Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-08-01

90 urgent, tha. no man amongst US can ~ -,
hesitate to yield to it's influence. Col. bu'o'.' 49,.
now appeals to the South to protect lis n'e us
p,yen an ea-nes, of his devotion to 'ne -.
h,, ,,,.,dp led n COMPANY Of three huna'eu
x,m.,.u ;,,o Eons,s. AZ the aocreo"eu os0n y
,,yI.ou .,a s,,;,gfpllow, we doubt not ne VII NC
~ -a.a;ysd nv the people of Virginia.
"1'" ram De Bows Review
-us yorCE OF KANSAS.
LET THE SOUTH RESPOND:
nn ~ TYE LAW AND ORDER PARTY OF
APPhAt. s TERRITORY TIC THEIR FRIENDS IN TIE
Nh AND r. THE LAw-ABIDlsG PEOPLE VI
o. If the COMMITTEE (Col. Buford) places the manu-
.cGttiu our hands, and we commend it 10 the serious st!eh'
ZION of the readers ofthe Review. The cause ~ one I'm
wiIhou, loss Of 4 single day, every Southern man shoua o ann
,,;hu,c Alabama, South ca, olina. and Georges, nave oesn
lavish in their aid. The los. OF Kansas WIN .; ~ and
enemies OF southern institutions n Victory ~" ~ To sverr
mora imunytaut than has yet been won over Us,
w.. n;scb;af nyonnt and concerted seton at the South IL
oily needed. Those familiar with inc s,s!e = 81 : ,Sa ~.
Kansas kncU thu. it can only be amom' Tns, Il Il j. Al stake
lp these contests ,..,;uo If the party,
were constituted a committee. shi T sS,l SaoDs 'D'
things, with the publication Of TINS aueres1. ,..
That a state Of insurrectiou aud civh war eA's1s
among us is sbundantly evident: the law aug oruer
nar,y'i on the one side, opposed on inc othe. " y
sboIitionists, sent out and sustained ny the GIn's'aW
Aid societies of the North. A brief review OF the
points at issue, and their controiiihg cncuuns"u0o''
may be useful to justify this our eppeai ts ON.
In territorial politics, the question OF ,.ee or sIave
State has swallowed up every olns'. .;,h ,hs;r s.rly
teaching, regard slavery a. the greatest poesio,e esi'
,hsy desm il a mopstrous national crine, which their
false theories of government mpute eauaiIy " eVely
,ort,on NJ the conf.deracy, aud thus believing the'n'
sslvas individually responsible for its existence, they
feel bound each to striCgle for ld overthrow 10 such
extremes have wicked demagogues stimulate! tnsir
fauaticism, that their perverted consequences justly
anv mode of warfare against slavehoiders, however
r,H,s in v;ola,;op of law, however destructive OF pro.
perty or human life, and however atroc'ousiy "inAeu
h nav se.m 10 others; nay, many t them aiready <"
90 far as to oppose oil law, religion, properly, eIIei,
and subordination among men, a. suoVelslIe VI "na,
tbsy are pleased to call mans natural ana inherent
equality. And with them 1t ID no mere local question
OF whether slavery shall exist in Kansas OF n"'' Sa
one Of far wider Significance "a question Oh Wne,hei
it shall exist anywhere III inc cHou T. nar nn,v h.: No.
iustly regard as the mere outpost Ia 'he WAY ~" y
inc waped between the antagonisllc ciVh'La''oNN u
the North and The South and winning THIS great out,
post and stand point, they rightly tlinK their Inten
will bs open to auy easy conquest Oh u 49, r.rtx
Hence the extraordinary means the apoii'lcn parry
I'm. adopted TO food Kansas with the most tsua'le"
and la wiess portion OF Northern society anu nenoe
the large sum, of money they have e1pehaeu ."sui,
round their brother Mlssourians WIN oonoA''"' -
IN ,hs nther baud, the pro slavery element OF the
..lsw and order party" in Kansas, looking 10 Ire oi'
bic, find slavery ordained OF God they hnd mere, aS
by our law, slavery made "an inheritance 10 thein anu
their children forever" Looking 10 our national
census, and 10 all statistics connected with the A'ri-
can race, aud considering, too, their phyaicul, in,el.
%lectual, and moral natures, We SEQ mat slavery 10 .he
| Africans normal aud proper state s'hce' IN thai
state. that race multiplles faster, has more physlcai
comfort, loss vice, aud more moral qua in'eiiec'uoi
progress than In any other.
Ne believe slavery the only school in which the
debased con of Ham, by attritiou with a higher race,
r-.I .-l ,1.vstaI. ua heliAya II n trust
and puardisnship given US Of God for the good OF
both races. Without sugar, cotton ana cheap GO
thing, can civilization maintain its progress! Ian
these be supplied without slavery Nay, IN tho ao-
sence of slave institutions, must NOT soclal a'slno.'ous
supervene among the free to the detriment OF repuo'
lican equality This is no tnere properly question:,
but q great social and political question OF races; u
Is not a question Of whether A.. or Is. snail De owner,
but of whether the slave, still having a master. shaii
still BIZ a working bee, and not an Idle drons IN the
hive; q question Of whether the South snail Sill % d
laud flowing with milk and honey, or a LAND OF mem
d;cants aud vagsbonds; e great question OF races; a
ouestion of whether we shall sink 10 the level OF the
freed African, aud take him to the embrace of social
and political equality and fraternity-tor such ID the
natural end OF abolition progress. Fsnaticlsm must
defend it's ene6ciaries-hrs by sendlng me ieaerai
army TO protect them, and ultimately by giving
Them the right to bear arms, vute, testify make
and administer laws-in short, the right TO eat
out our substance, to pull us down to their level to
faint our blood, and bring US to a degraoation from
WHICH mo- ull6 q NO.
marked the difference in theory between the two par.
ties, and not less so their difference in practice; while
we. in good faith, sustain and uphold the laws, The
abpli,ionists on the other hand, IN erect repuuiate
and at them ut Defiance with open disloyaiiy they
a.s.r. the iuva!idity of the territorial! laws, while they
render our national Insignia only the mockery oi "
hollow respect; indeed, more than once mey nave
openly resisted the marsha! IN the service OF process
and. in some places, their organised armed resistance
,n the territorial laws is 80 overwhelming thai minis
t.rs of the law there never attempt the discharge OF
their official duties; they have repudiated payment OF
taxes. and have held and published the proceeuinss
OF large public meetings IN which they resolved 10
r.rist, even TO blood, the territorial laws, and especial
" the laws for the collection OF the pubic revenue:
According to testimony under oath lately given oe
fore the Congressional Committee, they nave secret
MILITARY organizations for resisting the laws and Tor
carving out their abolition designs upon Kansas
organizations in which the members are bound oy
the most solemn oaths to obey their leaders, 10 al cases.
not excepting even murder and treason. ~ 10 aoun'
dantly proved by eye witnesses vi unquestioneu Ve-
rsoity. that at this present time, they have at different
points in the territories banded together IN actual
encampmept large numbers OF armed insh' suos'steo
and kept together by their aid societies tor no otner
object than to make forays upon the country ana
drive our friends from ther homes. BY such band'ttl
the murders near Ossawaftamie, on Pottawatta'nle
creek, were committed. declarations by the perpetra'
tors cotemporaneous with their foul deeds induoitaoly
show the parentage Of Theses crimes; SIX VICTIMS
whose bodies have BEEN found, fell in that massacre
beside four others missing from the neighoorhood'
and not vet heard from. Ot the ak, ons was Allen
Wilkinson, Esq, a member Of the territorial Legls'
larure and postmaster HI oaermahvLIe' sIh H.'n -
measles, for no other offence save that of being a law
aud order man. he was dragged at midnight from ms
b.d, and from the side of o sick and imploring wife,
by 4 band of abolition assass'ns' acting as tney sa,u
in the name Of the great Northern army within nea!!
ing of the terror stricken wife, with fendish barbara
~. he was hsyed alive, his nose and cara were cut
of, his scalp torn from his head, and then he was
stabbed through the heart. such 10 tne sworn eVi'
~ 4 knnHsfah III Wpatnn "
fore the Cou. ressional Investigating COMMITTEES. II
revealed on the part Of their friends such a picture
Of savage fsrocity that that Committee Tor once
blushed, and even stnltihed themselVes. rather man
| receive the testimony a. competent. They had al
ready received and recorded the evidence of Pardee
Butler, ~testifying that since their appointment as
| Commissioners hs had been tarred aud feathered tor
negro stealing; but this decision they unoiusnlngiy
reversed, and erased the evidence rather than DO
forced 10 put against their friends this horrible tale
of the Ossawattamie murder upon the record. Be-
aides wilkinson, VIM. Sherman and brother, and MIR.
DOYLE and two sons, were proved to have been muir
dered at their respective homes on the same night
aud by the snms band; one of the Doyies also had
his Gncers aud arms out of before he was finally dis
patched. Incredible Ut these thiGgs may seem. they
unauestionably happened in kansas Territory In the
lat,sr part of las, month; yet what Is more lnoredi.
bio, but not less true, is the undsniable TACT that These
outrages are not, as some pretend, the mere extrata'
gsnces, Of a few irresponsible individuals, but on tho
contrary are justly charscable to the abolition party,
as the legitimate fruit ut their party measures aud
party discipline, aud rs naturally resulting from the
uubio teachings, advice, Rid counsel OF their chief
mon and most distinguished leaders.
The outrages above specified were preceded, and
IN to the present time. have been followed by others
| OF a like character and dictated By q like settlod 20
lcy on III. part of our enemies to harrass and fright
sn nv ,h,ir deeds of horror, our friends from their
homes in the territory. Undoubtedly this policy Ia
well settled party systen) has dictated the notices
lately given In all the disturbed districts oy armed
marauding bands OF abolItionis!s, ." tne la" a"o or
der ,m.n nf their respective neighborhoods, inmsdi.
a,ely to leave The country on peril OF death. Under
such notices our friends about Hickory Point, aud on
Pvttawa,ta,nie aud Rock creeks bnve ell been driven