Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-18

injuries her by raising Ip rival. f. her ministry fr
Tie pursuits ni Tree Statcs will generally be similar
tlo,c of free und slave States different.
We are whoIiy al loss /" conceive any injury she
can sustnih from tho addition of slave States that
in any way balance the obviously good results Of such
additions. Mad fauacisn rules and conservatism
is torpid and inert. 1t is alone in the unwcr of the
capitalists aud conservatives vi the North by doi,,
justice TO the South, 10 save the onion. In their
hands we leave it. TAYLOR OF CAROLINE.
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For The Enquirer.
MASSACHUSETTS THE REMEDY.-NO.
Each party la- an eyVori: 10 judge .or itself MS we'll
of infrari;ons rs OF the MODE and MEASURE oi REDRESS
-lHf"flchy h-oiutioas ci lT.'e, by Mr. J.TrSoa.
Before proceed to vindicutc the remedy of nOu
intercourse and trade proposed in my former commu
nicauu, published in the Enquirer OF the 9th ins
brief notice OF the objections 10 my plan, and the
substitute offered by the editors OF the Richmond
Whig is necessary to guard me from mtsapprraeason.
have proposed no movement against the -Northerh
SLnLS gcncraiiv, but against Massachusetts "ngly
and tpccuHy. She has outs;TippeI all her confrtc-
rates in revolt; and to win the position aud honors Of
a leader in her war upon the Constitution, the Union
and the South, she has adopted extreme measures,
AMI assumed higher position aud proclaimed bold
or aud more defiant language than the rest. am
willing FOR her Ia enjoy the honOrs 0H tie hoMors, of
the hmdtng cbamp;0M in this hazardous enterprise of
aggression and punder: but she must take the re-
sp0nsbiIics well III Ac h0a0rS ot her d'"tGgnsh-
I'd pr.-,pnjnsnc,. With us she must remember, sit
more s;irs the blood 10 A0H than to start II
hnrc md if shc suffer, i'll any wise, from the com
pl,mcm pay hur, she must think it not the less
mcrit"d Uu that account Ii her merchants have to
curtail their business profits OF thu cuasng trade
be- lost 10 her ship owncrsher Lowell factories cus
el, and her !Ghorcrs, sailors aud artizans thrown out
OF employment Ia any considerable extent she must
ascrDe not 10 the rC&2tac' ot the SOUTH but 10 her
own RECKLESS hmcrHy AMI JOH2. The other States
around her may look OH and calmly witness the great
experiment and lis results, and ii they are ws", they
will profit bv The example bur II they too, yield 10
the malign Influences that governed :he recent
extraordinary legislation uI Massachusetts, and think
proper 10 form M alliance with her III her unhDly
crusade against our rgh' Our prHct, our prosperity,
and our h"pp,1ssS, they will find in the nRted
SOuth q heart b.. CnJHgh and TN arm strong
cr0w .-h iu demand Hs uyh'S and avvngc hS rrDm.s
a,auS; all ihe hosts ol lis invaders and plundcrcrs
combined. For five and thirty yenrs the North
have sought to cndCngrr IN INSTITUTIONAL d0mcif,c
nSt,,n,,OH-of the South, guaranteed ~ Us by the
Constitution of the United States, and dedr To us
dDUbiy dcar hecause it involves alike our affections
and interests and came 10 us ns the sncred hcr-
tagc of our fathers. Against THE interference OF our
Northern brethren, We have soleInnly protcstcd.-
Time and time a.nin, we have asked them 10 I6 rs
1L,y, Our reasonable re1lrsts have been answered
by rpr1tri agitatous and yrArTcd aggresslOns. Our
philosophy all the WHILE hns been t"Chcd at: our
patriotism d,rid'i, our patience ridrHifd, and our
nrbearauce cnntcnptuuusly mOrErd at and sc0rHrd.
of our fathers, and devotion to the Constitution
and the Union, have been mistaken for the craven
spirit of isnr and submission. The Constitution OF
the United States, lth nt., 2d SEC. plainly ani cX-
pr-s,Iy declares that NO person held 10 service "r
labor in one State, under the laws ihcrco escaping
into nnoticr shall, in consequence of any law or re-
rlatinu therein. be discharged from such service nr
labor but shall br delivered mp claim ot the party
10 whom such service or labor may DC due. lh's IL
the language rcridiim Il iHcJa;tm, R PHhctndtfm, 0i
the Constitution. Its terms are so P'aN, ana It's
meaning rirar, that none but 'd'FS and Mnns"S
r0n mISaHi,rsi1nd II. In obedience To II, the Con-
rres. of the United States, in lSO enncted statute
nr hr rr-cnpturc of ugIfivcs from service or aOor.
Yet in the State Of Massachusetts, on the occasion oi
IN, seizure of thc fugitive Burns who WIS not only
prnv.d nv witnrs-rs Int by his own voluntary nc
acknowledgement, 20 hc the slave OF his master, we
have seen n tumultunus and violent mob, composed
Of fire. negroes and i0r's' rk mrP. tp1r> ~ TrNrS,l
assembled in open day, In r"S'" and dG'" the due
execution OF the law mnrrfr2 faithful officer, and
ike Iiraradis FtRd< rather than tH"-nbidHg n'"h
at,cmpting n gross and wicked rescue. Verify, u
ever "ItN IRA. empty Hnd all me "''.!s "F'c ,"c'r. %
Rrausc Judge I.orng, in honest compliance with the
Constitution the aw, the evidence his onh, and his
duty adiudrcd this fugitive Ia his rishttu owner ne
wa. unccrcnoniousy rnshiercd from the Law Chair
of Harvard College, aud far the protiSac Legs
Isture of Massachusetts could do it, WAS rsm0rcd
from his judicial office, too. But the dramatic scene
does not close here. That same Legislature. I'm.
der the sprciuus title of n "i'"rsoRai L16rty BW,
Immediately utter they themselves had wnntony in
vadcd hr Mhb'riY and even the domestic sane,
yuary of an uuOH;iiag jrmar fHinrrss, passed bill
nrnrcnly tn nufv the law Of Congress, for the rem.
d,ion OF usitives from service within all her borters
Thus, now -hr stands in open revolt 10 the Cohstit-
tion and the law of Congress, and pract!caIlv pro-
Claims To the whole South that M NOR" iuSilves
from service or labor shall be reclaimed within her
Jurisdictions Thus, she lets loose her nlurate mOos
with all the dogs of upon us. Thus, she abSolrcs
herself from the po'trc ohItg"t'on. OF the Colst''u'
ton aud c0nicmpuursy sets NJ defiance nj! Inc pow
err of the Union and the South, To make her do her
duty THUS she encourages fHmults. rats and mons,
among her people, and vnuchcs To them tmm"""y
and ,npvaRy for the plumber of their IirI2hbor pro-
prrty. Thus, by extending as she has done' her co.
vcr,yn panOply OF protection to punderers, roDotrs
and mnrdrrcrs and that too, while the blood OF the
,alant Iri, hinan who fell in the Burns mob, had
scarcely dried upon the pavement "t the street II,
Boston, sc may be regarded not only as me specias
enemy of the South, but. like all other hlghwayhen'
as "&OSflS hnHnGi gcHr& wen ihieht t'c ''"u'h
he nstiteI by these p.ovucatons toy, NJ once to the
d.yy,., rs,ori of States and nations. But the mon
is VET dear 10 MS. The great question nt the capac
of man for sei.sovcrnmcnt Is invnred III s coh!inu-
aucr: and bcvoid these restraining CONSIDERATIONS
we can but remember that there are among her own
npoule mauv very many, patriots and Christians,
,vbn lny. th. Constitution and the Cnion and desire
to live ON terms Oi equality, anu III peace anu irehu
slim with us. For these reasons ana on their account
wnuld postpone yet little while longer the ""Nt-
mn
intercourse and trade, under The hope that it's blight
in- effects upon her commercial and manufacturing
;,fcr.,,, may be more convincing than the most po.
tent argument, To set her right But the Editor OF
the Richmond Wig says this will aHH"y our own
nnI, and not injure those OF Massachusetts; and lie
nropo,es in lieu Uf nOnintcrcoursc and trade the en-
actn,en Of luw absolving our merchants from any
obIyaiion To pay debts contracted with Noftherh
merchans. Now, in answer TO this plan OF redress
have only TO say, II adopted, It would be mere
hall In II
obligation of contracts '-Constltuto United States
art. |, sec ~. Al,
State Courts, for Judges take an oat! to support
the Constitution ot the United States. and are hou''
70 regard il ~ 'ihe supreme lar ~ Mrdhd: "HyH"S
in ne Constitution or lars ~ any Sta!c % ne CON,
,rury n,tnYthSsandsng.' -irt. d, Con. L. >. ahu
il ihrg were not the FerM Jmt'cary would nc open
:, tl. Northern merchants, and would afford mem
nrur mud efficient remedy for the collection ot 'e!r
g,h, IN VERY cu.c But even ii our Legislature had
the conceded righ; To pass the law, and urJudGes
were bound by il, still it ought noi 10 DC passe" pe
cause it would be- wrOHs both III priEoW' ana P"I:3
When our merchants have contracted neots VIII
those of Boston. and enjoyed the consideration VI
profits OF their bargains, they ought 10 pay mem, aL
ii they will not, the law should make them no IL WIN
nu; any regard to the misconduct oil the 2ac " F
pie of Massachusetts, i'll other reSprcts. Mhc cnh,
no, ;hsr-l,,re rive my appreciation 10 Tue rehieuS
rrnnns,d Lv the Richmond Wing, yet un clndto see
The sn;rit Of resistance maness to any lhrthcr az
1rrssun upon our rights. - ,:,.;,,,,,
Nv plan, however is FREQ from oil cnnstltu:iohh
,l;tcuItes and impedimeuts- the virtue o
sItcrrcuti0n without aresort TO any Appellate our
and without making r"<' Hf Ns"'2H even ."I ~,
poc, court is romfncd to our oTh cH,tcnS, "ithou
~t,nckug nny rrsted or constitutional rights OF the
,,onI NJ MASSACHUSETTS,: yet, in its effects, especial
Is if adopted by all the slavehclding States must be
seriously ii fatally injurious :" rs nf Mns.n
| chusrtts Ii proposes mere mHHsc'pt rfR"H,''o"
t H. ,,vcr,nrn; Of our Own merchants, hoei keep
~, ~, Sc within our own limits, and prcscribes Al
oLlgoI,os, which they may respectively, assume I"
a ns they po>c Tn, "a'h IS" rI@a,oI % ptn'in ,nnn =
b,anJ n 70 ;Hkc il unless upon full consideration %
borh the p,.,i,ys and the pen0hy, he chooses OF n
nr, ,r,, ,rH aud 0rco,d to do Would suc!i III"
ani such an oath, be in conflict with 50 inucn .
a.'t I Sth SEC. oi the Federal Constitution
! ~ Jr,o-r. that .';he Congress shal! have power
| as urel ..-...,n.rcn with fnr.iun nMtlOlls