Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-30

. vastly extensive, and slavchollirs country,
" large enough for hal! dozen or dozen slave
holding States, inlo lhe Union. IN MY orINioT
% THEY OUGHT NOT 70 CONSENT 10 IT.
:. believe il 10 be for the interest and happi-
ness of the whole Union 10 remain a IL is,
without diminuion AMI without addition
The Address then proceeds:
" We hesitate rot 10 say, thai annexation, et-
" icctcd nv any acl or proceeding Of 'he Federal
Government, or any 81 lis departments WOULD
DE- IDENTICAL. WITH DISSOLUTION. u Woh!i ~
"v;olation of oar national compact, us Objects,
" designs. and the great elemental" principles
" which entered inlo lis formation OF character
" 50 deep and fundamental, AMI would hc an al
TEMPT 10 elernize an Institution and power OF
a nature 80 unjust in themselves, 50 injurious 10
the interests. aud abhcircnt ia the feelings of
:. the free States as, in our oFinion no. only IN
i" eyitab!y 10 result in dissolution ol the Union.
g but fully 10 Justify it; and we not on y assert,
" tha, The people oil the Tree STATES ought mol to
submit IN il, but we say, WIN coiiii"eN'e lliey
would mol submit 10 it,
II further explanation were waning, 10 prove
why Mr. Clay took ground against annexation
| il is given in the proceedings oil Convention
held a, Worcester, massachusetts. ior the purpose
! of nominating The Wing candidates for Gorcr-
nor Lieutenant Governor, and Electors. al which
! Ex-Governor Lincoln presided, and Mr. Abbot
Lawrence was a prominent speaker Among
other resolutions thai Convention adopted The fol-
lowing:
"Rtmlrcd. Mcrtore That the Wings OF Massa-
chrSctiS protest against the annexation ri Texas
To this Union with OF without The assent oil
| Mexico, by the Trcaiy-mak!h" power, or hs
Congress, and that they earnestly cal upon their
| political brethren, in ali parts OF The country, 10
| inile with them in opposing project, he csec"-
o.. al, II, ILg hrs JS
| hoGpv. prosperous. and maNcd p"oEc."
! |, will hc seen that Mr.. Clay HIMSELF slave
holder. becomes the candidate OF men, who are
laboring to organize the non->lavehodng States
| AS n political party, in opposition Ia the slave
holding States. openly avowing as the rule OF their
action. that a measure which may promote the
! political influence, and tend to protect Their pro-
! perry in slaves should be defeated hccallSe ltmay
give political preponderancc 10 The >laVeholdinS
Statrs-,an argument, false IN iaci d Is aAsof-
REM in theory and that although as Secretary Of
| State he cndcavorcd 10 acquire Texas, ne is
now opposed 10 ii, because the political parizans,
| through whom he seeks 10 obtain the Presidency,
| require him 10 oppose il on such grounds.
What say the People OF Virginia and the
South Are John Quincy Adams and his as
socatcs the true opponents Of yoGr right; and OF
the Constitution viii YOU give Your support
10 a candidate who thus bare!S your rights and
sur,tndcrs vour interests Is the price oi Federal
Abolition votes? Win Won, ny doing 20, admit
that the rights and interests ol the slaveholding
and ren->aveholding STATES are 50 much in con-
fic. that The admission of new saveholding States
will be q dissolution IF the Union? Ii vou sub
nit 10 this what will be the next step of degrade
lion'l j. any one so blind as not 10 see, that
the opposition 10 Texas j. the result Of Il COM
binalon III the MISUNDERSTANDING States the
purpose of which i, TO create a sectional PARTY,
based upon the slave question, and that the rur-
most. of that party is 10 purchase up Southern
men. by permitting such, and such only, 10 parti
cipalc in The emoiumemts and patronage OF the
Federal Government. as vii, betray the interests
Of the South on thai and all other questions al
teclirp the local and sectional interests of the
SoutLl And is il possible that the PEOPLE of The
South are 50 impoverished in their resources. or
81 debascd in morals, IS 10 become the willing
victims of such conspiracy as thisl Wjll,hey
throw up their caps AMI cry hoSannahs 10 the
'DICTATOR,' who imposes s"ch conditions on
them as these Or, will they not rather turn.
in the spirit and feeling OF irccmcn. on the re-
crear!t public servants, and the miserable pan
ders OF power, who. false 10 public duty would
lclav their Interests for the hone Of al Office
VIII they not s!cutnise the not;Tcs Of these
Southern men who make politics trade, and
whose political sympathies are with John q.
Adams, Lewis Tappan, Garrison, Gi!dins> and
Birncy? Do those deserve the confidence of the
South. who u.s., that confidence 10 hciray tie South,
AMI lis Jus, rights. poNer, and influence 10 such
associates a. these Is not the fact, that South
EN- mcn aIc found in such political association,
rroo; tia, they ere false TO Inc South, and being
false 10 .i,cir own section, utterly unworthy cf
public confidence? We ask TO a>cendancy oyer
The other States. but their equals We are, and he
i, alraior 10 both sections wao would array either
a"ain., The other BkUTUS.