Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-12-06

called tO pass through. let us, IN all sincerity.
inv"k" y continuance Of His favor aud support.
WV. II. Gi>r.
FOR tie Eiyvircr.
The WRONG AND IHE REMEDY-N0. 2.
When Louis the NNlth WAS reused from his
slumbcrs by the Duke dc Lancour', and in
formed of the taking Of the Ba>tilr, Z" Hh"tF
said he, this is rebeiliDn." ">,Se, replied
the Duke. 1T Is REVOLUrlDN' With
much more reason might the people ol Nir'
siuia, when they first received intelligence "i
the invasion Of our territory. the capture Of the
United States .ArScna! at iarpcr'S Ferry, and
the midnight seizure, Imprisonment ami murder
of our citizens hy Northern dcspcia'ioc>, ha'"
regarded these acts as individual OutrdgeS---
VAN and scrrclcSS aS thcy wer" rrlm;nai-
which would lac promptly cApiatcd nnd"r the
gallowS, ami there an cnd. hui whrh II i
-ccn that atrorItv, perhaps without = par:''-
ici IN the history ui nItIOn>, instead oi trirg-
inc down the universal cNrcraium ui Inc states
united with lis in a lca-u" Of friendship, has,
with comparatively few exceptions. been cX-
cuscd OF pallia,cd nay. III mary instances.
applaudcd. in that section Of the Union which
gave birth 10 the monsters who committed
II, we are really 10 ocNcain 7Hj, i~ ,ohsth'"?
flyN TtOt''''b
is tie DAWN OF REVOLUTION.
such j. the perverted condition oi IL" public
mind and morals. 20 revolving the present state
ni orr home relations, i'll the quarter referred
To. a. Ia force on every rejecting man the sad
conviction that, unless they be speedily re.
stored to 4 ,Ouldcr state. "a separation of the
States is unavoidable; and the hour now at
hand which shall sound the kne.! "f the part.
"a. il, III il,p
brightest prospects OF prosperity and happncs,
which ever greeted the eye "i patriot or phil
aTlhropiSt.
True, it i, not the first lime that the restless
acitators Of the North have endangered our
peace; but i; Is the first time that they have
attempted 10 carry out their reasonable designs
by deliberate scheme Of INVASION and murder.
Descendants themselves ui shareholders. OF
sinners who actually trafncked "a human ii,Sh ;
eomstiiutionniiy subject to BRAIN iey,!, the
muttdic Ju j,aNs) their holy horror Oi slavery
since they parted with the curse .f1r tai"'
rec. irtd, has daily grown more intense, until
POSSESSED by more evil spirits than ever e'''
tered the hcI;c> u! their ancestUrS-pooI
wrctches who were burned for witchcrait, oI
the greater wrctchcS who burned thcm-thcy
are ready to exteiIninate by fire and iagsoi
every hereto who doubts their Immaculate
pictv and wisdom.
Is it to bc wondered at that sovereign
State, vested with the conceded right OF reg'i'
l,tiny its own internal concerns, should be
reused to resentment and indignation by the
Dissertation Of her soil and the uDproroked
slaughter Of her citizens, pcrpctrated by con-
,etcd and meddling rcformers who would re-
tiucc her political Systcm-nay the nniverS" IT.
self to chaos,--ihat they might reconstruct
them in conformity with their own sab!inH'
conceptions: Is it not rather 4 matter Of aS.
;onishmcnt that she should have given 10 her
insolcnt and bloody assaantS, taken with
weapons in their hands provided Tor her de-
.trrtion an impartial trial in her courts Of
Justice instead Of shooting them down upon
the spot. or hanging them on the next tree:
The public mind throughout the Union,
probably throughout the civilized world, is
anyiouslv contemplating the WRONG, and Specil-
lating on the REMEDY. The enquiry is unlvcr'
sal. VEaf is 4, BE- tic issue Cou aHythj"g be
o!gnc 10 accrf disYnioR aaJ i.o~'i6ty cisa 'r"r' :
And there can he bmt one opinion that II there
be Il remedy in the power "t the aggrcSSlng
States, or in the Federal Government that
remedy must be promptly afforded, "a The
States a..ricvci aud endangered must pro- 'ds
frr their OWN safety.
Various plans, defensive and retalI"torv.
have been suggested am0n- " as proper TO h'
adopted by the South.
I. Immediate Secession
,. Prohibition, non.iuporI"ton, and ttAa'
ton direct or indirect. oi N"rthcrn pr"'i"r. :
and manufactures:
s. Non.intercour>e with our enemies ihe
Abolitionits.
do not design to discuss these plans at lar.".
As To those cla>scd under the two first heads.
however justifabc they may be in themselves,
and however necessary they may ultimately be-
come. an immediate resort to either oi them
would seem obviously premature and lmPoiitic
The outragcs which rouse US To acton were
the acts Of unauthorized individuals. 20 '.''
thew have received no countenance from thr
constituted authorities. State or Federal. ~
such cases it is the practice of all civilized M
tions to demand redress from the governments
sroperlv responsible, before reSor,ing 10 VIZ
dctivc or offensive measures. DlsuIion, VIII
its possible consequences is an unhappy alter
native, an evil OF vast magnitude, not 10 bc cn
countered unless to avoid the greater evil oi DC
grading submission Ia injustice and oppression
AS to commercial restrictions, designed u
operate upon the North gsasrolH, it can b'
neither inst nor wise, while there remains III,
remotest hope that they will promptly acc"rt
10 us the guaranty We are entitled to demand
10 ALLEVIATE our friends and involve the innocent
with the guilty.
Bu, We have al, undoubtcd right tn Jt'
cri0,iha'. in the Use OF our means between ON
friends and our foes. Non.irtercour>e, thcr.
fore. with the latter. social and con,ncrcial
while it NAV serve to- rcbuke their ncddlinl
spirit, will accord. probably, with the judgmen
and feelings of every Southern man. The onl,
fear is, that they NAV elude the blow; the onl!
regret that it was not struck forty years ago
We might then have tanned the whelp Of Abo
litonsm, by starvation, instead Of pamperins
him into n full-grown maStif, who would tea
T the very hand which feeds him" We are con
yinccd ut last of the folly of erecting palace
and cities for those who pursue us with undr
ing hate; who would way.lay us on our paths
or burn us in orr dwellings of building ul
: factories, whose owners and operatives. alon
with the shoes and blankets with which, fo
, filthy lucre, they most sinfuly supply the slas,
holder. secretly convey their poisonous nos
r trumS TO corrupt the hearts of his slaves, an
r madden them to their own utter undolng, int
rebellion and murder. But no commercial Re
D strictions. leyecd at the dsturbers Of the M
tion's peace will afford to the Southern peopl
| that security for the future which they will.
trust to man. unite in exacting ha,
r then. is the course they should adopt:
: have already expressed the belief that there
e no legal provision in any OF the States TO prt
D vent or punish hostile movements by It's CIT
: zcns, against those OF any other State.
r there were, it is most manifest that such u la'