Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-02

Va, ,ssr,, The pretext is, that the vote of The clam.
81 For ATS is a large one fte'hi''hs .hu. .mS -
. . : do with the question "l law, the result is not
'"o'"'"s vhs, il is considered that they bad The Whole
su,PtE,S, ,m.rIves. Nessrs. Claiborne uud Gholson mol
hs,u even visited Mississippi since the decision IN
.nrsvor. Let me ask any Firginian, 1t he "ou'o "
:1,i.s "a ,rnsl his election, at an exciting moment ~ q
VILE ~ which he should not participate: The pros
nen, Of the restoration oil harmony III our anA Is W
pnr,ying Ia the Frderalists. VIII" nave netsF iun ii
over Us uonenturily, but by divisions J." '"e
'1"A' With grea, respect, your friend and servant.
,o 7,u rn,,oR Or TIE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
S;-.EThs Globe newspaper has represented the reso'
n;on which was adopted 10y the House OF nrPresen'a'
ives on Thursday last, on the Abolition suoJrct' as oe,ns
IN, same with Mr. Pinckney S resolutions VI le session
I've The last. The object Of this Misrepresentation IS
.,fE.:on,,y obvious. 4 considerable number Of the
Representatives of the slave.holding States, condemned
MIR. Pinckney's resolutions in strong and decided terms
no, only because they construed them taken aitogetheI-
as giving up by implication, severa, 1lnPof.an' prhc'Pes
essential 10 slave holding rights but because lney re-
lnuuished the advantage OF pressing the question on
these principles, pending the Presidential Question
because they thought that his movement, 'hongh not SO
designed by him, played into Tue hanus OF lnose WIN
were struggling 10 evode n decision upon those prlncl-
MES, when a decision, as they believed, from the position
The slave. holding States then held, would have been
more propitious to our rights, than al anolher Time, aho
under other circumstances.
L MS eHuSIOu was Wv
more strenuously than by the Globe, which denounced
all, from the North and South, who did not come INTO
the support Of Pinckney's resolutions, as ugltetors and
anarchists. The attempt TO identity The resolution ADOPT
ed BY the representatives Of the slave.holdlng States,
which was offered to, and adopted by the House OF heP'
resentatiyes on Thursday last, with Mr.. P~inckneys
movement, is therefore calculated, and was probably
designed, 10 reflect upon those gentlemen from 'nose
S,ales, who opposed Pinckney's resolutions and sustained
the resolution on last Thursday. That resolution is es'
sen,ially different in tcrns, from Plnckney s; and Tue
circumstances under which it was agreed on, were also
essentially different.
The Globe must have known that it was proposed in
The meeting of the representatives Of the slave-holding
States, TO adopt Pinckney's resolutions totldein verbs
that il was earnestly and vehementiy resisted, as calcu'
lated 10 disturb the harmony oil The meeting-ano thal
II was Withdrawn. 1t must have known, that since
pinckney's resolutions, and since The fresldental eject
ion, the question upon the reception OF the Petltlons lot
Abolition, has been twice taken III The House OF Repre-
sentalives, and decided by overwhelming maJoritles ~
favor of recep,ion-some even, Of The slaveholding
representatives voting for their being received: conSe.
gaently, gentlemen representing slave holding States,
might be justified in waving that question no,r, who CID
not feel justified in doing so then. So far, and 50 lar
only, as they waived for the present, the question on re-
ceiving the petitions, is there any similarity between
the action Of Thursday and that ON Plnckney's resoiu-
tons.
The Globe must have known, that, as some Of the
slaveholding Representatives supposed Pinckney's reso.
lu,ions by implication gave up the question as to the
power of Congress to abolish slavery in the District Of
Columbia, that they did not meet the question as 10 the
Territories generally, nor as TO The claim of the abol!-
iionists that Congress may and ought to regulate the
sale. transfer aud removal of our slaves from one State
or Territory TO another; in other words, the domestic
slave trade: An interference with that property scarcely
less dangerous, more inSidioCs, and equally unconstitu.
t!onal, with an act by Congress for direct emancipation
in the States. In all these particulars, the resolution Of
Thursday last is free from the objections Which were al.
LEGGED against Pinckney's.
The Globe must have known, that not only many who
opposed Pinckney's resolutions, supported the resolution
recently adopted; but that not a few who supported
Pinckney's, rotea against the other. 1t must have
known, that one of the gentlemen who composed Pinck-
news committee, who sustained the report, and voted for
nil his resolutions, coted against the resolution offered
on Thursday last. Did that gentleman think the resolu.
tons identical? Did he think the resolution no stronger
in any respect than Pinckney's? Will the Globe de.
nounce him as an agitator: trow not.
1t is not my wish 10 reproach either Mr.. Pinckney or
any other gentleman who voted with him. | regretted
extremely at the time the dissensions among the repre-
yeniatives of common interests and rights-not as era.
t!fying the imputations of want Of zeal and devotion 10
those rights and interests on the part Of any Of those re-
presentatives-bu because division among them is sure
TO bring on defeat, as certainly as union Of sentiment
and harmony in action will secure triumph. All rea.
sonuble concessions amongst themselves ought TO be
made, 10 secure that union and harmony. The repre-.
senta,ves Of the slaveholding States are now, and be-
lieve always have been, almost, if not entirely, unani.
nous upon all questions OF principle involved in this sub
ject. They have differed as to the best mode of meet
Sng the attacks that are made upon their rights, interests
and feelings. Upon the resolution, however, OF Thurs
day laGt, the whole Of those representatives. believe
without exception, uness Delaware be an creeptton-who
voted at all, voted for the resolution. l trust, that in
any steps which may be deemed proper to be taken here.
after, in reference to this momenlous and vital question,
the SAM unanimity may be found, whether in Congress,
in meetings OF the Representatives of siaveholdingS States,
sr in the States themselves.
The proceedings of the State of Vermont on the sub.
: lect Of Abolition, have given 10 this matter a new and
more .erious aspect than it has yet assumed. The ap-
peal which one of the sovereign States Of the Con!ede-
Iacy makes in this solemn form 10 the co-States, must
be met by them. | hope it will be met-as | am sure it
will be by the State Of ~Virginia-wi,h digniicd compo.
sure, energy and frmncss, and in such a way, as may
awaken all, even Vermont herself, TO the mischief which
must flow from perseverance in these u%nhallowed as.
saults upon our peace, our safety, and our righis-these
fragrant violations of the most sacred and solemn guaran-
tees Of the constitutional compact.
A VlRGlNlAN.