Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-12-17

Mr.. Cdhonn's Letter 10 Mr.. King.
We have published the Mexican Corrcspon-
dence which the President submitted with his
message. The letter of the Secretary of State
10 our Minister in Paris is the most re-
markablc OF these productions. The Penn
sylvanian makes some selections from its pages
''not only for the force Of the argument which
they convey, but for the vivid energy of The style
in which they are clothed" The following letter
also, has been put into our hands, with request
for its publication:
(F'rom the Norh,) Dec ., 1874
| am the more pleased with the excellent
letter OF Mr. Calhoun TO Mr.. King in Paris, he
cause al The time when England furnished one
branch Of that folly by paying to slave owners
twenty millions sterling, and some OF her lead
ing aboliionisLs finding no further employment
and pelt at home, came out here, wrote in my
own clumsy way, some precautionary articles
among them one embracing the fable oil the Fox
who los, his tail, and tried 10 induce all other
foxes 10 cut theirs off also as il was decidedly
the fashion,
at is not an important but curious fact, that
very small portion of that indemnify money ever
left England. The ministry were entrapl By The
superior sagacity OF some Of their own people.
The question of abolition had lis origin in the
circle of West India creditorS-mor9agers OF
West India estates and, as Is natural these crc-
GiiorS were not all Of a common class, but EN-
braced in their numbers, 10 doubt, some lords,
temporal and spiritual They first started Abo-
lition societies, and many ignorant and innocent
parties aided in pushing the question forward, Till
i, reached ma orily in Parliament. Ii was hot
till the last moment, as Ii were, that indemnify
was spoken Of, when some one said, let us, whilst
we assert British liberty, not forget British JUS.
tice.'-and 20,000000 sterling went from the tax
~ ~ ,>k, l,p
thropiss TWAS too late for Ministers 10 step back;
and ever since it has been the policy Of the Go
vernlncnt as Mr. Calhoun most accurately states,
TO ohvae the sad error they committed, By Undue
ing other nations 10 depress themselves To their
condition. Almost Immediately after that lndcm-
aity law was passed in England, our country
swarmed with some OF the leading members O.
English Abolition socieies-just as you see old
guns and shells and other military stores crowd
upon other markets, when the war is over. The
matter was as plain 10 me al the time as the COM
monest occurrence, and was mortified and asto-
ni.hed that all our iellow-ciliZens did not see il.
"Thc admirable and far-reaching view OF this
question, taken in Mr. Cahouns letter. WILL
think, go far TO arrest its further progress.
at is remarkable 10 notice The contradictory &C
counts published Of the actual condition OF the
negroes and the countries where the folly OF Eng
lish Abolition operates Not one word OF actual
truth is spoken BY agents of Government, who, I'M
der all forms visit The British Islands and the Gui
anas, and publish their statements. When they
speak ofprosperiiy, and The like, know il is false
because merchants, captains, all practical men in
trade, who have no motive but 10 speak of fact,
all tell different story, and trade itself tells.
am told Of entire estates in Grenada and in De-
marara for sale at prices less than was derived in
one season from their productions; and they are
worth no inore-labor has abandoned them A
negro viii no, work, further than TO produce
negro liring-and why there is this difference be-
tween him and the whites, is left exclusively 10 that
Providence which, in its inscrutable ways, has
marked a difference in color. We might as we'll
ask and complain, why trees and shrubs, very 81
milar in general appearance, do mol all produce
the same fruit.
81 am reoced at the publication Of the letter,
because think the period peculiarly proplious.
Fanaiic,snr, after all, though exceedingly indus
lrious, is numerically small; and when, as in
this case, it is based on cupidiy it is only ncces
sary TO let the mass get its true character
and i, vanishes ! think the letter 10 Mr.. King
strips it pretty efiecually, and will hand it over
10 Father Miller | have not met man yet
whose opinion is good for any thing, who does
not give Mr. C.'s letter cordial and hearty ap
prevail"