Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-14

the occasion was in these words:
"IENRY a. WISE: The Knight sans peur sansrt
pTochc-who me. 'Sam'-thc reIoubtnLlo Sam-San
the Sampson Oh the plains al Virginia, and sent hin
like Caius MaiIus to u marsh i'll l%tHly'-n sun q
| whom the grand old mother OF States and statesmen
might well have been proud III her best days: whc'
the national curunal WIS lustruus with her jcwrls-'
7rtbumc OF the people. He deserves the highest Of
icc in the nation, aud if h. lives will attain it,
LETTER FROM MIR. WISE.
OSIY, NEAR OShSCoCK, NArl
August %, 1881.
Gentlrmcn:-rour of the 18th inst, came t" hnid
Yesterday.
stand on the shore Of my Ocean holae,' and
meet Alabama, coming greeting, with arms and bo'
SON open, with expanding chest and dIiatIng i's!ri,
as | have often met Heavens sweet airs and Ocean,
waves ~ they came with inspiring and IcinHig'rn-
ting freshness. The blessed chM STATE seems In
rush 10 the arms Of the .NOihsr State, aud virginia
tnkrs Alabama close home 10 her bosom, and eii-
braces her with mutiIcrly pride and uiiectiunate Joy.
| did not Tor Il moment doubt or 'is'ruHt her. she l.
too Southern, too conservative, too C"h-tituiIon.l"v
ins, too true 10 State Rights. and too inndiy csIcrisiirs
the most precious OF State Rights-Nt t""" ~ ~"
S:G'rS-and prizes TOO inestimably Inc ""''"Tdt'
rchiS If indirHiaal mHH-his Fn'c rights o! proper.
~ and rights ui person, ard above all his infinite
right-ihr only one n0k ''of the rdrh f@fib3 the
only right Ui pupr humanity pertaining IN inm1Et0I-
ty-the llcavcn.high right OF Religious Llbrrty-the
suul.saving right VI Freedom OF Conscience! Shcis
100 j ~ tut - AMERICAN N'' " A"' hHF
muries and tuith of the Fathers of the Republic. ever
to have betrayed the great cause, the holy mission
of America upon Earth. She WIS too Intelligent
to be duped by Il worse than Vcned prophet, she
had too much integrity 10 connieliaire political
impnsture; she was too Protestant and too Christian
to allow the ways TO God Ia be barred and boI'e! by
~srctariun bisotry and intolerance she loved the
Churches of her fnitll too well 10 allow them II be
corrupted by q touch OF party political power and by
leaving the spiritual for the carnai Eiiision; and siie
,rn, 80 u,ri,,,; o., ,nrYpit tlr lII.rfIrs II the Stnfp
10 be DESTROYED by un union OF Church and State,
brought about by a Prirstcrntt POKER umbitloualy as-
pirins III lay its hands on temporal things, anu 70 con-
troll conscience, and will und reason, and 20 make
laws, and to dcbutc "whnt we shall eat anu what we
shall drink, aud wherewith We Shall be rloihcd -
The hypOcritcs who skulkei in the shades between
.'midnlght ind one hour before dny-bTcaA, Win
dark lantern in hnnd, making night h!deous with
huwls OF 'iOhrA mhh the PCpc - were dragging tue
robes of Christ's righteousness through the m!rc OF
party politics to set up n Pr"i'stamt PDprg here, in
America, Instead Of leaving Catholic Popery To- die
Of itself in Italy. The impusiors who cXuitIu:ly
boast t;,a. .'.lmcricams shall rule America de y.
from Wushin.tnn's days down 10 these day. "i '''ih',
America has not been all the time ruled by Americans
-.yclaim against "f6rcIrn {gfuetrt,' and are let
ting in that European, that Briiish-horn in;TU'
der, whom they call "SGm the most ;in"ii."us
foreign foe who has ever entered III" back door
of our country, Ike 4 thief, IN Tho night -
The Old World is ravagcd ny war, and Yet IRE need
no standing armies, ~ navy, AMI 10 pay thN'r i"t
none. why! IL Is, III three words, brrlusc-.'c"
ton is kngi" E1cir sam. not sam, holds the british
Lion, and the Cnlhc Cock and Russian Black Eagle
Dy cotton strings, which he may p".i 1T any tiine.--
Cotton Is Power, Cotton In Pcacu-Nnk"r; Cotton ~
the hair uf the Sampson of the United states OF North
America, and Cuttnm can bo planted, ana h"cd, ana
gathered, and g'lIned. aud packed and sent TO market
IN the land OF the Southern sun, by African slave Ia
Dor alone. IIuncc the cry, TINT AFRICAN slavery shall
be- abolished, or tho American Onion shall be dis
solved Exeter Hall has 30 whispered to Williams
Hall Of Boston, and New England Preachers oi CHRIS,
tinn Politics have Joined the British, the old England
policy and purity cry. that the Nebraska bill s:al! be
repealed mo slave territory shall be admitted rs a
State shall br abolished, or the Ililon shnI
be dissolved Either alternative would shave OH
Sampson OF his strength.
The Kansas aud Nebraska bill repealed the Nilsson
ri COMPROMISE. which was the first act 10 rio!nt'
W.shiur,ou's Injunction not 10 recognise gcugraPlIi.
cal lines which Will the first 10 make q border be-
tween tho North and the S~outh-which was The iirsI
to begin 4 separation Of the States. Now, the KANSAS
and Nebraska bill simply restores us 10 stat" q"' ant
1879 ~, where WashIn stnn and Hancock, Adams niIG
Jefferson, Virginia md Massachusetts, aud the old
Thirteen, stood. LII brought us buck To the Constltu
ton. The question il, shul 1t he repealed, anu 4
hcart-burning statute be restored to thu place ot TIT
Constitution Virginia votes no, North Carolina rr
Geur.iu, glorious Gcurgiu, 10. Alabama no. The en-
tire sluyelluldins states will, Notwithstanding the hc.
ituncy oil gallant but blooL--lainrd Kentucky, al
unite in shouting, as a host Of Frecdoin, IN friends
Ut Americn-
AFRICAN slavery sh0N net be abolished!
The American Union of States shall nat he d."
solved!
Then let lis abide, under the .fgis of the Con,ti
tuition and the Laws. To defend these, ! will stake
life, fortune and sacred honor" against internal IL
well us external foes.
The South is full of emissaries from sbroni, ind
they must be guarded against. We have n host /"
| patriotic friends in the North, and they must be- cher
lsird rs well beloved brothers. Ill are Pnirl"t
there who will rally TO rescue md restore the sacret
things which are in danger. and ] imp!ore y"li, Ia
,hejr sakes, for our own. to favor no sectional war
10 rountcnance no alienation of feeling from tn,
North, but TO rely on reason and argument and n mo
raj SENSE of right, and to adhere ourselves To Tho
Constitutional compact. This will save us and saw
all, il anything will; and if nothing will, we will b'
innocent. We will not bear the worlds curse OF aid
lrg to destroy the only hopes Of nankind for the light
and !ore;iud charity olhuman Freedom. Aud II th'
worst comes TO the worst, God will speed tn
right"
/ cannot leave home before January next, ant
could not in time for your feast Ia your gallant KEEP
reseututive, the Hon. j. F.. Dowdrll. Feast him well
and let mi roll the peoples good cheer like Il swec
mor.cl under his tongue, and let that tongue eve
speak the sentiments of Truth and Justice 10 the Poo
pie. and let them ever repay him with their " swcc
voices"
| cordially greet you back, and am
Yours devotedly,
HENRY 4. WISE.
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