Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-09-04
VOLUME xxxH.--No. 10.

excited and aroused with the same feelings and
.pinons, and to the efforts and action as the
leading abotonsts, producing throu ghout the whole
SCUM united 10 man upon this subject, cores
P,vhhu,ng ana hostile excitement and evaporation
"hat would be the benefit The enormous evils are
paPaoic but how would il benefit the unfortunate
save ny operating upon the fears of the And
when Dad fear ever induce relax his power over
the object that excited it: No. he will hold him down
WIN stronger grasp he will the cords he
VIII make the chains heavier and sink his victim TO a
sun ueeper dungeon Fear stees the heart against all
touches Of humanity Would he be benefited by arous-
ing nm to physical resistance, TO instructions For
Whatever be their motives, and by intend TO
arraign them, the language and measures of the Adolf
uoss clearly tend To instruction and violence. Be-
eve not that their proceedings are kept or oan be
kept from the knowledge ofihe slaves they have ears and
VIII hear, they have eyes and will Information upon
sueb snbecs received through free blacks and other
sourcess sought with avidty and crc with activity
inhamng their minds and with the most false
ana fatal hopes They hear that their have no
ga or moral authority them that every moments ex
ose OF snch dominion is sin, and that all laws that
sanction II are morally void, that they entitled
eu'aie einanc patton, and that their masters to
re Iegaraea as kdnappers and robbers for refusing it,
hey ihink that this is the general sentiment and feel
ing OF the Morrill, and that shall cheer them ON and
AID them IN putting once 10 this void and sinful
DOMINION is deiudng these beings 10 their
own destructon We should not aid them-The Consti-
on Pr0VSes ioT Vie supprcSsing of Instructions;
should rally under the Constitutions we should respond to
It's ca nay we should wait for such requisition but
on The 's'aT should rush forward with fraerna emotions
10 ueieDa our brethren from desoation and massacre
n" even u we stood hoof any rational man believe
~ m fnsorrectIoD Of the could result i'm ultimate
wi the
niaeS PoPoiatIo was eight times that of the whites still
the latter kept their supremacy by their sci
ehce and unity OF action But in the aggregate South
tue number OF the whites exceeds that the slaves and
the result OF servle there be- after the de-
sucon OF thousands and thousands of blacks the hold
ing the survivors serner md more enduring bondnrs
nut 'here Ia another and far more important view of
inns matterthe effect upon the whites, upon the Con-
sutiou and the Union
The con,bnasions and PROCEEDINGS NJ the i'm
abooHsts have produced and are producing throngh.
o @se feelings OF bitterness sud hatred toward
the North am aware that these gentlemen in
sst at T'' th efforts designed merely produce
aPersulSIye ctect the Sir such be really
their oIJecti tbry intend only persuasion, the
'ey aoop the pouring forth the most insulting and
poDrouS language, to the pronoUncing Of all slave
holders unfortunately to be robbers and and
thvs housing the and embttered feenos
EXHIBITS The most singular ideas ofhe adaptation of
70 ends that ever presented in the varieties of
human intellect have heard of persons who had a
thocsand winnnw ways 10 make folks hate them and
surely the abolonists have employed them all toward
the South, and with wonderful success
SIR, sad Me Sy the time has when the great bo-
ny oil e people hitherto senced upon this delicate
inomentous subject, should forward and express
Their sentiments Oar brethren of the South alarm
es-ceePy profoundly Nor ought we TO be surprised
that they are So We know indeed that the arators
here are few that the whole of those who
lave pcrRittcd their be enrolled i'm these soce-
ties H small and verify believe that many of them dis
approve the violence OF their leaders, more will
do so when they contemplate the of their
MEASURES But seen troina distance, they appear
cuPy the whole field and their activity produ-
ces an erroneous impression of their strength and
bers
An arc agitaiors the other side of the
Fotoi as on this; who, from personal or
polite are willing to fan the fame OF discord;
theTc AZ who wish dissolution OF the Union, and
who, with that vi" drsignedly lay hold of this topic
exaggerating the ,erand deepening the alarm These
men we can satisfy because the are predetermn
ed not to be satisfied with any which we can
adopt But tie great body the people of the South
are strongly atehed to this Union and be alenated
toiil t osy by conviction that of the North
deliberately 10 disregard and violate the Constitution ia
inaiteS asSetiDg their vital interests
Is Is most soenlny incumbent upon us then TO make
etT opinlons and determinations known. Before the
adoption OF the Constitution the several States possessed
no igpt wheverto interfere with the domestic institu-
tohs oi edch otlief no more than have 90
canada OF Nova Scotia to break the relation of officer
and soldier in their regiments stimulating the latter to
mutIny The Constitution gives such right but on
the contrary nterposes the obligations ofcoInpac against
all such interference 1t recognises and provides for the
continuance of the relation OF master and slave IL fur
her provides Tor tic suppression of insurrectons and
surely requires argument show that we lave no
right to ionitD what bound to suppress BY the
true split OF that compact bound to leave
0ae us own internal arrnngements-to leave in the
quiet enjoyment Of all the rights Of independent sove-
Tegnty which it has not thereby conceded to General
Let " convince the South that by this compact we
mean most scruPulOusly to abide that 60 for the
lehOiG Constitution that in view all IFS parfs are
equally sacred: that is sectional or ira useut
abashment; that resolutely maintain whatever
ooE' TO their protection and their benefit tat which
secures our own that we would add to- than we
wo@a subtract 'front.' tbe legitimate powers of the Con-
stitstion; and that should hold ii treason to the
collar rights of the Stateg
Every one who ~nows any thing Of the history of tho
Constitution, knows that il could never have been form
edthat the Southern States would never have acceded
TO II Tor AN instant, If it had not left to them the exclu
syc and unmolesicd treatment of this terrible disease
ths vital suiJrct-thcir domestic slavery and il
cannot be preserved day after they shall be brought TO
believe that there is in this respect settled purpose
here to disregard or go be yond the compact
he South Will not tolerate interference with their
slaves This we may be assured; this, let every man
'hecu"g or unchretng, set down as truth certain
a mathematical demonstration All our history shows
~ the excitement of the present moment shows liz thew
cannot permit such mathematician very condition
oubids B Attached they to the Union, important
IS TO them and certainly it is less essential TO
them than 10 still they hodt nothing in compare
son with that which Immediately touches their lives.
their individual existence. The Union then if used TO
disturb this institution Of slavery will be there the
spider web; breath Will agitae, blast will sweep il
away forever"
H. then these abolitioBsts shall 70 on if their asso
ciatons SHAH continue to increaseftcir doctrines shall
spread and their measures be adopted until they become
the general sentiment and action Of a majority Of the
people OF the North and this shall be known as known
IT sill be- o. the South The fate of our Government is
seaed-tie day that that contamination will look
only upon tie broken fragments Of our Union And
who will attempt to iathom the unreasonable abyss of a
dissolution Of The Unions Draw the lines Of the new
cohicderacies where you wil-war-bitter and almost
incessant war viii be The inevitable consequence. All
history, ard human nature itself, teach us this
Think not that former connection and fraternity
but inpart evaporation. As in The natural
would the sweetest substances when corrupted oflen
become the most acid, in the moral world the kindly
affections, when poisoned perverted turned TO in
tense and deadly hate Each parry must at all times be
foil aunor complete preparation defence There
lac ufnY end nfTf