Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-09-22

I eVcnIng, August
pursuance of the following call signed BY Kirk Boot and
more than fiiy other inhabitants Of said town. to wit:
PUBLIC MEETING.
The undersigned inhabitants of Lowell are impressed
WIN belief that the rash dongs of those who advocate
the immediate abolition of slavery will result in mi CHI mis-
chief TO common country. We believe that section
al jcalousies thereby engendcrcd which threaten to-
disturb the harmony OF political system and which
wh ehcctuiiy prevent the attainment OF the object
proposed. excerpt through evils far worse than slavery
Itself We believe, also that the great mass of this PEE.
pie are disposed TO maintain the Constitution unnparcd
and 10 leave where federal compact lc it, the diff
cult question of slavery be adjusted 10y the States for
themselves, without other interference or control
Under these impressions invite the inhabitants of
Lowell to assemble in the Town Hall, on Saturday
evening, August Ped, at oclock, consult together
and declare their convictions upon this important sub
lect 10 the end, that fellow the South may
be so'cnny assured that the body people will not
counenance any iniracton of their rights domestic re-
laons any violation of the peace of tb. cnnn;,
or ofthe Constitution and Laws of the land
! The meeting organized by appointing William
Austin, Esq, Chairman, and John Aiken, Esq, Clerk
Sundry resolutions, touching the objects OF the call
were then presented by Mr. Charles H. Locke and dis.
cnssed at length BY the and other gentlemen
Whereupon the resolutions aud the whole subject mat
Ter involved IN The call OF the meeting were referred To
committee, consisting of Mcssrs Charles H. Locae
John Aiken, John p. Robinson, Samuel H. Mann, Eli.
slia Bartlett, John Avery Thomas Ilopkinson John L.
Shcae and William Austin with instructions TO report
at an adjourned meeting be holden on Saturday eve.
nng, 2yli August, TO which time the meeting was adj
Inc citizens OF the town again assembled at the time
designated oy their adjournmcn to the number of
I'm il<pn
their Chairman, submitted the meeting the following
- REPORT.
Inc Committee to whom referred the resolutions
suonittcd 10 meeting of the citizens the town of
Lowell holden at the Town Hall, on the god day of Au-
gust instant and all the matters and things
IN the call of said meeting, beg leave TO rcport TO their
ieowczens for consideration and adoption the llov
ing Preamble and Resolutions:
Whereas, the regulation and control slavery are of
paramount ana vital Importance the States in which
that condition exists and whereas no power has been
granted to the Federal Government over that subject
] Inn hv 1a.
oil the adoption of the Constitution and rmpp the basis
OF the policy ofthat time, it left with the respective
And, whereas, certain individuals and societies of the
North insist upon immediate abolition egardlcss of CON
sequences and at all hazards and labor TO that end by
means tending TO rndanger the harmony of the Union
to excite sectional jealousy and i'll will to disturb the
domestic relations of society and leading TO insurrcc
ton and civil war. And whereas bv rcason thoroor
e opinion has obtancd that great majority the peo
pie here, counenance and participate in such principles
and doings Therefore we, the inhabitants of Lowell
winu distinction OF party, in public meeting assem-
bled do make known opinions and determinations
TO our fellow. citizens by the following resolutions:
heScfcea Ihat we sympathize with Southern bro
thrcn IN the present period of alarm and danger that we
firmly ond resoutely determined to cherish the Union
ana maintain inviolatc the compact under which il was
formed, and that regard with deep sorrow and usap-
probation the pursued by Anti Slavery soce
ties of the North and with especial adherence and dis
gust the introduction of foreigners sent bv foreign nol;
cy ana PAID by foreign funds to agtate and distract our
people ON point vitality affecting national existence
Resofred That we dePlorc the existence of slavery in
principles and laws, equally forbid it among ourselves
yet we deem il our bounden duty principles of moral
ha'oha law, anu sacred compact To leave the evil
with Its remedies where the Constitution leaves IT, in the
hands OF the several States.
Resoi1ed, That deem the circulation of incendiary
pamphlets the formation of and funds
Tor the purpose of printing circulating such publca
lions and matters within The slave holding States crime
of fearful tendency, exhibiting the recklessness ofnman
iic, ana the peace OF society," and blindness of con
sequences which be accounted for without the i'm
Puaa'Gh Of The worst motives only by ascrbing them
ReS0ird That while assert and claim for The North
The right OF free discussion and liberty of the press in the
terms oil the Constitutions of the Federal and
S,ae governments we will heartily on any and
all such measures, be adopted consistent with
those rights and within those limits restrain and pun
ish IN manner corresponding TO the enormity of the of
fence all acts of aggression and interference Committed
by citizens upon the rights slave ioldnp States
TO the subject
The resolutions aforesaid having been cloquently dis
cusssd by the Rev Bryan Morse, Eliphact Case Esq,
nimously by the meeting. Ii was then
Resolsed, That the proceedings of this meeting be
signed by the Chairman and Clerk and published all
WILLIAM AUSTIN, Chairman.
JOHN AIKEN, CLERK.
The members Of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, and the Trustees of the Meeting House Mt
taccd to the East Baltimore Station have come Eorard
TO protest against the dongs of the Fanatics hev So
iemny declare, sthat the dissemination of imammaory
appeals addressed mainly the preudices and passions
without reference to the reason instead of PROMOTING the
object protesscd to be had in view will greatly
the evils already existing, and create others Of n far
more alarming aud calanitous naturc will render The
situation OF that portion of the coored people now in
possession of liberty, nwy pccarious rvet the etler
still more closely the Slave and leopard the prosperi
ty and happiness, nay, the lie itself of the whole ponu
laon OF the Southern States, both white and backLnnd
they hereby sacredy pledge themselves not TO receive
any OF the vile, nischievous, and ncendiary pubca
TONS sondustrousy scattered abroad to arrest the
circulation of such may under our observation
--of which we respectfully ask the Posmasters TO take
notcc-aDd to destroy them without pcrusal and i'm fine
oy every effort within power to put period To the
operations OF this engine of bloods shed and torture Sc
In TACT, are these Fanatics absolutely mad9 But IL
they will go on, warning the very object they profess TO
have IN vicw-in despite of all experience all warning
all circumstances, they must take the conseaue
Those who sow the wind must reap the wllrIwind
me Union must not be sacrificed to their madness-tIe
many to the few-the great body Of the People TO par
thcm it ought fall If blood is to be shed il should
be theirs who have reused the vengeance of the People
We invite the readers attention to the two following
articles. The first is from the Norfolk Beacon a neu
trail paper III p6tics 1t presents forcble sketch of
the duties of the Northern and the Southern presses AT
the present CrIssand strong staesmanlike and phi.
osoPhca view OF the consequences of mix king I'D this
agitalng, sectional question with the Presidential Cues
tion-Ihe other article is from the Globe and places
the recent course Of the New York Evening Post on tho
Abolition question exactly upon its merits before tbs
public No consideration can compensate for tho gross
errors oil the Post on this subject For curse yes we will
not argue with II about its abstract doctrine of the RIGHT
OF Instructions about the SUpprcsso Uri of which il has
been guilty In quoting its extracts from the Vrginia
Conycnton-much less condescend To retort its
expressions in relation to ourselves We cannot at
forget the kind things once said of u.s. As TO lis Cor
respondent Te0, who has addressed US i'm lis columns
we would have read his Essay with more attention and re-