Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-09-30
WAR OF THE ABOLITION PARTY, HEADED
GY TAPPANAND HIS COMMITTEE, AGAINST
MIR VAN buren,.


The Telegraph, day two since, came forth re.
iocing about the elections in Vermont. 1t says
Fr0m tc Nto YcSh Express lace cheering c1qrcs-
sion Of pocai nc'rS Now: beg our Southern friends
TO mark the conclusion in which the Telegraph SUNS up
the rejoicing. 1t is, that AIN SHADES DISTRICT
uhe second HE Is AHEAD OF HIS VAN buren,
OrFONENT."
This is the Mr. Sade ~ho was dismissed from The Stale
Department by Mr. Vein Buren, when he entered it-thc
same who 81 essentially aided hIessts Wise, reyton,
Granger, and the rest, in getting up The Abolition OF Inc
las, session lie is The whom Mr.. Wise was seen 10
counsel with in view of the House, when points OF or
der started TO keep up the abolition debate ana pre-
vent The question from being takcn to put an END 10
That the telegraph and the Southern agtators should
hail his reelection Van Buren, opponent as "cheer-
mr. is Just as natural that Tappan and his committee
should wish the defeat Of MIR. Van Buren, as "e Nor'h-
tru candidate for the Prcsdcnc The objects of the Null
hicrs and the Aboonsts the same, as we have re-
pcatedly shown The design Of both sections OF agia-
TORS is 10 unsctlle the institutions Of the Mon lne
one faction seeks to embody the whole South IN scheme
TO abandon the Union the other seeks TO destroy Inc
compromises of the constitution, and establish principle
which will inevitably accomplish the scheme oi the CO.
operating faction.
We give the beginning and end of the address OF tue
committee which represents the Abollionlss oil the
STATES TO shoe The ground which they have rallied
in the present political contest II will be seen that they
have denounced Mr. v Buren, and all his leading friends
in New York, as the persons whose mas ar ar
his vote to prohibit the circulation of nccndiaryan muir
DEMONSTRATING pnyers in States where the Stale laws
forbid their circulation. The Governor of New York
is denounced having invaded the rights of the Abo
llonisls by recommending to The Legislature The pas
sage of laws 10 nhib the sending of publications mic
neIghborng Stalcs endangering the lives OF their people
by lnsligatng the slaves to lnsurrcclion MT Boards
lev Attorney General of New York, is denounced iol
his interference, and prevention of the sitting OF the
Abolition Convention at Utica MIR. Wright, OF the Se'
nate is also denounced for his participation in the sup
port of all the adopted by the Democracy O
New York We give the reference to these gentlemen
as made by Tappau and his associates, IN their pamphlet
and the notes it, in which they arc pointed out by
namc.-G i0bc.
To The Peoplc Of The United States; 10 s"ch americans
as raiuc their rights, and dare to 7nGtn;1'H them
"FcllOu. COuntrgmcn! crisis has arrived in which
rights the most important which civil society can &C.
KNOWLEDGE and which nave been acknowledge by our
Constitution and laws in terms Tie most explicit which
language can afford, set at naught by men, whom
your favor has invested with brief authority ny wha
standard is your liberty of conscience, OF speech, and
the press now measured Is it BY those glorious char
ters you have inherited from your fathers ana winch your
present rulers have called heaven to witness they would
preserve nviolae? Alas. another standard has been ad
yised and if would know what rights are conceded
by own servants, must consult the co'Pae
BY which The South engages, certain conditions
10 give It's trade and votes TO Northern men. AL
rights not allowed by this compact, we now hold by
siiierance and our Governors and Legislatures ayow
their readiness to deprive Of thcm whenever IN teil
opinion legislation the subject shall be necessary
This compact is not indeed published 10 the world IN
de, the hands and seals Of the contracting parties bu
is set forth in official messages in resolutions of the
State and National Legislatures the proceedings of
puar meetings. and in acts Of lawless violence. The
temples of the Almighty have been sacked because the
worshppers did conform their conscience to The com
pact Ministers of the gospel have been dragged as
criminals from the altar te the bar because they
the people from the Bible doctrines prescribed by The
conpactt Hundreds of free citizens, peaceaby assem-
bed 10 express their sentiments have because such an
nv
dspersed and the chief actor in this invasion on the
freedom Of speech instead Of being punished tor the