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

pnt IN .ddrcssipg my ellow-citirens at oisiahce,
who do not know thai we s,,reJ fortune it
- h hrourt into daily contact with IT, tile aspersiohs
IS 10 Oe upon are TO be otherwise dealt with
They should and shall Know no" 'at ehactly te uu
;SSss with the faschood; and the more freely as 1
no sentiment upon any subject connected with the
ionic Of the article x question which would wish 10
conceal
NJ slavery in land great moral and political evi
and have always said that ie eradication from the Dna
polite should my opinion, be the rst and most aroet
desire and endeaYor OF every true lover OF his country
think so naw--aRd believe that there is not intel
ligeni holder in Virginia who docs not fully agree
with lie ia this sentiment
have belonged 10 the American AntS!avery oocic'
w. and TO all auxiliary assncalion established Ill this
:;,r am not member of either at present. having
withdrawn from ,iem upon finding that the intentions
Of the Society far Otherwise IN respect ~ .mmcde
action than had ever supposed them TO oe before
always ad yocach temperate calm, ana Judtcous dis
cussun uu the subject, addressed 10 the conScrnces.
lc interests and the reason OF the save-locr ana ever
deprecated iasler 1"sacss Of scusson than That Which
keeps pace with the gadaSt conviction OF tnose Whom
il is necessary 10 convince OF The lnpocy OF slavery az
the most upurart s:rp ir the adoption OF any pacifca-
tory mode ii abosng tic system Further than This
| never wcnt-and farther tksn this never understood
il 10 be the design OF the S'csty TO 60 until within tnese
Virginia. under the direction 81 medical rn who adj
vscL the use Of the waters OF the White Sulphur and Hot
Springs as q cure for most vlueRt, acute rheumatism,
ler Us all aboiilpnstfor consistency with my opinions
upon slavery as Part Of cur posl SYste did not re-
qurr but expressly forbade to act AZ all upon the sub
ec further than obviously necessary TO produce an
influence upon Tie opinions OF my counyu,cn Us TO the
policy of the sYsem. or rourse, nay mouth must have
been closed we've disposed discuss this abstract
view o! the subject as saw the entire South in
fame OF excitement upon the hare mention OF 1t, IN
any shape or connection. Nor g'y surprise and
c!agTin ncopsdsrable upon discovering that The North
abotonisls were, III full view Oh this cXciienIeal
taking calculated TO add fuel to The flame That
burned ." and to reard the onward progress OF inc
very cause they pretended to kaac mnch at heart
The prusal Of certain resolutions adopted by the txecu.
live Committee Of The Anti Slavery Society at ~ York,
in relation to The Of tr press and the Post Olnce, con.
veyeG they were in tone but i!cacnlated IN my
view to assagc. but rather to increase the storm OF eX-
element already ragEg u terrible height, npcllcd ne
to send in The following letter TO that Committee, which
did upon the day tits dated.
H:esdwsy, Aug. %, 1885.
To the Exec. Com. Of shc Am AMI Slavery Society:
whose you are 10 my EeI 'S Ssa
which hat society has been reared
When gave adhesion sentiments expressed and pro-
tanned expense relations whch American m
feel CHERISH forming the tenure by whrh tho
hand hai Declaration, hnd intention oil enlISn
cruac Tor the accomplishment Of the possible advantage G" one
portion my lvow-mcu, OF the unharpiae amd
perhaps death Of anohc portion Had so Vowed The plans and in.
OF the association Of the of whose merc:s
was, certainly shouI enrolled among TIE I'D
OF sentiments: in their practical effects SO ahorFcn to my
better Judgment ea nGTca reason II this III your view
confession OF ;mcr nScretiun pLItso receive it, it
opnion far better III, of early than to
sit ucag hrT NATL 10 retreat bn worse thua to 90 forward
But conscience acqu s ccard most clearly never
ts avswcd ;sarien of those with "iom was at thai time
take sp for the advancement Of the ADO
on q Slavery country IN advance popular en-
so:m:nt and general ,ieress Tor ncon the part OF II" the
People tins ecpuc il relation 10 this monentous question
proposed Of the Society intended IN
mild paceaS+y t"r1nt and "aS to run in nsoi, tenn
and interest OF tbs SHAREHOLDER rather than The
po as iSavo ever
that have been somcunt atous have been III favor o. adopt
South that the Of Slavery exists among Them lmpo
tic wclnS criminal an! uaieeo"n people boas,;ns oil free s
ana arias support Of The right OF the people OF The
North dsca ' TOPIC with their Southern brethren ina tenn
ious occasions secn my poor abilities
wo&id permit al this admit end will add that deeply regret
my estimate Of the viii ch was
held TO urging subject upon ofmy
ountnen, by those with whom acted This regret is the
e an bitter because compelled n view oil what has been
he ses Of e experiment that has been made the temper
aa1 feeling Of the People Of the South b The Society,"
Philadelphia ii 1885, and since acted By the socie
we" the advantage and wei Of the class for
Sss s "umo g reflection and no o
to C5rccJ% the occSs.ty Of ny adopting
odin the OF si. more. cas"o consent 10 b" sn
community I" which we "ISe belong and the members
Of w inclined iakr little heed o and
tosrvc i practical "eur! from tho paincf manifestations
OF those with WHOM has 10 deal is clearly
In icnIusims Therefore. nv Identification with your asocin,ion
its ouxe my private opinion the main
cd sentiments o The gcca, body of my .ouo,ryncn.
am gentlemen, your most obeilent servant, ~
had previously expressed the sentiments il contains
more at length, and partcu lary in the letters which
had written from Virginia for your cnupns, aud for those
Of the other Journals to which wrote In rorroboratlon
Of this stutcmm leg lcarc to rcr 10 oHm my correspond
| cace during my yctlAcy
That such were my opinions, formed upon personal
observation and from my own experience while in Fir.
gnia the editor Of the Argus very well knew, (or he
must have read my letters III order " extract from them
rs he has done for lis own mahcnHs purposcs) and
knowing them how vile, how ahcct, how nl!Scrablr con-
tempblc he must appear III the eyes o all honorable
men, while endeavGring to cXcr an al-ray Titatcd and
angry people against the rcpuLn"E RAY, AGAINST TIE
LII e. Of against wol he has ur petty grudgc,
that he Temporary correspondent Of paper advocal
ing different prit;cnl opinions terc tx any depth of
degradation lower than that 10 WHICH Tic LIAR Scoun
dre and Coward had before drsccidc1 ccrtanly must
be admitted by friend and foe To be kis; and he has
dug it for hmsrlitIlcrc, with the utmost contempt and
scorm, "arc him, rs having at ''lgh obtained his own
dead lcNr.. | an, Mcssrs Editors,
JAMES +. OTIS.
sW. are rcnue ycG 10 ask, whether the busy
pundcnt of The Baltimore Patriot, the Portland Gazette,
and the Boston Evening Journal, who writes from the
White Sulphur aud Warns Springs, is not Mr. James F.
OTIS OF ro!tand-and whc,hcs he has not been the
sociac Eitor Of The Notorious Garrison of the Boston
"Libe$aor. This Correspondent says, indeed, he has
changed his opinions; that lie has hitherto moderated
the evil Of direct interference with this subect-but
does become any man, who the colleague Of
Garrison, to be making coarse reflections on others p
What avail his feeble hits at Van Buren,, Rlvcs Steven
son, and ourselves Why does man like him seek
torety froR tie scenes Of Virginia
Psi have Just beea shown the above par graph in
the Richmond Enquirer. The suggestion it contains
originated doubtless, with the author Of the article at the
head Ct this communication. Like ku The suggestion is
maiiratasa and t.!sc. the associate editor
or colleague the actual editor ofany newspaper, any
kind whatever, in the whole ofmy life Trusting
have now fully noticed this futile attempt of the
linnl MI n nof,n