Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-09
Tuesday Morning, January 0, 1919.
EXTRAORDINARY COURSE.

any action that Virginia may THINK pioPe! "
D pursue in yindica;ipn o her righ's honor ana
ssaieiy7 When Governor Fioyd's resolutions
reached Washington, they exercised, we ieaih,
most heallhiu influence upon pubic sentiment;
bur This fine effect was subsequently, mafred by
the ill.linei fatal resolutions Of Mr. Scot, sur
rendering me whole question. Our opponents
pointed to them with satisfaction, as evinc'ns
division and tissension among ourselves al
home, on question which should array Tue
whole Sculh as one bJdy. VIII mol the course
OF some OF the Southern Whig press tend 10 keep
alive this anti-Sou!hern ieelingl Let Virginia
and the other Southern States speak out calmly
bur firmly, and these false impressions will be
done away with, on: rights respected and the
Union saved
The Times publishes with appreciation seve-
raj articles from prominent Wing journals 70
North Carolina, Georgia and Lousiana"-ihe
eist of which is az assault upon those who
would stand by Southern rights fanatics
and "brawling asiraiors"-and an attempt TO H.
dicnle and frown down The meeting 81 The South
ern members al Washington, as gotten up BY
"Mr. Calhoun ami MS al" there being much
treason 10 suspect The irisndiness OF his clique
(Mr. 6aYlY o, Virginia is named) 10 the Union.
Finally, The Tunes QuUIes letter from the
Free Soil Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Norm American, assailing the
course OF leadiag Dem acrais in Washington,
and concluding as follows:
"Tne deinaeusueS play into each others hands
as If by concert, and whenever a idlr orpor nui'y
is offered 'ot reconcillns these sectional difficult
ties, that is chosen "a ne appointed tim iaf
spfinging some incendaTy proposition upon c u
gress; Tor, in my view, all propositions affecting
slavery are incendiary, which nave for their 90.
iect excitement ana not emancipation"
The Times groups all these things together 10
show The disunion tendency OF Sou hern Demo
crs,s and 10 evnce the great attachment Of
the Wing party in !ne Soulh 10 The grea, Ameri
can Union"
No one is more devoted 10 the Union han our
selves land The course Sc suescs i, in belief
eminentiy calculated 10 secure that resul)-bni
the South cannon maintain her safety and in
dependence, unless she respects her uwn rights
In reply TO this argument ot the Times, whose
sole effort mus, be 10 cripple he South, We adop,
the patriotic language OF the Savannah Georgian.
one OF The irues, Southern journals:
Nop is the time 10 proteci our rights, il they
are to be PROTECTED. N0D is Inc time 10 speak
like ireemen, II We would no sink 10 the level Of
slaves. Aad how are We speaking al Inc South 2
When danger remote, The South and the
rights Of The South, formed the burden Of every
political song. AL! parties spoke openly, loudly,
firmly, and with determination which should
only ibe ascrioed - minds whose opinions had
been calmly formed. and 10 hears whose enc
lions were prepared Tor Ia elIurance OF any
test. Blu, new that danger is immneni. urgent,
al hand, how speaks some OF the veresi Of Wing
prints, in the South AID in our own State
Why, one OF these, after rldculing resolu ions
expressive OF Southern rights, introduced into
the Legislature oil South Carolina alter indulg
ing itself in peri, aippant, sopaohofic sarcasm
upon the Southern spirit displayed ~ ihaI State,
after crying out CRioa in response 10 Inc vote
OF majority Of the House OF Representatives,
that majority containing every Northern Wig,
excluding slavery from New Mexico and Cali
fornia Ual0n! 10 the vote o. A similar majority
abolishing The slave.trade in The District Of CO.
lumbia; Union. 10 The woe OF large minoriiieS
OF the same House aboishing slavery 10 the Dis
tricl OF Columbia and authorizing negro slaves
10 vote upon The question oil emancipation as
submitted 10 the pepple-afler pulling on; Union!
UNIoS!! UNION!ii We Say 10 all OF ;his, now
tells the public tha' i ha supposed that its read
eis were Sr'leus@ 0.ee posetoS a%'"S "' fseeHe
eanOa@, anu, .! Necessity, "ishea no eAi"es'ioh
from politea! l'uthal Q. inc oouln nnoH me
great question aSha'ihS lug hd'iohal oonsicss
anu 'he "a oii'S Pos'io" % ,.i"sN WIN" gu
elosses W. ""e.,''oli - "'e ~
'sFs ""u '"'u'u ens'oss 'he "o'''o,as "t,e"''o"
Oh Tue epi"e ooushe.n Pe"pe' hna u no"
speaks, nci because il feels the danger Of our
posilpn-(nDl Cooking through ultra political
glasses, IL IS "uhaoie 70 see 'iie udoger "n'ch
DINERS uescfy 10 ne oissahce, ou. because 'ne
recon- course ol DsmoSidtic puii''cidHs euisuis
anu ~"sIpui'ets' "as oeen VI sum d ena' aee'
d !" ie"u,' a s"o'. ",iee " '"eii s1" ", va -,
necessary. i"oI r. " ~
IedHy now: ian ~ao a.. 'i'ese az. pVi'
ue'dhs "o"'e ""''s nn''. 80, -
IpIea,s - own Sa .sa.'s r ',.',;,'I ,,ho
'ouh v Cd.hou", - SOo'u 80
are no" io"h'- !" o"r" -
ses nieh 'i's ~. -. -" - ~ .'
,n.s,n.s when II. E.rn eye ,,an caaao. tescr,
even in ;h.. .i,.rsnce2 Toe Representatives,
lar IS we G eain, tts entrs hsp's's@s1toh :"
.es oosoa :" I""s - ~, -, 80.
49,, - oac Il '.... ,nss>ura. aiming a, Adolf
lion in The Dt ne. lie! hrr ,a,ncly submit, TO
bu, one encraachmeht i's- tn,s--nay, ie' her CRY
nothing aoou' oH.aH o"."@ ~ isspo.se y"
s;,,;'v ., M. n,1,ou.s en,alv.s !, iavo,
Of one such measure. and the battle is fought ami
io>t-the fed con neycr be ours asain-ouf
rights ar" gone i"iever, or M Union nast ,neV
ra''y isi'' we I've 'ne o"'o"' o", ~, , ~"
b :, nn un;in I-,,n.b ns ~ The dnsI W
clupe 10 the Union. aud f:owaed down the unsen-
erous attacks upon car only friends n The Nor
mace oy Soua .,. a":' po''',.,du,' IN"
III. Union and cling 10 It sun but we nus, w..n
,hs sn;r;, 81 a StrInarn nres, hat ,-alz.s he
great fac, that liberty is more arscou. tran uuiop
tina, hberiy should come fss and U"iso ore'-
,oayds-un,.s, Union anc L,pery can n eli De
inois.ouhy wrdteS ,oss,her. The hand that puts
-. ,ll 80, !. ,,rs Rn; NO w,u