Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-20

have q right to be free; many Of them are de.
sccnded from revolutionary Sire>, who shed
| their blood to secure liberty TO their p">trr.tv.
These men have political rights inherited from
their ancestors, which are inalicnablr They
have the right to bear arms and thousands Of
them know how TO use them. They can read
and write and correspond with each other
about the wrongs inflicted upon them.
Should separation take place, and the
Northern States take up arms against the pco
pie OF the South, and attempt to incite our
! slaves to inSurrecton, thousands of these
Northern white laborers, who have Suffered so
much injustice at the hands Of those who have
wrung from them the hard earnings of the
sweat of their brows. might feel at liberty TO
require satisfaction for past injustice and rs.
scrt the principle recognized in the South, that
| the true aristocracy is not the ariStocracy Of
wealth. but of color and Of conduct. While
their sense of justice might prompt them to AS.
slst the South against the aggresSionS OF those
in the North who have denied equality to them,
as well as to the people Of the South
Among US the poor white aborer is respect
ed us an equal. His family is treated with kind
ness, consideration and respect He does not
belong TO the mechanical class. The negro is
in no sense Of the term his equal. lie feels
and knows this lie belongs to the only true
aristocracy-the race Of white uen. He blacks
no masters boots, and bows the knee TO no one
save God alone. He receives higher wages
for his labor than does the laborer OF any
portion Of the world, and he raises up his
children with the knowledge that they DC.
long TO no inferior caste; but that the highest
members OF the society in which he lives, will,
if their conduct is good. respect and treat them
IS equals.
These men know that in the event Of the
abolition Of slavery. they would be greater
sufferers than the rich, who would be able 10
protect themselves They WILL therefore new
or permit the slaves of the South to be set free
among them. come in competition with their
labor associate with them and their children
as equals, be allowed to testify in our courts
against them, sit on jurcs with them march TO
the ballot box by their side and participate in
the choice Of their rulers, claim social equality
with them, and ask the hands of their children
in marriage. That the ultimate design Of the
Black Republican party is 10 bring about this
state Of things in the Southern States, and that
its triumph, if submitted to by lis. will at 10
very distant period lead TO the consu,nlnation
Of these results, is, think, quite evident to
the mind Of every cool, diSpaSSonatc thinker,
who has examined this question in the light ol
all the surrounding circumstances.
If the madness and folly Of the people Of the
Northern States shall drive us OF the South tna
separation from them, VIC haze, within our
selves all the elements Of wealth, power and
national greatness TO an extent possessed. pro
baby, by no other people on the face o! the
earth With vast and fertile territory. pos.
sessed of every natural advantage. bestowed 10y
kind Providence upon the most favored land,
and with almost complete monopoly ni the
cotton culture Of the world, if We were true TO
ourselves onr power would be invncible and
our prosperity unbounded.
If it is asccrtained that the Black Repnb.
cans have triuinphcd over us, recommend the
call Of u Convention Of the people oi the State
at an early day; and will cordially unite with
the General Assembly in any action which. IL
their Judgment may he necessary to the pr"tcc-
ton Of the rights and the preservation o! the
liberties Of the people Of Georgia against the
further aggrcssions Of an enemy which, when
iueEed with victory, will DC insolent III the
hour Of triumph
For the purpose Of putting this State in de-
fcnSlve condition AS fast us possible. and pre-
pairing for an emergtBHmgId tnat thc :; $ilI 81
6fie tiiillion Of dollars be Immediately appropri.
ated as q military fund for the ensuing year;
and that prompt provision bu made for raising
such portion Of the money as may not be in
the treasury, rs fast as the public necessities
may require its expenditure. millions for de-
fence, but not one cent for tribute should be
the future motto Of the Southern States.
TO every demand for further concession. or
compromise Of our rights, we should reply,
"1'hc argument is exhausted" and we now
"stand by our arms
JOSEPH f. BROWN