Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-14
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
MORNING, OCTOBER II.
CoxcESSIONS OF THE SOUTH AND AG-

CONCESSIONS OF THE SOUTH AND All
Questions OF THE ABoLlTloNlsls.
IN tonceding that all territories have the rls"'
ps6n admitted as State into the Union 10 ea''"oe
slavery, BY constitutions adopted prior 10 aa'"'o
thstSoutk Yields much Of her rights anu Pos''o'!
soa.,hing of her honor. No territory can e'"'' @"
u,ssi,n into ,be Union, as q matter OF r'S"f' there
n,nnbsrs give her no claim; for newly cohque'eo
ns~-eu.,>bavino sufficient members, might assert
s,k right and nuify her conquest by immaculate SO
oa..;,r An Indian. Chinese or Free Negro colony
,,;,b, s.ssr. the same right. Robbers thieves aud
,,wIss. hapa;tti might claim exemption for ,hei'
o.;,,a, bv .szin, uson territory and setting up
State In such case, it would be the duty oil Govern
,,a,, =, o,,srmirs,e or remove them, with blood
,ords Il need be, as in the case Of the Semlnoes'
not to admit them equals into the ohi'A tut ""s
good cause it is the duty Of the FEEDERS" uo'ef'''''u
TO refuse territory admission into the ohio'''
Mirht not the South well have asseredthat the Nor'h
ern attempt to exclude, by indrect"n settlers from
the South is such good cause Might she not say thu
Territory in her very application for admission Insults
and wrongs ust "Insults US IN declaring that our
system of society is immoral Unjust and independent
fsp Wa of the South admit that what s good enough
forms is not good enough for the promlscuous crown
of n territory! DO we not, by admitting 1t as STATE,
invite abolitionism TO make assaults on ourselves =
Can we defend slavery at home, whilst admitting II
.. ha ,o, had fur the new States Are willing to
ADM, that slavery is nuisance to new State, or 10
the Union at large!
What would Massachusetts say if the constitution
adopted By a territory excluded her manufacturers
from settlement; New York say, If 1t excluded hei
merchants What would the whole North say II sach
constitution indirectly excluded all Norther'ers' ny
denying 10 them, but granting 10 Souherhers' tue
right Of sutfragel There is not man IN me "h"e
North that would not deem it the grossest outrage LOT
Tertiary asking admission State, to exclude Inc
North or suy part of the North from set
.,a,,,, Tb.r. il not a State in the whole
North that would submit on any terms 70 such
.,cIus;,n Yet the South is willing, auAIous to thus
subnt and for the sake of peace and union TO take
m. ,s chance which the vote of the people OF the
TERRITORIES will give her. The far more populous
N,r.b aided by an immense European immigration
will probably ON these terms, seize upon and occupy
Il, the exclusion of the South, the whole public do
msn. la truth the South acquired all the territories
the North generally resisting the acquisition anu
now, she ia willing to let the North Europe, China
the Free Negroes, land the rest OF mahk'nu take
al from from her, provided they will only leave her
prete1t to cover her disgrace. saTo for her wound
ed honor and her reproducing conscience.
But the Abotioniss are not satisfied with having
all the territories unless they can get them through
the direct fundamentally of Congress. The! want
the preceden, drive out slavery hereafter from Tie
States
The South comedies every thing in the territories
TO the North except Kansas aud probably that a'so'
and yet the South is aggressive.
No il is the Abu!itionists who are aggressive, AMI
VIII. will be satisfied with nothing less than our lands
aud our lives.
Aud Tor what do the abolitiouis.s seek I" exclude
tho South Why, to prevent the extension oil ATT
can slavsry-Afrcan slavery that feeds aud clothes
in chief part eli Western Europe aud al! our North
luke away by emancipation the sugar. tho cotton
the rice the coffee, &c. that negro slavery pro-
duces, and what becomes of Europe aud the North
White men and free negroes, will not produce sur
nlus of these articles for eKpor,aton- scarcely
enough Tor home consumption. African slavery mas
done more for the civilized world, vastly more than
the discovery of America. Without II, that dis
coyerv would have been useless. In Mexico, South
America aud the West Indies, where 1t Ia abolished,
whites and blacks. becoming barbarians or Sur'
ages New England and New York are indebted Tor
all their wealth and prosperity to that institution
England sustained in great measure by Southern cot
ton corn and wheat, and by worse kind Of slavery
in India Those who reap the chief profits from me-
gro slavery are the madmen who would abolish it,
the highest types Of modern civilization are the re
suits Of negro savery-for negro slavery support
them. Abolish it, and the ships will not be at the
eharves in New York, the factories be deserted the
emigra,e South, or elsewhere for food, employment
and market. Then will the North, and England
zoo find, "that their boaStcd rfalh IS cosmopolitan
their poccrty iadigeno"s.'
The extension OF slavery greatly benefits the North
by keeping down competition aud increasing hei
market. 1t will do her much good, and no possible
harm. Yet the South, for the sake OF peace anu
Union has conceded to her the meaus Of preventing
its extension 1t will be suicidal folly in her to en-
ploy them. She should vote slavery into Kansas
not vote It out.
TIE BOASrlNGS OF THE OPPOSITION.
The Fillmore presses at the South seem 10 be pos
sessed with the lca that they elect their cand-
date by misrepresentation of the progress of the
canvass in the States, by load and confident
tons Of assertion and noisy defamation. Morn
ing after morning they print column upon CO.
sumn OF prophecy. totally at variance with well es
tabshed facts and never appear to suspect that al
this passes for nothing, aud less than nothing, will
rejecting men They act upon the notion that
Weak defamation may deceive the crowd,