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

relieving provision for the aSrarian raople eeise.
where made how in despite 0n ,na. pn". . a.
each and to all the States, the agrarian masses are
coaxed aud paid to svacuate the North, and to set
tie in territories from whence they are nireo ana eG
cited to expel the South, aud where no re6elhons OF
ihe belly. nor battles of the rapacious hirelipgs. can
sndanger the tenure of property In Northern hands'
This writer presents undeniable events and resist
less reasons for the belief that the party clemens ana
social causes which secure direcuon 70 Not'nerh pun.
oy can never, be resisted with success, If the present
opportunity shall escape, without an early, resolute
and concentrated action throughout tie Southern
States.
h. r. lar him persist and persevere. And the strong
loud voice of the people will demand his name anu
the highest honors Will contribute to reward him.
From De Bows Review, February, 1857
THE RELATIVE POLITICAL STATUS OF THE
NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
A sense of de!icacy and ~propriety has Induced US
70 withhold from our readers the real name OF Inc
writer Of the following epis,le, as vel! as that u me
| distinguished citizen whose address II bears. lne
daring truths untolded render it improper that the
name of ths suthor should be given to the public,
and his views may be considered as addressed 10 one
patriot as well as another, without oetrac'lng from
their force. We regard the analysis made IA com
nIa,e. the facts stated indisputable, the positions as
su,n.d u~nan.we.able and the dangers Presented as
actually existing in every particular, and worthy 'ne
most serious attention Of The whole mind OF The conn
ffv. SSlQOm HGNS VI NV u " VI oeSA e"rN
pitude so thoroughly comPrehendeG and sententinus
lv expressed. the country demands tde pen OF the
writer, and we evoke il again for our pages.
WAsHr.oroy CRY, Nov. g. 1858.
SIR I prpsume TO ADDRESS You as one OF !he most
nrom;pent, Influential. and snergetio leaders OF the
peoro .layehulding States, and ss q patriot OF power
In the Union, concerning matters ~!nvol'iog the lot
tunes of the CUBfrderscy.
Demagogues have only partially unveiled theIr de.
signs. Stat.-tnen have no, seen the whole a.pect Of
the times. Patriotism has not tally awakened 20 the
neril of the country. The exoirements OF q psrtizan
contest for the Presidency, such as that through
which We have just passed. although admirably cal
| cnlsted 10 originate ingenious inquiry and sophisticnl
argument, constitute, after all, d poor school OF poll.
cal philosophy. During this contest the motives and
policy of Great Britain in throwing the fre.bIsnd Of
fn.natical discord in the midst OF our political edince.
have been somewhat treated, and the purpose of
( .Black Repub!icanisn'' have been somewhat d.
ylust. But The my.,.ry Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the reason why Know No.hinRisin has been absorbed
nv Black Repubiicanislp-the acceptance Of Black
Republicapisrn by the nnn.slaveholding State.-and
the present attitude OF public affairs rs associated
with p~arty-require for their solution the calm ensly.
ii. of the studio sud a coalition apart from the corr
| rsutions of the hour. IL has bsen my peculiar des;'
nv from early youth to the present day to have been
placed in circumstance that enabled me 10 scan close.
" the movements Of The age, without being involved
in their heats, whilst, at the came time. The tendencies
of my mind have copstartiy led me TO PROBE ine va
rious lines o. moral, religious. and political causation
around me, and 10 trace all questions 10 their essential
philosophy. purpose in this communication 10 sub.
nit 10 your Judgment the aspect Of the times, the de.
'gns Of the demnsogues, aud the peril OF the couii'
Try.
Comparing the pas, history az republics with tie
prssen: Of ours. and scru'In!zing the lines Of analogy
between them, | fnd in the principle Of aSrcrsdasm
the csuse aud ct crs: Of our troubles. The mind con
yersant with those great struggles Of antiquity that
originated in the agrdrian prociIviiies OF Improperly
classes, always clasning with the interests OF proper
~ holders, invariably leading to the Dissertation Of
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al goverement, discovers IN them the prototype Of all
| that now exists, and all, I fear, that muet follow in
our Confederaoy. Substitute the United States for
Rome in The pages Of Sallust. and il will be seen that
eminent writer dellneates much that !s passing before
10. From the nature Of things with u,-tbe South
eru States being sievsholdinS and sgricu turaI, and
Withholding FROM their slaves the right Of suffrage
and all participation in government, whilat the North
Tern States hold no slaves, are commercial and MANU-
featuring, and extend to all alike the right Of suffrage
and partici patton in governnrni-it has cone to pars
on the one hand, that the citizsns Of Ihs South are,
for the most part, property-h"lders and conservative
iu their political character, while, on the other hand,
those Of the North, for the most part, hold no pro
prrty, and are agrarian IN their political character
Under thi. state Of sectional relation, ii it 10 DO won.
dered at that denagngues, for purposes Of ambition,
should be able 10 direc, the envy Ind jealousy Of the
redundant M property masses Of the North against
Tho ~intsrests Of ths proper,y.ho;ders of the South D
The wonder would be were II otherwise. Without
the intervention OF The territories the dem.gogue
would have found it quite easy to provoke the hos.
fility of the day. labOring, ian6less multitude uf the
North, against the lanG.owuiDg and slave owning
masses Of the South. But when the territories ar.
considered, the no property hordes of the North
would be unnatural descendants Of Jacob, and
falae to the seal Of passion, avarice, and fraud
stamped upon that race of whom he 10 the type, il
with the power of numbers The advantages OF the
ballot. and their own unhappy necessities, they're
sisted the opportunities Of the demngngue and made
no struggle for their possession. They would have
| ballad their pafure If thew had not dra Wn the eWpr6
where necessary, as thry haze drarn Al, nsrsr again
TO- be ,heathed tnhihe the Caion holds, for Kansas and
every part of unnccupied territory belonging to the
Government, to the entire exclusion of Southern c;;i.
aens and their slaves. Next to the war ut racrs The
war of classes in respect 10 property Is the most ter.
rible, relentless, and destructive. and once begun
only ceases when Gespotism has been born from nm
arcby. II 10 too true that the sgrsrian nemesis Of
oil popular governments has arisen, PhoeniI-Iike,
from the dead ashes Of the past. and with furies,
whips, scorpions. and fagofs in her train, as Of old,
stalks abroad in our land. hoarsely itsrating her an.
cient shiboleth Malta Pssttgia retrorSam!"
have traced the gradual development Of this foul
monster upon the statute books Of the Northern
states. and in its associated forms, privately and pub.
licly, during the last thirty years. II has been grow.
ing and gathering strength continuously and various.
ly all this while. 1t has, by force Of law. stricken
down the concentration of capital. by warning upon
raonopolies-by prohibiting executions in civil suits
from taking Effect on ICES than three hundred dollars
of vslue-by emepda ion. of The Law Of landlord ana
tenant, through which, landlords have been more
and more subjected TO the will Of depraved and dig
honest tenanis-by separating estates between men
and women in the married state, multiplying the
causes Of divorce, and expanding the grounds Of
maintepance-by compelling property. holders to be ar
all the burdens of government, and to ~liquida;e the
onerous txnciions OF municipal corporaIions-nnd
nv forcing the rich to educate, out Of their pockets.
the children of tho poor, as well as those VIII" are
~nobody'e children. These, with many other enac'.
menrs Of eimilsr import, indicate ihe biows siruck
by the no-propsT,y masses Of tbs North, through
their representatives. 10 State legislatures. sga:rsS n"
property holders In their midst, prior Ia fhn introdue
ton of the quesfoD of he territories and The diver
sion Of their Efforts 70 tie areua Of general politics
Under tho action Of universal suffrage, how could
tho legislative bodies Of the North avoid ENGRAVING
on their statute books tho measures of asrarlanism7
Those bodies have been, and are. necessarily hut thu
e1ponents of the no property masses. Let us look
TO the population Of Philadelphia as a fair illustra
ton, in these respects. Of the population OF the North,
for wberea. agricnllur, lcomnuniri.s apr ad over sur-
faces, commercial and manufacturing communities
concentrate m cities, in addition to which farr Phi.
ladelphia. in herself, suppli.e US with a liberal exam
pie. In Philadelphia there are not less than i've
hundred thousand inhabitants, and out of this nun
Der not moro than City thousand against whom an
execution in a civi! suit could take effect. The pro
portion between the no property class-s and the pro
perty olssses, IN Philadelphia, st-nds as ten Of III.
former 10 one Of the latter. These figures extended.
as they may os without fear OF exasgeration, to the
entire population o. the non slavehoiding States, es-
tmatins mat PocPulation at eighteen millions, would
give. at least sixteen millions OF citizens who own
nothing, opposed to not more than two millions Of
Property-holders. With such a preponderating ma.
ioriiy, and under the ru.a Of universal sufYrag-, oan
anything % more simple than that all the powers OF
their State governments, and The representative
branch of the General Government, should be- sub
jectsd TO the former, and thai ambitious demagoeues
should court their favor by exciting their lustfr. appe
tj,es and p~anoering TO their necessitiss7 Can any.
thing be more simple than that they should have
been taught by d-maShgues, or else have learned,
through their own reaectinas, the extent Of their po-
li'ic,i dominion, and that they should have swayed
legislation in the line OF their Interests, with tho de
termination hereafter TO enforce their mandates with.
a higher hand7 Power sl~sys has been, and ever
will be- in practice. the Law Of right, whose steel