Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-04

fruits how well they carry out these lGten
tons. The natural craving Of the human mine
for progress in the pursuit of its highest good
always makes it restless under any governmen
which does not minister to its advancement
England is contented, because the people ar
satisfied with the fruits Of progress secured b!
their institutions, besides that means are al
WAYS at hand to ultimate and bring into exer
else the utmost of liberty which may comlnent
itself to O rational advance in human progress
France is contcnted, because her institution
suit her people and give them all the liberty
they can use to the advantage OF progress
Russia is also contented for the same reasons
Austria is, however, discontinued, and some o
her people are asking for the liberty of pro
gress in well-bcing and civilization, while other!
Of her people, more radical, demand the same
lstitudinarian liberty which has more than once
deluced Europe with blood. Mexico, with thu
same constitution that we have had, has been
scene Of anarchy from tiue itnme,norial. The
liberty she has had is not fitted for her pro
eress, and hence is not true liber.J, but tina
which leads to anarchy, because more than sht
can protitably use. Hence We might conclude
that there is no fixed amount Of liberty which
should be melted out alike to all people, ano
that its only measure is what can be probably
used for advancement in well'doing.
The people who will not contne themselves tc
this standard, must, Of necessity, come to anar
chy, andshow themselves unfit for the enjoyment
of even that which they have. Such is the con
dition of the Northern, or Free States, as they
are called, which are fast digging a grave fol-
the freedom they have enjoyed, and are about
retrograding from the institutions of their f.
theirs. Unwilling to acknowledge the ~self-evi
dent truth, on which all progress should depend,
that the tree must be judged by its fruits, they
are for cutting down every tree that docs not
bear the fruits Of their imaginatious and delu'
sions, and which, when eaten, have ever turn
ed out but fruits Of Sodom.
They have witnessed the progress Of the ne
gro, from tho brute TO the beginning of q man,
under the mild and forbcaring p~upilage Of the
Southern whites. They have seen him increase
from q few to four millions of happy, content
ed, and useful beings. They see these four
millions steadily advancing in religion and
morals. They have seen their labors set in
motion a very large part of the and
manufactures Of the civilized world. They
know that he asks no rational and useful lib
erty that he cannot attain, and that no re-
straints to his progress in well-doing are i'm
posed, but that on the contrary, he is encour.
aged to be industrious, honest, truthful, faith,
full as a servant, father, mother, child, and in
every other relation of life, (or on the posses
sion Of such qualities does his value depend,
and our happiness in the close relationship we
are bound to bear towards him. They know,
that the exceptional cases of hardshipS, endur-
ed by our negroes, do not approach in extent
or atrocity those inflicted by whites on their
" color in the Free States, and in Europe.
They sec our people, unsrmed, sleep, with
doors unlocked and open, in the midst of our
faithful and contented slaves. They hear Of
no uprising, except those melted by the hell.
hounds Of fanatical liberty-moDgers. They see,
in the midst of war, our negroes ready to de-
fend us; and, as a mass, more loyal than ever.
In the midst of all these experiences, they
claim the right to come in and destroy us, be-
cause OF an institution whose fruits are those
of good and of progress, the very objects for
which God created us, and wish to plant among
us a Upas tree, which shall kill every particle
of civilized life.
If this is right and holy; if it is according
write to your people to prepare themselves to
QllueIsU tlS SduC SuAo lloCniCut, . " SoOI 40 u
power can be raised sufficiently strong to step
on your soil, and undertake to regulate your
affairs, in accordance with the amount Of lib
erty it thinks your people should enjoy. Let
Russia, let France look and judge, whether
the liberty enjoyed by our negroes is not the
amount fitted for their progress, and whether
any more than this would not lead to anarchy,
and be sub7ersive of the objects Of God for
his creatures on earth. This is the measure
by which to judge OF the fitness Of any insti.
tuition. 1t is this view of the case that makes
tho difference between the regulated liberty
established by the founders OF our Republic,
and the wild cry for liberty raised by Red Re-
publicanism. The United States, acting hitherto
on this principle, have never been propagandists,
but have always recognized the principle that
every people had a right to judge c. the kind
of government (whether monarchical, auto.
cratic or republican, which could best adj
vance their happiness and progress Recogni-
ling the propriety of every shade Of difference
in the wants and conditions of mankind, they
have been contented to be let alone, and to lei
others alone. The same Red Rcpublicanism
that is ut war with true liberty in Europe, is
now rampant among US, aud if England was
willing to spend untold sums OF money to kill
this hydra, that was threatening the civili2a'
ton and wholesome progress of'your CONT.
nent, she is now equally bound to at least
throw her moral weight in the scale of the
States, which, remaining true to Constitutional
liberty, are now found battling against the
imported spawn Of this dire enemy to man
kind. We ore not DESTROYS of injuring any
one, we desire peace; We ask to let its fruits
be the test Of the tree planted in our
midst and the greatest boon that can be
conferred on US, is "to be let alone"
The theme on which | write is a very preg'
nant one. | could inditc q volume without
exhausting it in its various ramifications, Blu,
l content myself with stating the salient
points of my subject, leaving to your thinking
and philosophic minds the carrying them out
to their legitimate conclusions. l will con-
clude by again insisting, that the contest here
being waged, is of immense Importance to every
civilized people, because it is in issue,
whether the amount Of liberty to be accorded
to individuals, shall be measured by their ca.
pacity to use and enjoy II, without injury to
others and themselves, OF whether it shall be
DO absolute and of the largest latitude and to
all alike. History and experience teach, that
if the latter shall prevail, the country will
soon be in anarchy, and the limited liberties
we have been enjoying, will be engulfcd in the
m3lstrom Of disorder, leading to a military
rule, and q liberty more and more restricted,
BY the necessities Of safety 10 persons and
property which will be the result. Europe,
therefore, owes it to herself to sympathise
with those, who arc struggling in the defence
of true Ii6crty-because the defence Of slavery
n the Southern States, is really the defence Of
liberty, for, in that condition alone can the
negro be secured in the largest enjoyment Of
slife, liberty and the pursuit Of happiness" OF
which he is capable, and his consequent ad'
yancement In civilization and human progress.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant
E. Y.