See also, _Niles’ Register_, Aug. 27, 1831 (40: 455); Sept. 3, 1831 (41: 4); Sept. 10, 1831 (41: 19); Sept. 17, 1831 (41: 35); Jan. 7, 1832 (41: 350). Footnote 140: See p. 84 in Drewry’s book. Footnote 141: The slavery question was the subject of prolonged debate at the next session of the Virginia House of Delegates. See _Niles’ Register_, Jan. 28, 1832 (41: 393). In a speech made during the course of this debate, William H. Broadnax said: “I have certainly heard, if incorrectly, the gentleman from Southampton will put me right, that of the large cargo of emigrants lately transported from that county to Liberia, all of whom _professed_ to be _willing_ to go, were rendered so by some such severe ministrations as these I have described. A lynch club—a committee of vigilance—could easily exercise a kind of inquisitorial _surveillance_ over any neighborhood, and convert any desired number, I have no doubt, at any time, into a willingness to be removed.” See W. L. Garrison: “Thoughts on African Colonization” (1832), p. 74. This reference comes to the present writer through Mr. W. P. Garrison and Mr. Albert Matthews. Footnote 142: See _Niles’ Register_ for the year 1834. Footnote 143: _Liberator_, Oct. 18, 1834 (4: 168). The _New England Magazine_, November, 1834 (7: 409), gives some comments on the times under the heading “The March of Anarchy.” Footnote 144: _Liberator_, Sept. 27, 1834 (4: 153). Footnote 145: Conditions were apparently much like those which existed recently in Memphis, Tennessee, when a Committee of Public Safety was organized and a crusade started against gambling. See _New York Times_, July 14, 1904; July 17, 1904. Footnote 146: See _Niles’ Register_, July 25, 1835 (48: 363); Aug. 1, 1835 (48: 381). Also _Liberator_, Aug. 8,1835 (5: 126–7). Footnote 147: For a brief account of the conspiracy led by Murrell, see _Niles’ Register_, Aug. 8, 1835 (48: 403–4). A complete account may be found in the _American Whig Review_, November, 1850 (12: 494); March, 1851 (13: 213). Footnote 148: See _Liberator_, Aug. 8, 1835 (5: 126–7). Footnote 149: The “South-West,” II, p. 185–7. In Mississippi, at this time, eleven crimes were punishable by death. Footnote 150: See _Liberator_, Aug. 1, 1835 (5: 123). Footnote 151: _Boston Advertiser_, Sept. 12, p. 2. Footnote 152: Similar punishments have been inflicted upon Mormons. Joseph Smith, Jr., and Sidney Rigdon were tarred and feathered on the night of March 25, 1832.—See W. A. Linn: “The Story of the Mormons” (1902), pp. 133–137. Footnote 153: Issue of Aug. 22, 1835 (48: 439). Footnote 154: Issue of Sept. 5, 1835 (49: 1). Footnote 155: See also Harriet Martineau “Society in America” (1837), I, 120, 121, 122. Footnote 156: _Niles’ Register_, Oct. 3, 1835 (49: 65).