Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-08
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER,
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OF your peonlc would be promoted therehYf Do
YOU not think hat in view Of the iacl siial you
are rapidly becoming The s;eale>! l'ai oi Urea
Bii!aiu III commerce and manufacturers, snd' "
would be stroke OF profound naIionai po.
licy in her 10 join The South IN any COLLISION
which might spring up between US as sep,
ara;e republIcs2 And can you not see, shouio
you drive Us from the Union, that wheh we hau
lreei ourselves from The unjust ana unequal &C
ton OF our present guyernmen,-whlch lof years
has be, y hule more than a huge machine, oy
which money has been extracted from The pocK-
els OF The Southern and placed in those oil Inc
Northefn PEG; le--which has made the Nortn
richer and richer, and The South poorer and poor
er-untii in the opinion OF some OF our Wises'
Southern statesmen, We had almost as wen
maze the Northern manufacturers deed lor
our land and negroes, and consent Tor a MOLE
rate compensation 10 manage them as their over
seeIS, when We had cut loose all connection
win the NuTlh-gotten rid oi The nigh lariHs-
Were carrying on our commerce on principles
OF Tree trade, and levying such moderate duties
only upon foreign impoTalons as might be
necessary 10 deiTay The expenses oil our new gov
ernmenI; can auy Northern politician, say, fail
10 perceive that every interest IN The SCUM Wuul<
continue TO flourish until we would become The
most powerful coniederacy under the sun
while, in consequence OF Inc natural ana una
voiiable combinations which would be lormeu
against her, every interest in the North would
experience Decline until perhaps IN less man
twenty years, grass would &c seen growing III
The streets OF New York and Philadelphia.
Shoud this humble communication from one
Of Vmginia's humbest sons, ever NEE! the eye oil
our great counlryman Daniel Webster, and ne
were TO express his real senliments-tbe force OF
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"Yes, should the state Of things which you speak
OF ever occur they will indeed dig deep The
grave Of Northern prosperity and happiness"
Why then drive US 10 eItremities by an unInst
aud iniquous course OF Lesislatlon7 We
have sucked in with our mothers milk, the love
tor our blessed Union-we would sooner lie
down and die than raise our hands against II,
whilst il protects us in our Just rights-and we
thoroughly understand what those rights are IN
der the constitution formed and established by
our fathers. We ask for nothing more-we
will accep, OF nothing less. Aud il our North
efn fellow citizens really cherish that love Tor
he Union which they profess, LEI them Al the
next session OF Congress I've speak OF course
politically hang up Gidddings 10 lamp post as
soon as he reaches the city ~ Washington
tie flly.six pound weight each 10 Siades aud
Haie's neck, and throw them into the Potomac
provide husbands Tor all The old maiden ladies 10
The North who are rendering themselves riticu-
ous by making abolition specches-let Garrl-
sons head be shaved and blister PaisteIed-keep
him upon hellibore and low dict, alter bleeding
him copiousiy, at reasonable intervals, for some
monhs-as soon as he begins 10 acquire SUM-
cient strength Tor The operation, duck him every
morning in cold water tor three wceks-then
send him on tour through the SouIh-we will
carry him among our slaves lie sta! see loi
himself ;hcr real condi.ion-and VIZ will send
him back 10 his friends, conicssln2 that this
world OF ours IS really the "mad-nOusr oi The
univefsc"-lhat there IS no one IN il woo is not
more or less, deranged on some one subject or
cther-ani that he has been rntrely craZed on
this tor tn ast twenty years. Let the people Of
the North cease 10 elect Abolition Governors
such as Seward, VINO has done more to alternate
The feelings OF the Southern from The Northern
people than any dozen Aboiiliunists put together
let Congress receive no petitions OF his char.
acter. Finally, lei the North do rs juslice-and
in all things respect The rights secured 10 US by
the Constitution. The whole South will then
JON in the exclamation OF your own Webster
"Union and liberty, now and forever"
Bul should The Northern majority in Congress
proceed % pass laws al lis mex, session, abolish.
Ing slavery in the District oi Columbia, and pro-
hibitug is Introduction into any 81 our terrific.
ries South Of The Missouri COMPROMISE line,
then ii will become as clear Il rs III lieh!
itself, "a manifest as day, that the Nollh no lon
ger intends e. be governed By the ,olemn compact
Vi our Union-ihat she is utterly regardless II
the rieh.s which their fathers Intended 10 secure
L. Us in The Constitution. And ], Tor one, Msss:s.
Editors, will be for dissolvins The political con-
nexion which al present exists between ".
10 case our worst appTebensions should be
realized, had intended 10 have said something
about Inc call Of Southern Convention com
posed OF our most experienced and able states
men, beginning win Mr.. TaZ.well az one from
Virginia. But icar. Mcssts. EiEors, that nv
article is already to- ong, and | viii conclude
~ offering you nv humble need Il thanks Tor
he fearless ant able manner IN which your pa
per has sustained the rights and Interests 81 III
South, and with Tie expression u nope, thtt il
circulation may be commensurate with he high
IL important services il has rendered in h sup.
port Of our great and glorious cause.
Mcckenbufg County, Va. UPSHUR.