Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-10-17


onward-onward aud the banner OF the Union sink
ing from the glorious citadel, when Andrew Jackson aud
the American people came 10 the And will YOU
elect 10 the Senae OF the Unon the SO
lately aimed at that Union, the fatal psr bloml No.
fellow ciuzens the glow OF patriotism which beams
ry eounensnce, proclsims that viii be sustained
by you Who ever raised his baud against his couutrys
Unon that you will rally round sacred banner, that YOU
would Xix your last gaze upon that hammered winch
Heated over the OF angon aud bene sh folds
with the veteran vi Oleans your leader aud the war.
cry OF liberty aud union upon your lips, you would
quet or die Yes. fellow cizeus that would rather
sl in the deieuce OF the American nion than 1.-Two with
ont IT, when the giant form OF the dakes military despot.
ism would rise upon its tuns you would be doomed to
live amid the brsing bal ones the smoking artillery aud
sarage massscres OF perpetual aud bloody borer war;
when liberty could iind resting place, aud when
State, like the castles OF the ieuJal Barons would be
rownng batcment, and siocd and yassal sodicry Its
only defenders.
Al that nomentous crisis. when the advocates of Caro-
INA Nullihcaon were tearing down the pillars Of the
Union, OH which side the people aud eislaure OF
mississippi By m.lo,y unprecedented. they
upon the side OF The Union AT that glorious epoch, on
The hrst Monday Of January 1888, had the al.
dress The largest citing, within my kno ledge ever as
sembled IN Adams county where the resolutions az
Nuic alton and Secession were adopted with hui one
dissenting voice. The people tlroug hou the State held
similar meetings, which resulted in similar manner; and
The legislature, with almost entire unaniuity instructed
the Honorable George Poindextcr oppose the doc.
trines OF Modification aud Secession and TO support
tho measures OF the President Blu. the honorable Sc
naor dsobeyed your will; he trsmped benc ath hi, feet
that fundamental principle which requires the Reprcsen-
'ave TO obey the viii OF his constituents he obeycd the
nuiying nAndae oil Carolina; he supported her
denounced the measures OF the President, aud sgmatz
ed him as tyrant and usurper Your servant be.
came your master; and now, fellow citizens are YOU will
hug by re-secng the Hon George Poniexter to nban-
don ,hstvitA principle Of Republics which exacs obed
encc from The Representative TO tho peoples will: Will
you surrender your rs hts and liberties his keepDg-
VIII you capulae 10 him, or the nnoae yeJ power which
sussns him' VIII you bow your nccks to the yoke
place the mansces upon your hsnds-aud proclaim
the Hon. George Pondoxier your master! Blu, OH my
ieow-cizens H. as can believe YOU arc prepared
10 become the willing slaves Of despo let il Ice some
MT III.
bondage OF base submson 20 your ow unworthy SER
want, tho Hon. George Poindexier.
Fellow cizeus-lt you prepared sanction the so
doc''nesii You are ready 10 proa,e the supremacy
the peoples WILL and their nto
impenAi Dcta'os let us surrender the Of Democrats
Tor We will have abandoned their principles aud
mere nuamaons, pushed forward 10 the polls by self
constituted aristocrscy.
In the latter part OF the extract which have last
made from Mr.. Poindcxter's speech YOU find him do
clarng, that 'no citizen Of State can be co,pr7ied
by tho authorities of the United States 10 ps,lo,m
military service in time Of cu, sganst the will Of
the State TO which he owes allegiance Government
with power 10 declare war; and prosecute H. bat with no
power TO compel the service Of single CITIZEN with now
er 10 call forth the militia, but authority TO enforce that
cal! want lime and language, TO visit this doctnc
WIN The lndignsnt comment. IL so richly merits Il is
the very doctrine of blue-ight Hartford Convention
Fedefaisnot Caleb Strong, its leader: OF those who
when The country was bleeding every pore, In her
conflict with England, the great maraime dc.poi pro-
nounced that country he bulwark Of our rs smiled
atourdceats; scoged NJ aud our
declared il "unbecoIning moral and religious peope
10 reJoce AT victories over enemies, and refused
their militia 10 the call OF the Government of tho Union
upon the same ground assumed by the honorable
and then denied by the whole republican party A nd
here Caleb Strong and George Poindc xier the ultra
deralist and ultra uller, concur aud must con-
sent go down TO poserly a, tho of
the same political docirines.
But the honorable Senator has attempted this day to
alarm you into the support OF Modification. by declaring
that you repudatc the doctrine, Congress may emanc
pate your slaves. Does the gentleman really believe that
the intelligent people OF Mississippi are as lac desgnaies
the opponents OF Nuilcalon "cbilren9 or ..gro,n b,
deferred nj tho
lion, rom the support Of those principles which, alone
can preserve the American Union! Has any one mem.
Der OF Congress!-ha any citizen ever pretended
that Congress had any such power? even dsclan.
ell by the mad aboonsts OF tho North. Now there are
Twelve reeand twelve slave States; hon hopeless then the
TASK to yet majority OF the American people the
States, to pass such law, American nj TO
sanction 1t! and il il possible enact such La
would be pronounced unconstitutional and Imperative
by the Supreme Court OF the Unonor such is the de-
elared opinion OF every member OF that tribunal. But il
tho majority of the States ere 20 wicked as Ia mas IA ~
so clearly unconstitutional aud unjust Mobilization and
paper cdicts would never save us and would be
PEELED win or Without multiplying sdc', the
right OF RcvouIonfo resist inoIerabe ssiou and
defend our rights and property al every hazard.
But am prepared to demonstrate, that il Modification
be constitutional remedy aud each State is the
judge in the last resort oi its cd rights can en-
iofce It's Judgment within its limits, then that il fol-
lows, as clearly as any result oil male analysis
that any State emancipate all the slaves in Tho
Union, and being free. according 10 the gentle.
mans own doctrine they cannot 10 recalled 10 Slavery
Any one state Ohio for instance by rniona or,.
gye slaves be seizng and reclaimed xercising
her constitutional power the Ultimate Judge OF her re-
served rights she akes IL pant OF her ordnance that
there can be no such thing slavery within her limits
and thatthe moment slave touches The soil OF the Stale
(aS now 'hc law OF Emgllnd) lac becomes forever free
Would not the slaves rush into that State where thew
would he consitu,onay tree il Modification be consi.
utonsl right OF each StaIel Let then suppose this doc
irinc of Notification admitted established by all the
States and conceded by the Soulh is dang that
soine one State, ~ moment Of phreusy or enIhusi-
asn, such as that which Vuised even VIRGINIA
alter tho southampton massacre, would exercise her
admitted constitutional power, aud produce uuiyer.
sal emancipation by her ordinance? Is this not in-
bnteiy more probable, than that thirteen States will unite
IN Congress 10 exercise this power Of emancipation which
all denY la the case, il Modification be tho true
docno the State would only be exercising her undoubted
constitutional power, TO euorce he ordinance; aud in the
otheT Congress would be exercising a power, denied bV
all Let tic South conccde the Constitutional power oil
any Tree state 10 enforce ouy ordnance within her
limits, as TIC ultimate Judge Of her reserved rights aud
constitutional power 10 abolish slav by the action of
single free state, will be discovered aud admitted by
The South, aud the sboltonss OF one free State
will have obtained ia that State the constitutional po,s
to abolish slavery, tho iucrum upon which to rea tn
lever OF Archimedcs, and they will accomplish their OBJ
Ject suppose OHIO Penny snia indiana, aud Illinois all
Tree states actually bordering for about thousand mil
upon slave States, and tile latter approaching within about
twodaysshl Of the Mississippi, each their constu.
lona power declaring any slave within ta may come
within their limits free, would single slave in Missspp
their hshto these ssyluns Of liberty In vain would we
then cxclsim OF such ordnance that IL iprnged the
Constitution OF tIc UnOn; would already have pro.
nouoccd our dooo by conccdng that each State the ul-
Hmdo Judge within her liuIits, Of what is the Law
and the Constitution No, leIlOw-r Of tho Sou'b
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