Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-11

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N,i>sonri Compromise was adoP'ed upon 'ne au
mission os Missouri as Slate. IL was d SO
Mons effor,. offensive 10 the Souh on ,'e pa. VI
,h,, o.n,Iemap. 10 introduce the suD]ect oi saw
~ mo Congress upon lerri'o'ie. o..,i I'D
II, nrecedeDt-if indeed, il was MOI woise' anu
ds.ion.d IN nrocule from Congress 'be fec"eni
ION ~ i,s fipht TO lessia;e Tor Inc 'eTraoles, W
case where il was surp' sed tom Inc cGa'" oan
and location OF Oregon, there "cuiu oe w Iou
test, 10 be used as preceoeh III o'n1is -
there might be- And this is we n'an ''' "N'''
Southern Wings vote as @Pe"Ae''
But The Wing farther says
ali there be any thing peculiar in Mr.. w t III
hroo's oninions On the Slavery question, II is 'n"
his views are peculiarly expantsd' ana hs'lG"a
ON rba, subject, as compared win nose oil n'ne
,, n OF the reope OF the non-sia"e'
holding Slalcs."
To enable the pubic,o Judge Of the justice @
this remark, in addition 10 The facis We have al
ready referred To, let US call their attention 10 ah
o;hcr.
When the Thee Million Bill was before The
House. a, the session before the las, Mr.. w IN
,brop rose in his place AMI made most Vio'eh'
speech against it, He conlended, nat 'he eH'Fn'
o, confidence which i, rrpcsed in The PRESIDENT
was Inconsistent with the spir, Of our Free In
sli;uiions, and pronounced that ihe passage % II
wonE he a VOC Of general confidence III Inc IRE
s;den: which he did nut entertain. AT the time
he smoke, The Wimot Pfoviso had mol been al
,acbsJ 10 il. Lwas afterwards added. Now, be
it remembered il removed meme OF the ob)Fc''oh'
which MIR. Wia,hrop had made. 1t did not ad'
dress i,selfto them ala'l Yet il was no sooner
affixed, than Mr.. Winthrop changed his GROUND
and voted The BILL and Wing Of the House
rebuked him very severely for it. Could any
hing show his abolition feelings stronger Than
his2 He was so anxious for Congress TO assert
| them, that he voles for bill with The Wilmot
Proyi.o upon it, which he had vehcmen'ly de-
nounced without it, and when that Proviso obv-
aled meme Of his objections 10 The bill.
The Wing is equally unfortunate in his reie'
renee TO the fact tina, Messrs. Giddings, Paiifey,
aud Tuck voted against him as Speaker, and TO
The opposition 10 MIR. Winthrop in his distTic, at
his last election Does not the Wing know that
that opposition grew out Of his vote for the bill
recognizing the war; We anticipated this view
in our former article. We then said;
ave anticipate that The Southern Wings will
Law mpch stress upon the fact that Mr.. Gitdines,
Mr.. Tuck ard Mr.. Pa!rey did not vote for Mr..
Winthrop. But do they 20. rccoec' That Mr..
Adams. Mr. Wilson, 'et nj omne :een'tS, Old voc
tpr him7 Bes;d.s. Mr. PaIi!ey subsequently vo-
ted Tor Mr. Campbell, OF Tennessee, (who /, is
to be presumed, is mol unsound on The subject
or slavery. rs Clek So far rs he is concerned,
il must have been something else, Than any sound
ness of Mr. Winthrop on Tie subec' of Slavery,
which Influenced his vote. And so with Mr..
G:ddnes and Mr.. Tuck, they voted throughout
for MIR Wilson, who as steadily voted for Mr..
Winthrop The truth is, as is notorious in
Washington, as we are informed, ii was Mr..
WiH;hrcps vote for the bill, recognizing The cx-
is!encr OF the war by the act oi Mexico and rais-
Jag supplies, which gave offence 10 these mem
beIs, AMI not his views on slavery. They are
such as satisfy Mr.. Adams, &c, and doubtless
snch as would satisfy mos; Abnliionis!s. Be-
sides, make the most CT il, and what is such lesli
mony as this against the records OF Consressl-
We may recnr 10 this subject again"
Bur, i, seems in his leaer 10 Dir. Paiffey, he
refused 10 made pledges. In that letter he re-
errcd to what bis course as 4 member had been,
as evidence Of what, as Speaker, i, would be-
We have seen what thal was |! satisfied Nes>rs'
not satisfy lhe gentlemen referred TO.
Mr.. Win,hro? had been in The chair bu short
lime, before ne had an opportunity TO sb"" how
exparded and national his views Oh slavery are.
From the lime o: the repeal Of the 2!si rue or
dcr;ng aboli.io. Heiilions 10 be laid uPon TIC
table. in favor q when rcDea! h,r. Winthrop
voIc.', i. has been The practice Of the House
"a :nr long tnc bcf-fc it hal be" 81 TIC
senate 10 lay I'll ,uch petitions IN the Ia
bic. without debate or reference 10 commit
700 a fey Gars since, tie House was sup
nose5 to be euoally divided upon molten 10 lay
ono of those petitions on the table, and the Speak
or pfomply voted against laying on The liable, and
:, favor Of the reference, thus throwing open the
doors Of Congress and is committees 10 the dis
cussion ard consideration o! abolition petitions.
And hi, is TO! all. The mex, diy it was found
thu: here was in tact no lie. But the Speaker
was not satisfied with his-he, against the prac-
,ice OF former Speakers, voted 10 MAKE il re,
ard thus ,!etea; the motion to lie on The table,
THIS showed tia, the vote, with all OF its cohsc-
cnsncse, was labor OF love We have already
EXTENDED his article 10 a greater length than we
Designed. is To the manner Ct his organizing
the committees, particularly he orc OF territories,
which is 50 mporiant a, his tinle as far as The
Wimo, Proviso is concerned, and some other
matters, we will refer TO in few days.
We now quote the patriotic passages OF the
message Of the Wing Governor Of New York, to
which We referred Yesterday. The Times, which
orce rejoiced at tie election Of Governor Young,
nor sDcers al his anti.!en.ism, which the country
WI! be surprised to hear described by the Times
rs nc; very tissmilar from the mo!cIn doctrine
., indomnity." Strange that The Times should
iaiifccly accuse Gen. Tayior, is present. fave
ri.r of ranti-reul.m;" lor in his letter 10 Gen.
! Gaines. he has recorded himself in black and
white. as all advocate Of territorial indemnify 10
greater extent than is now demanded as "rea-
! sonab!en But while we have denounced Gov.
Yourg's aali-renIism, we cannot but approve his
manly Stand on the subject OF The var. II, how
ever. lie be governed by policy, it is strong
rroof that public sentiment, even in he heart Of
Northern Whissery, is running in favor OF The
rights and honor OF the country. We have ilaii-
czpi few striking passages:
The war with Mexico has imposed new and
dslicalely interesting dulles upon you. Ii may
and probably will, in lis progress, claim further
sacrifices from Ibis S,ale AMI rely with the Vi
mosj ccnfLcuce upon your readiness, as The re-
p.esentaiives OF gallant and patriotic people, 10
discharge with alactily any duty that may be cast
! UPON you 10 The Legislature of This Stale. in
! lSi6, when The first intelligence was received
that American blood had crimsoned The waters Of
| the Rio GEapde, upon proposition 10 aprropri-
ale money for !hc enrolment Of troops, in express
ing whal then believed 10 be my du'y as men,
Der of that body, said: That our country is in
| a state of actual war with Mexico, none can
! doubt. The causes Of that war ale 10 ne now
Z bor tra,f rorn tha E,,J