Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-05-31

little necessity now to refer to that discussion so
| strong were the arguments it developed, so memo
rable were the consequences il was likely TO pro-
duce.
But, If the power did exist in Congress, the err
pediency OF its exercise would be more than doubt
iui particularly, since the northern policy has
gained the ascendant, - L" and those who have long
ruled must now be content to obey" Under this
STATE oil things, and under the spirit OF folly and in
ia,uaton which seems TO govern certain individu-
ais and public bodies, the southern people would
nave too much a, stake, and might too deeply Ia
nent the result OF decision by men, ignorant of
our forms OF society, manners habits; or inter
csts.
What security have we, that under the name of
phlanthrophy, our property is not TO be wresed
IRON our possession, without an equivalent being
Ipaid Tor 1t: May not this be done, and at ime and
under circumstances which must add TO Injustice,
insult and OPPRESSION Yet, according to the pert
ana nsoient editor OF the American. we n,ust
oe eo"tent 10 o0ey.' 1t we be even " permitted
10 complain 1t will be by i" eowtesy''
For several years past, 4 corps of newspaper
editors and body Of ofice hunters and seekers af-
Ter popularity, have endeavoured to infamc the
minds OF our brethren TO tic North against us in
the South' And we regret 10 saw that by false
hood, unmeritcd abuse, and the employment of
every heterogeneous stra,agem, they have succeeded
10 an extent which portends no good either to them
upon US on all occasions-such as" SILre States:''
" slave population" &C. Sc II, as misht reason
ably be expected Gan instance occurs ONLY in series
oil years. cruel and unleelng master murders
MS slave; or, u sale oil number of slaves is adj
vertised, the erud,e the liberal, the enIigh, ened
Mr. aish copies the article from papers headed
win, he"INcoMPARABLE soUTH''-or a quota
ton from the Declaration of Indepsndence-si ALL
MEN ARE BORN EQUAL." Let the reader ex-
anime the insolent, silly, domineering tone of the
above article from the American, and then cease
TO wonder that men who reside so far from us and
read only such malignant and narrow minded
journals should, in time, become preiudced against
the Southern people. The courteous and rentle-
manly style oil the editor in relation 10 this paper
eNci'es our sncerest pity both for his want OF man
ners and his want OF sense 1.-The slave press,'
Ere long, we shall hear of the STARE peopie. ,h-
STARE ideas, the slave SOUTH every thing, amer
'alninS TO US, urned into dersion by stigrnatsing
them with the appellation OF Siare---iust as we
scan the line so coureousy drawn between the free
states aud the Stare states.
me dlsensenuousness and unfairness Of the A
merlcan are apparent in the manner of quoting ,he
substance OF MIR. Kings resolution; the object of
which he says Is g TO constitute fund from which
TO deiray the expenses of transporting with their
consent, all Tree persons of color. and all such as
by the laws OF the states in which thew reside shall
become free" &c. Mr.. King offered his r.solu
ton on the 18th Feb last. BY II the public lands
are to constitute fund to be appropriated TO aid
me emdncipofiOn'' and removal Of such slaves and
iree persons OF color, sc. There NAV be some
difference between aiding in their emancipation
and removing them aiterwards-This however is
but trivial blunder. If it was not noticed il
might make the people of the Northern States.
who only read the American think, tina, at the ex-
Pense oil the U. >. the free coloured people were
to be removed from among them. An event they
no doubt most ardenuy desire. Call YOU not ills a
trick tn this Christian editors
One remark more: lis true the sceptre has de-
parted from Judah, TO the very courteous Ian
Suase OF the American; yet Judah may appeal wi,h
respectful Difference to the other states, whether
hls sons have dishonored or have Injured them
w neither the constitution has not been as much res
pecied, the public good much promoted, under
ther administration, as II was by the elder Mir
John Adams.
Mr.. John Adams the "a is now upon his trial
but hls friends consult little his own interest as
the public good by conluring up these prei,adices
against The SfdDe people. Should they persey ere
IN their misguided policy, it will require no pro
phet to iore'ei that tie will share The fate of
his father.
The James Monroe brings news one day later
rom Londo" There is much confusion in the ae-
counts about Greece. The previous arrival made
a. IL