Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-10-18
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
,RIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER ~, 1850.
TJp orrsT1oy or THE DAY.


,,h a. o.,,n resolutions of her Legislature, We have
.ouoh, n the Union possible bu not al the sacfhce
of the honor rights interests Of the South Ill "ho oui
destiny is wrapped up In taking and defending our own
nositon however, have respected the pa'ro'e motives
If those who differ with We have assaiiea nome ou
have acted entirely the defensive We resolved pos
sble 10 do nothing omen the unfortunate ossehsohs
al the South nothing break up the harmony ana seng
Of Southern counses and action should collision between
the North and the South unfortunately occur ca 10
be as honestly and periodically but not more devoted to the
cause Of the South as the political and persona! friends
with whom we regretted differ on this subject Such has
been our shirt Of shall continue 10 be-
until we are compelled 10 change our attitude
There is however IN article in the Chariestown Na)
"sniri, of Jefferson" which calls for some notice al our
hands. 1t is as follows:
Nearly every promnen, newspaper in the Sonth
who ADVOCATE the "Compomse adopted by the last
Congress declare their readiness TO unr the flag o DS-
anon whenever Congress shall abolish Slavery III The
District Of Columbia repeal revoke, or the people oil The
North open Defiance they have heretofore done ten
thousand times the enactment of the Constitution IN regard
10 Fugitive Slaves As an example the Richmond wing,
Times Republican aud Enquirer after looking one way and
rowing another for several months were all at length ana
are now the advocates OF the "Compomse Bill and are
doubt alike equally ambitious Of tho deectaoe pleasure
of dcnouncing Southern man rs traitor on disuno
ist who will not bow in willing submission 10 HE rod which
Messrs Clay, Foote &c kind enough, 10 furnish III
order scourge them. All these papers with nn5erless
Others besides the prominent submSsioniss OF the South
openly proclaim their readiness for searaton hen 50 and
has been effected. A case in point the last mum
ments of the Petersburg IneligeEcer, when il says:
"The people of the North may denouncc nuillcaion ana
secession pleasure but il would be advisable for them 10
ascertain before doing if their skirts clear
What South Carolina threatened TO do the North has done
for years pa, An mp1rtan pTGs0g q The o0S S o
borne eih long and patienyb time has come al last
uhen If the South cannot secure her rights under The Con
tuition SIZE WILL MAIxrAlS THEM UNDER ANOTHER GovEpS
he SOnth Wi q
the admission Of California tho passage of the Texas Boun
Diary Bill but she will resist the continued notification of
the Constitution of the United States by the savchuld
ing portion Of the unon'
Now, the question up rM Congress abolish Slavery
in the District the people of the North disregard the
actments of the Fugitive Slave Bill? Who is there with
the light OF the past before him, utterly blind 10 the
dictates of deny that the representatives and
people of the North ,cW do bat unless the Agators and
"Disunonlss as they are termed prert IL and pre-
vent il at once.
The esprit" utterly msreprescn,s when says thai
have denounced dsunionists' and traitors" those
who opposed the ato adj sncut of Congress-.
This is not We could not have applied either OF those
terms 10 any party set OF men in Virginia. because
yet the flag Of dsunion raised do believe
that il will be raised in Virginia, of what
has been done. With Senator Hunter whose short speech
in the Senate adopted muiais mua,i, have taken
course honestly ing that in accordance
with the solemnly declared i'll OF Virginia and her dec
sion willing bow. We have said ,ha, there
disunonsts South of aud vonch the record for
assertion We ask attention the following facts. Mr j.
Cochran of Eufaula, Alabama writes rabid letter 10 The
Editor of the Union in which he says:
~ do not think The Union will be dissolved lcda,ely
but believe and rejoice in The belief that n, mis- moment
there is amongst here, iearc Of dsu.ioa Which, bv
more or less rapid, but perfect certain process viii leen
the whole lump
eve feel that in the confedcracy degraded and
have noc no remedy but secession.
The Montgomery Advertiser says:
"Our position shall not be misunderstood II
fdror Of secession al once but if succeed this
will 60 for any other substantial mode Of esisance.
"For own part, are for srcEssIofor resist: nee
unqualified resistance The argument being exh
red, stand arms. "" aIacca iGa) Telegraph
eve abandon the Union as nn engine Of Infamous op
preston. WE SECESSION open, unqualified mixed
SECESSION Henceorth are for upon the govern
ment il has existed bl. for ruin and the Of
Columbus (Ga) Sentinel.
Now we ask the spirit" not fully justified in
saying that there disunonss who would brek up
the Union on account of what had been done
The Esprit appeals to The South present ian united
'front.' How this be done, wheE that paper and those
who with apply such epithets "submsslo nsts'
those who unwilling dissolve the Union of
the adjustment measures but prepared for any mode and
measure Of redress, should the Fugitive Slave Law be
peaed or nnled slavery be abolished in the district?
Jorge majority of the Southern people, however they regarded
hem that they have passed. rather than resort to such
extreme disunon which in itself give redress
bur be followed by unutrable Does the "Spirt
forget that the Governor Of State is embraced in the
sweeping epithet of submssionist the word be Justly
appcable2 By the resolutions of last Winter the Cover
nor of Virginia was required to call Convention of
the State, the occurrence of either of the contin
gcuccs denounced in those resolutions To certain
extent, he vested with the whole sovereignty Of
the State and had he believed that either of the
contingencies had arisen he is not man TO shrink
from duty, but would have carried the voice Of Virginia
Upon him. than other man, rested the responsible
iy of further proceeding He has construed the resou
lions OF Virginia requiring action at this meht could
have done So for they admitted Of such
Why not then call him suhnissonst a2soa Why visit
such onsous sins on head OF hunoe editors and sui
fer 10 escape the chief magistrate Of the State the only per
son vested with the power OF oyng in the NATTER No
one presume viii dure 20 coll John B. Floyd su5nis
sionst"
We appeal aen the "Spiit its efforts 10 male
nm issue upon the late Of Congress II but chafss and
divides the South and tends prevent her full and coria
union great practical questions resistance to the abo
hon of slavery he District and the repeal of tie Eugi
tive Slave Law The Esprit" is convinced shas this law
will be repeated and quotes newspaper evidence to that eff
feet We admit that tie eXcitemen, the North ragas fun
ous present. but cannot yet believe that the mass Of
the Northern people s utterly lost 10 sense of right and
their interest, to nuify the measure When they
shall do So our stand indicated, shall be maintaned.-
We yet however have noble champions Of the right
the North-and among them cite the following from
the New York Standard excellent Democratic paper
started in New York city, and the Pennsyl Sanan which
has waged battle and tumphed goriousy upon the plat
form Of the Fugitive law:
From the y. y Stand r
Here, in the North we have still madmen who talk
daggers and threaten resistance tine Fugitive Slave
Law but they will be wise commit act-boy
kno that here the lars r be erecuea NJ all Some
pretend that the law is UNCONSTITUTIONAL but law
passed in this country that moro carefully examined
BY the best constitutional lawyers the country and
those who trust 10 "higher law they first find than
selves denizens of that distant country where human laws
will be unknown. So long they reside is Republican
earth, they may be &c certain of earthly justice
From the Philadelphia Pennsylvananl
But the tender regard Of the North american for its
domestic and local interests does end with anxious
solcitude for the nercane community The organization
which encourages against the law for the and
restitution Of fugitive slaves, comes in good time TO inac
still further the fery passions of the free negroes in
midst and bring still the impending evil that will
be pecpated upon them and upon all their aders and abe
tors unless their proceedings at and forever arrest
ed The argument Of the opponents Of The FHsire S2a7e
Lap is no. repeal bu force They threaten to resist the
sworn officers of Constitution Arms DISPLAYED in