Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-25

~ ,h ,r,bnr ri praise and gratitude whc'i Is Of
t.J he 50 many Thousands of y"ur citizens on tins
occasion. ~,
~ r,i,;cc SIR, IN the nn:?rraaS cgt"ncrs wiich
vour city. ana The surrounding r'n''' present OF pro-
perty wrnlt;. and happiness. y" quarter % o" ne
loved ,,;nn ran ylb, beautiful picture "i m
proycmcnt and more, | am sure, can excel II ~ INC
posses SION Of those qualities winc!. necessary !"
make til! future glorious and rs hnnorab'' ~ ti
pas ms been the pride and cntrrrrize 81 us ''''
ants. >.
:. tender Won aain M thanks for the cordial wei
co;c ron have gwen M, ami my prayers thl 'n' Gu
over which YOU preside may ever hc id'ofeu "'' u'
choicest blessings of Kind Providence "a
Uryartuys Of iLt EcncrGi.-th' \. =. S"n % liz,
l,th states that Oh the Eth the Legislature '"J""he"
al o'clock for the purpose oi l"iiin@ 'h' pE".'
aud attending the brilliant ceremony 81 i't'"@ ue
cornerstone ,f th. Monument, to he raiscd %" '''
Place. Arl..es III commemorative" "i 'i' @"F'"us O'
he of The 9Th oi January, ISL" pr"rc--i" "'s '',i
formed for the purpose OF eSc"f'''@ ''h '1'A>,'.
The steamer Vcksburg. on his way home, and al th'
and Tim, IN witness and participate III III" CEREMONIES
If I,yins the cornerstone of the "Battl" N"tu' NJ
Ia hc. erected the Place 4 ArIeS. ~ ha'' ias'
orInck or thrrcabou,s bar"uc' containing lie o."
Hero tho military members 81 the Legislature. rti-
,,. .oc;c,:e. the who'll, thanked bv Capt Iarts City
lizards, orocecdrd from The State House 10 The fiarr
d. lr,nrs The cornerstone was iad.-li" |tneTai
ti,n rnbarhc! on board the steamer |cHShurG, when
showed OF a..id The shouts OF the spectators.
The WIG oi Yesterday ..v-@ ~ va: p7rc;1u; ar
t.cc indrcI-t publishes paragraph from ihr inHn'
cpr,or OF the 6,i Janwary, continuing regular de-
ANNEXATION Of Old Tppccanoe. Tor ms OPINIONS t."iI!s
tbolition and a., us what we THINK nt h.--lhc
answer is promptr ci.cn. The candu aud honest
mind can hardly he brought to believe that IN" whole
article Of the Whir is gross deception, {" instead Ia"
Southern People The reader cannot have forgotten
the first article which published in the same Enan
,polnr as soon as the rcircti0u OF Nr. Clay and III"
Dr,,,Y-, KIN Ii e i,
IN the extremity of liz delight, lraSc 20 God Tor
great Slavery vcior. Let the winds tell HE tale
Let the Shareholders hear the news. Let the slaves
hear il Il hailed the result Of the Harrisburg Mont
nation Gas lie most decisive "v'",nce ct tt power "f
the Aboonists and their control III the National Con
ycntion" The L;hcra,or Of Boston caught the
spiri,--exprcsscd the same cxu!taons-and cxclaim-
ed ..Wc have faith 10 believe, that STAKEHOLDER vii!
ever AGAIN be permitted TO fill iii. Presidential Office III
this Republic
But in few days, change comes over Tho spirit of
their dream-1nG The hollow and nsnccrc article winch
is published in ne Wing is ushcrcL forth. Now, why
this change: VIII not the Wl.tcli. We hope they
will Ito use its Words .r"r we love To see magma
mini,y-i; is spectacle which ennobles human nature
To- see, men rise above The contracted and selfish views
o personal OF party interest and regardless OF conSe-
nunnc,s do Justice though the Heavens fall. But
unless The. affect ignorance, We VIII tc readers.
that rs soon as the first article from the EmanciPator
mair It's appearance III Washington 1t produced pow-
eriu sensation among the entire Southern Delegation.
Some of them experimenting hat this sensation would
extend throughout the country. and prcrrrng party
association even with Abolltons,s, In their country
cause wrote Immediately, understand from the
most respectable authority, that such articles would
ruin the Wing party in the South and that the EGan-
cpator mus; change It's tone Hence we understand,
the extraordinary and contemplate and uA!Hea"ng
ticlcs which have been paradcd in the columns OF the
Wing. Is The Wing ignorant OF these lA1ts and !r-
sans;
The Wing calls upon US to puJ!is!, the Vincenncs
Speech. In tina; Speech, he d"rncatrs the attempts
Of the Abol.tionsts upon the Southland he only al.
udcs in vague and general terms TO the proposition
Which he preached in his famous Chcyiot Speech
That Speech will speak for itself Here is an extract
from II:
.sshon:d be asked. II there he way BY which the
General Government can aid the cause ot cmancipa-
ton answer, that ii has been lon- OF Get Hly
ear to see tEe whole Of the surplus national revenue
appropriated to that object. With the sanction ii the
States hndjn. slaves. there appears 10 III" IL" f0HSi"-
Onai ohjsc0a /" lis being thus applied, embracing, ao'
oniy the colonization OF tLns" that may r otherwise
freed bat m, EarrhaSs II Mc tjt.d"m IF oA,rs. By
Jealous prosecution of plan formed upon th;s bass
rt 2gai tool jDrwHrd n a nat far disturb, rhen"
;6riL !,gfyir.n san -oHiR nat lock do,~a Hp0G >ars.
Let any Southern or any friend Of strict Com
s:rucoi read THIS and say. can We trust the ConSI-
tuition IN his hands he Is stretching ts powers; nay.
amending ii IN way which itself does no, permit 70
give the General Government jurisdiction Over The
subject oi Slavery.
Wc rctsr our readers to the sketch in this days pa
per Of Mi Buffers Speech III the House Gf Rcprcscn.
atiy" fr The trU" position OF tho fr"sdcna! candl-
dates and their rcspcctiv" friends 10 the North. for
their true positions this important subject.
Bot, bring the question "th III" Wing and Gen.
Harrlsons friends INTO nutshell" The President has
socmry pledged himself TO rco any Bill. which may
touch the subject of slavcry-WI Cen. Harrison toe
that mark: W!ll he give the same pledge 10 dSsipa"
the Just doubts Of the Sua,h: VIII he GENE forward
boldly before the whole South, and declare that he Will
as far tu defend Southern interests, Martin
Van Buren, has openly declared Or VII! he shirk the
question: a. he DID, much 10 hs credit, IN the yca7
-;G, when directly nterrogacd Tor his opinions II
Cen II will not forward, and give the pledges
which the South has right 10 demand then his friends
need whmper about his Nnccnn"s Speech. or the
eGuiv0ca course Of the Emancipaog Let that msid
ous paper speak II may; sometimes one way ana
sometimes another there is the Ccvot Speech which
rings It's warnings in our ears When Gen. IT. gives
the uncquivoca pledges which VIC demand, then we
will rest the prctcnsons Of Martin Van Buren, and hun
self upon other merits and additional principles.
lard IN