Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-20
ruE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
YIE.naY MOkNiNG. NOyEMRER 20
TIE NEW YORK TINES ON SOUTHERN AG-
GRESSION."

former remarks attempted 10 show thaI the Jug
tive Slave Law ii turly enforced, would enable I
70 recover our slaves who had escaped 10 the Nor'l
that they were nuisance 10 the North and that we tA
= 70 RIGHT, by negligence by act Of commission
rmis-on. TO impose NUISANCE on our ncIsh""r i"'
il were tired OF slavery and OF negroes Hi" 81"
tered them all 10 escapc.to the North rs a'he"p wa
. OF removing them, should eXpe her "h'e ""oo'
-rs aad ruin the North Hence the law '"a' e'uoi'
Us 10 reclaim them WAS not an net oil "S""'her" ~
sfrs.on." III, all act 10 prevent aSsfess7l'h'
We now proceed 10 discuss the other gross ac's
ts,.r,s.ion to winch presume the Tunes aiilide'
Ia. South it seems, il resolved 10 have some part 4
r.. common territories oi the Union, as we'll rs Ill
North. The South does not seek (" exclude North
.rI,rs aud their property from those territories III
which sh. proposes, such OF her citizens rs peas
,usy remove and settle with their slave. The North
or rather part of the North, insists, however. thu
here shall be- no more sava territory Or slav
States. In practice we know, that the citizens O
the tree States do settle in slave States, and are qutt
a. happy prosperous and con,ent-d "a in free States
lar more So we should infer from the tact that the
soon become warm advocates Of slavery. Missouri
has bu, small slave population, Yet are n'"iorny
very largo majority ut her citlzeii' Jealous pro
slavery mrn--over-zeuluus. IN the opinion OF In
Times and it's cvmpcers, who call thcn "b"rder r"i
hans" We venture to affirm that no; one in twenty
OF ,hrs. "border ruliias' owns slaves But they
have found negro slavery good institution, sT Wei
for the poor white man. for the master AMI his lie
lsucs. In Kentucky, the Observation-Disclosures are, w'
-no..s.. two 20 OH. To the shareholders; yet, whci
the question WAS put 10 her c.t!Icns, will yo" "1"s'
slavery few were found in favor OF abolition lhere
sre but few slaves in Delaware. THIS State "o"l'
abolish slavery ii it nerercd with the PROSPERITY o.
tie whites.
The portions OF Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia "ni
Ohio that have no slaves. are not as p"pui"n- IT,
Ohio, and the other free States but the people nrr
Equally prosperous and conented. Their wealth III
creases faster than their populations tho productions
oil their farms multiply faster than the number ol
mouth, 10 consume them. They are not threatened
with that greatest curse of tree Society over popu'
!son and under productions In the tree states every!
,y-r, incubation increases faster than the means ..
Subsistence mouths multiply faster than lie hood 'u'
is TO feed them. Now we cannot any very gross
.'a..rcssiun' in making the homes when w'i pe
equally open 70 ALL Just Us comfortable ior the pre-
sent and il We heed the experience y! Inc past
uu,, b more safe and reliable Tor the future In"
Northern men i'll no, be allowed to bring thr'r lsnS
ani FREQ Love along with them but they are notyet
recognized property, even nj the NORTH ana Inc
Immigrants would soon learn to live cnntcniedlF
without them.
IN. North would exclude part Of the South the
.sycholders from the common territory ot the mon
fr ,rrv lew shareholders willing TO sell their
,sy.. and they did, know not no" to iarn Win
oil ,hem The exclusion oil the slaves is practically
tie exclusion Of the masters. Nov, We have shown
aud proved that the South does not propose e'ther III
lat yr III theory 10 exclude any Northern NAN from
t,a. territories Here f!HGrani AM ssliy case o'
,sion on the part Of the North unless she c"'s
Ipsk. on, better title to those territories than The
south.
~. will now proceed to invest gate The hot"-
r, OF IL. acquisition ana iii" ~ those :"ff'"tl"s
Scr,hsr, Stat. VIRGINIA owned the North Western
territory one Q, tho tairost and most fertile portions
OF the Earth That's GONG, The North has "pPt"
prigtrd il and portion at the citizens al Virginia
md Of tho whole South have been excluded from IT.
Does this look like Southern Northern aggression
Louisiana was acquired by Southern AdUihs'i"-
lion. We owe i,s acquisition to Southern couh-oS'
Southern enterprise aud energy, aud to Southern
Iasu, almost entirely. It is gross aggression Oh
the part OF the North to attempt to exclude any class
OF Southern men from territory 40 acquired whilst
the South proposes to exclude N0rtherncrs from II"
portion Of il 70 Southern lead anu Suggestion l"
Southern sasGcity and energy, 10 Southern c"unses
and 10 Southern NEIL are indebted also Tor Inc nc
,u.i;iou of Florida Texas, New Mexico, CALIFORNIA
ami Oregon. Yet the South is aggressive in asking
to participate equally in very small portion. Inc
EJ.tE has seized upon and exclusively appropriated
.nu, of it already OF the balance but little Ia fitted
H.. slave culture, and ii It were there are no slaves
70 spare to settle it let this little is denied u. We
T;tN Won the whole for the Eatlon are to have none
No! t.ve and twenty. ten, nor five
SIC VOC n0n vnh.s nidifcatis av"s
SO vos non yohis vell+ra ferris ovcs
Sic non Nuh!s n-llllcatis ape,
81" non ru1,s lcrtis nrntrh Doves
W.haye attempted To- slow that Northern people
settling in slave States not injured t.! their pre-
.,ure Wenuw propose To consider what will he Ia,
Effects the prosperity at The old 1"'e States oil
adding new slave States to the Union.
The market of the free States for their manufacture
and commerce. for their mules, h"r"es' hogs oee' "'
other surplus products, is in great phr i"nhd III lux
S,u,hrru States Ohio hgs nothing 10 Sell lhila''
Indiana nothing 10 sell Ohio. They are rivals d;
cause their industrial pursuits are similar II Is true
Ne. England and the cities of New York and Penn
sy,yauia furnish large markets Tor the N"rih-W"s'
hut their ability (" purchase would diminish 1t cal OF
from The market AT the South for their commerce AM
manufactures In that case, New England mud Eusf
.rn Pennsylvania aud New York would have to ra''
their own provisions. Tint country much reSen'
t,,a the ancient llansuwis, III the days OF fcuial
ism IL lives by its trade with shareholders, and D.
nr,Jucing what slaves r.uno; so we'll produce.
Cutting oil this Southern market would !lrecii
,uiur. ,h, North. East, and Indirectly the NORTH
Most Til. latter section find an excellent ana III
sjsn,n.aLlc market in Ia" South, by means OF III
Miss;ssppi and its tributaries. II Will lind nu,
Iarr,r mnrkc; in The Slave States, whcn Charicst"
.,omuletes her road 10 Cincinnati, and Virginia liz
,.hes tho Central Road to Guyandotte. Were SLAYER
abolished in the South, the Notwithstanding Stat,
woad bs more etlectually excluded from these valua
bic markets than by dissolution OF the tnion-io
n case OF the former event industrial pursuit
would be the rs those "i III" present ire
States; and we should not need their products. N
E!yng his to the lease OF creating new States wit
o. without slavery, we find that the new slave STATE
would widen and improve the market for the pro
ducts OF the tree States. Whilst new free State
engaging IN the same occupations ana producing III
same articles for sale, would be rivals aud compel
OF the existing Tree States, restrict their market
diminish their prosperity TO usi, seems clear as noo
day that it IS the ntern. and pocyut the free Sat
70 have no more su"i States and to increase the
markets and their profits, by increasing as much
possible The area OF slavery.
tia notorious 70 any one who will look cnsc!r I'M
rio matter, that Enen'.i Nii our North East I've
sc.sat measure by ;hG rs.hts OF trad. witt, sla,
couat.i.a Ii is "dlununi cut diamunt" when II
ersdss.nen Of free Society meet No, much profit
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