Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-11-07
For tiic ENQUIRER.
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IN n'e" sscDHs, ana ha t;r.s ~ hos. w,ru anrr, rn
the Constitutions for thrr ii" In:ca:ned an! a,;o.
'ey iiEen away III 500. last rrs, ari in 'anY yea in ~.
te", themselves d",T!"v. Of :rt; lcTc: :- ;rn w
nnrr" "r ce:ai;y no s>taoc. i!s occr7c IL: any ae of
'he Tree StAtes where return of urvc silya ha.
oeen nafe, III which ;i= has hcea p.rfia t. rrc,r
'ur" hia slave ol lis own lee WILL nor has any ty cVi-
cHce ANY case been .r- sicl when any =.aya Ii, been
dc"c:td rp with coed oi nd is he i.c viii and aci o me
c:tis :ns o! any ci II" n"Lsavrae'Jng S,trsn"t cns-
no not one .s;anc2 ye!s !as ":"uteGr; .hch am
c"g'zni IN winch lie c4,>Iitupn ana tc interpretations
heretofore cited, hGs 5acn cmact w)whe: these out
RACES are praciISc b co:ancs wo are ar'laS - TIE
coEsti!unn and The ie!c:l government Is either unwilling
OF una1la tC :ecS5 taaaa tlc Constitution alone create;
hc Gn:1n-t.t Union IS ly hi. disregard overthrow 4"
tire c0rstitpa to every r'ioa an. !uEes itcnt sso!'
ed. Iha:c can yblin from it, neither protection
! ~ In nrrr.
must BE- cricd 10 tie right u s,liproecli"n, ana mast
assert that ffEt or atqicscc III t.cr Own t'rgrai1n ahd
destruction This is inc first answer 10 tic enquiry Ju:t
mentioned Another answer i this: t1t iapSe who Insist
upon an host and impartial application o the constiion
can, consistently with TRUTH be CenGnlna.ed a. enc
mics 10 the jrion. Such application Is 10 thcml the
EXTREMIST pyrrson q. ancuagea hollow preteSt, under
hich fie the designs Of wicked men, by whom The
Union has len brought into peril Whenever therefore, The
federal government shall misuse its Influence to des
troy that eoiahty and other essential right guaranteed
BY The constitutions whenever spuations o this compact
shall be nced by selfish dishonest legislation by any o
the parties hereto il is the right and the duty OF States OPP
pressed by such irregularities, by the most efisctual cou
lcrva!ing measures within the scope u their internal
powers bring back If they can, the offending fedora! or
State government observance of constitutional right
and justice BY adopting this course they will be sustaining
the constitution and consequently the Union, In Its only eg
innate accepance and it, in dcpteo Ibis purely defensive
and just polly the federal government or the Offending States
shall persevGe in wrong and in violation OF the compact II Is
grossly abud Pretend tia; the injured alone shall be held
It's spurions, shall poss the right oi sel!ese-
vaon or of redress beyond the provisions ol compact no
longer obscrcd by party, but by that party wholly aoro
gated n, State bound hcrse! TO absolute sc:vuae or
vassangc ccr the Federal Government ur 10 any po
ton of The onleieratcd States 1t is only application o
the principles here insisted that is by addressing t!en
selves 10 hcaya:ce or the npp!cncnsons vi inc '"T d
North West that The people cf the Snui can Indulge me
einotes hor OF redress After the rercncs = f-! ccr-
ury it wou be than ia utiIo 70 eAp2lt eiter JUS
cc or k!atnt:s in that qartr Il : !aine"'aay 100 pPa
rent than in 40 one orG,n nation :uo", are there
nyisa. 20 alton ta Southern States oi t!S c"rry,
so mach Of jedouay and l-le:ng and 50 c Of sympathy
beaiy, as peryade at this tine, and st thes gone ~
nave nervdcd tue New England Staes and ali oler States
the confederacy which have spruGa om Isr paehtaEe,
identified with their policy The evidences and ne
nses of these truths are obvious upon the very surface OIL
ts: political rivalry, no c9ne,t i,t ,"t'
either through the direct machinery OF legislation or
D. the influence 0! off," in the dis2enSlon n patronage
and in the collection and disbursement of tons o 'eSc-
nuc Wholly cScmp, from these lntrcnccs, ioc.n nations
90 d;s,nss 10 share The advantages vi liberal and mutually
b.nr II intercourse and cultivate that inine=S ana
vii! which naturally sprcg from such source, 10y
i. npoDo Of Ntw Ene, ld south IS looked II VIII III.
keen 9osv Of Il rival: and with her rich productions, Is
as subject held within the relentless grasp
Of direct pnwcrs, and to DC used Tor me purposes .. pnn
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The history of this government itcms
with cxnrnals o; devices and false ffeAs OF na'ton% aa
yan. by wtch egis'tion most uJls and oppressive 10
hn Snrl has been effected, whilst Yankee sc!iis;ess was
iii; in minority of numbers! But that the brute To-
ric oi numerical strength is cn lis side me !nsy covering
Of p,c;axis thrown oii II IS now p!oc:cc - >oute.
nrn ,.a, by some power superior L ,d bryoad Tie C"h-
,i,u3n t. tla ih.:r property, tnGir i!2I"i' az l
safety o! s ncraoas, is 10 b. measured oy ic .i''e u
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