Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-16
Mr.. Bolts ON the wilmot proviso,

AT great sacrifice OF room we open our CO.
lumns to-day 10 very long communication from
Mr.. Bolts, received al lale hour yesterday from
The Wing Office. As it was no; originally sent
to us, we are not strictly bound 10 publish il, but
we desire to do full justice, and shall make no
technical objections 10 its admission. We ask
the candid attention oil Wings and Democrats 10
the positions Of Mr.. Bots, and his elaborate rea-
soning TO exricate himself out OF fatal diff
Guilty. Under his own sign-manua, from which
be cannot escape, we have the clearest proof Of
what We have said in regard to his course upon
the Wilmot proviso. In three lines he might have
answered the question Mr.. Leake addressed to
a column and hall with view 10 mystify The
subject, and conceal The gia Of the matter.
What is the single poin, in controversy
Without recurring 10 The scene al The African
Church, lei US com 10 The facts stated BY our
Louisa correspondent as having occurred on
Monday last We quoe portion Of the e.sr
which Mr. Bots endeavors, but in vain, TO ridi-
Guile:
"Mr. Leake emphatcally asked Mr. Bots whe-
Their he would supp"I man for any Office who
sanctioned so dangerous and unconstitutional a
measure Gas The Wmot proviso) To tbs ques.
ton Mr.. Bots did not glpc an unqualified
negative ans,eer Mr.. Bolts drew Ia dis
tinction between the abolition Of slavery in
aDd The prohibition OF slavery in all territory
hereafter TO he acquired. He was willing 10
pledge himself 10 vote for no man for any office
who was disposed 10 interfere with the institution
OF slavery, az IL aoir e1isiS IN tie South. But he
did not say-he would not say, though the uues.
tion was directly put 10 hin, that he would sup,
Fort no man Tor the Presidency who was in favor
of excluding Southern men with their slaves
from The territory which may be hereafter &C.
CURED by The valor Of our soldiers, or by The com
mon treasure of US all"
II is upon the above information, derived,
from an honorable and intelligent friend, lha, we
based The language expressed in yesterdays En-
quirer, and which we now repeat with more EN-.
phas;s than ever, because it is fully confirmed by
Mr.. Bolts own admissions:
1--WE sound the tocsin. We warn the voters OF
this District that ON THE WlLMOT PRO-
vISO Mr.. Bolts Is NOT SAFE He re-.
fuses 10 come cut plainly and uneqniuocaly upon
the subject, He will not say that no man in ia
vor OIL Inc w ilmot pTovlso shall receive his sup
port for the Presidency"
We pass over the levilv with which MIR. B.
attempts to throw ridicule upon the whole sub
jec', ['humbug," as he calls i'll BY MIR. Boua'
own language We prove that he speaks for the
Wing party of the North, and fully endorses their
sentiments. He presents them as having by
adopting the Wilmo, Prov,o, subs a n.ially sai d
this:
1--WE have aided you in annexins Texas TO
your Southern border, as a slave Stale; we wan,
no more territory, and advise you moi 10 take
any par. of Mexico; but, if you will persist in
carrying on this war, we caution you not 10 look
to us for any aid in the farther extension Of sare.
~. II you take ii al all you MUST take il as free
territory"
His answer 10 the Wilmot provso men is as
follows, and we quote his own words:
"Now, say, my answer 10 all this is, and The
answer of The entire South should be; we don't
want any more territory, and Toe ,con't hape any
part of iNerieo, and il is not for The purpose OF
dismembering Mexico that we carry on this
war;"
Now, Is not this entirely responsive to their ar.
rogan, and mischievous demands, and com.