Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-09-08


cock, which Is pendant b his side Let us Imagine an
interview between them an the company of friends lust
amer one had signed the commission for the otherand
IA Illuminating upon the lights and shadows of futurity
Hancock should have said, congraulate my country
upon the choice she has made and oresee that the au-
res you gained in the field Of Braddock defeat will be
t"'ned with those which will be earned by you in the
war Oh Independence; yet such the peiudces in my
part o the Union against slavery that although vour
name and services may screen you from opproLrinp d
ring your me- Your countrymen. when the willow weeps
over your tomb will be branded by thine ia Man stcaers
ana Murdercrs and the stain Of il annexed
TO your memory Would not such prophecy have
1ern imputed to brain disturbed by public cares, and
IT'S accomplishment regarded Is u mere chmcta?
Having passed through the revolutionary war let us
come down to the framing OF the Federal Constitution
al 'h's .ine inc spirit OF the age had made great adj
Vahees The adherence Of the slave trade growing daily
more extensive was regarded the harbngcr of It's final
Prohbillon The abomnnbe traffic was not then
IN less d!srcpute than it is this moment-Slavery
too, ms condition, and especially as condition of a
porhon OF the Union, deplored time as sim
TSrsy anu universally as it is now by the other portion
mat 'iS toc IN all its bearings presented and ex.
ained when the federal constitution was being formed
- known to all acquainted with The history of those
times, and may be concusvely inferred from the nstru-
men itself So far the Northern States from ASSUME
ny any Pretension to regulate the interior economy of
sAe southern that they were compelled TO exempt them
O Yen years from the general operation Of the laws
guaing commerce, aud allow the importation of slaves
curing mat period This constitutes important
feature OF the Federal compact Itwould alone be eci
sVe on The subject The right import implies inc vita
ply The right To hold those who may be pored nd tho
right 10 hold includes that of government and nroecto
ana excludes that OF all direct interference by others
And no principle of morals permits men or States to al
tempt by indirect and obliquc modes eude the res
trah's oi pam aud uncquiyocal obligation. Another
clause ia the Constitution is contract on the part of the
Adding States To seize and restore runawav
why restore when you have taught the slave
tat lie mas right to trecdom Lastly it agreed by
the clause aPPoTtonng representatives, that the master
Should IN reference to the Constitution exercise all the
pohtIca rights OF the slave, and that lie should he no.
thing Such fellowcitizens, is the bargain which we
the people of the United States have made with each
other In what age of the world ard amon,r what
tpvl
and sacred: 1t is plain and pcrspicuous 1t was made
WIN o"F eyes open; with irli knowledge of all the
circumstances OF The case. of all the Inducements to make
~, OF all Tie objections that could be made against it
Every one OF The people is bound to adhere it, Every
mum wio n'ids ONCE ha; sworn to support it, and is per-
Jnred when by any appliance direct Indirect he at
emPtsto apei it's provisions 1t speaks TO every mans
Understanding, ad 6rrs every conscience by all
hat sacred ia good Ft sound in good policy; and
HAS been II tain Of peaceful execution for six and
forty years
Let now consider whether the PRINCIPLES Of The
AhS'1Vcry Associations 10 not conflict with the pTin-
cpicS OF this compact lin speaking of these a,socia
TONS rely entirely upon the account they give of them
and nPcach no mans motives From some of their
printed documents which have lately come into NV hands
ma te Names OF persons, who are, am told of pous
ana feSpecleh!E character; 1T would be strange were
thcie not others Qhough know nothing of tlem) of a
different stamp. But let us look % their avowed and
Vuhted OBJECT, and II that be not uneQuvocaly wrong
and cen*nrabe ia itself their proposed inca ms for the at
tanr'"ni OF 1t are sogelhcr The end of the nsu.
ton IL expressly states. be the immediate abonn or
slavery throughout th- Union They will have no trm
porisng measure Whatever is TO be done n,ns In h
gone qlcy They A5e in such haste that they cannot
lose lime NJ perPhTase, and they have enriched the
nomenclature with word immedigtiSm This
conprchends every thing and is the opposite Of Dyad-
9tsSm another new coinogc;all which being interpret
eG means that they intend Immediately to do that
which, by the Constitutions they restrained from, do
ihg ~ SH All other persons who may be favorable to
more SLOW ana gentle process treaedh snecrs and
contcmptthc COLONIZATION Society especially who ora
sraduSss, and the greatest enemies to the African
race Sir, will stop TO debate the iustifohlcncss r
NJ nhn 4.
would be beneficial to master man is a theme lea
uhtGachcd, though am entirely ncredulous that it
"ou'u Oe wen Tor either Sill, for present pur-
pose, admit that it might be So the associates viii
nave found no justification uSlcss their means are al
so Zee from Objection The hrs step adopted by them
- 10 e'ec themselves INTO revolutionary S0ciei-com-
oined and affiliated with Hillary and aaciirv soccties
n every stale and community, large small, in the
Eastern and Western States All men are invited to
JON ~ this holy crusade. The ladies are invoked to
turn ticir sewing parties into abolition clubs and the
little children when they meet to eat surar nns or -,
'he SUNDAY schools, be taught thai stands for
Abollton:-Sir, do cxaggeratetfere is the book
Ian ant'-slayery pamphlet which lay on the tablet
an assert is there IN subslAnce-men, women and chill
swell their numbers ~ -
This picture of The Society fully supports my asser
uoh that IL - revolutionary. 1t boldly processes s de-
Signs to be revolution in other States. The immediate
a'oNton Of slavery forced upon them by an ex,roneons
pressure would be revolution in the strict rnsr f tic
word. 1t would change the civil polv-jt would rive
P"'ti@aE power to those who have none and The d5m
naht power to them in all places where they happen TO
q tn
Ole, surprising the object be aliained without ser
we war Now deny that any body of men can law
luIy associate Tor the purpose Of undermining NOR. thai,
Ior OVehTowng, the government of our sister States
mere may DC no statute TO make such combinations ne
nal because the offence is of 4 new complexion. But
hry are not the less iniinsically wrong This will be
evident II the express intention Of the Association was
70 operate upon the government Of Cuba or IF Russia
oE even 81 Turkey The sOvvrcigns OF those countries
"'iEN and rghtinlly would demand the suppression Of
such combinations. The proclanations Of neutrality
au IopiDohE upon our citizens to engage in foreign
anaments are founded this doctrine Of International
law The only distinction is that i'm one case the Abo
NtoniSt' would violate the law Of nations while in the
present hcy offend against the rights Of their fellow.
SZcns ~ other States and against the Federal com
poet 10 all ls they have the tenerity TO answer tb.t
their construction Of the Constitution is the sa,ne ,
thnt Ut Mr. Webster and other ufss That they ain,
at abolition only with the consent Of the slave.holdinp
states linen why do they not apply 90 the cous,i.
tutcd authorities Of those States whence alone sucb
consent may be fghtfully obtained There let them
present their circumstances and petitions To these let
them address Their Arguments; but il by these they
would not be received by Of their dangerous or
offensive tendency attempts up The people against
ucir oish authorities, would still be revolutionary In
their nature "
The next means rcsortcd to for cntcting their object ia
the printing and publishing and circulating immense
numbers OF books, pamphlets tracts and newspapers Of
we most inh1mma@fy character, and raising funds Tor
the purpose Ol circulating them far and wide throughout
The Southern county. These documents tIrev pJavey
say arc Tor the master and not for the slave This OF
Cuscs ny the W, IS an admission that IL would be
wrong 10 put them into the hLnds Of t.e slave But
such pretcNt Is an insult 10 common sense If
me pous and pnllniropic persons Of the association
believe that these publications. or the sentiments con.
tanned in them, viii reach only the ears Of the masters
Us only evidence ct vuricty in the fever Of euu.
siasm ~ winch such persons deceive themselves They