Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-12-06
RTCNMOND ENQUIRER.
s " INV EsDAY MORNING, DECEMBER !.
THE RIow OF JUSTICE.

linn Which Of these qualities shall prevail in Virginia. Ca
this question remain doubtful when we turn 10 ''e
the Commonwealth, TO the revolutionary s"es anu -,
What SAYS Henry "Give me Liberty or give i've D'a''
wh, ., Ia.on. aResistnncc 10 Tyrans is service 10
Goa ~ VIVA, answer shall be made by the descendants o'
,ba, hand of notrios who Yorktown, consuha'eu 'e
last great victory for our Independence? "ha' say oS
who in later but ess important ERA Oh our e"'''
, ,ho hnses md friends and braved the violence oil
Northern winter at the mandates OF Fatflo''sm' wa"
swsrs hint bnnd of young men, who, three years ago.
| -, :. ol,cs for the blazing sands of Mexicol An
- I'll ,,.,var every one But what thcni Shall Il ioeigh
ia o,, demand our resistance, if madly iofceu up
- s, axo tbere no other necessities thai slali nuke u
s,rte far Liberty and Freedom!-What! are "'e e''
;zcns of sister State be outraged In their peo"
and in their feelings, in the sight OF inc au'o''
,r n cre,, c,y within the view OF the Executive Vi "
State wi,hou, single effort TO protect them; ou OH 'e
contrary with every disposition evnccd to prosecute e
md ; ,bem and shall not justice demand action on our
heh,in beir dfence1 Has the spirit of our ancestry eo''
hive ;n,caen and honest resentment no place WIN 'e
| no. 80 h crescent doy9 Have the mid and the ialhiess
,,, h ,ce Of Henry and Jeilerson7 Has submission
ln tho Mace of undaunted rmness and courage NO. no.
| we do not believe it. :,
W. ain resist the violations Of the aws-we Will re-
o,a,e in sedeence and TO the bitter end Let Us 'ay
,oso,,o ~ m,re Danger ia before us-a reckless cru
sode marshaled and equipped by whoe section o '"e
confederocy il thrown into the hed the fupt gives ITO
ou,horv directly and positively, TO the whole poceeo"e
Thunder noa after thunder peal follows each successive
change in the great drama; countless thousands OF
arr thrown upon the altar and than all ms aseh"oa
1 "a sondar nnnder TO the wild elements OF dscord ano
S glow after blow is aimed ut our existence; deSices
oud disgrace the thieves of Spain and the rooocrs Oh
Italy are enacted and boosted Of The tribunals Oh JUSTICE
are turned upside down or are filled by aee'os OIL seh
mcns ns nearious the blacklist iana'cisn can anao
,ure The laws ampled under foot again ana AGAIN.
with the knowledge of the chief executive ohcer OF e
,n,rv md the fahless not displaced Under
circumstances Justice demands of Virginia that her
should BIO thrown against these malignant dctec
f du,v Herculean as is the task, she must and will
ncrrm IT, Who questions her capacity? In her youth she
bsd the load of tyranny fastened her shoulders by
Enoond herself She is now well grown TO necd any
assistance But who questions tho cooperation Oh every
State South of usl All will follow u.s. We will point the
way we will lead the chargs we enter the ARENA whether
another leaps after no-do right because II Is sht anu
accountable God stands first in the category OF human
de. Consequences are consulted BY the timd and the
untrue Reason teaches prudence, duty demands ac-
ton. We will act, we will throw up wall, high
az Heaven and strong Us the hills, against 'he
nefarious ourages committed in Northern State Let
those take shelter behind i, who think fit. The
The coward may choose the chains Of hgher law
m,,,ers For us lie, the consequences be what they may
e will take the incipen steps and 60 boldly the breach
These outrapes at Boston, and elsewhere must be obuked
the urtve slave law shall enforced at the point OF the
buyonc at the lannon's mouth Virginia VIII leave the
Union Not iot title shall be obiteatod II shall
be respected and execued or else every citizen in the
Southern States shall be called to defend the sovereign
rights of their States The nchng head OF the nation must
stand aside He faers his duty and consgn him and
his abeors to condemnation. But sentiment be
thought Of and that is that of the iahless negec, OF
sworn obligation and feeble defence of that neglect We
regret to farther the belief that his Attorney General
opnIon weukens his previous positions bu, 1t is certainly
truo that fear the pitiabe Of all the bad qualities
in man. Murder s aggravated if it is instgated by
fear The brand of tmidly marks Willard Fillmore for
the pas and we hope countys sake and for the
sake of humanity, that m man will never again De by
accident President Of this glorious Union II would be
well 10 expect that England would permit one OF her sub
.c,s 10 be outraged as Knight and Hughes have bccn with
ont crr;bulion and terrible being returned upon tho
heads of all the parties in the transaction TO think that
Fillmore would under any circumstances act the part OF
| firm and determined He has failed in his whole
duty When the reports first reached us that those
scenes were enacng in Boston, there also the report
that the Executive had ordered the whole dposabe
this honorable and noble action performed by him. but Mas
few DAYS and the report alsifed lie not only did
not but would not, muer what had taken place.
Viewing this throughout there s not single form in
which the proceedings have not presented an unbokcn in
stance of unniligated and determined notification regard
css of consequences and without the shadow of effort
soften it down by any Means by any process at all We
feel justified in saying that if citizen of Virginia
go Boston, and identify his property and report
the proceedings TO the Executive and ask force sufficient
TO protect him in the and Of the fugitive
the demand would DO refused upon petty preex in
keeping with those resorted to in the of Crafts
and wife. When Federal Government has thus failed 10
the purpose for which it was instituted the soye
rcnny of the States under the Constitution redress
the wrong the citizen every hazard The touchstonc
been broken and call for those measures OF reaa
necessary defend ourselves and TO maintain our ber
ties at the me say that those recommended by
IFS than twelve months SINCE and now advocated by
discriminating taxation on the aggressive Northern
Stacs-wll only do his but will maintain in its ineg
r,y the Union of these S,aes which, for good ILL., it be-
comes all desire and il is duo from all to maintain; but let
us dissolve than pcrm, this fragrant outrage TO
4 tinue unnotccd and Boston Modification proceed I'M
checked
| P.S-The above written for yesterdays paper We
have read the Presidents Message, which readers
have already pcruscd and judged for themselves We confess
ourselves much disappointed this State paper which had
been heraded with such flourish of trumpets. In this
crisis of tho naons fate, had expected communica
ton which, by its energy power and hearty cloquence would
have into embodied phaanx of law breaking
abolitionisn With Mr. Webster and Mr. Crittenden by his
side, we had looked for paper which would have an
pealed not only TO 'hc reason but to the heart of
4 the nation-procaiuing in Mundcf-toncs a Ia mode
4 Old Hickory that the laws "shnl be cyecu,edn-
The Message, though sensible and smooth flowing is
tame and cold apprehension. On the qucs-
ton of the day, il presents views which admit
4 sound und correct far they go, and which, if
could believe they would be fully carried out would
entertain hopes for tho rights of the South and
4 Union of the States.
The President properly says that he will at all tines and
at all places luke that the laws be executed and that
no will shnk from responsibility, and shall endeavor
meet they may arise, with rrnness well with
prudence and discretion He also pledges himself cay
the adjustment in all s parts Though he takes cspe
cia pains avoid all reference tho outrage Boston,
should be inclined to complain of this portion of the
message did his past force doubt his eiec
ua application of his principles. We induced, by