Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-30
RICHMOND ENQUIRE Il.
wEnSESnAY MORNING, MAY 2e'f--.--

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wEnSESDAY MORNING, MAY 2e.i ,e
GOOD SIGN IN SOUTH cAkoL. ..cs The call
uan,bnrp rs ca Republican thus so rolicv
If meeting of those in that vicinity oppo'''
Of separate secession: ;.oc,ed in our town
uvo understand there is to be necns, H. by those
ON Saturday, the 3st inst, at ~ NV South Carolina at
ho nrc opposed separate secession snne three hun
nresen,) from the Federal Compact M ctizens Of Hamburg
dred names attached to the call , Judge Butler Gen.
IA u;cinjtv We learn moreover, iat ,rIl he invited
ana and other distinguished citizens VIZ mi II me the
and are expected address the h1 avn hands, and
people should take their affairs ~ reason Judge and act for
peciay on this weghy matter linz will be as seed
themselves and we hope this is will unite in show
in good season. and that other not that of the people,
s. , o;nres tba, their voice IS NV ~, oomo and
ing TO party clques a iizens Of our DISTRICT como ana
show by your presence that e der which has SO long
the near approach OF the ennth brought you to feel
muttered in the distance ~
your danger o.o If the people, and 80 far as We Gun
"Ths is entirely mo- potican has taken any part in
learn no person hcen consulted on the SUBJECT In TINS we
eioice for when see the M the ,rne dres whether
mechanic-in will cause loss or gain to thc VINO
separate ri aspratons and whose ann In 'e IS 10 pro-
tee, their property, their nrb 10 stop for time Mt least
honor OF o doning Ito say the eas OF untried
and II NAV be doubtful policy we cao ron rho noun
that their voice VIII s oc ~
,nns 10 the seaboard
Thouph Hamburg on the very edge Oh o0u.i ou'o"''
oo,.a MON Augusta u hourshng city Of Georgian
s. which has shown herself loyal both 10 Inc oou'h ana
| -, ,o ,rust that the work of moderation and WIS
dou be bcpun will spread throughout SCUM Carohna.-
w. m cheered in this hope by the concurrent voice OF seVe
al &c South Cardinals ablest and most influential sons de-
~, madness of separate action by that State. To
tho roll of high Names that side OF the question: may DC
,ddsd Mr. A. Burt, leading member of Congress from
s,h corolina He married niece Of Mr. Calhoun and 1t
:, onobe 10 believe that in dissuading South Carolina
SEPARATE action but carrying out what he conceves
oud be the views of the great Caronan mad he been
SHARED 10 take part in the present Crisis Dir. Burt having
been appealed for his views through the Aoheve BANNER
replies long letter. for which we have not ROOM lhough
he does great injustice the position OF virginia. ms ieter
is marked by many strong arguments ana comon-sese
considerations He cites the important fact that Inc Prope
~ of secession without regard the Of The other
Southern States not discussed pending Inc eecoh of
the Congress and the Legislature which occurred in October
last In the discussion which ne heard ana IN "hcn ne
took part he but very few express opinions In favor oil
rho secession of South Carolina alone without regard TO the
action of the other States
az think the subject not discussed before Inc people,
and that their judgment neither expressed nor formed
on it, So ALSO in relation TO the calling OF Convention oy
The Legislature Until after the session began heard no.
thing Of it, and think nothing heard o by the people,
should have been more happy have had the opportunity
Of Offering nv opinions of these before the udg
nent State made up, when they might nave en-
tered its deliberations for the little they may be worth
A
looked TO- and nothing else looked to, until it's results should
be known"
Mr. B. proceeds 10 say that he could not hold Office
under the Federal Government without feeling OF per
sona degradation and his motives cannot properly be
suspected tic the confessional wlhout fear and
without reserve In the strongest language, he condemns
the action of Congress- and of tho Northern
States and people, in regard to the restoration OF fugitive
slaves Any one of acts would in his opinion, justify
IF the
ohec, be attained by secession he says will be admitted
10 be the preservation OF the institution of African slavery
unmpared and unmoeste he proceeds to give conclusive
why that end be attained by the separate
cessou South Carolina which must on the contrary lead
TO most suicidal results He is most decided in the opinion
that the Federal Government, in becoming "monsrous
despotsn has lost all title to the obedience or respect OF
eemen and that hs Union and slavery cannot stand TO-
aehe-sti he zeaously deprecates all rashness by epa
rate action which defeat the end in view viz
| the establishment of Confedcracy of slaYehoding
States-t need not embrace all the saveholdng Sates-
which is he soemny believes, 1.-THE only measure that
promises security or hope the South He follows
up these views with conclusive arguments the most mpor
tant Of which extract, in full
Let US, then, if complaints any OF them would
be removed redessed by the secession OF South Carolina
aonehe other savehodng States remaining in the Union
Would the prospect OF recovering fugitive slaves DC bet
ter They may be, and recovered sunmariy
~nen
difficulty of retaining them in Georgia, any other slave
holding State greater than in the different districts OF
State. Each Of these States afford TO US all the facilities
that enjoyed by its own citizens. They are appropriate
and ample Our only complaint is that the slavehodng
States not only refuse aid u.s. but actually ohsruct in
our endeavors TO reclaim property when accident crime
places it within their limits They only violate the stipu-
aton Of the Constitution this subject These States co
now and will not ever deliver up fugitive slaves 1t
will DO controverted that secession would place the
Sate seeding in the relation of foreign State towards all
the other States Of the Union 1t would be at once the re-
nquishment of all the rights as well as the duties that now
poses independent OF each other os are France and
Great Britain In The absence of treaty the subject one
foreign State has right TO require another to deliver up
fugitive slaves or fugitive eons. The law of nations does
enon it, and in no instance DONE without the re-
qurenens Of treaty Why it. that of the twenty-five
the United Statesone has never been recovered by
his owner Why is Canada place of refuge for slaves
who flee from their in the South? 1t is because IL
is foreign country, and the treaties between Great
Britain and the United States, silent the subject
Would then secession be the voluntary abandonment on
the right reclaim fugitive slaves within the limits
Of all the Southern States and of all other countries! We
could the line OF Georgia. Tennessee or North
Carolina in pursuit of them by virtue OF any right which
We should require by secession.
We know as do the enemies OF that institution well under
stand that the most absolutely tal policy that can be
sued in reference slavery conne within prescribed
limits Thus localized and hemmed in, 1t must inevitably
angush and die given of country will afford lucra-
tive employment much numerous white than color
ed population whether be slave or free population Slaves
fitted for many of The avocaons of the white
The slave population of South Carolina increases rapid
y than the white and this time considerably exceeds
it. What would be means Of dusing over new and less
popuous countries rapidly increasing slave population
if South Carolina make herself foreign State by secession
Our slaves may be carried into any State of the Unon
which has not made the introduction of them unlawful
They may be sold TO the citizens Of such States removed
with their The and fertile lands of Mississippi
and Texas offer tempting fields for the slave labor of the old
Southern States Congress has to interposc any
prohibition restraint But Congress has long since under
the special provision of the Constitution, made the nlroduc
ton slaves from foreign country ntoa State of the Union
penal offence The moment therefore, s. Carolina shall secede
from the Unonhe other Southern States remaining in 1t
that moment it would be high crime carry slave from
this State Georgia. any other State. Such State
would have to authorize it, the power being in Con-
gress. The boundaries of our State could be
passed by slave, long 1t should be foreign State
We have already been excluded from California and Utah.
and New Mexico by the unconstitutional unjust egsa
ton of Congress, and shall permit niutua
ton 10 exclude US from the Of The world Heaven save
from such insanity
If secession would place in better position for the
recovery Of fugitive slaves for spreading slave popu
aon other countries but would ntepose insurnoun
able obstacles 10 both would invest with more eectu
oil Of REFRESHING the fanacsm Of the Northern States?
am incapable of perceving any such effect No. gentle
In no