Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-11-19

oeraeiy odd"n upon in his prominent "a, ;iru!ar n; least
even II tie list of encroacm nj meyer 90 le ary further
And are present prihrois's ~; ior as pure ier ws
n patriotic nea 10 WASHING n and hi associates
tne FranAl'ns, Aiinscs Al"dis lriiarsons Haiion
ilsworhs RIc.cs ard Others ,us;r in genius vir
ID" and services The onndcs of this ion hong its boasts
AMI growing 10 he hr .dIra1n nf orI,r nations whc
i-ncd az aiioysd me !,daal institution with all lis
Tons o' 'i'E"iF Ais painful contrasts Gigt be found
wrwfir t. tn, for them. The Of Wasina alone
.a great :niah and grees, q" Americans whose pur
wand wisdom ill the wnriouDht 10 put hcu MI 10 slnme
Who is would ,fincc him hr affecting 10 e better unt
WISER 'han the constitution which he helped frame and
thoroughly understood
The historian of Tie downfall oc This rcnalc ii our
htnliy mas pedrsiinated lis downfall w point the
apaon BY England of her West India slaves the cioci
shrn eur Northern hostility slavery assumed ts furo
nseeracy Until then was mpnly speculative rather thar
lclive As citizen OF the middle States have desired
void the bias OF North and South; yew this angry Gnes
ION calmly as lron middle ground; view il Amer
an national ground; md 10 view il internationally ~
'eI%cen the United States and Europe This incrnationa
phase which has worked ITSELF noand aggravated The ones
ion, has been contributing s dispropoona,e share Ia hu
l. y ~ on 10 our destruction The phase is very brohd
htc 100 nnch from ourselves Notwithstanding i,s
teney OF Influence and mischief In lis - airon
ina. and reFits emphatic notice, i! only brief.
: 5Wien have bcen in Europe in public capacities
justly proud If my whole country in whose groit
one and indivisble, was permitted Ia speak nothing
wounded me so much the rrndcps and dousionS
with which found our slavery question invariably and
passionaciy assaed These il not aways produced, were
always named by opinions and flowing into that hem
sphcre from our people. Even the red republicans
of Fancethc most toncil Of lhen-thcy who gno-
tlcai liberty IN popular government ns we have inherited
and adaptc! them 10 condon-rhesc republicans,
whilst daily bcwdering each other with their unntcirble,
contradictory and times horrible theories could yet
under their ersasles NJ The sudden liberation oi the slaves
Ia Guadalupe and Martinique after The revolution of is
yes these identical republicans could md did rail and
slavery! They could md did cite American
publications, 70 give their virtuous indg-
. nation and ippan sarrasms Fit moral and political
teachers they wcregood monitors, these for the Amer-
pcope! Considerac Judges, 10 be sure they
Of the consequences likely flow, the Africans
themselves in those French islands, from this sudden
naked decree of abolition All know and none better than
the French, what has happened in st. Domingo. Let
just for ask wha, title France has, England
part of Europe 10 shape thoughts upon slavery =?
deliver lectures s inconsistency with the freedom of
our political institutions! Lei Us ASK also, where own
independence is if we allow ourselves be schooed and
be told apt b. told that the spirit of mankind is
opposed Ia slavery, and therefore must succumb Let
pause under these slavery ethics from ahoad suggest
few inquiries. Are not prone dwell upon the dis
tinctivc pecnlartie of our own systems Do we mol
u and with reason, in or rapid advances physically po
Gticay intellectually under The connn workings of them
all Do not point 10 the quick tho prodieous expansion
in every field OF our nnuencc, power and renown Would
not exclude all European colonization interference
from this hemisphere Do not delight in thinking il
our own! Do we not sometimes imagine i, 10 be mis-
scn finally To overse by example, imperial and monar
chical governments and establish better forms,
,uraly think hem in their place! Do We not incline 10
sgalze them all and even to favor popular movements
that look 10 ~, oseito" We given these things
: the existence OF which all mist perceive.
Now, il is precisely the imperial and royal governments
{ Of Europe, republics like them in spi TINT have set
themselves against slavery; and they do the same the
very same, against our democracy, Most Of them hate ii
sonc OF them would destroy IL; OF them like IT, We
allow them dictate in government: and why
they TO guide opinions control our conduci, fulm
nate upon the of their accracd .enshics and
Shocked hunanes in this field OF slavery! They know as
little OF the one, wc practise II. they do OF the ohr
and should little bow them in the the other
yCan we forget the extraordinary attack ago
p-upon the floor oi the British House Of Commons the
American minister in London, and that minister (Andrew
Sievenson distinguished southern man. because he owned
Slaves This very attack was based on publications from
,ythe L. States Thus abollunsm and modern free s1is
by nrtying Europe In ta denunciaon of our slavery are
ylcIpng Europe undermine our Democracy Who can fail
ito The conneSonl Ii their cooperating Efforts which
our northern people promo 10 encourage and stimulate
pierminaie in destroying UsIoS democracy will
s thenceorth assrody be umpeed over Europe nothing
IS better Than huge failure enormous mocsery topic for
Il their leers, beacon 10 be Stunned.
Europe forced slavery upon We cannot mad!y cut il
loose We check il while rolpnies bn could
the mother country oh!ecnG We stopped az soon as
leeisIang for ourselves nation We have Infinitely
amcioatrd tho condition of the African England sent
them here from terrible bondage in Africafrom
condition barbaros beyond description The three millions
these fertile States have risen in the scale OF human
beings beyond all example perhaps, in The annals oi the
world within relatively brief for changing the char
actescs of This great and progressive improve
has been effected in the southern portions of our CON
fcderacv where lhu general treatment Of he slaves hhs been
en,incny JUST humane and wise. il was my good lot
never forget ito pass week nj Montpelier, the
scat of Mr. Madison in Sirgnin nr he had ceased In
be President of Inc United States hnadred slaves or so
had descended 10 him from his faihcr rode on horseback
With him over his saw them n their various work,
vel, uihrd u, fed we'll lodged. saw how can;entod
they appeared The sick attended TO- III" old wc' ex-
enpcd from labor and made cumr'a5lc; aud could not
have been decevedhis was mposshlc-in the signs OF
attachment saw in them all to The common head AMI trend
of them ALL Tery recently within month, have tecn On
the eastern shore Of Maryland There, TOO, on landed
est large, some snail '-woIScd by tn" same
race-a race adept in oi The great branches 81
our agriculture much o! The same n1ture tel
under ms observations; and could not refrain the wish
that enlightened people OF The Worth could behold suc
scenes with The Of manners, Kind hospitality, and
traditional courtesy, going hand-in hand with them! IN
the propricors Of rs" estates Ii might serv" 10 nlIi-
gate or dspr III tho uniavoraLr opinions now en-
/ crtaned of Southern brethren rom want o know
ledge As statesmen ought not nj. n hear IN Iiad how
hc rd.r of ,hs r1rc in their improved aggregate cnndi-
lion through southern insirnnentiy in spite OF al cSag
geratcd exceptions The contrary has aided IN augeting,
beyond NIL power Of safe compHiaon from The magnitude
of trm The incacnabe resources OF our common c9n-
n.y. where all parts OF grand, harmonious whole! :
Tie North have their abundant share and have had from te
first in The wonderful unparalleled results Good results
they may prove 10 mankind at large u our example IS yr'
10 20 for anything nnong nations To The Africans mem
selves, the results NAV eventually become prc-rn'lneny
efficient Even whilst write comes 10 rs the news oi that
noble bequest from southern man, The late Mf. McDo
nosh, Of New Orleans in aid Of he Colonization SOCIETY
lh funds or which have heretofore been enriched ny s"-
lberuIiy giving hope more and more, tHnt eur Al
cans NAV vet gc, back their original shores not only i'm
poyed and civilized themselves but df>lnG the rays 0
civilization through The darkness Of Africa. But deplorabe
will be the results all round for ages unnum5ered TO come
this on. gnccnt Union is be- dashed TO pieces by
sectional -sighencsS and unscrupulous anaticsm
Let the God ol fathers he thanked TINT there are no
wanting the North patriots of towering fame nnd G'nn
in intellect who still keep the holy work. ana IN .fe ,
Suu, they urc TO be- found striving I" open the eyes
the blind around them, and rescue from aesc" ' CIV
riuns md united land. , =,
These are some of the srntments would espress on M
day evening il in my power 10 ne with yon ieaS
T., accent Them from me- thrown together in this form sine
your kind invitation got to my hands My answer must b
taken as an enncs, Of The vune have SET upon the invita-
ton and askfavc 10 suhJoin sentiment 10 We
10 the company who will assembled the supper 'loe
pray you gentlemen, in conclusion TO accept io your
selves and whom you represent assurances OF me re
specl and cordially with which am your mucn,oon9e i
neichbor and friend, HiCHAnp III on
"rhe Union: Our prosperity, safety, and glory have arise
from lis existence and will perish when 1t lalls.
To George E5icr, John 5. Nichols SAMUEL Ogden Jane
Waggcnscler, and Anthony FELTON,, Es9s. C"mmi''''.
THE pOPUT.A ALTON OF TIE CIT1ES.-lh" refnrf
,rs m, yet coppte In, there no doubt the no'
being taken will show The population o Baltimore 10 of "v'