Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-04-29
tu' me ER2nurr.
PUTNAM'S ABOLITION MAGAZINE.

Messrs. Editors: by the nerest accident the April
No. of Putnam's Magazine recently fell into my
hands. My attention WIS immediately arrested by
an article under the head o! "rLe Real Question
which is nothing more les. than one of The most
nntounded, barefaccd, menducuus attacks upon thr
South and upon the Constitution that ever elunated
from the most braZeu cxpolrnt of Abu, Ion fans.i.
cism ana beg little of your space si,Hp!y 10 ex.
press my amazemcnt thai any Snutherner should b..
wiling to contribute oi his means to sustain such
sheet Far be it from me to shrink from ju,r ar.
guinent OF tho question: whether rral" ur i!aiginu-
ry in its aspect. We can afford 10 discuss it fully and
freely, especially with the help nt such chanpiuns H.
the Rev. Nehemiah Adams But is it not q shame,
that magazines, which, to say The least a-r.
be!oued by nothing. that is false indecent, should
be left 10 struggle through feeble existrnce--,o
wi.her and die simply for the wan; Of support, while
our bookstores, reading and private parlors are
supplied daily with ia. vapd illusions ot these eu!a-
ciOus Abolition srrbbrrs, and their p;rses lined with
Southern subscriptions nave 10 idea of nlctirg
upon your readers review o the article alluded
Easy enough would be- task but il il utterly beneath
such notce-not worth the powder il would lake TO
explode II. ] wish merely tu call attention To few
extracts, md aek my fellow citizens of the South, il
they can hnd il in their conscences any longer To toll
crate and pay for such lying stuff. Now, gentlemen
oi the South, VINO are aboring under the deusiuu
that yeu sand on the dyens"r-hat You are .'morc
sinnrd against Than SHINING" what think you of
this
"Ihe men of the North, who are born 10 freedom
are begirt by an Intolerance more exclusive than
that which disgraced the Ostracisin of the Atheniau
Demos, or the intcrdicts of the meduvn! NJ .c-.
The men of New England and New New YORK Ne
yet called upon 10 ad0 the peculiar sentiments
of the men of Georgia ana Texas, Mt least to hold
their Tongues from :hr emerii" Of criticism dsnp
provnl, on pain Of }loitiedi haai>hmsm. Let them
but whisper abroad any Gis isparayeneut of slave
ry, though il We're in the irendlest tone. with the
sinccrest CONVICTIONS and aishtway they mark
ed NEIL"
The author compares South Carolina and Massa.
chusetts, physically, morally and intellectually. Let
us look at a specimen: ION the one side is pnRy
and URprnltfc int -ectua 0rtirHV on the other an
intellectual activity which leaves no child nnaught,
and scarcely man un,rtered. On the one side il n
society irrevucably divided into cas.s where de.
based and inferior race grows in numbers and
strength, TO the increasing embarrassment of the
pernr race, and amidst ne dfrsi0R Of he ciri9:'i
~orid; while on the oher is homogeneous society
whsre every man enjoys the neans Of the blghest
culture, and the securest happiness, aud the future
erpqRds and brightns with new prospects OF social
achievement" Hold still poor South Cnrolina! just
nnc more rip.l Every Year is plugging South Caro-
| lima into deeper troubles and dangers, from which
her most sagacious aud even hopeful minds nn es
cape but civil war; while every year is lighting Mas
| sachuse;ts toward q nnre secure and beuguunt cm
hence OF Christian civilization"
But, my Southern friends did you know tina! III The
'pnuy,' "unpro!ihc" state of your "intellectua 0c
hcIy,' You have betrayed the most unpardUmabl
lEhoFanrr I'D Huppos.iE liat ourlerlsm, MOm"rltnl
Free love, &c, were such naughty thingsf Behol,
now. and learn
"Al the excitemenis Of il free society," however
all lis 'SmS and vagari-s are scarcely tTt as rrds.-
Beyond The temporary lerment they uccasion no on,
Is t"Orss t0r H'm." (8'cJ
One more tand 'scrougcr" it a,j and leave
| Putnamo Magazine 10 those whose taste il suits.
ut Is in Southern society, consequently, that per
sonnl and mobucratc violence is rifesl 1t is ther.
that schemes Of ilibusterSIn aru principally engrn
| Of Ia n rtn.
aganst the Union is q iavorite method Of dscnssion
| G. +. II.