Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-05

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&c ner;c,n pridc ana mjnEcndence-he cared not
ta,, n,ncb blood and Treason" i. might cost Let war
CONG rather than that we shsnid rust IN peace ana
suffer an English party 10 destroy the institutions OF
b bs would, would say Ia,, if war with England was
and Tcyye that American 'riic ard love Of coun-
Iry which had achieved OR Independence, the
sooner came the 0e sn 81. Let 'Im n a %na %e
S;ssnu,on party at home and abro that, though
they mirbt succeed in leaving the la deenceiess on
s coast, we had still our mountain nesses our NUS
and rocks to y to; had still country to love, ana
a"a on. 10 defend it. Thy would noon find that il
49, ~, ber. rs IN France that n rev9!rtion III Par's,
o ravoIution throughout The cmprt-that faris was
! r,,. and France was Paris. No; we would teach
h.m Thai, could they take and hold every GUY along
be se,board they had the nation yet |" subduc andy
the time they had succeeded IN har'ssing Inc SCUM
, ,be;r black foreign regiments, Tiny would lind u
hh time Ia look Tor themselves in Canada, against
,hs nrogress Of free white forces OF brave, and an
on,-aged people Peace with England was no doubt
our true policy but II we could mol MAINTAIN peace
,hou, DEGRADATION, it true Iulicy no longer
M " said he had hitherto been speaking against the
aar ,f Cor,ion influence. But let il b. remembered
,h,, ,bc voice Of that Farewell Address, which Wash
;nron bequra,ied his last legacy - lls beloved
conn,ry warned less against the dangers oil Sec
,;onal influence 1t warned against the runous
Consequences Of arraying the North against the South
IN. E,s, against the West Yet, what had we seen III
Tho very teeth of that Address, soemnly read IN this
Han: 4 deliberate proposition 10 separate the North.
ern from the slavehoJlng States OF this Union:
nc,tou asking not merely for separation OF tins bless
| cd Union but denouncing III the most offensive ana
irritating terms denouncing slavery as deSpoush
which ought TO be destroyed by the iorcibe nerposon
,f the Federal Government petition which asked the
res;due Of the Union 10 unite agans, i3 Of their sister
STATES united with them under CONSTITUTIONS Dad
no ever expect live hear that Farewell Address OF
Washington ea9anced mere or swseTs as ngag
read Tor instruction in tins til OF he National L.
rslature that its warning voice 9ht be suffered TO he
heard against the first attempt to dsso the un'on the
voice of the gentleman from Massach1set,is had been
heard excla;,nng against il Gag. After TINS ne
would ask how much weight was due 10 That
humbug cry of "gas-gas: BE- y rememoered IN inc
Nor,h-hear it the Southland al the isles Of the sea
that when Washington Farewell Address was N the
course OF reading IN the American House OF Repre-
senatives, it bitterly denounced by al eX-fres
dent of the U. S as gag" Cries. Of ono, no, he
did not say that But say, cxciamed MIR. W., II
was 80: | heard it with these ears
| MIR. ADAMS here interposed and SAID That on ms
| pont the gentleman mistaken. When the CLERK,
in reading from the Address, came - that clause IN
which the Father of his Country called upon his coun
to sT" upon s ya hs to e, snsht %"
that al the time you put on the gag Ana now the
gentleman might 90 on 81 his own discretion.
Mr. WISE resumed. lie should not 50 far INITIATE
the example SO often ST by the gentleman from Massa-
chuset,s, Of going alter he had been corrected IN
point Of fact, just as II NJ correction had Deen MADE
Mr. w had been mistaken; Az. he was glad to find
passions asst were 50 far under his hat he had
aot been guilty o: the lnteccncy BE- had supposed Mr..
W had heard, III his scat tie word 'sag -oi that he
had been very sure bul Il appeared That lie had not
heard what preceded the Clerk voice being 10
him than The gcnilemans. The gentleman from Mas.
sachusets usually surrounded By such crowd
and such Jn-, that il was difficult for those at dis.
lance always to hear HIM with accuracy. Mr.. W. was
often not heard even nj the Reporter desk
YET he had not been surprised al what he supposed
he had heard; because the union o these t@enty-sx
happy independent, sovereign states much more
sacred thing than Washington AFarewell Address, sa
cred as that was The ''ins 'sl''ason had recon-
mented, looked for hop"d for, Urged Cor prayed for
was surely sacred than the address which recon-
mended his counrymep 10 preserve that tlng, IL il
was unholy par'ak'ng Of Sacri!rge-an act from
which the gentleman shank with horror-to denannce
the address, oh how could he ask as son OF one o
the venerable patriots Of the Rcrouton-an old mas
one who had himself looked upon Washington ant
heard his living who had served his country
we'll and in return been well treated by that country
how could he bring himself 10 contemplate the d'ssolu
ton OF this Union, which Warrington loved so wei!
How could he think for mom"nt on the destruction
Of the work OF his hands, when he could not bear tn
thought ofcvcn speaking dsrrspsciiuy OF his Farewell
Address: Was no, the gen,ier'Hn triilng with thing
too sacred to be tritl.d with. Was not this Union
thing too valuable, not 10 acte but TO ali the nation
Of nankind-to every Subsequent age OF the world
Was this to be hazarded for such an object as attacking
the shareholders Of the South: Great God how cou
men become filled, possessed with one idea, as t
lose ght Of the greatest blessing Of Heaven and sacrc
the teares, interests OF man, GONE poor petty unwor
hy, miserable end, Not only hal the gentleman sough
TO array thirteen States against thirteen Stacs-th
South against the North and the North against TIN
Sout!I-bu he had set the North against the North l
denounced the friends, Mr. W. would not say Of th
South, but Of the Constitutions for he did them tn
justice 10 believe that they were actua;ed BY highe
Than mere party or sectional motives Yes, Wing
/, who had voted Tor the Consltuon-stood by its pro
visions 10 uphold the Union-who had had sacred re
gard for their oatls-who had been governed by an en-
arged love for the whole country, and not for
, part only-mcn who had been actuated by feeling
, Of true philanthropy, and had sought to presers
the greatest temporal blessing ever conferred oil
nank,nL-these-h own Northern hrethren-th
; gentleman had denounced "GAG politicians
MIR ~. here paid some very lofty compliments 4
Mr.. Profit butt that gentleman sat next 10 him, AM
MIR. w directed his voice to him alone, much Of then
was lost save 10 the gentleman himself. The word
; abrother patriot and "brothcr bondsman" reached
, the Reporters desk.
There were who went for the Union; they wer
! true patriots They cherished this Union going 1
suhserye all the ends aims and interests Of human Ii
berty. Whether they approved oi slavery not, MI
w. was bound to return them has Acknowledgements.
As long slavery existed in the land, and the pre-
servation Of the Union depended on observing il
regard to it the guarantees Of the Constitution, the
2 bound TO preserve those guarantees, be SLAYER
h right wrong. And should England dare TO set he
foot tic North or the Northwes-f she laid her lion
{ paw on one negro OF the South, he demanded resu
4 ion compensation, or he went for Was hi
country her foreign relations, TO be governed by III
n will and wishes OF section alone: Were we to q
10 for the property Of of the States and
for the property of others; As regarded foreign Go
vernments ail property alike whether was III
/ wheat Of Pennsylvania, the tobacco Of Virginia, til
o manufactures of New England, or negro belonging
10 4 citizen Of the Southern Sta.es. Whatever was OF
the deck OF Amcric ship and under the protection
OF the American iag must be recognised and respecte
as American properly, and that fla. must be its pro
lection, war must follow. And here let hun say L
/ the gentleman ttom Massachusetts, if we allowed Eng
land 10 tTlile with flag once, to touch American
property in one pl.ce, should teach her tina
she might take il IN all places and at ali times If hi
thing was tolerated because the property owned il
the South would be repeated on The propertv