Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-01
hItnIEMGNl ENQui.EEs.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 80.
THE RICHMOND WIG "LOArulNG TIE FUGl.
TIVE SLAVE LAW"

resort 10 any MEANS fair foul defeat franklin Pierce
and elect General Scott the avorte ana the nominee Of
Seward and the Free Sorrs were sill struck with
amazcmcnt BY The following article in yesterdays Wing,
which We epuosh in FULL far refers the subject
matter under discussion The language and sentiments of
portion Of the article would Admiralty suit the columns Of
Greeley and Foggs abolition journals those Splitting cals
that spit upon" the Wing platform How grateful the
feelings how cheering TO the untislavcry Vaccinations of
the abul"uists will prove The following sentences in yes
tedays Whig how eagerly will they be rePubcd 10 swell
the chorus of the !aconsts and vuIaors of the
fugitive slave law
"1hy he saveholiers) ,coud hare asked for the
tAgioe Sare Laionot that the Constitution does not
give them The right 10 demand -bu it was HARSH MEA.
suRRbeer calculated 10 ilme and erdspe' sectional
feeling and cndaEgcr the OF slave property han 10
produce any suitury results 7hty rouid
sery naturally supposed the task would not be peasnn
To persons whose education and udces ali n
posed 10 tho institution of slavery" DC.
Such The language OF dcnuncaton against the fugitive
slave law be found in tine Wing, the leading organ Of
Scott Whiggery 10 vreina The Wings have boasrsd Of
their ove for the Compromise and have sought make
approval OF it ssric, party The fugitive slave law is
properly regarded of Justice and Cancellation
the Southland il 10 well known that, while all the other
measures Of the adjustment executed and beyond the
eash Of amendment The fugitive slave nw may DO
destroyed impaired by the an.,cI-and with This nct
blazing in ts face while the abolioniss seeking to
make 1t oIious and 10 defeat its execution, by The
murder Of southern Shareholders have tho leading Scott
organ Of Virginia joining with the opponents of the law In
denouncing the law harsh" md well "saicratcd in
fame and e1aapeate sectional feeling" What this
meant Its meaning plain. The Wing that through
The South Seward Scottish ia eeling beneath pom
deous blows of Lyons, Purklns, Jenier, Gentry, Will
iams, Cabel, w. D. Mcrrick and other able and nau
entail leaders of the Whig party. 1t that Gen.
| eral Scott is destined meet u disastrous
defeat In evory Southern Ssate-nnd its game j.
TO csnciae tho feelings of Inc aboionss and TO bring
them the support oil Gen Scott the sectional North
ern candidate Ii appeals 10 them In SO many words 10
vote for Gen. Scott good enough practical abotionist
them; for by his election they will the repeal the
weakening OF that "harsh" and unjust and little sau,ay
fugitive slave law. 1t clearly intimates that the "harsh
measure may under the auspices of Scott be modified by
tho adoption OF trial by jury other exPedient.
to make agreeable the abolitionists. Tic Whig
in word tells the hbuIonsts that the shareholders OF the
Soulh regard the fugitive slave law ha!sh and improper
that did not ask for itha naturaNy nllLIres
and exaspcatc sectional feeling and ol that they
have no objection the repeal Of such "harsh law
Can the abollonsrs the hgher law" men, ask stronger
for their vile purposes than what is here voun
tesred BY leading Southern Scott organ2 Will they not
| roll il like a sweet nIorsel under their tongues?
/
mcn,s and this language thus boldly proclaimed by his
chief organ in Virginia, would crush him in the South
Southern Whgs be fouls enough for The Sc
ward csnddutc such doctrines preached by
the Whig in advocating SCOTS 1t is in
vain Tor The Wing 10 resort 10 any such humburgng and
merccnarr cxpedrn,s as Land Money Clubs" dupc
people Of Virginia. Its party, Virgnians,
now stand by Scott his principal organ in their midst
places himself the platform with Fn-s, Fogg ami
Greeley, "sps upon The Baltimore resolutions, denounce"
the fugitive slave law invites ceuse!ess aud d,aGy
enemies lie North 10 on with their agiiaon un' the
fugitive savc law ol JuEricc 10 the South and 10
the Constitution, is stricken fr0ta the stUtutcbook.
1t is hardly necessary upon the loose md id
remarks OF the Whig that all The sh, eh"ers Wings
This is by the case-or many of the largest slave
holders State Democrats and several Of the lage
siav,holdng counties in Inc State strongly Democratic
/ But The Wing assertion rruc that would not
change the argument all would aicc The right Of ali
citizens examine into public affairs and defend Tho ns
tuuns rights Of The section Of country which they
| belong.
But to the Wings extraordinary n5tiClc
| [From The Richmond Wing Sept. %, ls52.l
! Now, what is peculiar in this mattcr and to which We
will advert muiurnt that these people, mho Tor the
part make o about n.grncs have Vei!
lew negroes themselves Their labos in THIS behalf there
fire are very yencrnus crnruuus and dnt-cstcG; but
fear there is less wdon their ncton lcss moderation and
prudence lhan there would be, they had more tnreSf in
The sujeet The Shareholders have no desire Tor agitation
and II lei. theIns Ives tile country would be very little
disturbed by them lhey would never nave sSS1d o' IN"
Fugitive Save that the Constitution does not give
| them the night u II; but II hnsh measure
better calculated name and eXasIerae sectional feeling
and endanger security Of slave property Than Ia produce
apv sautary results They would not hcms, Ives like 10 lie
required catch other peoples negroes ana cy very nat
uraly supposed lusk wuui be pleasant IL per-
education and JUDGES all opposed to
the institution of slavery They would not therefore
r,J- thnur have
attending ts execution would 90 far To render abrtvc
different line of policy w"ni lave probnbly been attended
with ha pprr results. If upon the Aho
lunsts annually, thousand negroes, lie led, and
clothed in tcness and nur>cd in sickness should very
soon find Nurhern Legislation taking very different dcc
lion from which it has done. Instead OF statutes
sraning officers and mo6s assembled 10 protect the ingi.
lives should have the most igorous laws against the nd
mission of negroes within their iinis and The m"b would
be conynked drive them back. But The wise and patriot
c and dsnere.cd politicians, who have taken upon them
aelycs the Of neg udum, would be with
nothing less than making negro-cachng great Issue in
| politics. and New Hampshire Yankee who loathcs The
| law, the degraded execuoner OF II.
We have been led To teRe remarks by meeting " an mr.
tcie published the New Orleans Courer-Ihc leading do
mocrnt paper of the South wtsin November lS4o I'M
nedial ely alter tie election oil Gen. Taylor The editor
very that result and in his fury uttennce I"
truhs which he would have withheld in his cooler moments
| We commend the article to the readers attention:
"THr ElrsrIoN-The turmoil und excitement OF the cleo
ton ue done WITH and things look rather blue
for The candidates The complexion of The re.
,urn, indicate that Gen Tay ur elected president Msrd
Fillmore elected Vice Pesidcn and what appears passing
strange he hnh received large large malores in most
of the Southern States where wcud suppose his pec.
ar doctrines relative Southern Institutions should render
him any thing hut uroritu. IL s in fact the parishes in
Louisiana which hold largest number OF slaves that have
voted whg ticket with The greatest zeal and dnanmity
From ST. Bernard up East Baton Rouge both sides OF
tho river with the Sugar regions OF Laiourchc Ataknpns
and owners of the richest plantations
and largest number of be found there are
sure to meet with the supporters Of Taylor and
Plors-the admitted by his friends be in favor
of tho Wnot ProYso-the latter avowed Aboli,ionst
"The phenomenon occurs in other States in Alaha
ma in Mississippi in Georgia throughout the whole South
the most pur,izans of Taylor and Fillmore have
been lc planters and owners of slaveswh The excep
ton only of South Carolna-nnd in Chai!esion,
Hulmcs the great Nufer, who refused pay duties on
cargo Of Sugar 10 fn,or of Gen Taylor although he
could not swallow Fillmore, and reelected Congress
in opposition Democrat who was friendly 10 Chss anu
Butler. IL is known Isc that In The Souhe!n States,
those who of slaves generally Democrat
ic--a least the Democratic in the South is composed
in great ul that description Of pcrsuns IL Is a
curious condition OF affairs, al any rare."
What s here stated OF the Southern States Is strictly
true of Virginia In This Suite all largest savehndes
are Wings; and il said in '4S that all the Sweat House
oratois together could negrus nail II
be for auuht know. But the fast