Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-12-06
nIHuMaNn ENQUIR n Il.
:, :, S SoRS1SG. DECEMBER 6, 1850.
THE RICHMOND TIMES.

THE RlCHMOND ilhL@'
. :, ,be press which apologies Tor Tue a''' i'm,
a.. ,he outrage Of the Boston moo IN ''' hore in
Gown 100 of the citizens of Georgia who had gone ''
ring Two n,oner,v under The Fugitive Slave Law
~: :; tho ORGAN in which defence OF Aii''a'u .'
h President of the United States 10 "au' "
hive the laws executed. This Is the paper '''
,on, of action and the iaithessness ana shui''sp' '
nissioners in Boston. THIS Is 'hc ue'e''e ~ ,o
Mr. Fillmore for not promptly removing "' -.
whose hands the warrant for the arrest ana return -
If Crafts and wife placed, ana IL Sil'ua''
Marshaps failure to act. .;, o,r course
wv - ~ T,mes 70 state whether these allegations
, Come 10 the answer, without equiVoca'ioh'
ca ar apainst the execution, IN lts very spun ahu
49,. f ,be Fugitive Slave Law, tat all hazards ana
a. rho last extremity" Are you ready anu "i''"s
10 see an outrage such as never dlssraeeu TIC "'
any civilized country, practsed upon oou'iei" e' "
,he Capal of Massachusetts, We hold similar posiio'
az the editor of Southern press, and we take Tue oey u
demanding an unqualified and explicit deciaraloh Vi soa
sentiments and opinions upon these whole proceedings
Boston, If you agree with US as to these points "' "s
have Won 10 complain of any thing we have SAID
A 10 the comments and structures of the Times upon our
,ve we beg leave TO call its rorsy sagacy 10 the worry
important want Of comprehension IN ltseii anu s"p
fear that we shall be forced to teach II tue ap"0e
aoo;n This would be very disagreeaoc tash io''
,ve b,v. sometimes amused ourselves by teach'ns e
-, 49, , their A C, yet should have great IT,
nonance 10 forcing into hard-headeo man VI 'o'e ~
s The difference between letter and another ana al
-.od GRADUALLY toine him up to the understanding OF
the following explicit sentence under the caption oil "A ae
f,ino President" In our paper of Nov. ~, 10 wmch the
mes exceps and attempts most witty Criticism r ATM
les. 10 every pledge regardless OF his CONSTITUTIONS ooe
tons palsied with shielding his contempt OF the ooea
lions of his Office he shrnks behind the feeble
of brain paraized it were BY love of ONCE anu lear
of responsibility and thuss before himself the shan SUP
1erfupe OF the opinion OF the Attorney General Now we
have 10 tell The Times that speak o; Mr.! Fillmore as De-
ing parazed with fear OF MIR. Criiienoen As 10 The
recommendation. Of that paper have these articles sen; 10
he Worlds Fair in London reply thar il the ediio: o. The
Times intends going upon thai OCCASION he may 'ake
Them along with him. upon the simple condition that ne shall
also exhibit his own sheet OF the 9Th Dec 1850 with his
clear lucid and sage observation in lis leader OF that cate
But the President has failed 10 give perfect satisfaction
10 the organ OF the Democratic party in Virginia he
has the consolation of receiving the amos, unqualified
pYoya OF the organ of Mot party al Washington This Is
news TO us we did not know that the former Democratic
2a-.y in Trginic had organ u, Washington what Is
the meaning OF ths2 Will the Times explain?
These articles which the Times eeby attempts 10 cnu
cize are our own They their proper place in
our paper We take their responsibility, and we take the
sheer Justice the Times Of taste The Enquirer
is the property of its Editors and called for any dere
LECTION Of duty the public ready 10 encounter all
the responsibility. We write about these incidents of fright
full import with free pen; do intend dcsst al
though the iasdious editor of the Times may be himself
puzzled understand As the articles printed in plain
English letters hope that may be pardoncd for in
dugng ourselves in oce and spared the necessity OF
going TO the office of Editor of the Times and teaching
him first to comprehend and then reply structures
thap tho sd
we doing duty outraged people, and calling
upon their representatives do their duty themselves and
the States, beg OF them To witness the silence OF
this Fillmore press. Not single line has been recently
written in that paper condemnng these outrages in Bos
condemnation Of any Of the parties who have fail
cd to execute the Fugitive Slave Law has appeared in the
Richmond Times and until that paper forced by
state whether not he approves condemns the attempt
10 and paiae these proceedings, nothing has
lately transpred to furnish 10 the public its opinions Of
such gross ourages.
We may fail 10 write in such manner to please that
paper We have doubt that our pen would have been
SILENT If had waited for any expressions from that press
from which condemnation Of the of Federal Ires
dent could been inferred Fahless he has been
as TO this Northern outrage upon Southern citizens
see stated that marked has been the attitude of the Co
vencn the United States at Charleston that the Legis
ature of South Carolina has instructed the Governor to
what purpose
10 Charleston If the report true and sovereign State
must thus be nsulted because that State is Southern
State where no effort has been made the laws at de-
fance whilst reckless mob defying every authority in
Boston with mpunty begin fear that the last vestge
of hope has left and that drec, appeal TO the sword and
10 the cannon may become necessary Certainly these
scenes cannot be borne with patience. Virginia de-
eide in such emergency between Southern State and
the Federal authorities. II these troops being
Charleston (Which earnestly deprecae and hope is
the case terfy that sovereign Stale subec,on
line Of policy is clear We shall no. faer in our duty to
State and to the requirements which similar institutions
similar associations render imperative than every
other obligation The times full of awful soleninty
and really bctoken explosion of frish,fu character
We are the confines of dissolution. Who have been the
ignorant Of these forebodings do designate.
The criminal nsga,ors of these preparations for and
civil eommo:;on the fanatics of New England towards
whom we do discover that empty musket has
been directed by this defaulng President who is ahless
10 every pledge regardless of his constitutional obligations
&C.. &c, we once more repeat
That our structures have been based party
tional ground produce the strong concurrng evil
dence of Virginia Wing paper he lynchburg Vrginan)
and Northern Democratic Journal he New York Gobe)
They speak boldly and Justly complain that by tho fault
of the Federal officers the fugitive slave law has been gross
ly violated and nulled Our views this subject have
fuy expaueu, unless IN
we shall for the present dwell length again. We
ask attention 10 the articles we have above referred
From the Lynehburg vrsilianl
Tosa readers of the Vrginan our opinion is well knows
that unless North shall permit the execution of the So
gve Slave Bill the Union be dissolved Itmaaers
how the law be obsructed-it may be by open
estance, by assisting ugves eludo pursuit and thus
escape be by remssness in duty and
of the of the officers of justice winkee and
encouraged by the community If the laws be practically
pu6ed by of these methods, repeat, that The
union Of the States be perpetuated In
of difference which has arisen between the North
and South under the present Constitution the latter has
made large and liberal concessions These concessions have
been made when abstract right and construction Of
the Federal compact would well have warranted refusal of
all compromise. They have been made in Difference
construction of which the Constitution was susceptible by
giving its language the a,itudinous meaning
and through sincere devotion to the Union The States
The argument of the North however made in opposi
ton 70 the for the recovery Of runaway slaves has
the merit of plausibity II is which the South
cannot respect and which, if be yielded our peo-
pie might and ough, be subjected bondage than
Egyptian in its CALLING severity.
Looking then to the mighty consequences connected with
our own destines as free people, and affecting human lib
erty and republican institutions everywhere depending upon
the effective execution OF the provisions Of this Bill il is not
all wonderful that watch operation in the Northern
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