Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-11-08

Of John Brown, and has had il printed in slips
for distribution among the press for publication.
He delivers his sermon tomorrow IN the
Church OF the Pur;tana. on the North side OF
Union square. One would suppose that lie and
the REASONABLE members of his Church would
feel rebfkcd when they looked ut the noble
bronze equestrian statue of Washington, eIcva.
ted on the SontlI side Of the square, almost dl,
rectly facing the traitors meeting house, with
his open hand and right arm extended towards
and head uncovered, he seems, while animated
with impressive solemnity, to rcbuke ami drive
back this Northern polluted tide Of treason.
The Black Republicans held a ratification
meeting on Thursday night, at the Cooper In
Stitute. 1t may be observed that nearly their
whole force of decent men belonging to their
party, TO he found in this city, came hither
from New England. EvartS, the chairman, is
a lawyer from Massachusetts, and threc-iourths
of the others arc settlers from New England,
who labor with puritanical intolerance 10 con-
vert this great national emporium of commerce
into Il thcocratic centre Of ~flnatical abol;tloniSm.
Tom Corwin's speech failed to give s~a;is!ac-
ton to the Black Republicans. lie endorsed
the conStitutionality Of the Fugitive Slave Law.
That was enough.
The petty sessions lawyer, Spencer, TO whom
we referred in a previous letter, made a speech
at Republican meeting last night, at which he
denounced Corwin's speech. lie spoke as FOL
lows, which we extract from the "lrlbunc ni
this morning
THE speaker alluded to the state Of society
in the South, and said that from the existing
order it was but 4 step to the anarchy oil a SER
vile resurrection. lie had not read the lesson
Of San Domingo, without deriving instruction
from it, and because he had done so, he desired
that the South should be warned Of the danger
at hand. lie regretted that John Brown, IN
his misguided zeal, should have attempted 50
desperate an act as he had done, yet it had not
been without It's significance. That seventeen
white men and five negroes should have fright
encd the whole State of Virginia, showed
what q volcano WAS slumbcring underneath
them.
..Mr. Spencer then examined critically the tri-
al Of John Brown, AMI pron0unccdit a farce.
Mr. Spencer excepted also to Mr.. Corwin's ad-
vocacv of the Fugitive Slave Law, and said he
desired to see that law stricken down. lie as
serted that to be the doctrine of the Republican
party. When he i~atroduced tie PcrS9hGi Lii.
eriy BN iaH Winter bctore tic House at ~
bonH. ant Of tie 81 RspubiiraH m%embers, 81
rotGd .tor Il. .iHphanSG lie confessed to
entertaining strong Anti.Slavcry views, and he
doubted not that the dag would come when
the sin would shine upon our nation without q
slave
The above is the language Of 4 Black ltcpuh-
lican member Of the Legislature at Albany last
winter, and yet the organs OF that party have
the impudcncc to deny, that it is responsible
for the reasonable doctrines under which
Brown & Co, acted. Eighty.tou out q
eiqhty:fce Btock Republican members q ne
Voc jorh assembly, rotoi 10 ""'ji1y " e"H''i'
tutional lar Of Congress.
The ratification speeches made ut Tammany
Hall the other night. by James T.. Brady and
some others, were remarkable, considering the
atrocities committed by Brown and his gang,
at Harper'S Ferry. Mr.. Brady dill not endorse
them, nor the chief actor; but he alluded to
them in such Il maHneJ, and made so light ol
the affair. that his speech amounted to an lndi-
rect p~aliation ofthc act. And at most, hc thousht
Governor Wise would diSarm Abolition wrath,
by either pardoning Brown, Of 10y the comtnu.
tation of his punishment into confinement Tor
life in the State penitentiarr. This was not such
4 speech rs Il prominent member OF any wing
of the Democratic party should have made IN
tnlllrnIlul vi IL u ll!lC NOllilAllNl1b' ~ '''@ ~ 49,
most hardened, reckless and notorious villains
that ever graced a ~gallowS. No such hali-com'
promise with treason against the Constitution
and Union OF the States was ever heard IN Mo-
Fart Hall. AHfEi''>'
We copy the following from the New York
Herald
To tie E"i'oy of lie Mi"H
.iurrroE'S OFFICE,
Redmond, Oct. 81, 1850.
lave Seen in your paper Of 29th inst, ill
article entitled ~ virginian's Appeal" dated
from Weston, Lewis county, Va, saying. III re-
gard to the recent instruction ut llarpers Fer
~. that 1--WE Glc citizens Of Weston, | sup
pose bc mcanS,) are heartily ashamed Of the
whole affair, and feel thai the State has been
diSgraced," and that 'if tic people OF Virginia
had the power, consistent with law, they would
let Old Brown 90 free If he would promise no;
to saw ANYTHING about il" &c. rs a citizen OF
Weston, and as u Nirsinian. ! pronounce this
statement 4 calm and deliberate falSchood, and
a gross and outrageous SANDER upon the scnti.
mcnts and opinions Of the people Of Lewis
county. Il Is true that our people always act
Ill Il lnslutl tbIlslNtNIIi - NV ''' - " 80
the same time true that they arc loyal TO the
institutions Of the State. and feel Justly incens.
cd and indignant AT the liabclical attempt Of
old Brown and others to incitc among Us a ser
vii. Instruction. The writer, whoever he may
be. is no doub. a sympathizcr with the movers
of this 'irrepressiblc conflict" and deserves 4
fate similar, if hot worse, than that awaiting
Brown and his conicdcratcS.
4, a citizen of Weston, demand the name
of the ~aatlor Of this vile dclraction, who, if
am not mistaken, is indebted to the State OF
Virginia for his very meat and bread. make
this demand, no, in my w name alone, but
in the name "r the citizens Of my town and
county. >. VI. hENNr1T.
Il" lie Edjior Of tie NcI"I::
EmmsroGr, Harrison County, Na.,I
Oct. 81, 1853.
In looking over your issue Of the 18th inst.
| was surprised, nay, astOundcd, at The Senti'
mcnts conveyed in the appeal Of your cores
pondcnt from Weston, Lewis county, Va, Pur'
porting 10 convey the feelings Of Nirginians,
and appealing I'm the name OF the Old Domin'
ion" Can it be possible that a citizen Of this
glorious Commonwealth * 80 far lost toa sense
Of that patriotic spirit which animated on
forcfathcrs, and which has pcrvadcd the heart
Of every true Virginian down to the present
epoch, whose brain has given birth to such an
| %ciiusion: No, it cannot he for the Old Domin'
ion he speaks. |, for one, hes to dissent from
his appeal to suppress the circumstance Of the
I~larpcr's Ferry revolt; and much less do We
| virginians wish you TO suppress your truly sen
slblc appeals TO Tie patriotic, Union-loying citl
zcns Of our glorious con(edcracy. Talk to them
through your valuable paper. Let us have it.
Mr.. Editor, twice over, ard more Of it. kcer
it before the people. Let the people Of New
York and the whole North understand this mat
ter, as well as those Of the South. Our institu
tons must ice seen 10 be appreciated. AMI asso
ciatcd with to be understood.
I've are heartily ashamed Of the whole af
fair, and feel that the state has been diSsraccd!'