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

that the cotton States, Instead OF Wlthura"inA
from the Confcderacv, might have stopped the
wheels Of Government by stopping the appro-
priation Of material supplies can tell the
gentleman that the wheels Of Government are
not like the cog-whecls Of grist'mllls and saw
mills. They cannot be stopped and put IN mo.
ton 1T pleasure. They cannot be stopped
without results, widespread and disastrous
Stop the wheels Of this Government for our
protection
Let us suppose, sir. the Southern States to
have adopted this plan, for the purpose OF ex-
turtlns from Republican Administration re-
casntinn of Southern rights; what would have
been the RESULT Perhaps may be told that
it would have compelled the Administration to
concession Of our just demands. Sir, they
have seen the Government dissolved, and they
dave conceded nothing; they have seen it
threatened with the horrors of civil war, ami
they have yielded nothing. They see our COM
rncrce declining they see financial elnbarrass
!ncnt almost without u parallel! they hear the
complaints, the murmnrs and cries of dis
tressc:l people vet they stand Indifferent and
sold upon the Chicago platform, refusing all
compromise and all cnrcossion-and imagine,
sir, that they would have conceded no more,
had the Plan suggested by the gentleman from
.Al
repeat. what would have been the result In
a little while you would have seen your
members of Congress dispersed for want
IF pay. 1t is said they do not work all for
love. You would have seen Your Federal Ju.
dietary retire from the Courts-you would
have seen your Distrcs Attorneys retire from
their poStions-you would have seen the whole
| mail intercourse Of the country cut of-you
,-nnl1 bnvn
| retire-vcu would have seen your public works
everywhere Slappcd-you would have seen the
public employees everywhere turned out to
starve-ycu would have seen commerce. de-
stroyed- in short, sir you would have seen
national md individual bankruptcy and ruin
You would have seen state Of things under
which no human power could have averled Il
revelation, more formidable and more fearful
| in lis consequences than that which now sur.
rounds us, and which we now contemplate.
Sir, have 3 profound respect for the distin-
| r,sl,rd gentleman from Augusta Is lawyer,
but il this be his prescription for a diseased
political body, must sag that have but little
respect for his pretenSons rs a doctor. know
Of no principle upon which the gentleman
suggested this remedy. Let the gentleman
stop the wheels Of tins government when he
will ard for what purpose he will, and he will
never s.c them put in motion again. The
wheels of this government once stopped, and
| ,bey turn no more forever. Then, sir, the
Southern States are told, what2 That they
| S!,ould have remained in the government, and
| have pulled it down over their own heads, to
crush GU. and destroy the prosperity and hap.
! pincSs of their own people. submit, sir, u
our gallant brethren Of the cotton States did
not adpu. Il wiser courSes II they did not
evince wiser foresight, and more prudential
regard, NOT cnlr fnr their own best interests,
but for those Of the whole country But, sir,
would remind gentlemen that what the cot.
| ton States should Or should not have done, Is
not the question for orr consideration. II is
! said tia. Unnipotence cannot recall the past.
| Certain it is that We Cannot rccal the action Of
those States. We have to act, and must act III
:cI Gr the circumstances which now surround
rs. We NAV drncuncc the c1ttpn States, yet
we arc compelled to act. in view OF the fact
chat those Suites no longer form part of this
government
Mr.. Chairman the gentleman from Augusta,
told us that we had invaded the Northern pcU-
| bic. that we had invaded their schools of phi
uSopilv and theology, and that VIC had raised
uD friends for the South. lletold lis that the
| Republican party. in order 10 retain a respcc-
,abic Number, had had to back down from
their ahalition sentiment and proclvties. Sir,
brief review Of toe rise and progress Of that
party, will show the foundation for that decla.
ration. The abolition party, as political
,arty, first made its appearance before the
country, in 1910, with James g. Brney, Of
Michigan, rs lis candidate for the Presi-
acncy. and Francis J. Lcnioyne Of Penn
srvania, US its candidate for tho Vice
Presidency. They received 1000 votes
In 1874 with Birncy again as candidate,
that party polled G2, 40 votes. In ls46, Mar
tain Van Buren,, was the candidate for President,
Of the Buffalo Convention, and Gerritt Smith
the candidate Of the more ultra abolition
party. and they both poled 296, 232 votes In
1852, with John P. Hale rs its candidate, it
po,icd l5I ,296 votes. In 1885, the candidate
Of the Republican party, John g. Fremont,
supported by the whole Republican party, re.
ceyed l,34l,sl2 votes. In 1860, Abraham
Lincoln and Hannibal Hamiin, were elected
President and Nica-Prssdent Of the United
States, by a strict abolition vote OF l,S63, $40
votes. II this be the result Of Southern inva-
sion Of Northern schools Of philosophy and
theology, the sooner the South withdraws her
invading army, the better. Yet the gentleman
from Augusta, told us, that they had backed
down from their abolition doctrines. Sir, let
the declarations. fresh from the lips OF the
great leading men of the Republican party,
answer the gentleman.
In pamphlet copy OF Mr.. Lincoln's speech
cs find the following. will trouble my
friend from Monroe, (Mr. EcnoLs,) to read for
me- Mr. EcnoLs read as follows:
II did not say that | desired that slavery
should be put in Il course Of ultimate eztinc
ton, I do say so now, however, so that there
can he no longer any difficulty about that
at tuay be written down in the great
speech
Il ieye always bated slavery, think, As
mach "a any abolitionist. / have been an old
line Wing. have always hated it, but have
always been quiet about it until this new era
OF the Introduction of the Nebraska bill be-.
gsu. always believed that everybody was
against it and that il was in q course OF ul-
| innate extinction.
I'VE src no. far into the fifth year since u
policy was initiated with the avowed ohjcc.
ard confident promise Of putting an end to
slavery agitation. Under the operation Of that
policy, that agitation has not only not ceased,
6ut has constantly augmented In Inv opin-
ion, it will not cease until crisis shall have
been reached and passed. "A house divided
against itself cannot stand | believe this
Government cannot endure permanently half
slave and half free I do not expect the Union
10 be dissolved do not expect the house to
fall. put 10 expect it will cease to be divided.
Il will become all one thing or all the other
Either the opponents Of slavery will arrest the
further spread of it and place it where the
public mind shall rest in the belief that 1t is In
The course Of ultimate extinction or its advo.
Gates will push it forward till it shall become
alike, law fll in all the States old as well as
new, North as well as South"
Extract f'ou letter from Mr. Lincoln TO
the Republicans Of Boston, dated April 9Th,
1859:
This is a world Of compensation, and be
r,o w0nd be no slave must consent TO nave
-. .iux.a rEhasD .rh1, iaa,. fraadoIn To Thar;