Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-28
TUESDAY MORNING, NAY 2s, 1850.


free States to acknowledge and enforce it, The right exists
upon The highway Of nations and has been acknowledged
and enforced by this Government with the concnrrenc" oi
northern ana Southern statesmen. Foreign nations nave
been compelled 10 acknowledge it, by paving Tor slaves who
had escaped into their tlomions or taken under Their
jurisdiction Aud this right has not been enforced ~ M
Creole ease, and in other il was mol hc-
cause 1t was repudllcd but "raired IN consideration
oil the vanncd advantages @aincd by MS i'll the Asbloh
treaty. and it Is disgrace 10 the Government ma 's
not remmcatcd the sufferers in those cases alter failing 10
enforce their acknowledged rights upon that consideration
think, sir if had timc could show oil certain Snnh,
Senator Mr. Benton who has thrust himself forward
the apologist if the advocate OF Free Soi IN no
enviablc light 10y contrasting certain url-snvery IisSa-
ges in his pondcrous speech against the A-hnrt"h treaty
with his present position and doctrines He, believe, IL
the author Of the beautiful catch phrase, amt "rry Prop
ardndism"-a trump in the hands OF the Free soirfs
Does he mean 10 stop the generation Of negroes II So
presume The sIvery-heaicd pairiarchs OF Ah"li"hsh,
Mcsss Giddines of Ohio and Mann oil MasSachiScits Is
would rebel against his phnnrnpy II hr means not 'a'
then everybody must perceive that he is playing 'he
humbnggcr, Tor nobody desires 10 import slaves INTO
me country. But let him pass, and impioe YOU, my
Northern friends if you really bc friends of the Orion, ana
desire To put down his enemies that you 10 RI: Upon
any mere eleconeerng catch words false DOCTRINES ~
matter how dognaticay urged by wGndhc leaders, Whether
from the North or from the South. nIorc ynu o 90 10
your people pleading The true doctrines Of ic Constitution
and icarlessy denouncng and exposing the posres oi
abolltonsn and frce-sos Why what sense Is there in
the name OF Tree soil! 1t IL cheat got by cks'crs
and II Is astoundngt is humatingto perceive how ma
thousands have been deceived and isled by It's mere
sound. In realyif there BE- anv reality IN w we
oi the South the free soles. Our soil is zee.
Our Northern brethren freely admitted among us without
any question as 10 their rights Of property Neeccve them
as cltizens IN the full enjoyment OF all the rights oi persons
and property with our own native citizens lhcy swarm
around commercial cities You find them III every neigh
berhood where money can be made They often supplant
regular merchants in their traffic in goods wares and IN
Vulnerable lankee notions" They break down our ma
live mechanics by undcrsclng them with the products OF
the cheaper labor Of the North. They preach the
Gospel u.s. and live upon the fat of our land, and
some of them get rich. They teach onr children and
make fortunes BY il, and in spite Of all the asperies
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the soil of old Virginia free soil settlers om every point VI
the compass Men from the North only freely ad
become citizens of State and and cuiyaiors Vi
soil. Many of them doing Many portions nj
State filling up with people from the North demon
srating the aIlacy Of another vile mpcstur to W.T. that
free white labor cannot thrive where slave labor exists II
grossly nse for although the fact Is stadosy concealed
from the people Of the North il is matter o fact which
be attesed by every Southern Representative upon
this floor that white aborcr and slave ahoeis ton together
in forests fields and workshops; and carp hy"ccs
may, both classes OF laboers are exalted by The proximity
The white aborer s exalted by the fact th! the slave Is sub
ordinate TO himreaGy him oil from the more monal
manpuaions the slave il exalted and encouraged in his Ia
bo because he has his master oycrseer tong with hun
and has guaranty of sharing the proceeds Of their
toll The existence Of slave labor them is bar 10 white
labor. Neither is il bar filing ~ o entire neighhur-
hoods the slave States with free white aborers The dis
ct which have the honor IL represent l. large slave
holding district and yet there are in my own country hold
inc slaves than other in the district, large and
popuous ncghboroods in which many oi the voters per-
haps majority, nonslayeholders. And get sir while
these n0nSlhrtnOdcfs Nave perhaps
the than their masters have They haze more than
have the people Of the North; but wo 10 the man who would
dare 90 among thcm pleading that negroes ought 10 he
free ana equal with white and repeat sir.
40 lar as there in the catch wod free soil al
the South the soilcrs We contend that onr 4o in
Neyico sho hc free soil We claim no exclusive rights
there as Shareholders, We maintain that citizens Of
every class and from every sccon have equal rights there
Ii shareholders with their slaves settle there, avchol
ders will neither be excluded injured 10y III the
rary, if the circumstances o The country be adapted ~
labor the whole Union will be benefited by admitting II.
! this position. New England, believe has always oppo
scd The acquisition Of new territory especially oi new slave
territory yet il is demonstrates that the northern States
in general, and the New England States i'll particular owe
their prosperity the very policy which they have resisted
Trace their prosperity ard yon In, it spring
ing mainly from the aveoiding regions The acquisition
If Louisiana OF Florida the reacqsltion {" Texas the cx
nnusinen of the Indian titles I" southern lands, Eow
growing and sugar, the sources whence spring
northern Profits prosperity We support hcir shipping
interest, their mercantile and manufacturing Interests N
short, every class OF their people, whether living by te
Of their brows the sweat ot their hraius might
statistics 10 prove but II needless Tor every nves
| gatng mind knows that | am stating the truth. See
note ID.
Sir the history of the civilized world bears record Of
more cruel wicked and heartess warfare Than that now
waged by the Northern against the Southern people And
here sir beg leave the Jidnfropic gentleman
from Pennsy Iyana Mr. Stevens who preached the funeral
Old Virginia the other day in sermon abountng IN OBJ
SANDERS that do not mean TO defend the mother oi
and of statesmen against any charge which he and
otcrs have urged aast her She needs no defence But
canno, refrain from remarkng that neither her white labor
c the Of her black aborers have ever been in
habit Of begging for special benefits or protection al The
hands Of this Government and al the expense oi others ami
that there any truth in the picture which he has
drawn of her Impoverished condition. II ls owing in part
the fact that loo many OF her warleared ana open
handed people have broken down their fortunes BY lavish
expenditures which have gone into Northern pockets and
Golfers. by the special iavorsn Of this Government 10
Northern luendicants at its oosoo Let the archives
Congress whether the masters o negroes or The mas
ter manufacturers have been the most !npona;c begars.
Why sir floods Of ink have been she'd and volumes writ
,cn prove that twenty, nor even lery erceni advan-
tage the the community could save the people
oi the North from ruin. mean disrespect 10 the work
ing men North: In by days they have been
sidcrcd the ralural allies ri the South believe them
~ still They are interested with us in resisting nnnutho-
rzcd assumptions Of power by this Government They are
beginning learn that high protective tariffs like all other
systems OF monopoly tend 10 enrich the IT," III the expense
| OF the many.
But 10 return from this disresson If The gentleman from
PENNSYLVANIA w consult facts instead o ianaca ancies
c will find that the apparent decline in certain portions
Virginia is not owing the existence of slavery the
fact before stated and to the further fact TINT our slaves
rnnrana 10 regions here their abors profitable
and the North is only reapng large share OF he
proceeds of the traffic in slaves sold in Virginia but ncras
cd profits from their profitable aboTs in the States Ia
which they migrating lie will find furthermore that
the ingress of free white labor begins 10 supply the loss by
the eress of slave labor and that under the united energies
of both classes of labor and under true soil system
Virginia well compare with any part Of the world in
all of the essentials of human excellence end happiness
Why is il that he cannot find it in his heart 10 rejoice in
stead Of indugng in obscene sandr, when he sees our
thckenngl Ii he consider slavery why cannot lie
rejoice the prospect Of diminishing it, his very door
Sir tell him, | told the gentleman from Connecticut
(AIr. Buer) the other day. his philanthropy il like most
modern phanthropyt is regardless Of his brother his
door and expended upon far distant and almost unknown
lands II true odashoned philanthropy the gen.
tlenan would rejoice in the results of ee-so SYSTEM
allowing labor, whether free white slave labor seek
employment wherever it be udiciosy and prota
bly, employed rather than follow the lights of fanaticism
at with every principle of justice and humanity, and
which, if it be successful attain that only
through heartes cruelty the white and black Sir
what demoniac cruelty do behold in the scheme of pen
ming slavery up within limits and choking il out
Disguise you nlay that the scheme of northern phi
anthropists The scheme which is swaying the minds
popular Now probe the bottontrace 10
lis ultimate and inevitable results il be hwarlcd and
conemplales the extinction Of either the white the
black race Of the slavehnldng States And what result
would follow such catastrophe supposng the Shareholders
annihaed and the slaves left in sole possession the fer
tile regions OF the South Sir have slaves il must be
admitted who of vicious and rebeous dispositions and
who reckless Of consequences be melted mischief in
certain quarters but the great OF negroes know too
much of Northern cupidity 10 believe for moment that
they be placed upon footing of equality with
white people, ard left in free possession ct rice
sugar, and tobacco fei!s. They know better thar
t,atthcy know that if They could get rid their presen
masters, they would Instantly incur worse bondage than