Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-24
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The Montgomery journal grows heady and heedless
in lis parlizan hostility Mr. Van Buren,, and less civil
than is its WON'T in its language 10 1t is the game of
the Nu.lfrss to produce, somehow other, impress
sion in the South tina: Mr.. Van Buren, is against
eoint connected with slavery and the journal
is in full cry with the rest The Missouri question is taken
up the most likely to be made available he question,
TO be sure is long since settled and there no design
avowed any where that we have ever heard
Of Of disturbing the settemenl;-when it was agrted,
too, MIR. Y. Buren, party TO it But political ha
tired has neither memory conscencc and accordingly,
history alSied argument perverted and facts iegned
stir up the old question, and give it life enough be
Miscellaneous We have done something to resist these
political inceadar;es and have brought upon ourselves
the sharp reproaE of the Journal In his paper Of
the 23,h rl, quotes statement Of the Missouri
Compromise and accompanies it with aiirmations and
differences which surprise and dspiclSe In that sim
pie statement Of tact in political history, he affects to
discover new, 'monS;ruus, and "iTighul doctrines,
aud with singular want of courlesy-a fit accompani
nent however, Of the plumbers Of his reasonng-he
slignatzes Missouri arkansas Restrctonists
and talks Of "goring" into an explanation Of our
opinoas. Such yaporings would not move U.S. did we
not think duty ourselves to expose and reProoate
the style In which we, and through us, our political
friends are treated.
We said that the cry newly started about the Missouri
Question, is the purcst hui5ug; because 1t has been
settled long ago., and stated how it was settled
There principle affirmed doctrine defended,
but fact rectcd The Comproniise-whch consider
a contract between the North and the Souh-whch both
have always conceded-declared-w quote our own
words: Below certain latitude, the question is not
be raised in the admission of States against The exist
ence of slavery. Above it, slavery is given up by
sent This has provoked the unj ust assaults which
it is our purpose TO repcl. We lay stress upon
the msquotalion Of the Journal, when he says: If
understand the Register, he meant that b.
tain contract, not to be disturbed, State be
admitted into the Union, if it lies beio,C certain
latitude, without first orbddng the existence of slavery
within its limits. AS SAID precisely the contrary
in many words, prefer to believe the journal guilty
Of nexcusabe curclessnrss of quotation rather than Of
wilful msre presentation But can find similar
extenuaton for the torrent Of indignation with which
recital Of the Missouri Compromise is visited and
the stream Of unjust mputa!on upon ourselves, Of which
it made the text We read the 9Th section Of the act
admitting Missouri into the Union, which section
braces what is called The Missouri Compromise in the
| following words:
"7nd be further cnuecd, That in all that Territory
ceded by France TO the United States under the
Of louisiana which lies North Of Mrlysir degrees and
thirty mnuirs North latitude not included within the
limits of the State contemplated by this act slavery and
involuntary serritude, otherwise than in the punish
men OF crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly
convicted, shall te and is HEREBY forever prohibited.
This is the act, and BY the understanding of
all parties has been considered compromise, not 10
b. disturbed contract binding on the good faith of
NoSth and South. No has yet undertaken to dis
turb unlcss which is probable, the editor of the SOUR
| nal Is an exception 10 the universal consent
We point to this compromise, and to our description Of
il, and then ASK what there is in them excuse the
senlurn s;-in calling them ''monstrous, "trlghltu
| in asking with such exutng ignorance for the con-
truct in sneeringy cllssng Us as Missouri rcstric
tioniss, res,rcloniss at all,-und in threatening
with much conplacency 10 gore US till we "pont
out the degree of latitude 10 all this, aud to all
the like Undergraduates what contract It is: who
| made it," - when it made;' q what latitude is
it above which slavery is up by consent y
need There is the llw,-ile compromise, and the
tact, which settles the Missouri Question. If the
to that seu
constitutional and The like he will please to recoect
that have affirmed the contrary, whatever he may
think. lie will also take notice that he it is not we
who, IN that case reopen The Missouri Question:,
agitate settled controvcrsy,and constrained
to believe, for party objects purely. Hc will also
fail 10 remember that if he desires any further discus
sions any question between Us, he must deal
fairly quote with more care and be less urgent 10 draw
the harshest inierences from such utterly unenable
grounds Personally, too he to consider ours
necessarily the opinions Of party, without claiming
much honor have objection to say, that when this
question open, were, anu remain unrcservedly
against the restriction.
These is but one point more. The Journal asks, i'm
plying the affirmative of the fact if Mr. Van Buren, did
support Rufus King, by ia written argument in ia
vor of his vote the Missouri Question. We answer
to that, lie advocated his election totally dit
terent grounds, with which the Missouri Question had
nothing to do.-.aotitc Register
There is nothing in the annals Of party prohigacy
utterly despicable the efforts of the Star to connect
MIR. Van Buren, with the cause of Aboli,ionism. The
Courier and Enquirer, paper which political hos
ty deep and decided has declared that it is useless
to altsmpt toestabls such connection The Star well
knows that the leading aboonsts in this city and else
where are Whigs,-that they the friends and CO..
adutors of that paper and its colleagues during the
panic and that nine of ten of them are and have
opposed to the present Administrution.-N T. Times.
RussIso IN CoupLEs-It is leading characteristic of
the Wings to doubt the intelligence of the of the
people Hence it that they entrench themselves in
corporations with immense privilege where they may be