Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-29
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much for The truth" o; the charge which We
made, and which no one can conuoyeTl.
Blu! Fillmore now seek, 10 escape from me odi'
um excited in the South by mis- abomgaa. en-
liment under Inc cover o.. feisaed igno:anae no
the judicial cloak of Judge Mclean. tie sr@aas
either in uIler ignorance o. The acts oil MS Own
life or with The purpose OF deception, when ne
says thai Il am no. aware hat This question mas
ever teen discussed before Congress, before lsai
We have shown above that he himself IN 1898
vote on The question. lie then tails BACK upon
Judge McLean's opinion IN The case oil u!o'e
aid Slaughter, the decision OF which, a Is clear
IL Shown by an able argument OF leanei mem
Der Of The bar in yesterdays Examiner, DID no!
touch III. power Of Congress 10 prohibit he slave
trade between he States. the decision went on
ly s. Tar as that The state NJ Mississippi could pro-
hibit the Introduction OF slaves into that State as
merchandise, ami that SUCH prohibition BY that
Sta;c did not coafiicl with the power given BY he
Constitution OF The United States 10 Congress 10
regulate, not Wotbit, comm .tce among ihe seve.
raj States" So much for III. misrepresentation
b; tn. Wing candidate Tor The Vice Presidency,
OF v hat ne himself calls ''lhe celebrated case from
Mississippi"
[, is true Ina, Judge Mclean volunteered
sery contradictory opinion on the point
which was not in controversy, which Mr..
Fillmore conS,ruc. as setting the question "tha'
the constitutional power over this matter Che
transportation, &C.. If saves from one slayehod-
ing STATE u ano:he) was vested in the several
States and mol in Congress" Thus Tar We are
willing 10 admit TN. he has ie:racted one OF his
odious opinions enough IL does il in very
sfacelrs> and saeakrg manner But, how
absurd and ii cuous is il ia The Wnis papers o.
tie South 10 rxuli Is hrs 10 over his !a>i ieter
oi III. Fillmore! B.t1re vas pnb'lshcd, 0c'or%
lhc Gayle letter humbug was Published, yea, WIN
all ;nc abominab!c dJc,fines Of The lel'ef % 1919
unexplained in ihe iea,i, ,ae WING and Repuo''-
can neld AZ Fillmore as perfectly sound and "a
ti.,ac.ory - The ,;onth" They IL ~ more nco
With VIVA, grace ID they now cxult over lhis
las, recanaion ct one whom thcr rave AL me
iimcn landed IS pare AMI ru. 10 me South :
Blu, lei us see how this same Fillmore nov
sands. Is it true, in The language Of The wing,
thai ne South cannot get "a candidate Norm o'
Mason and Dxons line, irder 10 all the compfo'
misses OF the Constitution, sounder upon all noin's
connected with Spnlh.rn rights, mr.. coastSenl ID
AL hisiacts with rtgari 10 Southern Interests ihah
N;llard Fillmofe2' Il is lrur lhat she utterly
scouts the idea, that Congress, he National esis-
lanrc, has any power OYER The subject" (ol slave
Iy3
We turn back few pages 10 the Inrtcdnted
acts OF Fillmosc-and we find that in his leuer
Of Oct. 1899, he avowcd himself in favor oil
immediate lestslat,on for the G'0Si'n ~ arsTgh
he Disnit Of Colun.Jis'-lhai on tn llth De.
cember 1893, he voted substantially, As me ON
Atheriun resolution above given shows, that
attempts on III. part Of Congress 70 abolish sla-
yery in the District Of Columbia % The terrific
ries. as amsans and with The view oil distnfo-
inc II oycrlhroWina that institution in The seve-
raj states. are not in violation OF the Cons itu-
Iion-and lha, on III 18Th December, 1888, Fill
more yoed in minority with Adams, Corwin,
C;dIinos and Saie, Tor SHADES motion 10 sus.
rcnd the rules, so as 10 enable him 10 move The
following infamous preamble AM resolutions:
"Whereas there exists, and is carried on be-
tween he ports in The District # Columbia, and
o,hcr yOr:s Of hc United States, and under the
sanction OF the laws thereof, trade in human
beings whereby thousands OF them are annually
SID and ira nsponed from said DtisrIci 10 distant
rlris ii the unlry in vessels belonging to cili-
I'm, OF The United States; and, whereas. snch
lrade involves an outrageous ui0lqtlon Of human
righS, is disgrace 10 The country BY whose
laws II is sanctioned, and calls f0r The immcdi-
ate lnterp3Sition NJ Legislature authority tor us
Suppression"
therefore, 10 the end that all Obstacles to the
consideration Of his subeci may BE- remoyci, and
remedy for the erii speedily prorided
".;esolved That So much OF The filth Of the
resolutions on he suhjrci Of slavery, passed By
Ibis House on the In and l2ih Of the present
month, as relates 10 'the removal ~ ,lares from
Sta.e 10 STATE" and prohibits the action OF This
House on "crcry petition. memorial, resolution,
p,opoSit,on, OrPiper, touching" thc same DC ana
hereby is rescinded."
We have no room a, present for farther abo-
lion votes II Fiilmore-bnl We challenge The
Wing and the Express I" show Us when and
miere Nilam Fillmore has explained away or
rccanied The abominabe sentiments above cited,
viz ina, he is in favor Of suppfessing The slave
t,.ie between the District 0f Columbia and other
paris OF the United States, and is in favor OF The
abolition OF slavery IN tie Disfict 81 Ca'nmbia-
We inform he New York Express che Wings
witness, which by the way represents Gen. Tay-
Ios rs pledged not 10 veto Tie Wilmot PGoviso -
thai uruu ihcse points We Still arrai.n Fillmore as
N "ab,liiionisr," that 'rhe Richmond Ghost" lis
mi laid" lha, il will haun, lhe Fimuleue> North
an! South, until these abolition sins be Iecanled;
AMI wcdemand OF the Express, lit dare, 10 stand
hi, shos, Of a wolf" upon tte points we rei'etac
above from he record.
To morrow We shall give extracts from pa
ae,s OF all parties in New York, 10 show how his
SQUAD" idol oil The Wing is regarded in his own
STATE We have commenced this "Buffao (lirie
ilun;" and Sc mean with all OR energies 10
urrr Inc South 10 roui The siealihy beast from his
hiding place.