Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-07
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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MIR. WEBSTERS LETTER.

Mn WEBS LEI lER
We put upon record, the letter of Daniel Webster Esq.
OF the 10Th of May portion of his constituents in re-
ply 10 their letter of the sh of April approving his course
in the Senate the subec, Slavery and other kindred
subjects This letter should be read by every citizen anc
its strong points treasured up in the minds OF all II can
not fail TO have good effect among good men every
where In the United States while it stamps those guilty
Hypocrisy perjury and moral against the Constitu
ton, with just condemnation
Mr. Webster quotes the following clause Of the Const,u
! ton, to wit:
NO person held to service labor in State under the
laws thereoi escaping into another SHALL i'll consequence
any law or regulation therein be discharged from such
vice or labor but shall be delivered up claim OF the party
to whom such service or labor may be due.
! Mr.. Webster then proceeds say, that
"The clause quoted above il may be worth while to
mark was borrowed in substance from the celebrated ord
nance Of l7S7 which drawn up hy that great
your own county, and contemporary OF your fathers Ma
than Dane
a Dane had very venerable New England authority for
the insertion OF this provision in the ordinance which he
prepared
ain the year 6l3 there was formed confederation be-
tween the four New England Colonies Massachusetts, Bay
Plymouth Connecticut and New Haven and in the Sth
cle of that confederation, il is stipulated follows viz
at is also agreed that if any away from his
master into any other of these conederaed jurisdictions
that in such cases upon the certificate Of magistrate
The jurisdiction out of which the said fled upon
other due proof the said shall be delivered either
his any other pursues and brings such
tihcate proof And in the ARTICLES Of Agreement en-
tered into in 1850 between the New England colonies and
the delegates OF Peter Stuyyesan Governor of New Meth
erand, It was stipulated that the way and course
concerning iueves should be observed between the English
colonies and New Netherand had been established
the Articles OF Confederation between the English colonies
themselves" !"
Thus appears that the people of New England enjoyed
the benefits of provision fugitive slaves under the
of servants among themselves for one hundred and
yfour before the ordinance of S and between them
selves and New Ne,herand hundred and thirty
years before said ordinance But since they found their
interest sell Of their slaves TO the people OF the
Southern States and emancpae The residue they now,
by all OF Unlawful ways and means obstruc,ing and
hnderns The execution Of the OF Congress- approved
Washington himsel intended carry this necessary
provision of the Constitution They do stop perjury
bribery, denial Of the Scriptures moral eason and
many of them demand dissolution of the Union for the
purpose of dsconnecng themselves altogether from the
South. Their public devotion their fanat
cal schemes above the constitution and laws the country
above the teachings of the Bible and the precep,s of chris
tianity and eve in everything sacred among good chris
tians and citizens with mpicy, ndey and reckless
ness unknown in any other civilized country.
We put Mr.. Webser's letter on record as n memorial
agains, these wicked people.