Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-01-09

y, gre ,-7r eiif+ts :t;o .;!:c' go w.; h:. s
ij,nir nation o. .aaguas. Ray be-
Tie revival Of ;he sn'. , .ii';o M .'nrs
49,. ""i W So. Of tie North American Union and
"aui go Ga Evep 60 we have omitted all mention OF
snn,Ler main difficulty OF !helr position. Not ohiy
,rnn,o ,h,y tud against them The hand OF every CIVIL
lied no. cltilen OF inc Nor't AnlericT' ,h
nnt in IN. States themselves they would DO IN the
minnry Tue South, us ye:, has he'd he Own against
~. North, because the Southern leaders have been
r superior 20 iher anniversaries i'll energy, III S'a'es
manship aud above all III union.
Ii Ia, however, notorious that the Northern Stalcs'
in which hot merely the slave trade, but slavery Us
domestic insii,ulon is held to be sin and an Outrage
upon human nature, leave :helr Southern coniPor.o
far behind both in power, in wealth, ana ~ lo
al development Now, making every allowances ~,
the intensity of patriotism IN inc No S..,s. wnuId
Union il 10 probable that the Northern S.A'e'
heartily back up their Southern brethren IN u
AGAINST mankind, aud in q cause whion lucy 'nen''
selves hold 10 be- accursed . =. ,.,
We will not do more than edd ae tou." ~ ,,'e
ch.erles. picture, the possible and probable con.ih'
yencss Of servile war. When the larger nan VI inc
States and AL the civilized nations OF Inc "o''u ne,e
e.puusrg The cause of The negro, u ,s 10. Ses
that the 100 0OO negroes now held IN o"ias " '"e
,nu,hwsrd ot the black equator would hoi seoner OF
make ,heIr way upon the scene in al unpleasant
manner. Again, one OF The strongest reasons WIZ
are urged in fsyor Of their views by the mos, active
members OF This new propaganda is 'ha. .oG
for COTTON ia increasing, while the supply Is nearly
stationary, aud that the siuggishnes7 OF Pfeouc'o'
depends upon the deficiency OF labor.
We have no hesitation in saying tha' tne eae.. ~
the siayetrade propagandism, II II ever shouu aail
higher proportions than those oil an eecI'ohee'lie
move, would ultimately be to throw the COTTON erouno'
of the United States out OF the market atoGelner-
As soon as il was known that the were
in earnest such exertons would be USED " procure
cotton from other quarters that the article would IN
al!ibly BIZ obtained. The thing has never YET oeel
seriously tried but, given the motive the RESULT "oui.
soon follow. We should no. shrink from any transi
tory Inconvenience, however serious una. incouVe
niance might be. We should be compelled to lncu
er;evous losses and TO submit to heavy msfortunes
but we have done so before in the same cause, ana
morrow would do go again ,..,.,
| II is our earnest wish that what we have writer
NAV be taken as friendly warning, for we ar
yri.yed TO see the leaders Of the Southern States en-
| terjng upon so false course. We believe them, q
regards the treatment OF their slaves, TO nave as
body, suffered much from exagGcratlon and calumhy
They are moreover, in 30 ptrpleSlns position ina
not even those wi no rail the oudest against them ca
suggest any feasible method Of getting out OF the diff
tcuItv We have never yet heard the magical ~"r'
compensation pronounced by the most ierVent 20
otonist of the Northern States. We shall think IN
better of their sincerity when we find them proposing
a federal tax for raising The funds necessary for buy
ing ND the negroes their present market value
What we have said, then, not said III any un!rielo
spirit to the Southern planters Lst theni however
take care that their present difficulty does not oecom
perpexed tenfod by the ventilation Of 30 wild pro
tect "A a revival of the African slave trade II cal
scarcely be sound policy, now that thor do'nesti
opponents are so Formidable 10 huri gauntlet III III
face OF Europe, and 10 get the feelings anu opno1
| of humanity at open delancn.