Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-19
TO JOHN D. FLOYD, ESQ, GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA
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TO JOHN D FLOYD I Esa' T SHvERNoN OF Vi''iSA
sr-In former letter niimated, that at proper time,
would take notice OF Of the consequences OF osunon
TO which then advered only 30 la as 20 pay ma ~
on the difference between the friendship ana Inc enmy o
North i, certainly item not TO be omitted In proceeding
10 sneak of it, shall for the time, conceoe hat our Noi'
crn friends allies brethren whatever else they may CAL
themselves do not belong 10 that class OF men whose snn
~ less fatal than their friendship shal' ne
i'm, that after all deductions made for sando reying rob-
berry of our slaves oppressive tariffs and partial internal I'M
provements whereby great revenue IS eVea on =. 70 o
expended for their beneht, their enosp' SUCH Dc II 10
still worth something, to us.
These are heavy Deductions sir and the good that VIII
bear IT, and still leave balaEcs must be great GOOD am
free TO admit It, is TO States what health Is to the natural
Well sir BY virtue of the Union have peace III ens
it is not war. The poet tells us that
"Thats not fighting, every blockhead knows,
When one man gives and tother takes the blows
Mr. Jefferson too has defined TO be 'thut state in
which nation try which can do the other the most HARM
According these definitions we certainly arc al peacs WIN
the North for whatever wrongs We receive from hcm we
have never yet attempted do them the least ana
when smtten upon one cheek" Mr. Clay inc greal
pachcator who always claims 20 speak on oehai Oh tne
south lie ready suggest by way OF compromise that
wo shall "urn the other" BY doing we make sure that
The next blow will fall upon the same par and IN like
manner If acquiesce in the nggery oy when we arc 10
he cheated out of share in California &C. &C. 10 mol
al all probable that the feesoes will take the trouble 10
pass the Wmot proviso.
this one sided peace find that the people OF the North are
beginning 10 threaten with that sort of aggression which
but towards ever fail to reor IN soI .ney o1,ae
laugh disunon thing Impossible without her con
SENT and with violence If we do not tamey sub
nit TO all the wrongs they may choose TO inhct And arc
there men among ourselves base enough 10 crouch under
this menace7 Sons of Bea practisod ITO make the wor.s
appear the better reason who would persuade US 10 ne
stronger foe spend all his RACER Such men nave sen
ed 10 the claim Of omnpoence on the part OF the gov
yenment until il them proximity 10 question to H.
and any speak resistance they ready to take up the
language of their prototype and proclaim that after all mat
"Sti our great enemy, all ncorruptibe,
Would on his throne sit unpoluted
And the ethereal mould, incapable Of stain,
Would coon expel the mischief, and purge on
The baser fire victorious"
I, this sol If So why them the choice for S0rery
or Death
ding violence fraud these people should attempt to coece
us Into submission they will find the snews OF their BOAST
ed strength cut In a moment.
Ii is proverbia that money constitutes the snews Of war;
and is because have permitted ourselves be mpove
shed and the North be enriched at our expense that they
feel themselves strong enough TO threaten Do they for
get that this wealth by the Union Do they forget
that their factories fed by the great staple OF the
South and that the South Is their market for all their fab
Of this material Do they forget tina! their iron S hnds
would be undersod In those extensive regions but for tar
if which, In tho Of disunon will operate not for them
but against heml Do they forget that their mercantile marine
mainly by carrying the heavy products Of the South
Do they forget that the very revenue by Of which they
NAV expect 10 arm against us the ships soldiers of the
United States Is drawn from the Sonth and that the very
first effort of dsunion will be 10 cut down the imports into
New York and the drawn from the there
almost TO nohingl
II 10 true that much Of the wealth accumulated by half
century of plumber realized and be sudden
" lost by disunon But realized wealth and fixed capital
afford the Of supporting armies and Ravies They
may do to fall back upon but useless for the emergency
except as aordng security for loans But IN rhat name
will they borrow Even the present debt of the United
he Cd hy
pecaous to all who do not feel such confidence In the
honor and good faith Of the South as money lenders are
hordy capable Of Their loans must be effected in foreign
countries where all public securities will be already be-
low par From their people government can expect no
thing for they will have nothing TO lend Their unrgeous
gains have indeed been reaizedbut howl In ships that
will be rong their wharves-n factories which will tum
bic about the Of their ownes-n agriculture the chic
value which depends the prosperity Of their manuac-
lures and commsrcein palaces which will become charge
and only render their poverty more CHASTITY True they will
be richer than in l776. But al that day their habits
adapted to their circumstances But now falling from uxu
y plendo and growing prosperity TO privations and
ateed fnery and shabby genty and the deadly collapse
Of bankruptcy they will feel hemseres poor and miserable
blind and naked" And what will they do with the discard
cd operatives, who draw from the substance of the
South such subsistence manual labor commands
no where else They have been all this time canng about
slavery it exists among Are they not aware that
Fourierism and Communism have furnished their lower
classes with formulas TO prove that property is robbery and
the of robbery, because II gives the possessor the
means Of making sares Qfeemen The magnifeos Of Bos
have hardly forgotten the discussions which have taken
place from time time Chardon Street Chapel where
unsmuiched art6ers have been taught 10 read them les
in political philosophy worthy of the Ateers Noonour
of Paris Let them look TO IT, lest while they melting
slaves against u.s. they find themselves put defend
their hresdes against the agarian spirit among themselves
Which, widespread distress will provoke to war against all
property.
In mentioning our slaves that have touched
on what they deem the man-rengh of their game or
Their the weakness of In addressing myself you
sir and through you 10 the people of Virginia. would glad
catch the attention Of these Northern cacuators Of
relative strength and weakness and dspe the decisions
der which they lie.
Let tell hem in the frs, place, that the negro is
Yankee He is selfish he Is treacherous his heart
is full of sympathy and nothing entirely awaken.
as the happiness Of his master old enough to
member tho appearance among of the destitute refugee.
from ST. Domingo and remember we'll that above all others
In the community the negroes deeply affected
the sigh, of white personsof Gentlemen and Ladss-re
duced condition abject. The negro Ia VIGOROUSLY
improviden and the s that he loves pleasure and
nothing for money but the of procuring the
little Qualifications which he enjoys when he share
them with others. OF all animals tina; wear the human
FORM he is the unsehsh generous and devoted BY
the very constitution of his his affections look mp
ward for their objects Equal friendship in the just though
somewhat romantic Of the word Is sentiment
known to him. have known case Of it. The story