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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus.by American Anti-Slavery Society.VOL. I. AUGUST, 1836
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus.by American Anti-Slavery Society.VOL. I. AUGUST, 1836. NO. 1.TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES; OR, TO SUCH AMERICANS AS VALUE THEIR RIGHTS, AND DARE TO MAINTAIN THEM.FELLOW COUNTRYMEN!A crisis has arrived, in which rig
- 101 Wesleyan Chapel, Antigua." " New, "." Missionary Society.Wesleyans in Antigua." in Barbadoes." in Jamaica.Whip banished.Whipping Post.White lady.Wilberforce, opinion of.Wickham, Richard S.Willis, George, Esq.Willoughby Bay Examination.Wolmer Free Sc
- 102 These facts come down upon the question of the safety of an _immediate_ emanc.i.p.ation with an _a fortiori_, a _much more then_. For it is admitted on all hands that the apprentices.h.i.+p had "alienated the affections of the people;" they were in a st
- 103 Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the a.s.sembly,_ In this posture of affairs, it is my duty to declare my sentiments, and distinctly to _recommend to you the early and equal abolition of the apprentices.h.i.+p for all cla.s.ses._ I do so in confidence that th
- 104 From the Cornwall Chronicle of Aug. 4.Nothing could give a fairer and fuller confidence in the character of the negroes than their conduct on so joyous and trying an occasion, as what they have exhibited during the brief period of their political regenera
- 105 Say Messrs. Thome and Kimball--"_By a general understanding among the planters_, the rate is at present fixed at a _s.h.i.+lling_ per day, or a little more than fifty cents per week, counting five working days." This Antigua scale, and not the one they
- 106 Savannah-la-Mar, Sept. 8, 1838.MY DEAR SIR,--You are probably aware that the following question has been submitted by the Governor to the Attorney-General for his opinion: (copy.) (No. 844.) King' House, Aug. 27, 1838.SIR,--I am desired by the Governor t
- 107 1838: August 29.To house and ground, rent at 5s. per week, from 1st August to date 4_l._ 0 0 [A]Alliac Davis, ground rent at 10d. per week 3 0 [A]William Davis; ditto ditto 0 3 4 ------------- 4_l._ 6 4 ------------- Thos. Tats, Esq. is Attorney, and Mr.
- 108 Sir LIONEL--Who is the magistrate!Dr. RAPKY--Mr. Fishbourne.Sir LIONEL--I am afraid I cannot please you. The question of possession of lands and houses has for the present been settled by the opinion of the Attorney-General, but it is still an undetermine
- 109 Grand Total 3490 Total compromised, admonished and dismissed from 1st to 31st August 105 Ditto from the 1st to 30th September 113 Ditto from 1st to 15th October 38 Total 256 Deficiency in compromised cases in 1837 comparatively with those of 1838 158 Gran
- 110 TRINIDAD,--The Standard says: "The state of the cultivation at present is said to be as far advanced as could have been antic.i.p.ated under the new circ.u.mstances in which the Island stands. The weather throughout the month has been more than usually f
- 111 [Footnote A: Notes on Virginia]"YE HAVE DESPISED THE POOR."It is no man of straw, with whom in making out such proof we are called to contend. Would to G.o.d we had no other antagonist! Would to G.o.d that our labor of love could be regarded as a work o
- 112 Luminaries themselves, it is their office to enlighten. To their authority, in every department of thought, the sane mind bows promptly, gratefully, fully. And by their authority, he explains, proves, and disposes of whatever engages his attention and eng
- 113 "SO THAT YE ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE."Among the lessons of instruction which our Savior imparted, having a general bearing on the subject of slavery, that in which he sets up the _true standard of greatness_, deserves particular attention. In repressing the a
- 114 1. That we have here a _test of universal application._ The rect.i.tude and benevolence of our Savior's character forbid us to suppose that he would subject this inquirer, especially as he was highly amiable, to a trial, where eternal life was at stake,
- 115 [Footnote B: "Why should I care?"]Who ever heard of the voluntary return of a fugitive from American oppression? Do you think that the doctor and his friends could persuade one to carry a letter to the patriarch from whom he had escaped? And must we bel
- 116 The Princeton professor himself, in the very paper which the South has so warmly welcomed and so loudly applauded as a scriptural defense of "the peculiar inst.i.tution," maintains, that the "GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL _have_ DESTROYED SLAVERY _t
- 117 2. Is the slaveholding, which, according to the Princeton professor, Christianity justifies, the same as that which the abolitionists so earnestly wish to see abolished? Let us see._Christianity in supporting _The American system for Slavery, according to
- 118 REMARKS IN EXPLANATION.ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE, _New York, May 24, 1838_.In January, a tract ent.i.tled "WHY WORK FOR THE SLAVE?" was issued from this office by the agent for the _Cent-a-week Societies_. A copy of it was transmitted to the Hon. John C. Calh
- 119 ANSWER.--Strenuous efforts have been made, and they are still being made, by those who have the direction of most of the literary and theological inst.i.tutions in the free states, to bar out our principles and doctrines, and prevent the formation of soci
- 120 Our publications cannot be cla.s.sed according to any particular style or quality of composition. They may characterized generally, as well suited to affect the public mind--to rouse into healthful activity the conscience of this nation, stupified, torpid
- 121 [Footnote A: It may be replied, The colored people were held as _property_ by the laws of Louisiana previously to the cession, and that Congress had no right to divest the newly acquired citizens of their property. This statement is evasive. It does not i
- 122 [Footnote A: Senator Preston's Railroad Speech, delivered at Colombia, S.C., in 1836.]Thus much for the menace, that the "UNION WILL BE DISSOLVED" unless the discussion of the slavery question be stopped.But you may reply, "Do you think the South is n
- 123 SIR,--I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st instant, in which you again refer to the publication of the Correspondence between us, in relation to the measures and designs of the abolitionists. I would have certainly answered yours of
- 124 3. Congress has no power to abridge the right of pet.i.tion. The right of the people of the non-slaveholding states to pet.i.tion Congress for the abolition of slavery and the slave-trade in the District of Columbia, and the traffic of human beings among
- 125 Resolved, That, although we are fully aware of the consequences which must follow the accomplishment of such a project, could it be accomplished--aware that it would lead speedily to the conquest and annexation of Mexico itself, and its fourteen remaining
- 126 APPENDIX H.[On the 1st of December, one of the secretaries of the American Anti-Slavery Society addressed a note to each of the Governors of the slave states, in which he informed them, in courteous and respectful terms, that he had directed the Publis.h.
- 127 NO. 9.THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER.LETTER OF GERRIT SMITH, TO HON. HENRY CLAY.NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, NO. 143 Na.s.sAU STREET.----- 1839.This No. contains 3-1/2 sheets.--Postage, under 100 miles, 6 cts. over 100, 10 cts._Ple
- 128 It is common to regard the nation as const.i.tuting one of the parties--Virginia and Maryland another, and the only other. But in point of fact, there is a third party. Of what does it consist? Of horses, oxen, and other brutes? Then we need not be greatl
- 129 A Report of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, made five years ago, says: "Who could credit it, that in these years of revival and benevolent effort--that, in this Christian Republic, there are over two millions of human beings in the condition of
- 130 The last of your charges against the abolitionists, which I shall examine, is the following: _Having begun "their operations by professing to employ only persuasive means," they "have ceased to employ the instruments of reason and persuasion," and "t
- 131 This periodical contains 7 sheets--postage, under 100 miles, 10-1/2 cts; over 100 miles, 17-1/2 cents.ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT TO THE READER. A majority of the facts and testimony contained in this work rests upon the authority of slaveholders, whose names and r
- 132 TESTIMONY OF JOS. IDE. Mrs. T.a Presbyterian kind woman-killer; Female slave whipped to death; Food; Nakedness of slaves; Old man flogged after praying for his tyrant; Slave-huts not as comfortable as pig-sties.TESTIMONY OF REV. PHINEAS SMITH.Texas; Suit
- 133 PERSONAL NARRATIVES.MR. NEHEMIAH CAULKINS, of Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, has furnished the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with the following statements relative to the condition and treatment of slaves, in the south
- 134 I will relate one circ.u.mstance, which shows the little regard that is paid to the feelings of the slave. During the time that Mr. Isaiah Rogers was superintending the building of a rice machine, one of the slaves complained of a severe toothache. Swan a
- 135 Yours of Feb. 2d, requesting me to write out a few facts on the subject of slavery, as it exists at the south, has come to hand. I hasten to comply with your request. Were it not, however, for the claims of those "who are drawn unto death," and the resp
- 136 A beloved friend in South Carolina, the wife of a slaveholder, with whom I often mingled my tears, when helpless and hopeless we deplored together the horrors of slavery, related to me some years since the following circ.u.mstance.On the plantation adjoin
- 137 Rev. John Rankin, of Ripley, Ohio, a native of Tennessee, and for same years a preacher in slave states."Thousands of the slaves are pressed with the gnawings of cruel hunger during their whole lives."Report of the Gradual Emanc.i.p.ation Society, of No
- 138 W.C. Gildersleeve, Esq., a native of Georgia, and Elder in the Presbyterian Church, Wilksbarre, Penn."The weekly allowance to grown slaves on this plantation, where I was best acquainted, was _one peck of corn_."Wm. Ladd, of Minot, Maine, formerly a sla
- 139 Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins, Waterford, Conn., who spent eleven winters in North Carolina."The _breakfast_ of the slaves was generally about _ten or eleven_ o'clock."Rev. Phineas Smith, Centreville, N.Y., who has lived at the south some years."The slaves ha
- 140 Notwithstanding the preceding daily ration in the Buxton Prison is about double the usual daily allowance of our slaves, yet the visiting physicians decided, that for those prisoners who were required to work the tread-mill, it was _entirely sufficient_.
- 141 "_From dawn till dark_, the slaves are required to bend to their work."Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins, Waterford, Conn., a resident in North Carolina eleven winters."The slaves are obliged to work _from daylight till dark_, as long as they can see."Mr. Eleazar
- 142 "Beside the common inducement, the desire of gain, to make a large crop, the desire is increased by that spirit of gambling, so common at the south. It is very common to _bet_ on the issue of a crop. A.lays a wager that, from a given number of hands, he
- 143 Mr. Lemuel Sapington, of Lancaster, Pa., a native of Maryland, and formerly a slaveholder."Their clothing is often made by themselves after night, though sometimes a.s.sisted by the old women, who are no longer able to do out-door work; consequently it i
- 144 "The dwellings of the slaves were palmetto huts, built by themselves of stakes and poles, thatched with the palmetto leaf. The door, when they had any, was generally of the same materials, sometimes boards found on the beach. They had _no floors_, no sep
- 145 them themselves, and their mode of practice in almost all cases is to bleed and give salts. When women are confined they have no physician, but are committed to the care of slave midwives. Slaves complain very little when sick, when they die they are freq
- 146 Then a large log chain was fastened around one ankle, pa.s.sed up his back, over his shoulders, then across his breast, and fastened under his arm. In this condition he was forced to perform his daily task.Add to this he was chained each night, and compel
- 147 I think it important to premise, that I have seen almost nothing of slavery on _plantations_. My testimony will have respect exclusively to the treatment of "_house-servants_," and chiefly those belonging to the first families in the city of Charleston,
- 148 In a letter written by him in Georgia, and addressed to the slaveholders of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia, in 1739.--See Benezet's "Caution to Great Britain and her Colonies.""As I lately pa.s.sed through your provinces on m
- 149 These b.l.o.o.d.y scenes are _constantly exhibiting in every slave holding country--thousands of whips are every day stained in African blood_!Even the poor _females_ are not permitted to escape these shocking cruelties."--_Rankin's Letters._ These lett
- 150 MR. ASA A. STONE, a theological student, who lived near Natchez, (Mi.,) in 1834 and 5, sent the following with other testimony, to be published under his own name, in the N.Y. Evangelist, while he was still residing there."Floggings for all offences, inc
- 151 W.H. Bra.s.seale, sheriff; Blount county, Ala., in the "Huntsville Democrat," June 9, 1838."Committed to jail, a negro slave named James--_much scarred_ with a whip on his back."Mr. Robert Beasley, Macon, Ga., in the "Georgia Messenger," July 27, 18
- 152 "I have seen them cruelly whipped. I will relate one instance. One Sabbath morning, before I got out of my bed, I heard an outcry, and got up and went to the window, when I saw some six or eight boys, from eight to twelve years of age, near a rack (made
- 153 EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GERRIT SMITH, Esq., of Peterboro'. N.Y.Peterboro', December 1, 1838._To the Editor of the Union Herald_: "My dear Sir:--You will be happy to hear, that the two fugitive slaves, to whom in the brotherly love of your heart, you g
- 154 "On the night of the great meteoric shower, in Nov. 1833. I was at Remley's tavern, 12 miles west of Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., Virginia.A drove of 50 or 60 negroes stopped at the same place that night.They usually 'camp out,' but as it was excessivel
- 155 Mr. Hazlet Loflano, in the "Spectator," Staunton, Virginia, Sept. 27, 1838."Ranaway, a negro named David--with some _iron hobbles around each ankle."_ Mr. T. Enggy, New Orleans, Gallatin street, between Hospital and Barracks, N.O. "Bee," Oct. 27, 18
- 156 "Ranaway, a negro boy named James--said boy was _ironed_ when he left me."Mr. William L. Lambeth, Lynchburg, Virginia, in the "Moulton [Ala.]Whig," January 30, 1836."Ranaway, Jim--had on when he escaped a pair of _chain handcuffs."_ Mr. D.F. Guex, S
- 157 The Western Luminary, a religious paper published at Lexington, Kentucky, in an editorial article, in the summer of 1833, says: "A few weeks since we gave an account of a company of men, women and children, part of whom were manacled, pa.s.sing through o
- 158 Mr. J. Bishop, Bishopville, Sumpter District, South Carolina, in the "Camden [S.C.] Journal," March 4, 1837."Ranaway a negro named Arthur, has a considerable _scar_ across his _breast and each arm_, made by a knife; loves to talk much of the goodness o
- 159 Mr. W. Riley, Orangeburg District, South Carolina, in the "Columbia [S.C.] Telescope," Nov. 11, 1837."Ranaway a negro man, has a _scar_ on the ankle produced by a _burn_, and a _mark on his arm_ resembling the letter S."Mr. Samuel Mason, Warren Co, Mi
- 160 Mr. R.A. Greene, Milledgeville, Georgia, in the "Macon Messenger" July 27, 1837."Two hundred and fifty dollars reward, for my negro man Jim--he is much marked with _shot_ in his right thigh,--the shot entered on the outside, half way between the hip an
- 161 "Ranaway, a negro named David Drier--has _two toes cut_."Mr. William Brown, in the "Grand Gulf Advertiser," August 29, 1838."Ranaway, Edmund--has a _scar_ on his right temple, and under his right eye, and _holes in both ears_."Mr. James McDonnell, T
- 162 Mr. James Marks, near Natchitoches, La. in the "Natchitoches Herald,"July 21, 1838."Stolen, a negro man named Winter--has a _notch_ cut out of the left ear, and the mark of _four or five buck shot_ on his legs."Mr. James Barr, Amelia Court House, Virg
- 163 Mr. Marshall Jett, Farrowsville, Fauquier Co. Virginia, in the "National Intelligencer," May 30, 1837."Ranaway, negro man Ephraim, has a _mark_ over one of his eyes, occasioned by a _blow_."S.B. Turton, jailer Adams Co. Miss. in the "Natches Courier,
- 164 Benjamin Russel, Deputy sheriff Bibb Co. Ga. "Macon (Ga.) Telegraph," Dec. 25, 1837. "Brought to jail John, 23 years old, _one fore tooth out_." F. Wisner, Master of the Work House, "Charleston (S.C.) Courier." Oct. 17, 1837. "Committed to the Char
- 165 "50 DOLLARS REWARD, for Adolphe, 28 years old, _two of his front teeth_ are missing."Were it necessary, we might easily add to the preceding list, _hundreds_. The reader will remark that all the slaves, whose ages are given, are _young_--not one
- 166 Mr. HENRY P. THOMPSON, a native and still a resident of Nicholasville, Kentucky, made the following statement at a public meeting in Lane Seminary, Ohio, in 1833. He was at that time a slaveholder."_Cruelties_, said he, _are so common_, I hardly know
- 167 The two following facts are stated upon the authority of the REV.JOSEPH G. WILSON, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Salem, Was.h.i.+ngton co., Indiana."In Bath co., Kentucky, Mr. L., in the year '32 or '33, while intoxicated, in a fit o
- 168 Lewis, where have you been, and what were you doing?' She had heard a strange _pounding_ and dreadful _screams_, and had smelled something like fresh meat _burning_. The answer he returned was, that he had never enjoyed himself at a ball so well as h
- 169 TESTIMONY OF REUBEN G. MACY AND RICHARD MACY.The following is an extract of a letter recently received from CHARLES MARRIOTT of Hudson, New York. Mr. Marriott is an elder in the Religious Society of Friends, and is extensively known and respected."Th
- 170 As she did not immediately return, search was made, and she was found dead in the cellar, and the horrid deed was kept a secret in the family, and it was reported that she died of sickness. This wretch at the same time was a member of a Presbyterian churc
- 171 "Mr. W. kept, what he called a 'boy,' i.e. a _man_, to go to mill. It was his custom not to give his slaves anything to eat while he was gone to mill--let him have been gone longer or shorter--for this reason, if he was lazy, and delayed, t
- 172 2. Were there nothing else to prove it a system of monstrous cruelty, the fact that FEAR is the only motive with which the slave is plied during his whole existence, would be sufficient to brand it with execration as the grand tormentor of man. The slave&
- 173 "No food or lodging shall be allowed to a Quaker. If any person turns Quaker, he shall be banished, and not be suffered to return on pain of death."These objectors can readily believe the fact, that in the city of New York, less than a hundred y
- 174 "For such are the effects of subjecting man to slavery, that it _destroys every humane principle_, vitiates the mind, instills ideas of unlawful cruelties, and eventually subverts the springs of government."--_Buchanan's Oration_, p. 12.Pre
- 175 The following facts from the pen of CHARLES STUART, happily ill.u.s.trate the same principle: "A young lady, the daughter of a Jamaica planter, was sent at an early age to school to England, and after completing her education, returned to her native
- 176 "It may be that this will be considered censorious, and the proverbial generosity and hospitality of the south will be appealed to as a full confutation of it. The writer thinks he can appreciate southern kindness and hospitality. Having been born in
- 177 They have commonly great sway over the other slaves, their example is contagious, and their influence subversive of 'plantation discipline.'Consequently they must be made a warning to others. It is for the _interest_ of the masters (at least the
- 178 From the "Richmond (Va.) Enquirer," April 10, 1838."LABORERS WANTED.--The James River, and Kenawha Company, are in immediate want of SEVERAL HUNDRED good laborers. Gentlemen wis.h.i.+ng to send negroes from the country, are a.s.sured that t
- 179 _Their wages depend princ.i.p.ally upon the amount of labor which they can exact from the slave_. The term "good overseer," signifies one who can make the greatest amount of the staple, cotton for instance, from a given number of hands, besides
- 180 "Immediately after these men were released, two others were arrested.They attempted to escape, and being pursued, ran for the river, in the vain hope of being able to swim across the Mississippi, a distance of a mile, with a current of four knots. On
- 181 The reason a.s.signed by the legislature for enacting a law which punished the wilful murder of a human being by a _fine_, was that 'CRUELTY _is_ HIGHLY UNBECOMING,' and 'ODIOUS.' It was doubtless the same reason that induced the legis
- 182 "TEN DOLLARS REWARD will be given for my negro woman Liby. The said Liby is about 30 years old and VERY MUCH SCARRED ABOUT THE NECK AND EARS, occasioned by whipping, had on a handkerchief tied round her ears, as she COMMONLY wears it to HIDE THE SCAR
- 183 The following advertis.e.m.e.nts, testimony, &c. will show that the slaveholders of _to-day_ are the _children_ of those who shot, and hunted with bloodhounds, and burned over slow fires, the slaves of half a century ago; the worthy inheritors of their ci
- 184 The Missouri Republican, April 30, 1838, gives the particulars of the deliberate murder of a negro man named Tom, a cook on board the steamboat p.a.w.nee, on her pa.s.sage up from New Orleans to St. Louis.Some of the facts stated by the Republican are the
- 185 The following extract from the Diary of the Rev. ELIAS CORNELIUS, we insert here, having neglected to do it under a preceding head, to which it more appropriately belongs."New Orleans, Sabbath, February 15, 1818. Early this morning accompanied A.H. E
- 186 "RANAWAY, from the subscriber a negro man known as Frank Pilot. He is five feet eight inches high, dark complexion, and about 50 years old, _HAS BEEN FREE SINCE_ 1829--is now my property, as heir at law of his last owner, _Samuel Ralston_, dec. I wil
- 187 From the "Richmond (Va.) Whig," July 25, 1837."Absconded from the subscriber, a negro man, by the name of Wilson. He was born in the county of New Kent, and raised by a gentleman named Ratliffe, and by him sold to a gentleman named Taylor,
- 188 From the "Charleston (S.C.) Courier," Jan. 12, 1838."$100 Reward.--Run away from the subscriber, his negro fellow, John.He is well known about the city as one of my bread carriers: _has a wife_ living at Mrs. Weston's, on Hempstead. Jo
- 189 In the "Winchester Virginian," August 8, 1837, Mr. R.H. MENIFEE, offers ten dollars reward to any one who will catch and lodge in jail, Abram and Nelly, _about_ 60 _years old_, so that he can get them again.J. SNOWDEN, Jailor, Columbia, S.C. giv
- 190 From the "Natchez (Miss.) Daily Free Trader," Feb. 12, 1838."_Found_.--A NEGRO'S HEAD WAS PICKED UP ON THE RAIL-ROAD YESTERDAY, WHICH THE OWNER CAN HAVE BY CALLING AT THIS OFFICE AND PAYING FOR THE ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT."The way in wh
- 191 "Ranaway, a negro woman named Rachel--_has lost all her toes except the large one_."From the "Huntsville (Ala.) Democrat," June 16, 1838: "TEN DOLLARS REWARD.--Ranaway from the subscriber, a negro woman named Sally, about 21 years
- 192 "We have been among the slaves at the south. We took pains to make discoveries in respect to the evils of slavery. We formed our sentiments on the subject of the cruelties exercised towards the slaves from having witnessed them. We now affirm that we
- 193 "In the kitchen of the minister of the church, a slave man was living in open adultery with a slave woman, who was a member of the church, with an 'a.s.sured hope' of heaven--whilst the man's wife was on the minister's farm in Fay
- 194 Rev. Dr. GRAHAM, of Fayetteville, N.C. at a Colonization Meeting, held in that place in the fall of 1837 said: "He had resided for 15 years in one of the largest slaveholding counties in the state, had long and anxiously considered the subject, and s
- 195 "8th. The wrist of the left arm of each party shall be tied tight to his left thigh, and a strong cord shall be fastened around his left arm at the elbow, and then around his body. Rejected."9th. After the word is given, each party shall be allo
- 196 While Wilson's trial was in progress, Mr. Gabriel Sibley was stabbed to the heart at a public dinner, in St. Francis co., Arkansas, by James W. Grant. (_Arkansas Gazette, May 30, 1838._) Hardly a week before this, the following occurred: "On the
- 197 "Large numbers of them paraded our streets, grossly insulted our females, and were otherwise extremely riotous in their conduct. One of the squads, forty or fifty in number, on reaching the bridge, where there was a small guard of three or four men s
- 198 The "Manchester (Miss.) Gazette," August 11, 1838, says: "It appears that Mr. Asa Hazeltine, who kept a public or boarding house in Jackson, during the past winter, and Mr. Benjamin Tanner, came here about five or six weeks since, with the
- 199 From the "Huntsville Democrat," Dec. 8, 1838."The Aberdeen (Miss.) Advocate, of Sat.u.r.day last, states that on the morning of the day previous, (the 9th) a dispute arose between Mr.Robert Smith and Mr. Alexander Eanes, both of Aberdeen, w
- 200 "We think then that in the circ.u.mstances in which we are placed, the Legislature ought to sanction such measures as the situation of the country render necessary, by giving to justice a _convenient lat.i.tude_. There are occasions when the delays i