Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-30
VOLUME LVII.-NUMBER 81

ID I'M .AiNi 81 u WlTc-WOTkeTi " e.
sir, there were q good many wlre-worker
But this fellow had his wire broken before
could spin it saw some notice of NOV
ment Of annexation on the part Of Canada [
New England, short time ago. The Can.
dians and the New Brunswickans said '.No, "
won't 90 a step in that direction; we war
none Of their isms; they are pcrvading tn
whole county with their isms; they have thei
istnS IF sll sorts and descriptions that eve
entered into the imagination of man; we prs
fer TO chant our national anthem of God saw
the Qdeen she affords us protection, she nu,
tures IT'S and she raises us, and if we are drive
into a Confederacy, why we stretch from III
extreme waters which wash our shores, to tn
extreme waters Of the Pacific, we embrace al
this hunting country" How can the Nortl
obtain it? How is this uire.uoratr to get it
| Why, sir, the British colonies would not com
/ if they could.
| Aud who does not know all about the Anglo
saxon race? Did ever any Anglo.saxon mai
or woman part with one single foot of grount
they had obtained, without full consideration
Why, the race is noted as race Of land.mon
gers. Of all nations in the world Great Britai,
is the last TO surrender one single inch of ter
ritory belonging TO her anywhere on the fac
| OF the earth. Queen Victoria aud hGr sceptr,
must have passed away, the lion rampant vii
be no longer the symbol of England, before
she will surrender 10 the United States or tc
any other power those possessions OH this con
continent
But my friend supposed that our Northern
friends would come down in hordes and take
possession Of Central America, unless we had
this check upon them. Dear me! Sir, the
law Of climate as applicable to races, forbids
this. y man Of the Caucasian race hlcdged
TO 80 and work under burning sun? Why,
these 'lrcarners Of the North seemingly know
nothing of the influence Of climate. They
talk Of your cotton fields of your burning sun,
1t is true. They estimate well the wealth that
comes up from these sources. They talk Of it,
and they talk Of free labor. Now | beg to
know, while the burning sun is upon the West.
India Island, the lands, the richest in the
world, and although so called free.soil (under
emancipation acts) exists there, and although
labor commands the highest prices and great.
cr demand for it exists than anywhere else,
why is it that the vast tide of emigration which
rolls in from Europe makes no halt there, but
passes on until it reaches high Northern la.
the part Of herdsrnan or engaged in the cult.
vation Of the cereals? Where he Aourishcs, the
african pershes Child Of the sun, the last
luxuriatcs under tropical heat; creature Of a
Northern latitude, the Caucasian man perishes
where the African dourishcs; and so he Of Afri-
cas- Sullry land dragS out a brefand wretched
existence where the white man becomes vigor-
Gus and strong, and attains the full perfection
Of mental and physical developelpcnt Such is
the law Of climate, and that law negatives the
Suppost!on indulgcd in by the gentleman from
kanawha
You rarely ever find the Caucasian day la
bore! in South America, and ifan exception pre-.
sctits itself he is Il stranger in a strange land
And TO guard against this imaginary acquisi-
ton Of territory, on the part Of the North, you
require concurrent majorlties which efTectuaIy
precludcs all hope Of acquisition on your own
part. You must have a majority Of nineteen
States now, soon to be thirty six; and majori.
ty Of your own Senators which you would
readily obtain, and from those majoriles make
up the two.thirds before you can get Cuba, or
the West India Islands, or any one foot of ad.
ditional territory.
wish to allude to one man, in this connection,
who you knew, and who | knew well for the
greater portion Of my life. ! looked upon him
almost as tic atlas upon which not only his
party, but, in some degree, his country rested
kucw him in the Senate Of the United States
ShS IrN III fe'2TT sri ts Sais $as 6 sS :
10 heal the diSconteuti Of his country, and to
cca;rixc its wounds. 1t was Henry Clay, sir.
| take pleasure in pronouncing his name in
this connection. There were afterwards poll
teal feuds between Us, but it was his loss and
not mine lie threw of the hand that would
have supported him. lie forfeited the assist
ance OF friend who admired snd esteemed
hi!n to the close of his life-one who has no
hesitation in saying now, as said in your pre-
sencc, addressing Mr. MAcFARLAND,) upon a
recent occasion, that he deserves monument
lofty as the mountains, enduring US the skies,
for his great measure Of pacihcation, his IA
NOUS tariff compromise, which gave peace tc
the country, and bade the raging elements be
STILL
Well, sir, am disciple Of his, to some ex,
tent, ON the subject Of the African race. lie
did not limit his view to the then confines ol
the United States. lie looked from Mary land,
Virginia and the other border States in the d.
rection Of the West India Islands, or Ccntra
America, with the idea that the slave popula
ton might ultimately find their outlet in that di
rection. And yet, in my firm belief you can
not acquire foot OF land under this provision
of the Peace Conference, for it etlectually close
the door to further expansion on the part Of tn
South. The only way in which you hay
heretofore acquired territory has been by
great party in the free States coming to tn
aid Of the South. You could have acquired
in no other way. Louisiana and Florida wcr
obtaiaed in that way. New England op
posed them Is she opposes now eyerythin
that pertains to the interests Of the South, o
tends 10 give it political strength. In lik
manner, she opposed the acquisition Of Texas
and yetit was through the medium Of cor
trolling majority, made up of Northern AM
Southern votes, that we obtained the acquls
ton Of that country.
Mr. SnEfrEY.-l move, sir, that the Convcn
ton do now adjourn, and | hope it will be tn
pleasure Of the Convention to extend the cour
tesy of the floor tomorrow to the distinguish
cd gentleman who has addressed Us.
The Convention then adjourned.
MARCH 18th, 1861.
EX President TYLER resumed his remark:
and said:
Mr.. President, am deeply grateful, sir,
the members Of the Convention for the kin
indulgence which they granted me yestel
day. found much difficulty in causing th
views which | addressed to the Conventio
Yesterday, to be heard because Of great d.
liciency in my voice feel similarly circuu
staneed this morning. a voice which has herr
tofore never failed, has become subdued b
. severe and continued cold, until it has 10:
most Of its distinctness and compass.
But make no apology for the circumstance
under which Iappear before you am in Il,
discharge of great public duty; and in tn
discharge of that duty suffer no impedimer
arising from my own personal inirmties
stand in the way.
On yesterday dissected, as far as ] coult
the first section Of the article proposed by tn
peace Conference" I find, however, that
omitted fact which has much bearing upo
the case.
unthe course of our proceedings at WASH
! ;n,tnu. and looking to some safe guarantee {