Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-03-09

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individual, hope to be permitted to take the full
benefit Of all the qualifications which a man OF
sonor never iais voluntarily to give to any rash
harsh expression, dropped in heat Of blood, how
ever founded IN TACT, and which he is particularly
anxious always to give to men who are empha,i-
caiiy men OF peace I must be permitted to saw.
'na' 'here exists in the nature of man. a6 opo, 40
o'fSme' otdegraded and fallen man-- for the first
porn was murderer disposition 10 escape from
oui own proper duties, TO undertake the duties oil
somebody or any body else. There exists dis
pos'uoh, not to do as our good old Catechism
teaches us to do to fulfil our duty in that station
10 which 1t has pleased God 10 call u.s. No, sir;
IL IS obsolete and worm-eaten-we must insist
upon going TO take upon ourselves the situation and
o'ce VI some one else, TO which il has not pleased
1od 10 call US of the Hindoos and the Otaheiian;
oi any BODY or any thing but our own proper
business and families; and these very amable for
sueh they- these very pious men for such be-
peheVe them to be- don mean all of that connec-
uon- Out mean the men whom particularly
nave named or indicated are led away by this
saii-deuson, aided by the influence of the moral
atmosphere of London, which no man can breath
WIN impunity- meo Of abstraction S of visionary
character more especially. Let me be unde $, God
Tue physical atmosphere of London is of such a
nature the physical excitement is so great the
wonders Inc STIR the buse the objects continually
changing before the eyes the pulse of life is so
hapi'uaiiy stimulated that the best bred
have agreed that the diseases which imneriously
require depletion in the country will not bear ,ha,
pracuce IN town. that il cannot be safely follow ed
lonaon, You might as well attempt 10 deplete
an naD'uai sol. whose pulse, once got down, not
even brandy will get up again: man accustomed
~ 'ae He,erna,ural stimulus have stated an to
eepiete Londoner. " no is accustomed 10 the slim
u'1s VI the excitemeinent of that atmosphere But
.lere Is moral atmosphere too in I.ondon- there
10 MOI place on the face of the EARTH where there
- SO much public spirit SO much active bensvo
'shce- where there is much niunfcence md SO
iiiuch Is gwen away in charity. | speak rot of
"e s''ss amount, out IN proportion 10 her wealth.
o'efsiown and enormous il is. believe with
tue author OF this book, Barke that the spires of
neF cnafiies aver. from her the lightning of Hea-
VEN which her deprsvity would otherwise cal
uown. There Is a moral Atmosphere there is
"aruiy man OF note, who does not belong TO some
society," like our Colonization Society, and like
.na IL Is theatre tor display, like other theatres
hoy go 'hefe TO praise one another their faces
In manner that had o conception of until the,,
Out Inc example has not been lost upon US They are
all OF one Opinion; set Of resolutions are drawn
up, which no body is expected to oppose I,
"ouid De unheard OF TO do 80, and reckoned indie
cent 10 DO so. All is cut and dry; like what is
called herea caucus, why could never tell.
NO one thinks it worth while to oppose them.
ior u wond be labor lost speeches are made
cneerings follow, and clapning aud laundering APP
P'ause-such as ID seen In our theatres, and mich,
wen shake the nerves Of such as are not used To
1t such over-weening praises are given. Ann
'hese men are IN the habit of imbbing no much and
such rehned as well as gross adulaiion that they
cannot ave out OF the atmosphere of London
:. ne me LADIES OF course have the vapors upon
the abstraction OF this s,imulus-th this moral stimu
sot 'he atmosphere OF London, is necessary TO
o. TOfa
'''e' existence. can only suppose theni-these
good men subject TO the infrmties of our ra,ure
and falling under the temptation to which ,bev
are peculiarly exposed. The theatre of their plo
~ was the slave 'rade-now it is the abolition of
slavery every where; at every risk Of conseouen
ces 10 which they are stone blind If they vxouI1
oh'y De content TO let the man aIone-if thew
would NOT insist upon plasering him an inch thick
WIN mercusia. olatinent: and know not !, be,
tive posons without, and filing him to the throat
with calome and jalsp, within, he will. NAV be.
get well; or at best, he can bu, die natural death
probably an easy But, no sir the ooIi,ico
religious Quack, like the Quack in medicine. and
IN every thing else, will hear OF nothing but hi,
nostrum all Is TO be forced nothing can be trust
Ell 20 lime OF TO nature. The disease vii. run liz
course-it has run its IN the Northern
states; it is beginning run it's course in hIarv
LAND. The natural death Of slavery is the uu-
proh'ableness oil us most expensive Iabor-it il
also beginning In the meadow aud grain country of
'Teinia-amons those people there-who have
no staple that gan pay for slave labor especially
amongst 'hpse who have none very few slaves
these are The Strenuous advocates OF all these
principles in Virginia. most of them of the be.,
intentions all OF them mistaken. The Inomen,
tue iaoor oil the slave ceases 10 be profitable to the
pa-'er. or very alter il has reached that stare
- if the slave will not run away from the mas
Ter, the master iciH run away from the slave; and
TINS Is the history OF The passage from slavery to
freedom OF the vIanage of England Tho free
born EngllshRen were once adscripti Clebo. like
The serfs OF Poland Are not those of Russis and
Poland going through this very operation at his
very time, and from this very cause? And shall
we be made 10 suffer shipwreck, we OF the South
mean, IN steering our bark through this Eu,i
pus, by the madness of our pilot and our own fol-
ly- steering between this ScylIa and harybdis
mot OF the Bahama Passase) but Of the iinpfe-
scriptibie rights OF Kings nre dirino) on the one
hand, and the imprescriptible rights of Negro
slaves on the other! Is there no medium; No rne-
do tn'issnus ibis? No parental injunction.
Farce, Puer stimulus ct fortiter u,ere Ioris''
No nothing oftbis. Thus fools rush in where
angels fear TO iSead, whether ill-meaning o., we'll
meaning fools is of no importance to me. if my
ruin is to be accomplished by their interference.
What matters it whether the frebrands scattered
were scattered by fool in sport, or by madnan
10 earnest, II the city Is reduced to ashes: or he-
ther me h'eorands were scattered by the hand of
Guy Faux, with religion in his mouth, firebrand
IN his hand, and hell in his heart? Nothing at all
IL Is important to the agent, as regards his guilt
In the sight OF God, but both of them would be
apt 10 meet their doom from the hand of man
have said. Sir, great deal that did not mean
TO say, and have left unsaid great deal that did
intend TO say and have said nothing as wish 10
say II, this is one Of the nseperable and insupera
bic difficulties OF man who speaks without
note, as have done. aggravated by circumstances
mat shall not inlrude upon the Senate. Sir,