Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-09

assault on the liberty of the press, and desery.
ed to be cassed with the sediioo law.
The delegate from Buckingham and the elo-
queLi member irCm nyhe, Mr.. Fioyd have
urged on US The necessity Of harmony in this
We all agree, but The question is, how is il 10 be
accomplished The friends OF Mr. Calhoun re.
FUSED last winter 10 60 into conference with US;
tney nave refused the same thing this wnler.-
ney nave started candidate Of their own for
me y. D. Senate, in opposition to The will OF tho
msJorhy' ana have peImilled, il no, courled, The
wings 10 uhi'e with them 10 elect a Senator
against The known wishes Of The pary-tbey hav.
ing but 10 out OF 80. They uphold Mr.. Cal.
houn, who is 10 favor of Internal Improvements
by The Federal Government; who has refused 10
vote The necessary troops for The war with Mexi.
co; who, with The entire Calhoun delegation In
CONGRESS, opposed the notice to England 10 close
the Oregon treaty; who has assaied the liberty
OF the press and The administration at Washing.
ton; how, then, said Mr.. w., are we 10 bring abou,
harmony with them2 Can we abandon our prin-
cIples, or are we 10 come 10 open war upon The
administration? What is demauded7 Lei een,ie-
men say. Sir, said Mr.. W., we have done every
thing We could Tor the sake OF harmony with the
Calhoun men. We have overlooked their hos
tiliy IN lo40 and prior 10 il; we have ;blinked
The dogma OF notification, by which thew saw
they can De in The Union and on Of al the same
lime; in The Convention OF 1874 we gave them
The 1rst honor OF that body we have elected bu,
three Judges OF the General Court since 1874 md
they have all been Calhoun men. The late
Speaker OF The House of Delegates was Cal
houn man; the Governor was, when elected. a
Calhoun man. and, finally although there are not
enough Calhoun men in any len counties ot The
The State 10 elect member of the House of Re-
representatives., vet eight of he fourteen Popubli-
can members from this Stale are Calhoun men,
Are not these concessions TO! harmony2 Do
they not show the magnanimous disposition of
the Republicans towards ihem2 Ii seems NOT.
We must inveIl the order Of all societies. We
must submit to the law OF minority and aban-
don our principles, our nsages and the lights Of
experience, 10 please them 1, is needless 10 saw.
We never will do that
The gentleman from Wylhe, said Mr.. W., in
his eloquent and patriotic speech, urged us not
10 permit questions OF mere policy TO distract US.
This is wise sentiment, but who shall apply it.
said Mr.. WI We who are are the four-filhs G!
the party, or they, who are but The one-ffib7 We
apply, especially in such cases, the great law OF
communities, and have right 10 cal on The mi.
norly 10 submit to it, The Federaisls have as
sailed the administration on almost every ground
and, particularly, in reference 10 the war They
seek TO destroy public confidence in its probity
and wisdom, and good policy, we say, requires
US W loItiiy dHu upnOlQ u. VIII not Inc CdinOun
men aid us2 or must we permit ii TO tall beneath
The clamot OF its opponents because they half
No, said Mr.. w., the Republicans have better
conceptions of their duty 10 The country than 10
permit il.
Gentlemen, said Mr.. W., objec, that some OF
the resolutions censuce Mr.. Calhoun. Thai is
true but they do not censae, IN order 10 favor an
other; it is because bis course has been such as
we do not oppose. tina! he is censured. II is not
the first time Republican Convention has de-
nounced distinguished man-in The Convention
Of rs, The course oil Mr.. Benlon on the Texas
question mel with a similar faIe a; our hands.
We look 10 toe county, and cannot regard per-
sons in such crisis as lhls. Whatever may be
line case with the friends Of Mr.. Calhoun the Re-
pubicans have no preference for the next presi-
dency.
Mr.. w. said, in conclusion, that he was en-
pha,icay a man for harmony in ali things; but
Tor il 10 be valuable, it must be reasonable ard
just; aud he knew OF no rule so just or wise as
that by which The world had been governed from
the commencement Of society to the present time,
and that was the submission OF Inc minority to The
will Of the majority when rightluliy expressed.
Remainder in next paper