Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-13

| stnnld he peopied by freemen only, the
slave holding states, would be sa!erirom
| domestic insurrection.
| UUder the preience of humanity, any
thing nay he said : amy insult may lie
offered. The slave holding states are
gravely admoushed that their opposition
| 10 The project now IN agitation, proves
! ihcm isnurau, 81 what wIil contribute 10
their immediate preser,aiirn.
| Does MIR. Kin. really Leiieve tina, If all
! the states in The Union, tolerated sla> cry
| II all the states IN the Union, had the
same feeling aud the same interest, IN
the proper and ,fioctual management OF
! slaves, there would be more danger OF
! resurrection than there IL uow2 IL this
! he really his opiuiun, he may correct H..
la y moment. Let him inquire, aud I've
viii find il 10 be indi~putahiy trur, that
| siaN es OF, The frontiers at u nOn-siave.
| loi' Ing state, a,e much mere restless and
| u'u a;iagcable than they ave IN he central
parts oil The stat. Ia ~bIch they b, long.
II thai br not sufficient evidence, let him
| took back To The period. when The great
! majority ol the stale. perhaps all ot lilen,
HAD slaves. II all TINS be moi enough,
let lIm know and resi- assured OF the fact,
that the people OF the siavc IDOL my states,
oI disturbance among rhcir slaves, II they
we're irii, As they ought 10 be LET. eu,Iie
~ io their masirrs and themselves. The
causes of disturbance are from wllhnni y
g II slavery. saws Mr. King, be admit
led III Missouri, the safely OF the Union
may be endangered !
4. II slavery be eXcinied from Mis
souri,, &c. :" an exposed and Important
frontier, will present Il 6d'rier, which
VIII check and keep back foreign as
sallanIs, who moy BE as 6T0oe, and as ",
6 hope .2iH be- as free as ourselves
exposed frontier prr,cnls abarri'ri!
have done with MIR Kings remarks
What else he may have SAID must pass
nuuoiiced: al least for the present: pro-
badly to,ever.
Perhaps ought not 20 have entered
into this discussiop. Ii have proved,
thai a condition interviewing -ldvery can
moi be consiiIulionally imposed ON Mis-
soul: it 1 have proved, THAT no terrific
rial regulation containing such nierdlct,
can be adopted by Congress: and II |
have prove'!, Ina; ilIe exercise at these
powers, snpr0sIng them Ia exist, would
be repugnani Ia treaty, 10 The aHple
iulii 'meni oI which the faith aud honour
OF The u. States are solentnlN pledged:
II have proved all or ANY OF ihrSr pnIuis,
the present discussion on fse subject o
experience is entirety supertluous. la an
ordinary case, should have decided that
II was sup. ,ilous. With almost any other
antagonist, | shouid have thought So
Bal the magnitude OF the project, aud
the high character of Its advocate, have
led n,c on, ami induced ne, 10 proceed
thus Tar | trust, have not followed
him ia vain. trusi have sheNu thai ms
exp sili0n of the constitution, and %! Tie
treaty is radically wrong, that his state
turuts are often incorrect, his reasoning
sou, times inconsistent, and almost al
Nays erroneous. In The performance OF
this task, | may have displayed Il conn
,ence, which little becomes an obscure
and namtlrss writer; bat conf Iencc
INSPIRED by ~ years experience III con
siIIuiiOndl discussions, aud by all aDs0-
lutte and unqualified convection OF the
truth, cannot be always repTesSed. | may
have iudulged something like aspeuiy,
from whirh MIR. Kings age, his talents,
The high stations that he has filled, aud
above all hts polished mahnrrs ami ANITA
hIe temper ought TO have afforded him
protection. II | have done this wrong,
| regret 1t, and The feeling which led In II i,
is already gone. ! wish MIR. KING all pos
sible happiness an pirate tyc. BuI
must say because | conScieuiiously be-
lieve, thai principles more erroneous,
doctrines more pernicious, more deddly,
have never been published III these u.
States, with or without the na,ne of the
writer. AN A AMERICAN.
Memo-For the facts in The iorego-
ing number. relating To the proceedings
Of the old Congress, see the | Vol. OF
l,.a nf l.,I e al
published by virtue of tAe act oil Con-
gress oi The IS April, 1914.
= | was not mistaken in my estimate of the
Importance that wOald be attached 10 Nj
Kings arguments and opinions. The commit
tee of BuSlOu. have done very little more than
r peat what H. has urged aud IL appears from
the paper OF tins day, that the argument nov
under consideration has teen adapted by the
author of a very recent pamphlet III PhIiddel
phia with Slight Improvement simply indi-
eating that the Notwithstanding states con.
Stitute" the sole check which gives security {,
tine people Ot the Slave-hOlding states apO
rivrts the letters of The blacks" QuOusqu,
tandem abuleTe pailentia nostrd ? How Otter
aud how loBg are we TO be iuSulted with argu-
meniS like this {
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE ENQUIRER.
SIR-SeveTdl YiiiPTe III NOuT paper ~ TIN
Missouri question have commented on tia
| clause ~ the constitution which declares. Ina
the migtatiOn or Importation OF >uch PERSON
| as the states should thI.k proper TO adm
| should not be prohibited by Congress ptinr Il
the wear 1905. Those writer's haVe shewn tina
thi. clause is not To he considered grant q
| powt 10 Congress, but "A restriction of certait
pOwrlS prPvI0usiS enumerated, to wit: 10 re
gulaiP commerce ard establish 4 uniform ruiz
| OF NATURALIZATION. they have also proved tia
| the word mig alton &c ~ ierHiHi applies ana
T. free persons aud not To slaves / bea le v,
| 10 add that the word migration. AS well as In
| word Importation imports a removal from
| foreign country and. that The migration anC
| importation spoken OF ~ the constitution is