Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-18
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
wEDNEsDtY MORNING, APRIL 1s. 1881


orators r A. Gannt declared that there was no a'.
for the State but separate State action, or suOh'i',
bc illustrated tho position of South Carolina anu '''
inps of her people, by quoting the language o.
lin opposition to the disnear,ened and wa'ci'"s
non counscing the abandonment OF GLORIOUS
excaimed
| 600 thou incorious from the em5au:thn p n,;
Ships thou hast stored and nca ',,av
| A nober the Grecans shai e i"a'w
To combat, conquer and extlrFanec .. retire
Myself shall stand ',i Troy Or sSp or lear
| GssI bids rs strike and God is ''''" Us "s'e'
Another sneaker J. G. W. Duhcah' "aS ue''u'''' ""o
uneouyocaiy in favor of separate ''a'' s''i''' :! ~.
| Convention called by the last Legislature " ' ~,
&c f h, hecn soid Barnwe District was the rst 10 rsc
:, -, :, Is n,r,,e State action, she would be the
~, - ,,;, ue had no fears but that the crop oil 1857
a 10 ,hered and exported by the people OF South "a
roina-a Repubc, free, sovereign and Independent
I'M n.o-,a ~ AIR Cant, and Mr. Duncan were heartily
respondedto TO. t.,, :, h;r,.
ercited portion Of the State But in another oisct OF
south Carolina (Edgeiel incident has occurred "hch
secn,s IN have rufed the dsunionists not little. eome
$50 noo Senator A. P Butler stated in letter that he
would on the 7h Instant address the Association az huse
field ON which occasion he would give them re ADVICE
The ee,ino came off, delegates the Charleston Consen-
ZION a,nonted and Senator Butler addressed The meet
inc The official report says, &C. He spoke for an hour
and half viii, force and eoquence which surpassed any
o b;s nreyous eorts The character OF this speech may
he optbeed from the following editorial notice ol IL pup
shed in the Edgefeld Advertiser rank disunon organ
We ask attention few passages which we have marked
in Italics
JupeE BurLER's SpEEcn.-It will be perceived that we
have not attempted outline OF this speech
notes were taken with the intention of giving in n 10
our readers in this weeks issue of our paper; but nonS
that the before u.s. independent OF other engagements
|
ecting report the revision OF the speaker himself We
have thought proper to postpone its appearance &
however that the yiows of esteemed Senator upon INC
exciting measures of South Carolina legislation VIII DC oon
cd for with much anxiety by the people Of the STATE we
the liberty of giving in advance, what occurs 10 US d
| the and substance OF them. -,
He is then clearly of the opinion that the Fedeal Gov
eminent is but another name for the despo,lsm OF c @
ority-ha under it, the Southern States huye oeen pun
ered and nsu,ed until has become their duty ana only
road of escape 10 dissolve their connexlon WIN IT, we WIN
say in passing that the Judge was eioaaeh
the advocate under existing circumstances o uiSsou
of the Union.'
ced that secession will not be opposed by any act o war on
the part of Government Washington He has come 10
the conclusion that the State will be permitted 70
danger that lies in our path. Were war consequence VI
action he would dread the step as much as nc
But he looks ih alarm TO the Indications ahtch are osco
ing papabie that we will be permitted to depart without %
lesation His apprehensions of evil from this cGulse
mastery inactivity based upon the dlssensons Which, nc
fears will spring up among people, from the strong opp
son of the commercial interests in our midst and from the
which federal gold may ooe the r or a
ton failure But he firmly believes that South Caro
lima were united she could safely and certainly dissolve the
| Union at
He expresses his determine 60 into the Convention
for sole purpose Of sustaining that course which sha
then appear him advantageous TO the State ne de-
clares his resolve go with the State, whether mar Co
venion may choose adopt his advice or not Such are
his views and feelings, according 10 our understanding OF
them
If there be nothing very definite in this brief delneaon
the fault We perceived that the Judge 1eds IT.
boring under degree Of restraint imposed by his pre-
sent connection Nth the Federal Government Buttor ms
his views might have suited majority OF his hearers much
better We free DECLARE faithful Journalists that our
towards which he leans We of Edgefed sincerely respect
his opinions but manyvery many OF uswcre utterly una
ble reconcile his brilliant eoqucncc while depicting our
wrongs and powerful demonstration, while arguing tc l-
iv of hop!nr for any good from the Government with the
singular conclusion he deduced thcresron.
We may safely (and we hope without thought OF d'sfes-
ect the distinguished Senato assert that he lett the h
dience almost precisely where he found them those VINO
had made W their opinions saw no suthclent reason 10
modify them Those who had not saw nothing SUFFICIENT
" expressive definite induce them TO take either side
There are facts that educe from the OCCASION one
is tina, the speech Of Judge Butler was IN the man ,ne Oes
secession party of Edgeeld arc more determined IMAM ever
The Charleston Mercury does at all to like the
position of Senator Butler and distinctly itself by the
side Of Senator Rhet According TO the Mercury, 0oth
these Senators precisely agree the position that there VIII
be no attempt South Carolina that the act Of Sc
cesson does involve the danger of civil war;" and they
also agree the further point that attempt on the part
of the General Government maintain s authority over
South Carolina by force would ceraiuy and inevitably
suit in a Southern Confederacy At this point however
| (says the Mercury the two Senators
"Seem divide. For the very reason that South Carroll
would be suffered 10 peaceaby out OF the Uni" Judge
would be the policy Of the Federal Government to draw as
broad lines possible between US and our neghoor Saes
and by every fix upon the character OF iorcgn
nation. Mr. RHETT admits that the Federal Government
would have good will for but maintains that they would
have but very limited power relations with our
sister States aud he looks with the utmost confidence 10 the
ability Of South Carolina 10 support her sovereignty WIN
honor, and her industrial pursuits in prosperity he Will
ling South Carolina alone, mainain on her own
resources the character OF an independent State for orr
part nee agree rith Mr.. Rheu.
Again. the Columbia South Carolinan which publishes
the summary of Judge Buffers Speech has leader under
the head OF ''wavcrng in which it remarks upon thc
| most unaccounabe" fact that
$50 many OF the leaders, or those who have been regarded
occasionally manifest symptoms OF m re. OF a
take Eoquence is almost exhausted in depicting me 7cron
aye the wrongs that the people of this Stale IN common
with their fellow citizens have suffered from federal ao
ton legislation; but when redress spoken OIL eoquence
becomes mute degencrates into the language OF
hesitancy ana uncertainty"
This looks very much if there will be two parties formed
of the secessonsls in South Carolina be ranged under
mad disunonsts who for hurryng nsan, secession
the Other the prudent and sagacous secessonsts who
while prepared Southern conederacy, nothing
but folly and mischief in separate Stale action by South Car
ona. Unless much mistake the signs OF the mes Inc
latter will be large party under the auspices of Senator
Butler whose fine talents high character and great influence
will make themselves felt through the State We had previ
ousy heard from very high authority that Senator Butler
averse to the separate secession of South Carolina
The revelations Edgefeld squnt somewhat such
summation May be in speculatons, and
Senator Butler win the honor Of having diverted his be-
loved State from the brink of Madness civil and blood
| shed
MISSISSIPPI CONVENTION.
Senator Foote arrived his home in Kinds county, Mis-
sisspp on Sunday the 30h ult On Monday he addressed
the people Of Raymond and vicinity Mt length and accepted
the nomination candidate for the State Convention On
the night of Wednesday, the I'd ns he addressed large
audience In Jackson the State capital of Mississippi in de.
fence Of his position and opinions. On Thursday the Sd
instant Jackson for Madison county, whence he will
on n through some Of the eastern counties