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SEVERITY OF LAWS RELATING TO CoLoRED
PEorLE.-A distinguished gentleman is publish
ing in the Richmond Wing series of able pa
psrs on some peculiarities Of the law and legal
practice OF Virginia. The Editor Of the Wing,
after commencing the articles to favorable notice,
says-"We wish that this elegant writer and
able jurist could be persuaded to come to the aid
of cur distinguished citizens, who arc engaged in
the task of exhibiting the Draconic and sanguine-
ry severity OF our penal code toward free negroes;
to show to his countrymen how unworthy it Is
of our generosity, our civilization, and our Chris
tianity, to double or triple or quadrupe the pan
ishment upon that generally worthless bat yet
unhappy Glass; and above all, 10 lash the scandal
GUS meanness which rarely fails to exact the lit
eral pound of flesh from those poor wretches,
while it suffers the educated white man TO escape
scot free from the consequences of his offences
This would be task worthy of The pen, the MIND
and the benevolence OF the gentleman from
Louisa"