Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-26
TIE SOUTHERN MEETING.


ern Whig, are opposed 10 any address, appear OF
any other action At The present 'Ime' Inc +" ASH
ington correspondent Of the Philadelphia NORM
American. who seems 10 be well posted, writes
the day before the adjourned meeting on Monday
night last, that,
$50 far as the Wings are concerned, no ma
nife,io, however unexcept enable, can receive
the influence OF their signatures, iof, as PAT
", they are decidedly averse 10 Inc prop, seu
publication A few Individuals may acI diHri-
emily bur- in doing 50. they Will act ihoepe"
denly of their political associations ana uuuei
what they regard-ial>ely IN my lu1smen'-w
be sectional duty speak advisedly aud con.
fdeptly in saving that Nj Berriens address u
approved By the Caucus cannot 90 "ut ao.H ~
authority Of the Southern Wings, aud e4piess
my individual opinion in saying ina II oueh' no
TO receive their sanction. No one Is dlsposeu "
question the motives which influenced MN ~
endeavoring TO give moderate and pruoeh' ".
rection TO this movements but, his policy may oe
disputed without offence or injustice.
Fortified with these iac;s, the Mo- American
which has been consistent ia Insisting upon 'ne
Wilmol Proviso as the only conpromtss 70 "n'''
the North would assent, pl.s torth long ieaue'
denunciatory OF The Democrats as "disunion's'S
ana eulO0f6llC Oh Tue sOutu0ih
says, rat every Stage oil The proceedings 'epe"eO
alike the seductions and incitalions Of disunion'
and stood bravely and gioriously by their couh
try" The American continues:
awe cannot, in fact. tao highly applaud tce me
rit of the Southern Wings In thus pet"'mihs ="
duty of true American cii'zens, ,ns'ea1 % ~
ing TO VIVA, might 50 easily lave been lf'aas :
current of Southern popularity, -al'housu' u"..
malely, it must have proved me cutleh' =!
Southern maelsrom. l. has been Inc iasnioI
n, Southern demaeoguss Tor heir own Pu'-
poses. 10 abuse and lily the Norm 10 san
der and belle ito accuse il OF hostility 10 inc
South. and of all imaginable enc'oacnmeh.s
and "aggressions" upon Sou heTn nsh's' d w.
an of possible designs against Southern lh'e'-
es,s and honor; the end IL a.! which Is: ptety
general and growing notion among me oeu hell
people that The Souh has been very much ~sous.
ed and II IS in great CANCER q oeius NV
wronsed and hal every true S'uIasin ua"
should rise up in arms, reacy Tor aciion, .'Ias
for fighting. and hat he IS the uues! ana braves
soo of The Sourh VINO is mos; ready and anxious
for the bloociesl ex;remuies. THIS IS, unaono
edly frenzy.-bu il is peri!ons one ana y -
-ouired less imme late courage 10 me ouu'ht'n
statesmen TO yield 10 il than 10 oppose j.
We leave j, 10 Southern Wings 10 reconcile
10 the satisfaction Of their constituents, these an
d,,ion, of Wilmot Provso journal win then
duty 10 the South a. this moment. Can 'ney oe
sustained, while !hey give cause 70 DC mus
quoted as end rsing The charge OF ISLANDER on
the North, By complaining OF "aggressiohs'
agains. which Southern legislatures anu 'heet
fpes of all parties have solemnly protestsof
Bu, the same paper which thus lavishes is
tar
mag the Southern peoples voice OF complaint OF
Northern "aegressions" goes one step farther,
and hurts insult and injustice upon The South 10
language as follows:
aTbere is not a man ia Inc country acqualn!-
"A With even the meats II rs history, who does
moi know that oil the aggrcsstonS mat history mas
had 10 record OF one section OF Inc Union asains
apo,ber section those that have had .SontH-
syx origin and Noahefn victim Inc Norm
has pever-no, moi 10 single nsidnce-Wrohseu
the South, any more than Il has Wronsed 'ne ~
yublic Ii is the South whi may boast IN ~
iimes the monopoly Of ssetionnl ropoety, ana INC
s1syy Of perpetual d,sofeclion. Aud yet she ac-
100. The North of ,asorc~sonS a well a. o
violations Of the Constitution, all a! me expense
of the South"
We ask attention 10 the marked similarity ~
lOue ana expression DcA"Stu wy NO.
lions of JEALOUS leading Wimo ProVIso pa
per and the positions OF Mr. Scot q Fauqnief,
in his speech on The same suhjec'. We snail al
WAYS feel grateful 10 Mr. Segaf Tor The mastery
and conclusive manner in which he reuted The
unjust accusation, ant planted the South on her
true Ground. The overwhelming vote of our
Legislature shows that snch charges, originating
a, the North, and endorsed by prejudiced par'i-
Fans at the South, meet with no favor from the
people or their representatives..
What is mos. singular, the above language OF
the North American is elected, says the fenh-
sylvauian, 10y he Address Of Judge befTlen'
Who solemnly piziged General Taylor as he op'
ponen, OF ne Wilmot Proviso before. and is NJ
nest enough 10 ACT on his paf after, the eiecaon'
That tie u.aD. when called 10 acl upon th's
vital question. ma regard the pledge oil u'ee
Berrien and the whole South instead Of inc 81
Mister advice OF his Provisoist supporters, Noi'n
and South we teryently trust. Let HIM enforce
his obligations 10 the Constitution and The Union
ON this subiec; Virginia at least has declared
her purpose 10 stand by him 10 the last Lei nun
falter and beray The Sou'h; Virginia will pros
trale him beneath her Indignation.
While we cannot but regret that some oil the
Southern members have held a'oot from com
munion with their brethren al Washington, We
are gra,i6ed that very large number VIII calm
" bu, firmly persevefe in their praiscworIhy
fn,eptjon of laying before the world True hts
tory of the grievances under which Inc Souh
lsbors and asking that they be rishtrd a. he
ssres, means Of preserving The Union invioia'e'
From all that we hear OF the address that has
been adopted il is mons.rous assumption 10
infer. that its movers and signers IN any way
merit the suspicion OF "disunionis,s." They have
spoken but the truth-they have te,nprraiely
narrated events as they have occure! and they
appeal to justice and right 10 SUSAN them
Upon some OF the subjects contacted IN the az
dr.ss. Virginia has already recorded her voice
upon another and an important one, viz mere
etieient legislation for The recovery OF fugitive
dawes. Mr.. Faulkner, we learn, has prepared
powerful report, which will, no doubt, De sane
toned by the Legislature al very early period
We should have preferred unanimity al Wash.
ius,op-but We still continue under The mistaken
belief, tina, the course adopted will open the eyes
Of the North to The importance OF following the
,eoIBremenls OF the Constitution on which alone
Tho Union can safely rest.
P.6.-Since writing the above, We have re-
ceiyed the Union, whose sketch of the meeting on
Monday night we insert below. |; removes some
incorrect impressions ant sheds considerable light
on the true stale OF The question. A correspon-
den. OF the Baltimore Sun, writing from Wash
ins,on on the "a inst, presents some Interesting
faeu and views, in which 10 a grea; degree we
concur. He says:
"ME Calhouns report. Tha, report will, in
all probability, soon receive The signatures OF all
the Democratic and even some OF the Wing
members who are now hesilaling or reluctant 10
eonntenance il POPULAR sentiment al Inc Soulh