Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-01
r,yE pIcarFUL REMEDY.

eysnia, a: 7 O'clock full st,cn lance Is desired
THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY.
"Ru hope is not but TO the olessing M nrais.
attached Those Gentlemen @n1 All lhn am
curly liberty and happiness me S Of securing
we sndange lheu the Of Union 'rsa ee 9H ia h
Georke Mason whom wisdom and patriotism mace III.
unfains guide in the abyrinhs of perpexing pocs any
fho pure in motives, sought only the gooa OF ii'
and whose words seem now breath OF prophecy uP
the language above quoted TO "ihose eeh'ie'"e" Wv
thought were willing TO grant powers 10 the teh Pps.e
Iron which mobt proye dangerous the Rights ana LID
a4es OF the States The Debates in the virginia Iohe
Eion on the adoption Of the present Feaerai oos'"'
would be useful study in the present conaiuoh VI ' o1'
nv We apprehend however, they are not popular ~ ~
Aay of consolidated liberty and national prloe. Inc
Harry and the convictions of Mason, the moderation o
Madison and the discrimination OF Marshall are al a
abstractions OF the Virginia school, and deserve 10 DC
and scofed at by the practical statesmen OF us more GU
Iphtened and new era. First among these scofiers we
o oorry 70 number tho venerable editors OF the National
Intellipencer" We grieve 10 find, from those gentlemen
who are loudes in their praises OF the name go e ea
attachment the liberty and happiness OF the Peopo u
portion of the States of this Union
After long time devoted hope TO mature deloeia
ton they have become the apologsts Of "the e' Oh TIC
day." and the advocates of practical oppression
In very truth they are no longer absaconiss nor 40
ay We were hardly prepared for the position assumed
by The lneleencer Ii is know the uncertainties
of nre6ned policy and its kindred arts but we did ho
know that there was poin, beyond the last extremity III
political fnssse No dsrespect is intended the lntese
cor" That paper ha, fit declare that ii would DC
mere waste of breath into argument win persons
capabe of addressing such language 10 the government
(sedition is it had used in late article IN reply 10
,ts elaborate dissertation the g Evil OF the Day
,l,a n
ton. Not line not word Gid We pen IN pas'sah ooi
ness-not one, for party purpose
We thought with Patrick Henry that Estates are the cha
racterstcs the soul Of confederacy we believed IN inc
equality of the States; and violated 1t seems the moral taste
of the Integencer by the warmth OF our advocacy Oh
that essential attribute of State sovereignty
These words present the front of our offending:
"The only Union we love is Confederacy Of equals for
ne equals entered the Unon we will remain IN II on no
other condition This is the deliberate conclusion OF inc
Southern people There hssancy no reserraiso no
escape THE SOUTHERN Man SHOULD DIE Th0 @oulo 0ccep
for his STATE any other condition.
This is strong language confess too strong the con-
trolling interest OF the entire American Union did not justify
its use But In that justification The voice oil every
friend of ustce and the Union echoes the words Equa
or Independence" Why? inequality isnJustice; voiun-
sary submission injustice degades the State the dega
daton Of the State disgrace 10 the czen the disgrace Vi
the citizen is ruin the State Treason can ask no
and the traitor 10 his country should die.
This the language OF the Herve days OF The hepao
II is our language addressed avo~ed by the lne-
eencer" ITO those vino differ with in sentiment In regard
TO the nature of the remedy for the supposed gi 'ances Of
the STATE used express our utter detestaon OF the
craven spirit of the Southern ii there be one VINO
would amey acquiesce in the postraon OF his State 10 an
unequal position in Republic OF Equals and console NM
self by union with The of the casmity But enough
No candid mind will fail 10 understand meaning There
i;r9 dc thpvor are IN
guase of all the men Of the South Our feelings on this sub
ect shall not withdraw from the argument but we VIII
master them" and proceed defend the 'shtful remedy
for Southern wrongs IN the best way we can.
not our purpose recaptulate the proofs heretofore
adduced Of the sanction given 10 the proposed Convention o.
she Southern States proper measure OF redress ior
their grievances by the clear and often declared opinions OIL
Mr. Madison tn his able and repeated e1posons OF the
powers of the Federal Government and the rights OF the
States under the Constitution; nor do we propose 10 pursue
the constitutional argument much farther unless something
moro than unsupported denial OF the night OF the
South so act urged BY the opponents OF that measure
We might 90 on TO swell the lis, Of great Names whose
hiqa authority derived from their participation in The for
xaton of the Constitution wisdom and from patriot
ism would command the respect OF tho country and
constitute sufficient defence of this remedy for wrongs
but II is needless.
Those gentlemen who boldly discard the cardinal doctrines
Of the republican faith would sco the authority ofJohn
TAYLOR o. George Mason Thomas Jefferson; even Alex
ander Hamilton would have among them so poor III
she wealth OF Federal power as 10 do him reverence
We shall confne Ourselves enquiry and defence
OF the purposes OF Nashye Convention The Alabama
Journal, an able and influential Wing paper published in
Nontoonery Alabama ha. condemned che pursued
bv the National Inte!gencer n denouncins The polec
of Convention and :h.t paper, 10 satisfy It's contemporary
Quotes from the enquirer prove the purposes OF the
Southern Convention be dissolution of the presen,
Union.
forced construction Of our article an ingenious Getach
nent of connected phrases gives some pasloy 70 the IN
depreciation OF the "lnteilgencer But nenef inc people
nor the editors OF the Alabama Journal the lntesence
shoub consent TO LOOK into the columns OF any newspaper
for declaration Of the purposes of this council OF the South
States.
The project has already received the approval OF ten OF the
fifteen slavehodnc States The Legislatures OF many o
hese have given their official sanction TO Its contocaoh
Let us look their action and 10 the action OF the people
for Its purposes
This il the exposition given BY the Virginia Legislature
Rs,ore That regarding the Convention proposed TO be
had az Nashville on the first Monday in June nex; as IN
s,nd.d 10 enable the people of the South 10 take coGnse
eher TO the and most eiectua means OF resisting
me ayorsssons Of the North of enforcing compliance on
sha i,h hc constitutional obligations and thereby
of pressrrng the rnon Of these Stc.es now 10 imminent
per 5y OF the pursued by inc
States and the. TcpreScTtdtlVeSli IoiSiS
less agitation land that TOO In the most uu1endy sp
questions involving the peace the institutions and the very
existence of the Southern States and approving ,e ooc
of said Convention above forth the General Assembly
doh recommend the good people Of this commonwealth 10
send delegates thereto &c.
The saian: State OF Georgia speaks in similar language
Resolved Tia. this General Assembly regard most IA
yoraby the recommendation emanatng from the people Of
Mississippi the people Of the savehodng States meet
in Convention nj Nashville che first Monday In June
NEXT as emineny conducive 70 hathonous and efficient
action among rhei defence OF the Institutions OF slavery
and all the rights incident thereto guaranteed 10y The letter
and BY the spirit OF the Constitution -.
resolved g That both branches OF the General Assem-
NV viii meet In the Representative Hall Thursday next
al II o'clock for purpose OF sending four delegates from
the STATE al large to the Nashville Convention.
Alabama was the fifth State which made provision for that
Convention.
We will permit the Alabama Journal already alluded TO- 10
speak for her. In urging the appointment OF delegates 10
Nashville, the journal says
Ifthev do this the Union will be preserved and the rights
of the South maintained Wihou, this the Union IS IN DAN
GER II ia perfect union frmncss and dignity which alone
can avail TO convince the North that the South Is IN earnest
and that these aggrsss.ons wall no longer be tolerated
National lptelgetlcef