Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-30

ry Whig candidate for the Senate. ovcra Dem
ocrat \ correspondent informs us that Mr.
Moore avowcd in his address antSlavery SEN
tncnts:
For The Enqp'rr.
HON JOlISLETCHER AND SAMUEL McD. MOORE, ESQ.
Mc,,rs. Edi,or~--Itis il admitted that Mr. I.c,chcr,
in lsai warmly advocated the election Of Samuel
McD. Moore Wlirl in opposition 10 Jacob Bay ylor
in his published address Ia the voters OF the district,
DISTINCTLY REMEMBER. AvOWED ANTI
SLAVERY SENTIMENTS Of TIE MOST Ran
CORUuS CHARACTER. AND DENOUNCED
THE GREATEST CURSES THAT HEAVEN. IN
IT'S WRATH. EVER INFLICTED On AN Of
PENDING PEOPLE. The address was published,
presume in all the Lexington and Staunton pa
p.r- and possibly in the Richmond W Whiy." also
Do Mr,srs. Editors di-ncr il aud bring il 20 the
light, that tie people of Virginia iiy see what are
the sentiments and policy III relation 10 slavery. Of
the Whig, Moore. whom Mr. lctchcr cNcrtcd him
sell. 10 hs utmost. 70 send t. the Senate Of Virginia,
in preference to the Democrat Baylor. Did Nr.
lr;rcr prefer Moore hcali>c they were both leading
n,,nhc,- of DR. i.u.fnrr anii-,aycry larty, and 10
carry out the policy Of .ha, party.
y SIAvEmuLpgE.
In lsi7, Mr. Lctchcr solicited "A calm aud
conclusive argument against slavery, the
very document his friend and supporter,
the Editor Of the THE South" pronounced,
in all the charity Of special friendship,
-, PIECE or FOLLY roR WHICH We CAN SCARCELY
VENTURE AN APOLOGY MICH LESS \ IrSTirIcA-
TioX," and, in regard to which same document,
'rue Sorrm" ASSURED TIE 'WHrG OF Orr M
1r,rArloS FOR THE SENTIMENTS or DIX. RurrSERs
ADDRESS" "'rhe South further chargcd-that
the address -. EVIDENTLY An ATRoCIors LIBE.
on TUE SOCIAL SYSTEM of THE SorTII rs well As
: MOST rNrulLosorHlCAL ASp INACCURATE RE-
PRESENTATION OF TIE POLITICAL ANp ECONOMICAL
INFLUENCES or SLAVERY.
The charity. not even Of The South, could
deny that 1.-THE letter to which his name is at
tached, very distinctly adopts the conclusions
of the atl,lreSs-and then frankneSS demands
of The South" to say las we are responding to
the "Whig" in spirit Of the utmost unrcseree,
me rW FRANKLY own this to be an ENEARKAs
SING BUSINESS for Mr.. Letcher'S .rriends." Here
then iS Mr. Lctchcr's devoted friend and sup
porter condcnning him and the address in
unnistakcablc terms. And why should we nOmi.
nate him with the "en.JarrSsing busines,"
hanging over him. Why will not the editor
of ''Thc South cast his proxies for some man
who has not this embarrassing business" To
clog the actions Of the party:
Mr. Lctcher' friends urge in excuse Tor him,
that unathorised interpretations were made by
Dr. Ruifner This is cmpha,ically dcncdby the
reverend Doctor. and in that issue of vera
city We do not propose TO take either side
certainly not against man Of so eminent piety
and virtue as Or. RufIncr.
In lSj0-when a member of the Reform
Convention, Mr.. Lctchcr said:
The ac, is ,ha; gentlemen oi the East, i'll view
ins these matters, have but one idea in their heads.
and that il negro ology. l.aught.r. They never
can scc beyond il; and to their peculiar notions re-
spcc;ing lis rcpctuation, every thing else must he
made to conform They have more boardcrs NJ the
public house cf entertainment, in this city, kept hy
Col. Charlie. = Morgan, aud known Is tn" Pcniten-
;iary. than NC have. Laughter Let f- look NJ the
Penen,iarv statistics and am sorry 10 SAY 10 my
friend from Accomac that his portion Of the State is
exceedingly we'll represented in the ns"i'i! ruelie
institution. can only accoun; Tor il. from the ac,
tia: Norfolk is in his ncighborhooi.
''Mr. VISIT il alxaTs our habit IL send our
rcglcs abroad. and not Keep them amongst u.s.
Laughter
Mr. Lr1cIlLr.-liu, you take very good care to
send them where they will i've supported ut the public
expense. Laughter You send them here 10 the
public boarding house, where we have 20 contribute
our sharc of the money necessary 10 Keep np the
establishment commend this item 10 the coilride-
ration OF gentlemen who talk about paving all the
taycs. and getting none OF the benefits Underwater
is fully represented there. She has sent II white
persons and u negroes BY the way, while upon the
last subject let me remark. that in free negroes that
of
any community, and one that ought to hc retained
among us.i yon OF the East hent us oil hollow
Laughter And i, must be- remembered. that upon
this population, or rather upon the taxes levied nron
them. propose in part. at least to base rcprcscn
ta,ion. From Piedmont you have sen, - whites alid
Is negroes And now, hn" is it OF the Western rdc
Of the Blue Ridge, with majority "f ?3."m white
peoples From Tic Valley We have sen; IL whit" and
;hrce coor.d conyics: and from the trans Arghany
81 whites and coorcd conycts 80 that the result,
II, figured up shows tina. Eastern Virginia has. IN
in that State hotel. $50 hoardc-s and Western ''rG,
mia bu, ~ Now, imagine that gentlemen would
have claimed moral superiority over us also had they
been aware Of these facts. Laughter. But i'll put
ting ur their claims other grounds, they seem t.
have forgotten 10 refer tn these important statistics,
which demonstrate so clearly the moral superiority
Of Eastern over Western Virginia. should like 10
know whether these boarlers, III the rsntentiary,
are counted as part Of the population here. and per
mittod III the bs-is Of representation: I" weigh
against the honest men of the West. How L. II -
the information. What SAY, my friend, over the
way.
:. Mr. Scorr. oi Richmond.--I do not think they
constitute part ol the population Of Richmond OF
sny other part Of the East.
Mr.. IKrcHEE.-l OIL think not
Mr. Scnrr. cf Richnond.--I think not. Bu;
would remind my friend from Rockhridge that many
of the hoardcr- in the pcntentiar,, 'ent from this
cty arc those who have come among u from "'l!er
sections.
Mr. LEr,mEE.--l know how il i. in my county.
\ great man, rngucs come there from Eastern |irgi-
nin and are sent from there here Laughter; !
think may say. that not more than one na'ife-horh
citizen OF Rockbridyr ha- been sent to the pcnit'n-
tiary from that county, for the la.t hve or NIX ycar'
What argument in favor of the white basis
can he derived from such gratutous invectivcS
against the Eastern section Of the State
As Grccncsvillc county has given Mr.. Lctchcr
vote Of confidence, ii may not heinappropriatc
to quote his opinion Of that county. ~ expressed
in the Reform Convention:
There il another point I" whrih wish t" refer.
! The distinguished gentleman from Grccnesvillc.
Mr. CuAMBIs, tells us, that he represents twenty
i've thousand negroes TINS floor, and | trust he
will pardon me, il call hi- attention 10 some Of the
distinguishing evidences OF superiority. which mark
his district The district is composed nj the coun
ties of Grecnesvillc, Southampton. Sanreinond Isle
of Wight Sussex aud Surry, and they have popu-
lr,ion Of Is, 900 white people, s6.2 slaves, and pay
a tax Of $ls.57y. They have also large number Of
free negroes og, almost many ~ there are in ul
Western Virginia. They have Of those who canno,
read and write s.ss' out OF population Of 1000,
There are ZOO slave owners. i'll that district and
tbey own these .6,..l negroes. Well, how is it in
other respects! Why some Of these Counties are
travelling the down hill road, if n!ay judge iron
the assessmen; OF their lands. The county Of
Grecncsvle has fallen since ls.o very considerably,
.,,l,, ~ NQl III
something like 81. Is the acre. they have fallen now
to tssa an acre and so is in sandry other counties
in the SAME district which might mention. How
is it in the West tha, neglected portion Of the State
Our lands have been advancing i'll pnce, our taxable
property has been increasing, and the amounts ",
pay into the treasury have been augmen,ng annual
fy."
Aal "a .haz- kn.r Eactarr, rnan rccaircd this