Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-07-02

Jsw rn.,ari federalism, seelinEfo TING u ".
Of foreign power TO bear upon WIS w.,
r ,ha :. Now EnGand Anti Slavery Cenvcnti"u, up
Oo;n,;no g Wendell Phillips to Great Britain H"@ ne
ronfa.n, and recommending him 10 The confluence "u
Lostalifu Of 4boionisiS The other side u re .'
r;c "1he Valedic,ory Address Of this emssaIy deve
lopes the object of his mission and throws n'ui"a
light on the designs of The New England CnnVeh''o" "
Aholilioniss-a convention not rss nim'ca' !" ,"e
petuty Of our Union Than that which met al ho''o'N
during The -, 40
Mr. Phillips (says the Abolition repor' ascendea W" r
platform 10 address The convention, evidently ihue "
eced, and received with several o,s''re 9Th
hearty plaudits When they had suosiaeu' ne t ro,s
some emotion: He thanked The convention LOT '' ~;
they had passed, and for their recommendation nd
10 The Aholi,ions,s of England ard the Continent. h
We, he could hardly thank them Tor ne never s ,no
fore the smallest audience 10 plead Inc rause " FOL
slave, when his courage did rot quail anu "'' ;oh, ne
Ter as no ,boupIt of The immense and ieafiu' WIZ -
Responsibility that rested upon him. And yell now, he.
Recommendation would send him out 10 th,ie pfe.le"
beyond the waters, TO plead there the cause {"
lored brethren the representative OF 'ne m
of New England and the u. ). he irit no" ue' y ~"
wriubv was his and hardly dared To assume
il bef,ie ENGLAND with the might OF her lnnuehce-a"
influence which covered the elooe-an ihhoehce' w"
the extension and power oil when was oouho w 'i' ~
of tho cnrpd race ifs hope Of final success depenoea
bolr nm The public opinion Of the North-il The giant
evil aunins, winch they coniending was TO OF re-
moved nv them gle handed-he could almost iiu ii'
hands in despair for how Intellectual had heen tne ~
PRECISION OF Northern opinion how poweress me ''!t
ence of The Northern church ON the conscience o. 'e
Shareholder, But he trusted in the opinion OIL the e
yilized world the lhuRdertunes oil when were oes'"
ming sven To sweep over the At'an,lc-ih 'ie i
er Of Christendom, awakened, united indigha"t-epS
no ont now in the voice Of our alhPand, ard echoeo,
"a he hoped that voice would te, BY gallant anu
beautiful France Before such influence, II was not
foohardy belle that the hldeous spectacle OF Anei
can Slavery would cease 10 be. Yet, ne hao 10
r..-, t..J IL rhano IN
decisions to contribute 10 its knowledge, 10 help moulo
lis sympalhes in regard 10 the Abolition enterprise IN
the United States. He hardly dared to do H. even W
that feeble measure in which his abilities would enaoe
him TO- and wha, added The weight OF his resposoll.
ty wes the endorsement which they had given him be-
fore the friends Of freedom and humanity IN mat coun
try
The Atolioniss despair Of succeeding If 'faal sue.
cess depended rholly the public opimiVn Of The North
7he mfutnet Of he Northern church on The constance
of The siarehodtr found TO be "porcrless The up
peal OF 'Engiapd, aoM Me eeigh " her Influence an
Influence ehtrh eooers The globe infuenee 'eh me
e1easion and pcaotr IF rhch cas found up the jate o.
tie siace is be introduced, 10 sway the issue OF
controversy which Northern agators have resolved 10
press in regard to the domestic relations OF The people OF
the South The power Of Great Britain is certainly not
be invoked 10 reach he conscience OF the slaVehod
err hen the eluauence Of the church home has been
heard in vain. "1he poeer Of crisfendom aicaktnsd,
united indignant would not be called in 10 persuade,
but 10 and cnmpel and are told that "6cfoTe
suck influence it mas not fooihardyf 10 betece MGf
tie MdtOus spectacle If .imriean s'aruy aooud cease
TO be-
To wha, exrremes the ambition OF politicians, and
the phrenzy fanatics would carly the Glsatecnn TO
the Government and lis administration, the bo'dness
of The preachers Of this crusade does not leave 10 con-
lecture The missionary 10 England does not conceal
The expectation that The dreadful visitation Of war to
firm part in gathering troubles unless, Me only
a,oaemsnt'-ihat demanded Of The South by the assc.
c!a,ion of Abutunisls-''is made
For (says the orator Of the New Eng land Conven
lion) "wlu that had marked The history of The world,
had not seen that God punished The nations and VISITED
upon them their sins. Ard who that had turned over
the pages Of our history had not seen prosperity,
grown tat On Quilted labor and toll, turning deu
ear 10 The signing the prisoner, I'd him that had
helper: Blu, there was an eye hich sept-there
was ear which had never been closed 10 the prayer
Of The oppressed; and even now the red right u'm OF
the Avenger nigh, be stretched over the land; while
in no presumption be said-thPr abors. their tolls,
their self devotion, their sacrifices al the ui,ar u u
man,y were the only aonement the nation was max.
ing for the injury which II had inflicted, and The doom
which il had provoked.
And, inQuirlng of the Convention how far he might
assure the foreign power he sen, to uly TO lheIr
cause uf the Willingness Of these he represented 10
confron! every difficulty, he said
ale hoped he could tell them-couId he not that
the principles Of the AboilionsIs oil New England
troubled with no such difficulties They looked al The
question as Elizabeth leyrck viewed II when she stood
on the slaves gound-not the master sand when she
a,ked mol what would become Of property what would
become Of life what would be the effect on community
what would be The influence on the institutions under
which she lived Mo- but she asked that faithful, God
trusting question: What is DUTY? what are the RIGHTS
Of the slave? OUGHT he TO BE- FREE: Then HE WAS TO
BE FACE; No MATTER IF MS FREEDOM CHANGED LAW
FOR AShRcnY-No MArrEkiF HE CHARTER OF EMANci-
PATTON WAS WRITTEN Is BLOOD = Fiat jusiitta radt
cRlum"- And #, when the slave was emancPued, ruin
should succeed Improvement and anarchy stalk abroad
with gian, swides-if God commanded il was right
they must in him that out Of evil he would bring
good If they had done wrong, they must 10 do H.
a, what. yei cost and make the gully fears of
class the measure of Inc right OF another Great op
plause y He hoped he could tell them he could not
that Ncp ENGLAND arOud not only GcEnowedg. The prtn
ce tut thu sh. ,ras te staftd from her pdthray
IN tic cru tibet ht Union an ddRg,r-tat the only
cement of The Union must be tic blood ~ The stare sic
realty u say the ii tras snndTsd the betfr liher
rsts to BIZ secured only by the sacrifice oil their
fellow. the they were yielded mp The better
By tie blessing OF God they wond all stand on The same
platform aud II The temple Of hetly must he built like
those Of Mexican idols cut of human skulls The sooner
il was If yeIlrd The better The better il wrud be for JUS
tcs and humeuy the better for their own rights; The
better for their own duties; the better t" The ultimate
prosperity and well being Of the Commonwealth in
which they lived He should wish 10 sny, and he knew
he should he incorrect in his appeal the Abolition
OF New England and not represent II falsely, when he
sad that they sad not waited for the demonstration which
England had made vi the safety 0i lmmeoa eoncipa
Before Surge Tope ind klmball reported that
experiment. they had made their minds 10 follow du
~; and fixing their eyes the plain straight for "ard
course, to walk in ii, whatever might be found inrheir
way. Aud could lie not say view of The very crisis
amidst which they Stood, that "rHEY WERE WILLING
SACRIFICE ONLY THEIR corSTRYs INSTITUTIONS
ASp LAWS, But sEcTs, cREEDs, ASp PRUFrssirss, oS
TUE ALTAR OF HUMANITY; THAT, FiAISG A SINGLE EYE
on THE STAR, DUTY, THEY WERE wILLISG TO
TREAD OYER WHATEVER MIGHT STAND AS Az OBSTACLE
TO THEIR PROGRESS WILLING To SACRIFICE ALL iSsTi-
TurioSs THAy MERELY HUMAN, on THE ALTAR OF
HUMANITY.
Every well informed man knows that the last war
with Great Britain grew out Of that cnmity TO the DE
mocracy, which mad lie origin in The defeat Of the B
tish party under the elder Adams, and which CONT
nuslly iosered by Federalism and encouraged 10 perpe
t,ne ncls Of outrage until became the only aerna
tive English hostility TO the Democracy, which suslans
our political Institutions is now to be aggravated by The
spirit conured up against The domestic relations which
they protect and the Northern faction that gave aid and