Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-19

iowfu for the goneby days of the highest and remain
s"s renowned men of William g. Mary College. But
oI The hal affection we should all bear to our native
soil, would wish these melancholy truths to pass into
everlasting oblivion, if it possible And if they
orc pr up by the repetitions Of similar injuries in
upon our State reputation (as is but too much the
.se win your present communicationO let endca-
ro 10 console ourselves, if can, with the reflection.
."h party elections, and what is worse mongrel mix
tu,e OF ingredients III such elections, not The best
To bring OUT but to keep back, the highest per-
a' superiority and worth, and thereby lower the other
wise acknowledged too general and melancholy drgenc
lucy OF the tines Let sre then, how your last
,"ulca'on VIII come up 10 this standard Of higher
lower worthm!
will readily admit sir the skill and adro;,ness Of the
selection OF the most sensitive topic Of The day. The .7Lo
ton 2.eaon for the introduction of your official comnu
nicat"n to the General Assembly. admit your sui:a
Ole doctrines on that head with Southern FEELINGS and in.
teTrss and your adTo ingenuity and skill in o5scurinp
Inc main design which is concealed IN that part Of your
communication. Under the sensitive feelings of the
oI' on That very subject, and under the guise of pure
anu single intention Of maintaining the rights and inter
cS's OF The southern country, you labor to enlist her feel
lngs against the Nort-and for what pnrposca Clearly
.ocafy your point against northern candidate for the
Presidency or dissolution fhe Union under your IA
Volite NULLiFIcATIoN DOCTRINE, if you cannot sue
ceed IN your presidential manGuvrc? Yes sir as
nave said in a former communication, these two
principles Of Abolition and Notification are work
ing together 10 the same unholy political objects
though from exact opposite and extremes, and
they are striving TO employ opposite agents and
means to accomplish those ends-White Clay, Cal
noun, Harrison, and every body else who subseryc
those ends, of all parties and compilations in politics.
from all quarters, South, West North Wrst-nay any
one from any where but particular individual from the
direct .NorthM
Thus the Abolition lambs Of bcncrolcnce and humanity,
aud the erocous wolves of Notification and destruction
with all the squeakng speckc pigs of all parties,
made TO lie down and embrace and kiss each other the
most fraterna fellowship of kindness, and harmon So
most cordially in one great purpose The Aboltionis
says, "USlos AND UNIVERSAL FREEDOM, OR DisUSios
RATHER THAN UNIos WITH LEAST SPICE OF sLA-
VERY OF Any SORT The Nulfcr, in substance, says.
" UNION, WITH THE ENTIRE ASD SOLE CONTROL OF THE
SoUTH OVER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, DIsUSIoS
WITH THE LEAST SPICE or INfLuEScE OF THE North
OR THE INTRUSION or A NORTHERN cAXDIDATE ~ THAT
ELECTION! Yes, Sir this is the true state of the
the literal amount of your communication this all
exciting affecting subject of abolition which you take
such special TO lay the foundation of that COM
munication
A esuilical train of sophisca logic winding its way
through circutous and willy route of macs only
be understood and exposed if be understood at ali,
tending to designs and conclusions not honestly de-
sired 10 be made plain and ntcigic to the and
gencral perception and understanding Your display Of
that sort, hcwcver on the abolition question, not su
GENTLY mystical and abstruse to the covcn foot
the design of keeping up and increasing the prejudccs
between the North and the South The Presidential
question. Like your professions, confess once had
my real doubts TO the disposition and determination of
the North To suppress the spirit and movements Of her
fanaca madncn, and expressed myself to that effect in
former communication. Since then, however the de-
cisive disposition and determined of almost the
entire North, overwhelmingly and efficiently combn-
Cd have convinced me that had entirely mistaken those
dispositions and determinations. The correct and de-
cidcd proceedings at Philadelphia Utica, Boston, and
almost every other considerable and correct Northern
own-he expulsion Of the forci gn intrudc!s from our
Southern domestic affairs-thc intimidation Of their own
native anatca czens-ought surely to have convinced
oF ,e If
their friendly-nay, their fraternal intentions
wards the South Every man would have freely ac-
knowIcdGcd it, who had not other object in
raging instead of allaying the ealouses and chickering's
between the two sections of the Union, than real practi
cal good and brothcry harmony, and domestic rcposc
among the different members of The conedcracy.
All these facts fully before you they well
known 10 you when you made your last communication 10
the General Assembly. One of two things must occur,
of course, such facts; to every rejecting mind
Either, that you most palpably and shamrfully neg
leclrd Your duty before these decisive and correct
steps were taken by the North-when their real and
want Of confidence in such course, and action in ac
cordancc with that want Of confidence: would have
been much appropriate and prascworhy; or: yon
are now making very untinely etforts to throw the
weirh, of the influential State of Virginia. which you
represent its head into the effort to keep up and in
tho ealouscs and prcudiccs Of the South at this
very mc-when TIE war is over when the Fun-rnad abo
ion insurgents have been actually made to ground their
arms and abscond, By these very suspected brr
thren Of the Norh-and above all, when insuccmcnt
can remain for keeping up the excitement, but the Presi
Dental 7carfnrc no'c going on!
1t has been trumpEantly asked by one Of your Wing
Journals what you should could have done OH that
much disturbed and disturbing question, when it was
then at its height; | anSwer-You ShOnd and could
have issued your proc lmatlon rcqng all the citizens
Of Virginia. who received any of those nccndary pub.
locations. forthwith to transmit them to the Executive,
with all the information they possessed from whence and
from whom they And as 1t secrus your suspicious
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were so great about the Norths doing lis dnty,
was yours imperalrcly to call upon those States,
from which those publications cmlnaed, to use all !
their constitutional rights and powers TO suppress
the evil This would, at least, have put the course
these States meant to pursu" once to the test But all
this YOU failed do, under all your suspicious Of the
correct intentions of Northern brethren You were
then dumb; and now orsooh when they have done all
that they could do without legislative aid and all we
ought in reason to ask, you below out dcnunc'atohs
arSinst them which were before snotered in your own
BOSOM when it do possible good, except it may
in the Presidential canvass assist the boiling OF the 70.
litical cauldron.
ton on this a-absorbing subject Of Abolition. Let us
see what are the specifications in support OF your
general views. You say, " In regard to the hrst
question: Ito prepare for the OCCASION becomes men
determined to peril all in defence of their known
rights no one doubt that under tie wise provisions
of the public law, intended this is TO Perpctuatc
the peace and harmony of all States, whenever an asso-
citation exists within the territory of any State, the
object of which association disturb the repose OF ano-
Their the State whose tranquility is jeopardizcd by such
means, may rightulIy demand of the other the prompt
suppression Of all such associations. Such demands,
when sustained by proper proofs arc never refused Oy
ny State which wishes TO remain member oi the tanl
10 of civilized communities desires 10 maintain ami.
cable relations with the State making and sustaining the
demands There is exception to this rule 10 doubt
it now would be to rePunge the civilized world INTO tal
barbarisI from which it has emerged and 10 justify eve
~ nation in the impudent attempt to regulate the affairs
Of Others by its notions; which, although sometimes
concealed beneath the guise of pretended philanthropy
always he traced TO considerations less pure. Hence
the universal doctrine and practice of modern States is
never to obtrude even their advice, unasked as 10 the
mere internal Of Others long as these do no
n;urv n their npiobbors And what States NAV not do