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Show l f' l TllEl N 1'1.!. TDfONY AG.\ lNST 8LA YERY. 'l of '11Ct"d cotl'•r.il'nt: \ lklin'ry. I will ·a,\ ~lt :tt my opposition to it dntP frotr. ll sojt I gtl . .'. ·t '"'lttlt•nt nt l.tw Ill the' 'tat' ot 'l'l'ttll•'"'"c", an•l ~tt.tdtPd tit. llbJ' c; 1 I) I w I • n " ,Is ' " l \ r . 1 I '1' I . . . I ot'Ai'l'i•'all ~Ia' ·ry in. an .. ~m ·rir:lll book a trgtnt.tll luo \.- lit'\. ·r :-. cdttton oi'Black. stone's ' olltlltCilt.U't':-<. .. \~.lin, in a ~p •e ·h d 1 j, er -.l1 i 11 :--;t. Luui-. on tIt · :hl of XoYL'Iltl> •1· 1'-uu ho :--:n .... : •. 1 iook nt "··ltitr prop! . ontluolnlldac·k on •s; l look 1.o th.<' pr:wc nnd rcpu 3• 1 ion n!' the l'ltl'l' to "hirlt I belong-. 1 look to 1 h' JH't~•· of tin~ land - th" worltl' l t .... t hopl' forn fn•e go\l't'llllH'IIl on the earth. On • t~l the occa~lOllH on "l1il'h 1 !'o:\1\ 1 ' 1 'Ill'}" ()In y ri~c lti•'ltl'l' tll:lll ~ .tlto~tghl l. '\ er ~:l\ lu.m ~tcfo~·p, wa~ "l.t~·n in th ,j,. I t , • 1 tit', ·t•lttli..,..;iou of ( 'altlurutn, n. dtl:-1:-.olntloll '' .tH .1pp1 t'hrnc!Pil 1l slaverv "a· ) ,l t Ill l • . . . . . • I 1' I ~I . 'I . . J not cnrricd into tlti '1' •tTtlory \\ltt•n• lt ll'\l'l "·114• ll'll' 1: ay ~'~"'tllg, lontnt•l I'OJo...;-..ally in the ~I' IU\ll' of thl' {Tntt<.•tl ~'talt•~, U"i h' ~·n~' d t'l:tl'lll!; tha~ f01: 110 C:Ht!Jlv pnrpo ... L', 110 <'art hi object, conltlltc carry 1--la\ et;y lttto pl:tc'l'. wher • 1l dulnol rx~L III'J'url'. Jt wa. a gn•at nnd prowl day for Mr. l.ty, to\\ nnl lhl'. latter d.ty~ of b\ Iii'·. autl if' an :u ti-.t ,·ottlll h t\ • I> 'L:n .tlu:r t u c:ttch }u-; l' \.pr ... ~ton •.ts he . lllt•·r 1 thnt ..,1,utim •nt, w1th it~ rl'fll'\. 011 Itt..; f.u:c ~m•l ht" <'Otlllt~·tt:llll'.e IH'<lllllllg \\~tth trm· 111,..,~ of purJH),I', it Wollltl Jt,t\ I' hi• '11 a, ~IOrtOI~"i lllOllH'.lli II\ wh.w}) to ll'i\ll"llllt him tO po-.t ·rity- h i~ ctHtnt ·mwc all ali\'' nnd ltlllllllOI~~ w1th tit' 11ll'a 11tal lll·.tl in h, bo:-.om. 'L'h;\t "a. n pro11d dny. J t'onltl havl' \\'hhP•~ 1hat I had ~JH'hl'n the .une word.:;. J , pt·a''- ihetn now, telling ·ou thry " ' t'l't! Itt" and ~ulopt1ng them a 111y own.'' TilE YOICE OF 1\L\SO~. Cnlon ·l ~f:t-..Oil a le:ttling an<l <1i. ting-uislted IJICtllucr of the 1()11\'C'lltion tlm l'orm tl thu Con::-titntion, from Yirginin ·wl1·11 Lhe proyi-,ion for ]ro· hibiting tlr ·importation of:--la,·c::; wa~ nn<l •r· con:-.itleralion, ·ai<l: ,, Tl.lc pn·-. uL qne~tion ronrrrn · not th importing , 'tate~ alone, lmt the " bo: euion. ~laYL'l'.) di .... 'lllll':\ff('~ art"! l.lllll Dl<lllllf'ac (tll'l' ~. The poor tlcRpisl' ],\lwr \lh ·n perlormetl hv ~la\'t''-~· Tlu•y prev •nt th t• cmi~raliotl of whitr..;, who really eurich aud .. trl'lll-{thl'll it. country. '!'hey pro<luc tho mo ::~ t 1><·rniciou~ cffl·d on mann ·r· ~<;,cry ma:-.tn of 1-la \ l'S i:-\ bom fl. ]H'tty t} nlllt. 'I' IH•y bring the jndgm<'IIL of ltt:.tnn on a <'Otllltrr. .A':4 nntioliH <'an not be r 'Wardt•<l or Jlltlli ~ he<l in tltc n •xt world, tit• v Ulllst he in thi-1. H.Y ltn inn itaiJic rh:tin or l'UIJ.'('H and <'fll.•c·ts, Prodfl('J1('(' pnui .. hc' uatinual !'in..; hr unttolltd culamities. lie lamcnlt'd th:tl somr of our Ft~t,rn llrctltl'l1 ll ll.lll, ti·om a ltr ... t or gnin, C'lllharkecl in tlti'l 11l'l'al'ious iraflic. ,\-4 to th • t.t! I. lwillj.! ill ]lll:-<I..,C "sion or thL' rigltt to import tlti -. ''a~ th {':t~e with m.lllV th r Jtght" 110\\ to ill' propl'l'l ,\- gh •n np. Jlc held it •s:-;ential, lll P\Cry point of \iew, th,tt tit • t~ctwr:tl Co\' · rlllll:'nt slwuld lu.t\ c pown to pl'l'\ e11t the incr •u e of !'Ia\· n.' TITE \ Ol<'E F i\[('DO\\ ELL. In 1 3~, (;c,,~. f<·l>ow ·ll ns <1 thii4 bn~nng 111 tltc Yirginia Le!i'· 1ntur : "Who 1ltnt look'\ to tlti~ ttnlwpp.v bondage of an 1111lt:tppy people, in the micJ..t d onr "vcicty, a.nd think:-~ of' it:-i inciucntH or is~ue~ but wt.>cps over it us u. cur .. e ltgrPat upon him wl10 inflict~ it a~ upon ltim who !:mllerR it'? Hir, yon may place the ~ Ia. H' w 11 •rt• you. pI <'a st~ ) ou may dry up to your u t trrm ost. th fo un tnin" of h f, cltng.;, the SJil'ttt~ of l.u:-~ thought- you mny do: • upon hi~ mind rnry llH'llU' of I llU\\ h.·<l~c. and ·Jouc.l 1t ~>v 'r "ith artificial night.- yon may yok him to your I •hnr:-- a the ox, '"l11ch lt\eth only to "\YOrk nnd workdh only to ]i\l' yon mY put hun nnt!Pr any prnct.''-'S wJ.lich, without d •stroying hi~ \'alu<' as n . la\l', wtll d~· U<l ·e ~1111l <'rthh h11n as a ral1onall>cinK- rou lll:ty do tlti':4 nnd the idea that he "as horn to h' ln·t.·." !11 sunivc it all. Lt i allietl.lo l1i:-; L.op 1 <' of immortality-:it • ~he ~·thPn•:ll part ot ht~ n:ttm~c which oppr ·:-~~ion (':\llnot n•ntl. H i!4 a torch Itt up 111 bh ~uul by tlte ha1ul ol Detty, and never llH':lllt to he ;dino-ni~hccl by the hanl of man.'' ~ · ,.., 'l'HE VOl E OF IJml>ELL In tho d bat ~ of tlto Nort l1 ar linn. on vent ion, :Mr. Ireclt--11 after· \\anls n. .JtHl~rc of tll(~ rnHClu Rt:tte~ I uprcmc 10\ll't, said: 1 1 • Wh c 11 t n r. u t i n• n hoI it ion or s I a v rr .) t a k I'~ p! n , ·p, 1 t " i 11 hr. ,1 n . ) . mu .. t be pi •n-.in•r to '\'l'l'J' g•'lll'l'Oll'l mind, and '\'l'l''' l'ril'lll] •>l'lttllt I' 'tt nt Wllll'lt • • .r ' 1: II 11,\ lll'l'." 'l' II I: \ 0 I " 1·: 0 F 1'1 1· \ E y . \rilliatn l'inkn )Y. of' ~bn 1:1llcl, in tltt' lion ... I or I>L·]c .. ··tt . ll t · ~ . · ·~ Ill 1 :t ~tat t•, in li q JnaJu ~ '\'L·I':tl pnwL·rlul argtllliL'Il{s in f'-t\ur ot' tl 1 1.1. . , • , ' ' 1<..' :1 HI I IIIII ol }a\L'l'.'· ll·re fullnws a l>l'ld l'\:tr:td f'rom on' ot' J1is ~p ,1.11 ·~: "lniquitoll'i n.rl!llllO:-.t di~honnrnhlt' fo I Itt'\ lnttd jo.; {]t 1t fli'C"lry . t f' . hon•hH{C \\ ltil'lt I1N Ia\\ 'i Ita\ I' hillt<·rlo ~ll.pport;·d ,~ tlh .1 ..,;liJ .·?!''Ill 0 p:n·tt: I heltl'r'ohjt>l't, and h<'r citiZI'Il'4, by tl1t·ir pr,11·ti 1·c• t'nttttf<·n·u;<.<' 1 11 1:11 " '1"n1r~h .r of'.:. I 11. t nr. ·cfu tra II', o \\ It i.l ' Il I It <' pan·n t <'ottnt ry It'll I it!4 fo..,t eI rill"' .• ' tll!ll t l' ' I II 'l " I 1· 1 I' . ' .. ~ 1 t I . 'I I • ' I . . I l I ' • 1' . . ,., • I I ' I' Pill I It II t I \' t. ()I tnl' rc ... t. 111 " tt< L < '< n l" 11 '' ou 1 t,\\ < 1 1 d:tm ·d to Prw 0111 .. w . 1 1 1 • 1 1 I t. 1 ·t 1· • ·I · 1 1 I' · ':-. 1 • 111< •.ng untl ,,.,. 1 the.~'" tnct m.u o "llt: 1 111 tiiiil<lll mer(' 1atH 1:-~e rl.; conti1111 ,11 ·c •. . 1 . • • • ' • II "' :• :'\ :-. 1 :t 1 tu ·lu I a Jl .. tll'fl'lll. "ll1.l\'l' no ltopP tlt nf llt t• s!r :l lll of gf'lll'l':tl lih •rt' \\ill f 1. • ,. . fl . tbrou!!h tit" min· nf partial hontlng", or th:tt tht·\ "lt'n h·l\ 1, 1; .. ' .11'/, 1 ~'t"' \11111H,Jlut d it p\t'l' nthl'r..,, \\ill not, itt tilllt', }, 't'O lllC h,t-.1' t' ll;llt"·lt to .It•( ulltl·r· 11.1 '']~Ita <'• t •I lui I . t 't 'Ill tl l ' ..., 1 ;:... lll't I 0 \'t'l' 1 ICIII Ifthl')' rl.!.:-ts 1 WI JU w :-. lrt1g; G ol pritl<• ani clti:-;hnc: ... , not of' pl'in ·ipl\•.'' · TilE YOIUE OV l.CJC;Jr. In the T.. e~i~latnr of Virgin in in 1K!1~, ~[r. Lci:'~'h s:lid: "I .thowrht ti)l \<'I',\' l.lt<•ly tltn .t. it wa-; ld1own to c ver} hotly that, durin 11 , p .. rolntwn, and lor m tit\- YPar:-; allt·r, tit<' abolition of l 'l\ c1·,·,, •. t .. 1 1· 1, • ....,t 1 1 '~ • • • • < ' :-. l : 01'1 I' 11)•1~ "''lt!tm:ll.l,\' of our :.lllle:...t ~tatl'-..llll'n, who enl •rtained with rc•-:p,·r·t all the ::-t•h •111 , l\Ul ll WI ... I om or tng •ntuty c uultl. ug~c--t t'nr it:; uc~·ompli ·11111 ·nt." • 'J'IIR YOH'E OF . I\ J::iiiALL. Thoma ' Jfar~lt:tll ol' Fnucpti r, said, i11 tl10 ~ irginia L '~i--lntt 1 r0 u1 1 ·1() • t)...,. "Wh~rcfor<', them, uhjt'<'t. to :lnvcr.Y? l~ ~~·: tu t' it i~ rninon~ to tJ11• "Jtitt'~- r .toni-. tlllJirn\ t'lllCnt~, roots out .an in1l11 t 1 ion~ pr puhtinn, bani !Jc-1 tltl', rnltl:tnry ol thcconntr:.r cll'JH'I\CH the ~pmnrr th1! Wt':t\lr the ~mith, th· lwuit,tl< ' r the c:trpcntcr, ('f cmployrneuL and :-.npputl." ' TIJ E YOI<'E OF BnLUNU. Philip.\ . Dolling- of Bu kingl1atn, a ll lOlllbcr of lll· Lt.~cri··datur of 'ir'1il11.'1 1.11 1 :-! •~>) • • 1 · ' ~ l l •J .... , ~(tl ( . "'J'h,. .time will <'omc- an11 it m:1y h Hoon 'I' lhnn mnny an' will in~ to l>rliPV<'\\ lt 'llllll'-~. oppn• .. scfl and 11i'~rafl ·1l r:11·' cantwi I>, lteld :u; th<•y lltl\\ ar••- whrn: d:all~f' \\'Ill IJe ell'•t.:fl'd abhorrent Mr. Hpcnkcr lD \ ou, c.uHf to thl' ft•eluw-, of' CIC I',\' ,!!"OOt\lll,tll. • "' , ·:}h._' WoiiJidcll nt]d Pr "ill n•c•oil, nntl !'.t itw 1hc foot 1hnt trample: upon 1t. T1lf' . 3) h f.t._~ :lJII!l'oa.l'ittllp-, \\ ht•n tlto ~•· "Ito "Jlpos t! ,tit act ion upon Uti, sJtbjPt·l. and. IJ~ l\t•l :JJ :lldJIJif Ill dt•\ i-.ill" Ollll' fl':J ·d h't• pJUll for !'n• •ill!!' 1hl'il' I'Ottlltr\· fl'flllt :lll ' 1\n '"·<·d~cd l'tll'St', n.r · tmJlO'i ·ih!r·, · tq l'\'t'l'Y pl.1n .... tt~ge:--tLcl \\ill em · ··tl11•ir p ·r- ' I II ' .. ltd lam· 1t th ,;1' fo'l\·.'' · · T If E \ 0 !<'It: C II' < II.\ ND L E H. ~~ft·. C'ltancliL'I', of :N'orColk mcmb •r of til Virr-inia Lcgi~latnn-., i!: ] :"> o1.) l k • l w_, oo · oecn.sJou to Hny: !.n"l lt'· ~ nr1 lll.lt tP<l lJ.Y an who llfl\' (' nrldr ~R<'<l1ltis Hou..;.c, that !-Oifl\'<'l'Y i~ n r.ur·r, h'. antn,;y·pa ·in,.,. one. 'l'hat it ha IJePn dt :=~trtt tirl' to the Jh c:; of our c; itizPn..,, L",~~ry. Wtlh tlllt•rring truth, will l'I'I'Onl. 'fl.t.tt it. future inrn' fl.<..c will cr •ate t'Onl .o,toH, oaunot l.>e uunbted ,, ' |