Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-10-17

the U. 5. capable of dischargng the duties OF Ga,
Presidency! Are we !eally poor that mus
be &c reduced to a choice oil erils''?
| Can hud OF sufficient talents and in
formation. Not one who has nev or disieaarde,i OF
violated the supreme laws, the written constitution.
of our county? l. this the effect of our boas Ell
republican instituionsl 1t j. not: % non uneiique
circu1arent s,,nus.' There are in the United
States many men greatly superior to MIR. Adams
! and General Jackson, IN all the qualifications
cesssry to discharge the duties of the Presidency
and free from the objections TO which hey are liza
bic. Must Virginia then support ehers Must
she abandon her principles, or yield her virtue !;
Let her rather die by The dagger OF her father
all her unspoiied Innocence and purity, and leave
none to weep over her not even
The Enthusiasts in n. York seem determined 10
harrass us upon the question of Slavery. The n.
York Commercial AGverlser OF the 9th sta,e-
- THERE'S now in prison in Alexandra, black,
young man, who born free in this stale, and
the proofs of whose freedom have been laid be-
fore the competent authorities of that district by
whom he has been ordered o be liberated, on he
pa, ment OF his jail fees. These fees amount te
between eighty and ninety dolisrs, and unless they
! pad, the poor fellow he sold into SLAYER,
Things have truly arrived at fine pass, when MOI
only are The ireemen OF the north, because the AL
ed while pursuing their lawful business at the south;
but after their f.eeJom is so clearly establish
ell that there can be dispute about il they ar.
sli held in durance to be sold unless the bemevo-
lence OF individuals at the north will raise mo-
ney line the pockets of the officers of the South
in the shape of jail fees which hav been unconstitu-
tiona!ly accumulated. We are happy, however, 10
announce, that measures in train TO put an
end It once and forever, 10 these high-hsnded
o. prOr An ,C
he Mauumission Society was called last week
1t which resolutions passed directing
| prosecution 10 be commenced in the of the
young man imprisoned at Alexandria with an un-
Outstanding that the case of Horton may be prose-
cured also, should j, be thought expedent 10 select
that case to test the grea principle in controver-
sy. Committees were appointed 20 take the busi-
ness In hand, and raise the ways ard means for
prosecuting the suit or suits; with all possible
visor until The decision of the highest tribunal in
the land Is obtained. Able COUNSEL have been con -
suited, and The committees will Immediately enter
upon the execution of their duiies- No cornpro
mise will be accepted, until the laws Of the Southern
States under which for long series OF ears these
aggressions have been praciised, are repealed. or
until hey nave been declared unconstitutional and
void by the Supreme Court. The Constitution de-
clares 'Nat the citizens OF any individual State,
shall be eiled to all the privileges and mmuniiies
OF citizens OF the several States.'
" The Genera al Convention of the several Manu-
mission Societies of the Uued States will NEE,
in Baltimore on the 25lh OF October, and the fol-
lowing Delegates have been appointed from the
Society in this City, VIZ William L. Stone
editor OF the aforesaid Com. Adveriiser,) Theo-
dore Dwight, Editor of the DAILY Advertiser, and
quondam Secretary to the Hartford Convention, y
James Palmer, Joshua Underhl, and Aaron
Leggett."
Two or three days after this publication, the
aforesaid Deputy OF the Manumission Society
comes forward with g COrrcction,'' and states
that g ii Is in Petersburg, Virginia, and not Alex
andria, where the young is yet imprisoned
for his Jail fees, hough his freedom has been
proved. So much the better (quoih Mr.. S,one)
Prosecutions will be commenced both in the Dis
trci oil Columbia and the - Ancient Dominion -
The wrongs of the oppressed in both places, shall
he redressed, and Illegal legislation be mate to
yield TO the wholesome provisions Of the consttu-
ton. find lc!icn done ~ u oJk shall be tho
roughly done.
If this Fanatic had not been absolutely Stone
blind, he would not have used such perempiory
and arrogant language upon such occasion. The
+" AncIent Dominlon" is, we suppose, TO be hum.
bled; the wrongs OF those whom she has oppressed
" shall be redres>ed land the vague and general
threat winds Vi the paragraph, that % when done,
The aooTk shall be thOToughiy done" Yes, Vir-
glnians, a." thoroughly DONE Is this important
IN.
or the excess of his zeal? " Shall be redreSsedr'
" The work shall be thoroughly DONE And hi.
menace is thrown out against a whole district If
country; and touching one of he most delicate and
difficult SUBJECTS which relate It's whole internal
police" Shall be Thoroughly doner' WHY.
what is this infatuated man after? And is he so
certain, that the Constitution OF the United States
is on his side! Does he mean TO contend it is so
very cleaC that citizen of he State of NJ York
is TO stand better grounds i'm VIRGINIA ttan sven
her own residents? that they are 10 enjoy greater
privileges, and TO be- exempt from those disoualf-
Gallons, which attach ceteriS pdribus 10 her own
inhabitants! That white citizen of NJ Y is 10
vote in Virginia without freehold, or that free
man Of colour in New York is to have more i'm
muniies than free man of colour in Virginia
Does he contend that similar circumstances are not
to produce similar consequeDces9 l. this the con
Struction which he In's upon the clause of the
Constitution of the United States on which he re-
ies!-One would suppose that more modesty of
language, less lofty, peTemptory and insulting
bearing, would better become case, which in
wolves the most delicate interests of large sec
ton OF the United States and upon grounds so
fmsy as those which he has assumed.
We would repeat in the " sTds Of The National
Integencer that q" these gentlemen are doing ire
medable mischief by their thoughtless interference
In matter which they not qualified 10 compfe-
bend, IN all / aspects, from their being Ignorant
of the nature and bearing oil the relations q bicb
they seek to disturb. We say 10 our friends East
ward now, we have often said, In different
terms: Beware in timel' We shall keep an at
tentyc eye upon this Congress Of Visionarie -
ELE TIONS
The quotation we have made from Nies's Reg
lister gives an impartial account Of the elections in
Philadelp Notwithstanding the warmth which