Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-30
For he Enquirer.
PEOPLE OF UALlFAX!!!

| For the Enquirer.
PEOPLE OF HALlFAX!!!
| | am no alarmis,. II know myself, | cannot
entertain a wish 10 produce unnecessary fear, So
| iicltutc or sensation upon any matter. But,
when 'the wolf" actually does appear, surely il
| Is high time then 10 rase The cry, THE wolf !!
| the wolf r." "The Abolilionist" is among u;
| yes "tte i6alitionist" who is less eYcusabe han
| the vol, because he is without the r.eiexl Of
| hungcr-ir0rsc, because he has been endowed
with a reason that would guide his honesty, il
relic Of that virtue were 10 be found in him al all
A few days since chance threw N my way
number Of the New York emi.weeky Tri-
bune," dated Saturday, March II, lSi9-a pa
per known 10 be an abolition issue Of an ultra
spirit one Of whose Editors is Hon. Uorace Cree
leu, the noted a;ch-cuemy oi everything Southern.
To my utter establishment and deep modification
| found in The columns OF that nuubsr OF the pa
pcr referred 10 the following letter:
ITO the Editor Of lie Tflbure.
"Mr. Senator Butler OF South Carolina, during
The progress vi Inc debate IN the Senae on the
24,h Of February ast, speaking III reference 10
Northern men ard ht institution 4 slavery, is
reported in The InteRisenc.r 10 have said when
they 90 10 the South, they are as easily reconced
| 10 the cpntiun If lhir.s there a il they had
been accustomed IL them from childhood
similar but still more comprehensive charge
WAS pu, forth by MIR. Senator Berrien OF Georgia,
al The close oil the last session 81 Congress
Now, sir, rs Northern man and resident OF
Soulhern Stale, speaking not ony Tor myself, but
iuT huadreds OF Diners who, like myself, have
,migialed from tie Northern portion ot the
Union and taken up heir abode IN th,s sect'on oil
Virginia, | take the lihery 10 assert that The
charge, thus solcmnly and publicly put iorIh by
- n Ip.
,Iilulons, is wholly al variance with The lacs OF
the case He crc mt nep hare been and
hope nevr shall be 'rsconcied 10 The condition Of
things. Of present eristing around and about US
w look upon the institution # siarery WITH uN-
DISGUISED REPENTANCE, and IN common naa
req a,ge proportion Of The mist intelligent and
hich minded Of the Shareholders Themselves, se'i-
ousiy and sincerely ,egret its erislence among us.
True we do not .eel called upon 10 0btrnde our
op,nions or vie7os Extensively or unnecessarily
upon those who differ with US either from primer
pe or from the force OF circumstances by which
lhey are surrounded. Neither do we feel called
upon TO take the initiative in any measures by
which The evils under which we believe the COM
munity 10 labor may eventually be removed
| But l know Of M No-tiern immigrant EhO IS IN
ann respect amcnabie IL the charge thus preferred
| by Msssrs Builcr and Bsrricn, Of indfsreme IN
tbs great SOCIAL and polaicoteud Ho ever
he lac may be- 10 South Carolina or Georgia |
am confident no such feeling exisIs IN VIRGINIA,
| and deem il cue 10 the character Of our North
ern settlers 10 this region 10 make his explicit
statement A "YANEEE ~ FAlRFAx"
"HAtlFiS Va, March 4h, 1919"
People Of Halifax Save-owners Of Halifax
and all do you, can you realize the fact, that
the author Of the above letter is in your
4 ha Il, I,,pr MI
settled among you II there is any truth in
such mana suppositlon we fear almost TN.
supposable)-then IL Is all so-for he avows that
he is one who has "emigrated from the North.
crn portion Of the Union, and taken abode in
this section OF Virginia" announce to all
Of our people, Wing and Democrat, without
distinction Of party that tbs enemy is in our
midst, and if we may judge from his letter, one
continuous, unblushng lalschood rs it is. then
we would do well to hunt him out, and fix or
eyes upon him. He cannot be too good to
tamper with our negroes, and disseminate dan.
gerous notions among them insidiously ana
clandcstinely. He would not hesitate TO diiiise
among the Northern citizens false information
and misstatements OF facts respecting our
slavery, in that spirit which seeks TO array one
section against another, and more especially las
was the object in his letter. TO urge on ana en-
courage Northern Abolitionlsts in their unholy
war against us Of the South.
But ask your, and particularly has attention
to the letter itself. He denies what is asserted
by Mr.. Berrien Of Georgia, and Mr.. Butter o
South Carolina that when Northern men come
South, they become as much rcconclled Il
slavery as if they had been born here. taxi
il, that fact asserted by such men Berr eI
and Butler, remains unaffected BY denia
from such creature as the author OF thl
fruitful letter. ANY evidence furnished by hin
cannot be credited by intelligent men, wheI
contrad cted or coutravened by such wilnesse
as the Senators mentioned. Besides, is it no
fact too well known 10 be disputed, that III
Yankees who settle among us do become re
conciied 10 slaperu, as it exists here, as soon
hey become acquainted with the true condition
Of the slave, and learn 10 regard those oft al
legged and much talked. of crueties of our SLAYER,
as idle defamation and sheer fabrication? A
proof, ! ask you to look around US, and SEQ !
the "Norlhern settlers" among US wiR not, ant
to the extent Of their abiItics, do not owl
slaves as we'll as other men? Thy d.. NO
is that all-they are so Tepugnont 10 SLAYER.
that we never hear OF their eInancipating lhei
slaves, but when they part with them, they III
yariaby take especial pains 10 exhibit their "un
disguised repugnance' TO slavery, oy selling
them in bondage 10 some other master, VIII
will give them pecuninry consideration 10
them; that being, suppose, another hing 10
which they have very "undlsgulsed repug
nance" If SO hostile 10 slavery as this letter
writer in,imales they surely might SET free ths'
oun slaves ,eithout price and without money
but to this procedure guess they haze no yer.
slight "repugaaues."
Further, he writes that he and hls hroihe
, Northern settlers are not, and he trusts neye
can be, "reconcied 10 the condition OF things
here Then we say TO him, Leave us-go from
, among us. We never sought your presence
we prefer your absence We would add, loo
that perhaps if his Dissatisfaction and urscoa
citation shoull bec,me kaorH, he nigh be les
"reconcicd to the condition Of things" than h
, alreadyjs.
, Looking now atlhe who lie letter. it. spirit, an
> especially lis publication in an Abolition Pape