Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-08
"Come the strife, the bier,

And then will be heard tie ndignan, voice Of tie
whole South, calling upon her sons from every
quarter 10 Tally together for her protection; and
through every difficulty and danger which NAV
assal them to assist in placing her in position,
which, in future, will render her alike safe from
the Vaccinations OF pretended friends, as from The
less 10 be dreaded assaults OF riore open enemies
Should The North persist in The unriphteous course
of aggression against us, which she ha. so long
been pursuing, in little while We shall have no
other alternative but "a dissolution OF the Union
or ruin" She ought not, she cannot doubt or
chcice-and We conlure her, perhaps Tor The lasi
time, earnestly and affecIonalely, 10 pause and
reflect upon the wide, yawning suph she will IN.
eviiably open under her own feet, should She
commit The threatened aggression, and thereby
force US 10 sever forever The bonds which have 50
long bel! us together. Let their religionisls,
particularly, remember, that there is no condfm.
nation OF this onr 50 much abused institution, e'-
Their in the Old or New Teslamrnt-that, when
Christ came upon earth 10 deliver The law OF
Heaven 1, man, he found slavery existing in
worse for4h among the Romans, than among US
:lhitlhe, however, sought not 10 disturb In any
way he relationship between master and slave
merely enjoinpg il upon the maser 10 be kind 10
The dave, and upon The slave to be obedent TO his
master. Let them not, therefore, presumptuous-
" undertake 10 dictate 10 The Most High, in His
government OF The world, and thereby draw down
upon themselves his ispleasure-impously al
tempting 10
''snach from his hand the balance and the rod
PREJUDICE his Iustice-be tho God OF Cod
Lei them reflect, that the condition Of the South
ern slaves though not the best, will compare ia
vorably with that OF the poorer classes in any
county in Europe, and, as compared with The
African race, from whom thew have descended,
is in every respcc, far more sirable-ihal, il
their original importation into this couutry was
sin, We are not 10 blame for it, hui our British
ancestors, our fathers and lheirs-lha the wis.
dom OF man cannot devise plan by which they
can .e sent out Of the country, with any means al
onr disposal, should they be liberated Tomorrow
that, 10 liherate, and permit, them 10 remain, as
equals, amongst us, would be impossible thai
raDcnrous and deadly euGs would necessarily
break out between he iwo races, were The pre-
sent relations between them abolished, which
would inevitably lead 10 The destruction OF one
Or The other Should il be the black race thar
persisted 10 The terrible struggle, as there is eve
ry human probability for supposing would be
the case, could any one say lha: they had been
the rus friends of the negroes OF the South, who
had brought such dreadful calamilies on theml
But should il be the olhcr-oh God! is il posi-
VIC 10 conceive lEdt any Respectable portion OF
our iellow.ciiizens Of The North could endure, for
a moment, The thought tina; so awful a ca.asiro-
phe might befall their brethren the Sou,h, with.
out being filled with horror and anguish, and
without raising their united voices IN tervent
sunplication TO Heaven 10 avert il from US for
eve7 That they could endure 10 see the scenes
o, ST. Domingo acted over again in our South
ern country, and the pics"nl white race murder
ed or driven ou!, and succeeded BY The black1-
What would be The consequence, OF such an
EVENT. Could they hail The coiquerors with JOY,
and extend towards them iI all respects The right
hand Of fellowship Can they believe that BY
such a revolution, The cause OF morality, OF re
ligon, or OF letters would be advanced Thai
We should become more respected abroad or
more prosperous and happy al homei II they
cannot answer these questions in the affirmative,
again, | say, Messrs. Editors, let them pause and
reflect on the evils they are abou, 10 bring upon
our common contederacy, and desist, while YET
they NAV. 10 bu, little while from Tow, i, may
be eiernally 100 late.
In conclusion We would address few words
10 The politicians OF the North. Gentlemen: DO
ycu believe, should The South lie driven 10 dis.
solve the union, establish Southern contedsra.
cy, and form (as they certainly would do) The
closest commercial relations with Great Bri.
tain, France and other nations, that the manu-.
featuring, commercial and agriculture! interests