“The time will come—and it may be sooner than many are willing to believe—when this oppressed and degraded race cannot be held as they now are—when a change will be effected, abhorrent, Mr. Speaker, to you, and to the feelings of every good man.
The wounded adder will recoil, and sting the foot that tramples upon it. The day is fast approaching, when those who oppose all action upon this subject, and, 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 their folly.”
THE VOICE OF CHANDLER.
Mr. Chandler, of Norfolk, member of the Virginia Legislature, in 1832, took occasion to say:—
“It is admitted, by all who have addressed this House, that slavery is a curse, and an increasing one. That it has been destructive to the lives of our citizens, history, with unerring truth, will record. That its future increase will create commotion, cannot be doubted.”
THE VOICE OF SUMMERS.
Mr. Summers, of Kanawha, member of the Legislature of Virginia, in 1832, said:—
“The evils of this system cannot be enumerated. It were unnecessary to attempt it. They glare upon us at every step. When the owner looks to his wasted estate, he knows and feels them.”
THE VOICE OF PRESTON.
In the Legislature of Virginia, in 1832, Mr. Preston said:—