Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-26
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There can be 10 doubt, that the Missionaries Of the
.2";t.Surcry Society are at work in the North-buti it 10
pleasing 10 witness the spirit with which they ue re-
sisted. We have before us the proceedings at Mayvllle
in New York, and Wllkrsharre in Pennsylvania. In
The first town, notice had been given by The Rec. MIR.
Hicg"rv. the Rec Mr.. Brown, and &. w. Newcomb, al!
OF H~rS!hna. that a meeting wouId be held ct the Baptist
needing house III Navy L., on the ill inst, tor The pur-
Pcse .. forming al Ant-S!nvery Society. This notice was
gwen without any consultation with the Trustees Of the
Church: Nc; Et they had seized upon the meeting of
lii" .igricaHEral and Temperance Societies at that time
10 PRESS their own plans. The May vile Sentinel says:
" The design vas too pal paH!c to be mistaken. In
Ger cover OF two county meetings, the agilatoTs were 10
SEND iuTih their proceedings us The voice Of the good
citizens Of The county Of Chautaugue, vino were to be
'Aii'i'cG IN an altitude of hostility TO their brethren of
Ie South, and tp The constitutional compromise SO long
h'iH sacred by every section of our Union. Of course
,' citizens would not submit 20 this imposition. The
"'PIsi Society, with a due regard TO the opinions Of
our '|'!ow. citizens: and Tie spirit Of patriotism and en-
,t@e" PhlianihroPy which has so Justly distinguished
"eth mere, determined that their house should not be de-
sec'a'cd tnany suci! unworthy purposes. Accordingly,
''''o!A'.'y alter the adjournment OF the Temperance
Er,N'tE' "ii:cii had been nunerously and respecla.
W.! attended, Jesse BrO0hs, Esq one Of our most
[,Y"""sht and respected c!tizcns, and I most &C.
.'e "u 'iiic.ent Llvlnbcr of the Baptist Church here,
~, anu distinctly informed the gentlemen abolitiunisls
VS., ~ haHi'st Westinghouse could not be occupied for
~ purposes S'a'e" IN TIE notice inserted in the James
journal, &c, DC. To this the Reverend noti6-
,,.. -. Nh"'h, anu olered no apology OF e8pIand'
'oH: ia, lett the House, without deirning to inform the
S S.,T u whether the contemplated meeting would be
,T ii any o'icr place or not. The citizens remaining
a." vs"niz'o themselves into q meeting, and adopted
's i"Ho"'ng excellent preamble and resolutions:
"eFeeS, Tie Government and People OF the United
w.; a'Is a"a '''"Fe especially Of the Southern States OF
W. Wa mon: %e gn!!i!rSs Of the in.roduction OF Slavery
.".o 'ae country, tile same being imposed upon them
E',"s '"e most earn st and impressive circumstances
=, AZ southern Colonial Legislatures, BY the authority
R "I ni''hcF e. lnlIy and whereas, at the close OF our
,II'u.oHaTf contest, and the organization OF an lnoe.
."vh' No'ernn'"nt, il had become permanently and
~. ',o'a''y cn'al!cd upon US; and The question, IN all
Il ".a"n2s anu Consequences, was submitted TO, and
Wv. upon, oy a Convention OF Us wise men, as pure
hIoJ S'0 IS, ana as exemplary Christians. as ever assem-.
v mH !" Geiioerat upon the affairs Of nations and The
b, .-L' OF man and whereas, upon such decision, was
uassa Inc glorious fabric of our Federal Union, and
k @s. e M only condition on which such Union could
:, S-ec'eo; aud the compromise and settlement thus
s,, y as incorporated in, and made a part Of, the con-
Of TS. ~. compact between the several sovereign States
~ u'S hepublic; and whereas, under this constitutional
H.. "'pac,' our County has been peculiarly blessed with
~ S"Acs OF an approving Providence, and enjoyed 9