Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-10

n"W. pst solitary hope roinains and that Ia
mo abandonment Of the partial system of Rosrction,
The part which Virginia is destined 10 act T. conce;y
ed TO be already fixed by the Fates II i ,ru ha, hs
act win reluctance; aud in the nccment perhaps
without unanmity But the immutable decree must h.
deep and unfeigned contritionyvi,L
earoieediny al IT'S Utmost core, she will eep over the
aemoltos OF our beautiful hbrick. and with firm
Underwriting pace, 10 the fulhlment Of her mechanically
destiny. Interest feeling, principle-nveerste irwin.
chile necessity have decreed and il is impossible In .Iu
he mandate When the awful hour of trial shall arrive
-"heh tyranny shall extort the last appe a-whcn the
ate war oil subugation 81 all DO waged and tho nation
a' ,ssound with the clash of armsYirg;na will sus-
% 'e cause oil Freedom, with vaour no; to be resist
Gu, anu ioi'iude, not TO be overcome.
In VAN may the advocates of prote citing duties pic
ne hangers "nich We incur, from our unavodhlc
WIN the South-n vain may they exert IN cir
why s~atsgems 10 beguic into an unholy alliance
with those who will be adversaries of the South We
ourselves are OF the South and our are den
mo. WIN. .neif, are nearly assimated in laws and
msutuuons-i he manners AMI habits of O r. pcople are
inc sane-Wc arc little variant end climate and
our population is idencay the same Wa hold the
same po"'iSal senumenis-We ere endeared by many
social ue-We cultivate for the part, the same Sta
pes and what's, perhaps OF less we
g"re tne same intercourse with foreign nations II Il
impossible that Virginia can be torn from those with
when she IS 80 inscparaby connected, and become as
ISOLATED with party whose manners habits and popu
iaon are essentially different from her own-who hold
different political sentnents-who attempt TO pervcrt
'he constitution oil their Countrywide RELY for susie
nance on different vocations and seek to all in
tercosrse with foreigners Can Virginia unite with
purity 10 iorce upon the Southern States
vernment to which they never subscribed Govern.
ment against which our Henry, and our Masoa exerted
sublime, prophetic eloquence' government authors-
S, s = naor.y, composed oil distant unsympahisng
Sh'es 10 controu the local domestic arrangements OF
any States which they may doom to destruction, &C.
vernment,aganst which successfully protested ,r-
ing the memorable Of '9S, and one against which we
nave cxerted continued efforts down TO the
time! Can Virginia unite with such party TO conJcmn
the labour of the South, to cruel and insipport.
able inequaity-to confiscate n large marion of
~
al favourites-to reduce Agriculture miserable
age and make her tributary to manufacturing capitalists
utterly impossible that she aid in accomplishing
such cruelty and tyranny. On the 18th Of June l776
even before the Declaration of America"
our usrious ancestors had The generosity mngnani,n;
~ and chivalry TO declare that can are by nature
equally free AMI independently and ''the means of ac-
curing aud possessing property" were that memora
to be inherent, ndesfeasble rights Shall We their de-
scendan's aid In establishing an ineqtalifv and de-
Pendtnce on the pat of the South? AMI shall we
divest our citizens of "the means oil ACQUIRING and nos
se.sng property by subiectng their Iahour 10 martial
regulations, constrainRg them sell 10 par ocular deal
ers at the prices which thew think proper to bes,ow.
and to buy OF the same favoured personages nj the
prices which they may think proper to demanh
IL IL Nsew-e declared in our Bill Of Rieh,s That
Government L., or ought TO be, D.,u ed for the rou
mon benefit protect n, end security OF the people -
and That when any government shall h. found made.
qn'te to the purposes Of soce,y, majority hav. an
indnhahl- right, TO reform alter ahoii.h Far
an Oppressed people this valuabr
and Inc siiu"he right con lered by fathers he
right indpba able unslienabe and irtefeasihe:" can
II be expected Il Virginia, 10 assist in 6yng on that
people, form of Government ag sinst " bich they an
nounce their express diss-nt-a form of Gov.rnmen,
emrowcring majority of strangers TO regulate even
'her household concerns aud 10 app opriae their Ia
oour, and their property even 10 private uses without
making aov CONDENSATION; and ainst the express " in
th@ whole people, declared unanimously by their n,
.-mbl'd representatives. If we not restrained
from such en'rniiie, nv OF Justice and natural
law, clear perez piion Of int ra.t would r.
deem us from such damrine nf.n,y-For full well " .
knnw That to crush state in its generous fir IN
snake OF The hateful tyranny Of the Ts n would b..
TO tivet ow chains
There il but one course which virain, can rur,uc;
and: bow yer ,he may deplore The sad Necessity if t-
farm be continued, and anar"hv -nsue, she viii re
gard her destiny az an unavoidable H.; forced vron her
by he FOLLY of avsr.ce. AID become identified with tho
Southlt il 10 hold out Other iutima,ions 40
thereby encourage the friend. Of the sy.trru 10
in their Destructive pncy-It il risht frankly IN a.,
tn w'rdge, what must he fulfilled in the funs-. of
time; that all beirg advised Of The tendency of events
may take their councils with greater wisdom.
Our state ia to he DR. ven from h prnns. by a. .
powerful operation OF 'he Argument of fear L. i. tru.
that she contemplate the approaching crisis. with
ons and even trembling socud-; and looks with bor
rnr onFh. eScrnoiang misery which threaten. 10 -.
bici our devoted country. But conscious az she /. NJ
her own Innocence and enresng her friends 10 ,urs,r
sneh course, as VIII MAXI il mposhla tina, we can
err, and Tx the rep nihl,v and crimnai,y on o,hers
she must await her destiny with becominy f. mnc,.
SIC does no. .Snec 10 escap' uohur. amid. the fury
the mi IN svph Ia
awsi' her mu-t be borne, aud the part which Il as
sien'hher must be 'rnrmed. Gladly W 1ui she h we
cthetwise-Inos gladly woui she restore ,r,rou;ii,
hut th.se are events which she cannot controuI and
ohers or!an that IL shall be she NUT p.rform n.
s''red du'y.-Wha'ever imprssso is wrouph, ON nor
J'eHngS, III consi ernE The su rngs which sw al, on
country, small effect will he produced on her councils
ny presenting the formidable a-ray of force IN ne
ofoutht to the conflict nv the sppo>ing faction When
reminded OF the army Of the u States sh. will remain
pe' that d'fiVes its pry fr"n hibuta levied on he
on"'h ann mat alter supporting nation of 'nanuf1c
imHs The South IL equal 20 the support of an army
men reminded OF the ioss OF her foreign ira Ie she
VIII frmembrr that tn object nf the Tariff party il q
re'y 10 des,roy foreign commences: and she would he
at loss TO fad her policy, in uniting with such m IN
lot he pr'ser' alton ot her commerce. against bos
VINO h'zA'd every hing for anime He'd trade When
reminded OF the Navy Of the u States she will re-
mrbef mat u IL ted by Southern resnurce an even
" IN bohy u should unite with pHty in the suliu.
CATION oil their conntrynen, III south would he snu
lated by the recollsc ion Of Athen ut The tl. of
i'mi'; OF Sparta 10 the bay d Syr,cuse Of the n war
ini cathag sraD armAmens. vanqui.hed by tbr indie
i"neahie energies OF Rome; Of the a.et and
'nVine'bie hrmada', sw'pt from the Ocean by E gIsb
arm Ard. however painful the train Of sssocia ion
IN American may yet advert with pride TO the rsspea.
q, achievements OF oue American Navy. With ~ a.
glorious pes before them, they will he more re =
Gus 10 dev'lope energies, propor mol t. their diic III
ties and heir da-gers
PerlapF ~ would he well for al conrernrd n Il, spec
uih'ing on o'rse momen,ous topics, could confina
our calculations 10 the rrsources o. America but
are constrained To embrace EXPANDED angs md
ehtni our estimates To distant pa'icns Every Ameri.
icon contemplate with sorrow and svert,d .ye the
po'filiHy which certainly exius, RI driving the Snnb
in phrsn'y ofdespers'ion, 10 secure for bepsf NJ,
Wy more powerful In point of lun,terr t,n.evcr ~ al
W ieh IL b au"d ly ~ American corfehgraty In