Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-04-19

erty and peace. G d
We have believed and every day more anu more Ae'
in the belief that the Nashville Convention - tue oe' w
wses the safest plan for the preservation "i peace
the sections now 80 widely dierng-anu 10 secure tue per
,,3 e,crnul preservation of the Union The man
of common understanding who den"nnces ue !'ashs'e
Convention as movement designed IN any shape iof TIC
,;,n;o, If the Union il either bers OF his senses by
ha beadone fury of ungovenabo party hatred or is enga
oed in deliberate plan alsehood and SANDER against the
good and patriotic This will certainly receive Do hos'
Justly mes the and contempt OIL 'he Whole county,
sooner or awakening Just appreciation o uch eo
duct
There are no disunontst the South or at least none
whose influence be fell through any organization "ha'
ever or who have either the sympathy OF u
any body of men, This fact ia known 10 all, too well to
admit of dispute
When therefore the Nashville Convention is denounced
90 ovo,op, 10 dissolve the Union- amounts 10 nothing
but nrse, for dcsertion the South and her interests
in the hour DANGER Tho country will come hnally TO look
upon the subject in this light assuredy rs that the save
rv agitation will 20 and we have the aulhofy oi MI
Seward for saying that this will continue until slavery set
shall cense TO exist In sedefence thon we repeat there
must be an organization resist the lido oil ianacsin;
which organization the North itself will see Is amply sul-
cen to effect the purpose.
The united demonstration already made has had the effect
Of driving many of tho aboonss in Congress from tho
wilmot Proviso They however, surrender only the name
If in fact slavery shall be- by the action of Congress- ex-
cuded from tho new territories should this be done BY
declaring the Mexican laws in force which abolished it, the
wrong and insult the South precisely the same as
i, had been excluded by tho Wmo Proviso itself l, this
the sort Of action in Congress which we are gravely told
should satisfy the South Ii il is not, then how are we
| unitedv 10 have rights respected2
We have said that thero organization Of the anti
l. o,I, iIa
bracing many OF all ranks from the Senator to the itnornnt
negro lecturer The newspapers advocate 1T the stump
speakers proclaim it; the politicians foment it, and give it
their countenance the ministers of the Gospel from en
Thousand pulpits boast of the northern religious
in the of God His own blessed Sabbath
sustain this organization and sing hosannahs TO the name OF
Mr. Seward hs assaults upon slavery and the Constitu
,ion And are we be gavey told, that all this amounts
to nothing which ought TO justfy-thats the word-usy
our meeting together in convention consult 10 tho best
means cooperating with the friends Of order throughout
the Union this black current and preserve the Unon
The National Integencer has exered itself with
Nv which, far OBJ servaton goes is without paal
e 10 sematze the movement in favor of the Nashville
Convention The ISLANDERS Of that paper arc bold and indie
cnsbe upon tho patriotism of the South and the purposes
of the Convention Its tory predictions cannot wholly
obiteate its udgmenno its old back-cockade federalism
obscure lis vision for not 10 see that defence OF our
fresdes is tho nation That paper lays itself
open ary tho vehement suspicion of free soil tain if
not abolition ITSELF by its rabd donuncation of every
movement tho South calculated TO resist either lis CO.
umns filled from day to day with evidences going TO
show that the South will not resist aggressons from the
North Every paragraph emanating from any village press
however obscure casting reproach upon the motives of
Southern patriots ia eagerly seized upon and paraded
proof OF public sentiment the South This is precisely
the tho Northern fanatics, Ego in your
OF Reorganization there Is danger of resistance
from the South Break down the barriers OF tho Constitn
lion here and then great central government with unm
ted powers established beyond all doubt This being
iected slavery is swept from the American continent
How il pass Tho audhtions of Sewsrd for
his Abolition speech and the deluncslons OF Webster 'or
his corciatoy one IN tho papers OF lie NORTH have found
no place in the columns OF the Inre,ligencerl Why aro
readers kept in total OF the real danger which
threatens us from the North Ii tells how many papers
from the South against the Southern Convention WHY
not tell us how many from the North opposed 10 Web
and in favor of Seward for their respective in
the Senate! II clutches eagerly at the proceedings of little
meetings in tho South against concert OF action; why not
yivo s readers information of the Abolition meetings
tho anti.slavery lectures tho preachngs of the
ministers of the Gospe-n having for their object the
cen,raon Of public opinion and action against the South
and Southern slavery Tho attachment TO the Union
looked to BY the Soutl-hey will fail remember, tina,
treason the rights of the South is than peril tho
Union--,hey will not fail remember, that asseveations Of
loyalty the best Of patriosm-they will never
forget, that Judas Iscaro betrayed the Saviour of mankind
| with Kiss
From Tho Ne'e YORK Journal Of Commerce, Apralo
| COLORED PATRIOTISM.-Som very tall specimens
of this article have exhibited lately The following
solution quoted by the Harrisburg Union, having been
adopted meeting of coored gemmon in this city:
1iaaul of tba T-pip,
any Of the savehodng States defend propagate
slavoryha should any of them be base and nconsde
Jump of the pan of tho Union because begins
10 warm little for freedom-they may find themselves into
fire blazing with fury; they find that they have
voked the vengeance of God and armed tho bondman for the
defence of his life and liberty they may find that they have
drawn upon themselves thunderbo from Hoavon red with
uncommon wrath blast the criminals who have traded in
the bodies and souls of their fellow men,"
At meeting OF the class Of people in Boston, the
27h u after addresses by Garrison and Calvin Fairbanks
(whes) and by several colood men, series Of resolutions
was adopted, of which the following is specimen:
"Resolved That whereas the crisis has arrived when the
liberties coored stake; their duty
members of the human family enter into solemn pledge
that what will their motto will bo Liberty Death"
There appears TO have been discussion ays the Bos
ton IIavcler on tho most proper means OF sedeicnce
which resulted in tho general opinion that the struggle for
Liberty Death, each would act in his judgement the
emergency demanded"
At the Abolition Convention in Syracuse the 18th of
January last, the negro Douglas who Ia said has been
nominated for Vicc-Predent Of the United States in con
nection with Seward white man, President spoke fol-
low.,-(we quote from the Pennsy vanian,) y
II believe the slaves would be than match for the
enslavers if left to themselves Let the Union then DO dis
solved. wish it dissolved at once Ii is tho
of the whole people of this country who be summoned
in their whole military crush tho slave, that pcrpo
tuatcs slavery. Dissolve the Union and they will ao
their unfeteed arms and demand freedom and if resisted
would hew their way TO liberty despite the pac and puny
opposition Of their oppressos In review OF the opposition
OF this Unon welcome the bolts whether from the North
| or the Soutn-rom Heaven from Hell-whch shall sh
this Union in piece Did fathers think of hiding
the union with this Britshl-Dd they look for theories
Or precedents to ascertain what their rights Mo-
They laid down the doctrines OF equality consent and that
resistance tyranta is obedience God But nfter they
had achieved independence they attempted unto liberty
molly wedock with the dead body Of slavery and the whole
was tainted Let this unhoIy this unrgheous Union he
dissolved. We told Of the wisdom and good
ness of / know they slave
holders. This fact is enough for mo- Stakeholder
What is save-holdcrl l wish | could pourtray him
He would not be man driven by poverty, distress
ar passion TO rob and murder his victim Bnt he would
be cool, hard, obdurate man. who had read the Bible
and prayed and then reached his long, bony fingers into the
cradle, and taken object newly stamped with the image
pitts God and sold it chae And he could then take
the mother Of that blessed little being havo her
written the Lambs Book of Lfeand nct upon her the
crucles Talk of the love of liberty of your
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