Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-01-25
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AZ IRRESISTIBLE ARGUMENT.
-. 49,, ;, our views fully in behalf of oou'le'i. No'
,,o,,ion Int the evidence we bring ior"alu i, hor
roroest ouneal that be made TO liie ''" ,n ,,h
,ho, du,v in the present crisis The rcaae w -
nr;de and pleasure the patriotic, .,;a ,bo
Senator Dickinson oil Nc" 'o'A' "
Times has the justice TO sa!i go , i, ,be nrcsent
a free from, all suspicion shutting III n
,iic,,r ,b, treat issue between the morn rI ,h
and has the naniness and tie wsuo nn Inc N,rhern
@ If sectional preludiccs, and to eau ulo, vi t
nn "a forIcar We could pardon HIM nils s o On
l - mis- notriotc position. Other Northern s'aes'
~ both parties, mist stand by hini OF WIZ"
may come upon our beloved country -
III; nol example will stimulate other Northern states
s,opd nv the Constituon-but the letter we give oc-
~ ,i, show that it depends on the South 'eis'i "ne''
n i ~ cain or lose friends at tho North e et'er l.
Gentleman in the heart OF New York; u "'''e"'' anu
s,niinc and is addressed 10 member oil .nscss i'i'
VIRGINIA who has favored Us with II. FOR "i' 'eiseh'e
f IN, writer we point 10 the letter seil o"h'''
-. - ,hc most concise cogent and powerful arguments
;, thc course OF the North, and in favor oil the "f'o
,;, If the South that have ever read iho views can
49, ", in,,v,dand we shall not attempt il. Ncconnnend
the letter IL readers, especially 10 'ic " WV
I.l Assembly and confidently ask if their true course
il not plainly and broadly marked out before 'he IL We
desire 10 rally Northern friends around ns and I" save The
I- hv sccunp our rights can hesitate TO sanction tit
S,,,.rn Convention where the whole South can consult
IN, ,dvs tochcr rs Ia the bes; Of resisting aggres
~ and defending our rights under the Constitution ana I'M
I-;pp The letter speaks the truthand lis bold and lar
.i,,d views ARE confirmed By what hear from many
4""'''' Urea New YORK. DEC. II, 1919.
SIR. think the term "disnionist belongs properly not
statesmen anxious To protect the rights oil he
hui 10 those who by continued asgessons on the noufhc
States are cocrcng them IL scccue III seocchcc rom III
~ Il ~
- ~ Tho word when he is contending against measure
that must naturally lead Ia dsnion Our union can be per
manent only by leaving all domestic local questions 10 ~
decision of the locality violation oi this principle D.
Great Britain is driving Ireland into rebellion and drin
| Canada into annexation 10 our conrderacy Inc fnpero
Of Russia might BIZ sovereign over roHid without an! u
,once ON the parl of the Poles if he would permit them
control their own internal affairs Hungary would not nay
rcyoltcd against Austria ii Austria had not ineriercd WI
the domestic legislation oil iiun2ary M ancient history
and all modern are full Of the fall Of Empires and Snp
from an attempt of one people 10 legislaic Tor another Al
exemption this error IL the vital principle oi our Con
eracv and distinguishes il from all preceding conicdea
cies and ii We preserve this vital principle unimared tn
extension of Coniedcracy from The Atlantic ~ the IA
cifc will add to our national strength instead of mpan
H. and 81. no extension which may attain Wit
increasing bcnc. the whole be the extension North
South
Such then being the conservative principle Of nonnter
renee and slch the destructive principle Of Interference
thing can be patriotic than or the South 10 resist al
Congressional legislation the subject o local slavery
The more loves the Union the more strenuous shou'
great glorious m object; and from "ila We know
the innate tyranny of human nature We may be sure tina
the strong will Cypress the weak 10 tccsieni that the veal
will submit oppression TIN, South, therefore should r.
sist Ia the that God has cnlHed them with the power
OF resistance: and wei hope and well expect, tina
when such resistance shall b. believed and SEEN the tr
disunionists will begin the value o the n"n an
esisi from an aggrcssun which i properly and llrnous
and periodically producing consequences 50 dire. No
should any compromises b. endured Compromises may
patch mp temporary truce as they have several times be
fore the great principle ri nonintcriconcc with the pc
culeS o localities is vital la b. compromised hy ANY
person who truly appreciates the blessings al Union
and wishes pcrlctunte H. The slave question can hardly
be compromised without Sanclonng the power o Con
geSs over domestic legislation, ANA thus sanctionng
power which rcpugnant the perpetuy oil the Union.
Nor need we criticize the Constitution very profoundly Il
determine how lr Congress may constutlonay inefiei
with local slavery To The extent that Congress possc>se
the power the possession Is and II the interference,
fatal the peace and perperuy % III" Union as the tore
going arguments show bc the should bc resisted
by every patriot. much as though the interference were
Unconstitutional We mol 10 swallow poison by reason
that find it accidentally cassed among wholesome TODD
l. poison the question: and not how Ii Is called
by whom sanctioned. When the Constitution vas made Tho
nature such conicdcracy was but GInv seel
aud understood We may well wonder how the principle q
non-incrfcrencc with domestic peciarcs Ia he st
well defined and we'll guarded against; and We snail hav,
poed but little BY sixty years experience III the ma
lure Conicdoracy il seek interpretations
the Constitution authorize Congress ion1 interference
with local Sayery-a subject which different parts oi on
country are educated estimate differently, which different
Inmates and productions naturally influence by rendering
slave labor lucrative in places and npraciicabi II
others ana, moreover subject about which 80 much m
nto Il- ariicilI!y created, that 10 reasons
thereon without excitement OF the most intense character
take thu liberty o addressing 10 yon these few hastily
drawn up remarks, because take deep interest III III,
crisis which 10 be pending and look Ia the South
with the hope that will take that the Constitution
shall receive dangerous wound hy any rcnsSness de-
lend thu r.,- which want"nly assa,d, according
10 the s' views that can take ot the present slavery AL
tnti,n. long the $ouh shall insist on only maintaining
is rght. H consequences n the struggle rW rest r Ms
tradrS and MT Ic ae iHrfded and "a the foregoing
mass IL our fcAot citizens of ne North.
ann, Srs very respectfully your obedcn servant.