Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-08

North the year round in order to attend the
summer courses, and spend additional suln>
The commerce Of the port of New orA'
during the month Of February just ended, has
brrn large and the importations in cXccS, oil
,bo.a f,r the same month III 1888. The value
If imports for February i'll each Of the years
named stand a. follows:
February, is. i''' lsS.
lmpor,a,ions Of gene ..,,., ,,s,.,,s 10 ., I'D;
raj merchandise. @t'>:'"- '-'''-''-' ''''''''
York foF tchrnsr! $1,000, -,.,- an o,,
Of Zach ye"f, ''''''l- 80
eNp"u., fi1.,!' '''' 49,, g
The paricity of both imports and exports Tor
February. 1855. is accounted TOR by the ef'ects
of Il, g.,nir then in full force IN the trading
world.
The disparity between the imports and ex-
portS of New York holds good during the year.
and one wear with another A>"c travel South
VIC find the tables reversed. At all the South
crn ports. and especially at the Cult ports. III
cludng Mobile and New Orleans. the exports
are enormously in excess Of importS-->howinS
that the products Of the South 20 abroad 10
paw for the excess of importationS into New
York. and which are distributed from hence to
the Southern people for consumption. sadd!ed
with heavy commissions and profits 10 the lnrr'
chsnts of this city Ii old fields and exhaust
ell estates appear in Virginia and other South
c.n Atlantic States, many palatial store anu
residence has arisen ut the North from profits
made on their supplies
The ship owners of the North while accept
ing of the English reciprocity navigation act,
which threw open the ocean and the British
coast to reciprocal free intercourse, were adroii
: enough to exempt our own coa>tng trade from
the opcraton Of the act; This has recently
been much complained Of by ship owners III
England. who have pctitioncd 10 the Govern
mcnt to intercc,lc with the United States IL
make the act reciprocal III all respects or t" re-
peal it. The South does not complain of giving
exclusively our CARRYING trade on our coast IL
Northern ship owners, as i, is national policy
The South does not and has not, that we are
aware of. ever asked for Government boun,ic>
of any kind New England has never been
without them, and to this day, is unyie!ding in
her defence Of fishing bountieS.
All this the South can submit to for the
sake Of Union and peace What wounds her
most deeply however is the declared purpose
of the dominant party at the North 10 deprive
her of her legitimate rights under the ConSti-
tution-and that when she puts in her solemn
plea agans, it, to be denounced rs set OF '..fro
fttiny negro drirfrs." Even papers supported
by the commerce Of thiS-city. and which pro-
fySs to he patriotic and impartial. can never
speak Of the disunion designs of politico.Abo boil.
toni>tS. without coupling with il an opprobiou>
remark against the South. Thus such 4 paper
will utter. in the same sentence. the words,
"A.gro c"rShippes 81 tie Norh ant negro
drirtrs IF Tie SDuM." We also hear Northern
people while dcnouncing the di>union Adolf
ZIONIST of the North. diSqualify it by. hurling
an equal anathcna against the dsunionSt u!
the South Such qualifications do no; propi.
tiate the Northern Aboltionis.. Neither Jour
mails nor people can be on two sides OF the
fence at the same time. When paper dc
nouncc> ""igyer drirFrs" Of the South. il i,
calculated to wound the feelings Of every man
who owns slave in the fifteen Southern
States Because man owns negroes. and
works them for the benefit of the North, almost
as much as for himself, in which the preserva
ton and good Of the negro is involved. rs much
rs the wcll.bcing Of the whites. it is no reason
he should be denounced a. 4 "Ejyasr drirtr
This term as you know. is applied To man
who now and then may he accused Of cruelty
to his slaves, who is against his own interest,
and who never fails thereby 10 lose the respect
Of his nci.hborS.
Now we cannot see how mans politics car
make him 4 worse or better master Hence
when those persons at the South. who have
been most determined and ont. spoken IN behalf
Of their rights and have claimed them under
the Constitution. in the Union or with them
ont Of il; however much their other fellow cit
zenS differ from them. they may at the same
time be the best and kindcSt Of masters. and
in no sense htgro drirtrs. rs understood Al the
South.
II diSunion hal never reared i,S hidcous head
at the North in the Hartford Convention; il il
had not been proclaimed Of late years from
abolition leaders. pulpit orators. and bv abo'
ltion members OF Congress of the Wilmot.
GldlingS and Seward stripe: if it had not been
for the disposition to claim bountics and cSccs.
sivc protection. and to strain constitutional pro
visions. to enforce their reckless waste OF mo-
nev OH local internal improvements. and. above
all, to drive the South. by congressional acts.
from the common territories of the country:
to the passage OF acts multiplying the conStitn'
ton in respect to the recovery ofiucltive slaves,
and to deprive 4 Southern man Of his proper
", and to subject him 10 fines and odiouS pun
iShmcntS when seeking its recovery: n law to
this effect being now before the Legislature Of
this Statc:J We repeat, ii i, had no, been for
such diSunon acts at the North, both in deed,
and words we should never have heard Of dis
union AT the South. And to-day. were the
disunion movements and acts of the North &c
cease. il would never be heard Of again at The
South. The South showed its love Of union
during the late war, which was carried on. NO
for the defence Of negroes. not for the protec
ton OF rice tobacco or cotton, all oil which
were icopardized and Frustrated by ii; but io
| the protection of Northern shipping from
search, and sailors from imprisonment Coui(
, any stronger proof Of Il love of union bc given
We see that while the Territory Of New
Mexico has passed strong laws for the protec
, ton Of slave property. that that OF Kansas ha
, passed All act abOlishng it, There were II
| Kansas. at the time OF is organization, abou
| 200 slaves owned in the Territory. and by ii
first settlers, long before the abolition rene
sadcs Of the Lanes and MontgomeryS cut
throat tribes were sent there by Eastern fana
tics Now, the question arises, has Terrific
rial Legislature the right to deprive their own
crS of 300 slaves without compensation? W.
, should say that it has not, and that their own
/, ers can claim protection from Congress. on iron
the United States Supreme Court.
I Much regret is expressed in this city for III
failure of the appropriation bills in Congress
in behalf Of the General Post Office Depart
mcnt. Its effects will be more severely felt i
New York than elsewhere. Better never hav
, given cent for mail steamship service than
! blow hot and cold upon them after this fashion
TrpoR
= For tie Ehqair,r.
TO THE VOTERS OF CHESTERFIELD.
N .r,u ,,r -.