Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-01-05

the Northern fanatics who intruded themselves upo,
the notice. and excited the jealousics OF Legislators
No,hing can be deeterious 10 the peace oil ih'
Urlon the happiness Of The slave population, thai
the busy nermeddllng AID agtang spirit of these mat
enthusiasts. But, 10 the Advertiser $ article
uLoRp MnRpgIn's LETTER os ABaLlrIos-We fns
he following very sensible letter. from Lord Morpell
10 lady the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society,"
III. Liberty Bell, annual published by the ladies' o
t.. Suc.sy and sold al the Anti Slavery Fair, which
xas opened in this c',y last week. Lord hurpe,h
opinions on the subject Of slavery precisely VIVA
N, rht be expected gentleman Of elevated senli
| meats and benevolent feelings brought up in a commu
nifty where slavery is unknown They are such os ar
entertained with very few, If any exceptions by oil th
ME mbers of our own community. /, is gratifying 4
find also that his views Of the improperly OF inter
ference on his part in for promoting the abo
li,ion of slavery, in community of which he is not
me nber and to the domestic policy and legislation
which he is stranger, is precisely that which know
BE- entertained by tenths OF The rejecting persona
Of Stale.
"For the cause of human emancipation in which thu
ladies' TO whom his letter is addressed are engaged HI
expresses hearty good will, and an ardent desire fol
lis success. But "for the causes sake, admitting ever
the promotion of this TO be paramount To oil
considerations, he maintains That the is not TO be
promoted by The participation of himself foreigner
IN their labors for that object As 10 the tendency O.
their own labnrs Il was question which he wos moi
called upon examine, and was not 10 he espec
,ha, he would volunteer judgment upon it, so long as
their intentions met his hearty APPRECIATION 1t was
sufficient for him that the simple fact of his being
foreigner and in that relation having right to inter
ere in efforts for the emancipation Of slaves in this
country lie found sufficient TO decline apy
participation in aiding those labors. Whether he has
paid any attention to the question how far under the
Constitution of the IT, S. citizen of Massachusetts
has right to busy himself in interfering with slavery
or any other institution the Southern Suites does no,
appear from his letter. Whether he had or had moi
given his attention to that question, is not material
lie not requested to express any opinion upon IL.
But in gning the ground on which he decides for
himself not operate in any snc measures of
ference he gives a reason which applicable To The
case of every c,lzen Of Massachusetts, his own
Indeed he alludes to the fact that the interference of
the people of Massachusetts and Ohio has already ex
cited the jealousy Of tie tobacco, rice and cotton grow.
ing States support of his position that the particoa.
ton Of an Engshman would be productive Of similar
injury He avoids interference as an Englishman and
foreigner because he would avoid the mischiefs which
have already arisen from the interference of citizens of
the free States while il is well known that so far as
regards any coniral or jurisdiction this question:
they are as strictly foreigners from the slayehodinp
States the subjects Of Great Britain.
"Lord Morpeth having alluded 10 the emancipation
Of Inc slaves Of the British West Indies By the British
Parliament makes n remark III vindicatlon of that
measure in which member Of The British Permanent
the time, he mus, have had direct participation
between 4 case winch interference for abolishiny
slavery is ustah!e nnd in which il is NOT or rather
show what parties have right to be the and
agents in promoting this object, bv changing the laws
and Institutions 81 the Sia'es communities in which
il exists, and whit parties have no such right The
British Parliament claims The right of ecislating in
specific cases for the colonies though in most matters
Of local they suffered egisate for them
selves They assumed The right Of legslang on this
qurslinn, aud Of prescribing the terms which slave
ry shcnId tr abolished in the colonies One Of these
conditions VAS, that compensation should be paid by
The Government TO the slarehoders for every slave
cmancipaled. The colonies fit 10 submit 10 this
legislation not merely because they were feeble 10
resist il, but because the amount CT compensation al
most deprived them of the motive TO oppose it. Lord
Morpeih, therefore, perfect consistency with his
dnctrine of non interference with the legislation of
State which he does belong and with the maj
ngement of whose fairs he have rightful par
tlcpation, may defend the of the British Go
vernment in the matter OF the West India emancpa
ton, because II was but The exercise of Jurisdiction
which has been always claimed by The British Phrlia.
ment and because, The principle of taking privat.
property for public object, remuneration was made
tn the of the property at liberal valuation
These two FEATURES OF that measure distinguish il
very marked manner from the efforts Ut the Abolition
and Anti Slavery Societies Of the Northern States,
which are laborng 10 produce IN effect without the
shadow Of rlgh. 10 interfere, and with whom nothing
farther from their thoughts Than he idea Of making
any compensation 10 The slave for The property
which they hold IN them By the laws Of their own
States. II seems rot improbable that this ausion 10
the great measure Of West India emancipation, which
was accomplished by a government Of which Lord
Mori eth member, was mode Tor tie purpose OF
indicating, in delicate manner the circumstance
der which he would feel justified in any interference in
The regulation Of such matter as well as The general
principle BY which such interference should be govern
ed, when undertaken by The government possessing
Jurisdiction in lie subject matter.
"Howrver this may be- 1t is evident that when he
speaks of the difficulties and The glory of the achieve
to he attained, by American nrs, he has form.
ed no definite notion of The mode in which the work is
to be accomplished, Of the relation in which the
parties whom he supposes 10 BIZ engaged in it, actually
stand towards the parties 10 be operated upon. Had
he done so, his good would have led him TO the
conclusion, that IT, EnglIshman, he can with pro
prr'y and from regard to the cause ITSELF take no part
IN it, for reasons quite Us pertinent, and stronger
from the greater importance OF harmony Of feeling be-
tween citizens Of different States, than between those
of the States and foreign country, New Englandrr
can enlist in the OF emanc pa,ing the slaves oil
the Southern States. The parties who TO win the
laurels which he speaks Of the residents of the
Safes where the evil exists, and who, from their situ
alton, have The right Of voice in il. Such the
lanels which were about 10 be won by the eloquent
czsps of Nrgnin, who some years ago agitaed This
subject with great ell CT, and almost with snccess in
the Legislature &C that State. Lord Morpeth knows
Sets in any of the adjoining States, and that i, has
entered ,hr mind Of any 10 propose the in
PRODUCTION liberation IF slavery here. When, there
fore he speaks cf the victory be won, ''o argument
OF reason of PATIENCE of conscience, of religinn he
cannot Of course be speaking of the people of hassa
chnseis. He surely does not To BIZ understood
,nat this great argument To he ed here when all the
persons 20 be Influenced by it are thousand miles
dislant-and that We 10 take into keeping the
c"nscences and the religion of the people Of Virginia
and Carolina. What has the conscience Of Massa
chusets to do with tie conduct Of Caroinian or
wha, have Abolition Societies in Boston 10 do with the
consccnces Of the people of the Southern States -
Lord morpch knows that there is no such connexion,
aud IL cannot be his ntention to countcnance c,ii
zens either in appealing to their consciences to
justify them IN interfering with ohc peoples business
in assuming to themselves the right Of ordlng It
other peoples consciences. In arguing that as 70
reigner il IL not e1ped'ent to interfere in the labor Of
exerninoting American Slavery, conceive that he
argues with equal force The mex peGency Of Northern
man taking up the task Of oboshng Southern Slavery
Such has long been opinion Of the duty Of the PEG
ME Of the free States and we are hnppy 10