Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-09-02
RtCHRaEi, INQUIRER.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 81, 1853.
FOREIGN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
PUBLISHED DAILY AND SEMl-WEEhli.
BY klTCulES L. PRYOR.

II there DC any one tendency of the times OF more
ing porten than another, it is the prevalent o'spoSv
The States of The North, to plunge this country nv"
en,anglrmcnts difficulties and ptrils OF E"top'1" dos
This feeling irveiopes itself in so great a 'a', ,o;
and By such extravaganza of expression "''' ,a W.
Bile 10 conceal its existence. or TO miS''h' " o,,,.s
see il in the upolheusis of every pa". 'e'us ~;
Il, this iaut from the fury OF me 1oe .,,h,l ,,o
,,.d i, his u,vo country We see II 10 "'o ''', r.
land oyarions in honor oil the hoss"'hs
,-,,, ~ see il in the tunultuous DEMONSTRATIONS
-, e., ,he suilerings Of all who can cohuVe "
, ,,,,aI complexion to their crimes or he ''s'o
.s wo see it in the active and persistent eiior's Vi '"e
Nortbrrn PRESS prope public opinion III Tue -
foreign aggression 49,, ,;b,,,
fortunately the public mind Of the South, Is ou' s'@"y
Infected by the poison of this tanatlclsm Every hoe q
fo 10 shake of yoke OF oppression, no ma'ei " ~
nonl made finds in the South sympathy not the less
enni,e and effective because temperate ana unooH"S'e.
Every n,to of sterling WORTH and irreproachaoe chafac
90 ho,, misfortune drives 10 country, inds hcc uh
d,o,o, and huspalily the full as sincere ana aOun-
dan, - Nm. biutan and stupid adnaiion oil Nofletn
mobs BIN the sham hero and p'ollgale aa'eh'ucf
we treat with becoming scorn and contempt anu rom 'e
cause of scnscess and ncendiary agitation we tun VII" I'M
disguised disgust
If nc suggestions Of the Northern press could conrol
tn policv of the Administrator, the government ~euiu W
turned into propaganda Of political opinion No coh'ue
ration of pcace friendship commercial advantage could
curb The needless enthusiasm OF men intent on me ie"
tor of an mpructicabe idea. The country would De IN
oerpetual strife could endure for any lime te
conflict into which their madness would precipate II.
In 1919 we brink .. Intervention III European
politics. We remember in what quarter Tie movement vi"
einatcC aud remember by what opposition II was UNI
ma civ crushed The eOquence and the 'os'c
of Virginia Senator prevented the passage Of The famous
Austrian resolutions of General Cass, aud saved The
country from precedent dangerous Than all Tie was
had hitherto encountered. II the blind impulse OF Nor'
ern fana,:, ISM had been restrained ny ic conservatism
of the South country would have been pecp'acu IN"
difficulties and dangers from which there would hardly have
been escape
The disastrous result of the French revolution teach
es nations lesson the mpolicy aud danger OF pocai
propas and The first movement OF The French ha''oh IN
the path of freedom was led universally US The dawn OF
tho rcdempon that gallant people, and was only when
they began crusade of liberty that they drew upon te-
selves the suspicion and hostility OF other nations lncif
violent rrosey,ism arrayed against Them coa''''"'
which decimaled theft numbers, overthrow lheir III
miles, invaded their SOIL twice took POSSESSION
of their capital quenchrd the fire "l hcr""hi' un"
imposed upon them the odlons deFpolsh "hieh 'h'y
Ind thrown iii, Their noble Efforts in The cause OF liberty
were wo,s than aburtive-ey made 10 bow The neck
nation ever suffered And than This: they brought
dscredit On r cause freedom They gave drspuiism tn"
preteyt of sell defence Justify its intervention Ia" The sup
preston Of liberty They provoked the pregnant assertion
of Burke that tive may play The engine ON our neshb"i
house save own They engrndcrcd that disirSt ana
thu, apprehension Of popular movement which have done
more than all combined to defeat The Subsequent
efforts OF The French people achieve political freedom
No Government yet more than equal 10 Inc nc
compisium Of ts legitimate end The proerlIo VI i'S
own SUBJECTS The development Of it's interests, and The
conservation its powers and organism VIII TAX me
utmost energy al The strongest and mort vgiant Govern
ment IL .lcrls lis proper duties and hazards lis h'eh
trust when Ira ,rs is sphere propagate the pn-
cioles OF lis constitution Ii may iuse bcnehcen Ihiu-
ence and radiance while circing in lis own orbit bnl Tie
least deviation eccentric movement viii hing upon isc
and others mhing hu disaster aud danger But inc Low
crnncnt OF the United States possesses, iro The peculiar
nature Of s cvnsutiun, less license u foreign ihtcr'rh
lion than other Its action confined WITHIN
narrow compass and contemplates lew definite ends,
among Which lind the duty al fonenns revlu
t,,s ar promoting the ol liberty among ransat-
lantic nations.
The people uf the South manifest just hpprcce'loh I"
their pcculia, condition. in their conservative opposition 1"
an foreign pulley. They know how near akin theta
nacism Of ~ Dung America IL 10 the ianacisrn oil ao"
ton They the close sympathy OF "ri'ng and OF pur
pose between VIM II Seward and Louis k"ssuh, between
Lloyd Garrison and Joseph Mazzn. They claim for their
own social system exemption from foreign interference and
they are ready to extend immunity others They
oppose the aggressive impulses OF anatcls matter IN
what fine phrases may be- disguised, what lofty aim 1t
NAV make prcence. They strive 10 keep the Government
within the sphere lis legitimate action and 10 in
yiola tho guards Of ates0vercgniy Upon the wise
counsel and conservative Of their statesmen depends
i'm great peace and prospective welfare OF the
country.