Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-04-06
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dsr 20 strip Us Of home snd .hUitct, etiots no Su
CT Mexico into the Island Of Cu1a ny .io ns"ti
appetite, and voracious demands OF nee laooi aaa
Supreme judiciary il to be corrupted anu uesa 49,.
because the present illustroul bench mas Osen n"e
to its oath and the Constitution; thus 10 make CIV,
bondage sure by securing an infamous app,u I'D
| vicious and unconstitutional laws oy o''' ""'
| plant judiciary. =;
If these things shall continue and be persisted III
every man must perceive that the alternatives pre-
sented to the South will be ruin, di'gface anu JUN
age, on the one hand, or Independence VI isI Pelso
cutors and oppressors on the other one WIN oe
PEELED to assert her inaliensble right' anu refuse
longer submission to the laws Of perverted onion'
pretended to be passed under Constlut'Vn WIZ
has been only desecraied but destroyed. Whstner
the spirit which ia indicated byhese events, WIN na
ly prevail and its purposes be contaminated as et 90
we cannot, predict. We would humoiy pray W uou
that they may not, for we would, II We cou'u peipo
tuate the Union Of the States under 1ne
as s immortal founders madeit we would prele.
to die az we have lived. under one Gag. with one
nsme with the Constitution, which our t0te'a'n ~,
| conquered, and cousecreted with thar olood, llks
the rainbow spanning our beloved county, sun '"e
land of the free and the home of the brave. . :.
| But il cannot be disguised aud must NOT II II
could, that the Free States as they are calsu, con
stitats now the majority, and upon tneir TlI ueon
their wisdom and patriotism it depends, ana no! upon
the will Of the South, whether the Things ~nich we
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may and must say, that the South is now tore~arneu
and she will be recreant to herse!f, ana al ,e stea'
hopes OF liberty aud happiness to the WITS inau
and responsible for much of the i'll which may ol'o~
if she be not forearmedi if she does NOT proceeo
without delay, to provide all the peacefui ana con
stitutonal means within her power, TO placs herSe
in a condition to meet the crisis when II comes.
First among these is the restoration OF her com
msrce, aud the encouragement OF her own manu-
features. u .,
We urge you, therefore, most respectfully, bu
most earnestly send delegates to the approachipe
Convention, at Montgomery, and lot theh u
of your sblest, best tried, and most trustee
sons-for the presence Of such is demanded oS Tut
distsmpered state OF the times and the magnitude
the interests to be- considered Let not Inc sn.efs
denunciations of your opponents, or your eneinie
, deter you, and shrink not under the cry OIL "D's
| union"
The Convention will not consider the question o
disunion any question tending to produce that re
suit. Its hopeful, peaceful patriotic object Will De II
promote the prosperity and increase the wealth ant
power of our own beautiful and beloved South Il
make her people HAPPIER if possible, and more willing
as we'll able, to perform all their duties in INT
Union. to the Union II returning reason and patriot
ism shall arrest the march of fsnstici,m, ana stal
the hand of oppression. But If lost reason shall nsve
be found, and patriotism, and sympathy nave Deel
s1nguished-if those who should be our brother
shall prove to be malignant and impacs6le toes ant
cupidity and ambition shall dissolve the te "nci
binds together still our work will have been re
and wisely DONE il succeed in restoring the com
mercial independence OF the South, and build up on
, own towns and enrich our own people by our Owl
means, which now build up and enrich others-0r th'
Southern States will then be prepared more July tt
meet the issue thus forced upon them and able 10 de
fend as we'll as Justify their position when they sha d
compelled ito assume among the powers OF the earth
the separate and equal station to which the laws
nature and of natures God entite them
Earneslly We beg you then, men Of the South, Il
turn out and send full delegations Of your mobiles
some to the Convention.
JAMES LYONS, of Virginia,
L. b. BETHEA of Alabama,
w. Ii. CHURCHILL, of Tennessee. 7 Committee
b. c. YANCEY, Of Georgia,
W. W. BOYCE, of South Carolina,