Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-07-10

speeches j. Congress ami do uct mean 10 make
mem. Properly Is nG,ici ard slave property
| above all Il j. not right 10 c'safo Inc 4uieiuie
/ OF he owner 10 harsss him si!a sfouno'ess sP-
! preheHsiuns. Il is private wrong @ DISTURB
| single iaiiviiual by making him believe, uhuu-
| ~, that his property IS insecure. II oecclnss =
/ public evil 70 disturb whole commuhlS'
! cEeats general urcasiness. generates ahii'''s'-
| lies, deIansss business and, often, leafs 10 Nasty
and mprUyideEl legislation llo@ ehaImiheD
| philosophical He is afraid II producing *.
element by making slavery speeches IN Con
| eress; Then why, pray, does he undertake
| 10 deliver aDti-slavefy speeches 10 The DO
som Of The slave States Q! The Souh J.
this sort OF property be SO imid then Why 60 near
| il 10 irm IN II II, is public evil 10 disturb
whole community" then how dare he 10 disturb
the whole slaye-hotns community Of the SCUM.
BY keeping up this fierce agitation in Their mids'i
| Why disturb them still more BY presumlns lo E"a
ou; open encouragement 10 heir enemies 10 pre-
| secute their dire schemes 81 hostility against
Inc Il, in despite Of The Eobe teachings 81 a Cas-,
| Buchanan, Dallas, Woodbury., Dickinson
and olbeisl
Blu; ! asser, that il is mol tue, IN point Of lacI
that MIR. Benton has mol made slavery speeches
in Congress In his better days, Mher the pro-
slavery SIDE Of the question was The strong sue
| when vel he nad NOT forfeited forever the conn
l,epce and kindness 81 the South by his oppos-
ton 10 Texas anaexaion--hi hcaItic>s pefsscu-
non II several u her iavoTie sons-ais oVF"s-
lion 10 The Mexican treaty, by which Cdi'ufhia
an: New Mexico were both acquiIta ms nag
lIuu> ptuiCcu movement, Ioloiioasiy sel On 80
Tor AZ double purpose 0i bringing ABOUT ~
eilure 81 our valuable possessions on he Pac'hc
and disefacing The lamened. respected, ana al
most ldoized Polk, by an achmert,-ih
hs lid find j, CONVENIENT 10 make pro.sa'eiy
speeches-Eerce, furious and ffe brand pfo-siaVe-
r. speeches, OF WHICH will give you here lev
charming extracts quote sill from the speeeh
on Foote's resolution. Here arc the extracts
"Slr, regard with atmraion, that IS IL say
with wonder. the sublime morality oil those VINO
cannot hear he abstract cOLiemplalioh u sew
" al a distance OF five hundred or hou,
sand miles of, Cha is 20 say 10 Caliloiu'd huu
New Mcxico) i is entirely apove-'D',
10 say, il affects vast superiority over
morality 81 the primitive Christians, lhr spoe.
tics II Christ, and Chisl himself. Chi'si She
the apostles appeared in province OF me no
man empire, when that empire was caued
the Roman wori:, ard hat world was hiiea
with slaves Forty millions was the esutna'ed
number being onc-lonTth oil the Whoie poP"-
aion. Single individuals held twenty th'u
sand slaves A freed man, one VINO had ueeh
himself a slave died The posscssoi ol lcuf
THOUSAND such were their numbers
Cnrisl saw all ihis-lh number Of the slaves
,neil hapsss condition-and lheif WhHe CO.
| oI, which was ihe same win his own-ye' nc
said nothing against slavery he Preacbed 40
doctrines which led TO InsurrcctlOh anu massa-
ere He preached no sucb ooctiiness
but those OF contrary teuor, when incuica
ted tie duty Of fidelity and obedience On 'pc
part Of the slavc-humanity and Kindness Oh
same. ST. Paul sent back runaway siaVe'
0oesimus. % hi, owner, with letter Of apology
and qualification lie was not the man to mar
bor a rnnsway. much less TO enlice him ir' m
his master; and, least Of all, 10 excite an lnsur-
rection Slavery never eeeo'u '"J
where on principle Of religion; the religion OF
all nations consecra,es il. lis abolition cannot
be enforced among Christians on that GROUND,
without reproachins the founder OF Their rel'
| gion. MANY who lhlnk themselves Christians,
are now engaged 10 preaching against slavery
but they had better ascertain whether they nave
fulfilled the precepIs Of Christ, before they as
same moral superiority over him, and unter-
take 10 do what he did not To he pol,t cla's :
9S- mark thls speclaly-to the politicians VINO
! are engaged in me same occupation, y - need
! less 10 give the like admonilion. Ihey nave
| their views and The success OF these woul' DC
bu, poorly promo ed by following the precepls
Of the Gospel. Their kingdom IS OF 'ns
weird; and to reach II (that Is to say Inc freslz
dency) they will do the things they ought MOI,
| and leave undone the things which they ousn'
to do m.
Why so (erocuus and cxor5i'anl was Mf,
Bentun's zeal IN behalf OF slavery at tnat Pei,ou
OF his l,te-(when John Randolph ot hoanohe,
always an enthusiast % The subject anu ,ne ''o''
tar.seeing man on The continent as 10 az 'ile ue-
signs OF lhelA bchtioniss yet suffered MN 10 Gu
| Joy his contidence)-so Vioien' was ne ;" ~
nuucia,ion 81 The opponents oil slavery 10 'nt nee
| Sta,a. III m. Nurh, that many Of Inc more dis
| Greet defenders 81 Southern lneresls feahy ue-
| plured his violence; and his own colleague, WI
| parlon onenly denounced his conduct cna'seu
| him with being sedhicus facuonis'i an uhP',n-
cip,ed aej,arnf OF The slavery question ior ms
| own polIlical advancement; cal ed MN Ltcius
| Catii7e To his face; and aIfaienrd nm spiei'nJ
as Mr. BpliUn himself has iaeiy u'he 10 "uo
assembled lur peaceful and pa'fohc purposes ~
Inc Senate room last winlef-- undef the dic"e'1
Address OF Washingtn More Of ,na' a. 'h ns.
ment anon. For The present, zee whal MI 1ai,
10, ka;d !, uur p,escnt accuser rs sectional
.o;,,.., and an enemy 10 the Union. Mr.. Barton,
m ne accession referred Ia, iF0Gc's resolutions
hai,g sill, under GscusSion,j COX upon Nun
self m lhe first place, u make s0f, o. 1Tge1t !"
eu,ia ot hs lus,y co!ieagnr. describing nm as
"a minor chiellain' Of the Democratic paliv 81
tina, psrrod, .;oi mol much rehoWn ioi eihef poli'
| ~ or war: wha not satisfied wan ihr soaps u.
had taken in lie ae campaign, seli suaaeb'y aho
u1exreccdly nGon Inc prisoners = nc inih'''V
aud commenced scent oil mas acre OF lhe I's'hs'
and dragging The dead To q the gave even ie.
.c,i,,d nose uno had been scalfed and bbrco
he o,har arm. more 24iulous ,han hrs OWE cnIing
,,,e e1issnce 81 Inc by gone wa. And thus, con
,irucs he, son- arosantIy speaEiGg Tor Inc Whoie
Wesr. ihrew he frebanG' among Inc members
q mis- hrty ami I,gnled Up he a'mrs OF this
partisan warfare Of s.ctona prejudice, 'ocll ant
mostly, ard c,uR ,oa'."
Mr.. Barron CONTINUES:
"But, as this debate has been CONVERTED ,nio
mele pauizan warfare o! sectional pielno'ceS
and civil di>cord, aud as this W.T. has ceeeneid
tel into a mere relentless massacre Of prisoners
sackIno OF towns. and robbins Of graves, ! VIII
shield uysr under me great fundamental pm.
c,nles OF The constitution; and, with me ign' VI
,ha Farewell Address IL the Father oil his Coun
,ry IN ,ny hand ana with something oil me iuie
l;herty sIll remaining 10 the iHlnofiy carry oach
he war into the rGemy's country, 50 lar as " az
tain tina, indemnify Tor the past which can only
consist in rs-ca pufing our LOST property, ana 'hd'
security for The fulu:e which can only CONSIST W
placing our motives above The reach oi me ASA,
| lam: not hoping W COHqut' W. "'"s - fA'.
~ ~ piolate Tie rights Of Others or 10 destroy 10
nm me ability to GO Iunher mischief while PACK
Ell and sustained BY such majority as that 70
which he has attached himself"
Now comes the Ca'iine figure:
al, is trn.. we had been sn!emniy warned In The
Farewell Address ni the Father Of his County U
Inc people ., ne Unitcd States, 10 the most an1
;ous and paren'a! soi;citIde, that CiTLINEs wou!C
arise, in days 10 come, in these thrice happy
States, and that demasosues and asPIfanis Houe
spring up among u, whose oflecis ~9ura h Ge
crafty their inordina,e and u1hallowed amoIion
whose means OF mischief would be to NM o"s s
sectional preudices and oca anmo''ss 70 ont
uguion q, me Union against another; 10 feptesfn
ii ir Interests be different and hsrS, nv
e,ch other and 10 ruIliva'e and cnerisn me
co., :i,. ~ t;scord 10 .eaf oul The vas oil the
I inioS and sca,rr lnsm The dogs Of civil wal
~ h.,,is anarchy, ina, sucn Catilines nigh
| ion !, caaup,ns Of lhe'r deluied sections .
IN Uai5n, ahlrnloY iits.a hiesilma'e anu POI.
/ Ih,s.p ab1ye ALI Ulher cue