Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-12

.t ,;,be, possesson of an innocent man without hs
eonsen nj" And he adds i'll the same fanatic spirit
"suppose this House reject the report, anu Inc
nanvinG resolutions then justify Name, ana nPi'.
civ declare that slave laws not oasea on Jus'''
and that we will not lock the chains, which are
on the slave Suppose adopt the report ana tle
tons then we refuse TO acknowledge inc equai so.e
;ntr of Name we implicitly justify the slave system
and farm an alliance with it. We will not do TINS. II
a rive relief 10 the oppressed, We will not rVet
his chains. MI. ,,o ,ronr
us without being asked-break into our aones SUE
hearh and NEEDLE with O o a ppp Slaves which the
cns,,uton has recognized and secured 10 us ana
when the kidnapper returns to his own sue
refuse 10 give us back our property, OF 70 'ne
fugitive who stole it-she must ofeH 10 10 ,nost
the compromises of the Constitution, Vioiate ..s
pcrcmptory niunctons-and this iceberg iana'lI JUS.
fees hi this breach of obligation upon some sue 49,,
tons, as his countrymen could not indulge WITHOUT
tearing the whole Union asunder L.. ann
But Mr. Moore was Indignantly met ny ms
oorDtrvmen and in their own Hall. The Abolition
Standard informs u.s. that while cool as an lceoes n
stood. concentrating and scattering, with burning -
feet the scorchng rays of the sun OF lInery, Tue
was soon on fire. Many thought that the 7aohS'e, a"o
HtioniSm was IN their very i''as,, ""u IF feet
once scene of wild confusion. The stamping OF iee
pounding of benches, coughing and hemming' anu SUI"
like pro.slavery arguments, with the cry Of 0mt Or
der echoed and re-echoed through the dgnhed ana no
norable assembly. And why Says tins A6o't'oh organ
was this uproar in the Legislative hall The speech IT.
self reveals the secret 1t because Mr. NJ opposed
the doctrine that the rights of the South are
to other rights. 1t was because ne oDectea 70 'e
strous doctrine of the report and resolutions lhal "
South has right to extend her slave power osei .s
free citizens of the North and drag them from the pro-
lection of their laws, to be immoia'eo ior ho
crime, on her bloody affairs (slserabie sophism.-
Does not this miserable Abotonist see that TINS IS not
the true Issue? These save-kidnappers Will not stay
b,,tf tay
in upon our sanctuares, steal property invade our
peacc-and therefore, they would impose their laws
upon us, and not we ours upon them we s'dnu upon
our defence against the very men 100, whose ID
theirs pledged themselves TO respect our riShtSD
A motion was made to postpone the subject !tl the
,eyt session-but Mr. Burke Of Hillsborouob Demo
craft objected-IIe said sit would be such triumph 10
the Aboitionsts as lie did not wish them to enIoy-he
wanted them TO know they were not gong 10 ,uie
State of New Hampshire quite yet-he wanted TIC
South to know they sustained by the New Hamp. |
shire Legislature, and he was unwilling or Inc aeiay
And now comes the test The Standard gives the
yeas and nays the question, Shalt the report ana
Resolutions pass' Many of the members did not vote
at all The Standard puts the names Of the Wings who
voted in Italics The yeas are ll2-not an Laitc among
them-but all, all are Democrats-Ihe nays are 10 |
everv man of them is in Itacs-all Wings Let the
Abinqdon Statesman then twit upon n Hampshire
being the Head Quarters of Abolitionsm. Every vote
which was given against the South was of his own
kidney-Whlg.
"The report and resolutions were then sent to the
Senate for concurrence But as it just at the close
&c tho session and there was little time for delibera
ton. the subject was postponed till the next session
But there is another fact, which we copy from the
same oracle: which shows how the political parties OF "
Hampshire stood affected towards the South The same
Legislature refused incorporate the Freewill Zap
tish Book Concern, the objection icing fact that many
of the frcc,cM Bap sts .4boonists, and publish
IL their paper articles taroring 7SolAion" The bill
was indefinitely postponed BY vote Of III 10 i loc-
Every delegate Of the III was Democrat, and % out
Of the 100 we're Wings so stated and italicized by the
abolition Standard People ofthe South look al this
read and then say who your friends and who are
your foes.