Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-09-18

alone, but the action of government also. They dis
claim all intention even To conSif the people Of the
south. who alone own the slaves of the country. but
distinctly announce that they will carry their mca
sure by tho power of those who own no slaves, who
have therefore, no imme date interest in the matter
who are aliens to our blood strangers to our institu
tons and wholly ignorant of the true relation
master and slave Thev call TO their aid prvate asso
Citations i'm other and distant countries thereby iny
inp The ntcrnos;on of FOREIGNERS in The ,nos delicate
concern of our municipal policy l}y their aid and at
their instance foreigners with regulations blasted AT
home We been to our and
in public and slanderous of the whole peo
pie of the south They employ presses which daily
at work printing ne and pamphlcs filed with
sSnJ c,,i .,andnr. a,a;,.., ,L 80. o i IL. ~ e.
scatter in all parts of the connt1y by means of the
public mail and by thousands of secret AGENTS who
come amonp us with false ,rof.ssions of other oh
iects They declare that siav.rv ,nus, be abolish
ed at the hazard of all consro,,ences and hence
the direct tendency Of their nuhlcations il In create dis
content and dissatisfaction i'm The sI, and ,exce hin,
IN omen ;,surrec,;or or ,,,cr. -; I'll, 49,.
o ~ naan e. H. v. ,, s.,i ny pr pr
slaves shoud no e,n,ucn,,e no. ,, l;ec ,r the slave
himself against ,h. c,l,,;,;as rri;cL ,uch n,o,snra
could not fail Co Lrng ,non him Their views arc In
lid To- rmonepoton iyc and that object Effected they
would heartcssy leave the white and the black man to
battle for Tho nosses.;o &c Their conmon conn,r, Will
its Industry would perish its prosperity withcr away
its Government and laws no oyer,Irown and ;,s ,ao
Abandoned TO civil strife and booshed All Ills e nr
posed actually attempted by some -four own fellow
citizens: members of The same comn,on C,,a,n,nan,
4 will, onrsplv.s aud hound no, o,ly a., d., a,s.a -
ouis;,;ons NJ ,l,,, Coyornrnon, hn, T., IN H. $500,
d ,a,i'; -, 49, t;s , ~ az ''1 suons's'
tect ms in ali onr ,ah,s nj i,n,rd me- a,;ns, 80
wrong s' $3.50 s "s 10y
This picture strange and fearful os i, Is; in al, IL, G
lures presents hut an ide, of Tho doom ,roc
| &c ill., 'dn.r.. - ,i, X ,:.::. - - r
our conn,ry ,ye would r,;n ,h;nI h 49, h ~
mn f,rtu,oiey the ev;dsnc. hac'ro - 49,, - 49, III
nneaoiyocal To- leave any touIt non The subject W.
have seen The nn ST, veyv s,c;etv j., 'J,a ~ ~.
two wears expand itself into two hundred md Gv d.;
tinct Societies commanding unbounded wealth and
countless active presses en9lov;nu numerous md
pensve agencies and irving other proofs not less plan
and forcbic Of rondlv I'll, aod - -
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inpoten or harmless nor On Sa o,
! The rnortifyng fact ,,ot ,,s,, b,,o c;ad ' !,
from Iarye noron of The neopIe of The
Northern States
Under these circumstances il is a question of biob
| Importance, and one which we can no LONGER safely
avoid what measures ought the South TO aop for their
own security and nro,ecion9 We are aware ,bo, most
of the respectable public presses and large majority of
the intelligent and cnectinp people of the North are on
posed 10 the measures of the aboonists So far as
their nrorai Influence extends it will doubtless upon
views of prudence aud policv if for no other he
exerted in our favor But we place no reliance vboe
YER upon such aid aqanst so large BODY as the abolition
lists acting under perCcct organiz,t;on and s;mna,ad
and blinded by fana,cism Such men are moi To he reo
soaed from their purposes nor are we dsposed anv Ion
ger to deal with them by such gentle means We hold
the designs which they entertain auainst us and the
they have adopted in of them would
if sanctioned nv the under which iev live
be lust cause Of war as between eparote and inenend
nations All the conclusions upon the subject nm
ply a ortiori to the members of the same general con-
federacy We hold it to be the undoubted duty of the
Governments of the Northern States 10 put down bv
efficient laws all such associations among their own CHI
zens desioned and calculated To the ,eoc md
safety of the Southern States; and il is the
undoubed rvht of the Southern States to yeorc thn,
this shall be done
We bnvc no onnrebens;on ,yho,ovor tho, ,ho .ha,;
tionists could succeed i'm their object even If thcv ~
supported by the whole power of The Nortbern Stotes
The Southern States are fully adequate to their
tection against all enemies from Whatever quarter thew
may come; and we fear least of ALL those enemies who
become such without cause and w no derive their chief
strength from their come xion with u.s. We repel there
fore with utter dcrsion all those appeals which we
have so often heard to the supposed fears of the South
We trust, however that no occasion will arise TO test
the SINCERITY of these decforo,ions h,, .c,,a ~
We profess due attachment to our Federal Union and
firm and determined purnose 10 sustain the Cons,;,
of the United States, long it shall be administered
III gooa iatn But the mon oil these States, much as
we Is not SO hgh IN our esteem as the seeuri-
Vi our properly, ana our hVes. we discaIm all ira
efny ana are ready to dsown all political connection
WIN those VINO would bring these rights into Danger and
we hod IL Just conclusion, that the Governments of
'"se VI our SiseI ttes VINO alone can control thelr
own oiuzens, ana VINO iaii to control them, upon this
SUBJECT are paraNerso OF their crime
90 lar as the slaves themselves are concerned we see
nothng 10 snake our confidence or disturb our tranquil
MY we believe they are, Tor the most part, fully
OF the real character OF those who pretend to be their
1 menus Gu are uuy guarded against ther designs
iey arc suHc"'iy "teiiigeht 10 know that they can
never eneSt er oDJeeteXceP oy their masters consents
my Iase SEN eicugh OF Tue treatment winch Their
W ; 81, 60 ,io' 'nesc same Norherh TRENDS,
TO convince them, that even If they succeed
they would gam nothing by the change. We lament
lnese movements oil me aootionists as much on the
slave account as our own LOT every effort OF the sort
necessary restricts nus privileges, ana tghtens his
bonds Nevertheless, while we believe that the crisis
demands c utmost vigilance on our part, we have yet
seen no 'easoh 10 ViSI, on te slave the severity with
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