Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-12-04
~ g.Mm ELiwnR nk TIE ENcrlEER

To TIE EDITOR or TIE EyGCiRER
Sir-The c!0dd lately bigger than 4 man hand,
already hcgEs 10 d"rrn Tic political horizon. Petitions
nc -cate-ws have them from all sorts and sizes and CO.
c,s; instructions om Legislative bodies; new Ljeucn.
Governors openly aAlmg bas! upon Tie abolition oil
s!a:cry in tie District Of Columbia.
Virginia and Maryland when they ceded this District
never supposed that il was to be the 4lc!um upon which
TO res; he lever 10 uproot The very foundations Of
their iir2sijss.
No honest man can pretend that Hfrn Tie Constitution
adup.cd '!o contracting parties M1n believed that
any power conveyed by he Constitution OF the
United States 10 the Congress of the United States 10
intermediate irh the question Of Slavery any where or
any how Had such idea been brpaciied The Con.
yenticn which formed the Constitution, would that
Convention have continued lis session single day
after il had been asc~Ta!neC that P.rY was 10 be found
which you'd iaE:Si any such power 20 lc vested in
Congress:
We must nnt await tie agitation ST tie question as To
the rGwtr aye, The C', It IS tRnk folly 10 talk q.
Tie rgh, cf Congress to act on any such question
Il IS rank folly nov for any Southern man 10 permit
the mention CT sGC question i. his presence without
rirdug the aIia,nr, The murderer, The assassin. We
un.t mol permit this infamous Zoe 10 put in his entering
wcJce We mus, not IaE3ely permit our hreS!Ges, and
domestic rest 10 b. disturbed and narrowed up any lon.
ger ~ the citation "i any such diHboca question:
The rnust mol DC bIough: home 10 Us. Better carry
80 them.
The position now to he taken must he this:
The Missouri Compromise, it is called short sight.
cd, ,empc2ug arrangement, destitute Of any prIncI-
Pie. TIE exercise Of pTwer hr Congress granted,
utterly Umi;ougit 81 by those who crested the Congress:
fatal deviation from rr:"cp:c THIS act n Congress
,ng.t lie GtSSO.std. An unconstitutional assumption q!
power the part d Congress mast noe be given up,
mast he To@Ca al.
The refusal 10 rerca! shs infamous breach mon The
Constitution. will shnw what we have 10 depend on
-'rhe war must not he brought into houses: we
mus. meet the enemy ri tie Eresh!ind. No, said
agGvr We mus, asSa him in his own den
Tie cloud, lately no bigger than man = hand row
lowering IN every direction. IS rIesnge dire tina, this is
be the Tornado when viii bust upon US. il We delay.
No sine is 30 be lost.
Point cut any other position. fer the Southern man, TO
take more safe Than his that then is he position TO be
taken; that s the position around which ali will rally.
No lime is Jc lost. 4 is tic dgiy r all To p0i@ out
,ajty },9ssn, j he krotrs Let not await this
avalanche This position will test the real s,ue 6i the
case viii give another direction to this monster Wing
gery, and Federalism and Democracy, rigid "r loose
construction French British parties; Russian dinners
the refusal IN rejoice IN the victories o; our counrynen
in so inqai:ous war; whether tie Parliament has a
gr, 10 tax The Colonies; whether We shall declare for
independence against Il: oil Icee GEe dust IN the
baance--arc ! iraiher in the sca!p.
No one acquainted with tie South, hnt knows the
dreadful into which the agitation Of the questions
touching in the snalea, degree upon Abolition, throws
The mind U .c master. aud the condition OF the slave
This question Of Missouri repeal mnst prccede the
other stons plainly 10 be brought up iO"ihfr
GstiOn II any nt should &c permitted 10 jc 0gi!0t'G IN
Comgres$, and Tie scycai II az Infamous Missouri Cum
promise hes passed both houses OF Congress ard the
signature Of the President, WEen tbs Is disposed Of.
can then extern! the ut hand IS .io" ship ro 1c:a'e
Until this is lu#e We i::uS; believe hat lie right hand
clutches dagger o. VIII mol be raised to prevent The
blow s:o:, 4 hl:d iiai Goes clutch IT.
II is fortunate that the Southern prsSen! such
Tssion he increasing ianaci>ni o! tue North
No i.2l once Ih= pIc?sI The trne question
is, 'r: mE Poiii'c"Hy ruiz Tie :ush y nc 10 It by
ONE OF THE SOUTH.