Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-05-09
NUMBER e
'E"ho LNf THE BASIS OF NEMOCEA~lc
INSTITUTIONS. OR NEGRO sUBORDIN,I,cr

declaration that slavery WAS IN. corn.r .,rn. w
republican edhce, II Was snrered at tuD nurlr. %
merit repIy' nm" except oy The mnst bru.-hfqi SD
dapidaed portion of the 'rirrn, press winch r.,r
repeating II for years 10 show the utter trpr.,--.
Democratic politicians. il WAS passed hy NJ ln.. II
those flights oi rhetorical display NOR rrnlr,.,. ..,
for b"dncss sad brliiaTry :a,i Tor tTail 81 pH...
ply, which sometimes G!stins sg:shrd fl.a' r..-.~t
orator nni gallant gentleman. Bnt tb!s rclra,S ~
pressed truth of transCeuiant importance uua.:-
tllne IS not distant when the Most u,l tu" 3,..g
oisoted among Tie. will however rructlu.y, - n,. -
III - Tur' iha unier Ordinary rirrulHstsu'- y ~ IN.
require Considerable time for such trE!h - 10.
trate the W'nd OF the niIiioms but We are rt.... :
artlliiS 10 Crisis nn thi, muneutOus slavery .G=.
uon, and when the tru,h--ih- hard solid, iron r.l
-csn alone save lis from frightfu caau.i,i... Lac "
the MASSES even those VI the North are ready - r-
cept u ~ any time. for :snc, is after all mo-, 10.
iaIitbe guide than rrasun. snd abuii;ionsi - aas
found anon: The educated portion of the prup ., s.4
such u thing es m eboiitrnist among the wu!..',
GLASSES ot lhs North rarely knuwn, tie tIg '-.-
uoh OF the races or called slavery will b. rGE;t-
by them as the normal condition of society, for b, r.
cords with their instincts well COMMON s,..a.
democracy, IN the true American sense. IL 20 49,.
equality OF rights aud equality o, duties ,,t
thOse whom God has created equal. All Woo h-,ars
10 the white species have c0mnou ...rs
wants, Instincts tendencies, and II is ihrr, !or, s
evident truth, II, propoundei by Jefferson. ;tat 30. g:
should have the same privileges anu br H.! &, 'rE
same responsibilities. One may BE- bora VITA
more Mental capacity than another. i -y"r, =
sees they are in ;halr physical attributes an. Co.'s.
tlon-menfa exercise, or cultivation may prria.ns or
result in wide and extreme variations not only IN .r
intellectual powers, but III their moral isoiud"-.
their seuSbilit;rs, their tastes, mann-T- s.. Et
these things all accidental, the foriGuu .! m...
tunes Of the Individual and with which govr-urr-.'r
Or mems political rights and duties have ~ r"u4-g-
tion The great foundation of eternal la~, fix. o.
the hand Of the AnIghty-that those crrar,I So. ,-.
and therefore designed for like purposes. shall .I "
the same rights and fulfil the same dut.- r'.cr
couies within lis scope thu. true ami lc.;iiipa, go
ycrnment, securing Tins naura! equality 20 ;..i -
ti2ens leaves everything beyond To- the viii ui :"s
individual, to ascend ur descend in the sorri ga
just as hIs industry, ral-us moral worth NAV -
estimated by his fellows.
ThruuShuu tie broad domain or animated a.i~s
each SPeceS has lts sr'c,hr usrS-ts purp"s., s r-
sign, aud in the more elevated-th- human rr,I'.ot
its msslUn written III It's structure by the .iU Lr II
the Almighty and in a language 700 r,ni- ig Nv
mistaken moment. Our experience our comm ~
sense our reasOn rs well instincts mpr Il %
treat woman as woman, having with d,lrr.rf 5r-
ganism different wants tendencies in short, :,~T-
ent nature, which for her happiness n, well -4i
must be recognized and must b- acted on 30. ,t-
der to preserve the moral healtn indeed the pnyr,ri
bealth OF society So, too III respect 10 chjLoni--
to force the infant Ia live ont the llc OF tire *.
grown, the latter IL act il they had the giurr..
ties ot the adult, would not only hr wrong. -lnI r-
pious, but absurd and utterly destructive oi srcr
der, indeed ot very social existence. ST., too u I-.
spect 10 the inferior creatlun-our domestic nH.as
euch species has Its own sprcIh" mature" a:'. &c
wants, specific purposes; and liz we'll h-.nc - wri
our own demand that they b- treated sccurd,G2, =,
The natural relation existing between imi!"iiu. FL:
the species Is equality, salnrnesS"r though IN err
own We great variations. thes" al 'n,
result OF accident, of chanCc Of nnumerSc.p gr.,,
trivances, and which in Europe ac'Gav trau.isr'..G
the only inferior element vi the population WGyo.Fs
into this bogus, bastard or accidental superiority.
Now, were We 10 violate this greut foundation jr7f
our political editcr were We 10 for.e men snt W..
men and children, try to force them to vpt---'3
have n voice in the government ot soclety-to m"nI'
fest equal capacrles-tO fulfil COMMON Gutie-, wL.rs
would this end, this munsir,us su"Iul Cvnr.GCt.ng =
aud aGsurdty terminate Why. IF course, u - ~
tai destruction uf the comrauni:y-ihc univer-a t=.
bauchmen Ui all that is true or good 10. Tie uriG-
raj relation thus lost sight ui there would follow s.l
only could follow, socinl chaos We have r..r
nearly four mlous OF negroes 10 oar mdst, rai "H7
| must soon be ten twenty millions. In-.s us-
| gr"e- except mere haniiut whom .npo-ture ug
misguided philanthropy has transformed into -o.!t
outcasts, H." now III natural posi- on--H r"r.
| mai c"ndtlon. their truo relation in the sT.rrlHs
| white man. II they were not here, another ~.
| quiry might be presented bar they are, 80
| always must remain here, ond destined :.
rapidly multiply here, and THESE arc lac iHnxs ws
must reason These negroes do not vars from 80
there is variation in white aud black-tg.y c'G
specalitles, aud this speciality prrvades
tire being, as wide apart in single hair gionu
of blood or primUrdal atom, III The color y! 10
skin: IN short, this negro Is widely different MS
vastly inferior Species and the existing ris uu ary
ever detective in particulars. IL natural r.ir.E
which springs spontaneously from the n-ces-.Uas L
human existence s.nso fact IS suh"er: to Gs.
munstrate beyond dJuot, or even ih, ar-rtal9H VI
doubt the perfect truth of this assertion. in ~! tU
man experience there Is no Instance where wH,t-r
have Pr0payated themselves, or III other wIj,, y:
when M ;his condition., aud on the contrary, H. ..
gle instance whrrs negroes have propagate "ur1
ont of thus condition. when thrust into the prs;al
| Of white Men, socalled freedom
| Now, nothing is palmer Or less nisakeb!H 'H'n
that the perversion of this rcatiunth- v.r"' =. col,
this natural law Oi white supremacy art BssrC "'.
bordlnaton, must denoraiIzr and ues;roy s"y.n'H.
| must G6bauch and corrupt II u hOus sand tU'- uN-r
more hopelessy than even that following per 81.
son Of the true relations of tn. sexes. cni!1r,a :;
Or in other words the existing relations IL th- rsG
OF the twenty millions Of wbte men HuI ia. .,c .'
| lions of uegrucs-s the bdsi- the rups a.
| Republican .dice which supports the wb0.- Iu:.9
OF our civilization, aud which, II perverted, aur
twenty millions Of white cZrns d'Irad- I" J. -
forced level with these subordinate nrgru"-, ih.G
| of course, that natural equality among white -. q
which constitutes American drinpcI mu.; ~. or~-
rupted, and lost sight OF, aud whole sy-i.u x
into ruin aud desolatiOn. True. the North 40
no uegroes among them may escape this di.tr.-:..
| but will thcyi Democrats must remember tnr' 'a.'
got their democracy from the Snurh. that i, 80
! Jefersons and Madisons who first promu ga'ci T.I
established its glorious truths, aud in spite % the ~
of the Hamiltons and Adams "t the North thu q rrt
the CahOuns and Jacksons " ho Sustained Gn {, l.a
ed these truths-thnt even III lo4D, when n"ar'y .Hs
whole North lay PROSTATE at the feet Ul paye sr-
tocracy, FIVE Southern States We're found far 8. 20
the cause OF democratic equality; In shurt, Narra
Democrats should know, that il slavery w"r'' uy"T
thrown, the Greeeys aud Seward aDi W"r!s q. :
Tom CorSin. would be able to accomplish q" o.. ..
for which their party ha, abprrt for hst ac""'G" go
10 impose upon them bogus or bastard RrpH".riar
sln which except, IN nane, Is li't!e' II any. h"-
| than monarchy itself
| Finally if nnvhng more were needed {" shaw r. =
truth nt Mr.. McDalI - declaration that slaverE 90
the corner Stone OF republican citicr, or IN r'i
gords that the natural relations of wh!tcs 6nJ nc
xrues was the basis Oh which rested the naturu. :e-
| zion or democratic equality -! white men ;h"Bs. .s..
| i, il found n the fact that where on this cs r
outside Of our land, where negroes adu4'Ic- O.
legal equality is there leg I. equality Grnom! "h .
m-u, or, in other word, where ne-rp"s ar "i.aD'
white men s'nr"s Il y. !. Day Book.
SECOND ELECTORAL DISTRICT CoSVE:!io%.
On Monday, the 9th inst, full Attendance of .
delegates OF tho Secnt.d District assembled st y.
chancs Hall in Petersburg WIN the we" I" -.
point delegate. and st-rn.f-a To the Nati"na t1H'
v.uti,,n 10 be held ID Cincinnati IN Juno n"Xt 10
Hon. T. II Campbell art.d ~ Chairman sn! ia.
Bpiss.au and j. r. Mason, E.qrS, acted Il: Sc -
ries With delegates and vi'itor, tile All "a- crnH
ed. and among Others present We ho'ee' ''= H'"'
VIM o. Goode.
a,n,uy tue resolutions passed, were qoI.o . 'sg
effect that the Kansas Bill and the reps II tho N;:'
souri, Compromise. by placing the slavery i!ss'''L
IN the hands uf the people met with the cora III
iorSation Of the Democracy. A'", thst thr O""' VI"
racv of this District endorse and approve 'h- p'.'Y
of Franklin PIERCE " ho.c principles as Cnet S.'f:"
srae challenged the admiration OF our ps''I, HSf"
and South. Yet that the Delegates to 'H., |2"'
lion should NOT receive resTcxs stru,r ~o,s ,o- Oh w
snI.kunwu principles Of Democracy, that D'as
wed"TsI would Ts prrseu,sd such as should be IN a
surit Of D. D-mocracy, true ts tho constitutions! inter
est T. oI pu'. .us Esq., Dr Thompson, OF Dpwiid" z {
v.u,hau E.o + F. Rive, Esq, Co! \ Buit., & /.
X Mead Dr E Cox, Dr. Harrison, q G, Z
D e S."t. E.q., of Greensvii,s Lewis Z H"rvl,.
r.a of Amelia. Tucker Carringtou, Esq, ot
Meckenburg, an,ko,her distinguished sen;len'er, de-
Iyer.d hurn eloquent and patriotic speeches drr's
aft.rnnnn relaIIXe th. ;neriis Of The EELlL.s