Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-09

ire the stipulations Of the dshburton treaty.
nnler which she was bound to surrender luigi
tive criminals. had to yield to the supremacy
Of Exeter Hall, and refused the demand maze
upon her.
Our distinguished Minister at The Court OIL
ENGLAND. (AIr. DALLAS in letter to the Score.
tory of State, upon this sub cct of the demand
n Anderson, sets forth clearly and distinctly
the tone and temper of English sentiment upon
the subject. showing clearly that the Syrnpa'
th;cs Of England were with the slave. and that
Notwithstanding her pigh:ed faith and honor,
she was unwilling to abide by those solemn
stipulations which they have assumed, because
of their Difference to sympathy with Abolition
sentiment. ! will read short extract from
this letter:
at is scarcely necessary for me to remark
on the purgcnt and uncompromisine hoSt'nt,
to social bondage which prevails throughout
this country, that rs il has already leu 10 CIV
inv by statute 10 the American slave VINO de'
serts his ship, 4 discriminating 'ihIh,in''! owe.
! ,he freeman, 50 it cannot he expected 10 SHRINK
from, another manifestation in the in'crrreta-
lion Of an international convention for IN" ihu'
;;,aI surrender Of culpr;tS In truth " niAt
be said, generally, that in British ol:r'oh Ina,
status of slavery incapacltates Inc 'n:'''. ,
ior contract Or crime. You VIII ,lo',ce '''"'
| Lord Chief Justice CocEgrEH. OF the Queen ;
Bench, has With surprising CELEBRITY a''"M ns
:. writ of habcas corpus, addressed I" tue Ja'u'
| in Canada, 10 be issued, and that Anderson "lll
| thercupon be brought here, notWithSta',a. ~
the very free and deliberate decision OF !he
Colonial Court OF the Queens bench oroelnls
him to be delivered up. heleaEned Judge ap.
pears to have stated, among the reasons ior MS
decision. that the case effects the cohStructlo"
Of n treaty, which is matter OF Imperial cor.
Germ 1t may. perhaps, he thought eSpeu'el''
! that on the argument oil me qnes'ich ,''e W.
ternre,arion given by our Government Sno,''u'
in some form, be distinctly communicated
| II j. scarcely necessary for me to remark
unon II have read It to show the 0nimus
which oneratcs npon the public mind Of Great
Britain in relation to the condition OF slavery
in this country. Can you suppose, when Eng
! land refuses even under the solemn stlpuIatiohs
Of her plirhtcd faith TO return. not fugitive
slave but n criminal that we can hope to re.
! cover o;r fugitive slaves who may seek an asy.
lum in the Northern States. after we have cs:
fectcd separation from this confedcracy? |
think. then that the evil in the matter OF es-
caned fugitive negroes will be aggravated by
secession rather than diminished.
! But. apart from this, Mr.. President, regard
! secession as the doom Of slavery within the
border States Secession in the first place,
will have the tendency 10 promote Increased ia
rilitisS for escape on the part Of our negroes
The insecurity Of the tenure by which your
nronertr will be held in the border States Will
render the emigration OF slaves from these
States more frequent and numerous. The
owner. conscious Of the insecurity OF his pro-
rrrtY. will be ANXIOUS 10 put II N place Oh
safety and security.
Apart from this, Mr.. President, the in.
creased price Of cotton ond the negro VIII
/ cause the removal Of slaves from the hor.
der States, and the vacuum thus created
will he supplied by persons from the North or
from foreign cIni.retinn-thus introducing INTO
| the State persons who are hostile to the instl-
tntion Of slavery. All these causes, cooperating
together will. in 4 very short period OF time,
! cause an entire exodus Of slaves from the hor-
der States Of this Union. But who can tell
whether diSunon will come in peace or in the
| storm of war? l. for one, believe that peace
| FIJI separation Of these States cannot tc effect
! cd The interests are TOO great and too per
vading to he snapped suddenly asinder with.
out causing irritation. bitterness, strife and civil
war.
What shall become Of the public domain
| What shall become Of our army and navy:
| What shall he done in regard TO the free nav.
,ration Of the great rivers Of the Ohio, Mis-
sissippi and the Missouri {? Will the North
western States, whose territory is founded by
those great streams in view OF the greatness
and magnitude Of their commercial interests
| upon those rivers, tolerate or suffer. for one
moment, the mouth Of the Mississippi TO fall
| into the hands Of foreign republic or hostile
Safe, Will the Northwestern and the North
ern States, who are so deeply interested in the
navigation of the Gulf of Mexico. permit the
forts at Key West and Tortugas to pass into
inc hands o. foreign power. thcrehy making
the Gulf mHrc claUsvn. II this Union is to
be involved in war. the institution oc slavery
will vanish from our midst The perpetui,y
Of that institution depends upon peace and
upon reposc. Let civil war once saHrG its nor
ricd tocSin in this land, and slavery is at once
| ended. In those countries where there have been
alternate scenes Of anarchy and military deS-
potiSm, as for instance in Mexico. and the South
American States. slavery has disappeared from
their midst-enving the institution alone re-
maing in Brazil and Cuba, which have been
| free from civil war ant! intestine connexions
What do We gain, Mr.. President by seccs-
! sion and union Of our dcStn:eS with the cor.
ton States: What guarantee have VIC that the
Southern Confelcracy. which we arc invited to
join, will he maintained for any great length Of
| time? Will not the causes which have opc.
rated in the present Union to diSintcgrasc and
overthrow one Of the most beautiful fabrics
that the ingenuity Of man has ever eontriTed,
press with equal power. force, nnd cifec, in
orer1hrowing the new Republic: win they
not have tie same ever recurring question Of
taxation: VIII not the saline elements Of mn.
! tagonism exist and operate there? Will no;
the same question Of political equilibrium be-
| tween the different sections still operate iii a
Southern C,:.G,icracy? If the daring Ercstra.
tus Of Revolution has tirei the present vcne.
rable pile Of freedom, what security have we
that his desolatng torch will nol be lighted, 10
consume the new temple which may be raised
in its stead? If you expect to change the ma.
ture Of man, il you expect 70 regeneratc him,
you may then destroy the causes which will
effect the dissolution Of a new Coniederacy.
Human nature never changes ARTS fade,
States fall. but Nature never dies The vlc.
ments Of destruction will operate in South.
ern C0nfedcracy with more potenta! ctlec.
than in the present. In the new Confectionery
the charm Of the grea, federatru principle, nv
"i'@i 1he'. ''"'SH NJ ""u'' t"Sct"'F. VIII y"
dlSpe!lea. There will be- other ca,ISeS opera.
sing which will produce the same result.
1t has been said, Mr. President, that free
trade was not only one Of the great elements
which entered into The causes which have led
TO dissolution and rup;'rcof tho present Con-
ederacy, but that The question Of re opening
the African slave trade was also Il potential ell.
ctacntin breaking the present confederation
May no! these same questions exist within the |!
Southern Confederacy| And say what you
WILL this questions Of rc.npcning the African
slave trade will have powerful elect in produc-
ing dissent and strife in their midst.
In the argument made by Mr. Yancey at the
Montgomery Convention, IN Alabama, and to
which have already referred, lhat gentleman
concuslveIy sho"S that the re-opening of the
African slave trade IS necessity upon the part |