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

for those wrongs 1t is found in the following
words:
"What is there, at this day, aatagonlstlc be-.
tween the interests of Great Britain and those OF
South Carolina: Is NOT each the consumer OF
all the others productions, reclpr0cally' Is
not their relation, like that OF the sexes eacli
necessary to the other? And shall South "a.
rona, like the Circassian slave, continue smut
| up in the harem of brutal and sor,id tyrant,
! when generous lover is waiting TO make her
bis honorcd wife, and 10 establish her IN
wealth, and comfort and freedom, anu all tne
dignity of q Christian matron! how Is lhls
leIusion kept upy 1t is from the same source
whence all our other evils How With all her
professions OF friendship, Massachusetts hates
| England, with an inextinguishable, because IN
terosted, hatred They are rivals in commerce:
They are rivals in manufactures. An esPeciai
object Of rivalry is the commerce ol the SCUM.
ern States, and hence Massachusetts does oil
that she can 10 keep alive in the South their
old animoSitics, and 1o prevent the gro%th OF
any sympathy between US and England Hence
she exctes the mpcrtinent clamors OF Eng
fish abolitonsts. What for? Can they inter-
frre with our Institutions No they can but
make us angry
Thus South Ca:uiina seeks Der remedy in Sc
,assion she seeks e. remedy for her grievances
| in n free trade commercial alliance with Eng
iund and, although afraid OF Massachusetts,.
she is not afraid OF England.
But let us see what are these diSuniot ten-
denotes and prociiyities will read 'rom m
other portion, on page 299
ave have no love for the Union; we have
no fear of its dissolution. Welcome as sum.
mcr shower to the sun.parched earth-wccome
as heavens free air to the heart.sck tenant OF
q dungcon-would come TO rs the VOICE OF
freedom the word, the deed, which would tend
70 burst our bonds, and, in earliest faith. con.
tribute to the disruption of this proud fabric
(nncc beautiful, bat now rotten To the corc.)
which, under the maine Of Union, threatens To
crush Us beneath its uuholy power"
Now, Mr.. President, not only were these the
sentiments enumerated in South Curolina In
1851 but they were among the moving causes
of her action in 1860. In proclamation, pre-
pared by three of her distinguished men IN hcr
late Convention, signed by Messrs. Rhelt aud
Adams, amongst the causes assigned Tor dlsSo,
luton, is this old question Of taxation and
free trnde To show still further, Mr.. Presi-
dent, that do not HiSh TO do injustice to any
one, that dn not wish 10 make statements
here that are not sustained l,y the record,
will read the following extracts from speeches
made in the recent South Carolina Convention:
Mr.. Packer. speaking Of secession, said: ut
is no spasmodic effort that has come suddenly
upon US, but it has hrcn gradually eliminating
for long series Of years.
Mr. Ingles said: Most Of Us have hud this
subject under consideration for the last twenty
years.
Mr.. Kci,t said ~ l,uye been engaged in
this movement ever SINCE entered political
life"
Mr.. Rhctt said 1T is nothing produced by
Mr.. Lincoln's election, OF the non.eXecution Of
the fugitive slave law. 1t is matter which has
been gathering head for thirty years" And he
further said: I'VE are about to sunder nur
relations with tina, section, (llle North and
trust forever
On another occasion Mr. Kl.rit said The
Federal laws laying taxes On the people OF
South Carolina have fallen this duy and, so
for as VIZ are concerned, fallen, | trust for.
ever
Mr. President the argumcn; which tic able
and distinguished gentlemen from South Caro-
linn, (Mr. PEEsToS.) presented 10 us short
time since, was conclusive to show that tie
CAUSES which have led 70 disruption Of this
Union originated in such d.vcrsitics of soil, Of
climate, OF domestic institutions and modes OF
thought between The Two sections, so perpetual
+ and enduring in their character that they would
present en- insupcrable barrier to the RECON-
struclion of the Union would commend the
argument of that able and distinguished Com
missioner to those members Of this Convention
who desire, not the permanent disunion Of
these States, but who desire the immediate Sc
cessinn Of Virginia with view TO the re con.
straction ni this Union. That argument Of
the distinguished gentleman from South Caro-
. lima was sufficient to dispel the Syrcn song OF
Reconstruction forever.
The causes, Mr.. President, which have been
Virginia, are, in my humble Judgment, more
specious and plausible than sound or real
Three causes have been generally assigned for
the secession of Virginia.
The first is the election OF u Republican Pre-
t sdent Of the United States. The second is the
unjust and wicked attempt to exclude the
Southern saschclder from participation Of
equal rights in the Territories Of the United
States The third and lost reason assigned is,
t that the North has refused 10 surrender IN flu
, gitve slaves and has passed personal liberty
bills, the object of which is 10 prevent recap
; turc aud reclamation.
! think have shown very clearly, from the
argument presented by the Commissioner from
! South Carolina, and from the extracts which
have read from speeches made in the South
Carolina Convention, that the election Of Ahra-
ham Lincoln has had bat little practical effect
or influence in causing The secession Of those
, Southern States which have discovered their
| connection with the Union.
But We are told that the South has been ex-
GUIDED from the Territories, that Southern
planters have bcen prevented cmigrating there
, with their property. acknowledge that the
. South has equal riglAesfn the Territories
acknowledge the justice Of this demand in all
its length and breadth. 1t is i right which has
been sanctioned by the highest judicial tribu-
nal in the land. The constitutional right is
valuable anil ought to be maintained, but
would ask how far is it available Ms question
of practical craftsmanship? The absolute
right is one thing, but the practicablity of its
exercise is another In that view | take the
ground that it has little real practical value.
We have in the first place 10 territory be-
longing to the United States into which slave
labor can proiitably 60. 1t will never go into
any Territory where it is not profitable. Thu
is the great economical law by which slave Ia
Dor is governed, and this would present an in
s,iperabie barrier to its introduction into the
Territories. The question is cminenlly prac-
teal one The Northern States, at the time
Of the Revolution, were nil siaveholding
States Slavery disappeared there, not in con-
sequence of any lm>fIlity to the institution it.
self. or from motives Of phiianthrophy, but
from motives of interest-tor il Ceased to exist
because ]. CEASED TO he profitable Northern
shareholders, under lte yiise c FIJI enSht-
ened philanthropy, under the mask Of pro.
spective emancipation acts, sold al! their negroes
to the people Of tho South
But il is not in tho nature Of territorial soil,
climate, productions and different modes OF
thought, that presents barrier to the intro
duc,ion Of slavery into the Territories. The
truth is, That the South has no slaves to 20
there. The South has set. vast and valuable
cotton lands unoccupied, and the demand upon
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