Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-20

slavery be perpetual There is no room i'm them for The
commercial man, who, secure the trade of the
south, is ready to applaud the institution of slave
ry, and To leave his country men--hs brethren-ther
children and children's children-subiccted TO its
tender merces, throughout all future time. We have
no room no work for such. We want men; who stand
on the rock of christian principles; men who will spea
ana WRITE and act with invncble honesty and rnne as;
men who VIII vindcate the right of discussion knovy.
ing that it is derived from God; and who KNOWING tbis
VIII vndcae taganst all the threats and arts of dcma-
gogues and money worshippers, and the face of obs
aud of death There is room in our ranks for the cid
and decrepii, well the young and vigorous Jbc
hands that are trcmuous with venrs are me b.et b,,
TO grasp the sword OF tic sp rit The aged servants of
Cod best know how - to the which moves the
world Our work, in word, is the work of God; and
10 do His work.
CoNMESTs-FrOm The .]iLany Argus
X Will be recollccted that the remnant of the abolition
State Convention, after the main body had been driven
by The force of the pubc sentiment from Utica assem-.
bcd at the honse of Mr. Gerrt Smith ,non his inv,
ton in the village of Pctcrboro' IL has been onnone
also, that MIR Smith avaied himself of the occasion 10
aYow, IN speech OF some length his fellowship with the
CONVERSION and It's objects. Finally, the speech itself
has been published i'll circular form has been ushered
through the public press, and has been applaudcd by
such OF the Opposition Journals are essentially with
the aboiIonss but who have not the candor and he
nesty to avow it, Under these circumstances we con
ceire it its enlbor, and his motives 10 be proper sinh
Ject of scrutiny and comment.
And few words in the outset as TO the individual
MIR. Gerrit smith is gentleman of great wealth of
education and of liberal mens al endovuents HE rricr
passion next to the acquisition of wealth possibly sinh
ordinate to IT, is desire of power and noloretv This
he has sought, with obvious eagerness as politician
ana as phIanthropist In both capacities whilst his
iaDoTS nave not been altogether unsuccessful he has
no time enjoyed large share of the public confidence
as panthopist his gifts are before the world; and
nave pointed their own moral; and his zeal has been
signalized by Colonization speeches. by warmth on The
Indian question: so long its discussion promised results
adverse to the Administration, by ultra temperance
movements and finally by abolition spirit as fierce
and os bcligeren the seditious Garrison or The SIMS
ter Tappan. As politician he is of the old federal
mi ito b.4ro HoT4lo
cooperating with il in all its efforts to PROSTATE
the National and State Administrations, and was the
author in 1913 OF one of the vindctive and unfair
political addresses which has ever issued even from tho
arcana of Federalism 1.-THE love of noorcty be inbred
ana distinct from the particular form in which it mani.
tests itself 1t nevertheless, this instance whether in
the walks OF politics philanthropy invariably
the aspect ohostty to the Democracy of the country
ana ~ prompt 10 catch at any device by which tho
friends OF the democracy It's administration and H.,
didates, can be assaed Ifte results othe agitation f
the colonzation Indian and temperance questions have
not realised the antcipations of personal xaltaton m IL
they pail in their dull and exhausted realities unon an
ekciabie and ambitious temperament is surprising
that The frcsher excitement Of aboltonism is enared
upon with keener relish the dsappointments ofthe
past are recolected and the hopes of the future trou
forth.
We would do Mr. Smith Injustice. We award 70
hm talents and private worth.-We reepect him for tl
moderauon the liberal spirit and the sound phanihro-
Ply with which he advocated and advanced the csuqc ~
colonization so long hc adhered to that causc Pat
we are bound to speak of him with freedom and with an
of ultimate emancipation, he has thrown the WEIGHT If
his name, and the force Of his eoauence into tho sco
OF the inccnday agtaors of the day he has abandoned
sr0ng mpregnable constitutional ground. for DANGER.
GUS Improbable and abstract specuatons borflI alike
TO the public veal and TO the welfare of the slave and
we shall not scruple to scan his motives and punoz, ~
DONG 50 We shall be the less scrupulous since in
skctching the Individual describe class Fr,n, Nj,
h9mst to Cr9mwell from the Fifh-AIonarchy-men Of
England 10 the ultraists of our timcs-in all agos
ianateism and the love Of power and notorietv hov
lse9 mo an manner Of excuses, under the pretencc
oil philanthropy and the garb of religion
The osteDsbfc cause of this sudden and = cos,;, -
nesiaton Of the ultra spirit of Aboitionsn il Tho al
legged ALLEGATION to yindcae and sustain The right If
free discussion" But is this the ,yys ca,,os T. - "
gined for moment, that Abolition State Convcnt;o,
was started and urged onward its climax in ibis stae
at hs time Tor The purpose of sustaining "the right Of
ifee discussion VIII such precnce deceive n nv ,,a
familiar with the springs and motives which gy@Sg ~
man conduct What Alvan Stewart and Ar,hnr
Tappan for the right of free discussion except 50 FAR ne
restriction may be supposed 10 conflict with her ss;s
OF personal and political ambition Was not fbis 60
Yenuon started Tor the purpose Of aiding abettio d
organising unconditional abouonfsm2 XVssn.t - ~
diuonal abotionsm the stalking horse np,n which Ill
onary theorists and broken-dOwn politicians eou,f M
efathcauon OF their ruling p1sson-nooriefy and noe.
ef Aud was not the convention called at This lime it
view 70 political as well personal considerations and
with The sinister hope that, Insignificant as il rear,
would be- something might grow out Of ininrions r.
Mr. Van Bnnn--that the South might be Exaggerated
into hostility and The North agitaed into con,soss
and dvison--a chance 10 which The agitaiofs having
nothing TO lose, could pot nothing at hazard?
Look for moment, at The circumstance under which
The convention was proposed aud attempted 10 be- Coz
yencd. The ncendiary movements of the Ahol,f;,i,.
had excited every where throughout tho conotrv ~,
strongest expressions of hostility their desi4ns sn5
proceedings. The South exasperaicd By The nnfsi
ing and audaoiops interference in their domestic NIT,
and looking 70 The consequences Of Instruction mae
sacre and violation, with an instructive apprehension and
horror, had risen as one man, breathing vengeance
against ,e incendiares, and appealing to ibeir bre
ren at the North to restrain the evil propcnses Of those
among them who we're thus bent upon enkindng H.
i,res OF serylle war The North responded 10 lhe
'~uh IN every quarter. The people viii, one impulse