Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-20
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Mes,rs. Editors: | have just finished the re
rusal of the repor. of MIR. Eau kner on the
subject Of fugitive slaves, and must say mat
mora able and conc usive document | have
never read, and do hol Q that yon will publish
j, entire in your country paper, 50 that every
citizen il the Commonwealth may have an op-
norlunty OF reading il. Tie dark cloud
which has been so long gathering at the North,
is about to burst over our heads, and unles' we
lake steps TO put our ship in der, and have
all hands al their posts, she viii not DC able to
breas, the storm. Already are the pa ers at the
North beginning TO boast trat' 'in The Northern
Legislatures there appears 10 be n growing ura
n,m,,y of sentiment on this SUBJECT, while the
Soulnerners are becoming divided in their
couusels.' Portland Transcript, February 81,
lsi9) Thanks TO the member from fauquef
and his safe lies Tor that.
In the sane paper from which Tie above ex-
tract Is taken | ieat an editorial D. tee 81 lec-
ufs delivered BY The Rev. L. L. Stone, Of SALEM
Mass, belore the Anus avery Lyceum. In II
he saws mai III The transporting Of slaves from
uce cuptlbeu, 10 another be piracy hy The laws
of IN. Unlrd States, why should not The holding
al ltem n a stale OF bondage on-ouf own shores
also be pi,acy1" Does his pseudo Rev. iuIae
tnat in lne language ui the report oi VT. Faux
ner, slavery had never SOUGHT those bleak and
barren regions IS lis native hume-bn', Ia The e1-
tent that Il dit exist mere, he tact must BE AS
cfibed 10 q redundant supply from the foreign
slave trade, IN The pursuit 81 ph,ct traffic The
Nu ENGLAND SITS (me,k Matl almost ph,tens-
ed HE oe an 1ciih heir canrGs,?' These Pun
tans first btousrt them among Us, aud, when
,hcy could no longer make any thing 10y the trail
6c in them raise heir hands IN holy horror
and guess that slavery is an awful crime. i"
Give Won some idea II The feelings II these tanal.
les will give yon another extract tom ms &c.
lure This GIan ii God says thai "even were NJ
called upnu IL surrender fugitive slave or 10
as,est in Queilng a slave instruction he would
refuse and that any son oi New England VINO
would comply with such deinaLcS would be re
cream! 10 humanity and 10 God" such Is III
language OF fcnd in human shane, who abuses
Inc holy calling OF preaching The word ot The Inv.
ing God 10 which IS intoxicated meakness, hu-
maui,y. b,otacriv Kindness, charity &c. Could a
man OF such charac er BE- viewed in any other
light than tina, OF murderer? | merely Ct e
these extracts 10 show the people whai sentiments
arc entertained bv men al ,he. NORTH who arr
they al nave wuh their Il ,cks; and yet some OF
our Wing friends would say Ia US that III is only
confined 10 a few fanatics al The North" when
we see nearly the whole Northern delegation in
Congress voting together on these sectional cues
lions, because they are afraid OF public sentiment
al home.
Is il not time that we should awake to a
sense of our dangeI' We are siamberlns over
a volcano. Mctlinks The spirits Of those mighty
statesmen who framed cur glorious Conslitu-
ton and witnessed the consummation Of their
brightest hopes, arr nov towering over and
watching with anxiety the course We shall
pursue. If our voice could reach them, would
il not tell them ti,sl we are anxious 10 preserve
inviolate that noble instrument which they have
bequealhed 10 u; and, moreover, that if our
rights are invaded, We are ready to defend
them any and every haZardi
III had voice that would reach every town
and hamlet al the North, II should warn every
man 4 the impending danger, and beg hun l.
spurn and dcspIse the base attempts that ore
made 10 seduce him from his fidelity to the
onstitu'ion, aud 10 listen 10 the bad connsel>
OF men, whose principles ac at war with the
best interests OF the country.
This topic is an exciting one TO me, and has
loo me TO write more than | at first in ended.
Il YOU have Tocm III Your paper for this, by
publishing il, you will obl,gc
A SUBSCRIBER.
King William County, 1919.