Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-30
SLAVERY.

Temperance Societies, &c, &c When we look
to the proofs they have collected of this great plot
which they pretend is going forward, we find them
to consist either of the rawlings of such fanatics as
Garrison, Dennison 81 Co. or of certain illusions to
free labor and slave labor which have been made in
Congress or elsewhere, and which are evidently
strained from their original purposes These as
sertlons of the incendiary papers have induced us
to turn attention to the remarks of the Northern
Editors upon the subiect-in order to see how far
they countenanced, secuted, the idea of interler-
ing with our slaves The papers we have received
since our last furnish few articles upon the ques-
ton-and these are directly calculated to disclaim
the whole plot.
The Philadelphia Inquirer-a paper of very little
authority with u.s. though pretty much i'm the graces
oil Duff Green" fears, that the agitation of the
question which the Telegraph seems to DESIRE will
not tend to the unanimty of the Union and the quiet
of the counry'"-It regrets, " that the TELEGRAPH
should think it necessary TO make use of such lam
guage. The North do not desire to dgate this deli
cate question. The South should shun its discussion
as matter of prudence"
The N. York Daily ADVERTISER decided oppo-
sition paper-decares that if slavery be the true
source of difficulty with the South) we see no way
to appease their spirits, aay their fears. They
must proceed from their own inherent crcumstan-
ces, and not from any serious apprehensions enter
tanned by them that the free States have any inen-
ton of interfering with heir favourite endowment
the possession of their slaves. No SUMPTION, of ana
such intention IN any State has fallen witin Oh
SerUatlon and therefore Obliged TO conclude
that the subject is dra,cn into public vetc for the mere
purpose Of political ercitement."
The N. York Journal of Commerce. paper
which, from peculiar circumstances, we should be
apt to suspect as being the foremost If there acre
any decent journals, countenance the scheme
notices Garrison's "Liberator" i'm Boston and Denni
sons "Emancpator' in N. York-and then adds:
"We have seen very few numbers Of either-but iudg-
ing from what we have seen, and from common report
they conducted with considerable talent and abundant
zeai--how well directed the public not agreed We
are otopnion however, that the great majority the peo-
ple in the Northern States TO sane
ton the course they pursuing. At the same time we
must admit that they every day gaining converts TO
their creed. All the publications of this character so far
as we have observed, and all the advocates immedate
emancipation" are with one voice onnosed 10 ,bn An
Colonization Society. They maintain that this Instit
dos however honestly intended, has direct tendency TO
rivet the chains of slavery. The by which they
expect to accomplish their object is, understand it,
not by encouraging characterization among slaves nor
by national legislation except far the District OF CO.
umbia and the Territories concerned by operating
upon Pablo opinion throughout the country. They dis
claim all intention of going counter to the sDirt of the
Constitution We make these remarks because can be
advantage TO the public either at the North or South
to deceive themselves the character of the men en-
gagged in this enterprise What they will able to effect
is another question Certain III as that the Noiionoi
Government cOnnot interfere in the matter ,oithou The
consent Of the individual States achich sapes are held
en- bondage Our hopes therefore, the hopes of all
who lament the existence of slavery among us are d.
rected ultimately to the ave-holdng States themselves
ithey refuse TO act nothing be DONE except by in
saated acts oil emancipation, and the efforts OF the Co
loniZaion Society,"
The albany Daily .4dUertiser-another most de-
cided opposition paper-treats this whole matter i'm
the following emphatic manner:
We do most sincerely believe that the Richmond Wbio
Is in error in ascribng weight and dangerous influence
to the exerons OF the miserable fanatics who have ad
vocaed emancipation, by 'he physical force of The en-
stdved 1t possible that the eXravagant and fantasia
cal notions of these men, may have few supporters b,t
that any extended mischief is be appehended from their
being suffered TO go loose, do not at present believe
There is no disposition at the North NEEDLE with the do
nestc concerns of the South. There is no intention or
desire to agate interfere in the slave question at
apprehended bV of The
pers. The bombas and rhodomontade of the brawlne m
natcs, who have aroused this notion about an exciteen,
nave been, we believe, unanimously condemned by the
press, at the Norh-or if uncondemned unnodced be.
cause OF their insgnihcance Public opinion is decidedly
against these men, and the Richmond Wing may rely upon
II, mat ehere is no danger OF their making proseyte to
their absurd and wicked doctrines"
But we have more authoritative proof even than
these. The following are from two of the most dis
tnguished administration papers in ~ York They
speak language which cannot be mistaken:
from the Albany Argusl
Inc u o. Telegraph la6ors to excite the South against
the North the subject OF slavery 1t insists that the
design OF the New York State Temperance Society," and
OF the friends of Mr. Van Buren,, indeed of every
body who dsclaims Notification to NEEDLE with the
slaves Of the South-to that delicate and difficult
question The labor is persisted in with degree of I'M
scrupuous ZEAL which shows that the scheme of the MI
ers is matter Of contrvance and arrangement among
them Having abandoned the tariff question to its fate
having formed league, offensive and defensive with the
father OF the American System, the great tariff hobby
Hder--ther Occupation is gone unless they raise
an excitement Of sort mr.. Calhoun has mo
chdnce 81 gaming single UOte for the pTesideucy in
single state, unless Fictitious state of feeiine
can be Produced By which section Of the Juio1
can be droyed against the other, and he can be
made the candidate Of one or the other secfion We
take 1t for granted from his past course of inconsistency
and his readiness to sacrifice the Union TO his schemes of
personal ambition, that he very little ,Ohich section
shall present him as lis candidate, what principe he
avows or disavOws, what consequences follow so LONG
as he can be candidate at ALL with any chance Of sue
cess He and his adherens have the folly TO believe
that by perpetual camor and by the distortion of all the
facts oil the case they deceive the South into their
schemes, and attach that section his fortunes by exciting
em 70 nigh feeling OF hostility against their fellow
uzens Of the North upon imaginary ground of inerer-
ence. The Telegraph, and it's dictator, Mr.. Calhoun.
know how untrue AMI how unjust any such imputson is
against the North They know that The mass Of the neo
pie Of that section entertain thoughts of an inter
ference with the local condition Of the South on the
question OF slavery any other question. They know
that the mass Of the people-the great body of the
friends Of the administration at the Nofthso far from
desiring TO ioment difficulties or 10 excite the slaves
OF the South TO revolt inquietudc, would be anong
tge hrst to pro1er their aid under any emergency
Ihey know all this, and yet they attempt by gross labr-
cau0ns by extracts from irresponsible sources, and by
studied concealment Of the facts-by system Of msre.
preservation and lraud,o gain strength for Mr. Calhoun
and combine the South in his favor under an imaginary
attront or interference from the North What shall we
think OF such an individual and such A cause How
ought the people to estimate such man as Mr. Calhoun
seeking by such devices 10 push his yay 10 Mace,
that he can never hope TO obtain long As his real oh
iects and character known But he calculates IN,
largely upon The creduy ignorance of the people o
ihe South fic will deceive nobody so much as himself