Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-08-18
LvCENDL3RY PUBLIC.3TyON,s

Inc Postmaster OF Charleston refuses to deliver out
any oil The lncendiary Missiles. We honor him (;hc
chivalrous, hgil-minded, Unionis Alfred Huper) for
assuming such a responsibility.
Oh enquiry at our own Post Office VIC learn that oul
lew copies continue TO conehat they detained in
the oice awaiting further orders-that from 30 10 IA
nave been addressed to the Office though larger qnan
~ has passed through it, before the Clerks were ware nj
their contents and tendency They addressed TO the
whites, except an fe'c instances the OF
the issue From this last fact, and from the copies which,
were sent TO the free people color of Norfolk the read
er may judge of the veracty of the Agent of the Anti.
slavery Committee in N " who declares that they were
ohy sent TO the white prorretors. Bat by what right
dd they send even to them Who asked their advice
who sought their nsidous lights Ii is to be hoped that
n the P0StmaSters do do their duty bv The South
every citizen, to whom they delivered will forth
WIN return the poisoned chaice to the lips of the in.
cenaarIes: They now say, that they will send copy
postage Let every copy then, be returned upon their
hands-and thus, what with the energy of the Posmas
tiers, and what with the vigilance our citizens their cir
cuatron will be arrested in tho South.
we cannot omit drawing the attention of the whole
south 10 me hrm and pa.riotic course of Mr. Gouvc-
neur the Postmaster of New York; the source from
which most of these incendiary publications emanate
70 save the South from the flame which they are cacu-
lated to kinde0S lceH as TO snge The maD firm, nh IN,
fermPion he has determined send on no such paper
to the South until lie has received the orders OF the
postmaster General We thank him for this consider.
we feel indeed the deep responsibility which he
and Mr. Kenhal have both assumed in the sentiments
they have expressed We agree with the Y Post that
1T IS even fearful task they have taken upon them
seVesand tins discretion of judging of the
the mail which they may send us, n most serious nd
delicate po~erbut the Evening Post does sufficient
~ consider that ii is the very extremity o.. the case
which makes law for itself No other such case can
scarcely be conceiyedas entering into our calculations
or practice. IL forms exception to almost all general
rulesse defence, like this rscdes all ysics
for, while we might be discussing abstract principles
or Their possible application, the mischief may bed one
whole South into n flame
There is one point of view, in which we beg leave
the North they have no Slaves Gn Thcn
are oil course exempt from all the ogitaons all the alarms
all tho instructions which may affect us-They ought
therefore TO allow for situaop-for the precau-
uons which we are compelled to take--for the hor-
ror we feel towards THOMPSON and TaDpan their
EmiSsaries and papers The question is a vital one
70 us-not SO much question of property, as of
lie Those who are dearest TO US upon the face
OF lnis Earth-our wives and children--rnay be
reached by the Vaccinations Of these Fanatical Conspir
tors Yet they stand aloof-avail themselves of the
privileges which the nnn-sSiave holding States give
tnem-esabsh tier incendiary papers in N. York and
boston-and are attempting to dfuse their poison by
means OF the Public Mail trou ghou all the Slave Re-
gon, We beg then the North to allow for u.s. IL the
South were able to play off the me game upon them
what would they say our federation Of snc ncendi
aries ms Tappan, and above all, of the foreign and
auaacioms intruder, Thompson'-The North too ought
20 recoicct mat 1T Is every thing To us, and moral
W speaking nothing TO them. They have no right TO
meoule with our domestic 1nttutions, by the federal
compact They have right US American citizens or "a
moral agents 1t IS an Interference with an evil which
they do not undersiand-and with a remedy which the
cannot provide is on the part Of the fanatics an I'M
pertinent interference with which does not Dro-
perry concern them at albut ourselves most derplv
ana vitaliy IT IS worse than coming into my own
mouse under the pretence Of regulating my houseiold
~ y worse still! 1t Fosters the very wound they profess
10 cure ltisattacking ia delicate nd dam
gerous point And is it wonderful then, that we are
rxasPeracd to madnesstat we call upon oug brethren
"i the North to aid US in putting down the Fanatics
thai we invoke their love OF that holy Union to which
we Ourselves most deeply devoted Is il wonderful
mat we coll for these ncendi9ry publications tn be ar
r'sled-that we demand, that the public mail which
was intended to be public benefit should not be con-
yerted into public banewhat was designed to be the
Ga bread OF the people, should not be turned into the
deadly nighshadc.
On these accounts we thank Mcssrs Kendall and
tonYerneur for the course they have taken We concur
WIN the ~ lntellgencer in saying that nthe Postmaster
OIL Inc CITY Of New York has done himself credit bV
nS uecisiOn we subscribe cordially TO the dsclsrs-
Heh Of the ~ Times, that though "his course may
ot DC lawful, nor That Of the Postmaster Of Charleston.
But " Is 'etse, useful and laudabie and his llow-ct-
zcns, as well lls official head will approve II The
view York Herald says manfally, that "In Tie present
state Of excitement throughout The county hIr CON
VeTneur has boldly and ie0ressy tie rcspons.
oity OF his measure, aud have doubt will carry
~ most effectualy into operation until he shall rpce
imperative orders from Washington Of contrary ma.
ture: In that event he will act becomes a man n
P9tiiot, and an Amcricaa, who loves the Union and
w o VIII not put IN Jeopardy By any Of his
earn That the abolition society threatens the Post
muster with things unutterablc."
mr. nv BUREN rs THE 4BOLJTIOyISTs.
e were wiling TO separate the Abolonists from all
Poucs WcaccePied the Olive Branch which the Lynch.
Durg Frginian held out to We were ready in rood
sth 70 sign the act OF amnesty, which would have buried
thc past contention, and prevented its repetition on This
suplect The fact w. II ought 60 be lreatcdbut since
we nave accepted the proposition we can verv os;l COO
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