Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-02-06

Tree, aui take good care to apply for admission under
Free.Stete constitutions, Tor ouch is or reading oil tue
Kansas act. The letter OF the Federal Constitution
gives you the right 10 propose amendments and nave
your amendments adopted, u yon caa; we nave the
game right, and this right we will exercise wnen We
can. You have clamored for the letter, aud you sna,i
have the letter. and nothing hutrhe letter. You snah
have Your pound of fash bC, neither more nofies.'
nor spill one drop Of blood IN its extraction, for 'sucn
is the law OF Venice Ii your own paintings sini.e
you, i: the spirits you have evoked madden you, y
shall not be q reason for your tearing u4. Our re,
fare = wreDt in the tnion-;hs Union u ours as wei.
IA your,-and You shall not sever il. You pirate Oh
principle and integrity. Is il honest and Just 10 w.
after having forced Us 10 the Constitution, tor you ~
fy from il! Because you suffer you shaii no' "'
strny u.s." :
Such il the language OF demagogues, and be II Jog.
cal or illogical, sophisiical or otherwise, me Jac' ~"
is potent with the Northern masses. IL canuot oe
concealed that III. South has woven the mesh ute
tined 10 bind il fast, il, rather than sever II WIN u
biate of necessity, il div pirates of some abssrart
morality of an unreal world. The law a. awe 70 'nS
law of necessity, and right morality Is the wlsuoui y
the law. Believing the South to be thus caneht nn,
ont ANY fair chance OF extricati0n-dnd thit e"a"',
Msv riN nerer openly eirs-Nor,hern prophecy anu
noilcy, after the abolition of negro slavery anu 'e
absorption of the South, in the manner indich,eu'
revels in the id.n OF the absorption OF Mexlc"' oon
trail America, aud the West Indies, aud OF the eslao
lishment of n general System of hybrid peonage 'n'ho
MAC. of negro slavery, through which cotton. too"cG9'
SUGAR and coffee, the four or At staples of me "oIu'
which these ACQUISITIONS would secure. shan De plo-
ducpd for them by the cheapest labor. III oeco"'es
- ,bara,nre. that the Southern mind has not, az YET,
fnIIv comprehended the North, for the Southern peo'
| ple' in their widest lmagInings on Inc sunlee' nnreuo.
vv.r zone further than the superstition that the aDoi'l'on
~ nayro.slay.ry was the primary and hnal end OF ianat
;o;sm Rest assured that the abolition Of negro-slave-
| rv /, founded in the policy rather than the iansticism
Of The North, and so far from being The CHIEF enc o:
| that policy, it constitutes but AL obstacle to lis pro-
| gr.ss necessary to be overcome. This policy COP.
\ l. tha continuance of fha Tnipn after ernAucl-
patton ana u temporary war Uf races at the South,
with greater prosperity aud energy than ever. The
millions who are determined IN il, say that the "Con.
sti,utiou speaks only Of servants and not of 'slarcs;
service and seryiiude are one thing, and slavery is Il
different thing. Peorage will only be servitude,
which is sanctioned BY the letter Of the Constitution.
The abolition ot negro.slsvery aud the establish.
ment of psoaage elbows only respect aud obedience
10 the Constitution. Hence they contend that they
are the Union and Constitutional parry. aiming at the
true advancement an! glory Of The nation, aud seek
ing the largest benefits to the white races of man.
Whereas the South are Ouly intent on the m8inte-
nance of negro slavery. a mere class interest and the
most expensive of all labor, through a forced, unnat-
ural, and unconstltutionGl condition of Things 10 the
detrimeut of The full vigor of The Conf-deracy aud
the injury OF a vast maturity of citizens"
Property holders ut the North imbibe this policy,
because they see in il q continued diversion ut danger
from themselves for centuries 10 come through that
long line of ages when tho Territories shall! be absorb
ed, when tho South shall be absorbed, when Mexico
shall be absorbed, when Central America and the
West Indies, shall be absorbed, and when the day la
boring aud no property masses OF those disian! times
{ shall press upon the means Of Subsistence whereas,
il the %asrarien population OF the North shall be re-
strieted 10 their preseu, limits, the nour Is not remote,
when the battle of agrariaElsm would have to be
fought on Northern ground.
The religious sec!aries Of the North, also for the
mo.t part imbihs this policy, because, without inter
fering with their minor differences OF rule and cere'
mony, il serves TO unite them on comnon Catholic
ground. from which they may war With more force
than ever aggin.t The principle 81 epi5copacy. or Sa6
ordination in church government aud church ieackhag
wherever found, and whether associated with Protes'
tsn,ism or RoIngnisIn but as Romanisn controls the
most powerful episcopal religious establishment in
the country, their first Efforts have been and are d.
rect-d against the ko,nieh church, regarding the Pro
t-stant Episcopal denomination a. only a pigmy in
corn parison, TO he easily disposed OF afterwards They
| fency they Bee in this policy, aided and assisted
by the sectarisn pulpit, not only d method to
strike from the slave bis fstters in the Southern
States, but also, the bhsis of Il grand narmc-
NOUS movement of combined Professionalism 10
e1pel Ro,nauism from the Continen; Of America,
by which their sway would become equally enlarged.
The great religious. struggles OF modern history have
all been founded in the contentious between the priu
ciples of Ca.vsuis;ic insuj0rdiHdniism aud Episcopal
suLordiaantism The frstis icN.oclastic in all things.
The s-coud teaches r--pccf and reverence in ali things.
The frat aids ell effOr. 10 destroy The Constitution.
The second sssisis al effort TO maintain TIE Con,tiiu.
\ u " huN UCuiSa VA wv Piluh psC VI CplENOpuIJ
ia church government, understand that il is only in
aud tlrough the Constitution their religious rights are
permanently assured, and consequently, it they suffer
the instrument to be Invaded either III respect To ne
gro. slavery, or in any other respect, the way becomes
upeu 10 an Invasion of those clauses that guarantee
religious liberty. Eonce, the Episcopa! church suci-
cites uf Inc Softi. havs never separated from thos. OF
ths South. like tbs rest and h-nce their members,
particularly those OF the Romish church, rushe. 10 The
re.cue OF The Constitution in 1850, aud sustained MIR.
Pierre Tor The Presidency in 1852, sud Nr. Buchanan
in 1856. Strike out +plscophcy from the North, and
10 conservatism would there reinnin, 80 friendly aid
TO The South. no stay IN euppor: 0t the Constitution.
A policy SO large aud furuible and full o. attractive
fe.iares, end sustained by so powerful! a combination
OF party eieInehis sad suc!al cruses, can only be re-
listed successfully by az instantaneous, rasGiute, .li.
ted. and concentrated Southern movement.
But let the tide Of Northern population and North.
arm policy roll IN uuiInpeded in Its cour-e. and when
IL comes &c wash out negro slavery the eye Of forecast
may distinguish the nation draining a cup Of agony.
In the los. Of the cotton crop, and IL. suspension OF
the trade, commerce, and manufactures, that would
necessarily ensue, civil dIssentioas would arise n the
North q. we'll ia in lbs South, and foreign nations too,
deeply interested IN existing affairs, would ~interpose
foreign arms 10 ~beiIE:eh the general CONFUSION and
alarm the riines. This, however, Northern 6elna.
yogues regard as prep"sterous, aud deceive :heir peo'
pie into the belief that the struggle would be bu,
temporary, ana that every difficulty would pass from
the face Of Inc great progressing wave Of the white
mans destiny lik. Il .etiug anI unimpressive bubbles
from the suriase Of the ocean. The !oss Of negro
slayc labor they Say i'll be Instantly supplied by that
of peon services. The blo!iin2 out of the 'aristocrati.
Gal institutions of the South wiI! be- immediately
followed by the establishment CT Radical Democrs.
tic institutions; and these changes will not effect
the States OF the South any more than the pos
session of the capital o! q government by opposing
forces destroys the government Itself" Admit their
! reasoning, aud the full benefcence Of their policy
that may co;Ee 70 :nborn generations, who can fail 10
see its attainment at the coat E.d sacrifice OF ten mil
lions Of LIVING Christians! Such Elonotr0us evil with
such mighty good would exhibit TO the world Satan
in new rebellion against the Almighty.
Such, err, ere the issues which :he natural flow OF
events. prrd;catei upon the triumph of tie asrarian
party in 1860, and the after contin4a..r- Of the Union
will absolutely evolve. Existing premises nave their
inevitable conclu ions. The conflict between the
North ana he South has been, is. and ever will be
sectional in tie character, with millions of no-proper-
ty men. pressed by necessity, and impeiled by inter.
set, combined with th0usGnds o! property men, drawn
by their fears 10 The junction, occupying q harsher
climate on the one eide, arrsyed against a less united.
v;gorOuc, aud energetic, bur more refined people,
living in more 9snsrc! comfort, and occupying a
CLINE stamped with the ''fatnl gift Of beauty" en-
d.svorlng to maintain their status on the other side.
For the great struggle of 1861 the forces of the North
are already an embatrled host. ready 10 gain the
point d'oHons Of The future. The South have no
longer time for thought, they have only time for ac-
ton. What then shall be your aotioal What action
shall patriots take everywhere all over the land,
! North, South, East, and West, 10 avert the threaten
ei ~rslamities of the nationl Ilhn proridsncs rM
good men .nrofs 10 prcserre tie Union an us bcnrf
ceaee IL all, or % sn.dsr tor The SAFETY of nNl |
NAV be excused for having alarmed YOU with the
truth. but the wisdom Of yourself aud coInpeer. must
devise the remedy for the dangers suggested. If.
however. ] shall further unburden my mind. / shall
answer the pregnant question, stated, frankly and
irlpartially, without fear or favor rs TO men, and
with no regard TO Gught save he future ssno,ionings
Of history, after the manner OF whn; l. here set down.
hsve the honor to be, very respectfully yours.
PYTHON.
DECEMBER 20, 1856
n. B.-siR Slice concluding the ehnve epistIe |
have had placed i'll ny hands the December number
o. Pufuoms's Magazine" the leading Review ofthe
Black Republican party, ard 1 cal: your serious at
tinn 10 the article it contains, ieaded 'ihs late sise-
ton" in s1Ppor, o: various positions charged by me
upon thn. party.