Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-05

9Th Pesolred Tha, il is ~
District trade in slaves ehe1 70 BE- soS therein
ybandise or 10 be transported 10 other markets. VIII
ont the District OF Columbia , no,.;on o,ob, ~ 10
1,h PcsoIrrd That cectnai provision oueht " DC
i, @ according TO the requirements of the consitll-
MADE ny inv resoraon and delivery Of persona bound to
service labor in any = S, ,as 1,non
one That Congress has power 10 prohibit or
obstruc the trade in slaves between e @
and Thai the admission exclusion OF saves orough. rom
n into another of ,hem Depends exclusively upon 'he
own pafnGp ys,er OGDEN Esq., addressed the meeting:
I Tii, ci,;7ens This is q meeting irrespective OF all
marty considerations 10 consider and settle the question
which now ogate the Union, on inc OASIS Oh e eSo"
| t;ons proposed in the United STATES Senate e,
"v s ] with MEXICO gave liz great extent OF terrific.
- LUZ d nc CONSEQUENT admission OF new States raised
question of excluding slavery ana II oI hi so We
n s could Give it, We shall have another census Ia
ION and the number Of members IN the congress Oh 'e -
S,s.s would be increased. question: therefore comes De-
IN which not only rights and interests are at
stake but the Union Itself 10 IN oaneei. l,,;, -
Follow cirizens in contests Of this kino, poitcai supe
u Ia generally AT the bottom OF all qnesuons and, we all
cnow from that cause arise our political brolis; a..
There in this country political party called Abolition
He asked any man TO tell ss n nys made which could
10 any practical RESULT He did not speak OF tho
purity of their motives but Inc want Oh p'a'''a e'u''
When The political sky thus charged with clouds no
would hall that star which above the tempest ana io9K
ed to the Resolutions OF the Senator rom ,ha If
@ouu and sav we of the North would meet the
South halfway What is the spirit OF Mr. Gays hesoIu
ons9 He savs no power earth can ever make MN voe
TO plant slavery where slavery does not exs aeaoy ana on
h, platform men of the West and North can stand beside
him lie proposes that slavery in the District OF Coos
be left without any interference until the State rom whGh
y was detached shall abolish slavery lie says that ne
owners fugitive slaves should DO enaoeo 10 recover w
property. ..,-.,,.oa ~, sor,e If our legislative
bodies as great crimes and brethren in the SOUTH being
hns nsulted must naturally become alarmed ior lhe own
rights Ii slavery 10 crime, II was ihouuceo " aeeo'''
tn Era, oneston 10 be consdereed in this crisis was that
h;. Union ia now in danger He would not attempt 70
ht nioht be the consequence this Union ne would not
attempt 10 calculate what would DC the cost 70 ~
others 10 common country and 10 humanity Du - -
was 10 be dissolved il must be BY mghtler events ha o"
control us, And lift to be dissolved the atners Oh e
Revolution would hover over US, and minge her anen's
with the elements of the gathering storm inns was no.
contest between the North and South; but the mighty mass
arising and struggling for tho Union. New YORK was me
centre of the OF this country ana %ouu oe e
last 10 leave the Cnon She might wei be called the
Of that mighty arch which time may destroy out nohhg else
can do.
JAMES R. wHr7iso ESQ. said :-Fellow- coun;Fymen 1t
|. no ordinary occasion on which we nre now caeo
II was not as party. II not as Democrats was not
as Whgs-not Aboitionissnor as factlonlsls OF any
sor-but as Unionists and os Cnionists solely we are
called together the FIRST platform on wich oil 'nc various
parties in their common country except the Aoononlss
could meet give each other the right hand OF fellowship
responding from the heart which beat in one and al Of Us o
the Union and the Union only; and under that Union we
shall die black cloud had arisen over us In the southern
hemisphere bewildeng with the aspect OF widespread
ruin and carrying distant shores the dreaded prospect
thai Freedom Equality Liberty and Union, are coming 10
nm end That several about 10 fall from our en-
blazoned banner and all for some Injustice that We nave
done the South.
He stood there 10 speak word Of TRUTH and would there
fore admit that the North had failed in lis duty 10 the South
and high time that they should grd bout tne IONS
The nanoply of Justice and the South that which
wa. due 10 them under the Constitution under winch we
live and that Union which much prize Let them ou
do ustice evenhanded justice 10 the South and when ha
ns done all the cause quarrel would be removed and the
South must then Sit down under our hg tree the Consttu
ton of our common country one instance OF "as
the violation of the compact OF the Union oy "hlch we
Guaranteed 10 give them up their property by return
ing them their slaves when they came within our ursdlc
ton By the fanacism, IL was called, OF aoohlonlsI
but which might be called by other names such as rob-
bery felony fraud, burglary and vilainy, some oi our
States refused carry out the law In relation 10 hat
mart of orr national compact which first brought us together
II was part and parcel Of agreement In our original COM
pact and bound TO stand BY our oaths that when
slave escaned and when proved his property that
we should Weld them We have not done SO; ana unti
va ver. ius We could not call them be either gene
rous or Just We have in this city, men claiming ana
nroynn their property and prove the laws OF Maryland by
man who has seen these in operation Blu; he was eject
ed from court because he had not seen The idcnca BOOK
there produced In their courts Of justice he would 90 az
far as anv relieve men from bondage out ne "ou
not violate the principles Of the Constitution which enrolled
in Its original provisions and made il the duty OF the States
that thcy should give up slaves who might be found within
their jurisdiction Ii expect justice We must also do It, and
carry law which had been passed 10 permit owners to
claim their property whenever they could prove he MAD
which he derived from his intercourse with gentlemen from
Georgia other saveholdng States he never found one
of them who unwilling to part win MS slaves on terms
which no man could object 10. .
Lee Maryland, hgh-ninded and az chivalrous man
IA ever lived New York and found mere ms oocy
servant whom he permitted go every where, and who had
been treated better than many in New York who claim
ed 10 be free Some negroes had persuaded him 10
away and in nno out OF every cases. 1t is the in
huence which slaves abandon their masters The
slave was willing return with him. but writ OF nbcas
,nf ub li,ipntC air nnuh
had made arrangement 10 purchase him. Tor one-ha OF
his admitted prices and If the aboonis had let the matter
alone purchase would have been completed and the man
set liberty But these anaca rascas these grand larceny
Williams with their cantng hypocrisy used their influence
with the Judge violate the principles OF the law and rob-
bod the of his property.
They feel and know perfectly we'll that oe labor would be
better and more profitable than slave labor but they also
feel that we have done them justice and till evenhandcd
justice done them, we nave no rsht 10 say na 'hey
have no reason for dissatisfaction Let not look al
part but the whole Of the matter and in proper spirit
and If Is absolutely necessary free hon let buy
them Their interests their hopes OF protection depend
we'll os do our own interests and welfare compact
being strictly carried And 10 anything more they
con'a and don't expect H. The North should take of tho
bandaae which their eyes, aud look fairly their
eowczens Of the South and do 10 them what We would
wish they should do Let begin 10 do duty, and
we shall hear no OF the dissolution OF the Union But
this Union anal! and be dissolved long there
ARE and hands the Wost and North 10 support it.
Few Of those here perhaps Graded in the Revolution;
but most of them have been reared and grown up under
tina, Constitution, and the rise Of many Of those
stars which now light up Union, and will probably
live to SEQ tho rise Of many others which have TO be
e added TO 1t. We called 10 show example TO
pos,ery; and all the hopes Ct freedom, liberty and hu-
mainly now rest upon US. And shall II 30 said,
that for mere family quarrel that those hopes blasted;
that the shall fall OF national armament The
stripes fragments and glorious Union scattered
TO pecesl Let US then cay TO tho South, will give you
up your property, judiciary will DO justice and you
mus, be kept In Cnion and will let you depart
from it, Bundled up in that Union In which have lived
and tlourished pledge lives and saccd honors
maintain II nvolabe that not one star shall fall
from H. or one stripe DO torn from those glorious colos
which have so long waved over our glorious Union.
Joseph L. White, Esq., addressed the meeting fol-
, lows:
Feow-c,izons 1t has been my good fortune, on many
occasions address my fellow czens Of New York the
current topics of the day, and AM free 10 Confess in the
modcs,y of ruy nature have felt much embarrassed
not in relation wha, should say you, but what
should not utter This meeting IL is meeting Of all poll
cul parties who, with union OF sentiment here to
present the glorious spectacle Of men, forgetting all mere
personal party prediction and rushing towards their
God catch inspiration TO keep together this great
Gderacy. He (Mr. W. here prefcrring the
Union more than slavery nosavey The doctrine Of tie
Wilmot Proviso of but little Importance conrased with
tho maintenance Of the Union which is inmcasrably above