Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-23

l,;,hpr.a iscrv" L".c i.ciN't-t'.t 49, ..i.r a.; ri.
.ur,, Of ia. dynucrai,c party Tor tic i'",,,' .t.u:;.m
~ :, - ,,,,,,, ~. -,,LT.d iy ;'ic t"n'tt"''"''
H., III, unconstitutional ri:ris ri ,i'. 7"H,',' r,.,.;u
h ,hrrtn b. iupinlainrd, ni'd Mi, .. '"'" ".L,r I'mn
,,iuali. - IA. nuii--lavrii"idIl,- sihV': "% 49,, uL;.h
cratic nra1rix ,,.ua alone. This "rEa'h""t,'u !" "%
- .ms,ain,I. viii neither tolerate nor permit ,'l.',v'
N The slnvu-io,,irr. ar 10 these cohs''.nt''I"' -.
will always cxttrl an equally Fo''H. ""A H., ,r'
projections Ia ihc laturn!k"d -ta'',""". i"' "a
iii. nj IN" one 10 this drai"rri'ic i'"'e''i"" % h'
nnnnnluird conrzrrrnco in Democratic protection oi
III" i",h"r. Thu& Emocrscy, 10 sustain 'hemsrIr'<' re-
ou,rr. in return Me support al '";i, w. ih"' lore.
me democracy, fpr.akrn hs III" pn"p!e oi The slave
holding States whom they have hitherto shielded from
oppression. should iuL themselves unabl" tn extend
, Sufficiently poyrriul protection 10 nainralizcd citi-
zcns, To prevent a repeal or modification Of the natu.
ralizatinm laws, wha, wonid b. the probable effects
and consequences to the s!1vrholling S;ntra! The
rcp"a! ri the NEBRASKA oil il now the prctcNt "t IT.
nrctnndcd opponents. Their hostility is really 10 the
fugitive slave law. The real object Of their combine
ton with The Kanw-No,hings is its repeal. They
furb"ar, ~ set, TO agitaio the question openly, BE-
cause, when its agitation was attempted IN laJ', tnr
vote of twcnty-scvcn OF the t%hirty-one States, al the
Presidential election, showed the strength of the de-
mocracy with its Legitimate supports Of Southern pa
,riots OF the one hand, u~phoiding the rights OF their
m.urul!Zed brethren, and rnturalizcd Americans
IN the o:he. hand, sustaining the c"ns'itnti"hai
right. of thei- Southern fGllow-cltiZcns. our Oppo
uents hope. in dividing these forces, To conquer u.s.
| They know that il either supper: were Withdrawn.
the force Of the democracy, aided only by the other,
would he insufficient to resist their c"mblnntion.-
Shonld il sncre the Fugitive slave law would b"
sacrificed r ,SSS. :, "'4 ItyGIy ,ru the ss n .SUwuTar, it is sn not. tina,
oar nn;u.s .zcd htizenS are, anywhere, IL hear, 0p-
posed to , constitutional rights OF the slavehoiter,
the ~rcssoNwouGL be stronger, for ihc p"lic:y "hlch
maintains their dependence on the !"mocra'lc party
and thus insurcs their practical fidelity I" the |onsH
tuition.
But, le argument that politicians can, through
their puny organizations, arrest the waves oil lmnii-
grafton ni; Enrop"ans and Asi:tIrS, r"ilinS il"arol!
To orr s),f rs OF the Atlantic and the Pnci!ir' IL Il mere
pu~cri!i.v.; Such organizations are n able 10 stop inc
swell of the t;drI ni those oceans rs to stay this I'M
migration for Az horr. The destiny OF the present
wilderness, between our Atlantic and fac'llc settle
ments If, that it rhall bc cultivated by man, ana rem
dcrcd proiuctivtto man. The gloomy ""s'eS Vi :"
interior will be made TO smile rs their wealth. If ue-
yoloncd Nv hunolm industry. The path "i me ucs-
tined highway fr travel between Europe and Asiai.tn
Inc laid out across this continent. Private enterprise
unniLrd hy contributions o: the funds ni t"Scrhlhelt-
contributions. which Democrats "''hM i'un'"' w
si.,cncy, will rnduayor 10 prrrcmt-wii soon engage
in tho construction al avenues oi COMMUNICATION III
t.r.rctiu- the continent from ocean IN ocean. Hnch
works, in proportion (" the Interests in'"l'"" III
arc undertaking. Of small magnitude a. com
,nrrd with sur u n, ia olr national Infancy, have nj
r,.nIy been ro.n,iricd. Eat. in the ripcninS strength
of our ma,illoni. we shall need for our future efforts
the contribution al the labor al 'i1c foreign lhiii''1rhn''
with which Vs." hive never been nblc TO !:sp''is" Tor
ia. construction of ihusi public works on which our
wcri:!I LcI"isd-. The mature "I III" human race mus
he rign,Ci before the tnw q! immigration 10 t,olh
shores al. ,Hr ,niiurnl can BE- arrested. hn"w-N"-
thimrs. ~ Win all III" s"r''",,n, az" " ~ %rI IN " l. our our
Southern N~rcthrc!, they might hop" 10 secure ny u ~
,.nsclvtis,n, would be po"criess I" Ill
minrsii lie measure vi Immigration. Now, supn"Se'
therefore. /, were true that these Immigrants VIII nc
hostile IN feeling 10 III" constitutional righIs" u.
South. Under tic present nl'urhNZa'rn nv 'm."
Oh tho bcnaGcracv would, nj al! events;
,rny.n, this feeling from rc-uli,rg ii any rrac,cHi
fl CONSEQUENCES. /. s:c!i Il feeling fr"rh!'""' +"
vrr,. s;,r..i, much the sn!cr, "ul Inore prudent pau
tp ,utfrc TO present state nf things /" c"i't!h9r' III
thai, ease urr Iat"valIzed citizens as7nr'"t! VII" y
,rur under Tho Democratic organization upon "i!lcn
..lnGr ;hc, ,g, rely for 4 just PROTECTION against !heH
pcrsccui"r-. and under which III" c"hau'u''on',
rights II tie stakeholder ere sure 10 r+''!Ne d lus'
protcctinu. Fut look m the other s.le ui tr pctui':
H. ~. ma ruIy.,iMn laws were altered through tue
iar.brLixp, inGurucc, what would be the c"nse-
qurmr, Z, IT," government; d ;Ie l M!'%a s'".rs . y"" 'r
MOI. uu!,S .tc constitution, prevent any lfr'tn! "r
futurr stale Hf the Union, iGoui permitting ~ ~:
pleasure unu.t:raliAed residents 10 '"'s " : e.. i.s,
lions held. within her limits, i%nria"inS those loc fFe,
s;GcI.,iai rirrirr-, and 10! member. ct lohgir"'' "'"'
81 hoy Own Legi-latGlc. Ren.deIlt lc'risi'-
crs, therefore, would si;ll br permitted tiit.s 10 N"''. wv
they nu'. vht" IL ncr"rAi 81 !;r he" n'a'rS: " '' Ia
or AL oi he territories. Unaatirnlizcd foreign
GA would leave States, Wl:Ga2 laws would locally us
f~rnn.lis. them, uud 20 (" S'n:ss Or 10 territories
where they would be on a political equality WIN ma
~:i,iH"i,s. II thrr- should DO no rirh stnI"s' they
would Z y. IN the territorial wilderness, nkclns,.r
ri their own, In become hereafter STATES
u: our tuiur. Their new political organizations, IN
>it.- whr;- 49, nigh, thus l"cet- Themselves, might,
in yarp"u- 'n'',"', i; A." feeling Imputed IN them tH'
i.t-'l. h""";na practically dangerous I" the -~la"cho!d-
ing ~iu:ere,'.
slLrc.sni b. the know-No:hia-s L. IL" ."uth, i
- - ..y-.r -,
bs.ed ul'5. IN C"i:u,h. IA" natEfh''"cu L".I"1ra'7
NJ ,u, $u:ii. are not ko,:iIs To the suppor; OF tue III
.tituliura! rights OF tee slaychnidrr. Our democrat,
ia brethren o, the slave.holdiBg hist-s Eave learned
from tho Congressional L"giSlation Of ls2o' from me
Presidential vote uf 1852, and from the sdbarqnti'
,.1r,rrr,nm.. Of tie fugitive slave law b.. the North.
erl Democracy, that local rejection or ds!!Se OF
slavery. ns n domestic institution, does not nilect Tue
.si,sn o. ;.slire oi tn combined native and natural
CONGREGATIONAL rights Of :he slareholding States. The
Democratic inhabitants or tic non-slAveiioliHS
States arc not prepared TO-. Ii dissolution u ~" mon;
and, e. honest supporters OF tie Union: n'aiE'sin
these Constitutional rights.
gumen,, the question Lss leen thus tar considered az
II the natarniized portion o! cut community were"
be- c-arhr!a3 a distinct e"Hh'he
de InorrG"?. j:ut, in truth, We d" not lits REGARD 'aeHi
ne . m.YI. ns.pc:nrinr in alliance with rs. Ncrcgard
rh.m a. cn.orLnuu.e indi. !Gun. members OF q common
brotherhood united in Z aiugi, association, among
whom wc never know tie distinction q; snrlr Plaoeoi
birth, except when the persecution CT in.I7t'ce oi
their oppre-s0rs may, for lie purpose OF thc:f fih1i-
cation, tring this accident al their birthplace 10 our
cognizanc,. in the days Of our fathers. the distiilc'
ton yss recognized by iederall'tsi bli never Dy me
DEMOCRACY. Before the close OF the iast war with
EuglunS the national treasury was exhausted by rs.
pcnd:,uf~s for tho support OF oar na'ies and armies.
But President Madison dur.Ey shat war placed III sue
ccssiou Mt the head of the treasury department. TWO
un,uruliZGd citizens, one of whom bst Len J BritiAll
.nhi,.t. " those DAYS there was M narrow u.l!ded
,,.;,, IN .f tl,ns. who hni sought q rClUltr from
tyranny aud bsa found M asylum on our shnrfa.-
Our coasts were blGrH eded bya powerful hostile test.
Our eusiuics on those coasts >'ere ov"Tyw'hei" ready
To purchasc information and suptiics win money ~
the prize Of treachery. But nowhere MAJ the loyal
~ ui a s;r,xlc na;uralized citizen suspected. cili'Gr On
uur coast. or IL our naylra, ia onr hrTnir1, e!
in my department nf political or clyl life
Louisiana hnd then been GnpeXcd a lew yehrs
only. .ilmost her whole population Ehs 'h'triIn OF
recent adoption. Yet, NJ the siege %: :ye- Orleans,
no expenditure OF British gold resulted III obtaining
for tI,. enemy any Information whatever concerning
the force OF the American army. HE war had oesn
undertaken by tho Democracy III defence d Tue
rights Of ticir naturalizcd iclluw-citiheGt. HE DE-
voted LOYALTY 10 our country, erinccd by inns
clu.s, hmd COntrasird iavorably with tue cuipabie
course Of the Federal party during the war
tt Leading members OF that purity had, in some
ulr,cg. %oIinrd themselves To- negative indiCa-
cations OF Il ~G,s!cyal feeling. such Us rrfusHls TO parti:
cipalt IN rcjOic:i:gs at OR national victories by ial!d
and by sea. In other plsg'G they had gone further;
assembling in traitornus consti.lIo.- 10 discuss the
question ui deserving the NATIONAL chlS; II: TIC hour oi
liz peril. In those days the Virginia Democracy
would have tolerated Il Know Nothing as little as m
Abali,iuris,. Have they 50 soon forgotten that their
Madi.GI CHILLED to his Cabinet councils Il t;alla;in and
a Dallas. whg!:, ii living, these Know oth;ngs would
now di-trnmrhisa rnd prrfcribc! DO they believe
tina, tine rrati.udr nf tin rgturaliLcd citizen 10 ia" De-
mnrrncv viii be- more short lived than his devotion 30
tho land ri his adoption: Il DE: "!iD2 yhich "Nntiv"
American oppression canno! !r-srn. ~ T:;tah Snow
Nothing into, rance has never diminished The .m:cl!.
.;,y, For the future, we who know the naiuraiiZcd
p.i,sis,ion ui Ibis country. have no ;"ara. y prudent
! state. mar gill, Of course, no; be- blind 10 the lmpolicy
II measures o: oppression which would cmdcn=rr the
continuance al a ioyul'y less devoted! than theirs
I'm. nil the wrongs wl:fh Enuw-N"tliings may per-
uc:rute or threaten, cannot, 10! 49, instant, shnkc the