Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-04
TIE GREAT QUESTION.

As we expected, The DEMOCRATIC au9
press of the South are speaking form 'neir mug
mani rebuke OF the taclious course OF Inc e'sh'
Southern Wing Taylor members oil ConsleSS'
who caused the defeat of the Territorial Dill
While the Rough and Ready Club and the hich-
mond press, led on by Councillor Daniel, are
yieipe with the New York Tribune and Inc free
soil" men of the North in denouncing The Com
promise, and rejoicing over lis deiea! by oou'n'
ern Wing votes, the New York Evening Posi-
(Barnburner declaring that this is The hfs' ac'icn
nroduced by the emphatic stand taken by the op-
ponen,s Of The extension OF slavery 10 Tree 'el'no,
ries"-whie thi. unhai!owei combination IS III iu'i
blast, we are pleased 10 see that The Chafies'on
press are unanimous in denouncins Inc au'hofs
Of the defeat OF The measure.
The Washington correspondent OF the Charles,
ton Mercury writes:
aEyery Southern Democrat, you VIII perceive
uosd so.;nst he motion 10 Law The bill ON he Ia
BILE. and ep ~ Northern and Western Nag 'o'eu
for il. whist twenty one Democrats from the non
slaveholding States yoed with The Souihefh De-
mocra,s But the vote by no means sno"s inc
opposition 10 the bill on The part oil Soutnefn
Wins. Mr.. billiard declared, on last MONDAY,
thai no vas opposed 10 the bill. Mr.. Toomos Of
Georgia Mr.. Gentry of Tennessee, Mr.. preston
OF Virginia, and many other Southern wings
had declared their determination not 10 Vo'e 'ol ne
bill-yet they voted against The mo'ion 10 iay oh
the table. Sill with all their 5oeksylns, ne re-
.no,t;b;, of The defeat Of tie blu must rest ON me
eight Southern Wigs who voted 10 Jay IL On Tue
table"
The Cha rleslon Mercury, whose Jealous oeso-
tion 10 Southern rights no one Will deny' "hie
i, reserves farther comments until lis next, coi''
plains that "lhe Compromise bill mas oeeu ios' ~
the House, and that by the acton Of men repre-
sen,ne Southern constituencies On reference
10 the yeas and nays on the question, 1t will oe'
perceived that Stephens, OF Ga, and Gioainss'
Boydon, of N. c., and Palirey. Crozier, OF Tenn
and Tuck figure together in this operation, nc
doub, for reasons PERFECTLY satisfactory TO Them
selves. but so far as the Southern men are con-
cerned. impera,ively demanded BY he public"
The Charleston News says, IAN awful resPon-
sibilhy rests somewhere" and the Courier Qof
Taylor) speaks on, Indignantly as follows:
81, is with pain and modification that we an.
oonnce 10 opr readers the defeat oil the Terrific
rial Bill. which, il was hoped would nave
me, different fate, has been piled IN the HouSe
of Representatives, having been laid on 'he I'd
Die, in hot haste, BY majority OF ID VOTES
That this measure should have been SO sumuia-
rily disposed OF, leads 10 the conclusion ina, Po-
litical Management, and concert was brought 10
bear directly upon il. The wi'e pale's hars &C.
eompiisaed their otJstt, but Aty hire yet 10 &c.
count 10 tie country TOR their conduit and lei me
responsibility res, where it NAV, we nope dnu
uus, that those who were instrumental IN Inc ae-
fea, of a measure which would, in our OPINION.
have e, this exciting subject forever al resi-, r'A
meet thai condemnation they 50 justly nas'n.
Tha, party jusglery and miserable wre-pullins
were a, The bottom Of The defeat OF measure
which recognized the great doctrine OF non'lh'el-
ference as con,enIed Tor by the South, and which
would have secured The peace and permahehce
OF the Union by extracting The ianss oil NoIthefo
fana,cism, we have still further evidence 10 me
following remark Of the Augusta (Ga) Chroni-
Gle, Wing Taylor paper:
1.-THE Washington correspondent ofthe Charles
ton Mercury writes that the Compromise oill Will
fail. It's passs ge will strengthen The Van Buren,
and other anti slavery factions al the North, ana
3sopard tie election q Southern Pres.aent.
As the Augusta Constiutiouali>r well remarks,
aThe election of Gen. TAYLOR is no doubt con-
sidered so transcendenIly important 10 Whissery
in Georgia, thai in comparison with II, the ann
cable settlement Of this alarming question, slave
nv in The territories, is apparently viewed by The
Augusta Chronicle as 4 lrihe, or calamity. II
Al leas, ha> 10 regrets to express al The prospect
of the delear OF The Compromise Bill"
But The Jockeys" have coualed without 'hs'r
host. The defeat OF the bill aud the manner o.
its rejection, will have a contrary effect 10 what
is calculated upon in their "parly schemes" IL
will arouse feeling OF indignation in the South
which will sweep away the tyicks'ers into po'
li,ical oblivion. Never have We known erossef
outrage upon Southern rights and the peace oil
the Union-never were we more suteth SOUTH
ernius,ice will make itself felt in whitening indig-
nation.