Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-01


Jealousies, suspicious insinuaiions, aud
designing charges. will be discountenan-Z
ced, we hope, by Congress. ~
IN. Y. Nat. Ade..T
On the Supposiiion that The two ques-
tons OF Maine aud Missouri are incor-
poraied into one bill. and tliat both must
obtain or b 9th be rejected: aud on the
further supposilion, that the members IN
the House from Name, by voting the
whole bill can secure oiir admission, but
by disagreeing with The amendment of
the Senate, the bill will be lost, and our
application defeated lin such case
what will be the duty OF the Represen-
taiives from Maine? In our, last paper
we slated that they were bound 10 make
our admission secure. We now repeat il
with The addition that we have no doubt
thai tmo thirds Of tie people Of Maine con-
cur toih as an This opinion Since our last
we have had some opportunity of learn
ing the state OF public feeling OH this sub
Ject, and we ,btiieve that we are within
limits when we say, that two thirds of The
citizens of Maine would prefer that Mis-
souri, should become member of The
union, without the restriction, rather than
tilat Name should be excluded, and had
they The opportunity we believe that they
would so instruct their representatives..
III The blll Tor our admission does not
become law before the 4ih of March. all
that we have done is lost. We 90 back
To Tie ground we started from year ago,
and the whole work Is 10 be done again
Oetoreswe attain our independence. The
vote must again be taken on the separa-
ion, another convention must be called,
ana another constitution framed and sub.
mltted 10 the people. As preliminary
10 the whole IA new law must be passed
10y Inc massachusetts, Legislature, auiilo
riZlng this 10 be done; and from what
was seen wien the last law MAS passed,
III Is by no mcans Certain that ano
ther could be obtained. Here AR. mo
ives enough 10 induce The citizens of
Maine who are The friends of indepeu
dence, 10 urge our admission into the
union with mure than common zeal. even
Al some sacritce, and these reasons in
uuce.i us 10 say, most uneQuIvocally
,ha' u Is The bounden duly of our mcm.
Ders 10 make our admission sure, and
o' course, our emancipation perfect
we dld not think that Tie remarks
WHICH we made III our last, could have
gwen offence 10 any one. They were
such as we're naturally suggested bv our
situation. Ii seems however. thai we
we're mistaken. The editor ofilhe Boston
Daity Advertiser clothes himself OH The
occasion In his silfiesi suit OF buckram.
ana taking his cemsors chair saws. thai
ne is disguised al the unprlncipled
suggestion OF Tie Eastern Argus" Lei MS
see what The suggestions is, as lie under
s'ahos u. IL is nothing more nor less
'han ms lift shall appear that Maine
cannon De admitted into The union, with.
oui AZ me same time admitting Missouri
without conditions, il will be HE duty of
Inc representatives from Name TO vote
'or He admission of Missouri Whom The
restriction. Maine asks for admission in.
10 me union without restrictions or con.
dIilons Missouri asks for admission on
precisely the same terms. Our aupriUci-
plea suggestion therefore, amounts 10 This.
'hat our representatives should do in lie
ease OF Missouri, exactly what thew are
asking Tie representatives of other states
10 10 Tor us. IL is 8rItlen in an ancient
DOCK, Which The editor of the Advertiser
iias suppose heard named more ireauent
~ man iie has seen, aud which lie sDeaks
OF more frequently than he reads. ." all
mugs whatsoever ye Wond that men Skomid
do unto yOu, do ye eUen so 10 them." The
epllheis, protligale and uuprinciplpd. are
Literally applied TO us for saving thai our
representatives. should follow rnlr. so
comprehensive i'll lis application, and SO
just III itself as 10 have acquired by uni
Versai consent the name OF goidcn. Why
should not Missouri be admitted into tie
union with The same rights and privileges
as we are Why cannot size be trusted
as well as "et And why should Massa-
cluSeiis fuse TO another state the rights
That are guaranteed 10 her? Is that state
The ouiy one III the union at is
without fault Can she say 70 all the
resi-, " Stand off, am hoIier than thou %
Is she 10 SET herself up as the guardian
OF Tie morals OF all The states ofthe union 2
Thou hyPocrite, first cast cut Tie
beam that Is IN thine own eye, then thou
shalt see clearly 10 cast out The mote that
is i'll thy brOlhcT's eye"
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