Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-11-12

Z We Mois. Frank Haynes, Iohh y. "nai i,n
Fdy 81 Durcl Thos. Connolly, Jr, Mm. III 'i parrv
GO 70 u ,,dirch j. Spith, Oiscr r ''i
ie9 o. b. c hGw1'''" Nm. IT, Wilder, Francis l.eech
A. W. Sna'l De- N,rrev A. ]. Wagner,
5. Smith, Te'ri ~ u.s.. Sin, r NJ Carter
VIM S Hammer, John - 2 1inn"'' { " Oakley,
A. 4. Fraser. !oh h y cnnnr l. NJ Turnbull, +
John l.. Lewis .o'i. - wa,sn, \ Trepagnier
Junius Bebce no.; o., =. s =, William Dunbar
.has. T. Dauho!' t,hray Finch Arthur u Donnell .
3 b. Lee II Mn,,hews Edward Laville,
Philip PeEdergast, H. Mai'ne' u Edwards
Iohn Mullins +. Wood Perry, kopt' = ne''' +
Emile Hiriar',, r Gun " Whiis r. Ii. Mccormick, I
IIan, Rncbonan A. B. Shelby, John 1unsa"
A Andrew Carr, a. H. '
A. So.,r,s ANSWER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DhA"-
New ORLEANS, Der. 30, 1851. /
. 7 ,tnowledoa The receipt of conmunlca- !
lion which YOU caused 10 be placed IN my ha va Lwrod
dav and which, End is the same whcn mas "ee a that
h, in ihe streets OF New Orleans for SIX enllfe Guy
i, m;oht obtain the endorsement Of the ~ ha''' "
mere Is my ,,,,ers al fppany alluded To in that
~ n,il come before me in the only shape ihat can lea
nv oficia responsibilities 10 the State ana pe VI ~, M
depend upon IT, they VIII DC me, and Of the duties
b;ch owe 10 the great interests contided TO my proec
and guardianship But as can regard you ,hea a. as f
organs of that people and State nor inor'1 "s %
,h Marty 10 which YOU say you belongs as ask neie yu
anpIauss nor your support you will pardon me lot aAs nv
other notice Of The queries which you nave o s
me Than BIZ assuring you that am not 10 De oVea our ~
hat nropricy which becomes public man. ana ABOVE a'
On American Senator, by the tricks OF hve or FIX
zers who for some time past nave og n ~ me and can
have no object bat distract and divide the M
" tina, they may build TO themselves upon lis runs az m
nortance which they know but 100 well they canno r.u'
as long az it stands by its principles and remains EXIT
= Yours Respectfully, PlEkRt oouLr''
Messrs. W. w. King, Chas s. Reese 'o'n l. i''"e
uBut then wha, is the South now TO do Why she IS 10
mite in dssoyng this glorious Union if the fugitive slave
law il repealed or modified. What, destroy ihis glorious
Union for an abstraction That llw Is perie. S
in every thing except that il abstracts no lgSeS nom e
Norh Shall we ruin the Democratic party oy oissS'ins
Tho Union! Does tho Enquirer think the COTTON oa'.e
have no putotisml Are they going TO iolo" tne
If e and reasonable in the border STATES
no The cotton States love this Union TOO wen! ihey nav
reud W.snlSGroSs Farwel Addressthey nave reha oen
tor FooTEs speeches, they nave ieuu TIC e ~ "
quirer"-l Southern Press.
Such is the hppani style In which the ooulhe'n ICES
treats question: upon which the whole South pom DOT
der" and cotton" States resolutely determined o'
tilted at the failure ofs ucious purpose 10 arouse Tue
to disunon on account of what has been done os
this miscalled Southern organ sneers al virginia aA0
Shsr States and seeks 10 defeat the ray of the whole
South upon the practical question OF the repeai Vi h''
ton of the Fugitive Slave LAW. Its sinister schemes u"
fail and Georgia. Mississippi and the other "co''o" "a'
arM rally unitedy upon common platform tou'" ''''
scord and annual 10 the men whom the Southern Press mas
commanded, TO sustain our posltioh. -ie"''''
w Lamar J. c. Sneed and J. NJ Smythe have been select
ed by the party opposed the whole adjustment as
for the Georgia Convention from The county OF chatham
Reren has not vet sgned his acceptance decenson OF
! tho candidacy En- passan would remark that Mr..
psen voted for the "bribe and bully Texas oil-the only
Question on which the representatives from Virginia. IN the
Senate and House. differed in their votes-and yel' "hlle
the vginans who voted for the bill are denounced " VIC
Southern Press party, Mr. Berren, who voted LOT inc SAME
hill is selected as the peculiar champion oil the same p IN
Georgia! ATessrs Lamar, Snead and Smythe Vhe ias'
named high in the councils OF the Southern frcss party
have accented the noninationand in puoished e''e
while they express their opposition 10 the adjustment e
sures thew do not hint resistance or csnnion ior WIFI
has been done They even go far as 10 say:
oWhile we should have opposed the bill Qt we nae 'or
mon M 10 cede part of Texas 10 New Mexico sun We ae
disposed mol 70 discard any southern man. FOR rong I0r ~
49, IN the last resort THE QUESTION Is 10 DE LLi ~ ~
! sy,,lai We aHG. they SAY
Sboud we be honorcd by our fellow citizens of Richmond
county, with in the convention we would advocate
the adoption of platform" for the maintenance and Sc
curty OF the rights of Georgia. with the pledge of the State
that trod secede from the Union upon It's essclia 'o
ton by federal legislation.
repcai of the Fugire Stare Lar would constitute one
act Of further encroachment which, in our opinion oMd
Justify secession repeal Of that law would show such an
utter disregard of constitutional rights as not only 10
leave hope of justice in the future but no prospect oil
association with the savehodng States but At The ex-
pense Of sacred rights, safety and our honor we
would place in the category OF encroachmens the 400
cn Of slavery in the District of Columbia The forts ar
sena &c. which The government exercises Jurisdiction
The abolition of the slave trade between the S!1es-the
exclusion slavery from the territories by the passage OF the
Wmo proviso and need scarcely add the abolition Oh
slavery in the States.
As a part of the "mode and of redress, we
would advocate the imposition Of tax, discriminating be-
tween articles of Northern and Southern manufacture
Again. the large meeting of two thousand persons in Ma
CON- Noxubcc county, Mississippi which approved and
,la nf
S. Foo,e and which opposed the call Of the Legislature BY
the Governor yet laid down the PLATFORM rs follows
Resolved That while acquesce in the enactments of
Congress- referred and feel strong 10 the unon
established by oreathers still we declare that inirac
of the constitution might occur, which would amount
to- "ntocrabe OPPRESSION and such would Justify re-
the strongest Of resistance among which
nirac,ions will enumerate the following:
l. The interference b. congressional legislation with sa
very in the States.
3 The abolition Of slavery in the District Of Columbia.
g. The refusal by Congress 10 admit new State INTO the
Union Of her having The institution OF domestic
slavery within her borders
4 The passage of any law inhbng slavery in hc terri
tories, any of them.
s. Interference with the trade in slaves between the
States
The repeal of the fugitive slave bl or the
nlent oil lis provisions by the general government.
The Southern Ptcss' will thls see that the "Cotton
States WILL unanimously disregard its sinister advice, and
will come 10 the only safe PLATFORM which have Of
ten commended in our paper.
n. R.-The Southern Press" made grand flourish over
the first meeting in Hampshire county, in this State de-
nouncng the adjustment measures, DC Another meeting
has been held in The county, which passed
olutons. We have report of them in the south
Press Is that the way in which the "Southern Press
reflects Southern scn'mentor has Virginia fallen low
the andced eyes OF that paper that she is not 10 be
counted belonging 10 the South What has become of
the equality of the States In which the Southern Press
descanl Has that paper become infatuated
By its schsmatc line between the border States and the
"Coiton States that only half the truth is be told?
THE RESULT IN NEW YORK.
As we write cannot form guess 10 who is Cover
OF New York The picture has changed every day. and
even twice day. The last have shadow forth
the election Of Seymour but the lines fixed and
clear as We would have them. Whoever has been chosen
his majority be exceedingly small Let the result be
hat may is the whole cheering the friends of the
Union Hunt the anti-Ren ticket and his friends