Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-12-28
South is to comply with them promptly anu

Now let me tell the gentleman from On'o;
that whatever nc may think OF the spur :.
the South, he will find that there Is d sin"
there that will not submit to such requirements
sneak to the gentleman rs coolly anu rs eHs...,
" ss | ever uttered q sentiment III my nc, Mn''
i cav that men of all parties III the Sou' n
Dn,Tocrats Wings, by whatever name kno""'
or hv whatever organization they are uniteu-
viii 10 found faithful, in the hour Of trial, to
,hn r;rb,s interests, honor, and institutions OF
,hs csctinn Of the country in which their lot Is
oaS, They will never consent that the South
~, section of country shall occupy. III t.iS
Union that craven, base anu degraded postum
which he has assigned to US. whenever l"at
div shall come, the gentleman may rest as,
suTed that the South will be a unit; 'lat an
PARTY lines and all party divisions VIII oe o.,
Ii,.r,tcd: that there will be one party III Tue
SLAVE. States known only as the defenders
Southern rights. Whenever we must H,Ierc
der cur rights, or give up the on'o o1oct,on,
will be- no hesitation in making the manage
We can live without you. we smong
our own relations. We have ~ n,non and far
US that will give us wealth nn opS i've by our
better is it that We she'll sS7,laIit to such I'M
selves than that We, o,s ,lcs,ands as have been
righteous and inln1ipht The time has com
asserted hcrf,h nn2t prepare 10 defend her IN
when theoca;nst the aggressive spirit OF tho
stitutie
NoSr Gentleman thinks the South has no spl-
| he sir let him wait until the next session Of
| CONGRESS. when these measures shall be at
temptcd TO be carried out, and he will see OF what
| stuff the South is made. Lie will see whether
we shall Quietly sit here, and whether our con-
slitucnts will tolerate the idea Of our quietly
| sii,inr here and submitting to such injuries as
| he has proposed to intlict upon Us. The sunny
South is our home. 1t is the land that gave
us birth. 1t is the land in which Is deposited
the bones of our ancestors. Within tlie n"SoNi
of my own State sleep Jefferson, ana Henry
and Madison, and hosts Of others whose CeeoS
have Illustrated and adorned the anl'a'S OF OH
country. And, sir, shall We permit our enc,
mics to invade the sanctity OF those ZONES an"
those frcsidcs? No, sir the South Will be
protected and defended by her sons, at what
ever cost, and You will tind that there Is Srir't
enough left to repel any attempt al interference
with our rights or our interests.
1t cannot he possible, that Gov. Letciier VIII
reco nmend Virginia to abandon her natural
allies of the South 10 find peace and quiet III
the embrace of the Northwest, when two years
sro he ran before the people of Virginia l'r
the place he now fills, upon l." "ii'"S't'0" 10
the an.i.slavcry sentiments oil TINS very sec
zion as cypoundel BY the man, Gov. Letci'er
himself paraded as the best exponent OIL anu
slavery hostility. Runor must be in error
We find in the same pamphlet 4 Speech III
the House Of Representatives, August, 1896
III reply to another representative from ono
Mr.. Wade-since promoted by that State 10
the United States Scnate-in which Governor
Lctehcr says: "Thesc gentlemen lGlddlnss
and Wade, the Northwest allies Of Virginia in
the new Confcderacy) say slavery is to 60 no
further" Is not this one Of the great grievances
which Virginia now complains Of, an" Tor
which the present conlcdcracy is about to hc
dissolved and can any reasonable man sup
pose that Gov. Lctcher would recommend Nlr-
GINA to place her negroes at the mercy OF
Ohio. whose present Governor (Denison) has
but recently. and in the midst Of the present
excitement, refused to deliver up Il cuiprit
charged with r~cscuing a fugitive slave: We
cannot believe that (iov. Lctchtr would rcc0ln-
mend Virginia to confederate with ONO III
preference TO Alabama, with Wisconsin rather
than South Carolina, with Giddings rather
than Yancey, with Wade rather than Davis,
with auti-slavery against pro.slavcry! Would
not the world believe that the principles oIthe
Ruincr painpilct still rule his conduct. his
Gcl,;als to the contrary notwithstanding:
Rulnor reports that Gov. Letclier will oppose
q State Convention. What! Oppose the express
ell will Of more than alnajority of the people OF
Virginia, who in primary meetings have AREA
dy irstructcda majority Of Delegates and ScIa'
tors 10 lrocide FOR the calling Of Convention:
There Is i.ot Il section OF the State that has not
spoken for 4 Convention, and bn; one pubic
meeting that we are aware OF, that has not de.
of the State Government tine aSScin-
bling Of = Convention. The press of all parties,
the organs Of every division Of politics have
suol;cn cut for q Convention. But ruino! gives
as a reason that Gov. Letcher fears that the
question Of taxation will be agltated. The idea
Tia. any man can be found in Virginia so utter
k reasonable as to further complicate national
troubles with State affairs, is preposterous.-
There is Ito section OF the State that would at
tempt any such thing, and if any man could
&c found foolhardy enough to attempt the as1-
tat;on, he would be so overwhelmed with scorn
that he could not appear again in tho Conven-
ton. Moreover, the Legislature in calling the
Convention would cnntinc its dellberatlon 10
Federal affairs, and thus prevent State matters
rrcm disturbing the Convention. The West
knows very we'll that it has only 10 bldc ITS
time 10 secure its objects, and that any prcina-
turc and unnecessary agitation Mt tins moment
would drive oil not only the East, but divide
its own members AMI hopclcSsly defeat lis OH
lect for many years. We have, perhaps. the
largest and most extensive correspondence OF
any men in the Statc-a correspondence extend
ing into every county and almost every post
office in Virginia. in all this correspondence,
for publication or private pcruSal, VIC have
never seen the question Of taxation alluded to,
except to mention that certain persons were
endcavoring to brighten the people D! Tie Statc
into submission with the spectre Of taxation.
Here again rulnor must lie in error.
We have thus, at length, noticed all these
rurnors, rs it is our custom 10 guard the public
against runners, tending us these d", TO divide
the South and induce the North TO persist in
their denial of our rights. Should rumor prove
herself a prophecies, and we he found i'll error
as to the message Of Gov. Letchcr, we predict
an Indignation unparalleled in the history OF
the State.
Since writing the above, We have been per
mit;cd to make the following extract from a
letter from q gentleman in New York city: