Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-25

MR.. cusHMAN.
The follow ing is the singular let,r from this ettrn,n
10 is psrtieulir friends Maine. IL will strip oil
,n " pant g, r NE pan Of sanllgn directed asss,
opponents mm what ~ ,ou see Faenl. personal
Land, Maii) chaI tins gentleman hnstlf WITH PERSONAL
ambition win wish IiOln from the Senate
ct the L. S and vault into lis saddle ihr Arrusasssr,s
ti"t Name will second lis Nisws. crre-evho his
whuop agai,si thi brethren Of the SOu,h-Ar. q. ny
b. rtr,,etaii,,-a minister Of the gospel, wihou, a
TASTE
WARRINGTON puc p 1920.
DEAR SIR Win TIE business before Con
cttSs the public piiuts from time I" time &C
quaint You. Missouri YOU Lave seen hy a
vote OF our House, has bPeu refused aGiaiS-
sion into tIIS Union. la this ,oir, all New
Enciaud, including Vermont and Maine ere
un"nlmon>, With a solitary exception. ~ THIS
unauimiiy some o! our republican i,entls
JUDI ing irSm the mornings OF certain Eastern
papers, aud siiaws indicate the current OF ala,
seem To he alarmed. But why so scnSifirc
W nat mote IS 10 be appreheDded tiUm the
union OF the one grand division OF our coma
tiy, tina" the other: In the south yon behoI
eleven states, all contiguous some Eruud aud
dspiiIng, ali united To ii man. la ,h,s unani.
mlty there seems 10 be perceived 40 danger
poihiag inauspiciUus 10 liberty; nothing for
nhdabie 10 ilie integrity OF the Union: nothing
tO,distuTh tquaninnty, or eAcii. an unptpasari
scusatiOh III the patriot bosom. Bnt ina H.
nanimity Ill The other division though far less
peiiec', they seem TO spy out some thing like
tieason-sCine dark design some neiaI ions
plot OF a second Hartford Contention. 10 dix,
member our grand coUfedeIaitd Iepubltci
faities. II Is said, are formed by sectional
iines, aud have aeeoSi aphical DISCRIMINATION
W hai Them The contest OF the parties does
net arise cut OF this Circumstance. II has a
very different origin. Ills not bounded Nv
lines. ONO, Indiana. and Illinois are more
unanimous Than New Eng a though Srparat
ed from tile latter ID: H. Intervention o. ,c.,>
he - ler,N al.
ton were sectional, ask WHY more ,,larm. d
at union Ia the northern. tia, ~ TN. south
ern states? Is souiheIn wisdom pRe,ria~ and
southern patriotism immaculate white hose
OF Tie NOUN are dim sighted, mscnided SIM
riOus. aud adulteral, d +? Why this pretliirc
non Tor The sonih' IN hat does this supe-
rior'iy ct ,ie south consist! In solid sense.
manly wisdom, snd substantial literature I
ooiu'y aver. my have no -emIucuce. In
ehIgaiencd patriotism they have nothing. To
hohet Their feelings aud view, are MOI less
local aiih cuicnmSCrihed. Their attachment
Ia the OnIon Is rot stronger nor snpported
"h mOir eenulue basis IN what, then do
they excel us In n0ihng hat speciuuS de .
ciaE atOry eIOcutcn, calculated for sho,y aud
meme mary excitement. u il not Sin ia,
nGsi fortunate Tor those who are Iabolin. 20
make an opposition 10 the farther extension
81 slavery unpopular aud otiions bV resoiyj,,..
III mo tedernt arfYice, TO raise the party ftom
H. rTeS'I' piO>trattOB, into power For n
happens 20 he the tact that t,e states th2
most usFQuiNocdii v republican are the most
uecidedlN united agdi 81 THIS extension. The
federal miXtuie IN tue 'eDIeSe .taiioD of these
states, is bu, the small d1st Of the 5aiuncc. The
gItater pant ot thi small Ingredient tie del
CATION fiom Massachusetts excepted voted
IA aiDsi restriction, ard also Tor the atlmis sion
OF Missouri, The TepugnaRce of her constitution
TO that OF the UaIied ates 10 The contrary
Notwithstanding. Mr. TAYLOR the mover of
the restriction. Is "a sturdy independent re-
pnblican-neithsr Bucktail nor CiiRtonian
That federalism Will ultimately croft by the
conflict, there can lee bat little dOnbt. But IL
Will be in way very different from that in
sinuated. The moral sense aud political sen.
timentS in the Eastern section of the country
iecOil from The very idea of sdverV--at hold
ing any portion OF the human race IN bondage
And il The leading republicans the champions
OF liberty, connleHdnre the airocity, be you'd
the original compact, the real friends 10 hu-
manly and freedom, of every descriptions
iorgettmg former animo>iiies, will coalesce
tor the promotion of more benevolent purpO-
scs. In The most of the states which contend
Tor restriction. tederalIst aud republican are
scarcely known. Restriction, or 40 restriction
are the pivOis on which elections there turn.
Even IN Maine, whtre II was contemplated by
our most efficient characters. TO put the advo-
Gates Tor restriction Into the hack GROUND .
ard powerful engines were prepared 10 effect
The purpose, the people have supported these
ddvoCates,aUd given them uuequivocai pruots
of appreciation. The choice OF our senator's
furnishes 10 tact, viewed in true light
that leads TO a different infeIeuce There
was NJ direct appeal 10 he people. The coz
duct of the one could not have been di,tincts
iy tOTeSeen-and the cOuI sc pursued bV the
other did not facilitate but rendered more
difficult, his election But tor the Missouri
PRESTON, there probably would have been III
r'e, OF no. opposition. He could hardly have
succeeded buI for The Iufinence OF pteyious
Arrangement, his own address, aud manage.
mcut, and the uucOmmon pAeriious OF efficient
friends. No otner mAu Could have wiInstood
the pOpnlaI current.
am rot Sir one of those who ascTibe
thorough corruption OF Immaculate pntTiotim 10
Statesmen OF politicians. theN nSndiiy act
from mixed motives. From this opinion of
public charaCteTs, | am iuclmcd 10 believe
that eme OF our JriSe men ~ The East, in The
course which They are dUSirOus to have pur-
sued, arc not wholly dIsinterested BIT vine.
| ther their object he selfish or patriotic. OF
| partly both, they egregiously err il they cal
culate On obtaining any considerable boon
| from tamcDgss of spirit. facility of temper, or
| SubsrIVieDcy 10 the views of their Southern
| brethren. The sam" management which is
attended with success in limited circle, ia
| of but little use ia an extended hcnspheTe
| II were vain ~ political transactions to expect
| much from the strength Of friendship Of a
| seuse OF personal obligation. What did Maine
| gain Tor all ber dutItulness, loyalty, aud pal
| IiOiism, during emhdTgOes, IeslTIrtiOns aud
| WaI? Size filed with able bodied men the
| ranks OF tia national army. Her spirited
| militia al tbe cali OF the government, were
| ready 10 rally round the standard of the IL
| Mon Her merchants generously made the mast
| selfsdepTIvIng- ,actiiices. Her Valorous sons
fon. hi aud suffered and bled in the common
cause oltheir country. FOr THIS uncommon mer-
| i',which were i;in a slave, would have procured
| Kindness from benevolent master, what has
| Maiue received Shall l speak or shall
| keep silence Her hardy veterans of the re-
volntion, covered with glory with scars,
| who upon dSbamdng TIE patriotic srmy re-
tired 10 the wilderness aud there exhausted
their meridian strength IN making il fruitful
! field are denied their hard earned boon, and
doomed, after a lite OF poverty aud toll, TO 80
| down Borrowing TO The grave. Who, IN re.