Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-11-04

received from gentlemen of high character in
Northern States, will be rcad with some inter.
est at the present moment We may publish
other letters, of similar character when We
shall he able TO make room for them:
TO tie EIi'"r. Of tie Enq"irtr::
New loKK, Oct. 10Th, 1872
Gentlemen Permit me 10 express my salts
lactioa with the complete and accurate reports
you have published Of the proceedings Of the
Episcopal Convention. and also 10 record my
d.Savowal las one northern man of any SYM
pathy with the proceedings Of the abolition.
lists as lately developed at larpcr'S Ferry. 1t
is 4 source of shame 10 the general mass OF
people Il, the north. that such men live among
us, as have been proved 10 have extended ald
ard sympathy TO Brown and his followers |
hope v0nr excellent Chief Magistrate will
make u requisIton on our Governor Morgan
for the bodies Of some Of our leading abo-
litionS;S. take them South and try them
ior adcrS and abcttorS of treason, and rs
arccssoric, before the fact to murder.
believe i, wonld be lawful 20 to do, and | can
assure you we should be clad to have you take
them oil our hands and see that they get JUS
l.ft NlIl't tlic 10 lh'bN'
obtaiecd the power in this State, they have
transferred the powers Of our Mayor 10 the
Governor. in a great measure, and Saddlcd our
city with load of debt which il will take
years to pay They have proved themselves
unprncipc,i in governing and'lESInccre IN their
proirsscd philanthropy, and | believe il would
be Il sorry day for the slaves of the South,
when turned over to the tender mcrcics ol
Northern AbotiOniSts
Thus much from one who. three years ago
voted with the Republican party. That a sun
liar change has taken place in the opinions oi
many others have reason TO know. Wishing
you, and your people Of the South, continued
prosperity, remain. &c.
.IoNr>BoKo, IL. Oct. -, lsj9.
SIR 1t is with the deepest feeling Of sorrow
for our common country that We now know
that lanatci>m ma,urrd is open ttaSom 10 our
beloved country; and as Brown and his aSSoci-
a,eS are but the tools acting for and under the
direction oi the Abolition leaders, may S'Ig-
gcSt that at least one Oi the guilty parties be
handed over to the United States authorities
and he convicted, that the guilty accessories i'll
the several States who have aided, counSclcd
and advised this matter, may too be brought 10
Justice: suggest this 10 your ripper judgment,
with view solely to aid in the great cause of
Sccurin. hereafter the rights Of our brethren Of
the Slave States, aS well as those Of our own;
for irrhis Juror is fed by success. some other
right Of the American people must fall next.
On the Goth instant, in this State, at Otta.
wa, mob rescued negro from Mr. Richard
Philips of New Madrid county, Mo, I'm
der the most agsravating circumstances The
fugitive had fed 10 this state from his master.
and under the provisions Of oar statute was ar
rested and put in our jail 10 await the action
Of his master An Aho!ltioniSt hearing OF this
fact, went before Judge Cation, ot our Supreme
Court, who resides at Ottawa, III the northern
part n. this State. and procured writ OF hGbeGr
coyp,ts commanding the jjai!or o! this county
to take the body Of the negro before him ut
Ottawa This writ was Obcycd, but on hiS
way to the judge writ for the reclamation
Of the negro was put into his (thc JaiIoi >
hands who was on the hack, and he appointed
SPECIAL deputy 10 execute ii. On arrival at
Ottawa the deputy made return OF the fact
that he had him ~ above stated The Judge
thercrpon ordered the deputy 10 carry the negro
before the Commissioner at Springfield, who
issued the writ under the fugitive slave law
When this was served by the Judge = mob OF
about five hundred acting IN concert, threw
themselves on the arms Of the deputy and be-
tween him and the negro and bore him oil
forciby from him. This. reSct 10 say, is the
fruits Of Popular Sovereignty. What we are
to do. know not.