Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-20

tn south, and caGse corresponding actionloo.sin,s
ut the iactthat they suffered to proceed without
isProo, unl TINS action OF the South was had, aud
tnat immediately upon that action there is response TO-
anu admission OF our claims by, great public Junction.
aryiookng say, al the facts the advantages of action
on our part and the evil conscq ucnces vi supineness
must be evident 10 every impartial mind OF the entire
press Oh New York aud the other Northern States,
none Ves there was single exception pcrha ps two
had admitted that their governments had the power to
pu' GOWN uese associations, much less that was their
duly to put them down. Yet ON the advent of these
South Carol;:.a Resolutions Gov Marcy bv
he indomtabc Southern spirit therein displayed-ce
ing tne awful responsibility which rested upon the North
IN RELATION TO this nattcr-at subscribed To the
ruin OF The positions laid down resolutions The
s' Nor'hern Governor who has acted upon this subject
pu's ASIDE the crude and basy conclusions, based upon
'he VAN pretexts of the right Of discussion and the
freedom OF the Press, and becomes convert To- South
ein sentiment Sir there could not be a more com.
pe", more signal evidence of the efficacy of a
urn out temperate statement OF the rights Of the
on,ii and vi the necessity of claiming them at the
n a OF the Northern people, than this Governor
VOL Oh pennsylvania, had sent in his Message before
Puoeiy was gwen 10 the South Carolina resolutions
OF before they pissed. He might have taken IN.
,ianiles'atons OF Southern feeling, indicated by the
popular meetings. bubbles brought to the surface by
he agitation OF the public prints which would be soon
uisssed INTO thin air He might have supposed the
"ooitionlsts contemplate numbers and To- no snn
pressed without much opposition, by popular opinion
ana what says he! Remember he was not called
upon oy The South Carolina resolutiops--tbey had
uoe reached hlm--and therefore he was not uryeu
oy the cogent inducement which actuated Governor
matoy-and he followed the natural impulse and bent
=. ms n'nI not impeed by the awful of the i'm
poriance of this question. Well Gov. Wolf dis,isses
is SUBJECT OF abolition with simple eensure OF the
eu'Se oi uie "Oohtionsts. lie says that nothing is ne
cessary IN the way OF legislation. Thus YOU see sir
'e' ny supineness we get nothing, while by proper
assertion of rights secure every thing we con,rpd
ior ANA TINS being the case, shall we now pauseholo
oack, ana ny every conceivable device-by cayl and
10 the nj
Tue Southern people or sle the expression OF them:
i-et Us now come, continued MIR. s., To the question
wheer te substitute proposed does not, in the three
particulars have spoken OF having most Impressed
Pupnc aent'on cYade renounce entirely fail to ex-
press the popular sentiment La relation to the rs oint
ue .epi"pation by the people OF all interference by
the cizens OF the Northern States with our slave pro
Per-uo you not, by striking the resolution of the
"rity' winch contains clause declaring that sail in
reference on the part OF citizens of the other States
Is violation of the constitutional obliration and sh
s'luuhg one winch does not contain such declaration
u" you not, say, by such course only fail To
express the popular sentiment bat traverse it, aud saw its
acquisitions are Improper Certainly you do No man
VIII venture TO hold up his head before nm enIbtencJ
audience and say that if he strike out he does
not only negative the popular WILL but actually on
question " way
If the House does not negative this declaration of the
people IN regard TO the citzens resolution of the
majority stands wholly unobece by any member ol
INC Rouse, ana Inc House cannnt negative without
reversing IT'S previous OF l0S to ~ IN the aiYrma
I'VE, me second resolution. sir of the substitute
wholly fails express the sentmen mis- of the neoo and
WIZ prove my assertion. The sentiment of The peo
pie 49, that every interference but especially bv lie
sboiionists with the domestic slavery in the Southern
al
wen, SIR, having expelled this declaration from, the re-
port OF the majority gentlemen propose to insert the ID
tesolnton OF the substitute MIR. S. quoted the reso
lut;on1 Wv ~
''Assail our pence and tranquility" How oss,il cir
by sending the free blacks OF the North here as emss
I 20 create an insnrrectlon' BY providing magazines
ana furnishing arms To rebellious slaves M Sir mo-
thing OF this kind is considered by the snhsut. a. +,
voauoh OF inc constutional compact-nohing but the
printing and circulation OF aboli,ion publications. Tho
utmost exerton of human neliect-th most ~,
gennlty that human wit devise cannot d;scovar
uugnt Ina Is deprecated IN this resolution save the print
ing ana disseminating of incendary pamphlets The r.
solution leaves these fanatics perfect liberty 10 do nv
thing but print and publish Do not make rood nv
assertions sir, that gentlemen have an x;onso I;,n ~
demands upon The North 10 this particular and that tine
principle commended for by the people is utterly y,er
mated by them Sir the suppression of this principle
IN The substitute, becomes the more significant and en-
phalc when you look TO the 9TH resolution of h. com
nitiee from which resolution this proposed substitute n
10 part extracted The 4th resolution sir of The ma
a. ReSotred That the Save holding States IN GO ih,
- in o the otaies IN which such societies are found
or projected, the suppression prevention of thcn b
Jaws, ihh,cung adequate penalties those who form
them, aud who print circulate the prints uainphe,s
tracts OF pictorial representations lending or intended 10
produce characterization and revolt among the saves of
Tue Southern Sates-and that this clsit justified y b
acknowledged principle Of international law aciin an
separate and independent States derives peculiar force
ana sanctiy from the social raierna and noli,icnl -
mons OF the States OF this Union to each OTHER
Wen now, sir, with this resolution before gentlemen
they have, with studied design expelled the Jecla'
ana have limited their condemnation of the practccs o
inc aOoiiionss to tile single of printing and
ing their Tracts is not the demonstration that snfe,sn
nave purpOsey suppressed the principle conicnded for
by The people, complete: ls there any one hardy noub
-or who will hazard his character for common san.
ny Gehylhg unit 1T Is so? And If te demonstration h.,
complete ask the House if they are prepared 10 SAM
u"h the views OF gentlemen? II they are prepared fbus
l" sbt 10 suppress, TO traverse the sentiments of The
PeoPef 10 Promugale this most nschievous and xtraor
"afy heresy AS well, sir might you expect to cuard
y1u frontier from hr advance Of AN invading army by
placing corpoais guard point of your boudar
me ieaVpg all the other avenues, and procaim th,
To be unprotected, To attempt secure Vn from The
efforts oil The abOlltlOniss, by merely telin0 The m o
ey shall not PRINT All other modes Of attack re- oen
70 the'r selections and they may avail themselves Of
mem, not only without punishment, bot with orr full
consent res, SIR with our consent for by striking out
the resolution ot the majority which carries oni tho
sentiments OF the people, and substituting Ina, ~ liz
minority, which limits our rights simple call unon
me Nofth To suppress the pamphlets O! thes Gnotics
you unqueslionaEly admit that our claims mon the
Morh are limited 10 the suppression of the printing
inns, mnch sr, IN relation The first point re- |
specung which The people have distinctly declared tbs
desire, aud The manner in which The renort of
be minority proposes to execute that declared desire
Let Us next, Sir. see how tue gentlemen of tho mir,
ry propose 10 fulfil the still more important i,,slrc,;
OF the people to their representatives Ia call for tine sun
preston 81 THESE associations by the enactment on Tie
part OF the North Of penal laws. The substitute Sir
IS guadedly and Intentionally silent on that onestion ~
right Not syllable Is said about our claim in that mar
ucuar The substitute is desgnedly silent on Ibis had
The 4th resolution Of the Committee d,snctIv asserts
our clan To have these associations put down bv ade
quate laws by the people of the North anI with t6at re-
solution. ana that assertion of claim before ,eir
eyes' gentlemen limit their demands the simple SIM
preston Of the publications Of the abolitions,soii
silence Of dpatb---vpsf I