Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-02-20


-. NASillNGTOE. FrH t.. l'II.
,'ch!!rihtH'-lo snir"s" Tint kunw- Nnthln%Ism
Is in!iS'hc"u'"iih me South. 10 suppose that the
south Is irili"r"rs to i;seIt. III" very notion that
is To- la,c other tlnU the nlc.ca ,L,n.ru existence
in = c'anumity wic! respect, the compromises Of
tn. Constitution, Is 4 downright ahsur,I;,y
'ha.i n"w proceed to show that this Orl,r-tili-
ii...nicloucd, b"ding urlcr--is ,Ac ,u,,,rj,.e Of
Exeter Hall! mh".'' The British Abo!umis,s ronrcm.
iruv. ai -hui! intervals, ov"rily and cuyrriIy m ,,r-
feet schemes for the disucmbcrncnt of his Tuon
On the 2lst u! Jane, 1913, general Convention of
the b"l!tInn order assembled nt thi. wurd.rcuow,.-
rd l.odc. Ia Ivrf:.ng {" the proceedings upon that
OCCASION which riHncc To- have Ey me | iiuI TIM,
Lord Morpc,lI-nnw Earl al Carlisie-who had then
lust returned from All American tour. pr, sided and
that, upon taking tho Chair, he remarked, IN sub
siuucc that he article in lie Ashburi"n Treaty pro.
clnmc, shur: time before which stipulated iu: the
surrender a, iugvcs from Justice, was Il drpiornblr
m,sdkr. iat. "mdrr iiS operations, Il virginia slave
escaping Ia CHN:dn might be- recovered that, under
nu circumstance n". even for the commission nj
crime, wouIi the British Government b. Justified i'll
'du.g To the United States persons held {" SER
vice '.~. til" nobCst leap that humanity could con
cci"r, that nt tie ur2:rn i'll bumdngc across The
Niagara Falls t" D.yi.sb J.,"LOm. that the most for
milablc ,Irmy IT," slave IN America was the Irish
man, hecau~c he WAS invariably and st"adi"stly ar
RACED against Abolition, ha: EnGlishnen, travelling
ia Ia, Southern States, had been srduccd bY III" hos
ta'ir,.; ot tho Planter; AMI that, for this reason, the
crucl'i@s oi Savc-"wncr- !. not been properly cX-
posed hy them tu their cnunIrymen.
During the deliberations q" this Convention il w;ls
asserted ila; c most important step o lac taken Tor
the abolition of slavery in This Republic. was Ia get
up s05iy"i !hc S;0's Wa, tHc IaSi}Ht,OH crIard
c"mpDS'dJ m'mJ',> ~hD ~cI" no, $i1rt-o"acrS! The
principal speakers from this country Mr. Lcnvi;t
and Alr. Phelps "f Boston, Mr. rappun ni New York.
AMI negro al Hartford. Mr.. Lc;tvitt irclared that
''ili"r" was noble band Ill America Grtrrnimc, In
give the country resi- until m rui was put To
slavery. Mr. Phelps remarked, 81 formerly rrd The
slave but, after this DAYS proceedings | pity the
Slavcholdcr; for take this mi"c;in. as an Indication
thnt Great Britain is prepared !" Use every weapon
she WELD "a pui an cad IA slavery Mr.. Tap
pan said, 81 deem i, Ia be- tlr duty of Great Britain
is Christian rn'i"n tell the Texans that slavery
miIst hc nbusirr,l." Mr. buckingham observed
that, ~" one uras 0f ccc'ln1 "ur object, wou!
,u@g"s; that all-p"w-riul EngInd should rctus" ID
hold ANY communication wish those countries whcr,
slavery WINS continued
Il j. thu. su;iircu'ly distinr: to he comprchcnd"d
! 10y ihc most ordinary observer, that Lord Morpcii
was The orig gnninr "! the "lighcraw" doctrine, which
arrayed its.Ii in Boston and elsewhere against th'
execution nf our statutes. and that the birth place
Know Nottingham j" Exeter Hail. Enough has bccr
don" III open day L. satisfy every mlnd disposed It
be- influenced hy Reason, al this. Societies were L
! l." formed in the slave States, composed III NON
,avcho,l.rs "A nuh" band in America so salC
the Bo-,"i,ian was determined to give the coun
tty no rert until ani end WAS put 10 slavery
and the champion Of the internal Order Henry vii
son, shortly before s departure from Massachusetts
Il few days sine, I" tax" h- sra III III" Senate {" tn
| United States endorsed cordially, every sentiment Ut
r'lhy the pcl,,.ycrins fy";'rcomcrrl, nearly w,lv
| wears ago.
| u" S"uihcrn"rs want evidence OI the design
OF Gree; Britain 10 harm them through the n';ri
mentality "f diabulical agents and secret &ncietic9
han is here furnished ian thry-wl hry-Smtf"
midnight aSsassins inrrv"i III gull; that guilt whl"
str,ih!!y aim. at their rum, without uniting, ms wi!
tile rcsniU;c will Oi Il determined man, 10 crush them
Can any one, VII" has moral -: political hont"iy
! magiUr, irr nIumrIi. that NIttu' deserves !" ~
shrnud"d ~ darkness, ar That N!'" seeks 'aEI-ht '
| alnai.,.>tat.um at is purposes In tie North I'M
btci; order il but III" covenant "i n"lIii"n u
the Souih il merely til, instrument ui abolition II
its concealed form. LIS ellie" defenders are Old Wot'
ont Whig- who have oui-vCd their party anu II
| ah.rtnrs so.calicd Democrats; who were sycophah'
:, E,rrutiyc power, lnng rs there wa Pih'r uI
filed. md hope, however desperate, t" obtain H.
II. who deserts the path 0I political r",InoG' Know
80, where he Is !" wander: "ihcr" l. hG' ~ Sp''hT
s;,p from the sIll,m" tn the ri.'plnWE." That 81"
every Dcm"cyN, la, taken VIII" has "cp?6I mi" a
Abolition Know No;hiu. Lodge. To r"trac" it III"
rlrad ignorance "i the "l'rr; ai "hi"! Il nmn, =.
wnrs. than To- remain HI.G incur disgrace. 1t Yer
better 70 acknowledge rhc 'lupcry "f knnvcs than I
abide with thc,n nnd participate in their crimes.
No ISM which Is adverse I" the rcrprtuity u; III
principle, which placed Mr.. Jefferson in hc l're-l
,.erlal Char. can aGccc,i III 'Od Virginia. =
:il. stands in iSi,--(;rd hir.. her iur il t,rrCSisc
where She stood In l,.sS lr:lr rXibic he: resolution
never 10 lin. /" the ".gat t. Ia" lett OF III
landmarks "i the t,n~,i!,.ti"n ,Ic >t"adiaSily MAN
tinh her high .os.iiUn in the taUn tor patriotic i'll
tGgrrv Az; ,us siIrcrcd Judgment. In the councils q
the HGtiun, she never had more INFLUENCE or r
! "vrh higher consideration thnu n; present. This is
| 5-rRu- -c i trucirue 10 all that valued a
"i sterling worth b.: the statesmen who formed ant
! i"uul,i Our system nt government. ! will not can
not, contemplate her descending irol.: tac world
admirIng pinnacle upon which size ."sis, to become
den ur ronSpranGs a.ai..St III hrr cherished cne
and interest,". ;stcal %! fostering rcmorscless
m!:,s. will shoot unscrupuluus traitors.
: L.; TIE ;art, too, be kept constantly before ,ht
South, that th" same Nhni"n- Know Nothing L"c!s
la;urc "f Nc," York. which, few days since, elected
I lir. Seward Ia the Senate by triumphant vote SUBJ
! scqucny gaTo rr use oI It's large chamber 10 the
negro rr"d. Douglass, 10 lecture ill., against slavery
II i, Unlimited ila hcis to become a Gr.nGcr Z" that
body at an early day. OtcmFor's' q mares!
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