Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-07

South. md against the Dti'uc'a"c Phi'5 " 80 i ,,
They wish TO excite odiun against the South anu gu.
unHreuts that under the lire Of that excitement 'i.
| MIGHT divert the attention OF The people n".' ,; n
industrious 9 nsequenres of the principies ny "n. .
IA. North was arrayed agains; the So"li'' 'hu'
ing the seeds Of bitterness between the'. ;, with
| i wish To interchange sentiment and "pininn ,rnn
you inregard 10 this sub because you will re.
that out Of it will grow consequence shate of 1850
ruusly affect this Union. II was III arsa in regard
that Of the leaders OF thai parry byher obligation
10 the slavery question, thclc "as I'D II and which
,hnn tho Cons,u,op which pruscriOeu ~, ,,;u. thus
must be obeyed in preleroce 10 % Snub and IFS in.
virtually declaring that 80 iar a IL NOT he proect.
| ,,i,u,;nHs w.re concerned, they o'"iu NJ or, ir.s
Su'u'loua W" SSstitutional Government, oy any rec"
- W n11dsrstanding between men, oe.aus1 n
VICE " o.cribed by this higher law, ana p'aeen
oat the pale OF human sysnp" omSsrned there could
h". " between the free and the slave otaleS w
We. snhiect They could not enjoy the go'elh"eus;
Sc JawCthey would hold their domestic peace Im
property only go long as they had force 70 w
,Lrv would hold it only long as the Cover" s u
MIGHT hermit them to do But this IS not a. NJ q
doc,rine so moustrous this could mol nave
assent for moment i'll any section OF tile ,;nn -
| unIrss they could succeed i'll making ohe e'o 49,
The Union odious to the other. To do tna' ey o't
msncs Inv denouncinC SHAREHOLDERS OF the SCUM, .y
calling them all olgarchy and holding lhes. Wy "
public contempt The fact that save p;p",o3 WINS
any other property, unequaIly osti al'o;ns,
need TO get up this excitement anu oa'uI, ;'
Ie " psad for The utler prosration OF those IN
ror .ba destruction of their internal peace
Now sirs what could they expect if the power was
placed in the hands of sech party ana If The
| w, possession Of the patronage hhu h'us IN Tbaso
| L,ad.rel Government! This Mas NOT III. i"es'
.,svsholders were denounced as enemies O. INC nu,
man race aGd ranked rs pirates oy ' Ne h'IS 49,
world. Your fellow citizens WEI" ere ,"sd nndar
| m the odium of the whole world OutiaWeu ut.ue
Js HIGHER law which ia 10 set aside the Cons''u'"''
and ali public laws and tresties, doc!rlpe u,ue'
which it would be impossible for I'd &c esa'l ne p'o
lection Of the Constitution. Is " no. ". ~ ,.
tip,npn tina, 10 administer the government y; me
country upan any suril principles as these, ""ulu pe
virtually 10 dissolve the Cn'Ii. because II hs =
dad the South IRON all benefit OF Inc tois.l'tsir;
would be to proclaim that no trea'y =. t bina,inn
c,ud be made with them, this higher law " poi
maknr il null and void know that II inay oe s"'n
thai these are the doctrines mud tenets " s.oa %
are small aud extremely wild ih lhel rp h rnct;r
unfortunately, we have seen INSTANCES ~ .u' & ios,
and theory OF this principle 1t was but '"s very @
| session that they applied this doctrine who': 'ney
~,nnosed 70 let in Kansas ss State upon the rope
ka Consitulon. r, o, on,, with.
opt the authority of the existing Government. 9t
d.fnnce of it, 1t had not the authority OF thI ~,
tor;al Iepislature nor the Congress OF tne ch'eu
States and undertook TO Apply Tor h..is ,inb m
state upon the Constitution tiiey Piese''ea w., lila
face was not to be repealed for ten years. th !
Conva,tion. which was not assembled ACCORDING "
law ar witt; the assent of the Government o. "
sss-a Convention in regard TO WHOSE ,,har-s
wa have never beea able TO ascertain tne huo 1o,
Constitution was forilcd and proposed 10 oe lee.S
;yaJ win the same party, aud thus 70 auu'!t tue
St.ta-that is. to take in State, and give II Con
sttuton, not by their own action GU " a" % ,h
the Constitution which should not De repe"T4 - w."
Sts, fur fan year.-hus trumpliug upon al nS''oas
~ American sovereignty, aud treading unto INC
ground that lavorite dea that the Peopie Vi eoeN
State had right to establish their own ihst.ul'ons'
and reaueeling Congress to recognize Tue dc'ou VI
If "a NE.
rot subect 10 amendment by the people tor e' years
Could Ihey have attempted this, had thsy moi S"r
posed that the monsrous consequences pi tEese a"e
trnes would be forgotten in the anu slavery eAIhe
,nentl The fact that those people iaa au"paeG
apti.sI.yery Constitution must have beei rec"sniZeu
without thus ranpling upon all the tavoTite i'"ohs
of popular sovereignty. What would be tie earrt
of that principle upon the South III connection WIN
those dangerous and alarming doctrines ihey nave
According ia that precedent they
in;bt assemble any where in q Southern siG'e ahu
usss an anti-slavery Constitution, II the majority
were in favor of it, but they would recognize u d.
State il the majority undertook to resist anu put
down. ... :; La a
The Speaker was here again interrupted IN MS re- |
marks by another procession, accompanied win
bands of music, when he remarked-l am Wiling
ut all times TO be interrupted by lhe music VI Tue
To resume the thread of my disclosure, you will
uerceiye that under these doctrines when shey pro
pose to adopt that Convention could Dc cait,u W
any of the States if it happen ~ SUIT the advocates VI
the higher law doctrine, and overturn the existing
Government. When you come to take these 'hhes |
in their connections there could not nave been more
fearful precedent. TO show how ie:erned ihls sec
tjoual party were to carry on: principles wnn "oulu
contiscate property and disturb our doesc shee
md TRANQUILITY they had nominated Candidate on
the sectional platform. Frenonts letter OF accept
ance shows that he understood that he makes
distinct suson to the subject Of this difference, IN
hich they have endeavored tn get up r''" s,le III
al, ,lo SfnfnQ al SHl
Gang. that species Of caste unequay DISTRIBUTED
40 that We have right to expect that II ms pat.S
should get into power-we would nave riSnt 10 u"
meet from their administration the whole power "'
his Marty would be used to ret up strie within the
Southern States not merely TO set the black man
painst the white but to SOW seeus OF oiss''S'n
among white men themselves.
We know that in the slave States they cannot erect
any srch nurpose for white men sufficiently under.
stand the vital interests of the white race to preserve
the existing relations things this party would be
willing to use their power, it should be gwen 'hen
to effect such result. Suppose they were 10 eect
PRESIDENT upon such principles and that they we're 10
administer The Government in that way, where would
the South be placed! Do you suppose that tNey ~oua
apres TO sacrifice their constitutional rgnts 10 YOU
suppose that they woald remain in the Union! Wen
lid Mr. Fillmore ask of the citizens Of the States
whether they would suffer the Government to be al
minisiered in any such way. IL was an appear niaue
m the sense of Justice of ten millions OF people III these
limited States Could the South consent to remain III
rho Union in which the Constitution was to be treated
ss null and void, far "a they were concerned! luis
utterly impossible that the Government should Dc ad
ministered upon such principles without Leading 10
tbs destruction Of this Union. want 10 ask Sou'
No,Ibsrn men, whether there can be any considsra'
ton in the election of sectional President such rs
Fremont. to Justify the North in Importing Such IN
situations as materially politically and socially ahec'
the preserva alton of the Union!
Raf,re doing that permit to show you that those
doctrines upon which they are agltating Inc puonc
mind and seeking to subvert the social system OF me
South would be destructive ut the North as at ne
South will show you that these doctrines can iean
To nothing but anarchy everywhere. ms higncf
law prosoribes the institution Of slavery and nnlhes
the protection of the Constitution because It violates
that cardinal political MAXIM mat all men "e,e useH
TOD eouslly. We know 10 European society there is
. srci which has been agitating principle thet me
pusscssion Of all property was thet ana 'iia' t'e
institution of property itself was against inc iiehel
law They have mid it destroys Inc eonai'ly AIMING
men thew have charged it with leading to the very
evils which have been uscrbed in this Country 10 tue
institution Of slavery. If you once agree that Inc IN
situations Of society to be upurned IN tins way,
ask. sir, what institution Is sue ,i,, IN dasnsr
Let no man say that this is weak and&'ntenpti.
b,e sect-et no man say there is nothing to be feared
by this institution. We know that it was powerful
nipment in late European revolution. VI all Inc
wars that have ecourged the human race, the most
destructive have been the wars Of human IDEAS. Inc
next war of ideas in the Old World Is to DC between
the social aud individual government. ms lns,lu
ton of property leads to great deal more GOOD ah
harm Without it The pour would be poorer than
they are and civilized scci ty itself must be dissolved
We know, from British experience, if the attempt
should he made to dissolve tho boud OF uniou the
effect will be to drive the white man out, and leave
entirely to the black race, cse we expose the olack
race TO the contest for subsistence with superior
race. -.
The evils which havo been attributed to the instl-
tuition of slavery have originated from the fact OF
the natural disparity between those two racS' grow,
ing out of the circumstance that races so unequal
.,rnpgle for their subsistence upon the same SOIL
The institution of slavery did not sggravate them but
rather modified and mi,igaed tlrem Since the early
history of man, not nation Of modern times but re-
nns2.s slavery by law until recently Nearly halfthe
Sat-. in this conederacy recognize slavery by their