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MEMORIAL,
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to be held an Richmond, an October, 1929.


Seeing that the people of this common
wealth have deemed it necessary to reform
our existing Constitution Of Government,
to supply its defects, and to remove a mum
Der of evils which were thought to press
heavily upon the community We, the
subscribers, inhabitants Of Agusta county.
cannct but congratulate ourselves and the
public on the selection of so many of our
highly distinguished citizens for the per-
torrance of these solemn and interesting
duties. Distinguished as you have been
Tor gravity, prudence, and wisdom, we
cheeriully accord to YOU our confidence.
IN the important and arduous station to
which you are called and trust that you
Will employ your wisdom and prudence
IN that way which will rebound most to
our common welfare


There have been many topics of reform
anticipated and discussed among the peo-
pie. We do not mean to medde with any
Of them, or to express any opinion on their
merits. Our purpose is, respectfully to
call your attention to another subject
which we regard as of paramount lmnosss!
tanoe urrd~- respecting whlt h, it nothing
be done, we approhend that your other la
bors must prove comparatively nugatory.
We ask your attention to the existing sla-
very of the negroes in our State, and to
some constitutional provision for a system
of emancipa1 ion.


1t is objected indeed, that our PROPOSE
ton will give alarm to our eastern breth-
rem, who are STAKEHOLDER on large scale
than we Of the west and that they are
even already alarmed at the anticipated
power of the west to impose unlimited tax
es on this species of property To this
latter objection we answer, that we are
willing to see you provide any requisite
guaranty against an undue exercise of
such power that thus the fears of our
eastern brethren may be quieted We
wish for nothing that is unfair To the |
former objection we say that, in po!tio-
al view, we esteem slavery an evil great
er than the aggregate of all the otfer evils
which beset US; and that we are perfect
ly willing to bear our proportion OF the
burthen of removing it. We ask further.
what is the evil of any such alarm as ou
proposition may possibly excite, In minds
unnecessarily jealous, compared with that
of the fatal catastrophe which ultimately
awaits our country, and the genefal de-
pravation of manners which slavery has
already produced, and is producing /
These we think sufficient answers to the
objections mentioned above.
In laying this subject before you, we
are not insensible to its magnitude or It's
difficulties. We are aware too, of the
deep-rooted prejudices which encounter, t
growing out of old habits and present real