Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-07-01

= :, ;. ,Ioo do Them the further justice OF believing them,
as a body, attached to the Constitution as y IS, ana as nsen-
ding TO do us no wrong. here eSGep, % !, w aG " "
tiunis;s and their sympatIliseFs. whether they mean II OF
-, ,.h.,rrr they know il or not, they ale the enemies OF the
black man and Of Inc white man, OF inc Nof!m ana Oh me
South, OF their %neichbors and OF msniseru > i" 81. s am
and doincs. as aboiii;onis!s. are in their tendencv ana ehects:
evil. and only evil. and that continually. Ihe!r nhllanthro-
ul,y is NJ best Quixotic. The rudical,sm, lnhdehly and ma
ii,ni,y nf Incl, leaders are az much h,horred at the North rs
nj Inc Sonth They dcnuunce the Church, the Ministry, the
Sabbath, the Bible, the ordinances OF Zoo In terms as revolt
ting as any %blasphemcr could oeste. W. u ~ ae S HGuth ae
in ID danger Of surprising that they represent Inc Puoilc sentl-
mcn, 81 the North: Just as some Southern Christians are
under the impression that Mcssrs: Park, Parker and Bushnell
express the theological views Of Northern ongregati'nalists
Whereas n LEADING man of New England lately said that he
doubted whether any three men OF talents had less influence
over the religious opinions Vi me Wihis'eisaho people VI mat
-ruinn ilan the three just named.
There ARE many reasons why The North should cling to the
Snp,n The schools, colleges, manufactures and commerce
of the North are vastly nuurlshed by the south; and selt-in-
lerrst, though aumeImes blind, commonly has one Keen
nnen eve. Nor is this all. We often receive and nurse
her sick and dying people, who flee 10 our climate,
and these send or carry back a good report. Our
eHE,rts 10 spread abroad The knowledge OF Christ among
u,ns,ers. and aeryunls, have won for US the best
wishes and confidence of myriadA OF Northern Christians. :
Actual and increasing intercourse between all parts of our
COUNTRY. is satisfying the public mind that people Uf the
same rank in life, and al the snme religious views, are much
alike The wurG over. Besides, the North has made some ex.
nr,iu.nrs on the negro race. Some fugitive slaves md
su,us en- ncipattd slaves have long been at the N"rth, and
the r,suI, has cnunirily been discouraging. nave seen in
ure ,tov mure fem lie nrgroes in one prison in Philadelphia
,nan have seen in uGn:G than thirty years residence and
,ruyrI in Kentucky. Maryland, Virginia and the Car"linas;
and have teheid IN two hours mare lnlai'lnlc signs Of
vice and misery Among the lrer negroes Of the North, than
ever hive witnessed among slaves. Sober people al the
Nutth are and must he impressed with these, things. Ii is
but the usher day that inc syracuse 'oIuF pup'sheu ne lnl-
loving statement:
are informed by one of the police officers OF this city
that out Of fifty or sixty male fugitive slaves, who were until
recently residents of this city, only two were regularly em-
pluyed us laborers-many of them gained a precarious llvri-
hood rs runners to houses of ilLfane, and the m 'jnriIy were
supnplled by charity. Such, we are informed, is The general
condition of the lugitiyes, WIN have taken up their resi-
dcnce in oar large towns and cities, where, be it observed,
they usually connreglte.
"in Canada, also, they are regarded by the inhabitants
with distIusI and aversion. There are Two towns in Canada
West, in which a negr" is not allowed To Set his loot, through
fear that he may brcorne u burden upon the taxpayers"
Facts of similar significuncy are constantly Coming 10 the
kowlrd. e uf people nj thu North. Notwithstanding all the
additions from abroad, in tnany places al the North the me-
grues and mulattues are not actually Increasing. Their hard
ships and their vices Impede their growth in numbers. Hun.
drcds Of thousands of Northern people are now satisfied, that
On the score of muruls, food, ruiment, shelter, fuel and m-d.
cine, the Southern slave has a decided advantage over The
nvrtlcrn free negro. These things exert more and more
power every year. Some OF the States are, in their Consi-
lulions. excluding n, grnrs from their sul-and il things 90
! on a. they have been going for three years, negroes lruin IN,
South will be excluded from every non.slavchulding State in
less than twenty years.
l., is my firm belief, founded on considerable observation
and correspondence, that Il mnIoiity ns tac people OF this
country, North and South, are, mis- day, more ready and de-
tel mined 10 support and execute The Constitution and laws Of
The United States, than they have ever been since 1889. This
! declaration may surprise You, but ] think | have evidence 0I
its truth. | know many believe as | do. Ii this be so,
must pclieEe iUJl nt!liCIlt " Sun'J NIf'u nave u local
ascendency, will yield II second, sober thought, and that in
a short Time all will BIZ qaet and peaceful. In this state OF
the case it is impossible Ia bring the majority or any large
number IF the Southern people 10 regard SECESSION as rea-
snnullc. In all The slaSe-nuIding States, unless possibly
yours is an exception, the people fe' assured that then rights
are better protected within the pale OF the constitution, than
thew pUssialy would be outside OF II. Secession would,
therefore, remedy no evil, repair no wrong, and vindicale no
right. There is found 10 he no snch engine for The support
and defence of al. The rights OF man as the supremacy and
ubiquiry of wholesome, stable laws, and while it is foreign
10 my purpose 10 argue any abstract question, | may vel,
without offence, say that il Is idle 10 attempt to maintain the
right Of secession, unless BY that term is meant what the
world has long understood TO be the right Of rerolution. If
there be any difference, il is not obvious 10 my mind. Il!
any say that secession is Il ~peaceable and bloodless measure,
the reply is that a revolution may be as bloodess and free
rom violence as any measure whatever. History gives Us
Cases. Now, it is not TO be believed that things have come
million Of frecnen in this land, that in defence Of our rights,
we must plunge into the expenses, uncertainties and perpleyi-
Ties OF even a bloodless revolution. They VIII not do it.
Whatever evils may exist at present, one year's experience
Of revolution would bring evils far greater. Call it secession,
call it what you will, the people will esteem il an old fash
Toned revolution. And yet not a single condition, on which
any able writer Justifrs revolution, has occurred, or is likely
To occur in our time. A Unsuitable revolution must fairly
promise To improve The condition OF those engaged in II, bu;
thar, which We are now considering, would give US no ad.
vantage which we have not already. If violent men ut the
north call Us man-stealers, they could do il just as well after
separation as before; they could entice and secrere southern
slaves just as before, and even better than before they could
excite European odiurn against us just us before.
As 10 Il bloody revolution. our people do not desire it, nor
can they contemplate II but with horror. You cannot have
forgotten with what clcarness and force Vattel Book III,
chapter I'LL maintains 'that war is never 10 he undertaken
without very strong reasons" and that both iustifca,ivc
reusnns and decent motives are 10 concur in undertaking q
war" If these requirements are of such force in the case
of separate nations, how much more are they binding ON the
several States Of this Union! Such q war as would attend
u hlundy revolution in this land, would be cruelty Inurderuus
and without glory To the victor or the vanquishcd. The
lutter would miserably perish, and the former would get him
home by stealth, as people being ashamed steal away
when they flee in battle. The lOudest boast he cUuld utter
would us well have suited Cain: ~ have slain my brother.'-
The expenses of such n war would bring intolerabIc burdens
on any unc or any five States. The army Of the United
States, even when we have no foreign war, costs US upwards
Of one thousand dollars per annun for every officer and pri-
vate belonging To it. An army of twenty thousand men
in time OF war would cost any Southern State at least TWEEN
~ millions of dollars annually. A much faner estimate
would be Thirty millions. Could The gallant Palmetto State
meet such expenses? If che should BE- finally victorious af-
ter Il war of three years, could she pay sixty or ninety mil
lions of dollars? Ii she should not succeed in whipping the
whole country, but should be overcome, she could hardly ex.
pect the government or people Of the United States 10 pay
the expenses OF what would then be called an insurrection Or
REBELLION.
On the general SUBJECT of revolution, permit me to quote
the views ut an able write. Of the last Century. He says:
The speculative line OF demarcarion, where Obedience ought
la end, and resistance mus; begin, is faint, obscure and mol
eisily dcfnable. II is not q single act, or single " nj, which
determines il. G Ivernments must be abused and derannrd
indeed before il can he thought uf; and the prospect ui the
future ni1sl be as bii as the experience vi the past. When
IhIngs are in III l lInieuIlhie cund lion, the nature of The
disease is 10 indie lie TN re meiy :" those whum nature has
qualified 10 administer IN cStie,ni'lrs lL!s titIcal,ambigu"us
Di,lcf potion Ia a dia'rmpried State. Times, and occa.iuns
and pnvccations, viii teach their own lessons. Tie wise
will determine tom The gravity If the case; the irrirablr.
from sensibllIty II oIrrcsslou; the hgh-nindrd, from disdLiu
and lndlsnatl"n al abusive power in unworthy hands The
brave and bud, from The lave # hunurab!e danger in a r.nr.
rous cause; but, win or without right, n revolution viii be-
the very last nsnurre Of the thinking and the guod."
But you are doubtless aware that il is generally understood
that, even IL :Scuih Carolina declares hers 1t in a sture of Sc.
cessiun. the Government Of the United States Will grant no
letters uf matqlc and reprisal against her, will send no fleets
10 bum her Giles aud towns. will march no armies dsaipst her
noble-mindcd people. The bonds OF brotherhood and union
cannot be strengthened By iratiiciial deeds, BY repeating The
principles of virtue, and by abolsling the nmltas Of genera.
lions. Yet the laws u the United States would be strictly EN-.
force! along your coast anu boundary nn The cnsloln. house
might bc removed from Charleston 10 Fort MuuIrrir. hut I'm.
posts would b" COLLECTED, and ut every point along the bum.
dairy Of the Stat: The laws vi the United States wonlJ be
maintained. But If your people would fight. they would
have 10 seek the officers or armies of the United States in
some adjoining territory. While sucn an understanding is
well suited 10 snuthe irriiated feeling, and disurn violence.
il is no less adapted To suggest the inquiry among Yourselves:
Do we desire. or can We bear such a state of things rs must
ensuc, il, without navy, without Commerce, without conf.
dence, without any OF the thousand advantages we now enjuy.
we adopt fatal cUunselS and resolve, An the mad experiment
Of put ing ourselves out vi the Uniun7
l know, indeed, that the synpllhits Of mankind are natu-
rally with the weak. This is, perhaps, more true Of personal
than OF political cunlcsis; bat, in either case, the s%yrnpathi,,
at The wise aud ghud are ultimately will. the cause of Iusir,.
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