Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-13

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control many Of The States OF this un'on and forms The
nucleus ralIyng point of The Anti Democrats Every
corporation is oress where faction Ehas refuge ana
the various interests opposed I" the cause Of equal iho
vdual personal rights, are there nafshaed lor Inc
contest
although defeated we have The fullest confidence
that unothrr year will produce different result Inc
Democrats have pnlrd for Judge Mes larger Vo'e
than was ever given 10 any Candidate OF any party e@
ceplinr Gov Ellsworth Nlles's vote exceeds that oil
Beers tie popular Democratic candidate one year ago.
400 Elsworhs vote falls oil from last year
100 In the Senate the Democrats had last year but one
Scnalor-there are this year nine MS Uody CONSISTS
OF twenty-one members chosen annually. The House
consists OF 2lJ MEMBERSHIP Wings have elected luo
the Democrats Sand in % cases there IS no choice
Neither party has, therefore, yet rnaJuny.
ave have been extremely unfortunate IN our Congress
suna election the Allied Forces having carried III lher
candldales-some Of them by very meagre impurities
The AboitonIs,s were very active against The Demo
cratic candidates for Congress- and We have lost two,
not three, of candidates through their exertions
send you the "Charer Oak, an Abolition paper, publish.
ed in this State containing the answers o candidates to
the questions ptopouuded by the AbOllton!ss. Most
of our candidates treated their letter with contempt,
but reped-and | beg you to contrast Their an
swers with those of the VI hIgs ] cannot see no"
Southern men, of any party, can identity themselves
With Northern Wings. mako common cause win
them Take for instance the letter OF Mr.. Toucey the
late able member from this district, and compare WIN
TINT OF Mr. 1rumhull, who succeeds HIM. which ol
the ST. men would the South prefer These two letters are
indicative Of the sentiments ut the two parties IN Con-
nec,cut Compare also the letter Of Whiltlesey, The
late memberI with that oil Dtockway,oI SW'h'oi ''''
the members elect.
The Copnccticut me mbers in the next House will OPP
nose the admission Of any saveh"Idng State into the
Union and 10 relation 10 The District ol CoiunoIa VIII
occupy very different position from our members IN The
last Congress- Not only Southern Wings can nssiilee
with these men, but Mr. RIves and his armed neuirais
can make with them; because he differs
with the Administration on question OF hnance, as lie
Declares without changing in other respects The North
Abollionss and The Hartford Convention Federal.
arang themselves OF his course 10 make an eX-
terminating war against The Administrations The De
mocracy of The North which has always been the faith
ful ally OF the South compelled 10 meet The warmest
fight in this Here, remarked by Judge
Niles in the Senate. where the Abolition contest com.
menced the first battle for the rights Of the South is To
be fought We compelled 10 meet this question al
The ballot box, and while rally ing under the flag OF Van
Buren, in your defence we behold portion of the South,
recrennt TO It's rights, and striving to overthrow It's
true and faithful friends Let them defeat Martin Van
Buren, and abolition will sweep the whole OF the
free States will be impossible rally men in defence
OF your rights II you turn your bnyonets against your
defenders
awe look for favorable result from the Old Dominion,
and will respond to il al the next trial The Conserva
lives rhoug Oh numbering hut OG0 Of 81 900 voters
have done great mischief. They have made Their
exclusively against the Administrations and in most
cases had the candidates as The Wings.
'As an evidence of the full operation of the Wings
and Abolunists the Wings of this town nominated
Melvin Copeland, OF the most noisy and active Abo
litionisls in the State candidate 10 the Legislature
This united their whole forces and Copeland an ADO
lllion Wing member OF the Legislature. Hartford Isen'
titled but members and of them is on open,
Jealous AbolOnIst and Wing.
"ln the Second Senatorial District, George BurDe,
President of an Abolition Society, was nominated can
ddae by Wing Convention and is elected. This IS
close contested district. and Burne, who is AniMa-
son, as well Aboionist and Wing, was nomI-
mated to draw in all the factions.
81 might specify many other strong cases, exhibiting
the alliance between their parties, and those identity, out
my letter is already too long.'
"TiE CHARTER OAK"
Published IN the init Sarcry SOei,ty Of HarJord
This Fanatic sheet confirms The Letters which are re.
erred 10 by our Correspondent Mark the contrast be.
tween The doctrines Of hr Republicans, and tie bhtgS!
EXTRACTS from .nr InucryS ic,tsr (dte Republican
tnbcr of CongrssS )"o the first inlerrogaory, there
FORE my is that The Constitution having recognz
ed the existence Of slave property, the utmost power
of the Federal Government, in all lis branches. is not
equal 10 the task Of enactnG the immediate abolition OF
slavery in The District Of COumbia the people not hav-
ing granted their Government any such power, and such
an act would be unconstitutional and void, and there.
fore one sworn TO support the Constitution, cou"''
in the discharge Of public duty, under the response
blIlies Of that oath. give the measure his support
THE ncn State is entitled 10 come into the Union
upon a footing of perfect equality Of reserved powers
with all other States as co equal State, co equal IN all
the attributes, of sovereignty and 1t would he mere
naked, downright abuse and perveslon oil The power OF
admitting equal State into the Union 10 c"erce such
State under color Of the exercise of that power 10 sur
render any portion Of those reserved powers and at
butcs of sovereignty, Indispensable CONDITION OF al
mission Believing that the Constitution, as II came TO
from its yeneraed trainers better than 1t would be
made by any supplement that could be annexed by The
ampcrng of Congress- and knowing that the same rea'
supposed for rejecting new Stale exists Tor eHPe'
ing from the Union nearly bali The present c0niederaed
O.. mo
shall give negative answer 10 your second nerr"ga'o
~: Are you opposed the admission TO the Union OF
any new State whose Constitution toernies slavery
IL warn my fellow citizens that the determination OF
the South quietly but rrevocaby taken on this SUBJ
cct We are not answerabIe morally, legally, or con
su,nnally, for slavery in the Southern States. We
have less right interfere with i, there, than with sa-
very a foreign land, because we are not only under
the allegations of the law Of nations, but under the con-
suonul obligations of compact OF non interference.
ireyesiby interviewer with the most glorious result OF
the American Revolution. The people Of the Southern
States have granted Jurisdiction over the subject
within their limits We had Jurisdiction over 1t within
our own limits and, By gradual and slow process, we
abolished it. Beyond that, not answcrabc. But
if, ra.hly madly, in violation OF our constitutional obl
cations, undertake 10 interfere with what IS moi right.
fully under control are answerable " the conse-
Quences and the responsibility will be such as no man,
in full view Of them when fully developed WILL in his
caner moments of sober reflection be willing 10 lie I'M
der"
From TrumbuH, Vhe Wing etectD-" After careful
examination of the language used The deeds of cesson
from the States of Virginia and Maryland and especial
y of the language in the Constitution OF the United
States, with reference TO which "sc deeds Eust have
been drawn cannot find in my MAD serious doubt
the right Of Congress 10 abolish slavery within The
District Of Columbia
"Unlrendly as am TO slavery in every view in which
il be presented and fearful confess myself to be,
of lis ultimate consequences to this nation, cannot but
feel opposed 10 the further extension of what appears to
dam hv adj init
the Union new saveholding States And if reasons
be conceived, which, in any supposabc case, ought to
lead my mind different conclusion, they must be Of
n very peculiar and isolated character
SEcosD SERIEs-From Whescy (ate Republican
member j-"l have no doubt tina, a resolution in Con.
gress sanctioned by the vote Of that body; for the i'm
mediate abolition of slavery in the District Of Columbia,
would dissolve this Union and under the influence OF