Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-26

pie of the South will resent any outrage on their
rights
Davis has row delivered hs speech. Burliugamc
may next address the people of Virginia, by invita-
ton Of the Fillmore party Of Richmond.
B0TrS' INDICTMENT AGAINST THE SOUTH
Bolts style is not deficient in power of expression
and occasionally, in single paragraph he con.
denses enough vndictiveness of vuperatiou ayainst
the South TO give flavor to one OF Beechers Black
Republican sertnons Sill, study OF his speech, in
all the completeness of IFS prodigous proportions is
essential to all adequate conception Of its criminal
character ard mischievous import, We have given
detached passages, simply because it is utterly mpos
sble to insert tho entire harangue in the columns of
this paper.
The obvious aim of the speech is TO mpute all the
blams ol anti slavery agitation to The people of the
South and to acquit The North OF any responsibility
for the distracted condition Of the country To this
end Mr.. Bolts brings forward catalogu. OF accusa-
tons against the South which, if true would cvnvic;
the South Of being selfish and mischevous dsturber
OF the public rer0Sc II isa strange indictment, audi
i'll conflict, not only with the preudices of the South
but with the universal Judgment of honest people in
every section v The confed-racy. 1t is preposter
accusation aud for injustice has no parallel in the
record OF human iuiquity. The only example OF
equal atrocy, is in tho story of the dispute between
the lamb and the wolf, from which no doubt Mr.. Bolts
took tue hint OF his Indictment.
Even before the organization Of our present system
oi government, the South surrendered to free soil
territory than ehe kept for ssvery.--We speak
If nf tl,.
ginia in 1887. Afterwards by constitutional stipula-
iion she agreed IN give up the slave trade, and bar
tere, away twoGlihs vi her legitimate repre-
sen,a;ion in Congress- These are positive acts
Of concession ON the part of the South-sub-
mitted 10 in spirit Of compromise and iIl.rcqued
generosity Meanwhile the habitusl Leportincn;
Of the South towards the North was in harmony with
these acts of msgnanimous selt-sacrce. The States
of the North abolished slavery by dsuse legislative
enactment and although the policy obviously de-
trncnla 10 the interests Of the South YET the South
uttered no complaint. But, when She purchase Of
Louisiana projected, not Ct all in the exclusive
interests OF the South :he representatives. from the
North opposed the measure because it involved an
extension OF slave territory. Al later day, when
portion Of that territory under the name of MssOu.
RI applied Tor admission into the UniOn the North
employed tie very power which it had derived from
the generous concession Of Virginia, 10 repress the
legitimate expansion OF the South. In like manner
when ARKANSAS, with slave population, demanded
the recognition ui i!s State sovereignty, many repre-
seutatives from the North resisted the appicaton.-
So, too, were the purchase of Florida and the annex
ation Of Texas opposed by the North for the simple
,hu ,I,as i.rive Nd.
vantage from these measures In :Le same spirt the
war with Mexico was denc-ncet Il the North as a
scheme of slavery e-t0n4!on.
These wo.e sis OF Northern jealousy AMI inustice
rae acts of Northern aggression are equally memora-
bic. The North not only refused TO fulfil the o6ls"-
tons of the CGatluticn by ihe return OF our fugitive
save:, out actually en,iced them away by every sort
O.. seductive scheme. II ia impossible to compute
the vaue OF tho property which the South has lost by
this failure OH the part o; the North 10 discharge It's
duty under the Constitutions lost, not simply by the
escape OF slaves but by the depreciation Of
their value in the border States. Meanwhile 'he
abolition societies were organized, eId tne NORM
commenced a systematic scheme oi es''a''o' anu
aggression against k5 South. Ii papaole Vio'"oh VI
the Constitution end OF the comfy even which pre-
;,aUs anoas independent nationn!lties. BY their
agency the South has boen kept ia perpetual state
of uneasy apprehension snt slave property has i"''
much OF liz security and value. For the last twenty
enrs the North has been struggling with unlnterln-
ten, energy to dcvas;s;r and depUpuate the South
hv tho no.t awful calamities which can afCt e Gs-
ton.
How striking :he contrast o. -outhe:n justice and
moderation The South !as borne O disproporti"nate
share Of lie pabic burdens, in war as WEI! as IN
r,.a.a. ,h. South held no treacherous communca-
tiou With the enemy in l3l4 albeit tie war was un-
de,,as. Tor the almost exclusive advantage .! North
era commerce. The disgrace Of New England te-
eralis.n wes redeemed by the vGlor and patriotism
Of the Southern chivslry at New Orleans. The pro-
Jucc OF the South is taxed most unIu.y for the pup
lie expenditures; and these expenditures stimulate
ou,v the industry OF the North. Every conquest OF
foreign soil is bought mainly by the treasure HHd
blood OF the Southern people aud yet, not only Is
the common territory appropriated exclusively 10
free soil hut the pubc lands are av!sEed Tor the az
craudizement of Northern capital.
All this is true; but tie South has never retHIIated
u,on the North by any act of aggression or injustice
The laws are repesed which, in the early days OF the
yerbc, protected the slave property Of the Southern
.sp,mpu in the free States Yet, tho South suffers
Sor,harn commerce to visit lis waters and grow rich
on the produce of i's labor INSTRUMENTATION IS To-
mcpted among our slaves, aud they are raG oil by
Yankee kidnappers; but no citizen OF Il Northern
State is no!es.ed III our m.!st. Against all the az
gr...;,n and wronG which the South hos endured
from the hands oi the North, no man can oppore a
solitary ACT OF injustice which the North has suffered
from the hands Of the South.
With these facts before us, the enormous Injustice
Of Bolts speech may be appreciated without the a'd
If moro elaborate illustration. From beginning tc
end in every line and syllable, it is aa afocious ca
lumny on the character Of the South and justly pro
vokes the anger and execrations OF an Indignant
people. ~