Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-05-14

"st tiTee speeches made gentleman l1iil
fs'chtnohd city tMr R"EiSs1S) and The gentlemen!
from HALIFAX (alessrs. GARRETT and HowER-oS) who ru;
s"u sht stress upon this outrage that lie ccm-
PEELED 10 vote for the original resolutions Because the
ohsi Executive OF the C0mmnnwcah, under the solemn
" ol an OATH in manner which he thought satisfactory
anu proper looked INTO the Of this and raTtnned
h ms residence Is assaulted and heaps foppohrum load
ed on him To his face The reDorls we have of this meeting
tell us mat alter had been discussed talked of through
me streets there was never assembled such large aud
peetaoie meeting in the city before After which, par! o
the meeting assembled .ound the Governors lsion and
threatened TO nilct the punishment him that the criminal
would have received but for The executive cIrnrncy TC
would vote far the original resolution at present and suS
tain an unavorable report of the committee if proper
gfounts were no, taken by the people of Richmond.
Mr.. Ho~EEToS asked il The gentleman from Goochand
wisic- ine capital moved account of The mob
Mr LAKE said he intended for original
utinns and il cur.it,sc !iuic favornhr ~amr.'
sc iId vote :r that also.
y Mr.. BARBIcr di! recognise the right OF the
gentleman from e:imond city (alr. KopSsoS) araign
the people Of Culpcpcr upon subject rrrrroi hy that
gentlemen upon any other II he had p.posed 10 remove
" capital TO Cupcper Then the genllemans remarks might
have had what y"u Mr.. SPEAKER denomnard this
would havo been and illogical. This argument then
would be- that because in Cupeper degraded and cnnrc-
tod free negro murderer had osn moAoel The mob spirit
as bad there as II in Richmond where the Governor Of the
common woah had been mobbci account OF the
else of his constitutional functions, without wang hear
nny defence from hin. There intelligence cnoveh in
Culpeper fhere in Richmond, distinguish be.
tween convicted Tree negro assassin whose hands
dyed with the blood OF of ho best citizens and the
fence that he had shown mercy 10 the unfortunate But
the s.nenans remarks about the Culpcper mob had
proper connection with the subject, were uncaIes for and
Of place 1t became his duty, however, To notice what hud
baen said. He dcporcd that affair much any one,
and had he been present would have united his rr!s with
those OF gentlemen who did encavor dssuade the
party from proceeding He would declare here and every
where eise that there many palating circumstances
the violence which those people drivenar
lmors than existed In this Richmond With the leave
of the House he would relate the leading facts.
/ The SrEAKER told Mir B. that he would be out OF
order. (Cres Of "Lcape," "Leave')
| The CHAIR. Tic gentleman proceed.
Mr.. BARBOUR. One Of the most respectable and p!oms
ing young in The county had been murdered in the deep
hour of tie night BY free negro His blood marked
the path which was traced the next morning by his friends
and relatives His anged body was found slowed AWAY
like hat ola slaughtered hog Strong ccunstanal csti
nluny Immediately pointed free negro who no0ri-
for hs evil deeds and had been ynched in all the neigh
boring counties. He arrested al On that day the
unarmed hard Of the law held the safe in The very cir
Gle OF friends and relatives who paying the last
prcs M r'ansed corpse of young Miller If the Rich
m0nd SoiIit had been there that day. the free
would ;4y. cen put 10 death without trial In the midst
pf ed crowd the aw stronger in behalf of
.cgra than in Richmond last night in behalf Of
he Governor OF the Commonwealth. The negro tried
III. Inferior and Superior Courts of that county He
ably defended The Judge exceedingly cautious in the
selection of jury He convicted Of murder in the first
degree. Tho Court appealed TO- and conrmci he YER
dict in emphatic terms. An appeal was then taken 10 the
| General Court, written testimony. The omission Of u
slight circumstance in the chain of circumstantia cslimo-
NJ would destroy the whuc. The General Court overuled
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trial. The Court then scu out Of Culpepcr 10 Madison
for the next Jury. number OF the most respectable c
zens OF Madison, including Justices of the Peace
were summoned. Mr. BIS colleague in the late reform
conyeninn (Gcn Il. A. Banks the iureman Of Ihat
Jury. After wha, the Judge pronounced OF the ables
defcnces he had heard that Jury agan found The free
negro guilty OF murder in the first degree The Gene; al
Court again aside tho verdict In the Time other
midnight murders ,ukinr place there and in some Of
the neigh5orins counties young murdered in
his bed generally believed by negroes short time
| before the MOB No man knew when his own door sill
| IT, e
the hands Of the midnight assassin 1t under these cir
cumstaacc5 that Tie friends and relatives Of the
murdered man determined TO iaIe the law into their
hands Were no, these circumstances calculated 10 excite
and deude the passions OF situatcdl This armed
crowd into decceless village and broke open the Jail
There organized military company in the
~ The people OF tho village wrro without They
could only persuade and every act OF persuasion and re-
monstrance was resored 10.
How does ts afford any parallel the dissracc!u scene
that occurred here last night can appreciate the position
| Of the ren,lcmau from Richmond lie feels t:at his
discreied by those and is anxious
10 find something some where that 10 almosi = bai fe -
wrong trail when he goes 10 Cuperer. Tho Governor
had smiled no mans blood. He had dnae iocncc u
one He had simply exerted The mild 1nd a=avany quality
If mercy And il that which excited the passions al
Richmond popaacc. He held down the veil which was
be lifted between this negro and eternity II
this that made him the object of the bad passions which
conpregaed The mob last night That mob did not await
the Governors de!ence when they were informed hy gen
lemn n meeting that tie record and petition would be
ont this morning in tho Enquirer. They mobbed an nno
cent man without hearing and 10 be told that they
after he had been twice tried and convicted.
Mr. HowERToS of Halifax spoke substantially ne follows
Mr. Speaker have 10 differ on this occasion
with some friends with whom often cooperate regret
as stated when fret upon the floor, that was not In my
when the original resolutions were offered and hence
have not heard all hccn urged in their favor un-
however that those resolutions o2rcd by my friend
from Harrison Alr LEwIs) which have undeninbly grown
out of tho Of last evening have in view The removal OF
the sea OF Government Sir opposed 10 the mob and
10 The removal OF The capital mems OF redress ard
shall support the substitute offered ~ my friend from HAN
| \ linlr nlnfc cnm
tee invested with power send for pcrs0Es anu PAPERS
charged with The duty of nscealnns the persons engaged
in the riot and rccom9ending srch measures "i punishment
and redress justice and the dignity o the commonwealth
| demand.
of our ood old mob has been raised 10
insu her Chief Magistrate for executing what he d.nmed
his du:y Sir il wrong grossly wrong and dis
graceful for three hundred men 10 assemble around
The rianson OF individual isn and attack him; anu
when add tina. they did in pursuing their PURPOSES insult
and f@hen leienceless females, tie very least can say Of
their conduct is that il nnuanly in The fullest extent
But for this is removal Df tie capital the proper
mcdy To the capital would De 10 punish the IN
with the gy-t'ose unroncerned as well as those
concerned in the rot-my constituents, 3s well as the not
es humby submit that The proper redress for Ibis gross
Outrage is bring can, tho offenders not only 10
usticc but in full view of the gaze o public indignation
and the lime not 10 visit ou ccnsre upon those
who are innocent n this matter we ourselves. Adon
The substitute, them Of my friend from Hinover, (Ar
White and your committee ferret out the rioers-repo
them 10 tie pubco the law and To usticc and can then
such of redress as seem poper-cven
the removal oil the Cspta lisc ii mat seems ID oe e po
DER measure The orignu resolutions. however seem 10
look upon this removal Of the of Government their
primary object willie frs. object now seems, ought
TO be to mainuin The dignity of tho chief Executive office
of the State This object it appears to me- can be better
effected by pulling dopn the mob, rather than by pulling
do.rn The c1ptoLby removing the rioters than by removing
/ the of Government.
VIVA, Is 10 be gained by removal of the caPa2 sup
pose the Of these resolutions will claim that We
will escape mobs, it the disgraceful mob of last
evening that gave rise the resolutions But go to
any spo, where WILL for all time, be entirely secure from
mobs? Place the OF Government where you WILL ana
the patronage and other circumstance attending it, will 10
the course OF time, draw town around il. And asE II
The city of Richmond will not bear favorable comparison
with any other city population 10 The Union OF the same
size in regard the unequency Of mobs and he uncom
monness of rioting7 believe, sir, state what is true
fperhaps lmay be matakcn yet believe it is true, that
during The ast half Of acenurY-pehaps for longer time
sl-whie Richmond has been constantly on the Increase
there has not been solitary mob here for tho purpose o
detenc officer of the State from the execution OF ms
duties This think is true, if We except, perhaps, he
burning efgy Of Of the Governors, which, however
was done quiet way. that II has almost passed from
the merory Of man. lr Speaker there other pnfl"s
OF The State in which there have b@cn exhibited ontbnrs
/ against the law TO show this, cite the occurrences
which ,ranspred very long in the counties o Cu
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