Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-02-25
THE sTATEoF THE COUNTRY.

The times are still full Of trouble and deem our duty
to keep the people Virginia advised of important move
ments the Of the confedency, that our
State may Inegeny and wisely pursue that which
circumstances may mpe her regard DUE not only to
her safety and honor but the rights OF the South and
the preservation Of the Union However other States may
y off from their orbits Virginia WILL while she with
safety and honor continue stand the basis OF the rights
of the States and the Union She will Mother counenance
central consolidation and yrannous power the one hand
nor dsunion tendencies the other She will the
plain straightforward middle path Of dutyand her conser-
vaye course will heretofore be brought to bear powerful
y in obtaining justice and in checking disoganza'ion
The details of the ouages and aggessons of the North
are familiar to readers They startling enough, II
must be admited-bu they have not yet reached point
which dema nds the ast extremityhe awful ne
cessty of rupture of confederacy founded by own
Washington and his immortal compeers How the a
nacs of the North may attain the climax OF Madness and
force this dread alternative shall not dare to depict We
have not yet however abandoned all hope that the recent
lawess acts at the North will burn into the hearts of the
there sentiment Of the necessity of prompt and de-
cded action to the country by crushing the cockace
of fana;icism and outawry in their midst They must do
something or all Southern confidence in Northern honor
and love of law and order, will vanish like mist.
Enough has transpired alarm and excite the South
enough justify The extreme measures to which our
Southern brethren preparing to resort The action
of one State lenst, South Carolina looks threatening
enough Unless wiser counses shall be waited to her by the
wings of ,meunless favorable developments Of the next
twelve months shall any her excitement and soften the a
paren,y firm resolution of her eaderswe may expect to
her in Convention taking for instant secession
and then real crisis will upon the country, from
which all good men will their eyes with In
reply to the National Inegence the Charleston Mercury
the State Convention yet the result can be stated
with sufficient accuracy. The Mercury remarks:
1.-THE Convention consists of l6 niembers-eoua to both
Houses of the Legislature Of we think We are quite
safe in saying III in the words Of nepencer dis
tnc,y and unaerably Tor "SECESSION and Withdrawal
of the State of South Carolina alone from the Union; !" or
the Integencer is modest and would prefer their desc
,ion by another hand-hcy are wno old friend
from the country said TO yesterday have made up their
minds that the Federal Government is bad bargain
which is high time TO gel rid off, Iheee go
by the State alone because there be no other
cesson than by the States individual soveregnes and
bscause the withdrawal from the Union will thus in every
stage of the act be nndor the sanction Of the supreme
thor,y and give secession the same basis and support
The sovereign will expressed in the same form the by
which South Carolina entered the Cnion
"a minority OF the Convention consisting OF, wo think less
than orty are opposed the speedy action Of The State by
herself But lei the Integencer imagine there forty
in the Convention we are certain there
moi ten members who will not unhesitangy affirm both o
the following propositions l. That the State, as Of
Confederacy soveregns has the clear rght to secede
the action and position Oh
ment afford ample justification for the exercise OF that right
They think il polite put off decisive action till the ohe
States or some of them get ready 10 join Us. -
Ths minority in the Convention, as BODY VIII hot o.
opposed to the majority but only little in the rear OF II
and when the decision is made they will with few e8csp
ons take their place with the foremost in It's defence ne
ACT Of secession will be emphaticay the act OF the "hoe
State people will unto in defending TO The Jas
extremity"
So much for South Carolina. In the State OF ALABAMA
there has been recently held at Montgomery, Convention
OF the Southern Rights Clubs of the Satewhch otter some
difficulty, adopted the 10Th Of February the following
extreme preamble and resolutions:
The preamble TO the Constitution of the United States DE-
cares the objects for which the government OF the Oneo
States was formed Those objects ITO form more
perfec, Union establish justice domestic tranquility
nroyide for tho defence the general welfare
and secure the blessings of liberty ourselves and our pos
teriiy." ,,.l
Those objects in our opinion have been wuy disegarded
in the administration Of he WIN
the INV admitting Missouri no the Unon and closing win
the late system of measures, miscalled the Compromise
The petence upon which this system OF hostile legislation
has been based slavery Is moral and political ev
its end and aim emancipation OF every slave In the
United States. ,:....
The government Is In tha hands of sectional MAJORITY
and political interests and conscientious convictions OF duty
alike urge them to the successful prosecutor OF this SYSTEM
Believing that the aim in formation OF this government
Is no longer 10 be observed in Its administration We the
delegates Of tie Southern Rights Associations Of Alabama
in Conysntion assembled do resolve,