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

Ists0TttT, COnVVnLOn heTd a Iourt-
house in this village. the first Tuesday in October
next. for the purpose of making county nomina atoms
and that said convention be composed OF three delegates
On motion of A. II. Camp it was
fscso'red That the proceedings of this meeting be
signed by The chairman and secret,ry aud Published in
the republican papers of thu. county, thai copy
the resolutions be o the Albany Argus and New
York Times for publication.
HASsoS A. R,sLEY, Secretary
We have besides signs, that the jucia anthori-
t'es are about to interfere The Grand Jury Of Oneida
has already presented the acknowledgement the follow
ing shows that the Grand Jury of Hartford Conncc
ucut, IS taking the course:
From The Hartford Times
"THE GREAT QUESTION.
In consequence of the intense excitement which has
prevailed at the South since the commence mont of ne
tive operations by the Abolitionsts several the mos,
prominent editors in that section of the Unon have
made use of language in writing upon this subject
which we should consider criminal in the highest gree
II made public at any other tmeor any other SUBJ
Jec but their anxiety for the safety of their propery of
their houses aud lands of the civil and religious insitu-
tons with which the country has thus far been blessed
aud OF their very lives aud what nearer and dcarer
TO patriot, of the lives and honor of their wives
and daughters-dnring this well-grounded state of
excited feeling, we were willing remain silent
der their reproachcs and threats for season. being
saShed that the great body of the people in this section
OF The Union were patriotic and that They would show
themselves To- be SO by openly opposing the proceedings
OF the incendiariesand after faithfully trying to put
stop TO their efforts by resolutions passed at public meet
lngs II unsuccessful, like the old in the fable they
would next try " what virtue there is i'm stones We
have cautioned friends the South that they should
De vgnnt and firm but not rash; and gratiiicd
to see that reason is about being restored empire
The almost unanimous voice of The people, as expressed
at pnblc meetings in opposition the abolonists and
IN favor OF defending all the rights guaranteed by
invaluable Constitution TO the people Of the South has
been proclaimed and will continue to rcverberatc from
hill and dale from Maine TO Missouri and fion, tho reat
lakes to Georgia.
Since public opinion is papably in their favor our
friends at the South DO we'll calm their fears and
speak friend ought speak TO another in whom
lus hPP
great trouble and affection brought upon them uniustly
by the conduct of few misguided or wicked men, we
are well aware--and pure patriots have risen up, and
VIII continue to rise every section of the country
to assist i'm renedyng the evil aud that they Will
it, there can be no question.
"We hail the following which we copy from the Rich
mona Enquirer as the arbinger of good understand
ing OF TINS question The rash threats and expressions
OF indignation made of by Southern editors although
they might nationally have been expected from men
situated as they were only tended to cool the Ordor of
some among u.s. We rejoice TO these feelings dying
away, now that they are informed of public opinion
the North
ut will be seen by the following proceedings of the
Grand jury that they have voted unanimously to pre-
seat the publication of the Abotionsts as injurious to
the best interests ofthe country:
Grand Jury 81 The County Of Hartford ATTENDING tic Su-
preme Court, September Term, n. D. 1885
orED that whereas our Country is at present greatly
excited by the exertions and publications ofceran per-
sons called Aboonists which threaten TO destroy the
peace and quiet if not the safety -four country
we do tereupon hereby express unanimous opinion
against the proprety Of their proceeding and our full
belief that with mistaken motives and misguided zeal
they are taking dangerous peace of our
country injurious TO the slaves and prejudicaI TO the
cause OF emancipation
ESted, That the foregoing be signed by the Foreman
and Clerk and published.
=, NATHAN JOHNSON, Foreman.
J. NJ. GOODWIN, Clerk"
So far the late indications from the North and from N
YORK are cheering The only dark cloud which has
aey appeared on the horizons the proposition of the
FANATICS 10 hold Convention Utica. This we are
happy to see has drawn down upon them the denucia
'1cns oil most OF the Presses of New York The abany
fTguS scathes them in the following indignant terms
MORE OF THE lNcESpIARIEs.-We publish below a
notice einanatng from Alvan Stewart Of Utica puf-
porting 10 be "a call for State Convention ofte friends
OF immediate emancipation TO be held at Utica the
2lst Proximo TO which the some 300 persons
have been affixed. We have done So both with view
TO expose to the citizens of this State the designs ola few
busy and bad among u.s. and to inform individuals
oil the uses and ntens to which their have been
prostituted.
"lmpotent and empty as this movement will unaues-
tonaby prove to be- it may be regarded in its concep
ton, Of the boldest the ouous and wick
ca against the tranquility of the country which
nus characterised the present times Upon sub
Ject, not even in relation the heresy of Nullica.
uon-have the great body of the people of the North
manifested such unanimty of feeling and notion
as in relation To the designs and conduct of the
Aoolitioniss From every quarter of the State, our
cuzens have come forward regardless of party differ
shces, and under the impulses of duty and high
devotion TO the public veal, expressed, as one man
ineir reprobaton of the proceedings of these mis-
chievous or deIuded men. They have ayowed at the
same time their determination to maintain at every ha-
zard the constitutional rights of their Southern brethren
against The efforts OF sinister fanatics and incendary
Pohucans They have shown that the agitation of this
question could lead only to positive perhaps remedless,
evIl-that it has already been productive of results
alarming to every friend Of the country and cacu.
lated to hill the mind with apprehcnsons for the duration
OF our form OF goyernnentand that while il
ened the peace of the republic and the pcrnanency of the
union, II has led aud can lead only the worst conse-
quehces upon the condition Of the slave if not to the
eXungushmcnt of the hope of gradual emancipation
these OPINIONS nave been expressed with great
ness IN all quarters They have manifested themselves
WIN ervor strength and unanimy that have few pa
raels IN our history. They literally the pervadn
sentiment In the midst Of all this, a few men (pos.
s'piy single individually, Drawing and defying the
public sense, ambitious notorety and ca ger in the
to those whose amen is excitement and citation and
10 whom a prosperous public tranquility is death or
oOlyon, have started this scheme State Convention
oil TIE friends OF lmmeda,e emancipation And grosser
outrage upon the moral of the people this State
OF boder defiance OF the popular feeling is not within
our knowledge OF passing events 1t is be doubted
that will meet every where with the most pointed con
denhaton and well will it be for its authors Id inst.
gators II an outraged public feeling shall allow them las
we trust 1t may To rest simply under an expression of
contempt end Reproductions
But itsimpossble mistake the object of the movers
IN THIS scheme of mischief Your Stewards aud Benans
are not only fanatics in the ultra Of the word but
ney nave personal designs which they seek carry
by any means, however reprrhensjIle They come
therefore, with all zeal and " love to the hello Of Duff
Sreen and olier desperate parsans, who prefer any
condition to that in which the suilrages of the people
nave eit then-whosc hopes centre in agitation at least
u not dsnnon-and who labor by every artifce to ex
cite high state Of passion and feeling between ercnt
sections OF our country They restless and perturb-
ca spirits, seeking every where tie of agitation
ana rcgiOus, political and SCOTLAND scat
trnI all directions tile Of