Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-02

A NOR n
TIE PL.2NS or THE NCLLifTEES ''''
The North ought to d" Justice They ought 10 put
DOW" te fanatics who have sprung up within their Lo-
ny social restrictons by enforcing the existing laws
or hnaIiy by legislative enactments the mischief must
increase, the affiliated associations must exenJ in H.
Northern States, the South must be more ,;en
"ed IN feeling and the Union itself be- brought into So
fous danger The North has, therefore, every induce
mcnt To cooperate with the South against these F,no
swcr fi the consequences.
Docs not the North. moreover see that in adJon IN
the intrinsic difficulties OF the subject the great T.
element which naturally grows out of H. there IS avs
tmntic design to convert il into political engine 10
weai the South from the North and the North from The
South, 10 create the sectional lcelny and
u strike at the Union itself? IL cannot have
the observation of the ca rcess t,,
has existed on The part of Duff Green and other
rate politicians of has school, design to array The So,I
crn States against the North This scheme if success
ni would inevitably lead t. dissolution of the Union
rust EFFORTS were made to propagate Notification and
establish IT. as the universal creed Of the Soutlt ,
graph school, at That tic and always since advocating
southern connections. THIS scheme would have sue.
ceeded, it Virginia, North Carolina Georgia and Alaba
ma mad not irowncd IT down. and washed their hands Of
Modification.
Non new suhjrct is seized upon for a similar mr.
Prise. Tins is the Slave question: which some miserable
Fanatics have got up in the North The immediate IN.
S""me"f appears To ne prccpitac Convention of South
ern Merchants. The Telegraph has of course ,ressrd
ms proposition with all its zeal In one of its late articles
hcongatulntes itself and the country upon the course
OF the excitement on the Slave question very pretty
nnd patriotic sentiment from one who values the peace
and perpetuity of the I Mon
In another article, Duff Green sketches , .;oon,;,
scheme Tor his Southern Convention embracing a sys
tenn oi lntern"l Improvements and manufactures CON
lined TO the Southland clearly showing his in d;os 10
sire to agitae every possible topic which may be calcu
laed to embody the South against the North and 10 ere
a suc separate feelings will make them consider
themselves as separate nations
Inc truth is, that he and his leaders balcd and
disappointed IN their ambition of becoming leaders in
the Union, that he now wishes get up Southern Con.
eceracy, in which he and his iends expect 10 he the
leaders The scheme is hcirs-and the hgh-minJed
czcns OF virginia are called upon follow his lead
ne DOES not deny his having recently chuckcd al our
slave difficulties in the South really il appears to
me- That he would rejoice Mt any calamity which would
views.
How different is this mans course-in what strong
constrast is the whole tone of his propositions from the
1owing sentiment contained in General Washington
Farewell Addr, SIS p
The unity of government which constitutes you one
people, is also now dear to you II is Justly so for il
main pillar in the edfce of your real Independence:
me support OF your tranquility home; your peace
abroad OF your safety of your prosperity OF that very
liberty which you highly prize But as il is ensy 10
faresre that from different causes and from difi;yent
quarters, much pains will be- taken many articles en-
pnyed, to weaken in your minds The convicon az this
truth this is the point in your political fortress
which the batteries of internal external enemies will
De most constantly and actively Qhough often covertly
and insidously) directed il of infinite moment thai
You should properly estimate immense value of vour
national union to your collective and individual hSppi
ness that you should cherish cordial habiiua and i'm
movable attachment to II; accustoming yourselves to
think and speak of it of the Palladium Of your polt
sa.ety ana prosperity watching for its preservation
with Jealous anxiety; dscountcnancing whatever NAV
suggest even suspicion that it can in anv event he
abandoned, and indignantly lrowning upon the first
dawnng of every attempt alienne av portion or on
country from the rest or to encebe the sacred ties %
now link together the various parts
or this You have every nducement of sympathy
ana interest Citizens by birth, choice, of common
country that country has right to concentrate your af
iections The name of American which belongs to YOU
Prue OF Patriotsm more than any appcation derived
from local determinations. With sligbt shaJes of dc
ference you have the same religion manners habits and
Ponucai principles, You have in a common cause
iough ano trumphed together; the independence and Ii.
Drr you possess, the work of joint councils and
JOINT EFFORTS, oil common dangers suerings and success
" But these considerations however powerfully they
auess themselves to your sensibty, greatly out
wegheu by those which apply Immediately TO your
"te.esl' mere, every portion of country finds the
most commanding motives for carefully gnardng and
preserving the union OF the whole
In contemplating the causes which may distnrb
our Unon 1t occurs matter of serious concern tb,,
my ground should have been furnished for character
lIng parues by geographical ations-orileyu
and SoutherH-8Lontie and Western; whence desion;n~
men may cndeavour 10 excite belief that there IS real
d'herencc OF local Interests and views One of be o~
pediens of party acquire influence within nor,icnlA
DISTRICTS is to msreprcsent the opinions and aims Of her
u'suicts. You cannot shield yourselves too much
against me Jealouses and heart burnings which spring
from these misre presentations they tend To rcndc1
amen TO each other those who ought to be bound topet
eI ny aternal affection The inhabitants of our Western
country nave lately had useful lesson on this head
hey have SEEM in the negotiation by the Executive and
III ''e unanimous ratification by the Senate of the treaty
WIN oPan and IN the universal satisfaction at The wont
throughout The United States decisive proof how nm
loGhued were The suspicious propagacd among them of
Pbcy IN Tie General Government and in Tho Atl,nt;c
states, unirendy TO their interests in regard In tho Ai
tssPPI Ihey have been witnesses To the formation f
TWO treaties, that with Great Britain and thai viii
SPAN, which secure TO them every thing they could de-
sire 10 respect to our foreign relations towards confro
ing tcir prosperity. Win il be their wisdom To- relv
ior me preservation of these advantages on The Union
W winch they were procuredS viii they not hence
Ior De deaf TO those advisers if such there arc who
with Aicns!" - ~ '' ucin
Mtrk Tue energy with which the Father Of his Conn
Try eNhorts his telOw-ctzens TO irown down fLo e.
symptoms OF dsnnon! Mark, especially how he mr.
aSsHeGriy cautions them gansl geogyophicai
ms ,1sl warning seems to be cmphac-and so won
ueI'uy aPRos"e to the present crisis that it sounds IKE
Tue inspiration af Prophecy itself
Hlpu, now, let me ask the People of virginia from
wRein VIII they take counsel and whom they VIII fol-
low as ther guide-George Washington, or IL DUFF
address these hasty suggestions however NOT so
MUCH 70 tne people of Virginia OF the South as 60
,cir brethren OF the North win Meg couoennnce bv
te'r apathy the designs of the Factions viii hey
PerWt me Fanatics to 20 with their nearious mr.
PCscs and furnish hrebrands and all the implements of
nscmei TO tic Malconeuts and the Disunionisiss No
no. we call upon you, in the sacred name of our Conn
wy ana ny all the obligations Of the Constitution 10
put down the Fanatics, aud to preserve the Union
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