Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-08

80 eAP-ct"ls nightly and hourly 10 be- brought
lhip uil!iy collision with the Northern
people, arc ready to c,ruc back ard mingle with
i'ieM un terms OF friendship IN the admins.
trattnE vi Il common government? M, sir !;
the iiitse OF tlIe poet truly describes the rela.
1--we condition Of these once fra:ernal, but now
dlSiueu States iitr cliffs that have been rent
uSiinder by the thunder bolt,
y A Urea y sea now rolls between"
Dl1oI br!'cTe that the men who have Or
gahiHca th;s g1Trrnmvnr, aud the great pnpu-
iaT pouy That las Sustained il so far, can
b. brought back MO this Union, uni induced
u submit 10 Black Republican rule, but By
bloody revolution ut home ar subjugnt!on from
Abroao Are tl!sy not able IL tn~lintaiti them.
selves, IN their independent condition? We
frequently See in the public prints whc!t-
SAFE ial'etG"is, III the letter t!iat has
Ju'i appeared, rurFcr,ing 10 be- from Judge
Lyons, "f South C~aru!irI, with details OF
e'orlnonS tnxrs, interference with private pro.
perty, hob laws, & . in the seeded States. l
trust tlist thu only wellrons We shall use in
as Controversy will be those Of truth and fair
Argument, aid that VS. will lend no countc-
Marco. IN any form, to slismeless policy which
lads its appropriate counterpart in the course Of
S"s 'C''l. VIM W y ilG
aid oi the Heavenly pDwcrs 10 wreak her ven.
g1ance upon it, object, turned, in her wrath,
and invoked helu iiom The iurlcs Of hell:
"5tReeEre suprrns ne9nes, AchHronta mcrsIo."
TasSe t;.es contain L white population lar.
ger tiIan that "t the thirteen colonies when
oar independence was achieved, u territory
Ul1re compact and dei.nSihie, vastly superior
rc>oa!cci IN money, trained s~hi:jlcrS and all
the mnnlnenIS 81 war, ard Il greet staple,
when makes 1t almost 4 Necessity, for every
civilized Iatir,i to preserve with them rela.
tons Vi peace and commerce.
From the most reliable accounts, the pros
perity OF these States has never Lrrn greater
tla: Ut this day. Their nhility to maintain
ta2!: government, the Tact that it will be O
More 70 'aOn.ical one when it has been once
permanently organized. and that the taxes re-
a4>Slry iur IT. support, will be actually less
than toe proportion "slirh the Southern
people I0"; pay ~tu"aTls tie maintenance. of
tlis t@;vIni Government, can bc established
by inulsuuta bic evidence. VIII the Govern.
nlcnt d: Washington, DC uhlc 10 bring them
uich by force llow will it be a:temp.v I'll ? 1t
has at lcrGih discovered, tlIat 10 block Irie the
Sonthtrn p';;s, a"d attempt TO collect the Tere.
III. "u;,iG: 0l tl,riu by ARMED ~vess"l:, would
not ol.!y cost ulprc than the duties would pay,
bu. would. III I'll probability, involve the Gov
erumri;t IL war with foreign powers Neither
France nor England would submit for q mo.
msnt to the exactiun of one duty out OF the
pore, and another in the port TO close the
SOUTHERN ports u ports Of entry, by an act Of
Congress, when the people are repud,a;!ng The
EedernI jnrIsdiction-a,d The GJYefr,,oert, by
lis wi conduct, confessing Inability to main
t.ir such jnris1iciicn-wuuld be regarded by
every Cos, rnneat in Europe, MS equivalent to
a paper blockade, and be resisted us q violation
u: lie rules OF publ: law. Cun On army be
c,licc;ed aud supported, sufficiently nuluerous
10 es'ab!l=!. the Federal authority / have
heard a friend Of mine rc,ate 4 CONVEX
sation which occurred in his presence,
at the diuacr table Of 4 distinguished gentle
nam Of Boston. between men who were regard
eli IS conservative in that city, in which con.
rcrsatlon the opinion vas generally expressed,
That if an attempt Should he made to dissolve
he Union by the Southern States, Northern
capital could and wonli employ a furco of IL.
reign merc"narirs sufficient. tn sIt juyats them,
witnou. shedding a drop ot Yankee blood. We
learn fr00i history, Mr.. Chairman, that when the
Pcrsians invaded Greece, they carried with thtm
the marble viii! which 70 build q column 10
Victory, aud that upon the plains of Marathon,
q tamplc WAS raised from that marble to
nvengiag Nemesis; and. if necessary, the
l,ng Sleeping echoes OF those rarring lessons
which Greece gave 10 Persia, which SSi!z.r-
land gave TO Austria, which the Netherlands
gave 10 Spain. and which our iorcfa hers gave
to England, will be revived on many q baltic
i:li ~ ireednm, upon our Southern soil.
No, Sir, the Federal Government can neither
tempt these States to return, nor can il lUrce
them to return. Without scme change in its
oSn policy, according to the reliable statement
OF the New York "Erening Pvst"-tEe most
Conservative sil the nble.t l.. publican Journal
in the couutrv-withcut snu!e change III is
..o.icy, in consequence Of the unequal operation
Of the Southern ana the Northern tariff, the
Government will ., bankrupt before the next
crop Of corn Is iIpc. In this condition, let Us
enquire, what policy is suggested by the report
Of the Committee on Federal Relations, to VIZ.
s,nia! TIe policy recommended, is to initiate
Il proceeding, which cannot be cousumnated in
les than rom six to twelve and eighteen
moiths, with :hc view OF 0htIin!ng amendments
10 the Constitution. which may possibly result
n 4 re. construction nf II. UaiGn.
NV, Mr.. President. every ml,sris! interest
81 this C"nuGawea!th IL go!ng to wreck under
the uncertainty as TO xhat is ~ be her future
policy. Whilst we OnQtl t. exercise all lhe
elaboration requisite Tar an Intelligent and
we'll considered decision Il Ibis mQmentGuS
iasun-yci del h"ratinn protracted che moment
beyond .hri period, woc!i no! only DC Z weak
ness, bat r crime.
Whilst W are making q movement, hopeless
in al bunaa appearance from indications North,
os well as South, as to its main object, what
prcciou. interests are we not putting in re"il7
We are exposing the cause If peace. II blood
is shed. il Is crucedeG by all that an i:,ex'in-
g,Ii,habic f.Ud, no: to BE- healed in the iapsr of
generations. will bs npcu,i between the
sections. TIE mast violent nrl ultra organs
Of the Black Republican, party have &C.
kno~lelged. ira. il T~ir,inia accel,d To this
strength and Influence, called to. ne otia.
ton. and recognition Of independence, this
fact alone, would make peace o neces-
sity. But we have no ASSURANCE from either
pn.ly, 10 certainty in Inc attitude in which the
State would he placed by the action cJatcnl-
plated in this mlj1iiry report, that hpstiiities
might not be:in IN 4 mnnth. And what would
be our condition. if war, under these ~CiTcHln-
siancra, should break nuty Our " territory
would in All Likelihood, become the battle.
ground. The federal authority having been
employed in the meantime in concentrating
troops upon ou- borders, il not within the
Safe itself; every EIryinian in the army and
navy that couiI 10 seat 80 Il distant territory
Or a foreign por!, withdrawn from the call CT
his native Commonwealth no organization or
connection wiLn our Confederate States, so as
{, secure that unity in the defence which will
exist in this a,issk, the var would be prose-
cl.ed BE- Us, under every disadvantage.
Why should we defer orr decision, until nc
ave mor: fully ascertaineI rhe opinion Of The
border States? The eloquent gentleman fron
naaawhs reminded Us the nticr day, that we
should lhirk OF Maryland y ing, Us it were, in
tic lap OF Virginia, and Kentucky, leaning up
cn her shoulder. VIII this policy Of procras-
%tina!ion, preserve the peace Of Maryland, and
Kentucky: lfthat IL the object at which you are
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