Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-02-01
AN INFAMOUS LETTER.

The vilcs. aud most dangerous enemies OF the
South, are those Northern men who, sustained by
the genial hospitality Of our people, avail themselves
| of their position 10 sting their bencfnc"rs. 4 few
DAYS since Yankee teacher narrowly escaped lynch
ing in Lexington, Kentucky, for foul libel upon the
Sunh contained in letter to Ohio. We have now
before us n letter written from B0ltmorc and pub
lished III The Ncwhuryport lAluss.l Herald. We
make the following extract 10 show the mischievous
character of the writer. Such developments should
stimulate Legislature to the adoption of the most
stringent and efficient for the punishment oI
the abolition cmssaries, who come into State to
General Assembly will devise proper system oi
legislative remedies for the crying evil, and that
Governor Wise will see that the laws will be viGo--
ously enforced:
| The free blacks are very numerous in the border
States and some uf them, smart and active are pos
srssrd Of wealth, and teach their children t. read:
and from them goes the story OF the freedom OF the
| North. But more still is it advanced by the "under-
ground cnrporation,' that has lis Runners and agents
all through the border States. This organization
J was commenced by Rev. {. 7. Tory, who died III
prison iur his agency in running slaves. over whose
| grave a very handsome monument III honor ol The
act which was here crime, i erected at Mount Au-
buru TORY was a man Of education and great en-
crgy aud honesty, though wild and nnaticaI in his
views aud acton. He WIS rather looked upon ~ n
martyr than otherwise, ana his death added to the
/ fame which it was expected to quench The trans
upon this underground rail road are just rs regular
/ now as upon the Eastern that passes through S"ui
city, ant its passengers within ten years Gun b'
counted by thousands the fugitive slave law to the
contrary ut its running not" outstanding.
One u' the pledges that Gov Wise ot Virginia Is
TO fulfil, is break up the system and Plni,i- han-
-;!r conductors and engineers: and IN" Nrg!nai'
are now active to duv means to save their Walking
property. The following is their proposed mode I"
action A. embodied in resolves passed by citizens o
Gu"c.lland County:
"Rrsolvrd, As the opinion Of this meeting tha: :ht
| lawrs- ouragcs pcrpctrated by the Northern Abo
tioni,;s nn the ghts nf Southern slavchoirr- iher
and should receive the scvereSt penalties oil the Ia"
anl. therefore,
"R..olved That the punishment for stealing sav.
sbouiI hp d.nh thnt all accessories before or are
,h" rre, .h"uld be &C. S""%ch ,S asvrs III ,ns sp"u m ,n'
concealed should be with their carcocs couiiScncd
and in order more ciicctually To detect kldnappcr
IN tins neiariOus business. in all where man
/ suspected the testimony oi the slave should be itn
lnis-lc evidence against him on his tGia that wher
an effort iras been made To induce slave {" nb-r"n,
fron hi. master TIM, effort, though it fail should b
felony aud punishable by confinement III the pen'ten
tarv; that our pilots, employed III their vocatoI
On the Chesapeake Bay, and its waters be authorize
10 board anv suspected vessel, and III order To secure
them from that the said pilots and their
b,. ,..ciuay armed at the cost uf the State In il
event OF the capture of n vessel in this cioni"us hu-l
ness and her cuniisca!nn and SALE the proct''!8 "
the said sale should 90 to the captors 10 be cqna!l!
divided among them.
! RESOLUTIONS will not affect the matter one way OF
the other, and slavery must grow weaker aid wcake
| till il dies. Yours, NC, ''phN'