Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-24

the city of New York, is sealed with stamp oearg
pictoral representation OF person IN an lhlo's
attitude and cncircled with the words "br'ttsh ana re
re0u anti Si0rery Society" The communication i'seh
contains an appcal To the Governor of Tennessee 10
emnlov all the influence and power with which DIVINE
Providence has entrusted him, to secure immeaia'e a"
unconditional liberty to the slave
The fact is indsputahe that you nave tent YOU ~
c;al frank 10 this sestyled ''worlds convention OF ADO
lilioniss" as means of enabling them to send the,
nCamous publications manuscript through the o.
mails free of expense and the presumption therriofe
is that you countenance and approve the proeceo's
which you aid them to circulate In pos'scfpi " .,
communication bearing your frank, am requested 10
| acknowledge lis receipt in letter addressed TO '"e
uPresidcnt of the Convention at London lhis ie
quest shall disregard cannot recognise ny any at
Of NINE official or otherwise the right 81 foreigners "
make an attempt in itself imPertlnen and npnueh'
n, n,ermeddle or interfere with the domestic lnstitn'
lions of this State But you, sir, are an American CT
tzen and By the part you have borne have made your
self equally criminal and responsible with the Iore's
agitators and fanatics with whose proceedings yon nave
identified Yourself Were it not for the official station
which YOU occupy am free to declare, that should
treat the part which Won have borne IN this dark Trans
action with the and contempt when ehier'a''
for the proceedings themselves, ana wh'ch am SURF
all patriotic citizens, ardently attached TO Inc th'"'
and desiring its preservation, will pronounce upon your
conduct. -,
II is TO be regretted that the affected and hypocrIcai
philanthropy of British and other foreign Aboliiioniss
with whom your official frank identities you had not
been reserved for the suffering SUBJECTS oil Their o"
dominons whose unremittng toll even III seasons q"
profound peace is in many instances scarcely rewarded
with the of procuring Wholesome iood ana ae
cen, ranen Unacquaintcd as the Convention, whose
proceedings you endorse and circulate by your fIahh
seems TO have been with the peaceube relation OF mas
ter and slave in the United States, ther ADVICE IS s
worthless as it is gratultons
The foreigner, in extcnua'inn OF his crme may
plead ignorance of our form Of Government but from
YOU Sir his American alder and ahettcr, no such plea
i admissible lie may be actuacd by desire to pro-
duce insurrection in the heart of rival nation But
what apology have you, Sir, for lending your official
privilege as 4 member OF Congress, to aid hun III an
attempt TO produce anarchy and confusion in one OF the
constituent sovereigntics Of your own Government
Have you seriously reflected upon the dangers OF the
crusade in which yon engaged-a crusade IN alliance
with foreigners which not only threatens the peace ana
harmony of the Unon but may cndanger It's existence
if the wicked agitation TO which you give your coun
tenance is persisted in, Are you so deliberately
reckless of consequences as TO be willing to lend the
aid Of your official privilege TO conntenancc and abe
foreigners proceedings calculated If not Designed to
excite sectional jeaousies and heart-burnngs-to d.
vide the States By geographical ines-to array one
section against another, and that too at the imminent
peril of producing domestic instruction, and servlle
war Have you vet 10 be informed that slavery existed
in the Colonies long before independence achleved
Have you yet 10 learn that at the adoption OF the Con-
stitution the dustment of the Slave question present
ed one atthe chief difficulties to the formation OF the
Union which had to be encountered-and that II was
ultimately settled upon principles of mutual conces-
sion and compromise: Would you disturb the funda-
mental compact upon which the Union of the States
rests. But will not argue the question. II IS notone
,chich is dtbafabie
Ii is matter Of sincere regret that any American cti-
zen should be guilty Of such high treason to the first
principles upon which the States became united Your
official frank covering these proceedings stands up IN
Judgment against you witness whose testimony IS
not TO be impenched.
The only further notice which shall take OF these
nefarious proceedings of Foreigners with whom you
stand associated, will be TO expose them TO the ndig-
nant reprobation Of the People of Tennessee.
JAMES K POLK.
The prompt and severe rebuke which the Uhtg mem
Der of C0agress has received at the hands OF Tennes-
sees Democratic Governor, renders comment un-
necessary We have repeatedly invited public ntten.
ton 10 the wicked schemes of that grand concaye OF
incendiaries assembled at London-we have shown
that It's delegates from America talked like accursed
traitors to their country in lis councls-that they
hailed the nomination of William Henry Harrison
as 50 aray.mark in TIER History" and with their
Abolition papers feverishly and mady sup
porting him. Twice has Great Britain, by the
aid Of the old Tory Feds attempted TO subdue Ameri-
can Democracy BY force OF arms-twice has she been
defeated. The third attempt is TO be made in dliier-
The entering tcedge IS e abolition ~ sia-
rery. Harrisons position uncommitted and unprnci.
Piled, is hailed by Great Britain grand desderatum
and the British influence being exerted from one
end of our country to the other therefore easily ac-
counted for. Will the South be caught mapping. I'm
possible.