Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-08

coed IN obtaining control Of the Governments OF rem
svlyania Ohio Indiana, and Illinois, and II all those
States shall pass laws similar to that passed by New
York. and their Executive authorities shall adopt me
same course of action what security will the savehod
mo States have for their property Every slave VINO
can succeed in passing the limits of those States, wal
be nractIc,ly free Thieves will steal your slaves ana
be protected with their plumber throughout all those
States bordering on the saveholdng region The Con
sttuion Of the IT, s. and the laws of Congress tor the
protection of your slave property will not only be MADE
void but ii will be crime To execute them. The lands
of the South after the withdrawal OF the hands that
cultivate them, will lose more than hall Their valne
and abec poverty f not absolute desolacm, VIII be
the fate Of vast regions OF now productive and grow
inc country.
WHO ARE orr FRIENDS:
What party it winch is battling the cause Of the
Sonh IN Ohio and Pennsylvania: II Is the Democratic
party Should they be overpowered by The coalition n
Wings and Abotonists, what VIII he the consequent
cps The Just and liberal act of Ohio will be repeated
and the plumber law Of New York Will be substituted "
lis place while its Governors will protect the plumber
ers The Stevenses, the Scrgeants. the Dennys ant
their Abolition associates IN the Convention OF Pcnnsy
vania who baled By the Democracy, Will use the
power OF the Legislature and Governor 10 accomplish
the object heretofore unsucccssuly attempted. al
barriers which protect interests, the comfy o
neighbors the obligations of compacts every principle
every law and every institution which obstrncs th!s
fell spirit, will be swept away, and We shall he compel
led to struggle, unaided, for the preservation OF ou'
constitutional rights, If not for existence as States
| Under these circumstances, can any man smut ms
eyes the fact that the Of the party winch sup
port General Harrison the MISUNDERSTANDING States
practically the enemy of the South whatever may BE-
the feelings of many of the individuals which compose
il: Is any bind not 10 perceive that the c"nse
GucnceS which have immediately followed their entire
ascendencv in the State of New York. will inevitably
follow their ascendency in every other of the non-sdve
holding States: Does not every one know, that Inc
same strength which will give Harrison the vote OF
those States will also throw their Executive and legs
tive authorities INTO the hands Of the Aholtlonsts and
their allies: Are not the trIumphs of Harrison and OF
anti slavery those States be achieved By the same
men, BY the presses, BY the same arguments:
And not the of the one all practical nents
the cause Of the other No intelligent man, after sur
veyng the field of political action, doubt II On
he other hand is not the Of Democracy IN those
States the cause of anti. Abolition, the of the
South of Justice and the Constitution; and will not ITS
signal triumph secure the sav-h"ldng States IN all
their peculiar rights and interests:
To US it seems amazing, that, under these circum-
stances the South does not man, declare IN IA
vnr Of the Northern Democracy Mr. Jefferson said, that
the Democracy of the North is the natural ally of the
South and never the truth of the declaration, or
the Importance Of the alliance, more manifest than al
this moment.