Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-09
HsGsGE EIS'E'sG.

Extract from the .7nnMnt hcSSdgt Of inc EIccErr, 10 NC
LcoiSlat,src Of .IiarWand-DecenGcr Session, l-}3.
Since the adjournment of the late Legislature, the
country has been much and deeply ag!ta:rd by the ma
chinalions of sundry misguided and wickrdly disposed
States of the Union who associatng themselves with
certain unprncipcd foreign emissarlrs, have sought,
and it is believed still seeking, by every means
within their power, to destroy the peace. happiness
and security of the citizens Of this and Of all
sister States in the South. Presses are maintained,
from which issue in constant stream, the most cx-
citing and nllnnaory addresses to our slave popu-
lation which are circulated among them by means
Of The Post Offices and BY secret agents dispersed in eve
~ direction These addresses ncucae not the doctrines
or prncplcs by which their authors profess 10 be aca
ted they ncucae not philanthropy, humanity. OF bro
thrr love- but they tcach and dcs ncd to excite 10
rebellion and bloody slaughter Their authors
seem anxious to involve US in all the h3rors of scrvic
war and profess TO do it too in the name OF outraged u-
nanty and religion That there may be deudcd fanatics
among them; that there may BE- some instruments SO l.
poran as not to be sensible of the shameless ahsury Of
these profess ofs is admitted, but 1t Is difficult to believe
that the heads that devised and direct THIS ncrciifss
crusade against the white inhabitants OF his and the other
slave holding States be actuaed BY any motive nav
inc the scmJlance of virtue. Iii almost impossible not
TO he convinced that they aud love the horrors they
are struggling to produce. 1t by no means necessary
tina, We should enter here upon the discussion OF the
question of slavery IN The abstract IL IS enough tat
il is one of the domestic institutions OF the State with
which we utterly deny the right Of any power without
the State. to interfere in any manner whatever J. he
policy we have pursued towards slave population
has been liberal and just.
Our slaves were believed hitherto TO have been less
happy than ourselves They knew not lhey felt not the
hardsps bondage; aud if they should now be abridged
Of their comforts curailed in their privileges, and la-
raised by rigid surveillance, The blame must rest with
those enemies both of the white and the black-the
incendary .thoonists. While these common encH!cs
have been active in their efforts To destroy the peace
OF the Southern portion Of the country, and have, we
doubt not, hoped to nil;ct mortal wound upon The
Union by arrying portion against the otle 1t has
been most cunsualory 10 discover that they could ind
no sympathy with their views amongst our lelowcItl-
2cus of The North and East generally Their attempts
there have very generally met with the just indig-
nation Of the People; and Judging from these lndi-
catons we but ndulg the hope that these ne
iarous attempts, failing of their object, will in the
end far from making divided people, be the means
Of dspellng many groundcss jealuusics, doubts and
fears which have heretofore existed, and thus draw
closer the bonds of unon confidence and mutual good
will between the different members and individual cltl-
zers Of the eonderacy The just and generous senli
mcns proclaimed by The People, need but be carried out
BIZ the constituted authorities of the Northern and East
ern States and the good work is done. From these au-
lhori,ics we have right to expect and after what VIC
have heard from their constituents, will not question
that they will take the necessary steps TO prevent those
associations and those emissions from the press within
their borders, which destructive Of our domestic
peace and fatally tend to disturb the harmony OF The
Unen. 1t is with you to provide by such cnactncnts as
you may judge suitable and expedent TO prevent The in
PRODUCTION Of all such incendary publications within The
limits Of this State.