Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-09-19
,,,, rug GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA
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~ iii' PHILADELPHIA, l5rH SEPT, 1851.
c. w. h,r. The honor 10 acknowledge the rece pit Ol
vor lei Ter of Yesterday which cane 10 iaha lS ~
ier i,s pblc nn in more NEWSPAPERS. he Informant
-, rhir vnn mention nj the delivery Of our commnnca-
lion 10 when it is rpiv through the servant OF h"le'
10 n.rbnn. az little significance. II may be explained and eS
ld iv s,,nn tnat we had understood that the paper
would not you addressed to the sea OF government
We were told ht had on the day after inc occurrences
So ch W. rcsnectiuly solicited your attention, e iar
risbru and had passed the scene OF those occurrences VIII"
mi taryinn there's you had subsequently, been in TINS
place and erward at keadlTg' but were noe 10 return ~
our communication therefore LETT 10 his own course IN
| delivering It, r -, 80
uer Ina, YOU had been able obtain more accurate in
rmaIinn on the subject of your letter The mistake in the
general sentiment which il contains that the parties lp
in tile horrible outrage had been arrested and were
in partly corrected In subsequent paragraph
and has been fully corrected In your proclamation
nj This morning. The important errors OF your letter WILL
we trust be publicly corrected when you shall nave
learned that agans the United States was perpetra
ted successfully within The territory OF the pennsylvania on
Thursday last You will them presume, no longer treat
The offence of the insurgents though the homicide which
all d,loc had been committed by them in an ordinary t
multi rs cona-dstngused from an armed rebellion against
ID, aw When Won shall learned that the latter
The true character OF the offence committed you will proba
biz cease us, To invite sympathy for the oien
dcrs by calling and simple definition OF their crime
san offensive mpulaon" and 'strange exagseralion" The
communication has been entirely misconccived
by yo The crime which had been perperated in imned
ate neighborllood treason prcrenng by armed
sistaacs the en- orceent Of lul of the t. S. Our purpose
was request your attention 10 this fact and not TO ccnsuro
the local police OF county, as you suppose. There had
tand oil armed "utia"s VINO WIZ ~ opch i"sT,
against the Government Of The United States The local
authorities 0verawed and had they resisted or inter-
rrcd would nave been Uvcrp0wercd FOTly-elght hours
elapsed before they reinforced as 10 be able TO visit
the Of the disturbance The Insurgents were then dis
pcsed as their evil design had been fatally accomplished
When we took leave address you the SUBJECT We exer
the undoubed right Of every citizen on uch an occa
siun The disposabc military force Of the United States
tn Sput
innate event had occurred Citizens OF Pennsylvania and
OF Maryland in 10 assist in the lawful enforce
| meni of the authority OF the general government But
nothing had been done by the government OF Penn
sylvania 10 vndicae the outraged honor OF the Com
nonwcah The first act of the State CT her Executives
proclamation issued four days after the opponents OF the
law had openly accomplished their designs Your recapl-
ation tady OF prompt intervention, lnclud-
inc arrests by individual officers shows that this proc
lanation would probably have been ISSUED If the public
feeling Indignation the subject had not been nanles-
ted Al Inc crisis which communication 10 you was
written there were peculiar reasons o! public notorcty,
which it is unnecessary here TO specify that the Insurgents
should be- deprived OF the preeXt OF an excuse or pulialon
of their guilt in the supposed sympathy or indifference OF
the Chiel Magistrate Of the Commonwealth As You have
seen proper that communication, we are gatihed
in observing that afforded you ample opportunity for
the removal all doubt upon This material point This
might been done in words though the timely adoption
Of tho proper active measures mad been neglected uncer
these circumstances, that any citizen however humble,
should have been unadssedy reIrnianded by an OH
Ger OF the Commonwealth; anu particularly ny hsF
Chief Magistrate, Tor exercising their night 10 adj
dress respectfully occasion OF PUBIC
is matter subordinate importance which we do not
pause consider. II is OF Importance that your
has published by yourself It's tone and spirit
and that Of the Proclamation which has followed -whch-
responsive Of The public tetlngare proper
subject OF consideration by all citizens OF the State We
believe that those enemies Of the State whose acts you char
aby be reasonable nsurrcctionay, threaten
and intend 10 them like occasion should arise
We believe that your letter will afford them encouragement IN
their aw.ess designs. We understand it declaration eli
your opinion la, there should be change in the Course OF
The Stale government and that public measures Oi tie
required in order prevent the recurrence OF the
late bloody outrage.
As we do not feel ourselves liberty extend the discus
sion beyond the immediate subject vi correspondence we
here with the expression Of the great respect with
which remain,
Your obedient servants
JOHN CADWALADER,
JAMES PAGE,
). LEIGH, JR,
RICHARD SIMPSON,
SAMUEL HAYS,
S. r. CARNAHAN,
w. DEAL,
! JOHN w. FORNEf,
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