Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-01
Richmond, Va, Erisiay, April /.


THE aBoLi7IoN p,aNiC'-qnd Panic. .,faters.
The last hope OF the Wings is raise AN Abolition
Pancto msreprescnt the Free Negro vofe Of Mi Van
Buren7-to cry him up qbciifionist, in the very
lace oil ms own Leerand exaggerate the and
increase of the .4tOiioniSts. Mr. Vincent Whether car
res IN his pocket the pamphlets the Fanatics and
exhibits 10 The people Of Pittsylvania The odons pic
,9res he can obtain from Gerrit Smith, Tapran s. Co.
by way OF frightening hiss people into Whepcry as if
they were so many children! The whig5 helps hira
and the other agtalors, by charging Address of the
Republican members with fhlseood while e is falsely
making out that the Aboonists are swelling theiy
numbers to fearful extent. He affns that they are
increasing by hundreds and thousands This statement,
is exaggerated, for effect. The truth is, Panic is T.,
be got up 10 put down Van Buren-and the beauty OF ),
is, that the "Whig,' which is now most active in in
ereasng The pan'c for the purpose OF affecting
other day denounced the strong police bill which wa,
brought into Legislature Ito suppress The circulo-
ton Of inccndary publications. and for otler
Among other things, this bill provided follows:
BE az enacted by ne Gener4i Assembly, Tha, from
aud aitcr the passage of this act member agent OF
any abolition society Of the aforesaid scriptn shall
come or remain within the limits of this State and any
member or agent Of such society coming within the
state, or being found therein, shall, upon due proos
thereof made, be deemed guilty of felony, and be pun
ished by imprisonment in the Pentcntiary for term nos
exceeding years AT the discretion of Jury, and al
the expiration Of such term shall leave The State yhin
ana found therein after that time, shall SUI
| Now what said this " hg to the above provision
by The Constitution OF the United States the ciit-
zens OF one State citizens of all the States; has
virginia the smallest right TO deny this privilege to-
or modest Arthur Tappan himself, unless he cor,,na
some ocert act 1t will be observed that the frs; ser
tion makes tie mere coming aud fading of abol;-
ton in Virginia. onyi No overt act is required
but ms coming itself is made felony, when Tappas
has perfect constitutional rpt 10 come here as liz
author of this precious bill has to stay here Ii is n,
worse than lynching and Lynchs law and rcilectioa
the Legislation of The Stale that snch d.Corn,cd 60.
dites are submitted in the shape of bills
First the Wing misrepresens the Constitution Of The
S3wheh says, 'the citizens Of each State shall bo
ented to all privileges and immunes of citizens in the
several States and of COURSE we have a raht 10 MN
i:h Arthur Tappon, coming into this State as an Lcis
uontSt, Just as we have right punish our ows
citizens for being soBut the 20 place if the DANGER
were so imminent the Wing affects represent it
II the Aboiiioniss fearinlly swelling their num-
why opleci TO SO strong measure Of precautionary
police as this! For one unhestatinuy saw that s
we thought The danger as imminent as the Wing af-
ecs 10 consider H. we would 60 for strong
as this which he deprecated but few DAYS 20 If The
danger should increase fearful extent aud should de-
mana suc remedy we would he the first TO insist upon
such police law al the scssion-But are the Aho
onsts sweeping every thing to the North, he pre-
tends to beieye?lhe mails of this week Lave placed
the following facts before us-we think bo,n.
TO lay them before readers:
lst a public notice given in Washing county
Y, toneet the 22d February and establish an AMI
Slavery Society. large meeting of the citizens of The
ODO present, TO take the subject into considerations
What was the result An address was delivered by an
A6olitionis-end then preamble and resolutions were
offered by L. Howe and adopted by the meeting only
about fifteen voting in the negative These resolutions
go the whole for the Soull-two of them were as fol-
ResoiUed That aSAor and formation aJea
Sates as e@iied ~ eJ rs pe1 S TIE
produce il ite the people section
aud TO excite alarms and oppheons present safety
qn sRsnS.s and f a s,1 "%
upon @ s sS spa h sa %| W %
and the enjoyment happiness - "'' property
" ResGioed That we have fellowship whatever modern
society So% Of White cre aS and P en iS
- %: notice was given at Lockport, Niagara county
n f,) that meeting would be held in the Methodist
Chapel on the lIth March On the evening the 10TH
some of the citizens fihe town met-and recommended
general meeting next day-Accordingy the citizens
turned out mGsse, and assembIed the Court house
resolution adopted by acclanaon To ca mon The
trustees of the several Churches and ren,onstro,e
against their being opened for such purpose The
whole Abolition scheme was blown SIX y.6igh-The
trustees acceded-and every religious House was shut
against them
3D. An attempt was made to hold the first annual
meeting OF the Abolonsts at Batavia Gcnncssee coun-
ty, on the lGlI. committee Of so Of the citizens
waited upon hemthey compelled 10 adjourn their
conle Plated meeting TO the village of Warsaw.
9TH The Utica Observer says:
ab?5c this cause Aboon) the North cvcry day
tagging zeal They that ey SaSe
d.iuod appeals hcred sg a SsS@e eaS Ss
wo@su and m OF getting signe do
slavery 10 The District y hy'ng io Tho abolition OF
to keep up The excitement at the South o cvory petition that
tory speech : Obvious that the Opposition regard last
MoiGea.OP on and The Tariff the Bank aod Panic but
subject which there prospect Of roysing The fallen
Of e rs Tho las. throw Of the political diccihe last turn
""nd our n,s n,n up oanE as = no doubt will then all
of disruption.' 80 80 va " ""s''
But the "Whg," and Messrs Witcher &, Co ore
SUI agitetng and raising another dreadful Panic To
cripple Van Buren,, who is strong an anti.Abo-
tionist as the best of them. In fact, the game is
the abolition Wings TO the North, Gerrit Smith g.
Co.,) furnish pamphlets pictures. and proceedings
Tor the Anti. Abolition Wings of the South 10 work
with, and agilaie the People against Van Buren,
While he and his friends in Congress and the North are
the most decided Anti.AboGonisls North of Mason's
and Dixons Line, (as Master Witcher designates t
LOOK, too, (says a Correspondent of the LynchhuTg
DcmocraD at The first abolition petition presented in
Congress- on the motion TO print, $50 against so for
printing, 10 Of the so which Wings Mr. Pinck-
ney resolution declaring it unwse, mex pedient and
dangerous TO the Union, for Congress lcgisatc on
slavery in the District, Mr. Van Burens friends to a
man. voted for, while small fraction of Wings opposed
the resolution, every Wing Delegate from New York
voted aganst--among whom is Francis Granger the
Abotonis and Anti Mason, who is the prominent Whp
candidate for Vice President aud 10 be associated with
Gen Harrison, The destined Wing Virginia candidate for
Presdent.)
FREEMEN or VIRCLvTA
Your Elections commence on Monday Why waste
words? Why make long addresses IN Won A. NcL