Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-08-28


poor creatures they urging their dcstuc
uon; when was there ever gross or dangerous
abuse OF an institution intended for the general good
than to have mails loaded with papers and pamphlets
misleading an Ignorant population, apparently submit.
ung quietly to their condition, and diving them
enlps winch must end in their run after niiictng
measurable calsmites upon millions of men? IL is pre-
is rank andacy in such persons talk
about the danger of the abuse of power when cxtcnds
strong arm 10 arrest such iniquity.
am not satisfied with the tone of some Of our papers
upon some violent measures that have applied the
nstigators of these plots of Dsapprobaton
has been expressed in language OF sharp rcproo accom-
panied by profound iuisms about the sancii,y and
premacy OF the law. and without an extraordinary
sympathy for the unforuaaie sufferers Il is very well
Tor us, who sleeping safely in cur beds, To
a.sIourse earnedl! and wisely and patiently about APP
peaing TO the law Tor the redress every wrong
descasi upim the cgaliy Danger of this course of
summary justice. But expect the sumo cool and
reasonn philosophy from those whose lie under
The knives OF assassns aud who see at their elbows
The wrcches who stimulating them to strike the
blow? Are they 10 wait until their dwellings blaze
w tue dead hour OF night aud their wives and chill
dcn are mass cred in their sight them should they
survive, 60 to Grand Jury with Indictment against
the Offenders, II they can be legally Identified pro-
less myself to be much devoted the supremacy
tue law az aay good citizen ought to be- but who docs
NOT KNOW that there are cases which its arly and
.echnca pace moves too slowly 10 prevent the imend
my mischief: agrcc should be extreme; but when
Is So we come back to the first principles of selfprc
servauon for which all laws are made and all Govern
ments Instituted and Submitted TO. But who is TO be
tue Judge OF the urgency of the case, Those take
upon themselves the responsibility Of acting: 4, can
be other. When the property or person of an ind
vduai Is assaulted, lac assumes his defence-hc re-
pels the aggressor and neccssary makes himself In.
Jude oil tnc degree OF force he may The
numerous and easily understood in which IL would he
idc 10 look to the law for the prevention of wrong If
| man, spotted with the plague, come into a
populous city and himself in tho market place
and to bring the question: were 10 avow that
ms design IN coming there infect the city with
aiai disease would you ask the inhabitants let him
rest unmolcsed until they should carefully examine the
statute book to find some law for his removals and If
none should be found 10 wait until the legislature should
enact one? fhis would be forbearancc not foolish
| merely, but highly criminal 1t would be their right
gnau intruder, aud II his death should be- the conse
quence OF hs obsnacy, who would eproach the authors
OF 1t?
We have in our own history infinitely less mr.
gent than that speaking Of aud We, the yiolors
OF the law have never been considered dangerous
tenders but rather appauded intrepid patriots The
men oil Boston, who in l17I, thought cxpedient for
the cause of liberty and their country to throw the car
goes OF The IensLps into the sea, certainly committed
GROSS Vioaton OF private right of the security of pr
vaie property, and Of the law which protects il but II
was great PnOc occasion; had vital natioao object
winch inc law could not reach; the good of the whole
called for the sacri6ce the law or dsre
garded TO attain an end which the law could not accom-
Psh and the memory of the perpetrators of the deed is
held in honor and respect Let us be assured that how
ever we may inoraze upon this subject and satisfy our
selves by repeating ordinary maxi,ns and theories The
people OF the South will and ought not to allow their
homes and rights be invaded; their lives and uronertv
to be sacrificed by reckless band of false phiIantlro
Piss, but that they WILL and that they ought 10 chi
up the appalling mischief by the roots by such means as
the exlgency OF the may require however terrible
they may prove to the offenders
Have We, of the North no interest i'm theso nroccod
inSsf Let us not believe that be mere specta
tors OF the tragedy. In this scheme of emancipation
what Is To become OF the Government, the Constitution
The Union OF these States They must all fall before
hcy VIII sll IN the vortex; for they arc lost whenev
the rights nj the people of the South guaranteed as s,rc
~ and sacredly any enjoy are taken from then,
Can the North, consistently with the solemn
it TO the South consistently with ~ o,,o
happiness look with indifference tacit appreciation
upon proceedings fraugt with the fate of all that is
70 Us. Let us not only speak explicitly abhor-
renee OF then but be active and jealous in arrestin
thelr progress. These malign philanthropists onld
Volve twelve millions of the white population of onr
country In ruin, insane experiment detestabl in
IT'S means, to improve the condition of the blacks And
IL Ia obvious, that the blacks, for whom the experen
Is TO be made must perish in the process Am asked
lot my sympathy and regrets, If such wretch becomes
himself the victim of his Vaccinations instead of inn
nooting tens of thousands his wickedncss his vanity
or his folly -
think cannot be Misunderstood but that NAV not
De msrepresented, it may be well be more explicit
hoid the supremacy OF the law to be essential to the
enjoyment oil iiherty-nay, to its existence any ma
tiona sense. This is especially true in free povern
ment in which the tendency popular force should be
watched with peculiar care, and resisted in It's first at
tempts- But hold it to he equally clear aud to be de-
nonstrated by repeated experience that 10 the course
oil human events in the various shapes which human
ischcf may take Ia the dangers TO which individuals
and communities may be exposed by the DESIGNS of
men who respect no rights and laws, but for tho
gtacation oil their passions, in the pursuit of some
iavorite obJect, would prastrae all right and all law
would tear asunder the bonds of the social compact and
spread unreasonable ruin over happy and prosnrron
country; that such cases. from their necessity must
make their own law, and be by remedies which The
ordinary proceedings of the law afford Such in
any opinion, rs the case existing in the Southern
Sles; s1ch will be the consequences Of the designs of
e abotonisls against the property and unquesonalle
rights of the people Of the South unless they are at once
oy Toe most prompt and ehectual force that
be applied 10 them. II these malignant or MISGUIDED
inccndaries are ambitious 70 become martyrs 10 their
desperate cause; if they will nstgte and lead insur-
rectonsts murder aud destroy let them meet the fate
they have prepared for others. What right ave they
to talk OF the law or To claim It's protection who are
themselves the most daring aud dangerous voIaoTs of
the law In the very of invading the most sucred
rights OF others, they would defend themselves from re-
taliation Under cover of their own rights
do not desire, MIR. Editor, that you should be respon.
sDie Tor these opinions or be bound 10 defend them
iuriher than they may accord with your own Bal tic
question ~ one OF deep and absorbing interest upon
winch opinions should be freely and honestly given pro-
Vlded they are expressed with becoming dccorum |
oiier mine, to stand fall by their own strength am
confident in my principles for il recognized by all law
anu the reason OF every The only on is its
application to the Of The Abolitionists IN The South
nat question will be decided by the Southern people for
themselves Ihey Will not submit us They are fe
best Judges Of The urgency of the Danger they live in IT, il
IS al around them BY dag and by night secpinr and
waxing we are too TAR removed from make lust |
estimate OF It, The who stands securely on the
sore Knows little of the dangers which ass9 the ship
which he at a distance on the ocean Fire and |
mntiny may be raging within her. when all appears tan
gull TO s eye Her officers and crew will not sopral
To such spectator TO direct them providing Tor their
Out aePena upon Their own resources aud energy
81 CLtmsYmLE, (Ohio) August IL.
WARisKE PREPARATI0gs I'm consequence Of the !
repeated daily and hourly depredatons which are now
being committed upon lheonicers and citizens bordering
on the Michigan territory by the Michigan authorities