Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12


from gentleman Of high character and attain
mcnts in Indiana, will sttract the attention Of
uur readers:
To The Elliters Of tie Enquirer:
NASHVILLE ND, Feb 9, 1861.
Gentlemen If am not much deceived 1t
is not the purpose of the Black Repuohcan
party to concede to the South any Of the ma
terial points in the Crlttenden Doug las or
Border States proposition. Il come to this con-
cluSion from the tenor of the speeches OF lead
ing Republicans in this State, during the late
canvass for President having had abundant
opportunity, as one Of the Douglas electors in
this State to hear and judge for myself; from
the tone of their papers North; from their re-
cent legislation in the States where they are in
power and from the acknowledged fact, that
any such concession as deprives them OF the
power Of playing upon the ant-slavery harp,
sences them forever, contamination they
painfully anticipate and are struggling to pre-
vent.
It is folly to deny that their principal stock
in the political market is opposition TO the
peculiar institution" Of the South. They
may have occasionally 'bestrode the Home
stead hobby" talked to the iron-Inongers of
Pennsylvania of increased duty on iron, and
acclaimed of the vast Importance OF turning the
tide of Eastern commerce over Pacific and
Atlantic Railroad But these were mere cpl
sodes. The burden Of their song was and is
war upon slavery. ~ speak what do know"
when say their hostility to tho Southern In
stitution is not to be satisfied with combining it
within its present limits There is scarcely
representative man among them, whose pollti-
cal record will not disclose bitter denunclaton
of slavery in the District OF Columbia, the tl-
gitive slave law, and the Interstate slave trade
The exordium and peroration Of their speeches
lat honss) are inflated with bombastc declalna-
| tons against slavery in the abstract.
| Tho rank and file Of the Black Republican
| party are radically opposed to slavery. The
New York Tribune is their political textbook.
1t crculs.eS everywhere at the North When
it shows iii ivory, they laugh. When it OPP
posed coercion, they said "let the South 50
| out" When, three weeks later, it growled
menaces against secession, they voted men and
money to coerco. a.
Irenzied fanaticsm and blind prejudice, consent
10 he deprived of their accustomed food? BE-
licve it not. Strike the anti.slarery plank out
Of their platform, and what have they left
Nothing upon which an issue can be joined.
Opposition to slavery is their vitality.
Do not these wel.understood facts point to
the necessity Of resistance to the entertainments
while there is opportunity? What shall be
the nature Of that resistance? Four weeks
AFRO, I was for maintaining the Union at all
| hazards. I did not then, nor do | now believe
the doctrine Of peaceablo secession. fully
recognize the right of people 10 resort 10
revolution, when redress for actual and impor-
tant grievances can be had in no other mode.
That the slave States occupy that position
nov, no thinking man can doubt. VI hat
is the design OF those movements in the
Northern States for n reorganization Of
the militia, under the exclusive contro!
of Black Republicans? Why are Black
Republican Executives calling in the public
arms. Is it not their intent to d'sa'Aa the
conservatives of the North Let Nr Lincoln
be inaugurated at Washington. and then the
Black Republicans will have control of the EN-
tire militia organization Of the Northern States
and the Federal Army and Navy, and VIDA
them They'll laugh at your demands for adj
ditiona! guarantees A careful consideration Of
these facts have wrought change in my oplD
ions, and cannot conceive of any other SAFE
course for the South to pursue but to 90 on. AL
the slave States out Of the Union, and the ma
tional captal in possession Of the South, Black
Republicanism will come to terms, and not IN
iii then. Strike achile the iron is hot
Respectfully. d.
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