Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-03-25
COMMUNICATIONS.
FOR TIE ENQUIRER.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE No. Y.
Soex Ian ~ ISI3

Dear SIR nat ttefe IS Setlitl- GcdalV iSeitLS
nnkndness in Great Britain toward the United States
became convinced soon after ianded at Liverpool
She to hate Tor we are free aud niePend
en, She has TO hate herself tor her STUPIDITY
in forcing 10 become Ii she ultimately loses hei
crown she NAV attribute il tn the GYsTce and ss!ls-
ness hch occasioned the loss o! her North American
colonies. VITA them, she would have stood upon &
basis which the combined powers oil the wor!d conla
shaken. This she sces-this she ieeis-nid
never can she become recanct,ed. The WOUNDS OF
deadly hate have pierced her frnty heart too deep
In first struggle with her, We secured cur Liberties
In the second, Ne trumphaatiy maintained them a
thought longer enters her m!nd, tnat she can con-
ouer US by foIce. Ii she had sufficient preext Tor
a war with US she would wage one, however vain
she may of her army and rsvy; because, she could
no: battle with with view TO our snbIugston--
She is aware, tha:, with her troubles ut home, she
could not survive a NJ, no-GreGt Britain will
never unsheah the sword against the United States
again. let what may Bat she has hopes OF our
dsuaton and she woad not calculate the cost to and IN
its contamination. Upon such an event her salvation
as n nation rests; and while matter OF policy, she
holds out with her right hand the olive branch OF
peace in her left she has the match concealcd with
which, like the midnight ncendlary, she would set
fire to dom!cs, aud pundcr them amid cont:asTa
ton. She would accomplish by s,raisgem what size
dare not attempt by hes arms
In debate upon the sugar duties al The last session
of Parliament Sir Rober: Peel remarked, tina, "H ,eaS
impossible 10 toek to TIE discussions N The L Of ias-
riea and especially to dc eoneiS jet~een Ike NokeTH
and Southern SatcS eiOUt seeing that sjgcry tint
nation STOOD UFON 4 PRECARIOUS FOOT
ING" The opinion expressed iii lhis evi.
IDENTITY " father the ~ish moi only oi SIR Robert,
but of every member u Parliament j; the promised
panacea for all their lis Ia conversation with SIR
... a few evenings since, lie observed, "lou have n
glorious country but you canno; exist as nation much
Longer SLAVERY vii dlsunite You The North IS be-
coming too enlightened and phaatr0Pe 10 tolerate it
IN the South" The first Lord of The Treasury well
knows that it slavery is on "preeartoas toot'"g, the
Republic itself stands Cron one not less precarous;
and 50 lie would doubIicssy express himself privately
as did Sir . There are no conflicts between the
Northern and Southern SatcS. with regard TO Sicrery
nor can the slightest inference BE- drawn from any
cussioIs in Congress elsewhere that II IS On "fre-
carous footing The Southern States regard their
institutions as permanent, tie Constitution winch
binds the different members of the Con(ederacy ,oge.
thcr While that is Of any value although they may
have ess power than the tfee Sa,es they perfectly
secure The Patriots of the Northern States not
more adverse To slavery than their virtuous fathers
were. who assisted in framing the Constitution They
see that it exists much miidet form than We
ceived it in and if they had the right 10 COIN
plain against being couinued they are utterly with
out cause. But there IS English feeling ~ Atne
rica-aud IL is this influence lisa, has occasored the
excitement which induces the Rt Hon Bar TO believe
that slavery is on ''pre7aricus footing.
The Se7pen, or old dtd not enter the peaceful abnde
Of on. first parents mora irsidiou=iy, than ABOLi-
TON entered the Eden OF the United States. IL came
misses II was conceived III Brush w!ckeGnrss. and
the object of its mission the Atlantic ef
feet our certain ruin is birthplace was not IN Ame
r,ca-iis home IS not there II an alien--a HYDRA.
headed monster Us design becoming apparent
and il mus; be crushea YES, CRUSHED Such a
step is demanded by the saicty gf lhe nation. II IL
other manner, mus, be put 10 death Under the I'd
Article Sd Section o! the Constitution Of Tie United
States
Sir Robert Peel, ~ the SPEECH from winch have
quoted said siie must saw that he had his doabtS if
a country IN which slave labor had been abolished by
the law GOULD At PRESENT eatGr irto successful
pe,it;on with district which the system continued
TO exist The lanruishlng condition of the sugar in
teres, has frightened Great Britain and African cni-
grants are relied upon 10 resuscitate il. Jamaica
Barbados, &c canno; cat present enter into
full competition with Cuba and the Brazils in pro-
ducing this aTtice;-n6r lndia with the L. States
in growing cotton. But when she accompshes her
phtianthrOpc purposes, OF migrating negroes from AZ
RIGA, land runaway slaves ~ Canada,) whose labor
she obtain on her e"n terms, she can drive her
competitors from the sugar market And The beauty OF
this system is that u VIII have lis foundation IN pure
Christian philanthropy!tl No siaSerg 10 be held ac-
countnble for! The great reormer of the age too
spotess have her holy cTmae soed by the unright
eous touch OF suca institution! How very, very
disinterested IN her humanity she appears IN the sight
of the world, With what becoming grace her Gbcl,-
ton emssaries in the United States make reference
TO her rrise and vir;uouS ana benevolent examples.
Oar Colonization Societies VIII have thef objects anti
cpaied The ius,rious beneiaclor oi ief race, may
kindly propose TO take charge OF tine manunte;i slaves
and free negroes; and instead Of Liberia place them
upon her estates the West IrGies-itcc 81 charge
She so full of piiaHroPy, that II is "opzing out q,
her fingers ends, and, IN IT'S peniIde, II may take li''
seemingly queer dIrectiai
Great Britain IS better now than she ccntu-
~ and quarter ego THIS is t0!d assertion, but !,
is nevertheless She has gwen evidences 'nai
she is less heatless less vicious than she was N l13
when by the 10Th article of the Treaty of Utrecht, she
confirmed the contract, (he celebrated GS;cn'0.) be.
tween the English Guinea Company and the King of
Spain bv which she became n pdrtg 10 the slave
traffic. The Company gave 2oO,00U crowns TO Spain
for the privilege ol transporting s'1ees into the Amert
can Spanish Colonies, and tourh 81 MI tho pratt,
resulting from IKE shipments 10 TIC King Of England
Thus, regular partnership formed for dealing IN
human flesh and the trade successfully prosecuted
under the firm of "British Government and EnglSi
Guinea Company. In THIS method portion OF hel
boosted wealth was acquired. America has no stain
no national deg!adeton-upon her character, like this
With the immortal Henry in TIC Guberoatoria
Chair the first Assembly ha, met in Virginia
under the Gew Constitution, prohibited the slave traf
fc Previous 10 Withdrawing her allegiance from the
Crown, she made repeated efforts TO prevent ipora
tons of the African, hy tie imposition OF p:ohbt"y
duties; but the Roya. assent was invariably wtthC,a
] hazard nothing saying, tha; II The I MON Va
dissolved tomorrow, ana the slave States 10 be-
come Coon'zed OF Great Britain, Mey ,coa'd net
be permitted 10 abolish Siarerp. She is y Tia: she
was at the period 10 which have alluied.::c same
mercenary, urprnciped Government. Talk not t
me OF her philanthropy All! could but rs sacred
impulses prevail with her, what rich field would be
open for its operations. However nsa,iuble lis oppe
tite it might feed on and on for ages, whou: looking
beyond the limits Of England, before IT wocd
find objects happily provided for as IN American
slave.
To date no farther back than l?l3, villa, catalogue
of ou,races is presented against the rulers of the
rhtened British nation, who have protested 10 be in
uenced in al! their prominent movements By disinte
rested benevolence AT that period, the American
Colonies were in their infancy, and no enc had the
sagacitv 10 ioresee ha, they would ever strike oT In
dependence AS they were thny reorled, II uas the
policy Of the mother country to 'nundate them with
sIares-l mean BLACK slaves. She had not solitary
conscientious .cruple, either IN making herself par