Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-11-12
p71EM0ND ENQUIRER.
o..AS.oa.y MoRNING, NoVEMBER o, 1850.
A,r,p ppoM THE PAST.

Whiskey Insurrcction in pennsylvania ~ ''e 80
of the reasons which operated upon 'ne h's' i'e.os'
inducing lis proclamation are enu'eiy apl".'O', "
facts rs they now exs, in the notification OF the fusVe
s,,ye l,w =, pos,on Below we publish Gen. Washngon's
proclamation and ask attention 10 the pfhcpa coa.u
which he ayows having induced itsissance Inc
scomb;no,ons 10 defeat the execution Of the law exist as
STRONGLY now as then Citizens of Tie South arrive 10
Boston 10 rescue their runaway property. warrants uie
sucd but in consequence OF tho comoiha''ohs " ns
and ,bolonss fully armed and vowing determined res:s
lance 10 the enforcement of the law, these warrants nc
dead in The Mayshas Office. The Marsial olhce 10
bes,sred bv mob of negroes and whtcs-the tn-
rtye slayes have armed and barricaded the hou-
ses-lhe "kldnuppers" threatened with violence
and upon The most ridiculous pretexts nre arrested and
thrown into prison. and only released on very exoro'an
bail Committee of Vigilance, Of more than one hundred,
is orpanzed 10 watch the of Southern visiters
and actually attempt 10 obtrude themselves into the private
rooms of those Sohernes who seek recover their proper
~ illegally withheld In word SO far as Boston concern
ed the law is made null and void and the Georgia claimants
are compelled Boston, without their property amidst
the threats Of mob, who open hostility TO the law and
lis execution These things in the broad light OF day.
and Is the duty of the President TO know then and by
proclamation n, least the rioters and awbreakers
against continued interference with the course OF Justice
The apooeis,s of the President pu, forth the qubbng
defence that no covert ac," has been committed in Boston,
and that the President has received Official intelligence
of the facts from the United States Jadge and Narsha ns
was Furnished TO President Washington If the reoeious
proceeding covert canine. comprehend the mean
ing of the word. Is 1t not matter OF history that the
Judge and the Marshal awed and cectuaY obstrucIen
in the discharge Of their duties by anatical mob; anc by
the same sinister influences the law is made dead ieer'
not the President bound BY his oath 10 see that the laws
ore executed and must he wait be officially Informed b.
.k,lt Eott ha hp
Suppose the Judge and the Marshal should be tainted with
the anatcism Of the md be themselves avese
to the execution of the law Unconstitutional and nhu
man"-n that they would inform the President
and if there is any force in the argument the facts could
reach his The President is bound 10 have the
laws executed and to enquire and know why they are no
enforced If the officers unahfu he should substitute
good their places; and II the laws cannot be execu
ted by the means within tho reach of the officers Of the law
he should promptly throw the whole power OF the govern
ment at their disposal.
We cannot view this matter In any other light so strong
arc the facts plain the path Of duty before the President
He very prompt in making hostile demonstration
against the sovereign State of Texas,-why should he not
now upon grounds infinitely stronger least proclaim The
law and its penalties, the rioters nj Boson2 He ought
not for moment hesitate If the law shall continue
be nued Boston, and Southern property orciby and
unawlny detained the South will have 10 take the remedy
into their hands, and by way of reprsa seize and
Boston ships property and debts within their limits
In putting forth these views discaim being in the least
actuated by party hostility the President We but reflect
the universal sentiment the South and in proof repub-
ish and endorse the following from the Petersburg ne-
gencer leading and jealous Wing paper:
The Fugitive Slave Law there is nnllied to oil ntents
and purposes and Of the South look TO but two
NEEDLES for the insult and injury which have been heaped
upon We call upon the President TO exercise the
fha nj
all hazards We Of Tho opinion that the President not
Obliged to await official information from the Marshal that
to knor, matter how he may acquire the information,
that the law is resisted and this knowledge will justify
him in using all the power with which no is invested 10
execute the law of the land The Marshal may himself
Aboonst and may in his heart rejoice that lac is
unable TO discharge his duty and may therefore, never
give "oflcia information of the fact the President
the forces of the United States and carry tho law into
execution. lie knors every body knows, that the law
has been nnied in BoSou-that two citizens oil the
South, who visited that city in quest OF their property
prevented from arresting their slave, and bringing
him mp Tor exannaiion us TO his den'ty-weTe imprisoned
under notorious false etenccs and afterwards held TO eX-
ccssve ball. and finally in terror for their lives had to leave
the r'y without their pFo2ery These facts are noori-
look The President for the application Of this remedy
which alone the Unonor certain US the sun
fean s SApb IL ala asfHhs M f 6a Nf ha
Union II will do talk 10 OF the South about the
general prevalence conservative opinions and feeling
the North" 1t the value Of brass far
thing whether the law is nulli6cd By multitude by a
squad-by million Of men by dozen. In the case,
and in the other the result is the cheated Of
our propcry-he constitution is nued and the contract
which bound together having been violated BY Of the
parties TO il has ceased TO DO binding any.
But if there is this general prevalence of conservative
opinions and feelings the Nortn why do get the
benefit of III Why does it not make itself known in sub
stania results Why do the mutudes of conservatives
stand by with folded and pcmi. squads of aboonsts
ough-ahod the constitution and the laws \
curse conservatism this We would give
Sam Patch dead alive for millions Of such conservatives
Conservatives indeed They about conservative as
man would be who seeing an incendary apply torch 10
his neighbours dwelling would neither give the ALARM help
TO eXtinguish the flames
PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT WASHINGTON.
Whereas combinations deathe erecution Of the lay
ing duties upon spirits distilled within the United States and
those laws existed in of the parts of Pennsy
yana: and whereas the said combinations proceeding in
subvesve equally Of the just authority of govern
ment and of the rights OF individuals ha hitherto effected
their dangerous and criminal purpose by the influence
certain irregular meetings. whose proceedings have tended
encourage uphold the spirit IF opposition BY ms.cp
reservations Of The laws calculated render them udious
by endeavors TO deter those 1rho might be disposed from
accepting Offices nnder them, through fear Of public resent
and Of injury person and property and compel
those who had accepted such Offices b. actual violence
surrender or orbcar the execution Of hem by circulating
radctrc against all those who should otherwise d.
eciy indirectly aid in the execution of the said laws
who yielding the dictates Of conscience and
obligation should themselves comply herewith BY actually
lEutng and destroying the property of persons who
understood 10 have compied by inhicng cruel and hut
nii;ng panshments upon private citizens, for other
cause shan that Of appearing be the friends of the aws;
by Intervening tho public officers the highways abusing
aasauiing and otherwise ircany them; by going 10 their
houses In the night gaining adnttance by force taking
away ntr papeis and committing other ouages-employ
ng Tor these unwarranabe purposes the agency of armed
band disguised in such manner as for The most pa TO
escape discovery and whereas the endeavors of the cgs
lure TO obyale objections to the said laws by lowering the
duties and by other alterations conducive 10 the convent
of those whom they Immediately affect Though thew
have given satisfaction in other quarters and the
OF the executive officers 10 conciiate compliance with
laws by explanations by iorbeaancc and by partcu
lar accommodations founded the suggestion of local
sdcratons have been disappointed their effect by the
cnaions Of persons whose industry excite resistance
increased with appearance of disposition among
the people TO relax in their opposition and 10 acq,esce in
The lawsnsomuch that many persons in the said Western
parts Of Pennsylvania have length been hardy enough 10
perpette acts which am advised treason being
acts Of evyng against the United States the said
having on the 10th and nth of July past pro-
cceded in arms ION the eecond day amounting 10 several
hundcds 10 the house Of John Neville inspector of the
for the fourth survey of The dis,c, Of Pennsylvania
having repeatedly attacked the said house. with the
J therein, woundng some of them; having seized David
Lenox marshal of the District of Pennsylvana who prc.
vous thereto had been fred upon while in the execution
his duty by party Of armed men, detained him for some