Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-11-05

der III hnrncrs OF that party whose principles and practice
ale most calculated Uphold the Constitution and To erp,t,
ate our glorious Cnion."
All this, we tise it, is toleraby transparent WASHING
EOS fcST ls well know 10 be hosli the Fugitive Slave
i.h" ior ne has publicly proclaimed tie fact Meet If the
niu Candidates Tor Congress throughout the State are
Ah"h or believed 10 be hostile of tie "Prace
i' as'',s 50 chilled. "Tntparly' which the Cotton
h ;':;es itst henccto!h sppart j. tl- Wh par
~ South Carolina aud tie gloriss of Daniel s. Dickinson
being Jntscs IN short, The Union Meeting is simply
trap n catch N!Is for the use OF oru,io Seymour and
'aniei > Dickinson Whatever the Of the sicners ard
auditors may have intended the planners ana wiTeworhers
h"h tis end In view from the first into This their meet
M III last resolves itself Ha been intended To oper
ais on the Election il would have been postponed single
week is an npudcnt Political trick intended 10 strike
down The Free Soil sentiment Of The North through The
a'iat o Washington Hunt and the eelcction OF D. S
Dickinson.
And 50 The fiat has gone forth from Castle Garden that
l.c s'lili br no further agitation with regard S,vc.y
NO mater II Tie great territories wrcscd from Mexico
should bc ovcrrun and by force appropriated 10 the nggr
ule"i"n1 o SEiVesy-no macrihough ireenen ali.
10 oe captured IN our ndst q. any and hurried oil
ato slavery without the benefit of ia5aas Corpus any
form OF Jury Trial To determine the fact Tint their ancestors
Before TEEN were stolen that they legally can scno mat
Ter Inough rcG citizens OF New York have been and any
moment may be seized in Southern ports dragged from
vessels mmured in prisons and finally sold INFO eternal
Savcry-and Mr. Winthrop read documents in the Senate
10 prove that TWELVE HUNDRED Northern Freeren sus
no crime but their color had thus been disposed OIL
Zone OF whom only happened in Savehoding port bynkng
the occan)-no matter what Manhood JUSTICE Liberty may
thunder IN carsthe Union Meeting has decreed that
there sha be no more agitation respecting Slavery ard that
c! candidates who Ike WAsHlyc-oS HrSr declare them.
selves hostile The Fugitive Slave Law or to the Extension
of The Of Eondage shall be prescribed aud only those
who synpaihizc with Daniel s. Dickinson elected. FREE
COUNTRY y3ur voice is yet be hca rd in this
malter Shall the candidates hostile The Fuave Slave
Law for that be defeated? Your votes next Tuesday
will determined
As the n. Y. Express says:
All the speakers touched upon the Fugitive Slave Law
excitement ai upon the constuionniiy and PRINCIPLES Of
The aw and al declared it the duty of the North obey
in good faith, 10 which thousands ard thousands Of
responded in hearty approbaiun Ten thousand men in
arms venture to say from this dcmousration b,
summoned any twcnty.uur hours enforce tha; law il
the United States Norsha requests Of The civil authorities
In New York that law will be obcyad reny as any other
law on the Statute Book, whether it liked not.
Never has there been imposing public meeting in
our city, and but very c@ nave there been imposing
in character in neral force intellectual weight and dignity
and real power. The example it exhibits will spread and
until the North is again restored devotion the
Constitution and 10 the laws made in pursuance hccot.
Mr. GERARD then addressed the meeting. come at your
call citizens of this my native place. yo by ,ou-
sands and tens Of thousands and sacrificing the altar
orr common country, our party lines and predictions rally
around the standard Of Tie Republic and in this the hour
lis peril concert such measures may be best adapted
pcrpctuate oilr glorious Union.
Merchants Traders and Mechanics Of this the Empire
City vorc aui action tonight will be heard and felt
throughout the length and L.eadih of this great Republic; it
the granite, frosty mountains o New Hampshire
Your voice and action o-ngh will be carried through the
middle States of our Unonand carrying all and comfort
will be hailed with gndness through our sister Southern
states, down To the orange groves oi llorita. Ripe
hood in Southern States will thank you for standing up
for o Constitutional rights and their wives and children
will in tc. prayers bless you, for The security which you
give them against the attacks o fanatics who would disturb
their domestic .c!Lonsfor you pledge against
their rights, but against the who tranpc upon thcr
lo will and action viii be heard ard felt along iteen
hundred miles OF coast and every commercial city, town
and village will leap for JOY and all join the cry the Con
stuiion and the Union for cvc' Hence, following the
Sun in his Western course your WILL Tonight will spread
the great valleys you. Western Rivers and oycreap
ing barrier Of the Rocky Mountains die away till it
reaches the young Edoado the shores Of the Pacific the
Queen City of our youngest Sister State.
Yet your action tonight before o-mor.ow's shall set
will bc carried by steam ana lightning TO every town and
city, village and hamlet of glorious land that
shone upon Every mountain top and every valley
shall Join in the swelling chorus of the general shout which
shall here Tonight Of the "Constituon the
Compromise and the Unon"
More than sixty years ago, Republic launched
into consistency the Constitution adopted by all the States
bond and free; founded upon Mutual Concession and Com
promise; by mutual concession and compromise alone
be sustained For sixty years the States of the North
and The South, under the balancing power OF the Const
lon have harnonousy reyoyed in the orbits prescribed
gone on "conqnering and conquer. AS the emblem of
the rising Republic fathers selected from the proud birds
of Jovc the king-brd OF the forest and the scroll de-
pending from its beak stamped their motto, E PluriIus
Enun,-tte Union and ndirisi6e"
And well has the onward course uf our country justified
the emblem As the eagle in its curling flight to the upper
regions Of the skies with wing that never Tires and eye
i never wink faces aud dares the very sum- in its na
nent has country risen higher and higher in prospcr
t. and rcno"n; the eats of ait and science rivaing the
deeds of arms and the statesmen ard warriors Of the South
striving with the and soldiers of the North which
should add the welfare and glory OF their common
country until have placed ourselves in the first rank Of
the proud nations Of tho earth Cursed and pa!sIed en be
;e frarcidol arm which shall check that eagles fight and
pasied be the hand which shall pluck feather from that
eagles wing.
h,yo yya I1y fheenu
ts-thc Southern believe that their very existence
the security Of their property and their lives require it, we
ruaranteed il them, and let in good faith fulfil
that guarantee The crowned heads of Europe and their
counseors look with deep interest upon that conflict be-
tween Siaesoh how they will rejoice our Republic
from plethora of its greatness, should be destroyed
ana e fabric Of the model republic cimblc into ruins But
no. the crowned heads and enemies 10 Republics in the old
world shall be disappointed for we will send forth rom this
The great commercial capital the great heart Of country
voice for the Unon which the whole land will take up
and ioin in ringing the deah-kncl TO small politicians and
the nbuonss, who have brought our Union 10 this peril
One of thuse Peace was the Fugitive Slave Bill,
which has been s!anlcfuy mse?rcscne Dy lying aga-
tors to those who informed tie subject. This Bill
If the last session is nothing hln amendment 10
the ct of l193 which based upon clearly expressed
claim in the Constitution. This bill Of the ast session
gives no new right the claimants Of runaway slaves.
vc yoa the assurance ci ny private and worn
that las not cxtiEgushcd tho law of l793 which is still
70 force bu, merely amended it, by allowing hearing be-
lore the United Commissioners and imposing heavier
penalties the former law those who should oOsuc'
its execution. H.. J., w
As stand here before you declare that according 10 my
es, Judgment after careful pertsa OF the la" Us 70 wha'
are it's sconc and object argument can be ha against H.
rhe Southern States did voluntarily assume the rel-
lion of slavery was enaed upon them by their British
their misfortune bear IL not their crime
iYty years ago their rights Of slavery were guaranteed 10
hem ms also this power reclaim their runaway Slaves by
,c constitution II is late say il should not
have been conceded The perfect answeris was conce-
,sd with the power of rcclliming their slaves
This law has not only existed but has been acted upon
for ty years Why IS then, that opposition for the st
time has now been raised 10 the execution OF TINS law
cause a5otioniss up their destructive principles
and their votes sale; ard demagogues who want votes
md trading politicians who want places and power have bar.
saincd FOR and purchased their votes and influence and
buth the Wing and the Democratic pnrfy have bid
Noon each in tbs vile traffic of principles and false
Thus both parties have been poisoned and
and their conservative principles abandoned by Leaders OF
sections OF each party. But le make war upon them
both and cut off the poisoned limbs, that we may ossb!r
save the body from the corrupng poison. have been
member of The Wing party from its conmencement-i isG
my party nlch hut love my country more ard before
will fgt under the banner and for the abolition principles o
soe Of itS leaders vii! the WING party broken irso
ten thousand fragments. will rebel against their
will snatch from the hands Of the standard oearers Sho
;se H. the COED old conservative banner oi the wing par
w. md if stsnd alone, will wave II over my haaa an
stand or IL, By H. DO DESERT them the Wing party
t t.c Viii. party for the leaders, IKE hc lsra
clit.s ol Old Arc "lus;ing after strange gods;
will con,proiee with abolition leaders or abo-
un priacinss Hc iusr them down cun9 'rrers o