Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-16
THE ENQUIRER.
RIG HMOND, VA.
thursday Morning, April Is, ls47.
M BoTTs ON THE wILMoT PRovIso.
~, ro,erc in this District cannot have failed

Mr. Bolts ON THE WILMOT PROVISo.
The voters in this District cannot have tailed
=, rerceive how coy, how cautious and how
..,stul has been Mr.. Bolts on The subject oil The
w;lmot proyiso. II has been tavorile item Oh
,olicy with many Wings TO assail the Democrat
!. party on that subject, and to charge them win
willingness 10 support man for the Presidency
Who was in favor of it, This charge has been Ut
,.,ly refued and denied by our public men
,,,ouebout Virginia. No one belonging TO the
DemOeresie partyis candidate for Congress, 'cho
J,s no. npudiate the idea of supporting a Hilmos
,,or,,o man for President
How is il with Mr.. Botls7 ANY one who has
.sad The Wing must know how he has been fat
,s,sd and caressed al the North. But the other
aav correspondent writing from New York
toasted lha, John M. Bolts was as well known in
New York as in Virginia; and the effect OF his
e,oouence at the New York Tabernacle was tri-
rmnbanllv referred TO- The anti-slavery people
If The North have rendered him thanks aud no.
nors. His course in Congress proved him 10 be
,,vays ready TO stand by John Quincy Adams.
As citizen, he proposed, and did actually invite
] @. Adams to public honors in the Metropolis
Of Virginia. And, not content with having as
sisted MIR. Adams in Congress, when he was al
lacking Southern interess-not content with
having invited him TO public dinner in Virgil
pis-he singled him out to present his petition
con,eslipg the seat Of Jno. w. Jones in The House
If REPRESENTATIVES. Having exhibited such a
,,ocliyi,y 10 Northern men and 10 abolition SEMI
,oeps. i. is not TO be wondered that New York
writer in the Wing should remark che is as well
/ known here as in Virginia"
We sound the tocsin. We warn the voters OF
his Dis,ric, ,ha, ON THE WILMOT PRO-
yIso Mr.. BoTTS Is NOT SAFE! He re-
fuses 10 come out plainly and nnequaoocaly upon
he subies. He will not say that no man in ia
yor OF The Wilmot provso shall receive his sup
port for the Presidency.
People OF the Sixth Congressional District! il
may suit Mr.. Bots views TO cherish the popular
i,y he already enjoys with the Wings and anti
slavery cacn OF the North-it may accord with
his interest 10 find favor with some future Wits
President from that seclion-bui is he the man
whom you would select as the most faithful to
o,.r interests and the most efficient in your ser
VICE.
Here are the proceedings of meeting, COM
posed OF all parties held in Richmond, and al
which The senior editor of the Wing acted as
Secretary. Here are the resolutions passed by
full meeting, without dissentient Does Mr..
Bo,,s respond TO them folly, entirely, without ifs
sud Without qualification Will he agree 10
give practical support of the principles en-
bodied here, by helping no man into The Presi-
a.n,;a, Chair who is for the Wilmot Proviso?-
The able, eloquen. and indomnabe LEAKE
has urerrosated him on the subject, but his an
sv.rs are Delphic. Let them be construed by
bs mast course, his votes on the 2lst rule and his
faithful affinity for John Quincy Adams!
PUBLIC MEETING IN RICHMOND.
In conformity TO previous notice, meeting OF the
citizens uf Richmond, members OF the State Leglsla-
,ure and Others without distinction Of party was held
in The Hall OF the House Of Delegates on Saturday
sy,nins Feb GOTH take Into consideration the recent
,e,on Of the House Of representatives. on subject of
vital interest to the people Of the South
co,onei John Rutherford having been called TO the
Chair aud Richard H. Tolor appointed Secretary, 10
ber Scott Esq, from the committee Of twenty pre-
youy appointed for that purpose, reported the follow
in1 resolutions each Of which was unanimously adopt
ed:
Whereas. the bill commonly called the three million
bl passed the House of Representatives Of The Con-
ees, Of the United States, with proviso which al.
lacks the domestic institutions Of the South and which
uroylso is in the following words:
nPtoyjded, That an express and fundamental con-
djton 10 The acquisition Of any territory from the Re
public Of Mexico the United States by virtue of any
Treaty which may be negotiated between them, and 10
the use by tho Executive of the moneys herein appro.
nraed neither slavery involuntary serviiude shall
ever e1is, In any part Of said territory, except for erme
whereof the party shall be first duly convicted"
direct imposition to the compromises effected by the
Constitution of the United States.
Q Resolved. That II Ia the duty not only OF every
Southern man. but of every friend OF this Union 10 op
pose such mischevou doctrines as that asserted by the
8. Resolved. That in making peace with Mexico, no
question involved n the said proviso should be consider
ed BY Southern members In Congress-
A. Resolved, That In making peace, or continuing
war with Mexico, we should, under no circumstances
agree make the one or to prosecute the otner upon
The terms Of said proviso
s. Resolved, That not only every Southern man, but
every uphodev Of the Constitution, should resist the
pursuance Of any course which snail carry out Inc doc
irine Of the above provso
s. R.solyed, That, upon this absorbing question, all
differences of political opinion should be forgotten, and
all Virrnians and Southern men should unite. heart
and hand in resisting even unto DEATH the doctrines
Mr.. sco,, then submitted an additional resolution,
which, having been siiBhty inouiheu, was also unahi
mously adopted
To afrm or dIsafrm the expediency of acquiring new
territory nv the Government Of the United States nor
10 .xpress an opinion concerning the eIgencies of the
war win Mexico or the proprety Of waging II with
view Of acquiring teroy nor to approve or dsapprov.
IN. wisdom or Of what usually called
he Missouri Compromise yet, that great measure OF
p-ac. and concession having been adopted and hereto
or In by the whole South, without difficulty
or question and In good faith; skill this meeting now
holds and afrms the constitutional right of all citizens
Of United States take their property, of every de-
scrInlion whether the he slaves, in any other
form, in all the territory which is now within the boun-
diaries Of the nation, South Of $3.50, North latitude,
and into ali the territory which may be hereafter &C
qured South of that line and that this meeting will
hold any attempt by the Congress Of the United States
To limit This right as In violation Of the Constitution OF
the United States and absolutely void and OF no effect;
and that we will by all peaceful means and this failing,
BY arms If necessary sustain such Of our felowctl-
zen, as NAV elect TO settle within any such territory
hereafter acquired In the maintenance OF their rights
thus to settle and take with them their slaves !.
II was ordered, That copy Of the proceedings OF
this meeting forwarded to each Of our Senators ana
Representatives in Congress- and that they be published
In The several city papers.
And then the meeting adjourned.
JOHN RUTHERFOORD, Chairman.
RI. II. ToLHR, Secretary.i