Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-09-01
FRIDAY MORNEN9s, SEEsTEMREE l. 1s54

ing them "fcel at home" Kind consid.rutc, con,
scentious Horace, the passage Of the NchrnsknKnn
sas bill has had an unhappy effect upon t.. srlding
thee adrt as sort Of abolition nd-piratc and bring.
ing down upon thine own head the bitter curses tbou
hast heaped upon others.
Horace thinks that the copper regions of this new
State would soon become more valuable than the
gold mines of California. Moreover he saws:
"Ihe agricultural aud commercial interests Of the
territory, which are now almost entirely neglected,
would spring into vigorous life, and give occupation
amd competence 10 thousands of adventurous cmi-
grants who would gladly become the pioneers in 50
promising regloil-a region whose free settlers ul
ready put it byo"d Mc possibility ~ poiiutioa by Sla-
rery."
Independent of this, he concludes his enumeration
"t blessings resulting from the practical illustration Of
this hs latest dny dream for which he thinks he sees
every geographical, commercial and social renson,"
by reciting the arguments against the proposition
which he chooses to consrue opositive benefits:
Against It there appear only two arguments first,
and always first, where additions to the Union
cmplaed, are tho interests OF Slavery 7woihO'O"gA
S0'ng free Stm0orS might bcluUked for from this
State, to say nothing Of the other pretty sure tu
come from Ncbraska, and the chance of tw0 more
from Kansas and these TOWd upset Tint b0I0nCr Of
poTsr rhtch las been rtgarG,i tie buirarE oj tie
P'c"tt0r WStHH'i0R. Another reason, mere 0pIrHd-
age 10 the one mentioned is that III The organization
OF the Northwest Territory there sort II wH-
d'rStond'"g hG, no more than fire States hoHtd bc
madc from and ;hcsc-O.u, Michigan, Indiana, H.
!lnols and W iSconSlil-arc now III cXIsrncc.
We have taken the lbertyof giving Horace, in the
foregoing paragraph the bereft of Il few itncs.--
The first argument which he presents about upsctting
the balance Of power" between the States, is one
which we would naturally suppose lac would no; re-
gard or respect. On the contrary, il would he JOY
almost unspcakablc TO his hcar! il lie could conrivc
TO upset that balance of power" But the Other ar
gumcnt about breaking All understanding" which,
in plain, honest. odrashioncd English means nnthin.
less than violating Il comrnct--lIuracc Greeley how
could you be So wicked as to rrcat il lightly How
can so honest mnn, so pure patriot, 50 devoted Il
chrstlai SO conscientious n politician us Horace
Greeley, fly OFF ut such tangent Where nrH the
tears and monns and prayers and curscs tha; were
drawn from you by the passage "t the Nebraska
Kansas bill which repealed the Missouri Compro-
mise! Aye, there's the rub, Horace! You
wish TO try the game of I" tit for tat -
But, say you, actual and specific conpro-
misses have been 90 often violated by those
who would be likely TO raise this Objection, that their
outcry against mere understanding; would have III
tie wegh And this is The apology you propose, III
advance, for violating un agreement naic hy better
men than You think ot ur ever >". Now, ,.;ul I
YOU ashamed, Horace And don't Ia idros that you
have published about this State nf Superior, To which
you have given tho command, ''iorwaHi,' make YOU
feel little degraded, Observation-Disclosures I"u IRE n chris.
tian, philosopher saint, spriru conductor, nm
abolition priest and sort OF irrc.SniT king! The
pollution by slavery" by the side Of iTnr moral and
political pollution, Horace, is liko wGi;o contrastcd
with black.