Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-06-14

| mediate emancipation, ask, in no spirit oil re
elimination, how did the South come 10 be afiiict
Ell with this moral and political aboninailon :
Sir, It came to us of the present SeEcrallon ant
our ancestors for some generations past, by III
heri.ance. For nearly hall century no slave
have heen imported. For more man 4 cehlul.
preceding the termination OF the slave trace. INA
infamous traffic was carried on 10y inc ships @
| Old England and New England; and believe
was royal monopoly in the mother country II
all the Southern colonies, | am not aware ina
there ever was single ship engaged IN Tins traic
For the horrors ofthe middle passage, when nave
been 50 often held up To excite sympathy ara III
dignation. the responsibility rests extensively %
the ancestors OF those who ale now 80 S'ionS9
animated by blind, reckless, and iaiia,'cai yea
for The immediate emancipation OF oui slaves, II
violation of the double guaranty uhder WiliGi
We hold Them by the Law oil contracts ana 'h'
constitutional compact oiour Union as equal an!
sovereign States And il is a remarkable conner
dence that those European States VINO never nat
| any agency in the slave trace, scrupuiousil op
serve The great conservative law oi hoH-.H'ei
ference in regard 10 our domestic institutions
| while those States European and American, wh(
are really and exclusively responsible lor the or
gnal sin of slavery. ale combined together II
wagins a great moral and religious crusade
against an institution which They have themselves
brought upon the slavcholding States ot TN:
Union.
have often locked al The ways OF Providence
with the protoundcst admiration all" homage
when have seen by what extraordinary aSeEcles
God is able TO bring good out oil evil. II Is o.
vious 10 lpy. view, that he has actually educcC
GOOD 10 mankind even oh; OF all The blood aho
alroci,y which has marked The Save 'raoe. u
more detestable, a more abominahle lIaiiic never
furnished the ANIMAL oil our race; ana yei "ha
had been its result! Two and a half millions o.
the African race, whose ancestors were hfonSh
10 this country in the lowest and most brutal state
OF savage degradation, are now. alter century
and a half OF slavery, civilized. religious, ana
will add happy and contcnted people. Co'ilpat-
inc their present condition with that oi lhe tribes
from which they were taken, il Is apparent lhal
they made larger advances in moral and ihieiicc-
,ual Improvement than they could have made III
Africa in ten centuries with all the cNeItionS ol
Ten thousand missionaries.
Such is the institution Of slavery in the Vhi'ed
States such are the means b. which II was
brought upon Us. and such are the results winch
have grown ont OF it, When, therefore, we APP
peal 10 the States of the North TO protect tins m
s,ilution from the imminent danger 10 which ii Is
exposed, trust no Senator. no Senator represent
ina slayeholding State al least will consider liic
bare fact of our mating this appeal, >ufIlciehi
ground torlrjec;ing measure calculated 10 aioFu
the desired protection, ana emnen'iy eNlrdich'
mon more general grounds of national policy.
A ,rrcar deal has been said about The original
lille ol the United States 10 the territory OF Texas
and j, has been repeatedly alledged that the title
was Improperly alicated by the act OF cesslon to
Spain in 1870 | understood the honorable Sell
aior from Missouri io make this charge against
Mr.. Monrocs administrations; and further IN
ders,ooi him 10 say that he had once cast The
blame on a distinguished gentleman from Ma>sa-
chuseits then a member of Mr.. Monroe's Cabi-
net and now member of the other House; but
tina, he now rctractcd thai charge because iiai
individual had publicly and privately declared
that he was the last member o Thai Cabihe' VINO
welded his consent 10 the cesslon now pro
pose Ia pu, The Senator from Missouri right IN
Ibis matter For this purpose, shall read short
eytrac from a speech OF the Hon John Quincy
Adams. delivered in the year ISSS, on this very
subject which viii totally overthrow all The argu-
mems of the honorable Senator from Missouri as
~ our tile 10 Texas even 10 the eXicn, 10 which ne
would carry The boundary.
Here Mr. McDutiie read the following extract
from Mr. Adams speech:
Il thank the gentleman for his ready and frank
admission: bu;. Sir there is a long story connect
I'd with this matter and now, though II Is two
Years since The charge was fully rciu,cd il appears
before this House in an act Of The Legislature Of
a sovereign State. and ii Is presented as one "i
the many strong motives here urged Ia induce Inc
people Of The United States 10 conscn! 10 The an
neyalion OF Texas. | will not discuss il now
But 4; proper time ! hope 10 he permitted 10
show. that | never did consent 10 barter away
this or any other right OF the people OF the nlied
States for an alleged equivaen, Of inferior value
,t,n a.
the Legislature o; Alabama thinks so Just and
fair. and which the gentleman from South Caro-
lima Mr. Thompson still continues 10 think
INST claim. and which has been so laid down III
another place as ii the matter did no, admit odiS-
DuIe is as lilnsv Il claim rs ever was sci plN one
nation against another. This lam preparcdto show.
Il was not right Ii waa claim. twas claim
If all liz. territory 10 the Rio del Norte when. IN
;,t,. there never had been division OF that ter
.;tory. OF an adjustment OF that claim with ano-
her and mnch better authenticated adverse clam
# SDaia On what ground is the accusation
brought against me, OF barering away TINS tefIi-
orr Tor Il mess Of porfijgcl VIVA! piciehce Is
here for such an accusation when was Dil the
scribe. but the pen in the hand OF the President,
m an administration in which there were two
birds of its number from that portion oil the
Union which now man:lcss - strong an interest
in behalf of the annexation Of Texas To This
Iinion' when every lire and every Sentence oil
he treaty was sanctioned by that Cabinet, and
when every Senator of the United States from
North South. East, and West, confirmed il by his
vote. and not a voice was raised against II! ne
sentiment was unanimous in the Senate. ana II
became equally unanimous throughout the Union
that the treaty was one Of the most favorable
ones for us which ever had been concluded. since
the United States became nation. hope The
time will come, when | shall have an oppor-
tunity Of presenting such demonstration OF
this as shall leave no doubling mind not even IN
Alabama
| now beg leave TO sag. in conclusion. and as
an admoniton To the Senate how evenlinl may
be the vote we are about 10 give that do con-
believe Oh the evidence bcicie Us,
nub!ished that this question As 10 the annexation
If Texas presents the alternative 10 liz. i'll the sig
ni6cant and emphatic language OF Gen. Jackson,
of doing il 'olc or Rcrcr" In uering these words,
he ,spake as one having authority We all
know that he had recently had conference with
the confidential Secretary III President Houston,
,cho disclosed fully the condition Of Texas and
the views of her Government With this know
ledge in his possession, he says 10 the people oil
The United States ''ihis is the golden moment. -
This lost. Texas is gone forever: and ii falls, OF
course into the arms Of foreign power. II is 4
grave ana Will even say dill AWFUL IcSpuiIsioiil'l
which now deyolves upon this Senate. And
tell gentlemen on the Other side that in This respon-
sibilitv they have more than aproporlionale share
Suppose that the prediction just made shall be
fulfilled: suppose that, in Ten days after we reject
this treaty, another, a treaty OF guaranty should
be entered into between the Minister Of Great
Britain and President Houston, BY which the con,
trolling power of that country shall BIZ established
in Texas forever; how deep will he the regrets and
sell-cploaches Of those who, having the powertc
prevent such great national calamity, have failed
TO do il!
Are Senators prepared TO say, with Mr. Van
Buren, that if any European nation should get a
toobold in the Gulf of Mexico, that Power shall
be expelled a, the expense OF war; andyct 10 re-
lect the offered boon OF annexation by which such
an evil would be peacefully and forever prevent
cd Ia
Even if The evidence were much less direct ans
conclusive than it is, ola contemplated treaty be
tween Great Britain and Texas, s,ipulaing an
exchange Of protection for commercial and Other
equivalent advantages, a reasonable probability