Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-10-23
CONTRADICTIONS
TO TIE EDITORS OF TIE ENQUIRER
K1No WILLIAM, October Bird. 1892.

the incidental power of parzan influence has Welded to
the adverse pressure of the times. Its last number has
been issued containing under the editorial head, fearful
picture of the state of the public mind the North side
of the Potomac. We told in the OF despair, that
the advocates Free Trade in that part of the Union
grounded their 'The number Of those who bcliev
cd the protective policy unconstitutional has all times
been extremely united says the editor; and these can
no longer shcw front against the enemy They had main
ly looked TO the South, and now discover that their rci
ance misplaced.-Among the disastrous influences
which have produced failure in the struggle, the
want OF united action the part of the South is stated
having had much Neighbour local dssensions in refer
the meaus OF redress 80 ming with p.iudices in
favour of aud against particular And the result OF
all is, that the Tariff Party have made up their minds TO
believe in ultimate acquiescence in the American
System, the settled policy of the country. Among the
causes which have operated tho North side OF the Po
disband the little ARMY oil Free Trade patriots tho
vested interests of portions oil the community have been
ei The fear oil revolutionary ements IN the South
is sOt forth another Those who have been in
le habit ofreadng the "Banner fthe Constitution must
gu taking leave Of this distinguished advocate of Free
Trade feel melancholy regret for the loss of valuable
coddjulor The very title OF the paper seemed TO cover
the genius Of chvary in the act OF addressing isero the
liberty Perhaps the tone OF despair does not suit the
times; it is, however, repete with useful instruction to
the South aud must, properly studied, make deep and
salutary Impression Oh the public mind. 1t is trusty
friend who speaks, and brave champion who yields up
the cause as hopeless-and may justly ask the yet
Sanguine 10 shew US tho reason OF their hope Ii have
lost friends the North side OF the Potomac because
the uulicrs Of the South have raised the of hrea
tened resistance against oppressou then who is to put
down the army OF nuiers-ior let the public mind Of the
South become assured that change be wrought
in the public feeling of the North aud that tho American
System is 10 be and remain, the settled policy of the
try then will the danger come; and it will he without
any adequate relief TO the OF the Union The Union
OF the South in some peaceful but solemn attitude OF
sovereign nteposiion, be demanded by the c
sis We far from being nulliGers in Virginia; but the
North must not talk OF physical force and the bayonet
whilst the lovers OF Union in the South engaged in
strenuous and peaceful efforts avert all Danger To our
common country. Butt ii is really that change is to
be expected in favor Of Free Trade in the public ouinon
% he nla ofa He .I,,
normous and unequal load Of taxation be laid on the
South, for the sole benefit of the monopolists of the North
the will change this memorable policy dcvcopes
itself under the Legislation of Congress. As the nufers
have only talked of resistance remains easy for the pa
iosm oil the South TO stop the progress OF disunon il
aided by the generous and magnauinous efforts OF the
same sentiment, combining with the South. As TO the
Union, the South is it always has been sound to the
core-and the important question Of choosing between
It's preservation or its dssoution, there bration of
Tie pubc opinion; it is most cmphaIicaly the side of
the Union. No leader Of notification will risk his pc.
Puiany IN crusade against this ccnsecrasd love of
country, which pervades all classes of The people
But may be asked how the Union TO be preserved
il neither party will yield The answer Ii is possible
Tor the Union TO be lost But the South will stand by it
TO the last, amt when goes it will be the North that
casts away, and for the and lowest coniea-
on which can operate on recmen-lhe love of uniust
gain The danger TO the Union does not seem TO opcTae
on the public mind OF the North; for we are told b on,
rusty friend of the Banner that the Tariff partv arg NY
panng 10 urge their policy tie pom, of ;,rohil,iop
Nothing like this will he endured ,,y the Soul and
WIN avail the cause ui Union il the present excellence,
9'ou'u NC overcome ny the real patriotism
I -SOrt does mol participate in the patriotic alarm
ana abandon their odious pocy We are also told bv %
rusty TREND that the Tariff know they have LOST but
hlue uhuSr the new bill; aud the same opinion iS evi.
IDENTITY entertained by this chosen Waterman of Fraa
Irade-and IL it be that the Tariff party have los, h
nue. theh II IS equally true that the South has gained but
nuIe In This situation yet without redress and
the song OF victory which las rcsoundcd through oIr
mountains and valleys, is hut lullaby still our restless
s'ster-South Carolina. Our members of Congress who
voted for the late bill aud have come home 10 tI,ir
tuehts with banners flying and drums beating in token or
great victory over the Tariff party would seem also to
DC real knights OF romance, whose renown Justly merit
me cAustc labours of modern Cervantes In truth
however as we are not nullhers must bear with This
pious fraud for the present We must take care that the
threats of the nuiiers only end i'm smokc-We must not
S"er mem 10 transcend the porive action of school boys
-iudinlus cDigjem bei.
We are really engaged in nobc-lsk; and part of our
business is TO commend the new tarin law, whilst the
monoposs of the North, whose vile arts of avarce cor
rnpton and intrigue first brought the Union in hazard
nave very skltuly navigatcd the tempesuos sea- and
are now snugy moored in their own haven of pro.
lection Thus it is that Liberty and Union are TO have no
voiaries in the classic land OF the fair and fertile
South, and these to sacrifice on those haowed aars
until they have become poor by oppression az not TO be
capable OF Offering incense. We note the vices Of
the age and pour down resistance under the oous ephe
OF nulihcaton; and where is hope of final ndemni.
ty: Our sentinel, on the outward wall whose voice VIC
cannon mistake tells us we have wholly failed, and will
ia' to the end; his fidelity cannot suspechs good
sense and his means OF observation we cannot
the South will be gultess of any
incorporate proceeding. Bnt whilst we rest on orr mild
gores, and make them our ornament and boast LET ms not
night altogether on the side Of the TaiIics of the North
Inc land oil Franklin, affords asylum for tho truths of
government The soil Of old Massachusetts, where once
on time, AN infant rocked into giant sirenp IN 10 crush
the colossal power Of Britain and whose heroes Of revou
tonary mould and fell in Multiplied and majestic forms
to attest the divinity Of freedoms has now become alien
by reason OF rested interests in The system of
magma cstveras ct prcvalebit the cherished hone
oil philanthropy, before the wilderness of America had
opened upon the wonder mind of civilized Europc
philosophy behed in the origin of nations the sac Dis of
institutions adverse TO The generous freedom of mankind
nv Tho a. "a
Continent, worthy Of ardent hope and sublime con-
temptation. On This theatre the spirit of liberty had no
organized tyranny TO subver The national existence did
not spring from convOcdon Of military tibes-and in
reference TO the humble colonial fortunes Of our carly an
cestors II was the school in which the virtues the heart
ana the powers OF the mind trained and disciplined
Tor the great event which succeeded ft was situation
IN winch ey gained complete conception Of what either
The policy misortunes Of European governments had
hidden from the eyes OF their suhicctsand ancestors
alter they had acquired their independence, showed that
lhey had been attentive Observers OF those institutions ian
Europe, which had been reared up tie ruins Of liberty
Although great characteristics distinguished the ma
tons OF that iayoufed continent yet with few exceptions
bgory, superstition, and dcspOtsn marked their eharsc-
ters. England and France termed natural enemies
whilst others, from theological errors were exalted into
tyrants humbled into slaves No where could an al.
tar be raised the truths OF politics and philosophy The
sublime Obscurites OF established cfeeds excluded il on
the side; and the other, the prescriptions Of civil
mystery rendered II useless or a dangerous shrine
and even ia this enlightened age, the liberties Of Eu-
rope suppressed by alliance between despotic
Thrones, founded the principle Of a solfconsGu-
ted Judicaturo Of rival nations where force and not
right decides; aud the settled policy Of which, is 10 take
from every nation the right Of independent sOveregny
The present Holy Alliance IS but substitute for the