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RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
ERIDAY MoRNING, MAY 23, 1851.


f Commerce as sagacious as he generally sound upon
mos, Of great questions Of the day. presents the
position OF the country in strong light as oio"s o
eve that it ye, in the power of the Morrill, oy pursuing
conservative course prevent South Carolina from separate
secession and the Union The North has momentous
nteres, in the question The disruption OF the Union Will be
The breaking up her richest and the sngnaon
of all her great interests Should fanacsm continue TO
control the authorities of States it has with Massachu-
sets the North will have indeed destroyed the bird that lays
her golden egg:
An order with the Presidents signature is good when
.ven at Buffalo, if signed in Washington. Gen. Jackson
ISSUED the order for the removal OF the deposits from Inc u
s. Bank while in Boston, in the Of Northern tour
The President o%ever gives reason for not proong
ing his absence this time that though tho storm which
threatened oyerwhem the has, as ne trusts
passed away the 1caters still agiatd" do not know
what the President refers unless be the expectation mat
resistance to the fugitive law is expected from Massa
chusetts after the resolutions Conventions IN mat Sta
and also of her Legislature There danger from South
Carolina present Difficulty from that quarter cannot arise
until aft February next; so that Massachuse's keeps
quiet we shall have for eight months to come
writer in Charleston paper, while ne deprecates the
destruction and breaking up Of under
which twenty-five millions of people enjoy prosperity and
happiness says that still ruin must be- as ne devouy De-
leves. When, he says, an act Of destruction that VIII
and Joy !" "when this thing is done-and that Il must De
done he says 1--WE depouy belepe "-men must be assured
in something beyond mere empty words that the end VIII
be obtained for which this destruction Is made
So this writer said be of the first now In the Sate
"depouty bssres" that this destruction is TO befa 60
veInment representing twenty-five millions OF people
the South is the pepetuaion OF slavery put no means
eecualy used for the destruction Of slavery
as every blinded by passion must 1t is one OF
the several ways in which Mr. j. c. Adams said that slave
ry would be extingushed.
But where these elements Of destruction ont Of the
State of South Carolina -hese elements which pro-
such certain and speedy and wide spread They
of course TO be found in the policy of that body of
Northern who send Sumner and Seward and others of
like principles Senate and House of Representatives
VIVA, is the end be obtained by them The destruction of
Slavery. Their means pertinent the end They may
succeed But they succeed without involving the
whole country fearful convuson that will be as destruc
tive to the institutions OF the North as to those OF he SCUM
The writer whom refer advises South Carolina to pre-
parenot by the purchase of arms and munitions OF war
for he deems them useless but by certifying the financial
condition Of individuals and of the State and examining and
improving its commercial and agricultural resources
This advice would be wisely adopted by the North also
with bower and overthrow The Constitution and provoke
with the South would it not be well for them to look fer
other market for their products and Imports; some
other employment for their navgaton some other means
than those they possess for the protection OF their COM
merce2
President Fillmore says truly that "the waters are still
agated and they do yet arise and oyerwhelm u.s. 1t
will be owing the moderation and patriotism of those
who have set Themselves up as wiser than the
and better than Divine Providence.
II is stated that eS-cerk of the department OF the In
terror last night arrested in this city the charge OF
forging land Some returned as having
been located from the Western Land Offices having been
proved to be forged
Upon this poin, the n Y Express gives good rasping
the N. Y. Courier The latter paper, commenting the
late Secession Convention Charleston said with sneer
shat they begin act and talking and that
they will shrink from their doings This lisa strong
government the Courier is sure that put down oil do
nestle enemies The Courier thus goes
1.-THE idea that this nation the lusties and the proudes
that the Sun shone upon is going TO fold its arms and
quietly suffer itself be dsmembered and destroyed is
premely ridiculous The weakest and meanest government
a moi n III.
preservation instructive in nations Individuals and
call every energy and there kind Of vi
sy that is hundreh part hard of extinction nation
al vitality Il requires multitude of internal diseases
host of external volences destroy it, The and the
gangene the fire and the sword may do their worst upon
il for and for generationsye in the OF the
old Roman Empire for cenures-and it still lives and lin
gers and recoing from the very thought of humiliation, it
Worthy of its pamiest duys Look at old Austria poor
weak, superannuated, and almost dwelling as the world
deemed her. domestic blow was aimed at its existence
and beset with nnumeabe difficulties, and for time baf
fled and BEATEN she speedily mustered her strength and hur
ed her enemies PROSTATE at her feet If Empire
down by age sick with ceaseess wrong, and saddened by
the prospect Of future which best be dark and dan
gerous capable Of such effort from destruc
.on wha. may not Republic like ours full Of the ygor Of
the sure promise of destiny such the world be-
fore imagined do to the same end and with the same mo-
Well replies the Express
Unfortunate comparison When the "Ausra" the United
States pounces upon its "Hungary"t would be luckcss
day. The "Courer forgets that this is Government Of
opinion not of orceand that unless have 'opnion in
the South maintain the Union force cannot maintain it.
To command that opinion, Northern must do
duty to the Constutionn full to obey all its Injunction
least respect all its compromises We conquer the
South Indeed will never try Knots OF traitors can,
and mus. be pu. dOwnabn whenever the whHe North is
nee are for dissolution of such mockery Of Union
THINGS IN CUBA.
With great flourish, the New York Sun publishes the
following from Port Principe, received by Cuban gen.
eman of great respecabiy who youches for its truth and
correctness The Sun introduces it with glazing capitals
the following effect Great excitement Port Principe
the Revolution about begin-boody anticipa-
1ed The Sun s such enthusiast in the of Cuba
that its startling intelligence from ha, quarter is always
ceived with some grains of allowance:
PoRr PRINCIPE MAY A. 1851
The signal for rising has been given Yesterday az
ernoon great outrage was perpeated by Spanish despot
ism in this CITY, Nine of our most eminent talented and
wealthy citizens simultaneously arrested and taken
prison. and this morning. long before day. closely guarded
[ba pada dc regssro were sent Oft to Havana and
The of the individuals follows Don Serapio
Reco, Lawyer; Don Joseph R. Betancourt Lawyer; Don
yer; Don Joaquin Rivera Lawyer Don Francisco Varona
Planter; Don Francisco V. Butsu, Planter Don Francis
Quezada, Planter; Don Salvador Cisneros, Planter.
! need tell you that these all gentlemen Of the
highest responsibility connected by ties of blood with many
of the first families in this place and other Of the
Island They known far and wide for their iberaly
strength of mind uprghtness and nobility of character
That they should be thus snatched from midst and torn
from their wives and children without moments notice.
without the form of examination the whisper of
Indictment Outrage horrible be borne by the
people of Cuba.
The letter adds that the excitement is lrcmendousthat
/" old men and young maidens and matrons, all filled
with unuerabe anguish and deep desire for
that the officers in pursuit several more dsn-
guished citizens.
MRS. MOWATT.-We understand that this clever and
popular actress has taken passage for this country the
steamer which leaves Liverpool the 9th of July. After
speaking in complimentary manner of her appear
in the character of Rosaind tho amptheatre in Lv-
erpoo where she has been playing short engagement the
Mercury, of that city, says:
Snce Mrs Mowats arrival in England she has cast away
that ddence which characterized her first appearance in
this country and whilst her acting has lost of the
ura grace which then distinguished it, has become
finished and easy Her person, too has attained
eonpoint without all desracng from its elegance and
er voice clear and musical Sanguine expectations
entertained the FIRST appearance of this lady England
that she would attain high position in her profession