Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-06-11
t.-.r RICHMOND, MONDAY MORNING. JUNE II, 1860

themselves by "free labor. Prove TO the world that
YOUR o,totdata Leader does not do Justice to the spirit
which animates his party and that you meant his late
dismissal as rebuke for his denial of negro equality
Do this or confess that your concern for the negro Is
hollow profession or at best an uumeaning abstraction
Were IL not beside my present purpose, would Join
Won in raising the question, whether these poor kdnap
ned Africans are not at this moment as free as any other
aliens in the country and subject exclusively to the urs
jiction of the State in which they have been landed
Whether the Congress of the s. could consttu ionay
yest in the President arbitrary power or any power
whatever over their power especially OF ship
ping them to Afrcs-any more than it could give him
power to ship the next cargo of ishmen Germans back
to their respective homes Rd6edS Corpus might soon
test the question and them perhaps from their kind
friends now preparing for them fate than bond
age--worse than DEATH
But commencing these poor imtators of humanity to
the specal protection OF Northern philanthropts let us
return to the question of responsibility which Senator
Seward would so adroy bring to bear upon The South
Is he justified in saying that no Interior and secret de-
signs are attributed the republican party the ri
dcnous intention of which it never accusc OF in
PRODUCING negro equality among MS | will not suppose
although the Senator is upon all occasions eminently
oracuar-that the terms interior and secret designs
contain eyfiSOgNe, and that he means to exclude all
reference open acts aud avoSss OF an unfrendly and
injurious character. H4or their secret designs of
course only be known TO themselves. He means that
We have named no other ground Of complant-or he
means nothing and in this sense the remark is utterly
unfounded.
Can he have forgotten the indignant remosstrance
of Governor Gmer at his efiSa when Governor OF New
York TO deliver up fugitive offender against the laws
OF Virginia.
Or the recent equally indignant rebuke by our pres
ent Governor bv the GOyerernora Of Ohio and owafor
similar violations of Justice and courtesy.
Has he heard complaint OF the attempt to bar US
ont from the partnership hnds2 A wrong so
fragrant rs recently to induce the representa-
tivrs OF large number of the Southern States in the
Charleston Convention TO secede IRON all conneNon with
their pocal associates from the North secession re
garded by many as the advancing shadow of a cloud
which threatens 10 exngush forever the light Of our
once loved and glorious Union! May Heaven inspire
with wiser ana better thoughts all who would causeesy
bring about aeOnsummaton so disastrous to the country
and so fatal 10 the hopes OF the world Already 10 the
great dsInay of the Republicans, bright sign has ap
pearod in the Senate of returning justice and reason
triumphant vndcaton by the passage Of Senator Davis
Resolutions OF the equal rights Oshs South in the Fed
eral domains.
Has the Senator heard no complaint of the statutes
enacted by his party in almost every State Of the North
under the title OF Personal Liberty Bills Referring
to that of Massachusetts, an honest journalist OF Boston
declares that every body in Massachusetts, knows it
"passed solely neutraze aud nuly the fugitive slave
law" More than that tit was meant to nuhy the Con-
stitutOn subject to eminent hazard OF fine and i'm
prisoument, every Southern mln who consttuu0uGlly
seeks to recover bis own slave and expose his life
danger, from fanacal and excited mobs.
Surely ii the well disposed people OF the North, could
be impressed with the iaintes conception OF the ndg
nation with which these outrages viewed by those
who have claims upon their justice and frendshiP-not
these outrages alone but the spirit aud sentiments which
produce them-aye and deeds OF treachery treason and
murder still more fagtous,-they would pause in the
career which is fast Fastening their country aud them
selves to ruin Let them but reflect what would be
t,eir feelings uuder similar outages from Us. Say
that we resolve to retaliae; seize man for man, or
conscate property for property grant licenses to cap
their vessels in pors or on the high seas; 20
land the the nearest Shore take the cargo and
scuttle the ship that pass Personal Liberty Bills
oibiddng the arrest of the eap,ors refusing our s
10 hold them, and Furnishing with hue and imprison
ment all who should aid or abet the injured party
What would they think Of us: ] need only say that
they would probably think OF Us in such case just
what We think of them.
No the idle thought OF introducing negro equality
among us is not the only ground any serious ground
whatever Of complaint our part. There are grew
auces of far greater magnitude So great that we need
fear 10 mCeJ the responsibility whatever may he the
saue OF the iIrepressibe conflict forced upon When
the madness OF the times shall have done is work and
If that dark day shall cOme-the sanctuary cOnse
Grated hy Wisdom and Virtue to Justice Concord and
Liberty shall fall in ruins, not the South will rest the
blame They need not fear the verdict OF impartial
world, nor the more overwhelming of their own
couscicuces. They may confidently appeal 10 every
Northern in whom there il truth or honesty and
ask Has the South robbed of your property;
mediled with your institutions usagesy refused to
surrender offenders against aws sought to eXpt
you from the common domain passed statutes to repeal
your constitutional rights? denied to you the common
rights ef hospitality invaded your land murdered
your people
Ye: al these thing, have you done unto us.
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