Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-11-04
From the Petersburg SOuh-Sldc Democrat
SIN IIIRSi [ EI"rER

Our blows have been felt Our choice selections from
SUMMERS speech in 80 have made imprcssi upon the
public mind The faithful few OF Petersburg city pcrcriYng
this addressed enlrcaty 10 GEORGE W. SUMMERS, be-
seechnr him this part the Slate, and in per-
reiutc the CHARGE SUMMERS appreciates The necessity
OF the step, and in cpise of rca kabe "ankncss
spends that he lrcIs the Utmost anxiety 10 BE- in that quar-
ter Of the State al The earliest practicable pcroa The ext
pcncy II occasion is prcsslng be lost; i'm
medalry must SUMMERS and 'in person cnnIuund
his Let him He shall be met II hr I'M
derakes ncquit himself before the people OF Petersburg OF
the carIe which this paper brought against him. his vnd
cation shall be complete thorough and satisfactory 10 ALL If
he the highcraw faith of his younger days this pa
per will publish his conversion 10 the world, with appropriate
CALCULATIONS at The salvation Of so great sinner But no
thing less than full unequivoca and explicit recantaon
will satisfy the shareholder Of Virginia. 1t is not enough
that G. W. SUMMERS undertakes 10 give bonds Tor his
good behavior The people must nave abundant assurance
that his heart is rigthc must convince them that ne no
longer regards slavery the greatest moral curse and pcsi-
he fountain of all our ills that he no longer as
The slave the right OF nsurrecion that he no longer
deems the property Of The ounded in wrong, outrage
and injustice" Upon these points must George w. SUM
satisfy The copc OF Fir na or they viii not run The
hazard Of entrustng him the control OF the Executive
authority of The State; for he surrendered himself
and consented 10 scrce the safeguards OF the Constitution
10 The Impulses of momentary panic, sudden "panlc
may again drive him into crusade against our property
AS private citizen Mr.. SUMMERS MAJ freely indulge the
luxury OF his phanropic aspirations but entertaining as he
does opinions radically rrcconcaby antagonistc 10 The in
OF the State let him presume to solicit m the
people Of Virginia the authority of chief magistrate Upon
some citizen Of unsupported soundness Of opinion let this
responsible honor be bestowed.
But what il the purpor, of SUMMERS episte :! Is ii
frank full and Satisfactory response 10 the inerrogaioes
OF his Petersburg toowers This cannot be known The
questions porounted to the Wing candidate contrary 10 in.
variable do not accompany the answer The response
Published but the queries suppressed. why is lhis
Conjecture repesyhe did III the question:.
Doubtless the nqlstinn thorough and searching nse
the response Of SUMMERS is sufng and eVasir; Where
FORE the nIerrogates suppressed But the public will
demand the publication of The questions propounded 10 Sum
They will not endure the dscourcsy OF being left in
The dakhcy will insist upon being introduced behind the
sceres-they the s!uillng Of the cards and
comprehend how the Thing fixed
But what ." SUMMERS response The WING candidate
writes ep!e "a SATISFY the people OF virginia that ne
abol1nst. Docs lie frankly rcnounce the sentI-
mcnts which he entertained in 32? Upon the evidence Of
speech then delivered GEORGE w. SUMMERS is accused of
abolition Docs lie rcpuciac that speech He neither re-
tracts or nodcs single sentiment whici! he then uttered,
in regard tic political evil the nual or The hem
Gus Injustice Of slavery That though he DC opposed
TO any present scheme calculated affect the value
riry of slave property Can any undertake TO insure
the contrvnnCc of this conservative Disposition when The
man protesting IL acknowledges himself 10 be bound by
the highest moral obligation and his official OATH advo
the abolition OF slavery when he asserts that he
knows other noce by which he discharge The duty
which his country and his conscience than By de-
carng the deliberate conrcton Of his mind that il IL cxpe
dent in relation 10 the extinction vi slavery prompt
~ and sccnHywhen he procas that 'lhe property OF
the founded in 7erong outrage ana injustice and
that The slave has right paramount 10 all conventional
compacts 10 assert and regain his liberty fhe canwhe
GEORGE w. SUMMERS enertans these opinions due
regard welfare OF the State permit the people Uf fr
gnia entrut him ;he protection Of their rights and their
property? His Intentions may be sincere and correct
who tell that "panc" may not drive him from his
soves Who knows that the Wong cherished oLcs of lis
ieor NAV prove violent for represson and deying all
control, mpel him into another crusade against slavery
Out Of the abundance OF the heart the mouth rW speak and
while SUMMERS regards slavery the greatest curse enor-
nifty and wrong there danger that the ardent feelings OF
his may ipel him into action We do not mean TO
intimate that GEORGE W. SUMMERS eniertuins the mad and