Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-04-09
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
s.TuRnAY MoRNINs;, APRIL 6, 1850.
,,S11vI1IE CONFERENCE.-THE MEETING TO !


The
c;r md rukcs the Enquirer Of Tuesday for ia reerafon
- ,s +, breathe life into the proposed Convention al
recommending It's readers 10 meet together as
h &c hr,,hers 10 send Delegates from Richmond 10 the
Nashville Convention"
We would inform that paper that the call for the meeting
MIGHT originated with respectable gentlemen Of both par
ties II is designed ratfy the action of the Legislature
in which the Senator and delegate from this city warmly par
.;,, 10 take steps 10 have Virginia represented in
,; NJ her sister States in friendly conference 10 talk
- h vronos and To adriSe such the part of
,h S,h % will best secure their constitutional rights and
y ncunancncy and strength L. the Union Are The people
If VIRGINIA ayowng such holy, such conservative purposes
T., he d. nonnced 'isunonists and traors DO they,
hy such proceeding TO wic We can cohce'e no reason
M .t,oo fairly subject themselves 10 the Inleigenccrs
areo al xposing themselves 10 The scols and eers oil Tie
Tennessran all friends o ti lnion Ut 10 nearly III at
there is hardly Gissgn ng VOC" Z
The prryeson of the b. such papers "a the lnel
conner has Given Haid and comfort 10 The fanatics nj the
N-, and encouraged them in their course Of aggression
and ipsu On the oor hand the action vi the Southern
peop has achieved much good nopening the Of North
crn statesmen Washington 10 the dangers OF delaying IN
adjustment of the perilous question: and under inns nl
snce they have stepped forward 10 OTTER an o'e-branch
Rut The danger from being over-the question Is yet
Gar o,n henc aLlus,ed-and il will be adjusted, unless
h Souh continue to show herself in Lei her
~ from her high attitudeet her iate her purpose ANA
fail 10 sanction the resolutions 81 her representatives. the
fanatics will be encouraged, Southern demands Will b.
,urncd md all will he lost and even the Union be wrecked
a. L M. neoole of Richmond read the following
nacns and bullying language OF the Albany A'las and 10
,ocl,,m in thunder tones tonight, tia, The metropolis of
yrciuu will stand by the resolutions OF The Legislature and
Stat. and will prove herself her rights and the Con-
no fiu uf
immediate action than such false and infamous appeals to
Southern fears:
Tur NAsHvILLE CONVENTION TREA-oS.The reasonable
scheme If Convention Nashville discuss the subject
of the dissolution OF the Union rowned down even at the
South.
The authors of the project find themselves equally embar
rassed whether 10 STOP In the language which
Jefferson applied the shareholders and their bondsmen,
ihey hold wolf BY the they cannotong hold on but
dare not let 60 They must soon accept one of the atena-
tive. which the presents IL The Convention Is let
drop or isbanded what becomes OF gasconadc and Ihrea-
enna al the Southern chvaryl What becomes of Nirgi
empty and boastu resolutions? What Of Foote's vul
gar claptrap nat oil Tie Pactohs o e "oe 'iloe Vi
Ii ON The other hand the platform Of treason is erected al
Nashville who dare assemble The public man who does
viii po,,icaly mount the aulone Nor will closed doors
and In oath Of secrecy hide the shame and the guilt OF the
hors 81 lh scheme and their abettoa The people viii know
that an who meet this gathering 10 discuss the al
Tentative dissolution They already know that some OF
them desire such separation and do REJECT the idea Of
foreign alliance The suspicion OF such guilt was fatal ~
the Federal party the North aud will not be less SO 10
ihnt abandoned faction the South, which III the same sp
rs of seshncss and hate which the Hartford Conven
ton was Matched is broodng this second sepents
egg OF treason
But the National lnellgenccr goes on 10 say:
Bsides the Enquirer perfectly well knows, that if South
Carolina and Mississippi represented at Nashville al the
time appointed least doubtful whether any other Stale
will be; certainly out of the fifteen States OF the South
will not be, unless by Ruckerc Delegates
Now We know and the lntclecncer knew too that the
oiu In Il in have arard,
Amounted delegates from each partytha Texas Ala
hama and North Carolina will be represented by delegates
,lcody apuoinea-tha in the teeth Of the bull Illuminated
No (;oy Brown the people OF Florida moving warmly in
The maer-and that meetings are being held in Arkansas
Tennessee and Kentucky, synpaiizing with the move
mcnt Old Virginia. too wi! be ready with her delegates
this picture oyelrawn docs not the Intclgenccrdis
tort The plaincs Indications in putting forth its mons,rous
statement above
The Ineilecnccr attempts 10 sustain is position by
communication in the Wing, few days since. We take
treat pleasure in more than seng il with the following
sdioraiin Thursdays Whig though we do not agree with
that pancr in It's view of the horizon OF Washington If the
Convention be defeated most disastrous effects will re-
suit to tine South and 10 the Union:
In the present aspect of affairs Washington, and with
thc confident expectation that the sectional controversy
which has disturbed much the peace Of the country will
be secdiiy and satisfactorily adjusted the proprely Of
the me-
called il would he Well for all the citizens 10 attend
The Nashville Convention proposed BY the Legislative
resolutions cannot possibly do any harm, and il might be
rend lel sibs -cn useful ends We should therefore.
rnaj i wise Tor the people of Richmond be represented
there Ii their delegates when They reach the scene OF &c
ton find thai other objects than The preservation of the
Union and the protection OF he INNS 81 Ic SCUM are con
rempated they withdraw. At any rate no bad effects
can result from our being represented II our delegates were
dsposed 10 COMM, any rash course o action they
woud be without nutority and in contingencies they
Ill l,l,
nsed towards enabling the South to build up marine to
carry its own products market and thereby the i'm
mense sums paid in freghts we should regard as
great advance towards Southern independence.
But there farther motive for Richmond taking part in
this meeting Denagogues have abored TO create the be-
lief In the country lhnt the people OF Richmond are moi
heartily with the people OF The South the sectional ques
ZION rhegc representations have derived color from
the fact that there few Wilmot Proviso politicians
anon, us To rcpc these culumnes for and all, and
SHOW 10 the world thai Free Soism has oohod what
ever in the Metropolis Of Virginia, full and warm nvowa u
sympathy South the part of the people OF Rc-
nond would be inopportune Ii resolutions 10 that CT
feet covering nj the time ardent attachment 10 tie
Union were submitted 10 the meeting they would receive
hearty and unanimous approval
The following remarks OF the Charleston Courier 50
clearly strongly and beautifully expressed and echo our
sentiments uliy that we commend them 10 the solemn
deliberations tho people OF Richmond and % Virginia
She South Cardinal will go into convention with her
aporcyrd and nstcd sisters take counsel and
unite action with ,hem in reference the crisis
the measures which perl their common
rights their common interests and their common honor
She will 90 however in unrendly spirit towards
the aggressive coSates-in spirit of hostility towards
the Union although reluctantly compelled by wanton wrong
and insult to look to the dissolution of that haowed fe
owship of freedom and glory as possible painful de-
plorablc alternative Her purpose will bc 10 exposulae with
her eng sisters them that endurance has limits be
vond which be virtue sinks degradation
to tender them the olive branch such she
honoraby proie and they can honorahy acceptto make
earnest and aectionaie appeal TO them to abide by the
compact of union (which has down 10 in the blood
and the wisdom OF patriot fathers and define the
a national family; conditions fair reasonable, and vel
Indispensable the and security o the South that
the responsibility the crime the guilt oil The disruption which
may follow their rejection will res: wholly on the wrongdoc
deaf the Of justice, cao,s the leadnss Of COM
mon kindred fathiess Ia the obligations o written consti
tuition and equally regardless of the rcmncence of glo
past and the hopes OF still glorious future
With tina, of the entire South her attitude will be purely de-
fensivc-shc will ask nothing but Justice and equatyand
should that nc denied her and the Constitution the Union
fall together in common run to the Northern incendary
to the Southern conservative will attach the nany of firing
the nobest fame ever erected for the worship regulated
liberty and consecrated the good OF mankind Her oh
,ec will be- destroy but preserve and perpeuaie
the Union as inheritance of priceless value and aba
don only in the Of its being faithcssy converted by
an unscrupuous majority, into instead Of bless
ngnto an engine Of oppression and instrument Of dega
ton instead OF palladium of equal rights and fountain
of equal benefits all Let not however the character
be hr