Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-14


TO influence the anatca zeal emissarcs and inst;sa,
them TO go missions to the Slave holding safes e,e
distribute abolition publications and ate nbol
on doctrines their success in this enterprise p fre,i
py tho tate OF the deluced who preceded them
nc moment they pass the borders of these Stairs and
'c'. ''oors, they violate the laws Of the urisdic
uon lhy have invaded and incur the penalty 81 dcutl,
OF ouer ignoininious punishment. can conceive no
ouer beet that the Abotonsts can ave i'm view so
lar as they propose To operate here but 10 nbar k The
people OF this State under the sanction of the civil a-
.hoy' or WIN ITS connivance, in crusade against the
save-ipldng States for the purpose of forcny abolition
upon them by violence and bloodshed If such mad
project rs this could be contemplated for single mo-
scnt us possible thing every see that the
hrst step towards its accomplishment would be- the end
Oh our onicderacy, and the beginning of civil war
ar 'hcreiore as respects the people of this State
VI uiy sanction that can rmanate from them, dis
cover no one good that has resulted be
expected 10 result from the proceedings of the Abolition
ls but the train of evils which must NECESSARILY at
WY 'ei. onward movements, is in number and macni-
tude most appalling
Those devastations Which, in the course Of Providence
are sometimes permitted to visit popuous and opuent
cies. suddenly p.osrating the monuments Of art and
sweeping away the vast accunuations of years OF pa.
uen ana weildircctod industygrca and severe as we
now feel them to be-are small indeed compared with
the ruin and desolaon which would attic nd the subv,r
SION oil our Federal Government, and the progress of
civi ana scrve war; spreading its ravagcs through
half the States of this Such are the fatal
issues to which in the Judgment of Southern bre.
ren The abolition efforts tend; and The indica.
IONS OF insurreconary movements among the colorrd
population OF The slave holding Sas, show that these
fears are not entirely imaginary.
AS all the schemes of the Ahotons.s are prorpssc III %
prosecuted with particular reference results to be pro-
ducsd in the savehnding States it is proper that we
should inquire into the manner in which they design To
nllhg ABOUT these results Is i expected to operate
TIC slave popuation and by their Immediate npencv
70 effect their emancipation This only be done by
violence The very first in this scheme Of aboltiof
whci carried on ander the guse of igion morality
and love for mankind, would open with insurrcction
massacre and serve war, in which if the slaves tr
umph, their masters must be the victims Throuohout
those States, such is generally believed To be the dclbe
,ale design OF the abolnonisis That their measures
asst rOu II.l..
denied but that the authors Of them CLEARLY foresrc
these results, and recklcssly push on to them. will
lug TO participate in such crimes and 10 meet the
fearful responsibility they would incur am not pre.
pared TO believe. So far reason prevails AMONG
these delnded men, they will undoubtedly deny that this
mode OF etecng their object is embraced within their
plan OF operation Ii is charitable 10 presume that
they mean 10 stop short of this bloody CATASTROPHE that
they are willing 10 spread dire alarm among the white
population of those States, with view to make them
feel that life property, and all human comforts are so.
cure where domestic slavery prevails and by these means
so TO aggravae its evils that they will be led bv IN,
mere of them TO emancpac their slaves Such
mode OF attempting TO effect this object is Character
ized alike by folly and wickedncss To suppose that
such means will conduce to such end, betrays a
lamentable Ignorance of the universal laws Of I'M,
man action IL the save-owners concur in any
plan for the abolition Of slavery, il must arise from,
better motive than fear They will secure the,nseves
from danger by acting the objects from which il is
apprchcndcd-not by emancipation but by mulrinlvng
safeguards, by increasing restraints by preycntin9 in
ercourse as lar MS practicable among the slave popua.
uon, by withholding from them all moral and religious
them harmless machines To satisfy ourselves that such
will be the consequences of exciting alarms, we have
only to look at what they have already and are prc
pairing to do Manumission is discouraged, and inca.
sures are about TO be adopted all free persons &C
color from the ayehoding States. Instead of an in
c!easng disposition TO cooperate in any plan enan
cipahon, there is now exhibited fixed determi-
nation than heretofore to maintain the institution of
slavery.
The great engine which the Abulitionsts profess IN
WELD and by the operations of which they hope to bring
iher object within their reach, free discussion By
Of mol lfOr 80
are TO be instructed their duty; be taught lessons
of humanity Of mora'obgaon, and civil liberty; and
TO be induced TO strip the bonds from their slaves mud
receiye them into social and political fellowship AT
ter all that has been done to accomplish this end NAV
not be Improbable TO look the results If we believe
ihe coneurrng testimony OF the citizens of slave
ing States, not one convert has been made among
them On the contrary, their passions are arouse d.
deep sense of indignation at upprovokcd wrongs and
mischeyous inermeddng with their domestic con-
GEMS excites and agates the mass of the vh,e
population The abolitonisis and all their works are
loudly and universally denounced seditious ncendnrv
and wicked; and the bonds of amity and concord which
unite us to the people of the South threatened with
severance, because tolerate within borders these
disturbes OF their peace, and volators of their laws
Such we assured, is the progress which the arqu
ments OF the abolilionists have made in bringing The
slave hoders TO a concurrence in their views.
When We consider the matter ard manner ofthese an
peas and The character of the people TO whom they are
made, we ought not 10 be surprised that they have hon
Indignantly rejected. In all that regards The cvilitics
OF lie, IN high intellectual cultivation and endowments
In moral conduct and character, comprehension of the
n
give these principles practical application in love
of country and devotion its best interests The pcone
oil The South have furnished many emine Mt exanpis
as any other section Of the Union. When an attemrt
from any quarter or under any pretcnce is made dis
parage them if we forebore TO vindcae their clarac-
ter, we might to be unmindfu of what is doe 10
them Tor the distinguished part they We acted in ali the
trials and conflicts through which country has passed
from The earliest stages of the Revolution down to the
present time In all the views have bee able 10 take
oil the labos OF the abolitioniss have not discovered
that they have produced single benefits but every scn
IN Their movements thus far, Ia been attended with evil
consequences Will not undertake 10 describe the Gala
mites which, in all probability would result from their
urther progress, not only to the people Of the several
States but TO the whole human race SO Ior ms The caus
oil civil liberty is concerned because indulge the hone
that they have already reached The last stare Of their on
ward career willingly turn from this vie " of The sinh
ect to direct your attention to what been done and
what may be required, to prevent further evils from this
cause. -
The people Of this State continue 10 cherish an una
baed attachment to the Federal compact The many
signal advantages they have derived from H. and The
many iley s look for, bind them course of faier-
mai conduct towards their sister States and lay them un
der The highest and most sacred obligations to fulfil ia
good faith, and To the utmost reouifecns
oil The duties imposes them, and abstain from all
pacuces incompatible with these duties or contrary 10
the spirit OF any of IFS provisions.
Acting upon these principles, fellow citizens very
generally feel It 10 be their solemn duty wl,acye tlev
may think OF slavery in the abstract IN s actual con-
uon IN any secuon OF The Union TO leave its treatment
as was lett IN their entirely and forever to he
pie OF the States in which it exists. These States are
not only entitled 10 the exclusive control Of tie subject
but as they are Immediately affected by H. they and
they only, best understand the proper mode of treating
~ ana u requires but snail share Of good feeling 10.
wurds them, aud Of ddence in ourselves TO satisfy ~
that the matter may be safely left to the wisdom
and humanity Of those whom ii exclusivelv belonos