Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-05
For he Enquirer
tut UEs 1CH4Ht'tI
THE NORTHERN FANATICS.

There are few practices prevalent among man.
kind more productive Of mischief than that OF
interfering with The business OF others. Ii is not
confined 10 individuals alone, but is praclsed BY
nations aud governments.
| Rome once the mistress OF the world, is re-
dnccd 10 mean Province, by her interference
with the rights and privileges Of others. Eng
land, also, once The mistress OF The ocean, and,
| by her wealth and power, among the mishliesl Of
the nations oil The earth, by her continued inter-
| terence with the rights of her American colo.
MES, forced them into resistance, which eventu-
aed in seven years war, with an immense
loss OF blood and treasure. The history Of the
whole transaction, from the baplizing OF the tea
| in the waters OF The ocean, to the signing OF The
lrealy of peace, is 100 we'll known TO need reel.
! al here England lost her possession, and the
American colonies Obtained their liberty and in.
| dependence
The course a present pursued by the people OF
| The North, and the Connecticut reserve in the
| Wes,, and several of The Northern Stale govern
mens, in interfering with The rights OF the South
respecting their slave properly if mol arres'ed,
must end in something most serious in its effects.
Shorty alter the meeting OF the Worlds Con.
ven,ion, in the city OF London, universal eman-
cipaton was The order OF The day;-but prudence
| taught them tha, The attempt was TOO bold 10 be
carried into effect. They are now attempting to
| do. by indirect means, what was considered I'M
sale, and not TO be obtained by direct course
Their Interference is confined 10 interfering with
the right of slavery in The District Of Columbia,
and The territories lately acquired from Mexico.
The right OF properly in slaves was confirmed
by the laws oil Virginia and Maryland more han
a century before The adoption OF The American
Constitution, which sanctions slavery throughout
The whole Union. When the Dis'rct OF Colum-
bla was ceded To The Federal Government by the
States OF Virginia and Maryland, The inhabitants
of The coded portion OF The TWO Safes possessed
The same right OF property in their slaves which
The balance OF The two States possessed Does
the exclusive legislation given 10 Congress over
the ten miles square give to Congress the power
10 deprive lis inhabitants OF their constitutional
rights OF lite, liberty and property They are
deprived oil the rlghl Of suf,age but a'e com
pensaied by having the representatives oi The ns-
lion as their legislators. For more than halt
century has Congress exercised exclusive Ieai,la-
tion over The District Of Columbia, AMI other
place. occupied As ioflS, magazines, arSenals,
backwards, ami other needfu buildings during
which Time here has been no complaint by lie
inhabitants OF their consti utOna rights being in
terfered with by Congress.
LACEY there has ben m attempt 10 llberae
some seventy Or eighty slaves in The District Of
Columbia by removing them silently in he night.
The perpetrators are now expiali0g their offence
in The Peni,entiafy in The city ot Wash ston, By
virtue Of law passed by Congress tot ii b,Ge-
fiji 81 inhabitants Of tn District. Surely his
should open The eyes OF he mos, rabii iaIatical
Abolionisi.
The doctrine lately advanced a. he North,
'lha, Congress possesses Inc power oil dscrim-
nalny between The property OF The settlers in the
territories lately acquired from Mexico TN The
South OF the meridian oil 50 deg. 80 min, j. All
fudge. III territories acquired by purchase or
BY conqnes he property vi all n me psDp.c "
all OF hc .Stat>S--and ds soon As territory Is
brought into the Union, the Constitution extends
lis power and influence over Ii. Congress IS the
appointed constitutional agent, for the benefit OF
The people, until The territory acquires numbers,
and forms = republican constitution II is hen
admitted into The Union as sovereign State
upon an equal footing with the original States
No other qualification is necessary bul The TWO.
Seventeen new States have been admitted into
The Union since the adoption OF the Constitution.
Nine are slaveholding 8 aes- slavehol lefs &C.
cupying their possessions with their slaves, whilst
they were territories.
The ordinance OF 1887 is raisei from The grave,
and introduced as precedent Tor preventing The
admission uf slave owners, with their slave, into
American territories /, is ior2o ten 10 be re-
m-mbcred, that the Northwestern Territory was
the gift Of Virginia, and he donor has the right
- attach any conditions 10 the gift, and The donee
possesses the right 10 accept or not accept oil the
gut Sith the conditions The gfaiuiiy was made
~ Virginia, with her consent that slavery should
bs inhibited from the Northwestern part OF her
possessions Il is now brought forward as
Gu gel 10 break her head, AMI The head OF her
friends
The Missouri Compromise was a violation OF
The Constitution, and only be tolerated BY lis
being agreed 10 by both parties. The South is
willing 10 abide by The compromise. anu will not
go an inch further. w. Y.