Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-03

disclosed so plainly in the documeh. just ~,
impossible they should be in'snnuef '"ou -
Surre j. appeacd, had visited one the save Gepo.s
in Alexandra: after describing whcs he pTocesdea 70
give m accom-, Of his presentation tihe President o.
memorial from The British and Fore gu Anu slavery
c,ev IN behal, OF the abolition c slavery throughout Tue
world, and mpaincd that, al sups' queh'
with the President in person, no reference whatever
hd h made nv the latter TO the memorial addressed
TO him. No. said Mr.. W., the President never ha' Ne
lonped 10 that English A;ae!can party VINO were t"''
mo themselves 10 the designs OF o.,gn abo'loh'sS
lie had always belonged 10 ''e ola D1hociu'c par. "
-: as,n,r a., was a Union naD, n Constitution
49,. IA - his honor be il stated ta.t he de'gned 10
r.nrn no reply Whatever 10 The arpeaton oil TINS iui
pudent and nsoleni turcIgher. .
| Nj, ". next quoted some comments IRON news
paper entitled the Slavery f'eP''ef, On ''.s %
IF President Tyler, contrasting 1t with that OF Inc
o,oen IF PORTUGAL and other European sovereigns.-
Nr w so;d from this IT wonld seem that an lhe
crowned heads OF the old world hadyeceiVeu 'he mt
MORALS with favor which seemed ta"eh OF one coi
bned effort throuahou, the World ensrach?
Spa,n and every other power i" oufhonor oe
that their emsSary here ioi TUG - - '''''- '''N
Rsturninr. then, 10 Mr. Sursea letter. he referred
wtaespecia emphasis to that closing SING. Sd w.s
to t5aa bcli,ioniss Of the Un''e! yates whcn was
,b,, H. s,ouS remember wko t'.ey were on the com
;na aIs.,;o, d,y On this hs cnmuented with great
sva,;, ., he;nr direct attempt OF al nermeddiing
rs;rne, n interfere with the freedom Of election An
imnudent British emissary had daTed 10 nirude ms eu
vice upon the free voters OF The Republic that ley
shond nroscrihe all Shareholders from the ohces OF
Government; and that IN lace oil teeS cehsus' "'e
dwarfed the South into minority
| TSome of the remarks which followed were iost 10
tho Reno,e amidst the unquetncss and increasing con-
fusion of the Housed t Nth
,, - rho violence Of n British monarchst at
,amn,;nr 10 advise US how 10 administer our own al
fairs md TO spurn the idea OF receiving counse rom
one who could coolly contemplate inc 'oea o. apPiy
The torch Of the ncendiary and the bayonet VI
block soIdery to the entire mass 81 our oouliein
80. Th;',,n, IN the close os his letter, had re-
;,ded those who exercised the elective rahchise IN
this country that there was nothing w 'e eoio u ~.
skin and that their whole success us mus
sorend upon the result of our elections iui l'al anu
,ha toaaiber and could the meaning lie mistaken. no:
:, ,o, IN main, out the means be pnrsued IN making
,he attack on the institutions ofthis country IL pointed
n that which, should God prolong his il'e' WI "
expected TO witness before ten years passed o'ei us
head the election Of black Represehta'ive 10 sea'
IN that floor. That what TINS Mr. S'"fse' t"e
British enssary, his great wisdom ana Ph'iahhropy
Rad cover,ly recommended 10 the Abo!t'onsts OF Tue
II S And she thing was very likcy 70 De 'reu as =
les, oue s,ion Such was the nature ana tendency oi
this alien English influence n this country. hr uei
,;,r of feeling and of sentiment between ms joseph
S,u,re and The venerable ex-Presid.nt, OF whom ne
,oke in such rapurous tones, was sufficiently obvious
on tho face of this paper The connection existed not
only in this hall but out ofthis halls and IN conhrha''o"
of l. he would read from paper which Southern gen''e
men would do well 10 look at aud 10 study lie eaa rom
,L Slavery Reporter Of Sept i-ll, winch con-
tanned letter from Arthur Tappan and joshua Leavc',
N which those two highly distinguished lndividu-
ols made their appeal 10 nil Abol'tions'a throughout
The Union inviting their cooperation IN making pre-
para,ion for this present session Of congress.
Mr.. w here read the items Of thoroughly digesec
plan Of operation for the preparation, dsseninal'h,
sgnnr and presentation Of great variety OF aeiSnt
forms Of memorials all hayn. bearing, more or isss
dnct nm the existence and continuance Of slavery IN
ia. l. : The directions were very minute. gong
down even TO the folding and endorsing o! the forms OF
memorials and directing them 10 lie forwarded 10 lhe
Hon. Seth II. Gates the agent OF tue Aooiit'ohs's on
the floor of Congress Here (Nr w said) was de.
llbera,cy. formed plan of operation, with member o.
,h House for it's orpan and agent, and all the forms Of
petition put into the peoples mouths, ready cooked ana
concocted beforehand Many Of them were, word ior
word such petitions had been already presented IN
that nonse: one indeed, the petition tor the dissolution
Of The Union did not appear among them, nut every
movement was planned which led y that rosull he EN-
tire train was carefully and skiuiy laid The NINE vac
already sunk beneath the walls OF the Constitution ano
the incendary stood ready WIN ms loren
blow the Union into thousand fragments Atter some
expressions totally inaudible, Mr.. Wise Cunning 10 tia
norton Of the House where Mr.. Adams saD exclaimed
do i, if YOU dare: but remember, tnai that very name
which involves the South Will, III is inevitable pro
eress, involve yourselves.
Al this point being much exhausted, Mr.. w yield
ed 10 a motion, by MIR. HOPKINS, for I'll adjourn
men
| The yeas and nays were demanded in all quarter
Of The House, and, being taken resulted as follows
7 yeas 63, nays a.
/ So the motion prevailed, and
/ The House adjourned
Mr.. Wise still having possession OF the iioor'