Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-06

m1S'ets, ana cNiorting them those mas
IN such a manner us 10 make them feel their eaua.
hiy. The same papers filed with iniamuatory
articles evidently prepared for the OF the plan
ia'ion and faulty slaves adapted, in language and
matter TO their state OF Ignorance and limited capa
Clues and calculated 10 excite their most veng.ln
passions against their masters Great numbers of .s
ncendary papers sent 10 their co-adiutos the pre-
Tended rciormcrs the South '.for disiribufOn and
Tie Northern abotionss well know how they are TO be
a'Strt11ied They know that their agents dare not at
'p TO distribute them amongt he slave holders or ma
gisa;es, any of the friends of the state institutions bv
would be burnt and their distributors punslcd
ry KNOW that their nllannatOry publications are put
INTO The hands of the free people OF color and such of the
whites as associate with them and carry ON clandesne
auc with the slaves These persons chiefly oicatc in
the cities For The country there is another set of dis
uibutors consisting of those who tavcl about in the
CHARACTERS OF itneran doctors pedlars and preachers
The aboonists pretend that are not their ycnts
because they do not send their papers directly 10 Them
Out they know them 10 be their busy aux aries If not
incur acknowledged agents They do not address the
'h'y say YET IN one OF their annual Reports :hey
boast that ninety aJOtiOaiStS from STATE o
Pre"ch me god ud'ngS If direrance the capre! In the
same paper the church called upon aid i'm the cause
They send their papers clergymcn and magistrates
tney say The truth is that they publicly advertise Tor
ana solicit distributors and earnestly beg to be informed
how many papers they shall (grais) 10 each one
cy boast that 10 900 numbers oil four OF their paper
ohiy lomitng the "LJerutor and othcrs) were pub
isled IN July last aud l000 they say were burnt at
charleston Their papers sent by the mail unasked
Tor, Tar and near, aud vas, numbers arc sent back
unopened The abolitionists say in their apology
that they should depiore scribe insurreot;o, Nh
they know that the whole South and West have
md atio hv
means OF their incendary publications thus DISTRIBUTED
hey know that serve have i'm reality been
poted and conspirators detected aud they have been
made acquainted with the dreadful Affected
on some OF their auxiliares and the wrcchcd fate oc
number OF the slaves whom they have dcluded and SO.
eneed from their duty In their declaration, they pro-
jess STeaf @e00!ton Ia e Union, yet they doing all in
their power to excite the angry passions of the South
against The North and persuade the North TO aid the
III assaiing the institutions of the South They have
aso passed resolutions pedsng themselves 10 use every
eher,on 70 have the Constitution of the United States
So altered as TO enable Congress to abolish slavery in
,nose states, willing or unwilling. This they well
know, the slave holding States (Which embrace more
lan two thirds of the whole territories the United
Sdes) wiH never submit to- and that if the project
should be attempted it will destroy the Union The abo.
onsts told that neither the slaves themselves nor
the white people prepared for immediate enancipa
uoh' ley reply IN their papers, that the SareS arc fay
prepared, and The aokc people ofte South are not IS
because they are too idle honest likelihood ,oh
0eH irord) Tutoring seiA all their anighf 10 com
Pte'e Me preparaton Of The NoriAeym People for his
ehange; and 'eeneecT tbs part of their ,oork is accom-
4Snea, me change may ceddyJe expected take bLqce
yor me preparation IF the rcS IF The South like mai f
e c9orea people themselves oW in many respects be e
Jseted aver sdoery IS dGoiShed Such moral IN
JHcnecS, tdctS aud arguments which aboitonists adj
dress to the hearts and conScences OF the slave.hol
ers and such their love Of the Union They arc asL cd
how two millions and half of slaves could support them
selves II simultaneously cmancpaed They reply nat
tIey could support MeSres much becr linn no,o ohen
uey n"oc me 0"rIhen u supporting their and ms
Dresses: nmatng that the slaves are to take their mas
seS plantations along with them. They are told that the
of
- ihey answer deliberately IN their papers ''iohat
zoe SAouid be By them ?" They ure told of
ue consequences of immediate emancipation; that the
Save would butcher his and spread devasta-
ton over the land They reply in cold blood ihgi -
At 'oere kRolrH, this day kaorn that Lhe siares had ~
st .nsaLreefton ana 'eere scattering dismay md
Ge0m through the SonM, 'hey fighting for their
freedom, ,cGud Le Tie universal ergS They are told
mat uieir ncendiary publications Will excite the slaves
70 isurrection and the massacre of ;he whites They
answer letter To Mier vengeance Than GDd ~
ms are FULLY aware the horrible which
would ensue upon the their project of imne
uute emancipation; but they relieve themselves from all
uneasncSs or blame upon that score by The reflection
that me shareholders, If they repent comply with
ueir deands, ought still to be punished for their past
SINS " Hepe"tdnce (they say in their paper) ,naEes
no amends tor HdnSgreSsiOn IL may be necessaru for
mercatHl God an elanpIe of or rebei;oys
notwithstanding It's late repentance The murderer ON e
gau0cS not Pardoned or his contron does not aae
!uPGrd0nj nat.om as sach, only recarded and pun
ReSoited, That in the opinion this meeting the free
dom OF the press will be best secured by guarding il
against such abuses these Aboitoniss have prostIu
editto Win much better grace might the lbeller of
private character attempt shelter himself under the
freedom OF the press than those whose nccndary pub
c1tons enoanger The property and lives of the people
oil entire States 1t is for such bold offenders To an
peal to The JreedOa If tie press The public ana the
laws will take the freedom, of the press md hav
VIII lake care that IT shall not be abused, with mpu
nifty. F
Resoieed, That the Of this meeting are in
Tended TO apply only To those desperate leaders in the
Anu-Siavery Societies who cannot be ignorant of The
mischief they working we have doubt t,at there
'"'9 inc VINO sincerely believe that
hey are right aud have conception Of the dangerous
course they are on, and suspicious OF the criminal
designs OF those leaders
ReS0ieed That the laws must be either STRANGELY de-
iectve or renissy executed when foreign ernssaries
WIN large appointed salaries, be amongst u.s.
here 10 gather further contributions even from onen
and children deuded by their arts to go about in our
large cities, acting the part of frantic denagogues ae
taors and consprators against the peace and safety of the
Union
Resoiged, That Representatives in the General
Assembly he requested TO lay these resolutions before
that honorable body.
On the report Of the committee appointed TO dran
resolutions expressive of the opinion oil the frcemen of
this town on the subject of the recent aemps making
by the immediate aboitionists calculated to produce in
surrecon IN of the States of this Union the same
bong read, It unanimously voted that the same be
received and adopted and the same be published il, al,
the newspapers of this town
"A true Copy-Wtncss
b. b. ROWLAND, Toten Clerk
The ApoLITiosisTs.--The resolutions which have !
been unanimously passed by the freeinen of this tovn
the adjourned meeting of Monday last on the subject &c
abolition OF slavery, will be found in this day s papcr
We are gTati!ed to fad fellow acting with
so uch Immunity and true patriotism they We done
on ihs occasion Is resolutions express own vie
precisely, aud we lust they also express the views of
nine hundred and ninety nine out of thousand of the
people of New England Indeed we have rood rea |
son to believe, that the people of the Northern States
without exception, 20 the full extent as deci,
dediy opposed to the ianatcsm of the reckless Abo
ltionsts, as the People Of the Southern States them
serves lhere may not be much noise and
clustering upon the subject at the South as we have
among but the is not tlat they have fever
abolIionsls among them Int because these reckless
dis0rganisers can disseminate their moonshine nonns
with greater impunty here than at the South fl IL
fuy gratifying to observe, the promptiude displayed by