Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-05


hspr, and verify believe, tia, the crisis for the present,
has passed. by. and that enjoy grester security
tina" al any ioruer period. Ever breeze that blows
irons thc North. waits lts bosom glad udinrs the
and halt, bpld drclar1iiu, our rphis ARE IN.
derstpp and ipi they shall hr pt",cv,d wvhavceveiy
assurance IN h's,h s"tlg. III public authori-
ties W fsh our ',, aud npt the u,st chcc-
tual ace lTS To suppress tint stt iauIcisi which
is spren any thrUisn the inud kind aud iraternal
feetnc has byen Weakened up in eyrry bosn aud there
is uie of popular Indignation bch must sweep those
Wild aud reckless fanatics inu county aud oblivion
And shall sir ourselves this bright pros
Pect? Shall we wsntonly excite hostility and turn
the currcn, of feeling against by presenting
before tue Northern people in attitude oil dctaon
and dehances Shall turn their attention, which IL
now bent on cooperating with in the destruction oil
those ruthless beings who seek run-to consider
alton of their own safety: Shall we excite alarm
about Their own rights and liberty instead OF urging them
forward by every kind and friendly the
patriotic course they have begun! Shall we chill and
wi'her that feeling OF affection magnanmousy dis.
Played by demanding of them what ourselves would
not do-by making acquisitions which, ii coupled with
cannot ehectuay suppress the Vaccinations OF our enc.
MES, Your own judgment, MIR. Speaker must have
convinced you that these societies aud all their affiliated
kindred associations, be suppressed by penal
actmcntsthey will still flourish and gather ne
IN new form and under different name; and YOU must
be further satisfied that demand on our mart under
present circumstances, and considering at the same
Time that we have no right To make H. must be fatal
10 the cause we have much at heart. We shall
multiply enemies, discourage and drive away friends
while we place ourselves in a position from which
we cannot retire without shame and confusion
and IRON which we cannot advance, without eopar-
diziug the peace and Integrity OF the Union. Such
must be the inevitable consequence OF the adoption of
these resolutions and yet sir, they urged upon us
with zeal and an'ardour never benre displayed in this
House Gentlemen declare readiness to hazard life
ana limb IN their defence. Appeals are made TO the
ieengs and conscencvs OF meibers this foor-They
are told that the rights and their
wpe berayed and the sanc,ity their own oahs VIC.
laled by an opposition to these resolutions have
surprised, Mr. Speaker, at the calm dignity with which
the majority OF this House have the various and
unwarrantabe charges which have been heaped upon
them IN unmeasured terms, during the present season.
nave been surprised ut the bold steady vet ma
nimous course they have pursued all occasions when
violent effort has been made drive them from their
purposes But sir. am no longer surprised when sur
Vey TINS Hail. aud behold the unusual number of staid
aud sober and venerable that beam
me--the unwonted number of who have passed the
meridian OF life, and i'll whose bosoi:, the ambition aud
merry zeal of youth have been tempered down to
ana CONSCIENTIOUS perseverance, in a patriotic cause
pray Them TO persevere in the they have begun
ana virginia VIII have nothing fear from having
trusted her cause in such hands. Methinks see sir
renected IN them the majesty and purity this
C"mmonwealti-and To them does she look with earnest
ana confident expectation, for the restoration of her
Gent honor now trOdden under foot furnished and
tered by the rude assaults, the dying agones the death
throes OF an expiring faction.