Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-10

ga IF and uncounecied with, any sht of Pc
tit,on whatever.
Admit,pa and granting al this; yet those whose
no Go c,,,,s vino are not A5ot onisls, made to
esoonse In. cause of ih'u agiIat IN on tins ground oil
the rpht OF petition alone and That the tendency OF tae
rul. IN Guest on is make Aooilt on idnntcs ana IN
cand o,i ii ;his be 50, poor encouragement Nat
he rob;s SOUGHT To be projected by this rule Will De
- ,nv evcnt tesneced And this reason for abolish
inc This ru, is quite consistent with that character
for information and INTEL gence, winch the people OF
tho free States Justly have acquired; and IS ~" quie
compliment ay to neif character Tor good aih OF g'oa
will in preserving the sacred and solemn guarantees o.
the Federal Cons taton. They are vrtucus, think
ing and reasoning people; hsy understand The nstitu-
,,ons Of their country and fully capable Of drawing
all The d s;incons Which clearly insisted on in
argument and elucdat,"n OF ;ii's mnmeGtoGs question.
II they do comp7e bend these distinctions, and will yet
adhere the determination oi admitting the ag'toton
of forbidden subjects of dscord nto the halls of Cor
qress they must be bent mischief; aud the sooner
they are met on the very frontier Of The debatabe
grounds the better lfthey do not prehend them,
they are the more dangerous; for ignorance and fanat
csm are incapable of being reasoned with; and hume
rca majority OF such, had better be kept out OF these
halls altogether, rather than within th.n TO make the
vain attempt to reason with them II they know not
and cannot be persuaded, Where the right of pet
ton ends and where the right of legislation be-
gins, they will certainly be incapable of Judging
where short of the maddes extremes legislation shaii
stop when il commences on tis oeiicate themf'
50 fraueht with everything malign and m'schIevous to
this republic that it is "aoii Magers 10 men OF
wisdom and patriotism, whilst IT is the hreorand play
thing Of women, and chdfen, and knaves, ana tana-
tics NJ. the minority will not believe thal Inc mao
rity Of this nation either so bad OF purpose or INA
they are so badly fitted for self government, as to rely
for mprnen Mt on reason like this, Tor yielding the
very outer protection Of their rights, ana Tor authg
foe past the frontier posts OF resistance, INTO ,he very
interior Of the subjects they would invade me Jn''s'
dc,ion of Congress thu abolition OF slavery can
never be yielded TO weakness ora folly, or cr'me'
like this.
But the minority of the nation on this subject is
AGAIN assured that ia the best policy 10 ailay TINS
agitation by quietly receiving these peu' ana re-
.pectfuly burring THIN in the tomb of some CaPnet
committee, that will never g've them tue iiie oil
resurrec,ion The time Is past for THIS mode OF re-
medy The abolition ats are too intelligent, rlc3' hn-
metous and powerful be thus cajoled BY The s'a-
d,w for the substance; and hil the savehoidng
States are weak political power ior this course
of defence he safe reliance. But yesterday, when
the slave States in the uscendancy OF power ano
prefermcnt, they might have rs safely petmitled aoo
lition pr tons To sleep III their nnocence as Pet-
t;ons TO establish popery; 10 hurl !s jrufum FIJI
msa this free, protestant country. Iut tue hho'
rity now, the ma 1rty then: the case ana care
of the case in their own keeping men; ONT
now the slave States dwarfed IN lhe Union
BY the late census The Missouri compromise no longer
permits another Stale after Florida, 10 enter The Union
with slavery its limits they cannot progress os long
as Texas is independent and nnannexed to the United
States, in the Southwest pari paSSn with the non
slaveho!ding States in the Northwest IN nnm"''hg
new States into the Union After Florda and Wiscon-
sin are admitted, the equilibrium OF power III Inc Dc.
nate will be destroyed, we'll as IN the House Ana
does any imsg,ne that when That day comes-as come
it will shorllythe eIaclun Will not be mace OF non
aveholding members both Houses 10 do all mnJo-
ri,v NAV or NAV not do abolish sllvery beyond the
bounds Of the jurisdiction admitted by the minority
All thsi the minority now has to rely on, ate Ike writ
zen Fundamental law and the strength Of their CONSTR
tu;ona rights and how these rights 10 be defend
ed b. Welding jurisdiction 10 MA jory where there
is no Jurisdiction, :, is hard 10 conceive The question
is how long Will the minority permit the agitation 10
20 on without an open ru?tu'e, which constantly and
aggravatingy harnesses it with the issue whether The
property n Shareholders shall be her pro etty or not:
How long viii any people not cravens and slaves them
selves consent 10 abide agitation against solemn
compact that they shall not be disturbed IN their pro-
pery on an issde whether they shall IN fact have Il
certain description OF property allowed by their own
State laws
.4citotion, at present, is the only lever OF power
which the Abotons,s desire TO employ They know
the value Of this engine OF annoyance. They desire
M repo,ts 10 be prematurely made in Congress, to
bring their aims issue US, al this time. he time
is not vet They know that the attraction OF co.
heson Of the rock of slavery 10 to BE- destroyed not by
one but by repeated blowsthat no one will know By
which blow il destroyed but that every stroke,
however slight will shock liz particle, its atom in its
ing Of pigmes will rend asunder the huge granite, ms
the drppnps OF water viii perforate the solid marble
fl, is said that they few Doubtless those who are
so blind their fauatcsm, al TO be Tor slriiin2 one
great blow immediately either al slavery IN The DE
trict of Columbia, or elsewhere, are few bot their
leaders, and many who will not, from policy, own Their
names confess Their designs, more profound IN their
policy, would not abolish slavery and tho saVeraoe IN
the District OF Columbia; for, then the lever OF agtn'
ton the bone 81 contention, the ucrum OF power Tor
l,It heir real
States would be gone Those who any they are not
for the abolition Of slavery IN this D's.rct-that they
are not Abolition s's, and never were, and that they are
now denounced by lhem-and who at the same time
avow opinions far dangerous and destructive,
and whose policy tends hold back all immediate mi-
nor efforts, until continual aga-
ton upon debatnble grounds (such ne slavery in lhe
District of Coumba) shall have prepared the elements
Of revolution for mighty throe, which shall effect
alaboiion OF slavery in the States, and abolition OF
slavery everywhere as well here;-those whose aims
are thus coaked, and whose policy thus more Gun
gy devised, be dreaded md more In be
guarded against than the blind and furious zeao,s
of fanaicsm who would rush at once Into excesses
? which would check and correct themselves. The de-
mon hypocre Of abolition would most religiousy alb
stain from voiltng the right Of petition, violate the
right of private property; and he would coil his
penis away until all the furles could be let loose for
tam havoc of all he aims, and the most precious he aims
10 destroy This is perfectly understood by The MI
nority. And whilst they know that they hive many
good and faithfully sincere friends III the free States
they not unph losopbca suppose i; posi-
bic for those friends long TO sustain themselves, in CON.
muntes where there ties associations OF
slavery 10 correct modify public opninn which is
daily influenced by The press, by the pulpit, by the
school, by birth, habit and educaton in natural hos
Utility TO slavery aud shareholders. And, Furthermore
they not lnsensble to the actwh,ch must, in the
nature OF things, he sothat among themselves even,
(now that numerical maorities have changed sections
f political ambition enough will be found standing
with It's feet m the Southern slaveholdng soil, and
ia eyes cast .sttny In The land Of numbers-those
counters Of candidates for hono's and Offices Late
event, and number of instances lately, prove that
minority section thus weaaers in power faster than
liz weakens in numbers. Renegade w.li take the
bounty, st the very moment when Their bfihpaces
most need their best nerves and ther best thouehts
for defence. They will sell out The heartia and the
graves .! their fathers, to hcss who alonc any Ion
ger give Them the hopes and the honors OF power
and place and political prefefmen These two ac-
cursed classes, OF hypocres the enc side, ard re
negades on the other, nre olarmneiy dangerous to a
, section winch. repent has the more reason than
ever TO be jealous OF 'is rights, because 1t is d~nried
h by the census, aud will be dwarfed in the Sc
na,a 10 now dwarfsd in the House of Represen