Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-24

sdln. CONCESSION Can 40 nolninS LOT Us; il is
idle to think Of compromise. The vast domain
coded by Virginia Tor he benefit Of all the States
was made free territory by the ordinance OF l,s-
Slavery was excluded from the territory present.
ed by slaveholding Stale. The people Il he
South, from their affection for the Union. per.
milled il 10 be done. They though, that Northern
encroachment would STOP here-lhey were wo.
fully deceived. lis appetite grew On VIA. /, led
on. In 1919 Missouri, having The plain rich,
under The Constitution 10 come into the union
applied for admission. Her numbers were sun.
cient for that purpose, but she thought fit, in her
sovereign capacity, 10 acknowledge the RICH, o,
heLcilizens 10 their slave property. This cout
not be permitted By Northern philan'hropy.-
Conditions unknown 10 the Constitution were in.
sisted on. The people OF The North demarted
that she should not come into the Union until She
was bound hand and foot. Her sovereignty should
not be recognized until The gives and mansces
were riveled In 1857 they were conten. with pro.
hibitng the introduction of slavery in an uninha.
biled country. In 1919 the vested rights ola portion
Of The American people were assaiIed Thiswas
the legitimate lrui, OF The frs, concession usur
patton always goes torwardwhen any thing Is cen.
ceded. II is then furnished with pgecedents. AMI
shielded BY precedenls, is no longer usurpa,ion.
The Union was shaken By The Missouri Contest.
and The South yielded her rights In all that ler.i
tory beyond lhirly.six and halfdegrees Of Norh
latitude. What is The consequence? Il is con.
lendsd that Congress having The power 10 declare
war, 10 raise armies and equip heeIs, 10 force in.
dcmnlty Tor wrongs inflicted, must no, ,Ie,cis.
this power unless our people are 10 be deprived
Of their just participation in the l,ui,s oi con.
quest. The South must contribute her resources
she must send her citizens 10 he battlefield
but she must taste none Of the fruits OF victory.
She is equal 10 The North only when taxation is
10 be borne or peril encountered. Nay more. A
Southern State is invaded, and the sound II base
is ringing on her borders. She looks 10 the Union
Tor protection, and calls upon her sister STATES 10
ayenge her wrongs What is The answer OF ID.
North. We will assist 10 repel The invaders
but you shall have no participation in he ihiem.
niy The General Government may force from
him. Iou and your sister States that own slave.
shall have none OF it, Your rights have been
violated; but amends must be made 10 ,s The
South is left to choose between The foreign Invader
and The domestic usurper. We are told yoG sub.
mitled in 1857; and we prove by your aciiontier
that you ought 10 submit NOR. This is he n,r
made OF the ordinance Of 1857, and this he ian.
suase used by the enemies Of our Institutions
language which men always have heard, anu al
ways ull hear, when they compromise l"eiy
rights. Let us then compromise no furIner.-
We do not ask 10 interfere with The institutions OF
The North; We do mol seek anything which may
endanser them. We only demand that our own
institutions may be under our own contro'; ana
insist that the North shall not put US in peril
We ask nothing more, and can be secure with
nothing less. When the great question comes UP
we hope that there will I've no divisions among us
That a!l-Whiss and Democras-will be iound
united in a determined effolt 10 preserve our
rights under The Constitution. II This be done all
will be well. We are informed By The North
American that the Democrats Of the North are
against the principles Of The Provso. The North.
ern Wings, then, will be poweIless without their
Soultein allies: anc il We ale true TO ourselves
the General Government cannon be false 10 u.s..
We will escape disgrace-we wi!llrumph in il.
spite OF Federalism.