Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-10-31
BOLD TALK.

We do not know what will be the punishment inflicted on
the Editor of the Fredericksburg News (Whs) by the Whs
State Committee which The Bolts organ yesterday slgnl-
canty remarked dis at last called together by It's chair
mar" (Mr. Lyons The Editor of The News "hlg as ne
is has had the bodncss eschew protective tariff and,
what il still more awful in the eyes of woudbe leaders
here he npudently and without the fear OF Nhgsery
before his ewes comes and ustics secession as the
rghtfu resor The political garrotc may be applied 20 ms
spine ne may be solcmniy accommodated from the wing
church; but have the charity efan from expos
ing his hereses before the central council OF Whgsery here
We desire make experiment wish to test the con-
siscncy of the Unon spouers hcreabous. For holding
exactly similar doctrines the whole pack Of the Whig press
we're loose upon offending DemocratSet whether
they will now seek hunt down VINO Editor who pro-
claims the same opinions Has all the Union physc dis
appeared in the late election Is there potion left for this
Secession" Wing ,Editor7 The Fredericksburg News
traces Mr.. Morons defeat in the Loudoun district 10 the
same cause that Of Mr. Bolts here. II describes Mr. Nor
ton as a wing declared Stafford Court House. that he
would no, hesitate hang Rhet and the leaders OF Scces
sion in South Carolina and would their deuded follow
crs from the halter only in acqacscencc 10 that fogivns
spirit which marks the age"
Thereupon the News makes the following comments which
the modern and model "Union party" will regard as most
abomina5le win this Wing Editor be whistled down the
wind as a "disunionis' and 'traorl"
Mr. Bolts Mortified upon this subject, but Morton truly
uoes bow shot beyond him.
nun This ubstruse and perpexng question OF Secession
men may honestly differ They may differ as 10 the RIGHT
and But that any should assert the
penalty Morton has attached 10 it, is 10 our mind provo
kinely absurd We are defenders of South Carolina
She has behaved dcuous and deserves public repehcn-
sion But inct tho undue punishment which MIR Morton
would award her and you would spirit all over this
Southern country that would teach the advocates OF such
doctrines lesson they had not learned before
The astations of the public mind upon the RIGHT OF Sc
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position the when properly comprehendcd Secession
stances Let the North violate the fugitive slave law, and
where the South of the Potomac who is not or the
Stale of which he is member retiring from the Union?
What is This but Secessonl is right conceded by n
but circumstances. These must justify lie
act else II becomes revolution.
In tho application of this principle TO South Carolina
Mr. Morton will admit Tor would few months snce) ma,
that State had at least plausible for the she
had pursued The North had erevously oppressed the
South in stealing her slaves and otherwise infringing upon
her Constitutional rights The whole South had borne
quietly until orbearance has ceased TO be virtue ~ Tue
moment when a general outburst of Indignation was ex
nected throughout the Southern States the olive branch was
sent forth by Congress in series OF resolutions which pro-
missed compromise Of these difficulties. The requirements
of the Constitution fulfilled in the promised protection
10 our slave property and in the faithful execution OF ina
law majority of the Southern States would nave oeen sas
fed South Carolina thought with some sac" OF justice
that these assurances were unsatisfactory many o.
her citizens feared the law would never be executed lr
good faith They had so long been tempted with words
promise the ear which broken 10 the hope hat he
heart sickened The deferred redress Oh he wrongs M
people became esliye their leaders were sorey cueu ~"
under the influence of disappointment tney "ei
led TO measures which their cooler moments have since sat
lea hem were premature and unwise Ihey nave return
ed ana w long, we doubt not, continue members OF una
household in which their fathers and themselves have vee
so long prosperous and contcnted
AND ioT this lndiscetion Mr. Morton would hang the lea
acs and save the rank and c only in Difference to Tx