Speech of James M´dowell, Jr. (Of Rockbridge) In the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the Slave Question
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Excerpt from Speech of James M´dowell, Jr. (Of Rockbridge) In the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the Slave Question: Delivered Saturday, January 21, 1832 Mr. Speaker: There are many circumstances connected with the protraction of the present debate, which make it, personally, undesirable for me to enter upon it now. The various bearings of which it is susceptible have been explored; the principles on which the decision of it should finally rest, have been stated and examined; the stores of argument and of fancy have alike been drawn upon to sustain and relieve it - the whole ground repeatedly, ably and successfully preoccupied. In this situation, silence, especially by one whose habits commend it to his observance, and whose legislative duties have entirely detached him from the immediate subject of debate, (a debate, too, unexpectedly introduced,) can only be broken with positive disadvantage. And, sir, I would not break it now; I would not open the lips which discretion should seal, were it not that the question which we are discussing, and the disscussion itself, have brought a crisis on the country; have brought up a measure for decision here, of such eventful influence over the social structure and condition of the State, as to demand, imperatively demand of every member that, guided only by his judgement and his conscience, he should stand forth, firmly and deliberately, and take his position upon it. In doing this, I desire that my reasons may accompany my act. Sir, if there ever was a subject thrown before the public councils of any people, which involved a crisis in their affairs, that subject is before us now, view it in what aspect you can and decide it as you may. It is one whose consequences go more to the peace and power of this Commonwealth; to that of the whole slave-holding portion of our Union - possibly to that of the Union itself - one which will awaken throughout the Continent of America a deeper response of sympathetic feeling, and will comprehend in its final results, a wider range of operation upon intellectual and moral and christian man, than any to which the Legislature of Virginia has ever been directed. Cast your eye for a single instant over that volume of consequences to our own and to the millions of another race, whose destinies are complicated with ours in this measure - cast your eye to these as they lie folded up in the proposition on your table - and you will at once perceive that it is not in the power of rhetorical extravagance to give to that proposition any factitious weight; that it is not more than competent for language itself, enervated as its strong terms have become by familiar use, adequately to impress a suitable conception of its character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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