Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-01-15

Such men will never sanction the proceedings Of disa
lection or rebellion. No, nerer! They love the Union
anu they VIII respect IL. They do all justice the
brethren oil Massachusetts, but they will hesitate
to curse the inuraed Jnto Who have thrown hor char
acter into shade High and heroic would that character
oe' the many great and noble spirits whom she contains
were permitted TO developc It, But 'the ungodly have
usurped the seats Of the righteous and the cradle Of the
Revolution like the Temple OF jerusalem, has fallen into
the hands of the Inidel."
These passages are found in the Enquirer of Oct.
70, 1914. In the rery merit No. of the paper is the
article from which "a Virginia Subscriber" makes
the above extract To show the feeling with which
1T was penned, we beg leave to lay more copious
passages from the same article
"THE TRUE QUESTION
The question before the Eastern States is not whether
this that should hold the reins Of power but whe
Their the Union should be sacrificed saved'
Let the London Courier raise the cry. that James
Madison must 20 ou-and that Great Britain will not rest
satisfied until he shall share the exile Of Napoleon Bona
parte--
Let the Boston Printers follow in its wake. repeaino
the cry oil out tcith him ont tcith him
Let the Federal Republican spout its filth in torrents
upon his head
Let MIR. King of Massachusetts, disgrace his seat in
Congress by unhoard-of calumnes against the President
oil the United States and mpuden assertions that he
10 be brought TO the halter
Let iaclon rage in every opposition print
Her malignity will not be gratfed-
MIR Madison will remain where he is
The choice OF the People will desert the station
TO which he has been elevated by their sufrages-
III The faction should fit TO turn all its resentment
from ON the foreign enemy against the administration
instead of the nation which is the enemy of us all
To swear that it will not contribute mite towards the
prosecution OF the war, long it is conducted by the
ruling parry.
To suffer this country become the prey of the enemy
until the rens OF power transferred TO its own
It's IN vain that pretends to PATRIOTISM the love
The people will see through all these pretences-
They will see, through all this Glamour, the ambition
which stimulates the energies OF faction.
II the wise Of the East willing to kiss the roll
OF the enemy, and subscribe the demands of the enc
my let them declare it to the assembled Congress the
ononther views will then be understood, the Peo
pie will decide between them and their rulers
II they are merely displeased with measures devils
eel Tor the prosecution OF the war; is competent for them
why do they not come out with their own budget Of
measures?
Why do they not suggest new subjects of taxationp
New modes OF swelling the ranks of our armes?-More
efficient measures for the defence of the sea-boari?
II is not the pant of the patriot believe that his coun
Try Is gong TO ruin and not TO contribute her savaon
When the ship is ost upon the deep exposed TO The
danger OF shpwreck what would be thought OF the lub
bery seaman, who through dislike of his pilot, refuses
20 a Ia he safety OF the ship but spends all his time
clustering upon the deck'
would have you believe that it is MIR. Madison whom they
are opposing; that it is his administration which thew
wish subver; but they know that these views are vi
sionary and that Mr.. Madison will be driven from
his post
We call upon you, then, consider what these men
are nedahng what wild schemes of DISCRIMINATION they
have dared TO indulge.
Ihe Union IS in danger.-Turn to the Convention
at Hartford, and learn to rembe the madness of its au-
thors. How far will these madmen advance? Though
they may conceal from you the project OF dsunon; though
few OF them may have concealed it from them
selves yet who will pretend 10 bounds the rage of
dsaecon One dse step after another may lead them to
resistance TO the laws to reasonable neutrality war
against the government OF the u SIN truth the first
act of resistance the law is treason TO The II SAre
you ready for this state of things? Will YOU support the
men who would plunge you into this ruin /?
GO NO man, no association OF men, no State set of
states mas right 10 Withdraw itself from this Union of
it own accord The power which knit us together
can only unknlt The ormaIity which forged the
INKS oil the Union is necessary to dissolve The ma
J0IHy o. States which form the Union must consent to
'he Withdrawal OF any one branch Of it, Until that con-
sent mas been obtained, any attempt dissolve the Union
obsiruc the efficacy OF its constitutional laws is Trea
-: Il reason TO all intents and purposes.
Any other doctrine, such that which has been lately
hed forth by The Federal Republican that any State
may withdraw itself from the Union an ahoninabe he
resy-wich strips it, author every possible pretension
10 ''e name or character ola FederoliSt.
This iIIustrious Union which has been cemented nv
me blood our loreiathers the pride of America aud the
wonder oil the world must be amey sacrificed to the
heated brains or the aspiring hearts few macontcnts
Inc Union must be saved when any shall dare to
assa it. "
Countrymen of the East we call upon you TO keep
Vglah' eye upon those wreched men, who would plunge
us into civil war and rrctrevabe be
The temporary cadmiies which may assa us let MS swear
upon the altar OF our country, TO SAVE THE UNION.
These passages were published i'm the height ofthe
the deepest indignation-and one of the Opposition
prints was then crying ont for disunion The horror
which we felt these proceedings dictated the broad
and unqualified proposition, which is quoted above
we have no apology TO make for those feelings
they were among the purest that we ever expert
enced-But those feelings betrayed us into an ex-
uayagant assertion. 1t it is certain that the above
"nqudfWed proposition, upon of the most diff
cult ana vital problems of our whole SYSTEM was
thrown Off without due consideration. 1t had an
eye only to a particular case-a case of foreign
war-eXasperated by intestine disaflection. Ii is
accordingly framed without any reservation what
soeVer 1t does not even specifically provide for
the Revolutionary right of secession, springing
out OF extreme oppression, and exercised only az
ter every constitutional and ancable expedient had
been exhaused-in vain
We have looked through our files of that period
and this obter dictun Of we may so call it is the
only passage we find which touches the doctrine of
secession. We will not say with the /" Virginia Sub
scrber," that this general proposition does express
the opinions OF the republican party in this State"
at this former period" On the contrary il is orr
firm belief that it did do FIJI Justice TO their OPT
nlon-nor even to our own if all it's bearings had
been pointed out 10 us. But this we may undertake
to say, that under the circumstances of those times
the attempt Of the Hartford Convention to sever
the Union would have been controvered bv eve
ry RepublicaD.-Does any one doubt the fact (?
We call MIR. Jefferson TO witness. We all know
what he has said in 100 and also in 1926 up-
on what he sometimes calls =" session" and some
times sepdraiion"-and yet let us see what he saws
IN February 1915, after the scenes of the Hartford
Convention had passed-upon raising the stq,,iord
of separation" i'm Massachusetts: