Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-30

| the North that Northern settlers a, The Soutf
were opposed to slavery; and not only ST., but tia
thcg opHiy expressed mat opposition among onl
| people. On the Ctler hand, 1ce wish 10 announce
10 The Nonh ito Hon. Horace Greeley paric ar.
| ~ mat this letter IS iaise-hat The Northern SET
'irIs among uS in this section, are 'fecuncilrt'
10 slavery as II ex>is here, and that our ptjtie
op,n'oa IS moi yet so deprecated as 10 sntr 10
PREACH with "nndisgnised repugnance, their in
cendiary opposition 10 slavery in our very midst
Lei US test this This letter wrer III Inmates HAT
ne looks on our slavery with (hc says "il,idis
gntsed repagnarce' is that his opposition
10 II IS open, ard not concealed. beitcve that 10
0e base LIE. lie can very easily, however,
should he choose make il appear srue, If II IS so,
ny giving his name 10 The public, thereby mani
testing undergraduates call ulon him 10 an
nounce ms name-not through Inc newspapers
(un!ess he choose that mole)-bul TO announce
u mere, among our people, open a,lG an4lsgalsei Y
We shall not consider such announcement an
O5trusion Of mis- opinions or views, bul rather a
public benefI. Surely. il his reyugnancs" 10
slavery is SO 'uTdisgniScd," lie cannot rtuse to
inform US Of his name. CHALLENGE him 10 10 it,,
mol win any in.entlGn 10 do him aughl OF harm,
but da,e hun 10 do IT, 10 est the since rity Of his
proessiun-Ibe truth OF his lips ant letter. be
| cause DO believe he has written BABE and WILL
Full LIE, in wiring that his and our Northern
settlers ''rcpusnance" 10 slavery Is und,sguised"
and, if he has, desire The North 10 have The
benefit Of his example. BY the way, shoulc
these lines ever meet the eyes # Inc Editors OF
The Tribune" ] would respectfully request Them
10 give US the benefit o. their correspondents
name, seeln. that he Is 50 "undisgn,scdp AS 10
have no objections 10 il whatever. Adopting he
pfraseolo2y (nol the rtr0ctyl OF Tins etler-wIi-
ter, IN The Inclusion OF ms ~ r.rtoble episllc
II deem Il dur "a The cha1Getr n our N0rttcrn ST.
tiers IN this region, az rel as our s utaern mia
bitants, 10 mate these e1plD:'t statements"
II may be that he maj desire u be furnished
with my name; and others with him, might think
| have mace a ctorgs upon him, anonymomiy,
thai would mol write Orer my Signature, IN re-
sponable .torm To proven. all misconccpion
upon This point, hereby assure him, thai, il he
will apply 10 The Editors OF This paper, he willie
furnished with my name, pronplv, upon furnish
ing his o,on 10 him. We have deemed IL rxpedi-
ent 10 enter This disclaimer Of The allegations Il
the above infamous leller-a disclaimer eminent
y due from the people OF HALIFAX, one Of The
largest slave-owning counties in the Old Dom-
Mon, and whose character was peculiarly in.
VOWED in this charge Put forth BY his unscru-
pul0us Yankee. We have had. and doubtless
now have, g"Od respectable, intelligent and
high minded Norhern Men among u, whom
We welcome and greet as hrolhefs-but then
would no, s;oOp 10 The filth dabbcd in By this
foul-moulhed hound Of Yankee dom: and he
should, for their sake, IF he WI no, for Truih's,)
rcpess all such ebullitons of falschood, be-
cause their tendency inevitably is 10 invite sus-
picion, yea to arouse The Southern mind to y
seeple,s suspicion of all YoRkees indisc. iminaie
fy. Our people cannot unmoved, endure such
wanton assaults on heir character and in>tItn-
lions merely because they will not abolish sla-
very or acquiescc in the lenets o mad fanati-
cism. Nor are our hearts yet prepared 10 per
ceye the sin and moBsrosty Of slavery con
dilion of life enforced and practlsed upon BY
abraham, Isaac and Jacob Suffered aud re-
gulaled among tie Jews by the Almighty voice
that Numbered on Sinai II niorniden by Christ
sanctioned b, his religion, that taught the ODE
dience Of servants To masters; and recognised
BY that great cantaln ol the Apostles, 81. Paul.
who, detecting among his followers rnil-oUay
slace, sent him back 10 his master with pas.
But enough and more than enough. The man
who, like The sly animal that hide, and sirnks
from day, but pfowls in mischief in darkness,
may be spy-an cmlssary 10 sir uP orr slaves
10 bloody Instruction; such a man, il man
he can lie called, is mean, cowardly, murdernus;
he should be dashed with a scorpion-thong and
drcnchcd with very arsenic.
NATIVE SOITHROS.