Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-02
VOLUME LVII.-NUMBER so.

be noble and gallant people AID know iba :
they have been lighting s co:n,non La,!lc w,,.,
u.s. in dcfence Of rights as sacred 10 i:c.:. as .
. Is -
Where sha! Virginia 60? I. has been fore.
shadowei in document iror: high ,lHt,,!
source, that we were to hsyr Middle Con.r,!.
eracy. But tor the great respect anu l'vrso:.al
regard that havo Tor lis ar,hor, a.! ir tie
high official positions which hc has hr!u: :,r
many years. should call the Sci,cIn" a-5ut |
forbe.r. Ny friend from B,d ed (iir &. ii.
GIN also Speaks OF Il Middle Conf, Lrlacy, AID
ns un argument against the establishment Of i
Southern Confederacy, he tells you. Us Li ;hc
gentleman from Rockbrdse CIR. Moog! tia:
you would have line Of I5C0 .;!c, 10 tc L,.
tended by standing army; GnG yet. tv the
establishment Of this Middle Comi.,!,Iacv. y,u
would have two lines, one Nc:il a;.,i nic South
So ;hat the evil OF Il standing army, i 81 evil ::
would be, would in his Middle CuIllc !v.acv 10
doubled
While upon that point, let Inc say WORD
here In relation TO runaway slaves: Il we
formed Confedcracy Of the slave States.
aloue III which the border free States wou,,i
rot become partners wc could have ample Iin.
tcc:Ion with proper securities. AhI i!at w,u. |
DC tina! projection: That r,Gtcc:!,n g.Uu!d De
a discriminating duty q! t!Sc -cr cc;.t as.;us:
them, until they w0nlG eve l:$ i treaty s.ip,.a.
tcu that our fugitive slaves s:.ou.d uv su:rcT-
drrrd. believe that wo"h bc l!irctual. be-
cause, although! our Northern J:c;!,rru love
DunHnlty, they love rloEcy lnoir. That wo
Should have fewer runaway$, | am l,.itcIv
satisfied, IRON this fact, tina. w.vn you cleanse
The Northern mind uf TIE sin 0. slavery and
diveSt them Of the idea that they are rcSpenS!-
bic for il, they would feel themselves Is free
from Tic sin Of slavery here RS they aye from
the sin Of slavey in Cuba, Brazil and the res.
OF the world. Would you crush and pv.
down this a;itationg You ncy.r cau, n,yc.
will pm. it down.
This crusade against siarery has hcen carrie
on in defiance OF The Bihl. S;nce the DISCUS.
si0a Of this Suhec! commenced. some of our
most eminent cI-rsymen and scholars have
given 10 it all the powers Of their m!ndS and hcy
! have demonstrated with pcEc VI iisht thatIt
isa Bible institution, recognized both ,Lc vi
and New Testament, and mat !, IS 4 moral arG
social institution, which may be regarded - lie
very pillar Of our hops aud pro. .ne,l;y-au!
yet ruthless hands Seek 20 ,:,s::oy u,
! Ny friend from Bedford, ND GtGc:s II
! admcnshins us against going with the Scotia,
and 10 bs cautious that We did nU. plac: car.
! selves in worse condition than we uccu,y "t
| present stn;ed that it wouli be comps. ty!, r.,
! the ConIcdcrated CGng'lss 10 Go, What The
! Congress at Washington canno, 60, according -
! the decision Of the Supreme Cuur; pIthc C..i,,d
SIates-that is, prohibit the interstate >lnvc
trade Ny friend, know, did q: inlc'I;o' ally
misrepre>ert this matter hut GIn sT;s is, 4 II Il,
u statesman nI his distinction, upon qi,SlIoa
Of such vital Importance. should vcniurc ~
| rnuae the statement he did before body like
this, unless he Was better iniu;n:,d as TO ile
facts. Let Ine rchG the clause rrluiug TO tins
subject iu:u the Constitution Of The lew Cen
federacy:
The importation Of african negroes from
any foreign country other than the savchuiri-
ing States Of the C0nlrdera;e,l States. is l.cit-
BY forbidden, and Congress j. required 10 pass
such laws as shall cIrctualiy prc:r.l :!.e
| sanle."
The gentleman smiles Mt thi:. IS lIou.h hc
was not mistaken. II lie waS hvt mi,tahcG. IL
the fac;, he was most rirciouS in ,!S cs,.I.
municaron Of tie idea, b,c,lse whrn N.r-:.',:
should become member Of the Siat:.,'ii
Cunicteraty, then the Confederate! to"y,c-s
could not interdict the trade brlW ccrr Virginia
Gnl the other States OF the South. ;ll >u:-
priScd that my friend from RnckhriJIr. tM:.
MOORE } my friend from Bedford, (A1r. GyCc:y
un1 other gentlemen h,re. should cItyAyor To-
! create an excitement against tic Conf lS!I;ed
States, because Il Confederate STATE, II tuc
South hsvs frankly declared that ronyrv's
shall have the po%er 10 ln;crdlct lhr inirocrc.
lion OF slaves in!u the Conict,rar,d S'acs,
fruul sny other States outside Ci The CoEtyGc.
racy.
congress shall also have powc- TO pro,..:
the introduction Of slaves from any Stutc ~;
8 member Of this Conicd.racy."
The gentleman is an ad"ocaie (or ,hc inter.
Gic,ion Of the African Slave trade i;c will not
receive single African into our !i,i.i>: LIt i.
Virginia and tie border Stale, don, ,unI.c ,uir
destiny with the destiny Of the con:p,iclaic'i
States, they will be just as foreign tp tue nv
Confederacy as Africa is to Us. Bu: the slrl.>.
man complains Of the Xe,cse Of tiis power
by the confedernted States as III: cat. Ii
mistake not, there is now statute III our o"u
code Intcrdicting tie intl odnclion 0! an, Saves
from any other S.s.c into Virginia. 1t E.ay
have been repealed if it has tot hccn. have
yioated it for | have occasionally brought i
slave from the South to Virginia AMI have
intend.d never 20 violate the laws Of III" Stale.
understand the law Of Virginia to DC, tia:
you may bring slaves here fur Your ow use,
but you cannot bring them here ioi sale. 20
not consider, however, that that is ma;criai.
What | complain Of IS. that my friend r0la
Bedford CIR. GocGis) as ia; Also NY ilicnd
from RockbriGge tNr. Mookr,. cI.GcaSo:,l
to enGender prejudice a,ans. South Carolina
aud her sister States, because they avowcd
themselves in favor Of exercising ihr privilege.
If We continued strangers 10 tii.:2 ui Ero:.c:-
ing themselves.
But ny friends from Rockbilge and BED!
ford, Seems 10 30 apprehcnsivc tha. VIZ
ginia would net unwiscIy in going ir-
70 S,ulhern Con!edcracv, because they
might pass a law re.opcning tic AZ
rican slave trade. What dill the cuqucn,
lina, Georgia and Mississippi, s:v upon This
subject They told us, that they do not i:r;l.id
to pass arg such law; that it was Tot he
sentiment Of the South. un.. the ProSis:o2a.
Government have already inlrrdctcd il il: nc
clause have read. But brcaIs- i!cre are a
few individuals a. :he South who 5vvs them.
selves in f.vor o! re.opcn!ng this trade. a;c
we, therefore, TO be alIrDed. and refuse 10 MN.
gle our counseis with theirs? have al cate
sive acquaintance in all the South, and ha.c
bad an ample opportunity ~ test this matter.
and | state from my experience ard knowledge
OF this subject that there are "ery ie% per.
sons there who advocate the re.ofcnrnS Of tic
African slave trade. Gentlemen nccl nave no
apprehension upon this sulj.ct. II Virginia
und The border States should 60 into Council
with her sister States Of the South, they could
exercise. and would have controlling power
in regulating and keeping down, and suppres
ing this trais !. iS therefore, very pywv:.
fu reason why Virginia should unite her Gcs
taies With the Southern Ccn!ederacy.
These gentlemen tell us also that there il
unfailhfulness on the part of the Sor!h Ia ;!c
Cnion-lhat the African slave trade has be Z
carried on. II is true tha, the hi. ory .; tie
Government presents three instances Of pro.
secutlon for theintroduction Of African saves, in
which there has not been coEvlcliCn IL single
case. Whether this failure 10 ccnvic: aro.s
from public sentiment, or whether It was owihg
to defect in the testimony, canrci say. BU,
Is II not woHa erluI that when slaves in the