Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-05-02
FoR THE WIG.
sOTTuERN WRONGS AND REMEDIES.


pretty much a dead letter.
FoR THE WIG.
SOUTHERN WRONGS AND REMEDIES.
To TIE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
Turn Co whatever States Of the North we NAV, IL
painful To- witness tine manifold proofs of their injustice
and euuig -the tru. OF ou oyer-weeuiug sci-eseem
aud most cllrtal, disposition to reform the morals OF
lIgr guos The conduct of the great state OF New
York. especially, bound as she is TO the South by inter
est uc less than honor, has long been I'M high degree
gLt.i.h. and offensive towards Us. Between her aud
Virginia indeed there exists teud Of long standing,
originating il paipl5.e uiractoa her part of our
fedora. compact. Twenty years ago, Senator Seward,
her thea Governor rejected an application from Virgin
u for the surrender three u-itycs charged with slave
setuE His plea was that stealing slaves crime
iu New York or among civilized nations. His refusal
sanctioned by the Legislature OF his State. Shortly at
ter he. iu turn, demanded fugitive from Justice who
bad lied to- Virginia. Gov Gilmeg informed him that the
fugitive bad been arrested, and would be surrendered
'he previous requ.s.ton OF Virginia should be
complied with. But the General Assembly, under whose
instructions he was conducting "a correspondence with
te Southern States With view 20 redress ~ then
proposed conference -oyer-scrupuously couceliug
.tr Obligation o respect tae very provision which New
York is. violated 90 our rrry-dsapp the Cover
-o.'s application of tla |t .faiis. and hc therclpoI
voluntarily a5j.c1tej bis high Office. FINALLY, the mat
er was suffered TO drop without any "deulitVe settle
ue1t.'
This wrong never atoned for has served prcccieu
since for similar wrongs from other States. We are
row gathering tle fruits of iOrberaacc In Ohio and
Iowa. and ytr-iiyug tae lesson taught by experience
ust submission Lo Injustice rarely fails TO iayite repeated
l--res-I %.
This triumph OF seward over One Constitution, the
prelude ,he famous Rochester grafton, and from that
taIua stream - continually pour through the land tlt
waters of strife AND bitterness When Will they cease 90
tJ"t Whom the Black Republican shall change t-
color and the rsril Ab0,iouis his spots OF Southern
I.f. p. I .|.fr Nttr herr
-lrt SHAH never .e then never u the patient rustic on
t1e ban, ot tte Mississippi shall see ts mighty Hood pa,
hv. and ls deep followed bed, dry land.
Down t0 .lc Clt hour tse Empire Stle. that stl-
of -te -. wse'vis FOO the constellation %; the North
.r sisters, sl lowers upon Us with tue same bai-u, as
pec-
lu her chic, seat of Loror now SITS IN -cmy OF ths
-O..la wnea Republican; who, mot belief. is contri-
butor OBJ e circulation ol au atroc1us work, designed 10
excite scrsie ami civil war In the South. Niu,-,uth
of her Representatives, DO s said aud both Ter Seaator-
ure O. te same malignant order, OF ,ie latter s r,-
co-uz.i chiefs arJ some ot the former ui.h large pro,
portion of their Republican brethren iu Congress alet
tor, %. OH. same scheme OF instruction audmuter
Tl. evolutionary and uau.tc.us doctrines proclaimed
a. Rochester, .aya as already noticed been denounced
.. t. .. SQUIRE. %. tine horrors craetaf a- Htrpcrs
Ferry Tie charge was made Iv U slrgI he'd senator
U0l-l- il Dis place and 100 the presence OF the great
orator low has be met ity b. ret-e4t.nv behind
--..ur of incredible professions and v.ure g.rer l.
.
Republicans not word does he utter about the High
er llu not once does be- uarc the maine OF the Ire
pressI1a Conflict He does indeed speak of one of lis
hale freiert-thc la.e tragedy as he terms II in Viz
gi1it Governor kirkwoods 'uat5r,rtl.. occurrence,
and sf,r.-. the HirLvooi rle1iirg .srvs IL over win
silky -'irsses and soft APOLOGIES
.T5hD Brown and his a.sociatesn were hand ne .,,
t.T r-ar,s The word il aytant in e,calsr, N, r.
I.,5 Frgfb NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of different e,2
f-,., mas. ir .irlsr,rft by am s J,,. ; ,,
I;, ~ tbsoI..Iyss and aI4srsr,fad nv ,riyr,.s ,l
vro1os rt some of them had suffered by nro,is of ,rr
GA p-orlgtal,.. Of slavery u hapsas' Their rst,lia.
t I'm strtmrtine 20 subyert slaverv In VirriDi he
admits was urevful-uay criminal vel he tells ms tlat
generous and charitable natures will probably concede
tf,- Jofu Brown and his associates acted on ,,,,s}
.to,sl fy,.ra,.s.l, cgaYicto,sn They were t,
q -.I..rsrtts' .Tbe deaths of our murder 4 IN;
IONS t -fsr-s .r. IN hi, Lta,s,t.{ and U,I t5e ,ra Ia
-frs be.tfs. the IN I'm were tbe inporsrt inns f
f- ti,di.i I'm far distant fires. the deaths eve Of
~, ,p.,5.,. ttsr,salvss ,itisbls aIborgb ,o,a..,
ma fs- because thew acted under d I'ri,t mich Mini
q ti.s },..-.ts se Yybv then are they regsrdaS ,
criminal or Thought 10 deserve death bv the c7rdg Are
Jr-s and error rriua.y IL is true Senator Sow IA
-r-.s Them. but shoud he not pardon Them ma
.- Fl none qs since thsir madness and error most
..t tr,. s,-,, t,,, his ov,p taacb;rgs Tr.;- go
49,, ;,,,,,7 and ,,s.s,cra occYrrS5 in tboir a,to
81 r;.t 81 rs5,.,irrs nv i,or,,rt;,,, ,b ,
o,5rr-0t of yir.,ini unie- the aus6i,ss of Prsi5,
ClsnmIn Wee President Mo1-oe. the free nero and
Cen Jobn Brown chief prspar,toTv 10 the
f oc.qptton of the promised land OF the Soutb-de.
Dictated 6y the prophecy TO free labor.
Bgt +. seems they were TOO iuplent for the aesbros
of Egypt. They should have waited until the great na-
toaa issue between free labor aud capital abor-f The
Iroris Oh new name and Interpretation Of the ire
presue conflict should be conducted TO its proper So
u-i0a through the trials By ballot The insiuuaou
that Che great issue 20 be confined 20 struggle for
the Territories 10 be decided by ballots is papably
stagss.7 ts'si The Rochester Grafton definitely pro-
phcsiei conflict between free labor on the hand for
the cotton and rice fields of South Carolina and the sugar
plantations Of Louisiana and slave labor on the other
for fields and wheat fields of Massachusetts, (Which
by the wsy slave labor ran away from wears ago and
would not again accept as free git IA conflict never
end until the nited States should become entirely
sayeho.iug nation, entirely free labor nation, and
"ChU.s.oE and Asc Orleans mars for legitimate mer
c1auiize or Boston and Nee York "for the bodies and
sous Of men; an issue which, if the North will force up