Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-03-17

more than all the territory we NAV acquire
Aud Will not that character suffer In the eve, of
Esiope u we strike atsDch moment as this:
HAS not Great Bruain fixed her eyes upon
Cuba. aud while SPAN Is falling to pieces and
we snatch al portion OF her empire, though
we have ever such strong claims upon il, Will
not she use II as rretext for satiatng her own
ambiton'
Let Srain 20 as she will let the revolution
eventnate AS II may; can we possibly be de-
prived of Florida The moment any other
foreign nation sets its loot upon il. is not that
the signal tor our immediately taking il Can
we not occupy it when we pleasei And is i,
worth our while 10 risk any OF tue conseuuen>
ces have thus hastily skeiched, TO be the
masters OF II few months sooner or later'
PUhLlCOLA.
MISSOURI QUESTION.-Agaim!
As Tar as the press is an index In The
public Wind, the Missouri Compromise
seems To have given more dissatisfaction
10 The North than to the Suuth Tile
RestriciioHisis in that quarter had cOunt.
ed noses, aud believed they could CON
mand majority in both Houses. They
were determined 10 carry every thing be-
fore them. What then ls their clIagrin al
The exception OF Missouri! The immense
region n. OF 36I degrees does not glHt
their Unsuitable appetite. Their indigna-
ton is leveled at those representatives,
who IN the hour of trial backed oui Of
the House, or came oveT.-One is anus
ed at reading the extravagani illusions
OF Their passion, the cdrIcature coiIse-
quences which are drawn by some OF them
from the Missouri bill aud indeed the
different lights in which il strikes differ
rul minds
A letter in The n. Y. Evening Post
from Washington of the 81 last. states
X IN ~ - - 4
nrctIcut, made speeches against us, and
together with Eddy Of r. Island, went
over TO the enemy. Tompkins and Case.
~ n. Y. aud Edwarsis of Connecticut.
happened TO be absent when their names
~ere called. As 10 the rest of The apos~
'ates, need not name them, as YOU know
them As we'll as myse!. The rxultaiiOn
ot these latter gentlemen is greater, II pos
sibIe, iiian that oi The loyal sous of old
Va ,nia (LOyGt what severe thrust y
: Another letter says: "The slave states
have carried their point aud consider i, Il
triumph. The only opportunily of pro-
| teriing the equal rights of the citizens oil
| the free states is lost"
The n Y. Daily Advertiser of the 9TH
| rants quite IN lis usual strain of bed
! ianIite
The "resultGs) as unexpected aud as unpa-
ididDi 10 the pfOple IN this part OF The cOun-
Try, as any that has been experienced in the
| conrse of our political history. The national
legislature have sanctioned a measure, which
will stamp indelib!e and perpetual disgrace
| upon our national character. To the disgrace
OF our country. with majority of fDuY IN the
| Senate, and28ln the House OF REPRESENTATIVES
tins great question has been lost and the cur Sc
| ct slavery chaued to our natisn. To (those
| representatives from the free states whose
names appear OIL the side of slavery lii is owing
that The evils slavery IN no
hereafter, &c. &c. To their constituents this
| subject comes with the most solemn appeal
| i've pretended compromise is a mere farce
| without sOlemnty or obligation" &c &c "Of
! what avail will IL be, when the next territory
| applies TO be- admitted as a state into the
| Union state after state will he formed in
| those immense regions beyond the Mississippi,
! which will very soon not only confront the
Tree states in all political questions but if thew
bnd it expedent, will be able, aud Uho can
doubt they IoH be WiHiHg, to take off the present
| restriction upon the Africdn Slave Trade, y
| &c. &c Very liberal IndeedD
| The N. \ Ameci an hus angurs from
| this compromise
| There is some hope vet, that Missouri NAV
| by her own oct indicate the character of the
| Republic If she should not the following
| will probably I've the result of the late vote in
| Congress, with its accompanying restriction.
| 10 the south of 81 80 v. Lat. Is the Arkansaw
| territory, and room for a state west of IL the
| Province of Texas. which we claim, aud Will
| probably possess, as part of Louisiana aud
| the FIoridas: in all, with Missouri, five slave
holdiBg states; while TO the north one state
| on tile Mississippi may be formed in the course
! OF time the residue oil the country on this side
| OF the Rocky Mountains will probably remain
| for ages unsettled 30 mucI Tor a concession
| which rs revocahle at the pleasure fthOse who
| have impoSedit, aud who have by so doing
| acqui ed The pOwcT of removing il when ID IN
| ierferes with their interests. II is to be hoped
| Virginia will be satisfied with it,"
The Boston ID. Advertiser repTobates
the measure" new wound is inflicted
on the honor Of our country" this has
been done by means of the votes Of men
in both houses of Congress, whose con
stituenis have uUequivOcally expressed
their disapprObation Of the measure" &c.
writer IN the same paper sketches
the following as The consequences:
AT the outset of the government the slave
states were fire out ofthirtsen. they are now
ten out of tpeHfg rome suppose Name admit
ted, and Missouri without restriction the ra~
ito will not be altered, but Tecollect we have
no more TO add, except perhaps few year,
hence mIchigdn; examine now the resnur
ces on the other Ide.-AnticiRaie however
the utmost limits or the tree side .nppos,
| Maine and Michigan already admitted Il
then stands thirteen to 60 10 the atmOst ex
tent take another out of the NoTih Wes
| territory which will swell the total 10 fourteen
| The slave side now stand ten Missouri msk o
eleren-itwOuld be inhOSPttable 10 refuse th,
FlOridas, after we have had them wear Of
two; they carry IL TO thirteen ArkutsAs, ant
| say only two more between Louisiana an,
Missouri, will make IL sirtcsn - the postpone,
claim Oh tie Texas, together with the soutl
western parts Of Louisiana are a deferre
hock of which we take 40 account sut th,
ienest stroke IL yet to come freedom is Il
lose ihTee OF her present possessions whic
are 10 pa'S Under the yoke Of slavery. Illisois
INDIANA. aud Ohio, are 10 pariakp 81 thi