Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-11-01
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The Union laws down the following PLATFORM upon which
The whole South are prepared to stand
For ourselves we must say that while we have iab"fe1
increasingly in the cause Compromisc--whie We nave
strained every nerve and defend The adjustment
neither reasonable nor light expect any american 10
siand taney and bow his head in humble arqhescence,
any par, the comproms, is anped under ioo' oy ina,
cal desperadoes. The COMPROMISE must be sustained III al
its parts and must be- sustained not SIMPLY as series I"
providing for the admission at California; the re-
,lomation of fugitive slaves territorial governments Tor
Utah and New MeAico and The settlement oil The Texas
boundary; but il be sustained treaty % peace ana
amy, adjusting the principles OF future action ana binding
the federal government stay its hands from mcddng with
slave institutions These peace measures we're n' nitaeo
simply heal the particular and specific wounds when a.
cted the country during the first session oil the
Congress but they intended TO provide Tor I'M ntufr
by establishing rule for the settlement ol all The questions
which grow out of slave institutions We Therefore contend
that the Compromise viii be violated not only III the repeal
Of the fustive-slave law bn in either OF The following
l. When the fugitive slave bill is repealed rendered in
eAectual;
, When 4 Sair is refused Abundance because its consi-
tuition admits slavery;
g. When slavery is abolished in The Ds,ricr OF Coumbia
J. When Congress attempts 10 regulate The slave trace
between tho States
s. When Congress attempts 10 Interfere with sav0iy IN
the S,ates;or,
g. When imposes tie Wnlo Proviso the Territories.
To up all these in one proposition II appears To us
that THE COMPROMISE Is VIOLATED WHENEVER TnE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DEPART. rRon rnE PRINCIPLE SoSISrER-
The Southern people have been wronged and outraged by
years Of agitation and they have right demand that their
their guaranteed tights accorded IL Them Not only have
right expect but the interests OF this whole glo
rous Union demand H. The only OF preventing an
agitation which is destined destroy IT, The peace o the
whole country requires intervention the Cnon can
withstand The shocks which it receives Ii the good
people of the North will do their duty- they will do
what they ought have done years crush under their
heels the abouonsts tarlous politicians and l-i-l"-
Of the public peace-all will be we-,hc clouds alsar
pear and the viii subside, and the ship aa,r sail
on, with clear SKY above and calm beneath Ill
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The openly threatened violation of the Fugitive Slave
law by the people of Massachusetts, and in the heart Of
the "Aihens Of America has aroused universal Indignation
the South and excited upprehensnns for The continuance
of the Union We yet hope the law executed there
by the civil posse the military power if necessary As
things stand cordially second the following idea
thrown by the Republican. Baltimore which purchases
IN immense amount Of Massachusetts manufactures is al
ready discussing the proprcy Of adopting the policy
We suggest Tie tnds of The South whether the pre-
world not u. favorable opportunity 10 fora hssociu
lions in Richmond, Virginia, and the Snnth generally,
solving longer purchase production Of Mlssac.u
labor. III such requires sacrifices,
ought to be willing to make them fathers u
the Revolution people who incapable sacrifice
do deserve be tree and will sooner or later lose
independence.
The y. Y. Express properly sketches the condition Of
things Boston, and truly points out the consequences
follow:
"The slave in Boston shows that practical Null
al eady The Congress
virtually nulied.
mot only is the slave refused bc delivered up but the
claimant is put under $1,000 bonds in SANDER suit Tor
calling the slave slave.
at Is evident that Boston long nnllify the laws
without proca MULTIPLICATION elsewhere Ii the Consiitl-
non ana lava cannot &c enforced in Boston they lie
enforced eu' oil Boston for the benefit Of Boston,"