Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-11-04
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mars, nnh,is,ed speech in the Legislature Oh i'"
"e's n.uncro, further furnishes other passages
| A., GO revised and published speecn "''1''
- -, l,hn Thompson Brown, the distinguished
! aa,,i,r from Petersburg in the same hee's'"'"'.
rh fline language OF Mr.. Summers was u'houno'u y
A. p,wn as containing the most extraordinary, u,so'S
izinp and revolutionary proposition "ni'" ''0'1 ~
ancient or modern literature: :;on
,1is ,r;sc of abotion) is oDJecteu TO- as a ~ n,d
ii' - In equally unwarruned WIN ina Which WIZ Wv,
"a p @ Ito ,yncr the slave in csSe Sir the flet " wy
;asn NJ .lavcs belongs TO that class oil risNls MI !
~ 80 LINES De CHANGED. MODIFIED Oh ABlp p 80, e
~ AZ ,croS Sir, the right 10 FREE Inc amer "on, %
WIS., M rr The first time asserted II mas oeen aG'eu up ;
inc P Islands and in The Northern States any, sn h
f, ses complain OF the deprivation! NO. oaTG .mr
@ t,chet inheritance slavery and your chilateh
,oI ,a will rise up and call you BLESSED.
Farther: ~ pr,. "a
81 was surprised to hear joins lhoHPsoS 40
Lira1 the gentleman from kanawha (hr SuMMERs) ue-
spe d .+yaT HE WOULD COMING DOWN TO LEAp
rumTH THE NEoRoEs9 FRom TIE Ne TIE
n,ar EVEN THROUGH THE WAVES oF lnn
RED SEA ;,a;,r,
doctrines in 1882 when he dscharging the solemn du
,ies If legislator To-day we publish his recent ieet 70
tho Editor of the Petersburg lnteigencc together WIN
,b ,c TINT in the late convention Mr. Summers Fo'eo iof
| the following clause
"Tbc General Assembly shall not cmancpae any Save
| or the descendant Vi any su'e, oi'"o' o -
| of such dcsctnuant
TO the excellent comments OF the South sae Deociu vi
the subject published to-day we invite especiai aehon
has been urged in defence Of Mr. 81 that he was not aoe
i hs osi,;on AZ that ,ime-tha distinguished Democrats
occupicd the PLATFORM and that he is to be condemn
cd thew 100 must fall under the blow The invadty
OF such plea clearly demonstrated by The Examiner oil
las, FRIDAY Connected with the former Editor
Of the Richmond Enquirer we prefer 10 draw upon te ar
gunens OF others on this matter
NJ in dCNo-
ted himself the history OF the movement Iof c IeoTa
of Slaves which rendered memorable The era OF 81; he
howcd Inn, the people in the East were rs much engaged III
The entcrprse the people in the West; that Mr. lhoHas
Richie ST. Mr. Brodnax MIR. Brown, MI Roane and other
distinguished men OF The day. were strongly Inclined n 10
clear oil superabundunt slave population ms Is MS
defence. m wv,
But il is not valid in any point of view The Wing party
have nominated Mr. Summers ~ be the Head ot this Com
nonweah The question presented TO the people Is simply
whether they will vote for Mr. Summers, man VINO was
engaged in this Emancipation movement OF 32lhe HAD OF
all our wocsand who took thai peculiar part in it which
the press has displayed before their cycsor vote for Mr.
Johnson who hud nothing TO do win IT. and who Has
been perfectly sound in States Rights politics. II is OF
avail for Mr. Summers TO show that other people besides
himself engaged in the Emancipation movement, I'M
less he show that the Democratic party are now sup
porting one them for the Gnbcrnatorul Office Mr. Sum
ncIs opposed by Mr.. Richie, Mr. Roane MI Brod.
max, Mr. Brown, Mr. Fisher Even surprising he had made
out the whole case-tlal he had shown these gentlemen 10
have occupied The Identical position occupied by himself
which he has dot would not better
is a vain attempt draw oil the public attention.
But there reason for the charge OF nValdity
which bring againsl this plea put in by Mr. Summers
If the reader will give moments attention. we believe
in power make il very pain that even should this
line Of defence be perfectly legitimate and applicable II
would help Mr. Summers out Of the unenvable position
in which he has been placed by his words and delbc
rate declarations.
No one has aleged-no has supposcdtha, MIR. Geo.
w. Summers sustained alone the emancipation movements
of 1892. Its very well known fact that large portion
NJ the people at that day sustained the movement II is
quite notorious ALSO that many OF the most respectable pub
lie in Vii gina favored it, The aggressive temper Of
-savcodng party had not yet displayed tscl and
public mind Of this State excited and unbalanced by
The terrible occurrences in Southampton county, which i'm
medatey preceded the convocaion OF the General Assem-
bly, The re of the people against the Wing candidate
Tor the Guberruloal Chair is not mere participation IN
that movement. No thinks The worse of any public
oi that day because he was engaged in deIberalion
upon it. We have attacked Summers for that Nobody
has attacked Summers for that |. was not because OF
taken by him n the movement that he 10 OBJECTED to-
but because OF THE part which he took In II.
The position occupied by Mr. Summers totally differ
ent from the positions OF Mr. Mcdowell of Mr. RicieO Mr..
Roane of Mr.. Brown, any other in that day.
Ihoy Southern Statesmen; Summers was an abolition
ISL Their cautious and well considered expressions
very different things from his fierce darbcS against slave
holding and sye q fGf s nns the moral Of
the Virginia people moral title Of the slave to resume
his liberty. lncse gentlemen asserted the Right oi
Congress interfere in the Domestic Institutions or TO pay
Shareholders their slaves of the Public Treasury or
10 emancpae them without any remuneration whatever Tor
the owners loss They never vindicated the right OF
Seryls lnSurectOn lNey never JuStiieu Htsio WIN
cuts throat of his and burns up bis house 10
get rid Of condition They urged instant enanci
pulion immediate steps thereto They did none OF those
things. Bar Summers did all of them. lie stood alone IN
his doctrines He stood alone in his plans they differed
utterly in all these things Lastly their general position
was entirely aud totally distinct from his They proposed
consideration OF enamel patton because they believed the
exyences The times demanded ii. He uttered The long
cherished ishss Of his heart The deliberaie convictions Of
cumsancrs "by the duties he opcd TO his conscience and
10 his c0uHfry.' 80
We suppose that either Summers or ms party VIII
DEW the correctness OF this Ii they do N. issue
of ac,s is very speedily decided All the speeches OF thai
Legislature upon the important topic under consdeatlon
were reported Richmond Enquirer for 1882 and there
REMAIN durable record for all coming tlmc Moreover M
his own elaborate composition as pamphlet. There are
vet further evidences that his position unique and pc
cuur. These be found in the other political writings
of The day All the writer's of the time referred to The dla-
tribes of Summers something very distinct from anything
that was uttered his side Of the question by any other
person
CHEERING AND GOOD FROM MAC ON GEoRGlA.
We have seen despatch from Mr.. Baylor, L. S. Consul
at An,serdam directed friend in this city, which states
that his project OF direct trade has been adopted unanimous
IN by the Convention planters Macon This is all as
should be- We say friends in this State and out OF
it, to every tina, lhas Southern heart lhrobbng
in his BOSOM TO look to Commercial independence and TO
work and labor for it. We say Governor Floyd and the
Commit tee of The Central Southern Rights Association oil
Virginia. do your work like men, the country is with you
We learn from the Georgia papers that large crowd
boui m ,y; nrrssa in attendance the Agricultural