Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-01-08

.olcll IN OUtldrc bLSHk '"'N
the unqualified and universal condemnation oil
good and law.abidinr citizens in every State OF
the confcicracv. In ~atrocitv, it stands without
parallel in the history &C orr country, and all
right thinking men would suppose that neither
the authors nor the act would lind apoloSisls
any where. Is il 50? Did We not find nume-
rolis apulocists for the conduct oi John Brown
and his IIa.itious associates, throughout many
Of the Northern, but more especially IN the
New England States: Tie fountain OF New
England sympathy was broken up To us
depths, ard gushcd forth, when John Brown
ard his followers were condemned, alter Il
fair trial, and cxpiatcd their crimes npon the
gallows. Though they are dead, New England
sympathy Tor them slll survives. But n le"
weeks ago a John Grown sympathiser was elect.
cd to the Gubcrnatorial char Cl il!c State Of
Massachusetts, one Of the original tl!lrteel'-
The Executive chairs ul the States oi ohio anu
Iowa are also filled with the same description
Of men, holding Tic same general views aa'o
eating the same principles and measures, ana
exhibiting deep sympathy and strong lariaity
for these l~icaTtlCss malciac;orS both elected,
however, prior 10 the I~larpcr's Perry rad.
The people of the Northern States, as their
statutes shuw, aid it is confirmed by tilelr
speeches AMI addresses, their resolutions III
pubiic meetings, and indeed in almost every
conceivable mode, have been cndcavnrlne 10
c~ontine slavery within lis present limits, ny eS-
cludinei it from all the territories belonging 10 tle
government. They have been cldeavprlhS 10
draw Il line around the Southern States. Will
the purpose Of then declaring that slavery
shall 40. 20 beyond the limits thus determined
i r:hrin. The statutes and resolutions OF MA
ny of the non s!arekoiding States, from The
time Texas sought admission into he Unlon,
u; TO tbs day, confirm this view u. The designs
and purposes Of the free States.
Who can have forgotten the attempt made
by the Northern people 10 use the malls i"' The
transmission of the yilcst papers, Illustrated 10y
pictorial representations, calculated ard M
tended 'io produce dissatisfaction and revolt
amongst the slaves, and to iEcitc tl!rir wild las-
sious TO vengeance against their masters and
others in slavehoIding States. Tie Objects they
| then had in view, md towards the accomplish
mcnt Of which their efforts were directed, were
the abolition Of slavery in the District ct Column
hia. and the exclusion uf slave States from adj
mission into the Union.
Since the formation Of the Government, COLI
posed ulthc original thirteen States, twenty new
States have been added to The Union, making
now The n,imbcr o! thiriy-threc. Or the num-
Der so added, eleven have been free States, and
nine Stare States. For many years the policy
was IL admit States 7rdTi pdSsH, so rs TO pre-
serve The equilibrium in the Senate between the
| North and the South. In carrying ont THIS
policy, Vermont and Kentucky, Tennessee and
Ohio, Indiana and Mississippi, Illinois and Ala
barna, Maine and Missouri, Arkansas and Mi,
chigar, Florida and Iowa, came in together, or
near the same time. When the State al Mis-
souri, was admitted, The State Of Maine WAS cut
| of from the then State Of Massachusetts,, for the
purpose of preserving the equilibrium between
the North and Sonih. il the Senate. y North.
ern State was divided, with II view Of keeping
up the equipoiSc, and that division gave an ad.
ditional free State Ia The Union. That eqnI-
poiSc is nuw destroyed, and wc Stand fifteen
Slave and eighteen free States. Even in this
state Of the case. the South has been so for
bearing andunscI!islI, that she has never asked
for !hc division Of her States, that The cQniPoisc
Knight Lc restored.
An advantage has been gained over us in alt
other respect. equally important. The crgln'
iz"d Territories (wi;h the exception OF New
! Mexico are destined 20 nicotine free States; and
il may be that even this Territory will be Ui
! like character. AL Of these Territories will
come into the Union near about the same time;
and while the North has tie advantage over Us
now d six Senators. that advantage must, III
the ordinary coarse Of events, il The Union
shall survive, lc greatly increased. besides,
the territory ni Tie SlG"c States is generally
larcc; the territory al The FRI" Stale; generally
small. Rhode lSla:;i is ,nair equal Ia Missouri
in the Senate: t'nr"crr:c;iL is "a r",InicrroiSc 10
| Virginia; Vc,rnonl. with lis wild lniatici::tn, is
an Offset - t;"nr.:a, the empire State ut The
South.
Can il b" surprising that III" people of the
South should &c rcstive and uneasy nrdcrsnch
circumstances in addition, = candidate has
i1sl been ~clccte,i - tl. Presidency, who gave
uttcrance rn lie !n!lawi:: a;rrcin!- sentiments.
indicating lis bitter hostility 10 the South and
her institutions In rny opinion, 1t CtIc
slavery a.l!a,;oaj viii BOT cease until 4 crisis
shall have been reached and passed. y house
divided against Itself cannot stand. believe
this government cannot endure permanently,
half slave aud half free. ! d. not expect IN"
Union 10 he dissolved I d. not expect the
housc to fail: Aut / 10 expect il VII! cease to
br divided. IL will become all one thing, or
all the other. Either the opponents Of slave
~ will arrest the ;urthc: spread of II, and
place it where the public mind shall rest IN the
belief that il is il The course Of ultimate cx-
%tinc,ior, or lis advocates will push il forward
until il shall bcc0my alike lawful in all tho
States, old rs well as ncw, North rs well rs
South" And again, he G,yS 81 embrace
with pleasure this opportunity ol declaring my
djSapprotaiicn Of that clause Of the Cunsti,t!-
ton which denies 10 4 pGrtina uf the colorci
people the hight Of Suffrage"
Wien 4 President is elected, entertaining
ard boldly ~a"nwing such sentiments when, to
this moment, HEY have never been r~ctracird
or qualified, have VIC Hot reason for alarm and
resentment:
The Union is now disrupted; let the North
Lcar the blaine. They have brought these sad
and Gcpiorallc results upon Tie country, aud
The candid and honest Incn Of tn: world will
hold them responsible for the destruction of Il
government that has challenged The admiration
and commanded the respect OF tire nations OF
the earth Before God ard the world, they
will he licii answcrab!r for this calamity.
They yet have the power Ia end the strife
and excitement. and restore confidence to the
country. W!ll they ia il: await ttirir re-
Spouse, Int not without apprehension. Time,
however, will soon furnish the answer. The
present stale Of things cannot continue long
4 change .Gr tie better or the worse. must
soon come.
Can II lie Supposed that Il dissolution If the
Union ca! end ia ;lir organization Of Il North
crn ard Southern cni.frdcrary, embracing the
States and territory on this SIDE of the Rocky
mountains? / entertain 10 such opinion. !
consider it not only possible, but highly pro
babic. that when di&l!u!On shall Cone, we will
have four organizations, independent and dis
tinct. The States and Territories on tlrc Paci.
flee, ny reason Of their locality and isolation,
will farm onr. The New England States, with
New York. in consequence OF their identity Of
opinions on the <rhjcct Of African slavery, and
their other ~lanatical Ideas Of like kind, will
constitute the second. The border slave States,
| witt! PENNSYLVANIA. New Jersey, Missouri, and
the North. western States and Territories. will
form the third. The Ohio river, Il great high
way, owned 10y Virginia, furnishes a common
! bond uf union between several ct ;Ieir.-thc
.y.-,,,i ,.;-,. rrr,lcr urna. lirlwaC is Il