Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-09-11
DOMESTIC.
MIR, INGERSOLL,S ADDRESS.

MIR, lNGERSOLL'S ADDRESS
The North- Tie Soak-- The Slace Question.
We invite attention to the following. Mr. Ingersols
masterly Address--ake distinguished for its calmness
clearness, 6rmness, and eloquence will no doubt be uni
versaly read and universally appauded We have met
with nothing equal to it upon the same subject From
distinguished something superior expect
ed: That expectation more than reazed-and al
though tho address has been warmly extolled by the
Philadelphia newspapers incline to the opinon that
such of readers unable to attend the
ing who attended, and were unable TO get within hear
ing distance of the speakers, will, after perusng the
mastery effort subjon, admit that it has not been
overpraised The question is here treated in the proper
manner-with due forbearance all partiesn the true
spirit of patriotism That portion of the address which
audes to the distinction between that pure and worthy
band Of phanthropists the Abolition Society Of Penn
syvania, and the madmen of the Garrison school, is Ill
together just and proper We again commend this ad-
dress to public attention.-PhI. Inquirer.
PHILADELPHIA august a. 1885
SIR-At meeting last evening, of the Committee of
Superintendent the part of the Young Men of the
City and County of Philadelphia opposed TO the
incendiary movements of the immediate abolitonists
the undersigned appointed Committee return
thanks for the able and appropriate address delivered by
you at the Town Meeting N Monday last and TO re-
asesl copy of said address for publication They
era Committee and feel confident fhat the pGGbeafgf
and dissemination of the eloquent and patriotic
marks made by you the said meeting cannot but be
attended with salntary consequences.
Very respectfully yours,
ROBERT II. BlCKNELL
GEO W. ASH.
JESPER HARDING.
Hon. JosErH r. ISGERsoLL.
august 81, 1896
GESTLEMEN--I have to acknowledge the receipt of
your note, in which you pleased ask for copy of
the remarks made by at the meeting Monday last
Imperfect they in my own estimation they are
in any shape entirely at your serVce and will, with
pleasure, comply with the request which you have done
the honor to make. IL will, however, require Gin the
state of my engagements) little time to write them
OUT and as soon rs this is DONE the manuscript shall
very cheerfuly be handed to you, by,
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
j. r.. 1NGERSOLL
Robt T. Bicknell, Geo W. Ash, Jesper Harding, Esqrs
MR.. INGERsoLL'S ADDRESS.
Remarks of the Hon Joseph r. Ingersoll, the Town
Meeting, held in Philadelphia, on the 9th of August
This meeting appears have together under the
influence of the purest love of country Deeply i'm
pressed with the conviction thLt such is unguesonaby
the case have not hestated To comply with the request
with which have been honored to bear part althoug
il will be brief and unmportant one) in its proceed
ings. The answer which the meeting itself promptly
and cheerfuy gives to the unassunling invitation in
which il originated is the best practical proof how cor
dial is the attachment of this portion at least of the re-
public to the rest and how much it is illuminated in
the charge that would assist even countenance efforts
of hostility harm towards any part of its
sisterhood IL were indeed dcyonuy TO be wished
that the occasion did not exist for large and anx-
ious an assembly Topics of such deep and heart-
rending interest those which it discuss are
in general too delicate in their nature and excil
ing in their consideration, to be benefcaly or even
safely sought The individuals who have been active in
promoting this opportunity for interchange of sent
ment, are among the last who would unnecessarily yo
lunteer TO agitae them. The feelings themselves which
they calculated TO excite, placed within us for
wise and beneficial purposes but they better infinite
y better left TO sumbcr in the bosom than when called
into active and tumufuous exercise There are eubtcr
fires, which, undisturbed may TO promote
the sautary ends Of nature but when moved and agat
ed, soncl times burst forth in unquenchablc rage and
whelm in wide ruin all that nature herself has
famed most fair, initiative art in its haPpiest efforts
has conrived TO fashion. AS long IL is possible these
powerful and destructive agents should be let alone
Dangerous alike to all all should shun them until the
last extremity.
Occasions however, though rarely, yet vnquestion
ably occur, when the danger OF excitement must be
braved The very fear Of it may oyerwhelm # will
unhnppiiy break out, If provoked by Idle curiosity
or inudicous zeal, whether we will or Then if
do not take at 10 master and subdue it, it will
be sure TO subduc and master US. When thus forced
into existence, from unknown causes whether nno
cent guilty already there il is only by meeting il with
bold and manly front that ii be SisssIned of us
Tors and then and only them instead Of being an arb
tary and cruel conqueror, 1T may become reluctant but
efficient agent in the cause OF justice.
Such has been the case from the time Of Tive forma-
ton of the federal compact with the subject of domes
tic slavery in the Southern States Tbey-he present
generaen and the generation Of the Reyolutionnher
ed from their British ancestors whose local descend
ants the loudest TO complain of its exstence
TWAS believed to be necessary, rather inevitable
evil and IL agreed 10 such IN tho great cornpro-
mise which formed ecctually nation; Compromise
to which We owe most Of our prosperity and all our sub
sequent glory While 1t entirely scquiesced by
che best and wisest Of tho thers Of the repubcby ali
and every in effect, of that people who became so
vereiQn and INDEPENDENT il deemed unwse and ie
delicate agate it subject Of frequent discussion
and rarely did public consideration Of Il occur II was
once perhaps gexed but il then became and il must be-
regarded now, settled question One no longer TO be
practically moved doubted How could Be other
WISE when u received the sanction ard the seal Of the
sages Of those trying times, Of the Madisons and the
Franklins, The Pinckneys and the Rutlcdgcs the Nor
rises and the Hamiltons, and (f may puralize that
tat will for stand single and alone in history
che WashiRgtons Of the Revolution All Of these are
nomes affixed n the Constitution Of the United States
en- which domestic slavery is less than three times
distinctly recognized, sanctioned and adopted II is
6roe Of
senstion among the several States and gives 10 slave
population individual well pecuniary influence
~ Is found in that section which postpones and limits
The regulation Of the slave trade itself for more than
twenty years It's especially and emphatcaily operative
N the mutual pledge extending 70 al and over all