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le t JVk(V*l be thy guide
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Refute trie ||i rmu« wi rk* ol jlrt —
One temp e, Iv• pure and blight
Art enter* bat to ruin quit*—
That temple i* tlie he »rt. *
_Virginia Ijcgiftlaliire.
Afonday, January 1(5, 1S32.
Mr. Rtxxlnax, from the committee on the colorcil popu
lation, presented the fallowing report:
'I he Select Committee to whom was referred certain
memorials, praying the passage of some law providing tor
The gradual abolition ot slavery in the commonwealth,
have according to order, had tho same under consideration,
and havo come to the following resolution thereupon:
-Resolved as the opinion oj this Committee, That it is
inexpedient for tho present legislature to make any legis
lative enactment for the abolition of slavery.
Mr. Preston moved that the resolution reported from the
committee he amended, hy striking out the word “inexpe
dient,” and inserting the word “expedient.”
I'ucsday, January 2«"».
Mr. Rot.lino rose and said :—lie regretted much
tho necessity which rendered it his duty to intrude ;
upon the attention of tho Imtise, at so late a stage of I
tho debate; and that, too, after the disinclination mani
fested on the part of the house, to hear more upon the
subject under discussion. I lowever, ns ho had mov
ed the adjournment tho day before, and was there
fore expected to address the house—and from a sense
of duty to himself, and those ho had the honor to
represent—he would proceed.
Those reasons, and those only, induced him to
proceed; for there was no palm left—no laurels for
him to gain : every palm had been borne oft'—evory
laurcl won—hy those who had so ably, nnd so elo
quently preceded him. Constrained, however, hy a
sense of duty to his country, he should go through
what he had undertaken, though his words should he ‘
“like smoko to the eyes, and vinegar to the tooth,” [
after the rich eloquence and profound reasoning
which had alike delighted and instructed the house.
The debate had been, indeed, a feast of the soul.
It had risen as it had progressed, until it seemed to
“stoop to touch the loftiest thought.” Ii had flowed
on “like some river ot vast and unfailing source,”
and had borne the mind along with it.—To return!
to this suhjf et. It would bo remembered, when lie *
before addressed the House, the subject was present
ad in a different form from tho one it assumed at
present. At that time, the committee had not made
their report. They have now reported it “inexpo- 1
diem’ to act upon the subject—and it is proposed to !
amend that report, by striking out tho word “inex- ;
pedient,”and inserting the word “expedient.” He-!
lieving that it is expedient that “something should
be done”—ilmt some legislative action should bo
commenced; not that improvident nnd fanadcal -
net:.— «<—» v-4 .. .i mu mends of re
form, but a wise, prudent, progressive, yet efficient:
action. He was for action—but iu a way that, like
tho mild dews of Heaven, which carries moisture
and freshness to the withering rose, should gradu
ally overcome the evil which now presses upon us,
nnd promises still to increase, until final ruin shall
overtake us, unless we are aroused, and quickly,
from the deep sleep in which we have already too
long indulged. Believing that such a course of nc
tion was desirable, he had, on a former occasion, in- *
dtilged in a few remarks upon the subject of slave- ;
rv, aud he now purposed going somewhat more at
length in the investigation of that subject.
He was no fanatic in his views of tho subject._
His opinions were formed from what lie had seen
around him; and lie had attempted, iu his former
remarks, to give a common-sense statement of those
opinions. Plain nnd simple as he had thought them,
gentlemen had, nevertheless, thought fit to style!
them “a dirge.” He did not propose to handy hard
names with gentlemen—lie would not retort the epi
thet; hut ho would say, when reasons fail, one is apt
to resort to such epithets to prop a falling cause.
Hu had said, and he dared repent if, that slavery
was a blighting, withering curse, that robs Virginia
soil of its rich verdure, and is drying up the very
life-blood of her national w ealth, honor nnd prosperi
ty. He had seen the Imloful consequences, nnd
from what lie. had seen, he had been induced to act.1
Ho had always understood it to be the true poli
cy of all governments to pursue a policy calculated
to keep their citizens from emigrating—so long ns
supplies wore abundant, nnd their labour could be
profitably employed. Such, sir, is the true policy of
all governments, and of none more than of Vir
ginia. Is the refusal to adopt measures calculated to
mitigate now’, and finally tourrost the evils of slave- !
ry a course ol policy calculated to prevent, or in
any way lessen the emigration of our citizens. No
such result can ho expected from so unwise n
course.
Hi? had before said, and it hnd been repeatedly
urged, and was most unquestionably true, that, un
less sonic measures shall be adopted to bring about a 1
change in our condition, for the better, that many,!
very ninny,of our most valuable citizens will leave
the state. From having urged this upon the atten
tion of tho 1 louse upon a former occasion, ho had
been charged with saying “that slavery made our i
citizens cowards.” He was elnd the charge had
been withdrawn, for he had said no such thing.
lie. neither wished to plunge the eomnionwcalth
int»> any rash measure; nor to sneak on to his
purpose under covert of any pretended aversion to
abolition—both If * - - -
his judgment and his feelings were
with the enuse; hut he was by no menus disposed to
produce a disruption of tho ties which bind society
together. He believed it was now time to begin!
“wlnle the evil days come not, before the cistern is
broken at the well, and before the grinding is low.”
It was now time to begin, by laying n foundation
upon which to rear the future .superstructure. The
time will come, and it may lie sooner than many are
willing to believe, when this oppressed and degraded
race cannot be held as they now are: when a
change will he effected by menus abhorrent, .Mr.
Speaker, to you, and to the feelings of every good
man. I he wounded add< r will recoil,mid sting tin
foot that tramples upon it. Tho day .s fast up- i
pnmelung when those who oppose nil action upon !
tins subject mid instead of aiding in devising
some feasible plan for freeing their country from an
acknowledged curse, cry “impossible” to every plan
suggested, will curse their perverseness, and lament
Ilnur tollv. I hose gentlemen who hug slavery to
their bosom*, “and roll it as a sweet morsel under
the tongue, have been very lavish in their denun
ciations of nil who are for stirring one inch on this
sunp-et. i hey bad not hesitated to class all the
friends of reform, without any sort of discrimhm- !
non with Garrison and l,loy<f. What sort of re-1
semblance ,s there between the free and manly di«.
cusston of a subject, by freemen, the repine,,- 1
!” °f f1-™""'"' addressed to freemen, and the un
der-banded attempts of incendiary cut-tlin.ms, t„
sharpen the dagger in the baud of the midnight !
snssmr Arc flit- representatives of Virginia, tor ,lnr I
mg to attempt to point out tho evils und impolicj ol '
slavery, to be coupled with Lloyd and Walker? j
Was lie, for discharging what ho conscientiously
believed to he his duty to his country, to
ho branded with infamy? Was he, for that, to lie
classed with incendiaries, who would gladly light
the torch to burn our dwellings over the heads of our
women and children? Could such imputations re
sult from anything hut a strong sense, on the part of
those who indulged in them, that they were in error;
and because reason* for their persisting in it having
failed, their only refuge was abuse and detraction.
Eor his part, he wanted no better evidence of the
power of deep-rooted prejudice over the mind of
man—no better proof of the obliquity of human
reason, than was to bo gathered from such denun
ciations.
Tlicro is, sir, a “still, small voice,” which speaks to
the heart of man in a tone too clear and distinct to
ho disregarded. It tells him that every system of
slavery is based upon injustice and oppression. If
gentlemen disrcgard.it now, and lull their con
sciences to sleep, they may bo aroused to a sense of
their danger, when it is too lute to repair their error.
He thought it right for him to say thus much to re|>el
the imputations of gentlemen. So lar as lie was
personally concerned, he hail done with them, lie
would occupy the attention of the House with n low
remarks upon the course that western gentlemen had
pursued upon the question under consideration.
They had been roundly assailed. They had been
charged with a desire to rob the east; and tho com
parison had been made between their course and
that of a felon who should attempt to rob tho Spcak
or of his watch. Had western gentlemen manifested
any desire to rob the east? No—he thought not. It
was true that he thought they had indulged impro
perly in the discussion of abstract right aud abstract
principles, and pushed their views beyond a practi
cal point; hut they had not, lie thought, expressed tho
hostile sentiments which have been attributed to
them. Eastern gentlemen have declared this a sec
tional question. They have said the west had no
interest in, and should take no part in it; but should
stand aloof and silently witness the progress of an
evil which is bringing ruin upon tltiscnmmonwcaltli.
Such an idea seemed to him absurd. If wo arc
all Virginians, we are all interested in this ques
tion; for, unless it is arrested, its curse must ho
common to the whole state. Tho west is, then,
interested in the question—deeply interested in
devising some preventive measure—some mea
sure that will rescue tho west from this mildew.
—Western gentlemen are called upon l>y every
consideration of prudence nml philanthropy, to avert
from their children this heavy curse, which mars the
fortunes of their eastern brethren, lie was happy
to see that those gentlemen were true to themselves
and to V irginia. Although he was compelled to con
tloti111 much they hail said, he tendered them Ins
thanks for the aid they had given upon this occasion
to tho friends ot reform. He looked upon them he
lore as his brethren, and lie greeted them now as
doubly his brethren, llo placed them before high
iti the scale of humanity—lie now ranked them still
higher. They have contributed their share to eman
cipate \ irginia from the fetters which have so long
hound her; and they deserve the thanks of every lo
ver of Ins-country.
urn, to return to the question in donate, fjentle
inen Itnvo told us, that we have no need for aetion—
for, say they, \ irginia is increasing in population, fer
tility and wealth. I le denied that Yn. had increased
in population, fertility, or wealth as she ought to have
done—-as her facilities would have enabled her to
do, it site Imd nothccn trammelled by slavery. Her
increase had not been like that of the miser, who
continually adds dollar after dollarto his hoard—nor
yet like the regular increase of the careful mid pru
dent man; but, on the contrary, like the spendthrift,
she had neglected her true interest, and wasted those
riches which nature has so bountifully lavished upon
her. She has not taken that tide at the flood which
has led many of her sister stales on to fortune. All
that is necessary to establish the truth oftliis position,
is to eomparo Virginia with those, states. If slavery
he not the cause ol her lagging behind, why is it
that all the slave-holding states arc depressed, and
idl the non-slave-holding states prospering beyond
all historic parallel? The ready answer that gentle
men give is, “the tariff.” Why, then, lot me ask,
does the tariff benefit iho non-slave states, and de
press the slave states? Why, sir, just because one is
free from the curse of slavery, a ml beennso tlio other
is not. He was no advocate of the tariff; hut these
plain reasons pressed upon mm—amt lie would give
litem. Gentlemen manifest a great want of nhsc'rva
cation and very little knowledge of human charac
ter, when they say, that they would resort to arms
before they would submit to any measure to free the
state of slavery. Who would gentlemen fight? Why
they would he reduced to the awkward necessity of
fighting themselves. Should they, in the hour oft'heir
wrath, fly to arms, like the famous Knight of La .Man
elm, they would strike at their own cost. Should the
wine-hags be severed by a random thrust, it would ho
at their own expense—(or no such step could fail to
bring certain ruin upon them. .Nofvvitlistundingcas
fern gentlemen.have waxed so warm, Sir, there are
many, very many, in eastern Virginia, who had ra
ther resign their slaves gratuitously than submit to
the ills of slavery: many who had rather turn them
loose, and leave them behind, while they should
seek a happier clime—a laud alike a stranger to
slaves and to slavery. lie might ho told tlmt the
law would not allow individuals to emancipate their
slaves, and leave them here; hut what difference does
it make whether they are liberated or sold? If the
negroes are left here, and the whites go away, cer
tainly the proportion of the negro population'is com
paratively increased, and that of the whites lessen
ed—consequently the evil augmented. There had
been a singular idea advanced by the gentleman
from Halifax, (Mr. ilrtico.) He stated that “the ne
groes of Virginia were the only capital of Virginia,
and if they were sent away, we should have nothing
left.'’ ’I he gentleman then values the land of Vir
ginia at nothing. A rare idea. Suppose you re
move the land—what would our negroes lie worth?
. m' ii mi ,u i;iiNirm fill (UlSWCr. .Ml Idea llUll
hiM’n suggested totlic House, which hud considcra
hltj weight from its plausibility, and had startled from
its magnitude. Iio alluded to the statement made
by tho gentleman from Petersburg, (Mr. Hrown.)
that any measure that could ho devised for remov
ing the slaves from Virginia, would result in a posi
tive loss to the state of one hundred and fifteen mil
lions of dollars. Mr. Speaker, it will take a wise
man to prove that estimate true, and lie thought a
man must be very far gone in prejudice, or of very
obtuse facilities, who could not see the fallacy of
such an estimate. Why did he think so? Itccnusc,
if it should once he known that it was the policy of
\ irginin to get clear of the negro population, a mul
titude, which uo man could number, would lie sold
and sent ofl; and every female sent away, and they
would lie sent off in the greatest numbers, would
diminish the increase; and because of a multitude of
causes, which he thought it needless to enumerate,
as the two first lie had stated proved all such nu
merical calculations necessarily incorrect, and that
was enough for his purpose—for any calculation
which carried the proof of error along with it, can
have hut little influence upon a reasonable man.
So fiir was lie from agreeing to the position, that
it would be a positive loss to Virginia ufone hundred
and fifteen millions of dollars, to get rid of her black,
population, he thought it would result to her pecu
niary interest to an amount beyond the power of cal
culation—beyond any thing that the mind of man
could estimate. W ho could estimate it? its hone
fieial results would lie co-equal with all time to come.
^ ears would glide by, generation after generation
would pass away—ages themselves would lie for- \
gotten—-and still the beneficial results of such n course
would !*e felt this act would lie hut in the spring
lime of ifs glory. Is Virginia prepared to weigh ilie
meagre results of nuinercial calculations, against so!
honorable, so noble, so glorious n result? Will she
pause, like the sordid miser who, half (lend with
hunger, takes his ru-ty coin from his fob, and turning
Irorn side to side the precious metal, restores it to
hw greedy purse again, and turns from the food that
wai,,|d r,,ii,.v<, ,|lf, sufferings of a hungry stomach?
W ill \ irginin, 1 say, thus weigh her gold against her
true mu rests? No, sir; when the people come to
understand this question, she will not.
f»ut it has been so often admitted, in and out of
the House, that slave labor was the dearest labor in
ihc world (which was literally o surrender of the
question) that he had not expected to hear such cal
intuitions submitted for the serious consideration of
the House, or the public. U it is true that slave
labor is the dearest labor in tbv world -and true
that the cheapness of Iubor add* to tho nett profit of 11
the producer—and these are truths that no nun 11
(who knows what he is talking about) can deny— i
then it follows, as a consequence, that it is to the <
true interest of Virginia to exchange her slave- j
labor for white labor, which, by admission, and in i
fuet, is the chea|x*st labor. 1
It might seem a needless waste of time for him to
point out some of the causes which rendered slave
labor dearer than the labor of a free white man—
after the fket had been so fully admitted; notwith
standing he wotdd do so. Why, sir, is slave-labor
more expensive, and consequently less profitable 1
! than the labor of the white limn?
The answer is to he found in the operation of mo- .
| ral causes. They have no immediate scl/^interest to i
net upon them- and yon. Mr. Speaker, know some
thing of self-interest. Ton would nut mount your
horse and ride twenty miles, to profit another us mu
! ny dollars; but, sir, you would do so to profit your
| self ten shillings. Self is the great spring ol human
action—the great lever that operates on man. This
great, this all-powerful motive of action is wanting
: to stimulate the slave to labor. It fails to operate
upon him for good, because he knows his master is
bound to provide for him; whether he labors much
<>r little, and whether his master makes little or i»iich.
Therefore lie is idle and wasteful, lie knows, too,
that tin* letters which shackle him, are only to he !
: struck oft by death—he knows that his labor is fori
life—and that day after day is to bring hint the same !
toil—whether it ho on the barren hill, or fertile i
j plain, it is to him the same, lie loses nothing by
liis exertions being wasted upon stingy sterility—lie
gains nothing, if a generous harvest crowns iiis la
bors. lie, therefore, can have no motive for ini- j
nrovinsr the soil.
knows tlint liis master is hound to provide him
with lodging, clothing, food, and medicine. He Inis
i 1,0 dependant wile or children—to call forth tho cn
; orgies of his mind, or nerve his arm. Therefore it is
j tl'nt the slave is supino and improvident, utterly ro
I gardless of economy, lie understands not, or—if
he understands—he does not practice those little sav
ings, which, especially in agricultural pursuits, make
the larger portion of the profits, and result in tho
prosperity ot the agriculturist;and, indeed, of socie
ty. Besides this—self-interest operates powerfully to
induce the slave to pursuo a different course, lie
feels that all he can filch from his master, is just so
much clear gain to himself; lie regards all that his
master gets as an unjust appropriation by another
of his labor, lie reasons thus, sir; it is a common
doctrine amongst the slaves—and, sir, it is the rea
soning ol nature—man's unaided reason teaches it
to him—and the heart ot unprejudiced man owns its
justness. It isothorwise with the white man. Self
interest operates fully upon his mind—('alls all its en
ergies into action, and makes him intelligent, indtts
trous, and economical. lie knows that he is depen
dant upon his own personal exertions for support.
1 H;8 °'vn exertion is to procure him a home, and
i “food and raiment.” It is to him, and him alone, if j
lie has a wife and children, that they are to look for
a shelter against the pitiless storm's of Heaven—to
him tliry arc to look lor a shield against the hititm
frosts of autumn, and the keen blasts of winter—
! upon him they depend for their daily hrend. He
■ has, then, besides immediate self-interest, :dl the ten
der sympathies of tho human heart to prompt him!
to action. >ueli causes aro lost upon the slave, bc
eause lie has a master to provide for him. l’’roni the
same cause, the white man desires to reap the
greatest possible advantage from liis labor—and lie
knows that an equal amount of labor bestowed upon
; rich land, will yield a greater profit than the same
amount bestowed upon poor land—therefore he uses
all liis exertions to improve the quality of the soil._
I fence lie concluded—and to his mind, it was a self
evident position (even though experience had not so
abundantly proved the fact) that the labor of a
white man, who had a direct and immediate self
interest in tin* product of his labor, whoso whole
i earnings are entirely applied to his own personal ad-!
vaneemeut, is lor bettor calculated to promote the !
i comfort, prosperity, and true interest of a country,
than the labor of a slave who had no such self-in
terest; hut, on the contrary, whose self-interest is at!
war with the self-interest of his master. Hence,
also, ho eoifl luded that no labor, induced alone by
tear, could lie permanently efficient—calculated to
| advance the happiness and* prosperity of any society,
ifthiscoiiciusion is true, it follow- nccotumriiy tlmi if ir ,
employment of it must bring misery and ruin upon !
any country Mint would persist in it.
I here is, Mr. Speaker, another very important eon- ■
elusion dcducible from these facts, it is this_that I
ant and every policy which degrades a large pro- ■
portion of society, in nil intellectual point of view,1
and impairs or destroys tho effect of moral causes
upon their hearts, is unwise and ruinous in its con- j
I sequences. Slavery has that effect, as lie had be-'
fore shown. Let us look into this matter. Let 11s
! sec to w hat an extent it operates. At the last census,
| '>'!'• population stood thus:—Whites,<8)4,445—slaves]
! 4<i!>,72-4—free negroes, 47,103—total number of
Idai ks,jj|(>,827— total population of the whole state,
1,211,^72. So that nearly one half of the poptila
t.on of \ irginin are blacks. The whole intelligence
and moral susceptibilities,arc possessed hv tin* whole 1
of its inhabitants. Now, if one half of those inlia- '
liitauts are slaves, one half of the mind, and moral
susceptibilities of that society, is lost to all useful
purposes, which is the case i’11 Virginia—which he1
esteemed a greater loss to the state than any amount'
of money could well he. Half a million of freemen
exerting all their industry and enterprise—exerting
to the utmost, their mental and physical energies, to
increase the value ol their possessions, and to ad
vance the interest of society, would he to add incal
culably to the wealth, prosperity, and happiness of
the good old commonwealth. Tho removal of the
slaves, would cause their places to ho supplied by
such a population. 11 so, can those who are opposed
to their removal, harbor a doubt that such a change
would he vastly beneficial?
II any man doubts still whether the removal
of the slaves would he beneficial, let him turn
to the history of man.—Through every page lie
will find proofs of the advantages of freedom
over shivery. Let him contrast the darker ages
of l'Urope, when all, except the great and no
ble, were slaves, with its present condition,
when all men are comparatively free.—If he still
doubts, let him contrast the condition of Eii
ropo, with our own free America, and see how
lai our happy freemen are, before the comparatively
enslaved Europeans. If he wants another exnm
ple, let him compare the non-slavc-ho'ding with the
slave-holding states. lie will find the non-slave-'
holding states enjoying a prosperity unequalled in
the annals of the world, while the slave-holding
states are comparatively depressed and unprospe
rous. Let him torn to the trust-deed hooks, and the
saddlc-laigs of the paper-shaver, and he would there |
leant the late of but too many who employ slave
labor. Most of the slave-owners, sir, are perfectly
content, (to use a familiar phrase) if they can make
the “tongue and buckle” meet at the end of each :
year; but very many of them fail in this humble
desire. He had not been indulging in fiction; he
was experimentally acquainted with slave-labor; lie
had been reared where it was almost the only labor; j
be had stated nothing in relation to it ho Imd not
gathered from experience and observation. Not
withstanding these facts are known to gentlemen—
" ho oppose all reform—we are told that our present
system is a good one—a prosperous one—that it
needs no change.
The gentleman from Mecklenburg (Mr. CJoode),
has told us—with an air of confidence, and a tone of i
triumph -that Virginia is literally the “mother of na
hons." That she has peopled the western stales} th.-g
she had given life and activity to tin; “great ralln/ of
the Mississippi.” The gentleman represented Vir
ginia as a fruitful and fond mother, surrounded by a
train of blooming daughters. Aje—hilt like such a
mother, the rose which blooms upon her daughters* 1
cheeks, has robbed her own of its youthful freshness,
and given her in return that pallid hue—too sure a
presage of prcmnluro decline, feebleness, and do
crcpittide.
It rimy bp Haltering to the pridv of Virginians, to
think that a large proportion of the population of the
western states are Virginians, or their descendants;!
hut, sir, it erentes painful emotions in those who re- i
fleet upon that fact as statesmen should reflect. It
affords “confirmation strong ns proofs of holy writ,”'
that all is not right—that there is somethin'' wrong - 1
something “rotten in the state of Denmark.” When!
civil discord shall shake this vast empire to its centre
wlu-n the black war-cloud shall lower, mid its1
thundering* be heard from boundary to boundary,
1
nil the flu coo flash of content shut) piny fearfully
irouiul us, where, in this dread day of our destiny,
n this dark hour of |»oril, will he Virginia's boasted
laughters? N\ here, then, will be the western states?
tVhero the “great valley of the Mississippi?” They
nay, porehniice, be ranged against her. Yes, sir,
hey may be her enemies. They may lie retorti
ng—not to greet her with filial affection, hut to
wreak a bloody vengeance upo*n her. What then,
would be the valuo of gentlemen’s idle boast
ing! They would dissipate into “thin air.” They i
would he what they now are, and what nil boastings !
always are, an impotent regiment of high sound- i
ing words, not worth the palter necessary to write
them on. \\ hy have our citizens fled from the coin- i
limn wealth in such numbers? Wliy have they se- i
voted those ties which binds the heart of man to the j
laud ot their lathers? \V liy have her daughters left |
the tombs «»t their mothers undewed hy their tears,!
to bo possessed by tlio wild briar and thistle? Her!
sons are nut wanting in patriotism—her daughters
are not wanting in those tender sympathies which !
do honor to the sex, and to mankind. It is owing to
the deep, the damning enrse ot slavery. The em
ployment of slave-luhor has impoverished our hinds,
cramped our resources, and driven off our popula- j
tion. '1 he rich have gone in vcarcli of a better!
field for profitable enterprise, the industrious poor |
in search of employment; and some, because they i
did not wish to leave their children in a land that
affords so poor a pledge lor future security.
Il one, who was totally ignorant of what a slave
was, had heurd the gentleman from Brunswick (Mr.
fiholson,) he would have inevitably concluded that
the gentleman and his constituents, eat slaves!
Strange as it may sound lie would have thought right;
for they do eat them! Yes, sir, eat them. Although
it is not literally true, because they do not consume '
them blood and bones, yet, according to tlio laws of
political economy, they do eat them. The slave is
sold; the money, or price, then represents the slave;
that money is laid out with the drover for beef and
pork—the heel and pork is eaten—and thus, indi
rectly, the slave is consumed. This is tlie ease, not
only in Brunswick, but through the whole slavc
boldiiur country.
However the employment of slave labor might!
bo defended, gentlemen would not, could not, justify
the traffic in human I icings. High-minded men
ought to disdain to hold their fellow creatures ns ar
ticles of traffic—disregarding till tho ties of blood
and affection—tearing asunder all those sympathies j
dear to man—dividing husbands and wives, parents
and children, as they would cut asunder a piece of
cotton cloth. They have hearts and feelings like
other men. llow many a broken heart—how many
a Rachel mourns because her house is loll unto Inn
desolate. The time has come when these feelings
could not ho suppressed—the day would come when
they could not he resisted. Slavery was, and had
long been offimsivo to the moral feelings of a large
portion of the community. Their lips had been
sealed; but their minds had been unfettered—many
had thought, and thought deeply on the subject.
This, sir, is a Christian community.
'I hey read in their Billies “do unto all men as you
would have them do unto you”—and this golden rule
and slavery are hard to reconcile. Ocntiemcn may,
perhaps, curl the lip of scorn at such considerations;
hut such a feeling existed in Virginia—some might
call them prejudices—hut whether they were just
feelings or false prejudices—they would operate—
and operate powerfully; and w ise and prudent men
would give them duo consideration in any decision
they should come to, as to the policy or impolicy of
acting upon this subject. There was one thing he
had omitted.—It has been said, that it was a libel
against the state to say that slavery was injurious
to the morals ofa community. lie did not mean to say,
that tho population of Virginia was generally char
acterized by immorality—far from it; Imt lie’ would
say, that slavery always had, and always must pro
duce a great amount of idleness and vice. Where
labor is confined principally to slaves, false odium is
attached to it—many, who would otherwise ho in
dustrious and laborious, were indisposed to labor
—for fear it would bring them down to the level of
the slave. He knew that such an idea was n mista
ken one, yet it had its effect. If a man had a few
slaves, it was hard to get his children to work.
They see the son of a neighbor (who, perhaps,
owns fifty or an hundred slaves, wiiii- tJ...;- £.«).. ,
um »..,»« iiioie dial) two or throe) playing the
gentleman, and taking his pleasure, they desire to do
so too—thus a disinclination to labor arises, and in
dolence and profligacy,too often finish the picture.
From till these reasons he thought every consider- '
fit ion of policy and humanity, called upon Virginia
to act. To take some efficient measures to drain
off this filthy stream, which otherwise will become
stagnant, by the closing up of its accustomed out-'
lots, and spread leprosy and death throughout the !
whole land.
His object was not to adopt a rash course,—not to
pursue a course, as had been supposed by some
who opposed abolition, that would involve a disrup
tion of the good order of society, lie did not pro
pose to adopt a system of general emancipation._
lit* only desired to lay the foundation, by disposing ■
of those whom their masters should volunlarilv
give up, for the total eradication of odious slavery
from the good Old Dominion.
For such a refuge and home could ho found in
Liber ut. But gentlemen have said that Libe
ria could not contain the black population of Vir
ginia. How many, Mr. Speaker, wo11Id Jumcitiowti
have contained when it was first settled by our
hardy ancestors? Let gentlemen compare that “day
of small things” with the present time—and they
iin:u invn objections. .As mat coin
ny increased in itumhcrs, it would increase in re-!
sources—its limits would bo extended, and territo
ry enough and to spore would be obtained. (Jen-i
tlemon had argued as if they supposed we desire to
lilt up the blacks cn masse, and set them down fn
Liberia. Hitch a course of argument was unfair,
and it he did not believe the gentlemen incapable!
of such a course, he should say they were purely
ad caplaudumyalgos—intended to mislead the public
mind, and art tnlly to arouse the prejudices of society, ^
so that odium might attach to nil who desired an
alteration in our affairs. Such was the effect, if
they produced any effect, that their arguments were
calculated to produce, lie felt warranted in the
belief, from what he knew of the moral feeling of
the community, and from information he had upon
the subject, that if an appropriation of money were
made to send off such as would be given up, it
would be promptly met.
He thought it was the duty of the legislature to
do thus much—to take this first step in the great
rind good cause; and announce to the world the
determination of Virginia to eradicate the evils of
slavery within her borders.
A gentleman from Norfolk—a man of high char- 1
ncter and intelligence, an agent of tier Colonization
Society (without fee or reward, other than that of an -
approving conscience) who was fully informed upon
the subject, had informed him that there were a!
great many men in Virginia, who were willing and
anxious to surrender their slaves ns soon as funds j
Jon Id he had for their removal. That gentleman had
told him that that disposition had increased rapidly,
Hid was rapidly increasing.
Mr. Speaker—let us commence the work,—let us
provide the funds, and candidates for deportation
will he found flowing in, in greater numbers than 1
those funds would remove. This disposition to sur
render the slaves would increase so fast as to stipcr
c’de the necessity of any other law—than an ap
propriation law. This was as fir as he was willing
to go—not that he was not thoroughly a friend of'
abolition—hut, Iteenuse to attempt any tiling further,
would be injurious to the blacks and to us.
lie owed, also, to his constituents to net cautious-1
ly. Many of them thought differently from him;
nit his heart was with the cause, and he had rather
Incline public service, than to he in that service, and
ie obliged to act contrary to the dictates of his pon
wienec. lie felt it a duty he owed his (Joel, to act
according to the dictates of his conscience; and he I
rained the approbation of his God more than the
approbation of man.
Mr. Speaker, it is vain for gentlemen to deny the
'act—the feelings of society are fast becoming nil- |
I'erse to slavery. The moral causes which produce
lint feeling are on the march, and will on until the
(roans of slavery are heard no more in this else hap- j
»y country. Look over this world’s wide page—■ (
ice the rapid progress of liberal feelings—see the |
ihnekles falling from nations who have long writhed ,
inder the galling yoke of slavery. Liberty is going 1 j
aver the whole earth hand in Imnd with christinni- i
r. Tb* AncMint temple* of slavery, rendered rent
ruble alone by their antiquity, aro crumbling into
lust. Ancieirt prejudices are flying before the light 1
of truth—are dissipated by its rays, as the idle va- '
pour by the bright sun. The noble sentiment—
“ Como let us pray, that conic it may
" As come it will, for all that, . '
“ That man to man, o’er all the world,
“ May brother be, lor all that”—
is rapidly spreading. The day-star of human liber
ty has risen above the dark horizon of slavery, and
will continue its bright career, until it smiles alike on
all men,
Sir, liberal feelings and principles cannot be long
impeded—it is impossible to arrest, and it is not de
sirable to arrest them. It is, then, the part of wis
dom to lend them a prudent aid—the part of wick
edness and folly to war against them.
lie had omitted to say .some things he had intend
ed—the protracted delmte, and fatigued patience of.
the House, admonished him to say no more. He
felt grateful for the kind and polite attention which '
hud been accorded him—and hoped ho had said '
nothing to wound the feelings of uny.
[Mr. l’uttoon « Speech is unavoidably postponed to our ]
next.]
DOMESTIC GOODS.—George Carry, corner ol
Ualtinioro anS Charles Streets, Haiti more, has for,
sale a general assortment of Domestic Goods, consisting >
in part ol “ IVallhum,” “Appleton,” Lowell," •«I la mil
ton," “JVashua” “ Kxeler" “Avery” and “Pittsfield" I
Manufactures, which will be soidon favorable terms
by the package or piece.* Feb. 2. [SI—2>w3m]
Cu|>it;i! Slnllioais.
JANUS, GASCOIGNE and HINALDO.
To rover in 183*2, at Mr. ICt/alt Cardwell's stables at
( harlottc Court House—these three high bred and
thorough shaped Stallions.
noted and very superior horse Janus, has |
JL more of (lie blood of old Janus (his g. great
graiulsire) than any other horse living, and his action
surpasses that of any other animal ol his species that
the writer of this advertisement ever saw, his dam
!■ hknzy only excepted. Through her he has a close cross
of old Meui.hv and old Fearnought, bs well as of Ja
nus, and from his grand dam he inherits the blood of old
Mark Anthony, Joui.y Roger, and the imported
marc Honny Lass, with another cross ol Janus—and
through his great grand dam, he derives his descent from
Morton’s Traveller and Janus. He is ten years
old.
Janus was trained by w in. R. Johnson, Esquire, to
whom reference may lie hud for the character of the
horse. Ho won several times—among others at Tree Hill,
when Gen. l.a Fayette was there—hut altho’ areal racer,
with great speed, he was a very unlucky one—sometimes
being heat, when he had won a heat, by contending each
heat with a fresh horse. He heat the far-famed Henry,
competitor of Eclipse, the two first heats out of live, of
one mile each, the best three in live; and could lie have
been kept back, so as to throw away a heat, it is believed
that he would have won the race. [Such was the opinion
(among others) of that model of the Old Virginia Planter
and Sportsman, the late Edmund Iriiy, Esquire.] But
in this, and in some other instances, his ungovernable tern,
per caused his defeat. He is without blemish. The pub
lic are referred tor his character as a stallion, to the Rev.
Robert Hurl ot Halifax, who kept him two seasons, and
to Mr. Cardwell, Inn-keeper at Charlotte C. II., who kept
him last season, and to all who have bred from him. Mr.
Randolph’s two best foals (Yellow Jacket and Push
pin) dropped in his extensive stud last year, were both
got by Janus; the first outot Voting Frenzy, and the last
out of an own sister to Roanoke. For the character of
Janus, the public is referred to Mr. James C. Dickinson of
Louisa, who kept him the last season that ho was farmed
out, [1830.]
Janus at sixty dollars and one dollar to the
Groom; forty dollars the leap, to he paid at the
stable door, before the marc is led away; and one
hundred dollars insurance; the money to he paid
when the marc is covered and to he refunded in case tlm
marc shall not prove in foal: provided the mare shall have
I been fairly treated and not parted from by the insurer with
: in that time. Mares that slip their foals from ill treatment,
disease,or accident, not entitled to recover the insurance
money. Any marc not proving in foal shall be covered
next season, gratis, by Janus or Gascoigne, at the option of
the proprietor. The winner or breeder ofa winner of a plate
of not less value than live hundred dollars, shall also be
covered gratis. The price of the season may be dis
charged tty the payment ol forty dollars before the expira
tion thereof, ft will commence at the date hereof, Valcn- J
tine's Day, and terminate on the First day of Jnly.
The following very iinpciT.ct account of his performan
ces a* a racer was furnished tty Mr. Aithur Taylor, who
trained and ran him, under the direction of William R.
Johnson, Esq.—
Performance of Janus on the Turf.—The spring lie |
was 3 years old, he was trained and rail in a sweepstakes !
at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick C. M.] mile heats, which
race he won at three heats: three started; Mr. Field’s
mare Phillis, and Captain Harrison’s Fillcy.
1 lie autumn that he was three, lie was trained and run
at Jeter’s, in Nottoway county, mile heats, the best 3 in 5.
In that race there were three started; viz: Sir Ilcnry,
Mr. Hare’s mare Rosette, and Janus. The first and se
cond heal Janus won, and was beaten the third by Sir
Henry, 18 inches: the fourth.heat Janus did not contend I
for, and was beaten the tilth by Henry, about clear [a
length.] After that race, ho went on to Tree Hill (Rich
mond) and run in a sweepstake, two mile heats, which
race he won with "rent ease at two heals, heating Mr,
Harrison’s BurstaSiand Mr. Seldcn’s Fillcy.
I lie ‘■•line autumn, he won the Jockey Club at Spring
Hill [Moody’s] two mile heals: four started; which race
he won with ease.
The spring lie was tour, he run at Lawrenceville, two
mile heats; four started: Janus won the first heat, and was
beaten (he second not far. In this race there wero four
heats, and Janus contended lor every heat, and was not
beaten much the last heat by Aratvs [only two or three
feet.]
He went on from thence to New market [Petersburg]
and ran three mile heats, and was beaten by Nancy War
I he autumn that ho was four, he ran at New market,
llirco mile licals, Against Betsey Robertson ami Her.
trand, which race Betsey Hobijrtson won. In that
race Janus got lame, and lias not been trained since. [In
fact, lie started a lame horse: Ho lei I lame on his travel
from Free Hill, where he had the honor to contribute to
the entertainment of General La Fayette during bis mas
ter's absence abroad, by winning the sweepstakes above
named. His speed is inrontestiblc, and he always ran
honest—no bolting, or drawing, or being distanced.']
The above statement, with the exception of one or two
verbal corrections, and the part between brackets, [ ] is
by Arthur Taylor, who trained him, under the direction
oi’ Win, It. John ^h, Ksij.
Fediohee.— lie was got by Sir Arcby; his dam
Frenzy by Sa.ni Ciu.otte (son of Color) out of a
thorough-bred Medley and Fearnought mare. Mis grand
dam, old .Minikin, by President, out of a Tristram
Sii a n nv mare, nnd she by Janus, out of a marc imported
by Mr. Booth of (Gloucester, who also imported Janus.
Tristram Shamfy was got by Morton’s Travcllir,
(which was bred by Mr. Crofts, and got by his famous
Partner,) his dam by Janus
President was got by Cei.f.u, (boat son of Janus,) his
dam by Mark Anthony—[best son of our Partner, who
was by Traveller, out of Selima ( Tasker’s) by the Godol
phin Arabian] — Mark Anthony’s dam was Srptima,
Which was got l»y the famous imported horse Othei.i.o,
or Hi.ac vc anp A i.i. IIi.ac: ic.hy Cr An,out ot M iss Sla
Mbrkin. The dam of Septima was Mom. IIrazen,
by Spark, which was given to Qovcrnour Ogle by Lord
Baltimore, who received him as a present from Fnr.nr
hick. I*, ot \Y a lev, father of the late Kino George
3d. His dam was Miss Convii,.
The grand dam of President was IlAnniMAN’s
Honny Lass, by old Joi.lv Hoor.n.out of old Bonny
I.ass, an imported mare, which was a descendant of the
Ihike of .dneaster's Honny Lass, by Snip—Lath_
Kashy-Snake—(.'hey Wii.kks by Haut-hoy.
RiNAi.no is also by Sir JIrchy, and of the same age as
Janus; he was foaled in 1821. llis dam. Miss Kyi.and,
by Gracchus—out ol Duf.ttf. by Siever i ail (a
lull bred son of f’locklast)—his dam, Young Primrose,
by Wormoley’s King Herod (sonof Baylor’s Fearnought,
out of Braxton’s Kitty Fisher) her dam the noted mare
Primrose, the property ol Dr. IIamii.tvn of Mary
1, and, well known io the gentlemen of the Turf in that
State.— She (Primrose) was by the imported horse Dove
(«oii of young Cade, himself a capital Stallion, got by old
Cade, one ol the (indolphin Arabian's best sons)—Piim
ro-e’s dam, Stei.i.a, was got by Othei.i.o by Crab,
otherwise called lllaek f,- .111 Stark; one ol the most fa
mous td the F.uglish Stallions, imported from Ireland by
Dovernocr Sharp (having been purchased by an Irish
Gentleman of Vast fortune and carried to that Kingdom,
where lie remained many years.)—The grand dam of Prim,
rose was Governour Tasker’s famous Selima by the Qodol*
phlfl Arabian,out of a mare which was got hyoid Fox, and
vvns dam of Locust, Weasel, Daphne, &.<•.—her dam by
f tiii.nr.Rs-- Makei.f.ss—Mister to Honeycomb—Punch.
Kitty Fisher’s dam was by the Cullen Arabian—out of
the Duke of Somerset’s famous
mare of her day and grand dam
Dorimaxt (sire of Gasriei.
Jjcilr.l
N. H. La or Hot,t nhbroke, which was ibe Dam of
rn.iA, of I) i:s r> e mon A ((hat at 3 years old, ran so hard j
i four mile heat race with Tay loo's famous Leviathan) of
Lav ini \ (that won the great stakes at Fredericksburg In
1801) of Virginia by Dare Dr.vn’., and of SeMon’s ;
IVranoeer that beat Sir Archy; and that capital Id
le mare Sting, were out of Mic tnare got by King Herod
nit of Primrose, mentioned in the Pedigree of D’tetfe and
Mlvertail. This fact is worthy of the notice of Sportsmen
•very where
Bald Charlotte, the best
to I xml Ossory’s famous!
which got Govr. Ogle's
Alaaldo ia ten years old—he will •over at $16,
payable by fifteen within the season, $12 thu leap,
md $30 insurance to be paid and returned on the saiue
•onditions as those expressed in tho advertisement ot Ja
ms. Ho has been since 182C in Maryland and Dela
ware, where his stock are highly spoken of.—Reference
>n this subject is respectfully given to Louis McLane, Esq.
who at one time was one of the stockholders of Kinaldo and
hM bred Irom him. lie isa horse of vast strength and great
activity. He, too, has bred after the dam, most luckily;
for, easier trotters, ora inure Irnrdy ami thrifty race ol horse a
never existed—-they will keep fat upon what will barely
keep alive tho leggy, long-backed QARRONs.that are now
all the rage, and w hich arc lit for nothing but a long race,
»r» collar and halites; whereas the true serviceable horse
is the quarter horse being active, sure-footed, speedy, and
capable of breaking down the fashionable stock in a hard
ride oflilty, or even livoand twenty miles. It is only in a
race ot more than a mile or in harness, that the long-back
ed horse can be a successful competitor against the quarter
horse He is a sturahler, and breaks down with his own
unwieldy weight.
Kinaldo is ot the best running blood, as will bo seen.
Ilis neck w as injured by too early smelling at mares. His
head is large but bony. II is body and limbs cannot be
surpassed by any horse. Old Shy lock himself, or Janus,
have not a liner back, loin, thigh and limbs. His foot arc
of the old horny and cupped description, that distinguished
the \ irginia horse before Col. Hoomes inundated our
country w ith worthless Stallions, and introduced the Hat,
thin-soled, weak-crusted foot that can hardly hold a shoe,
and cannot travel live miles without one. Our old fashion
ed horses never required shoeing except in hard frosts, or
hard work, on stony ground. The new stock must be
shod when not at work, or they fall lame.
Extract oj a Utter from JS'athan Lujborougft, of
time stand, Esq., to John Jtandulph of lioanoke. Esq',,,
dated “Capitoi. or the U. States, )
Thursday, Feb. 1C, 1832. S
“Kinaldo is in good health and tine spirits; and if he shall!
reach you, as 1 hope and trust he may, in the same condi
tion that he is now in, 1 have no hesitation in saying, that'
you will have one ol the finest horses on the South side of
James river, not excepting his sire, Sir Archy, or any of
his sons.
“Mr. Alexander wishes to breed from Kinaldo this
spiing. I think 1 asked you in one of my last letters
where would probably he his stand. By the w ay, I did
not violate a certain Golden Kui.e, by permitting lli
naldo to cover Miss Cration amt a Rob Roy out of an Os
car by C»abriel, both ol which missed last spring. It is
nevertheless right that you should be informed of the fact.
“I shall feel anxious to hear that the horse has got to
you safe and sound.”
Attract oj a letter .from Mark Alexander, Esq. of f’ir
ffinia, (M. C.J to J. 11. of Roanoke, dated
“Washington, Fell. 17, 1832.
“I will not tiro yon with politics, which 1 know to bo
disgusting to you; but enclose the within respecting Hi
nalilo, which will lie more pleasing.
“I think you would do wrong to part with him, os 1
know of no horse in our country likely to equal him as a
stallion. His action, color and power, all recommend him.”
Also, Gascoigne, by Roanoke, out of the imported
marc Lauy G. by Hamblktonian, the best horse of
his day, ami best grandson of O’Kelly’* Eclipse. Lady O.
was the dam of Magician. [See Stud book.] Her dam
was Sir Thomas Gaicoiukk’i famous marc Golden
I.ock«, which was the dam of Lord Foley’s celebrated
horse Soothsayer, that won the ureat St. Leger
stakes in 1811,and the Doncaster stakes next day,
and who covered in England at Twknty-Fi veGuineas
a mare. lie stood nine successive years at JVeie-Mar
ket—(from 1814 to 1822, both inclusive.) In 1823, he was
sold to Russia. Golden Locks was got by that capital
son of Highflyer, and famous stallion Dklpini, out
ofV iolet by Shark, who ranks next to Childers and
Eclipse as a racer. Shu (Violet) was out ol Quick’s
Charlotte, by Hi.ank, [the best son of the Godol
piiin Arabian, except Regu/tts.] Crab, Dyer’s Dim
ple, Heihcll’s Castaway, Why Not, Royal Mare.
I’hcre cannot be a higher bred horse, and be is of immenso
power. His sister Flora is sixteen hands high. His
growth was stunted by ill usage, in 1821, when the mare
was sent to horse, where he was foaled. He is a most
beautiful creature, not tall enough to suit the present de
praved taste for leggy hordes—but taller than old Med
ley or his sire Gimcrack, than old Janus, or Jolly
Roger. As a stallion he is untried, liming only covered
last year privately. He is eight years old next grass.
Gascoigne is now fifteen and a half bands high, and
agreeably to the rules of measurement has more lo grow.
Persons arc deceived in thu height of Gascoigne by tho
difference between the measure over his back and over
bis withers, greater than I oversaw in any horse, such is
the loftiness of his crest.
He will cover at one hundred dollars and a dollar to tho
Groom; which may be paid by sixty dollars within the
season. Any winner or breeder of a winner of respecta
bility shall be covered gratis, viz: Sally Hope, Kate Kear
ney, Polly Hopkins, Sally Walker, and Bonnets of Blue.
And one hundred dollars'will be paid to tbo proprietor of
Ariel for permission to cover her, and to the owner of Re
ality also, provided she he not past bearing.
Most extensive pasturage on Mr. Cantwell’s plantation,
upwards of 300 acres near the C. H. and as much on Mr
Randolph’s flashy Forest Estate adjoining it. Boxes and
sheds lor the mares, which will he led separately on corn
at the discretion of the proprietor ol the mare at cost ami
charge ol transportation, viz: two dollars a barrel on Dan
River. Mares sent to foal kept in separate Paddocks. No
other than thorough-bred marcs will he permitted lobe
covered by Gascoigne. Certificates ol Pedigree must bo
scut: neither will lie be permitted to cover more than six
ty marcs including Mr. Randolph’s, which arc numerous,
say 12 to 20. The greate st rare taken. Fences good and
boys to fetch and curry the marcs to and lioin Pasture.
WYATT CARDWELL.
Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 1832.
Not being able to procure a stand for Gascoigne on his
own account, (for no consideration could induce his master
to farm him,) the proprietor ol the horse has been indu
ced, by bis thorough confidence in Mr. Wyatt Cardwell,
to permit him to cover at Charlotte C. 1L.'w here lie can
often see the horse, and superintend occasionally his ow n
marcs, as well as such as may he sent to him. * Profit, it
will be seen, forms no part of the object of Gascoigne’s
master, fie does not expect to clear as much money this
season as will p iy the hor-e’s tax and the expense of adver
ti-.ing. For, after bis own mares shall have been covered
ami such a* lie will receive gratuitously', there will re
main very few vacancies, and those probably will not be fill
ed up. The mares sent to Gascoigne will be kept cxclu
-ively on Mr. Randolph’s Bushy Forest estate, whero
boxes and sheds are creeling for them. The pasturage is
extremely line—chiefly highland, (although there are ex
tensive low grounds also, which the proprietor deems very
injurious to horses after the month of June,) very line, cool
and never failing streams of water through the enclosures,
w’hieh are now sub-dividing with a view of keeping only
a very few mares in each. It is impossible for them to
thrive in turds; to say nothing of risk to foals. M.>res with
foals not mixed with emjdy mares, and any particularly
vicious or distempered mare will be sent home. Servants
boarded gratis, who can see their own mares fed as highly
as their masters please, at (lie cost of the corn and charge
of transportation. Mr. Cardwell will attend to the mares
that are sent to Gascoigne in like manner as to those sent to
Janus. The public may place unlimited reliance on his
fidelity' and sagacity.
CliiirloUc Court House, adjacent to which Is Bushy
Forr.it, lies on the great mail stage rond from Urn City of
Washington to Columbia in S. and Augusta in Georgia.
A stage leaves Fredericksburg three times a week, and
passes by it, and through Mr. Randolph’s Ferry and Mid
dle Quarters, within hall a mile of his door, where ul«o
will stand Peacock, by Roanoke, out of Roanoke by FlorU
/.el, (Hall’s,) the best runner of his day—his dam Corne
lia (dam of Gracchus) by Tyler’s Chanticleer, the best
son of old \\ ildair, out of Vanity by Cclcr; Mark Antho
ny—Jolly Roger—imported horse Silver Eye, the proper
ty of Samuel Du Vat, Esquire, who covered in 17ti(> at
'I hree Pounds and Forty Shillings—His get were remark*
ablo for their spirit.
JOHN RANDOLPH, of Roanoke.
Roanoke, Feb. 12, IHH2.
P. S. I have a colt by Gascoigne out of Roanoke, foaled
last spring, lor which I have relused ,*1500 when weaned,
and would not take five times that sum for.
For Fair.—Phenomenon hy Roanoke, out of
young Frenzy hy Gracchus—Minikin, (grand dam.
ol Janus,) hy Preside lit, (son of old Ccler)—Tristram
Shandy by Morton’s Traveller; hit dam hy old Janus
—Janus—out of Mr. Booth’s imported inare.— PRr.st*
nent’s darn was got hy Mark Anthony, out of llar
iliman’s FIonny, which was got by old Joli.y Hoor.n,
rml ol the imported marc Bonny Lass; she was descend
fd from the Duke of Ancaster’s Bonny I,ass hv
Snip—Lath, (son of the Godolphin Arabian,) Easry,
S.vake—Grey Wilkes by Hautboy,
Phenomenon is a fine bay, upwards of fifteen hands*
liigh, four years old next grass.
Also, Wi i.nriRE, a fine chcsnuf, very large, four year*
»ld last grass, got by Roanok r. out of the rhesnut mercy
Wiedeihe, which was by Gracchus out of young
Evehlastino, and she by Sans Culottes out of old)
Ev krlahtino.
AI«o, Black 'V arriovr, twelve years old last grass,
Hot hy the imported horse Merry field, out of tho- imported
nare Philadelphia—she was got by Washington, (son of
Sir I’eter I kami.e,out of an own sister to Thumpa
ir n,) her dam, M iss Totter t due, hy that favorite soiv
>f Eclipse, Dunoannon, out of Marcella by
WAMnntNo—she was out of Medea by Swretiiriar,
he best horse and stallion of his day—rfagclica by Snap,
ftegulus, Bartlett’s Childers—dam of the two Truk
II l UES.
N. H. To hi« Mamhrino hlooil, through Messenger,
he Long Itlfiwl Kdipnt owes his powers. Mr. Him
lolph give JCIOO Virginia currency, (Os. to the dollar,)
or Black Warriour, when a yearling, at Mr. Dunlop's
ale.
fN. B. The above pedigrees are authentic and may be
Hied on. J. R., of Roanoke.
Feb. 12 f»t—frLcg.k wi 1st M