Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-07
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POLITICS..

The following letter cannot but excite the deepest IN
teres, in the mind Of every readeE-Eyery quiet peace
able citizen who wishes we'll TO his country, asking
himself for the that produce the unparalleled
and disgraceful excemens that harrass the country
not only before election, bnt IN Still more DIS.
credable light in our legislative halls, IN al paris ol
the Union. At the foundation OF this may IN great
measure he found, the interference of British money
and British politicians, in domestic concerns-an
influence of foreign Governments directly upon the
policy aud politics of this Union Our bankers so TO
Europe for money to speculate onthey draw all their
means and all their notions OF finance from that quar-.
ter and The money Of those Interested Is brought
directly in conflict with elections ami our .cgisa-
ton. So with the Abol'tonis,s-thcy are forming an
open annca with British philantlrop.sts, and draw
their funds from there TO carry OH their operations po-
liticaly here. What will be the end Of ihis IS the
duty Of every true hearted American to enquire.
"ELyaIa, Dec. II, 1910.
"From present indications, am inclined 10 think
the Wings both in the Legislature and the country at
large will in less than years, like the Kilkenny
cats, eat each other up all but the tails. The pthul
spite they exhibit towards the Editor of the States
man. in epdeavoring to car,a his fees by lengthy de-
bates at the expense of the State, source OF merrI-
the Democracy, and of disgust to their lmme-
diute constituents the Wings.
81 last evening attended meeting, called for the pur
pose of having lecture, report from the hev John
Keep who has Just returned from England in the Bri-
tish Qneen having spent Is months in Great Britain
and Ireland, soliciting funds for he Oberlin Institute,
on the ground that IL abolition institution sinai!
rive YOU brief sketch Of his remarks connng myself
strictly to facts. He began BY describing, in rather
eloquent language, his voyage across the Atlantic On
arriving in London he FIRST introduced to the cee
brated Geo. Thompson and family, whom he be-
slowed lengthy eulogy, stating that while Broug ham,
O'Connell, the Duke Of Wellington, and Lord Mel.
bourne, each filled their sphere in the British en-
pirc Geo Thompson filled wider sphere than either
of them that he attended few days after public
meeting at which Lord Brou CHAM, O'Conncll and
Thompson were the prlncipa! speakers, and that
Brougham, in calling upon Thompson for speech,
pronounced him The most eloquent man IN Great Bril-
tain: And vet said MIR. Keep this Geo. Thomp-
son. when he arrived AZ New York, could not for his
money procure nights lodging for himself and ia
mily at any of the hotels in that city. he next
introduced to Daniel o Council, whom he pronounced
a genuine companionabe fellow. He stated that
O'Connell was anxious 10 come to America, and pro-
badly would do SO, principally Tor the purpose OF hay
ing discussion with Calhoun. He next presented 4
petition TO the common council ut London, asking for
donation in behalf Of the Oberl,n Institute, which
was respectfully referred 10 committee Of thirty;
that he urged tie claims Of tie institute AT length
before the committee, founding hls argument upon the
fact that the Oberlin is abolition ns,iiution;-hat
donation of two hundred pounds was voted unani-
mously in commttee;-that when it came before the
house, it the point of passing with nearly the
same unanmty, when notorious tory arose and stated
that slavery recognized by the American Consttu
ton and that donation from the corporation OF Lon
don for the purpose of aboshng American slavery,
would be an improper and unjust interference with our
institutions This turned the tide Of feeling, and the APP
preparation lost by four votes but that there were
absentees enough favorable to the object who if they
had entertained any doubts Of lis passage, would have
attended and carried it through trumphantly. He
next went to Bristol, tory city, in which the slave
interest was strongest many of the inhabitants hay
ing been engaged extensively in the slave trade
Here he succeeded beyond his ant;cpations, procur-
ing subscriptions from all classes of meu, and
Others fire, of taco thousand fire handred dollars each
He afterwards visited different parts of the en-
pre- being received in the most friendly manner by the
nobility and clergy obtaining subscriptions wherever lie
went. He attended anti-slavcry meeting, at which
Prince Albert presided and the general sentiment
th.ou ehout the empire was, that the Americans
very wicked in tolera,ng slavery, and stood much in
need Of the benev olsnt interposon of her Majesty
subjects lie also stated, during the Of his
marks that he saw Sheffield very respectable peo-
pie belonging to The middle class, pounding stone in
the streets for and fourth per day keep
their families from starvation. Fine country, that =
no ,soadcr they feel for the poor american slarc.
ale stated that there several classes of Adolf
tionists in England One class for aboshnr
slavery in America by the cultivation of cotton in the
British East ndes-tEat the natives there were in the
situation of the Russian sefs and bought and sold
with the soi!-that with these peculiar 0drGntGIeS they
could show their rcgar! for human rights b. raising
sufficient cotton to supply the English market, and
thus cut of The cotton market for the Southern States
which would cectually abolish slavery in those States
How striking and clear is the love of the British
that there was strong attachment manifested by her
Macsys subjects for the An,ercans-ihat they consl-
der Us their chldren;hat the war of the Revelation
and the last were both wicked and unJust-that
they approved of by the people, but were en-
pha.ically the wars King George, who hated America
Tiere friend whispered 10 me and SAID the speaker
was very consistent, for he had frequently heasd him
preach against the last IL loi2 and 1913, when
residing in Massachusetts, lie niimaed that Jeiicr-
son was much TO blame for ehaeavoring 10 prejudice the
NJ i,a(
writing the Declaration of Independence although
that document might have been well enough IN lis day,
We, he hoped he should hear it read again the
h Of July us il had tendency 10 keep up the preju
dee in the minds Of the Americans against the Eng
l,sh. lie next spoke of the siniuness of prejudice
against coor-that it did not exist in England-that
ii is rot uncommon for English gentlemen of the first
standing to marry black wives-that in Hyde Park,
where the Queen and her re;lnuc, and the Nobility,
ride and walk for pleasure, and where the middle
class feel themselves highly honored if permit
ted to do so, and where the poor never enter cx
cept as spectators, it was not uncommon to see
gentlemen walking with todifs OF eolor on their
ar,ns-that one cay principal director of the Bank of
ENGLAND come into the Bank with coal black Rose
hanging upon his armtha he waited upon her through
all the rooms and showed her The utmost attention.
that black man went delegate 10 the Worlds
Convention from Salem, Massachusetts,, although on
his passage lie could not be admitted into the
him. among the Storage passengers and the captain
was obliged TO build HIM caboose mdshps among the
cattle, yet he received in England with the most
marked attention-that at party, Lady Byron drew
her chair beside him and engaged in rcry In
tsrest;ng conversation with him, and that at table
he was seated beside a celebrated Countess:
think the Countess of Sunderland He concluded
by stating, that his mission was cmineniy successful
that he did not think it proper to state how much
he received, bn. would say, tht enough obtained
10 free Oberlin from all her endorsements, be-
sides two thousand volumes addition TO their H.
brary will close by stating, that learned enough
from the lecture TO satisfy that leading English
politicians are in close alliance with these Anne
rIican dsorsanizers, if not the Government Of Eng
land itself and my former convictions were strength
ened By the developments made last evening, that
IN extensive fund has been procured which has been
expended, and win be expended, in assisting fugi-
tive slaves to escape through Ohio obern being made
ponD to Canada where they Immediately enrolled
in the British Army Atthe single port OF Black River,
JpresaGle six have leen shipped Oh the average per