Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-08-11
FOREIGN CoREEsPoNDENCE-rXo. X
TO THE EDITORS OF TIE ENQUIRER
husDEy Hanover June q, Isl

FilHDES, iANOVER, June iC1h
Dear Sir The "Morning Chronicle Of the 22nd,
contains the proceedings of The "Brtsh AMI Foreign
Anti Slavery Society," held al Exeter Hal IN London,
which, doubtlessly, reached you by the last Boston
steamer. have never believed otherwise, than that
the sole object of British and American Aboonists
is TO destroy the glorious model Republic These m
pressions have concealed, as reference 10 some
OF my former letters will show.
Inc speech OF Lord aorpsth, upon taking the Chair
at the recent Convention, is one as fendIsh IN its
character as proceeded from the lips Of lndI
yIdual processing 10 be Influenced by Christian prln-
cples. II will he recollected that his Lordshp
sojourner for many months in the United States, and
that from his elevated position al home enter
tanned an opinion IN the South that he would let himself
down 10 a level with Dickens in slandsrng our insl.-
tutions lie passed abou,a month in III. Western part
OF Virginia, os;ensibly for the purpose of enjoying
mountain air and mountain scenery From hat trans.
pred, however, in this Convention, ! an persuaded
ne was influenced by entirely different motives a
new plan Of warfare, it seems, ia 10 be waged against
slavery, and 1t - very apparent, that Mupeths tour
through Virginia, and South Carolina anc keniuck y,
was to ascertain whether il was prae,cabIs. Instead
of the highsouled, chvalrous gentleman we supposed
HIM to be, he was the contemplate spy of u power
which IS meany plotting national disunon 1t
was boldly asserted in the Convention, thai The sur.st
md most specify method of consunmatiaa the ends
,chtch had ue,c 1cOuid be 10 seek HE conpsyation
u persons not holding Siarcs in the sars STATES. This
will be attempted.
In The of his remarks Lord Morpet, sssa,led
that clause of the Ash5uron Treaty which relates to
the surrender OF fugtves from justice HIS feared
that 1t would enable owners to their shves no
| might escape into Canada. He commended that under
no circumstances would the British nation BE- ius6
able, in lis own conscience, in delivering them up-not
eren for the commission Of the acorst of crimes He
said that the nobest leap the world ever be,sld una
that OF the slave across the Falls of Niagara TO British
freedom lie condemned the silence OF n,tny Of his
countrymen travelling through the United Sales who
had been seduced by the hospitality Of The planters
from speaking OF their tyranny. He panegyrized Mr.
dams as one capable of making every sacr ce-ave
his devoted head, if necessary-for the CAUSES sake
He had been an udmiring witness of his irmne,s do
ring the time the resolution under consideration in
the House of Representatives for his expulsion from
Congress- He said, that the bitterest enemy the slave
had IN The United States was the Irish popul,t,o, /,
was invariably opposed to Abolition, &c, &c. loud
cries at this remark, of "Shame upon them -"
Numerous members of this "Society" were in at.
tendance from the United States The principal speak
ers were Mr. Leav,, and Mr.. Phelps of Boston, ne.
gro from Hartford, and Lewis Tappan from New York
Mr. Leoyi,t, after stating, that "thee wa, noble band
IN America, determined to give the country no rest un
til an end was put to slavery" read lhe folio wing
letter, which he received just he was sailing from
John Quincy Adams, Ex-Presdent of the United
States
"May l6, 1913.
any Dear Sir: My health, hope, is improving |
have only to say, God bless you and YOUR noble en-
terprize, for which have other PRAYER to maxi,
than that its success may herald the hour Of nv auac
dtnihas }. q ADAMS"
Now, mark we'll what Mr.. Phelps saws: 81 form,rlv
p,ed the siaDe, but, after this days procceanGs pily
the siaUehoid for, take this meeting as an IN dca
ton, tina, Great Britain is prepared erery rea7on
she can 1cIefd 10 put an end TO starery"
Lewis lappan, among many other remarks said .
''ln conversation had with Mr.. Adams he obsery
ed Il deem 1t the duty of Great Britain as Christian
nation, TO tell The Texans that slavery must be oborh
ed"
Mr.. J. 5. Buckingham, another of the tourists and
VINO received large gums for his lectures on Palestine
IN the United States, sad, one means If e-c;nG
our object, would suggest, tina, aii poeerfd ENGLAND
should refuse TO hold any communication with those
countries where slavery was continued"
II IS imperiously necessary for the South to look
closely 70 lis unconstitutional rghts-An arch enemy
secretly, 10 ADDITION TO what SEEN maturing schemes
to invade them. No quarters should he show, n Abo
litionists, who may be discovered within ts limits
Let them be treated as British emissares more in
tently bent upon mischief than were the notorious
Arbuthnot and Anior'ster Beware, also, of English
travellers. With the apparent harmessnes, of doves
they have the subtlety of serpsns. British Lord in
the capital OF his nation, who has enioved your hos
ptaiity, has The emerty TO assert that fugitive slave
from JUSTICE who escapes into British nossessons
should not be urrendercd 10 our authorizes hoaght
charged 10Th The 'corst Of crimes In the darkest ages,
sentiments like these would have been DEGRADING TO the
human speces-but, as startling az thew were. they
were aPpauded BY large auditory, composed, in part
of the nobility of England. highlands philan,hrophy
consists Of er'%es-her honesty in robberies She
would murder the master, in order 10 steal The slave
This is the long and the short of the doctrine for
which Lord Morpeth was eheeyed
John Bull must be aware of The destitute condition
of the runaway negroes in Canada If Lord Morpetb
did not witness the painful spectacle it because he
closed his eyes 1t he had gone twelve miles into the
interior from Niagara, accustomed as he is 10 the wall
ngs of the multitude from want, he would have
'bjects OF pity, that would have haunted his con-
science through life as the ghost did that Of the guilty
Macbeth lie would have Lehed some of The horrors
attendant on abolition Let any who wishes to
boased of in Engand,) with American slavery, wish
St. Caharines, near the Falls. If he be not an ar