Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-03-28
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

Having published The article from the G:eenvle U.s. C)
Patriot insert to-day an act OF JUSTICE e long letter
of Col J. W. Hayne, the Attorney General Oh ooath las'
Ina We should have done So wi,hou, the grauiicus
prompnss of the "Sonhern Press" Tho letter ia well
written homes, in its convictions doubtless and excep
tonabe in its STYLE though differ essentially from lis
premises and deductions He contends that himself and
socatcs are uupeGssd and that secession and disunon
which he warmly urges questions of tmc be regn-
lated by circumstances" "withou, and within" We can
not yet abandon the hope that circumstances may pro-
duee more concatoy state Of feeling and that the e'2
Of South Carolina however her leading ay now be be
disunon will instruct them 10 pause in the work. az long
as Virginia and the other Southern shall think proper
iod o-and that only eighteen mon'h7 but nch
longer imc will eapse, before The iroa shall become SUM-
centy 'Eot."
Another indication from South Carolina, Is the following
from the Columba Palmetto State Banner, which, deSeio
ing a meeting in Richand, says:
The tore of the meeting firm and decided md CYL
IDENTIFY every individual present locked upon SEcssioN as
inevitable.
One incident however is speedily worthy O. rem TX
Or readers doubtless yeaoec that al te Sa.ssoh
Prn's-ihe Ricatnond enquirer among - ~ uni,nr $50
Gently claimed viii; loud Eosaanas, u T. oooSr' h'l''
oi ne Delegates fem is District - % %"
us a Union man AIacr y. - Fency in a?'ios'@Es i.r
Capt Bookies unavoidable absence ron 'i' ,'sen. -
consequence OF in.spot to! stated anna loha sha
,j c,.e-nr rha he was authorized by Capt bp'Ster 70
announce that that gentleman had now come 10 e
sion ta, there was no longer. his opinion p.coabiy y!
orr ohtajne redress for wrongs, ard Iaat consequently
our only alternative escape d, honor was ahGi.ooioN.
This gratifying s only an"lEe! demjhstFa
lion ,Sa instead sbs:nc the sp. a. resistance Is cvc
~ day becorng stronger, and ha despite pie 'nsrrfeh
larois OF Interested parties The con'fary South C"r"nn
was ueyer mole in earnest than she is at present.
We know not how this may be, but we know that we did
not msrcp-esen Capt Booker. We quoted his circular III
length cnd ii lie has changed his position AID has "nor
Sc oti"; ard, A. -
Til. eaithet of submission have long learned to dis
regard "a absurd and unmeanns We stand upon the plat
form of Virginia so clearly distinctly and unanimously Put
forth in the resolutions copied by the House Of Delegates
on Tuesday Virginia has dared 10 speak ont and to act IN
snite OF the neers the outhern Peas ut tae vaiue
Of resolutions at ALL" Tha, paper further adds;
hy their only use proclaim TO the werd the hcke-
OF the State from which they enenas.'o lu M
~ha, the country We'll undersaucs-uie aiilence
between promise and performance and 10 cover me ''ei
dignity of sovereign States with dicuc Instead oi ply
We suspec, that the good old Common wealth cares as
,c for "ri6.culs' as for "py" from such sublnated
lie quarter.
From the Charleston Mercuryl
Mrssss E3iroEs: The rev Gfccnve paper, the advent
~ which has been 60 long crad.J les sngh aprcsTcd
The rs, ueiber eace this city some days sincc ana cen
ans article from which extract 50 lnrch rs relates 10
Charleston:
| "rns STATE CosvES-IoS.-The apathy Of The people
Of South Carolina N the clccton OF members OF 'hs
convention, was, indeed nioat eS;,aofdnay. ~ No onsu @
of The the polls We regard this as the COM
nercement Of reaction about toake place IN me state
There other indications still more significant IL Chacs-
ion anos, entire delegation opposed 10 secession. g!
sepate State ccion the views of Judge Caevcs are well
known. He is d!suoion!s il is uc The putty OF his
motives doubt, however much we may lament
his error But he locks with ccntcalp the idea ot South
Carolina seeding alone. We kaow that Judge Frost re-
nard separate State action secession species OF poll
teal insanity; and more minded =, and nursGeaT.@
man We have never known. Mr. Robert W. Bd'nweil our
former Senator in Congress- who possesses a. many
copshmsns Of head and heart any man in South Ca-
.na utterly opposed separate secession on the part OF
the State We have doubt Judge Huger also; in his
own expressive language he knows no age FOR dsaonor
and may add no time for such tony as oa'e
Judge Butler also opposed seceSon and truer edr
than his for Carolina Of hers ever possessed With
,ut positively knowing have DOUBT that both Chad
cco Dunkn and Judge King opposed 10 secession So
too we have understood Colonel Isaac W. Hayne to be
These gentlemen all members elect from The city o
Charleston"
With the senior editor of the new press vino is easily
cogni:cd the above extract, have ons had ;he pleasure
Of personal acquaintance; know that he wol!c not VIII
fully pervert facts ana his eeIGgs, well as !s principles
would sure revol: from Intentional mlsiepiesea
,aon OF the position OF individuals with wnom hc mas
kindly personal relations and for whom ne processes person
al regard Yet unconsciousy do strong political bias
and the ardent pursuit oil cherished object operate, even
on honest natures that in the article cited it appears 10 me
has been betrayed into both perverson oi general facts
and misrepresentation of individual position.
The small in many districts A, the recen: election
FOR delegates subject Of all who feel an interest
in the State To me il seems however only the natural
suit OF tha, principle Of nature which makes 50 diii
cult for the of realize The Important bearing
their present action the events ot an indefinite ana
distant future Even in of higher concern aan any
thing merely temporal can be- though the reason fully c"
there is great day ot reckoning hereafter CON-
pared with which sl ese is vanity yet how few here are
hu in their daily conduct. their sense OF this simple
and solemn truth. The convention called without seict
well defined purpose meet al distant and uncertain dny
did not i, true excite that peTvadng interest the
peoole which should haze done au under Inc cctnstaE
ces this was subm neither extraordinary MR. a con-
ceisc any evidence OF "reacon IN puzzle stn,nen oo
,he subject of resistance Federal usurpaon This - not
The point however, which has Induced me 10 trouble you
An ,he public II s of the ",lhcr Indications deemed by
The ccito. "sti more significant" that would speak,.
The character OF the Charleston delegation nc considers as
the foremost of these "noe significant Indications oi re-
action in hc State and among the cited to Prove
eacton is my shall be excused under these cl.cum
| stances, Tor a few words Of comment.
Reac,iun. '.cacaE' since when? from what? and to
what Words rped by The seE1s tdi,os good
| and cxper,1nct, should have u definite meaning
Highest IN the o5taiue fret upon the ticket, and the
first named by The editor, is Judge Cheves.
Have Judge Chevess o"n views undergone any change
Docs the thought OF Submission the less "ci,e the blood
Lis pcns" than when, Mas 2i in strains - eoGuencc
surpassed, md with overwhelming power eli l,s
ration and logic, hc scared to he height ss great areu
nea,2"
Ii The reaction il Judge Chercs himself n il in the
,ubi;c mind In regard bin The Legislature which
nj :he convention delighted to honor hin. Th,r nliccd
v:dcrces OF their respect confidence .aa,ion Is
not the editor, thai there was position in the
State which they would have ela.'y To him
could the sold man eloquent Lave 5c"n nGpcct lcc2p, OF
,acc or occ2 That the readers ot the Gconri!. pGpe-
nay understand the character CT t.n reaction Of which
Judge Cneycs's election 'he significant Indication" le:
he editor insert in his nest number the following cx,rac,
from his Nashville speech:
"TLc thousand changes which we have hc1rd farg upoa
ho Union the glorious Union ho etcrna duration II The
Union are udcruus and wot3 be amusing if ti:y
40, melancholy Men and fee "i snis;er motives,
iluah at this vsposinr. No who has "ny pra,cGcs
he character of statesman would ever inter such inln.e
They may do FOR schoolboy exercises OF the nst % ta
demagogue whose Invention Is at au of Es',c: flourish
Statesman would know tia. the Interchangeable avs 81 the
Ic!es and pcrsilns were free constitutions that IN
neeable governments will always become desotc
me.s because the leading character OF all controlling GO
yernncnts is encroachneEt ampisy he Ju!!sd:c,ion
Let the people beware o. the thousand 9n'rlths a ere
daily rung in their u deceive ihem such as The
oowinr That the Constitution has not been violated; that
what our acgressors have been pleased 10 grant was the ocs
we could get; that California honestly and consx-
ticnay admitted into the Unions that II wss quite Just
equitable and modest for few sqnat;ers and lew ignorant
conquered people, the sovereignty CT territory
equal in the aggregate OF many States win III
the ports and harbor. within bounds the Pacnc ocean,
and the most valuable gold mines in the world that yoar
lave property is SAFE while your yranrca rulers are In
tnstousy striving destroy il that il outrage 70
held forcihe possession of tie territory Of an independent
Sale which was expressly held in that State and
her with arms il ATTEMPTED t0 enter L thit