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

;n,o ,be Union non slavehoLlinr State NJ surely Il
. the time arrived for her admission, II wh"t W.
told betrGe, that large minority Of her LOU %
FIR it, Ii is The principle of freq choice |" i' ''
constitution the people think proper that INC 'u'
insist upon. And, ielow-citizeis, | proclaim net
~ Southern States rights man. that the south a.
" yu,. Against any law ct Congress prordih" i"' ~.
Introduction aud establishment of slavery III any ~,
, rjtory of the United States. Our principle IS ,l''"
- To legslute slavery into any territory, nor 10 ksep
out Of any territory by Act Of Congress. t'nre.
y u,,s not this great fact deInush forever me ch"E
. of .Southern aggrcssionl' (Cries Of ''yes: }7s'
- On. more fact this p"ni, and pass on. III tm
recent nominations for Presidential candidates, ",a
was the spirit evinced by the South axe mn .h'
. American party first, as it first in time n'
south it will DO remembered, rallied to Nor.ne.l
man, and procured his nomination. MIR. rlInlo,'
holds his position this day by the voice of the n"u'm
In 1.-THE Cincinnati Convention it was struggle i,".
frat TO last between Northern men for the
the South did not even mention the name 9' anS
one of her worthy and distinguished suns Ana 'iel'
was very striking fnct worthy of special Ho'e oon
uected with that nomination OF the three Nortiierl
Sir. Pierce WAS the first choice Of the South as sn'"
ed by the votes in Convention; next they rall'eu u
Mr. Douglas. But throughout, Mr.. Buchanan "I
was the favorite of the North; was brought i.rMu:
by them ~ their special avorlte, and the ooI'n n".
| fed their choice. So not only brought ior"""
no Southern man, nor insisted on the Northern inyor
e but conceded both the man and the choice oi HUI
to the North. :c,.,.,io,
of an 'aggressive' spirit, by the South in al ms
Facts arc worthless and argument useless u 'nls al
raw il not enough to silence the senseless u"''eu
cisnor about Southern aggression
There is another phase of this sectional arFas',
meni. II is said that the South, with all it's hgh
claims and terrifying eIactiOns, poor and lnoeec
Defamation il exhausted 10 maintain ms ah,
figures too are relied upon TO establish the iur iee'
confident that before this asseInblng", IL" wen 20
abIished and familiar facts are enough TO answer ne
pII.,ed insyu;ticnncg of Southern prodmcilul Nnhl
fund supplies the United States with European On
chance! 1t is almost exclusively the pT9huct Vi ne
Southern States-cotton rice toOhccn ana 'urPe""e'
These exchanges constitute the foundation Sehe up
! an which r.,ts the Who'll. structure Of the bnnks-
and uunu the banks again, cluster and rect all the
mercantile and mechanical prosperity OF lNls Wy
indeed of the whole North. There Is not man III lie
| community whose interests are not lndisso!uby con
| n.c,rL with these great interests. iNOices-"Iha: =
| trueD The country cannot be insignificant or worth
less whose products mainly sustain Tins GTcht inter
est Take away from New York The exchange whlch
Southern States give to her. aud every interest," anu
every pursuit here would be thrown into chaos. IL
is not, however the general aggregate OF production
which shows the prosperity wealth either OF an IN
lividual or n community; tho surplus over consunp-
ton shows this This being, then pnpable TACT II
must follow that the South with about one ilrd the
population OF the whole Union, and producing, hc-
cudng to recent statistical statements. almost one
half of all agricultural productions canno, be idle or
unprOsperous. Nay, she must be exactly the re-
verse.
But will not rely upon generalities. Let us OK.
anime little in detail those Wanted statistics which
GEEK to elevate party to power by dlsparagns one
half of the Confederacy.
The aggregate productions Of the United States,
SGT down in round numbers at four Thousand five
hundred millions. OF the agricultural products, the
South il admitted to produces iortyseven per ccit-
or the commerce and manufactures. she Is SAID IL
huvp twenty per cent. LIZ; us Sen what conclusions
are legtima,ely deducib!e from these data? Forty
per Cent. Of one thousand four hundred millions
| annual agricultural produce, would he about seven
hundred aud five millions. And twenty per cent.
credited to the South i'll commerce and manufactures,
would be about six hundred millions. The annual
production OF the Southern States, show, according
Ia these figures, may set down, at little over one
thousand three hundred millions ot dollars. Now II
is claimed that the North has population of seven.
teen millions, and the South hns abou; Elk lt millions,
it is said; that il estimate the Southern popula'
ton compared with the Northern, at thirty per
cent, it will not be far out at the way. Then observe
thirty per cent. of four thousand five hundred mis'
li"ns oi dollars, give us thirteen hundred ana MY
millions, making about a tair proportion TO the pro-
duction of the nonslaveh ,ldng States rs shown by
these statistics.
do no. endorse these statistics. II can be easily
shown that they incorrect III. error l. mol III Ia
of the South. But assuming them 10 be correct
they demonstrate huw admirably, under our Federal
system, labor in the United STATES IL distribute" ana
rewarded These statistics show thni The gross earn
ins Of the Southern States correspond very well WIN
tn. non slave hr!dng States. Neither can he SHu 10
enjoy any particular advantage over the other.
II the North think grGG! advantage {" have It's
cnpl"yments divrrsiirdtl!at lis products are more
variniIstht II controls the commerce. al hi''u'ac'
lures of the union-fcr one r"i"c" at the c"n-un'
nation o! her wishes. And more r.jhce thut li:'
.r"nt staples Of tho South nre the chi" means ny
which your is ostcr-'l, and yoar i;!eciIan
les ani artisans kept proitably nj work. ti"nro"'
erul bond uf Union Cheers
These statistics, upon which have Dceh cohhcH''
ing, rather think establish facts which were scarce
y perceived or understood by their author. lhry
establish equality between the two sections oil thr
country, which they were intended To destroy. IL u
little curious to note the blundrr which lei To III"
false conclusion. II is obv ous that those who view
the parable! between North and South with THESE sta
tistics, dlsparagihg the South and cui"SLmg thr
North, do not seem to know that eight millions "t
people no, fifty per cent. of the population ni the
United States, but only about thirty And, therefore
that the products Of the South fully up To thu
requirements of that Industry and skill which 50 so
un'IH-s the Morrill, when they produced one third ut
the general aggregate production OF the Union.
very little knowledge OF Statistics however. will cor
rect such plumbers, and there can scarcely be any
danger Ia any cause where attacks rest upon such
nsy basis. entertain the iivelie-t hopes that any
0ne that every one, vino has been 'areigcd into tic
ranks uf enemies from statistics like these VIII.
when they correct their arithmetic. come INTO the
grat party OF conservatism. OF progress and peace
GentleDon it is obvious that time would fail nr /"
20 into detailed answer to the "rahblc OF nlJcc-
tious which the fanaticsn Of black bannered host
raises against the conservatism Of the country. Allow
me to advert to II few prominent facts nnd wi! has
ten on TO q conclusion. .
Umi this tanatiGal party grew into formidable d
men-ons, there was peace and fraternity between
the North and South. Precisely in proportion t" IT.
growth and strength has been the agitation anu
alienation between the two sec.onS. It tins party
succeeds in the approaching election, this agitation
and alienation must of necessity Increase. Ii Is mere
folly to disguise the manifest fact that the tendrncy"i
this party is TO the abolition Of slavery II il II" an
-wer to say that THU or TINT one disclam the "b'
i-ct tell You, and you know, that the brave inrl''
the sincere men, the OF will and brains, who give
To this party its vitality and force, are for -arc de-
t.rmiucd on t-aid the election of their candidate.
instead Of uuieting troubles, will be the signal for
| aritson A few Of their creiulous leaders, who be-
| li.ve that the storm will abate with party TRIUMPH,
might indeed nterpose their feeble voices agan4tthe
hurricane of fanatirsn which success would r!!st up
hu, they would be swallowed up in the sursng ct Tile
pillows, ike bubble on the crest oi the breakers-
there would come from their kennels and hidden re-
| cesses pack before or heard oi-they
woud demand power and would have II; and those
who would hesitate at extreme measures ana VIoeht
egisiatiun would be superseded by those who had no
scruples. You have had already some Jreshadowng
| OF the course which this party will pursue. FOR
month nfer month they held Congress i'll state OF
dsorganiz aton-they have stimulated sectional s'rlie
TO al unheard Of pitch-and refused 10 accept peace
for Kansas.
If they have in contemplation practical policy,
why not avow il di,ncily! Is it the arncliorHon "s
| the condition Of the African race Why not say
what they propose, what they desire Let me. as
Southern man, offer suggestion: these friends ot the
negro race, if sincere in their professions have duty
| to perform To the race. When they shall take prac
ca steps to elevate tho race, We will believe III lhe'r
honesty and sincerity. We must be excused from be-
lievin: the world must be excused from believing III
their sincerity until their av"wcd policy proposes
some nmoliorntion Of the black mans condition. .et
tlIca begin with tho free black man. Why did TINS
"free soil, free speech, free men, party exclude the
cnlored forever from free Kansas. After all, Il"
Theses phlanthropis;s consider the African to be-
| "MAN!" II otherwise, why exclude him from the
soil 'consecrated to Freedom" they have done by
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