hat he is of me purest and most genuino race
‘mr'.e sloe,, is attested by the fact, that there
Inis in ver been a member of Ins fundv that was
net a ru e nag of d stinetion, either of the pre
s nt genera' ion or as far back as it con be traced,
\vi:p the cxoop'ion of tin* imported mare, and
she was never t ied, bmeg purchased at two
ye i rs old, exclusive !y for breeding.
It is not a brie encouraging to those who
h ive lierotcf re bred from (iohanna, ns well a*
those who may desire it tn future, to be informed,
that a challenge has been made to run one of
bis Cops iivt the Noriolk course, next Spring,
irjntust nny colt iti the United States, for fivo
thousand d. liars. This circumstance is men
tioned been us • it nvreiy is one well calculated to
increase the public confidence tn him as a stock
llOltSK.
Ooiniinn served < n« hundred and ’fifty-seven
inar-'s lust year, having the celebrutcd horses
Sir Charles and Timolcun as his competitors,
winch ftirmslie.s ttie best evidence of satisfaction
" i'" ,,l,; appearance ami promise of his colts.
i here is am flier recommendation tl at mny
"ilh propriety bo oil -red for breeding from Go.
haiina, wliich is that liis colts is so large and fine
las universally admitted) that such as should
not prove to be race horses, are 6ure to compen
sate lie ir owners l«>r the trouble and expenso
of ini ing: a circumstance which should not bo
overlooked in breeding, as in the nature of
tilings, it is uot likely that all can make race
horses.
(iohanna, it is believed, is now standing low
er Ilian any other horse of distinction in Virgi
nia: this docs not proceed from a disposition to
uudi rhul other horses, nor is it because his pro
pri tor thinks lie ought n<>t tc stand as high as
a i v < llmr whatever; out lie does not feel justified
mi raising to a level with others, until there has
been some public exhibition on the part of his
colts.
.M a re= will be served at nny time during the year,
an i such ns did not prove in f ml from the last
season, mav bo sent again, mid no charge made
for t lie services of the horse, unless they should
prove m foal. JN'O. M JtOTTS.
j-i" ,f! 2w6w— !2lC
THE IMPORTED HORSE,
urou&a- TRvrrjLE,
W t l stand the ensuing season,
«. |'t hi former stand, Bnrboureville,
i > tie1 eounly of Orange.
Tn ffl ; is sx een hnnda high,
finely termed, und is eight years old
in I tn: *p; mg.
,*'l": season will commence on the 15th Febru
ary. (iml lermn ate on the 1st July.
I he trim* i | ihe season, are flirty dollars,
to he dis. hing ’d l.y thirty, if paid within th*
season. I t,y dollars insurance—and in each
case a dm.nr t> the Groom, to be paid when
he mu e s Hr-, ught or taken away. The best
and roost exti’ii ive pasturage is 6Ct apart for
ilio imirea sent to Prulll •—!>ir which no oddt
i ional cliarg > is made. The marcs maybe fed
with wdiat they will oof • t.verity—five cents a
day I he ((rooms will n cc *-- mi:;1 dated free
of expense. To nny on. r.. mg five mares,
(he price of on*; will be rrm tied. Great car®
wi I b" used to prevent i o —b it no to
eponsibihly in ensue if tlu>r
- ' <$. V/. GAGER,
For Gov* Baibour.
I».irb mrsviile, Jan. 14, I83 >.
Ihe Dl,|IO,|l,i,’,''~.Yf Un" Tr,,/np u*a bred by
lie Duke fie (.Iiiclie, got bv Truffle, out of He
• II liy hiskt; her dam. Brow n Juslice. out of
•Vmt’ by Challenger; Xant.ppe by Eclipse.
I r. Hie was g.4 by Governor, out of Hornby
ei-.v by Buzzard: her darn Puzzle, by Matchem;'
t ricross by Hazard.
(^' ICIIA R D TATTERS A L.L,
n, m livdn Park Co-ner, Londor.'
• tn 171 ? was ceui to France, and bought back
•{?*'»> at 1000 giiinie.q. ft
.1»n if:—lawPic ’ *
i-:isi*;:\ m i:7\(7eu\s TXnds;
I IS consequence of bud health, (he undersign
'd !,. Eipenmenger lias been for sometime
oast rreveni-d from giving his personal atten
ioii tn h's lands mi Un* Commonwealth. Ho
i-s been nu.\i»us to negotiate amicable and iiiaf
irrni g. nienis mill ec upiints and contracts for
put(i,,ti of llmse lands. But ns th<v
r , e di ||ls health may continue to prevent hi**
:.sn'ia 1 auentin io tins business, it is deemed
»r"l>er, in order t , eounterart any false s^porta
may he in cirenbiimii, in this public way,
!' 8i'f nl! c mrornrd. that it is the purpose of
und r igm d, to uni n next «| ring in con*ti
"M’g nil agent > r atioruey in fact, With fu!l
wer l<> ii;i kr such arrangement* and to *eir
rod convey, win! the undersigned consider* un-'
picstu.rnible litles. and fur tins purpose to vi*ir
hj loim'y ef tMenree.
IsBWIS EFSENMENOER.
If is mir purpose to unite in the agency ahoy*
n ntione,'. GRAY & PaNKEY
Richmond, I7i.li Jan.