Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-06-20
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
by RITClllES Il PRYOR.
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MONDAY MORNING.. JUNE a. Is51.
ANOTHER PLEA FOR SOUTHERN LITERA
TIRE

d ANOTHER PLEA FOR SOUTHERN LITER,
d TURE.
oursugsestlon that tho Southern people should witt
draw their patronage from Northern Journals anipc
odlcalsl las provoked vast deal of comment and crit
clsnl. Nothing that has emanatcd from the South for
long tmc,has givenso much offence to tho conductor
oftree-so and abolition newspapers. They have bee
touched in tender place, aud give forth unlnstaka
bic Signs OF anger Sarcasm, snccr nvectivc, trca,
cnings and denunciations have been rcsor,ed to b
turns, to punish the insolcnt Southern Editor VIII
r dared to direct his fellow czens into the line U
conduct which would hest sustain their institution
and punish their enemies.
All this we expected. These men have for year
been living upon tho bounty of Southern men, hav,
waxed fat and strong upon the profits of slave labor
are still drawing their supplies from the sumo source
and know that il our advice is followed thcv mus
s'arre. Ihut is by no mcnns u pleasant prospect
and III the present aspect OF affairs, they could anti
cipatc nothing less than that our suggestions would b,
generally obcyed. Hence their alarm and imLc
cilc rage.
AZ the risk of ncurring still deeper hutrcd we re-
itera;c what said before that Southern men owe il
to themselves to turn away from Northern publishers
aud support home literature. There arc men, who
for ycurs have been luboring for the honor and pros
perty OF the South who have grown grey in this scr.
vice, and grown poorer as they grew Older while tic
enemies of the South have increased in goods an, in
power, by the MD Of Southern muniicence. Such
generosity is misplaced and suicidal.
| Our Northern brethren are never guilty of sucl,
folly. They cling TO each other, sustain each other
| spend their surplus income among their own people
and thus build up i'll their midst the facilities of intel
gencc and engines of tremendous power. The South
ought to initiate this wise scishncss; and it must
| come 10 this before we shall have in tho South
n literature that is tree from the taint OF Aboli-
tionsm Now s the time to take the initiatorv step
in this direction. Action ut this juncture will do
more than build up Southern literature il will cacl,
Northern fanacism a .alutary and ncvcr-to. bc-fur-
gotten lesson Ii will show, that long suffering mud for
bearing as the people Of tho South have becn they
are ut length aroused To their true interests and e-
tcrmined to advance them.
Another consideration of peculiar force camno, es-
cape the attention of Southern men. The e,lucation
al institutions Of tho South, while fully cqunl to those
OF the North in every respect, are not crowded with
pupils the institutions of the North are This is
attributable in no slight measure to the fact that
Northern papers have been inccssantly glorifyns
Northern Schools, without dcignins 10 bcstow the
least notice upon those of the South This will
speedily be corrected, whenever We have Southern
literature dfuscd generally among Southern readers
They will then learn something OF home facilities for
acquiring all cducation and be no longer dazzled bv
the false glitter of institutions which infse into the
minds OF the students who attend them, erroneous
views OF the South and of its domestic polity
MORE FROM THE BOSTON SLAVE CASE.
George +. Curtis, Esq, Of Boston, las written an
able letter TO the New Bedford Mercury in ius:i.ica.
cation of his in relation to the Boston Fugitive
Slave case. lie had offered to preside at the hearing
of the case, at Time rrAn ii .-;- i - ,i
for 80 doing, the paper above hamcd'a"o Se' 'i"'
attacked him with great arrlnohF, aspctsi's "S .'"'
and seeking indignation against
him. The defence OF his conduct Is cohpictc anu "-
,,s.orobIc. lie shows conclusively that even tor
bc fugitive il best to have ull such cases in'essu-
ted before men who will honorahy enforce the pro''
.;on Of the law, and that considerations ot eeui'ar
,rpency impelcd him TO make known hlS "ii''s'es'
TO act, if Judge Loring declined.
Tho following brief passage we commend 10 'nc pc
=, 81, ,bouo who deem the fugitive slave law
striking c1cu,pitication Of Northern h'"'"''"''''
The writer urges ;.
The case of Burns had not been pending twenty
snr hours before Judge LornG, when saw lhat crc-
NV f1nrt would he n,nde to drive him from the dls
cb,rrc of his duty, by exciting against nm 1he "ors'
nns.;nns of the community. Among the means Gun,
1ny5 for the purpose of increasing the popular odl
ptoms,bt r. he heapcd upon him, was the statcmeill;
o.;H;nn,nr in quarter that shall not name that
In5 scned or was unwilling or afraid to aet.M ,ii
7 did not choose that any ono whateTei, sll'u". .
bovo mn excuse for believing thnt Judge Lr'hs wa" @
.;,,;rc 70 st in casc that had declined. dl ho'
.hnn. m cnye him TO the inference that nc alol,e,
f NH tho Commissioners, was willing 10 execute .Lv
Ian thought proper to place myself us 1t werG' Hs
b s;an. and therefore caused the statement anu ''
Inference 10 be contrudicted.
Thus i, has been everywhere. No sooner does
Southern man, in pursuit OF his sldve' present Ills
o,sm under tho law to United States Commissioner
tbap efforts are made to intimidatc the otcer' an"
If hc be IN honcp man. and earlcssly proceeds I" inc
discharge of his duty, every species OIL .,
mont s thrown around his action and every eAle''
emf i. resortcd to, that will rrotrac delay unu acle'
the execution Of justice. Yet we nre toa 'hn' .1''
privilege ought to be purchased by tho sou'' ~ ".
nrice, of surrender Of its constitutional e'""''
with the Northern States Of the Union. Inc sus
oo..o, ;s nm insult aud mockcry, and they tla'
I'D :, ,,.sorvc 10 be hsscd by all decent people.