Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-09-04


point IN controversy. aud whu Inevitable
demonstrate thntt must bc wrong Ills fallacy which
they themselves dscsr When application comes near
CIR home They insist tint is right that they should
urge their doctgnes for the of the South ASK
Them why they do no, 80 AID preach ihen there, where
tlcy most desire To Iuakc converts They rrpy Why!
we should be IN danger OF our lvcs Then they Lcgim
10 nnk OF consequences 50 te the practical result OF
that proposition witch sounds 50 yyciln the abstract
that they are TO go regardless OF consequences TO
others, but not without due regard to chemselres
lhey insist upon immediate, instantaneous eniancipa
uon represent 10 them the ignorance of slaves
understanding neither the rights nor dntes of ttn,c,
snd that, possessing all the violent passions of mon h
without moral or intellectual discipline, il they should
oose ~ once from all restraint il would bring misery
anu destruction alike upon Themselves and ohers-the
general propositions No man. say they can be-
r'Shtiuliy restrained ut his liberty except for crime The
commencement of slavery the ORIGINAL dcpriynr of th
blacks Of their liberty te and robbery and sin and
rJoreevcry continuation of it, hoicesor changed tie cir
cutaSanceS Is theft and robbery and SIN and that all sin
should be immediately abandoned Now SIR to meet these
propositions, insisted upon universal moral truth,
toh whch there can be no exception, let put case
ot uVogether iinaSnaFy---Let suppose that free
man. good citzen the full possession OF his faculties
AlunaPped represented iunatic ul the purpose of
ueprivng HIM OF the control OF his property and kent
IN confinement in private inadhouse until lto, ~.
horrors OF his situaton s mind is really ale nn,,d r
e' - uiSch rom her rone and he actually becomes
furious modman.-Would YOU release him them
why not9 He committed no crnc-he has only
suffered excrucating agony, bodily aud mental by the
crimes Of others The original restraint upon his lber
~ was sn-why not then, every continuation OF it, and
why not leave SHINING instantly by setting him at large
Inc answer IS obvious he is not in condition 10 be
oeratedj he would do mischief 10 himse II and others
And SO OF the slaves if they are not in mental CON
uon 10 receive unresrained Teedom if they would do
mischief TO themselves and to otl,ers and slit, ~ s
eiety humanity itself demands that they should not al
once be ioosed from all restraint
by thus insisting that the continuance of slavery I'M
der any circumstances is necessarily of the same moral
character as ITS original voluntary introduction that il is
equally CRIMINAL they the conclusions that no
laws that sanction or uphold it have any moral ob
CATION The Constitution is ,c supreme law OF the land
IL does SANCTION does uphold slavery; and if this doc
arine be true that sacred compact always been mo-
rally null and void Not only do thcy thus absIya ,
conscience oil all good from the support of the Com
sntuuon but the tendency is to ALLEVIATE them from il TO
diminish their attachment to the Union that ought
never 10 nave been formed. Their Arguments and
language further tend to dissolve the bonds of union Inv
weakening regard for our Southern br,thren ,,,.
ny creating towards them feelings of deestaion and a6
horrence us men guilty of inquty as thieves
and robbers and whom of we should hold no
communion. i o
Time was, wien such sentiments and sucl lana,
would not have been brcathed ia this communitv All
mere on this haowed spot, of all the places on earth
should they be met and rebuked. Time was when the
brush rarament having declared that 'sihey had ri,h,
10 oind us ia all cases whatsoever aud were atempn
to bind our infant giant limbs in letters when voice Of
resistance ana notes of defiance hNd gone forth from this
iail men, when Massachusetts, standing for her fiber
ana her lie was alone breasting the whole power OF
oritah-the generous and gallant Southrons came TO
our ard, and fathers refused not To bold cn,nn,n
with shareholders When the blood of ou, c;,iy.ns
sheo by Brush sodieFy, had stained our streets mud
Moved upon The heights which surround Va and sunk
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cord, then, when HE--whose name can never lac ,,.
nounced by American lips without the strongest emo
h - St<.tuae ana love to every American heart
"he" M tna Shareholder, (pouting TO full.lenptb
portrait of Washington WHO from this canvass sni
upon yon ms children with patcrnal bengnity came
with other shareholders drive the British
rom thls city and this hail. our fathers did not reiis m
noid communion with him or with them
Witn shareholders they formed the confederation nci
"sHhg nor receiving any right to rieTc in their
domestic relations; with them they made the Decarato,
oi lhuaPendence, coming from the pen of that other
s.inoiuer, ihohas Jefferson name dear to every
end 10 human rights And in the original draft of that
Decaraon was contained esquent passaye ,non
ihs very topic OF negro slavery, which was stricken OUT
aeIerencc 10 The wishes of menbers from the South
with shareholders, shoulder shoulder our fathers went
through the Revolution, Cling their blood i'm everv
battlefield, laying their bones togtther unon cvnr ST.
from Massaclosets to Georgia; and when by the bless
ing OF Heaven, for Heaven did bless them noj Withstand
ing such communion, they had achieved their indnend
ehce ana successfully terminated the war they touiher
formed inns solemn compact, the Constitution under which
we i've IL s was TIC consummaon of all their In
pors me irut OF all their sacrifices and suffering IL
uo"i 10 us, scaled by the death and sanctiied bv
he Pigh;ed faith of fathers and we will id b
10 the letter and the spirit all its PARTS de,naudn
Tor ourselves the benefits which il secures n no ~
giving 10 the full to others the benefits and protection
~hchIt contemplaics for them Slavery existed then
as now there prctence that ii has assumed any more
aggravated iorm that the provisions i'm relation tn il
inserted by accident or inudvertence Fewparts of
ue tonsutuuoR were carefully and dcliLcra,l,
"eighea nor did It arise from any indifference TO the
evils OF this institution Our fathers were
mol less devoted friends Of liberty not less pure os nil
ianthropsts or pious Christians than anv of tbc;r
chdren OF the present day They did what they could
Ightfuiy ana Peaceably AT the first practicable mo- /
inen ny the very adoption of the frame OF Government
IN Massachusetts in 1880 slavery was abolished trob
out thls State In l1S7 the Coniinc tai CONGRESS
co Ire celebrated ordinance by which involuntary spry
tuae was forever excluded from the territory North
es OF the OHIO, and which has given thciree States
oi Chio indapa and illinois BY the Constitution they
OBTAINED the right 20 prevent aHy STATE from CARVING on
inc slave Trade alter the 1873 and at the carc, mo
nent they prohibited that ncfarous traffic deuouncin
against IT the penalties of piracy.
or thcse doctrines and that language to which bavo
eit my dety to advert, tending as they do TO the dis
ruPton of the Union the prostation OF joverntnet All
% all the horrors OF civil and serye war hape attained
her greatest prevalence and intensity within te nos
year since certain notorious foreign AGENT first landed
upon ouTshoFej whoconses here TO unite isait with
100 H9e ds ouer foreigners who would make this their
ana whom we cordially rcceivc the participation of
Ill the unreasonable blessings of free ns b m
zones mere as an avowed cDSSaJy sustained be f,ror
uhu5, progressed dgit0tOr upon questions dcenly un
ouhuly P0ttica which lay at the very foundation of
h1ns ana IN which the very cRstoBce of this nation is
hPelfea lie comes here from the dark and corr,n, in,
asi0ns oil Europe to enligcn gPoRthe rights OF man
nd The moral duties Of own condition Recevod
y our hospitality, he stands here upon our soil pro
ecteu by our laws, and Iurls "hrc brands arrows and
ienh INTO the habitaons of our neigbOrs and friends
ma bTothers-and when he shall have kndIrd cnnGo II
ration which is swce ping dissolution OYER lie IN, H.
las only To embark for ms country and fLe,e loL
ecurely back With Indifference or ex0Ilatiyn uno, H.
'iae spread rGin by which cities are vrapt in nau
mo our garments rolled IN ljood. This is our country
country OF ouT cJfen, and our childrens childfcn
can never separate from IT, lis fate must be our Gc
TIC Storm comes, we must abide lis peIfBD if cnuv,i
ions come we must be ~ the midst Of them To- tL.r
belongs 70 Judge OF the cxlgcnces Of our own eopd
ION, 70 provide Tor our own sutety, and perform or o
utics without The audacious interference Of f,re;
10 la rtf4aN No fI.s.. a.. I'll. Al I