Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-02
For N ENQUIRER.
ONE WORD FOR UNION.

i am. in all sincerity, SC
FRANK HITTER.
ONE WORD o UNION.
THE DANGER NOT OVER.
10 he go0f people Cf the Good Old D0minion-No 3
Though the doctrine Of " Qualification was al one time So
generally secuted, that scarcely a man could be fund
who would advocate il, and though in large districts OF
country, II has been justly denounced as weak aud foolish
as wen a. disorganizing; yet il is very obvious, that the
spirit OF n ulliiica,ion is extending it,elf in this common.
wealth. | have already thrown out a fow remarks TO
sncw how incompatible it is, not only with every notion
OF contlnued union, but also Of regular government.
rressed oy The difficulties Of so absurd n notion, as the
Hgn' OF a minority TO set up its will against that of the
majority, ana 10 control aud govern that majority (Which
after ai Is the very principle Of aristocracy 1.-THE party slid
into The theory oil secession; and now that they ,rc pressed
oy te difficulties oil this new position, ! tLink they are
obviously disposed to get back to Nulliicaion. Both are
equally untenable-boih equally tend TO dissolve the
onion-both tend TO war, and bloo!shed, and revolution.
L doho' mean to undertake a task SO far above my pow
en- j > ue discussion OF this right OF secession at pleasure.
My only wish Is TO convince YOU, as [ am myself convinc.
Ell, thal II IL leading us 10 disunion unless we arrest il
anu, 1t oher one or Two ideas on the subject, such as a
pan man VINO mas no turn for refining, may suggest; and
such as plain men who have no object in view hut The
SooI oil The country, may be willing to listen TO.
NOW, as TO tins right OF pedceaLle secession; of what
u ~ Is IL 10 convince ourselves that a State has
TINS right, ii we can't convince the whole Union of IL, IN
we say we have a right to secede in peace, and thew saw
we nave not, secession is as like 10 bring about a Quarrel
ASH we had no such right at all. Depend upon il. this
Union Is never to dissolve in peace. You aud | NAV be
very wiling, 1 am certainly. that ii South Carolina or any
o!her state rs obstinsiely bent upon seeding, and de.
cidres herself independent; she shall not be forced back
into the Union. But the mass ofthe Union may not think
so-will not think so. And wheneverit happens, if happen
II must u VIII give rise to convusion, whether we wish il
or not. The question then is, has any one State a right 10
oreak OH from The Union and TO throw the whole into a
STATE oil civil war, wheneveFa law NAV be enacted which
she chooses TO think unconstitutional; though twenty
.hree other States think otherwise' Or, has a State a RICH,
10 Withdraw from the Union, when The probable conse-
quehce VIII be, that the others will be compelled nv Ina,
means TO withdraw: This, indeed, is exactly what South
Carolina wishes. Her leaders want a southern confedera'
~, ~ mey ullnk mat IL she shall withdraw and can
prevail on georgia aud North Carolina to Withdraw, Wiz.
gina WuSt adopt the same measure. They know. that II
- " great Importance to Virginia that the Southern
states should remain in the Union with her. Thew helm
her 10 balance the power Of the north and west in Con.
gress; and when they are taken out of the seal. V;rnini,
WI. o e 'et without that balance. They think, therefore.
u a she TOO must abandon the Union, as she world o,hsr'
wise be tie only southern State left. But is this fair Is
II Just aud right? When the Union was entered into nv
virginia with tile consciousness that she was to have ,re
me interest 10 help her TO balance the north, can the
sou'herh states now have a right TO Withdraw and
care her IN The !ureh! No., they will saw: b, Is,
nsr withdraw with us. And what Is our answer IN this ;
"e may truly say, we cannot withdraw. n il nor orr
interest 10 withdraw, even five stand alone a q n Snn,I,ern
ga =" 'e Union We valued this Union at a great
price When we entered it. We have given I'm a t.rri.oru
larger Than England: we have permitted ourselves ~ hyy
cut IN pieces for the Union. Kentucky bs, b,en -, of
SD" rmhnm'. ono and Illinois, and Indiana are all
states formed out OF the county, given by Virginia IN the
coIiederacy. All this she gave Tor peace and u,jon II
81 o1 ~, ~" MHlufaw'-iSh now should have the benefits
VI LII ohioh taken from her, CAN SHE GET meg
WHAT SIZE GAVE FOR Iri She ,ey.r a. ~
sone4goh forever! Ii is, therefore, deeply her interes,
70 nou 10 ihe Union as long as she can. 1t IS true. there
- '"' much reason 10 lear the bad passions OF men iii not
permit It to last forever. But neither will INV Ito las, cr
ever aHu yet l am in no hurry 10 part witt, it,. I will
sue 10 J! as VIII to the Union, with a icnacily tina, no..
"hrg put necessity or duty shall overcome.
mat a withdrawal OF one State from the Unioo
: !" '"eDty a dissolution as TO the whole, | think
INA. II WIN be SO IN fact, | have no doubt, although
~ .1n'eueracies might spring up. How could Georei,
ana Alabama well maintain their connexion viii 81
S CU'" T So. winch hes between them and the States
Lar'her Noith' were declared independence, And II So,I,
Carolina, Georgia aud Alabama 90 off what nSn ~ nu
pected oil Louisiana and Mississippi [. AccorGiny 10 a.
mem meory' an have a right TO go oH-aye, aud TO go Off
peaceably. Now, this principle works curionsJv = ~ o
is'dna' We bought that State with our n,onsy TX III
ons I'D order to secure 10 the western people the nav;
E"uoha ana mouth OF the Mississippi. We bought il. tia,
kentucky and Ohio, and the other Western S. =, ~.
nave 'ha' great natural outlet, JCiitout being densnJSmt
~ ~ " UfoN a FOREIGN STATE. Aud yet, according 10
IT, iei e .heory' me instant she became a member of the
". W ~ n Ight TO secede peaceably. and bsco,a
herself a foreign STATE. And the Union vonLI hayo et Umo
70 n'Ilo''s' .hat Weymouth OF the Mississippi miyl,, mn,
" 10 NO 10 " oGreign tate and in the ~tsinkling Of an eve
CO., oy 'ms po'Iucai hocuS PocuS, it belongs 10 n f,,e;on
STATE, and the money is all gone. Do Won, ,,inL I,.'6"
ny WI" ever consent! Will Ohio, Indiana, Illinois Mi.
already syar 1m ~ ,i immense valley Of the Mississippi,
,n' s"at"ing WIN population. submit 10 this Do
not believe IT. What chance has Iouisi,n, nj -.
secession! II she were to attempt it, one general Lt,rs, ~
Inauguration al such a breach Of faith. would r..oL a."
summit OF the Rocky Mountains, and re- sound - n.y., re
shoIes u me Atanhc;-and the western men sVes,inu
1oWn helr no"ie river, would reduce into sub,nission ,b.is,
~ 'bhfh NOluutT III aanaatn e..
themselves. And, yet the right OF arbitrary secessipppp ~ ="
longs az completely to Louisiana. as In any o,Lss 49,
spe u as entirely sovereign, as any other state in ill.,
op'on. ihere can he no inequality in the rights and novv
ers oi the several States, in reference either n The F.JorI
OO'eI""tn' OF 10 each other. IL is indeed. STRANGE IN
me, now lbis notion OF a right to secede without ,ha 80
seI' Of le o'her states ever got footing. The confedera-
uon, or compact, or bargain, tCGs made by NH. On,I, Z,
tot 10 DC dissofped 6y all Can il be broEea bv one II
TWO p']in men enter into an agreement, one doe. no, hint
ne hasa rlght 10 break II, against the will of te ofber H.
no'Jns'ico me same between man and man, and between
o'dtc ana Stdle' Justice comes from God. saws Ronosos,
VerybedntiulIy. Does that God, who il, the Cou,,,,is ~
l1Shce' see herein any difference between men and STATE,
Nohe-none! lie inculcates upon men. and Inv sGi
stronger motives upon States, a strict Observance II ,,oi,
ann a iaitl'less man and a faithiess State can have ~
favour with him, who &" is Of purer eyes r,an to behotJ
,uIqnity' Hence courts are cstahhshed 10 a ,vLst l.
Just between man and man, when they come IN 4, nisnn
uoFst'hding. And how il 1t with States? Tbev re 4,
~ rue no common umpire; but friendly States. when r,ev
unIeF' make an umpire. And sll wise States look VIII, ~ =
- eha difference TO the opinion Of other States. Tboss
WIZ oo not soon become outcdsis from the great fannie n
na'o"s AND how Is u with us2 We have consG,1,od
i'VundI' Tor The settlement Of our differences. and We srs
u'sSdushed with them. Yet what State can win bscons
,"s ueCency disregard the universal tisapprobadon NJ bo,
'"e"'y uhFee coniederatesl What State will, beco,ioa
InOues'y can say, " You are all wrong we onlv ca, ne
.s", a"n we VIII arrest the laws you have passed. ,vbiIs,
Nc 1'ai'n ,be protection and immunitics OF The Uoion ~
: n'Ve heHrd an old patriot Of other days-gbo C,uyh,
" we 'peFy VIC ~enioy-gho al seventeen wears Al ~
? sulsIlng a soldiers hdrdships, and Drawing the nsriIs
y, : soho,er on the very soil Of South Carolina. IA yybs,s