Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-17

~ H. ans-0l government end the separate State
where il dill not exist he'd nothing to do viii
= ond have nothing to Go with Il now 1t was com
nromse uDon the part If the south ,ui wholly different
r 49, cbaracter is extent and it, nature FROM the gov
eminent thot is presented to lis here Ours is single
I.ononwealth consolidated people, united toge.hc
under one form Of government, living under tho same
luws md institutions
nrt -,a. nrrcntion has ,!iI' I" the n-iaci2'i'
Of .orel,v for which, We coutr!G lou tell TINT
.. nrghi not to feel degraded u Virginia in mo
k;no wealth the Of political power and in put
the taxes upon slaves in opposition to the white In
!. S;torts Ard why not Because fnrsoot, We hav,
ored TO it in the conlederscy Of the Union Sir her,
nj home we are the and the owIers Of thes'
slaves. They arc in Virginia property and proPerts
alnna and known aud treated suIh b.. in the Coz.
.ress of the United States hc are represented as per
sns aud net ID property, es portion Of our lnhabi
tants whose social position the people of The other State
have no right to take cognizancc o" IL our Stale gov
crnla,at cannot couseE. to represent them % per
op. or as property because to our own laws andto ou
people their true character is knUwn They IRE slave
here and We are the and the owners Of them
They are not be put in the scale Of political power
either rs persons or property against the f-ee Waite c
liens Of the State. II is wholly different question
and in the federal government.
There is nothing that sickeus MO more than /, ea
ts-I about to characterize 1t by word, wtilci
if had used should have intended il any o.trIs
i've SENSE and which will use-ncthiny say, sickcr
me mere than hear this can about our federal repre-
eutation in Congress being endangered BY Our actic OF
this question We are told thut must not abandon
property representation slave representation III II
gipiS lest perchance may furnish something Tor tn
abol;onists and the enemies of the Union at the noti
~ feed upon, aud turn 20 t !E-G; ci Tic sul.h.
NE not to place our own State government upou th
free white suifragans Of the Commonwealth Wo ar,
not to distribute political powar equally amongst tho=,
hat we are about 70 invest aud cothe with the right
mirage herenot because it Is wrong In sci-Dot be
cause II Troug in the as.raL-not because it is uo
the true principle but because afraid =" Greeley
q al risou aud such fanatics at the Durlh Eirgiui--
proud Virginia Virgins standing upon principle
Virginia, the Tag bearer Of these re bcEn STATES j.
not to do what is right in itself and which is corceJet
generally to Dc right upon prncpe-shc is not to dt
:his lest perchancv che furnish theme fc1 uailhcn ia
uaticism to preach upon.
Have you anv government il virginia now hased upol
ssvesl Have you thr -"Elths representation i'll Nir
siniai Have you rny government III Virginia resting
upon slaves either directly or Indirectly II sc he's been
concealed No one arowc1 it in 1929, and one will
arow it now. What ,hr;, arc you abandoningl What
are you giving upi Would YOU be in any verse con
liton an Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana, Mississippi
Alabama, and other Southern States OF the CnlCn
which have adopted the basis of the qualified voter,
Jr the free white inhabitants: Are these States charg
ed with abandoning tho South Have they beef clarg
I'D with giving up any principle which i necessary l.
the interests of the Southern Sateai hentrc
XIV within the past two years hao formed New consli
tuition and re-irmrd tn" basis If the qualified voters
Did the commonwealth of Kentucky abandon southcrr
interests and southern rights by taking that basis Of rep
resentatioui Has it charged upon am State o.
this Union that it has become dereict 10 the south by
failing base representation either upon slaTes upoi
wealth.
Look to the position in which you seek to place III
people Of western Virginia. a large majority CT h
people Of this commonwealth, I've west Of tue Biz
III ge mountains, all true ana ,ir. but not 20 fret
ll or excited upon this question OF southern Interest
and hern rights you yourselves are, and as
portion Of the south are. T!ev into this
.un and ask you 10 gre them equal political right
But YOU say to them "husl dune say word ab'u
that; you must not ask for equal rights now; don
ask for it at all events. while abolition il riff
around and hIie these Of the ncrti watcn;
every argument that they can catch at against us
Have you ever thought OF the condition III which Tes
fern Virginia has been placed 1t sccs 10 me that
some respects we are the most unfortunate people
the world. We live upon the borders Of Ohio and Penn
sylyana, where hitherto, it has been almost npract
cable to retain our savcs. Where have not s!ar,
labor enough to per!o"l tic WORK OF the COUNTY, .n
yet enough to keep out. to some extent white !Goc
That Is not the with yourselves. icr you have Il
abundance Of lack lsbvr. We standing IS IL,
sertines upon tia out ir,sts; the walchaen upon IT,
outer walls guarding It's property for you But whsl
we come here, We :.rc told 20 keep mouths s'u'
lest complain lest the le'alrs We mak.lc'
rights shall furnish argument to foreigner.
who seeking to interfere with tha institution u
to the county ui Wood OF jackson, OF Mason, o Ca;e
IF Wayne, al :Lo counties upon that Ohio border Git
bring from eastern Virginia, Underwater or Picdmcnt
determined feeling of resistance TO ali aggression
p0n the Interests Of eastern Virginia and Of the sCu
-. 5;..i-f, s!4,n j, 20 be found e!p /: ia "!, :.
il Las been excited and kept ace By border dll.
iculties Has not the COUNTY Of " God fought YOU:
+1n i'm q
Ohio Is there not now warfare between iarGsis
burg aud Marietta; between the county Of Wood o.
this side and the county Of Washington upon The othe
side Of the Ohio river, upon this very question: liz
county Of Wood, few years ago, was E Large slave
holding county but i. has Lad its slaves reduced NV
lown some 500, and whyi Because they have Ieti.
unable to retain thea because they lave been eutcs'
md carried off BY the abolon,ss. Ind tnere, h=s
people have stood, your guardians and sentnels npo
the frontier to YOU of the approach Oh
the enemy and fighting them OIL. Their own propertt
Las been sacrificed BY their position and from your @
oiitv TO protect them. Yet: when they come here 4
mite with you in forming government they ere ~
formed that they nc: to have equal polica! power
because they not trustworthy Utca they 90 Nj
know as much about Slaves IS you do therefore, a. "
Gentleman from Halifax (Ir EDMuypsJ naintaued
hey are not Capable Of !cyslatng about them vi
jou Not being trustworthy, they may tax then
high or interfere possibly with the right of proper.
~
seek to cast upon This is the exhibition which YOU
arc now making before the world.
Jay IL ID sufficient 20 tho gentleman from
Fauquier, to all that he has said to the character
.s debate upon the part .: nee;" l:ta-s. 10 s:.t
The fact that some Of his associates have daredes sir
use the word-they have dared upon tuis floor to III
'inuate that the western people to be trusted
with power because they have too little interest il"
'leTe property to render them safe repositories oil
that power; that we have nc: s.;.yes enough west
IF the mountains to make true To The slave Interest
IF eastern Virginia and of the south w told TIM
have INDUCED in speeches and in arguments calcu-
ated array the west against the east and that oul
arguments have tended infiame rather than to cal
md soothe the western people What have your ar
,uuents tended to CO What have the arguments O.:
eastern representatives upon this floor tended to ae
:omplish They have tended. whether de,ig.,edT or
,o to breed dstrust in IT, eastern mind against their
western brethren. Western men have been held rp 10
he east, who, if they to be trusted now
,ave at all events been the object Of past apprehe
lions of some sort They lave been held up here ex
IMPLIES to warn and alarm. Your eastern slave hold
,rs have been told that the western people know moth
ng about this property or, ut least that thay know
,o enough to legisae advsedly ii regard toit. They
lave not the same feeling and interest in this property
hat you have and it might not be safe perhaps III the
lands OF the western people.
The debate that took place in the Legislature at The
session Of 1879 growing ont o: the occurrences !.
he county of Southampton, has been referred to b.