Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-04
To the Editors Of the Enquirer NAV "a 1s5o

,v.u ~ ,ernit me 10 congratulate the South
that de proposed Nashville Convection a. "e nd iS will vou
funct as from the first II was will nro
permit me 10 make a ie" ie'''' "
coed oler them. r ,,o ,a.oc,,cs of that Conven-
IL. among the number arc as patriotc, ana n
-, No ,ion as those who nave been us opposcH'
81. all agree thai the Union, II purely presgi' "A
loo highly valued We all agree hat we VIII enuIe ~
All, hr .nv ,.t Of the General Government 10 Tue aoS
~ :, hrh q. have been subjected 10y lhe lnelmeouir!s
Of The North with constitutional fisnts ~ popets
have differed only 10 the means VI ueie'u"S INV wi
nj asserting those rights. Our la'heiS ~ ~. ~
~ AZ ,,i,ci ~ resist the tyranny OF Great Britain as
the peopc of the South 10 resist any ACT " 49,
an nnr RIGHTS liz the General Government we VIM nay
Va g. Easbville Convention will be as prompt, as you
h have favored H. resist any suc ac's ~
We who have opposed H. have ihon2h II JnuIeo - ~
so,,o snch aci before entering upon any coceleu anu
sectional r. .isance by the saveholdlng states. we
have onposed the Southern ConNenlion az nus 't
no business i al his time in the hands OF the ielesI'i
,iyes of the States and the people we have JuuEeu a
M - h ~ avail The action the constituted authori-
Ties We have thought that II the almost uhi.eu oou ~
Sonhern representatives in Congress eahho' eAe vi
aprress,rs al the North the desired ihiuchct W S'A,
annnyauccs il is emineny improbable that the SANE n
object can be accomplished by another u an! o,". 49,
less sucnnlv invested with authority. oo,c ~ 70 10
an" is,,nre Il, have concurrtd al all in this move
ment which was first foot by the people VI
W. have seen what excuses regularly organized legislative
bodies have gone into and have not eetico Jua'ci
n concur in organizing any Irregular body TO propose meas
ures in respect the exciting SUBJECT we nave hous"
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DANCER m ur Than hope of good from the seclioha assem-
blage We have believed that unless the call o the CohVe
finn ,id in case disunon is 10 come upon te country
would be- conlended and peradvenlnre not without h
ho VIVA, that Convention had done was among the causes
if not the chief cause of the disruption and lis disasters
This MON is as valuable the North as II IS 10 the soH
We certainly have done act that can De tortured I'M"
cause in respect which the continuance ri c lnion cur
be- made a question 10 be decided Or even debated WY
then whilst whatever acts OF aggression on me peace -
srcnce OF the Union already TRANSFERRED, nave ptoee'u.
from the North should OF the South enter I'M" M"
unconstitutional movement 10 preserve thal .hio"
s certainly mol more valuable 10 the South thah Il II " W
North! ~. ho,o o,or,, "a,
such ar, few of the considerations that nave opefh'.'
an The onnoscrs of a Southern Convention nm sei ''
6nd the rst man who has opposed the Convention because Ut
s WILLING Ia Weld the preiensions oil me ihereouiefs
rho Nnrth Should those pretensons gam ioong IN any
ac oC The General Government them but not until ueh
win the opDosers of the Nashville Convention be as ponp
md resoutc as lis advocates 10 resist the aggression ~
NOT consistent with these grounds Of opposition ta' le 81
noscs of the Nashville Convention can be expected 10 UNIV
in any postponement of that assenblage erce lis mel
uostponemcnt But yet il cannot be Justly inferred from ~
failure Of the Nashville Convention and IL VIII oe un"l-
for any one any where The inference tat inc SOM
is moi united and collected resist even unto dsnion an
act of The General Government giving lis gh SANCTION
the pret.nsions the abolonsts Or The tree sonls
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