Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-11-24
MON VA.
Thursday Morning, November %. Is4s.
TAYLOR, FILLMORE AND FREE SOIL.

welP'-but we are told in terms of lhreatenin
thunder. by The Influential and powerful organs
Whisgery at the North, that, unless The Soul
yields tamely and with entire submission 10
the demands OF the North On the Wilmot Provist
she must expect 10 yield still more and 10 see di
rect and ruthless assaults made upon her insliiu
tiuns, her honor, her safely. Since the election
the evidence is gathering thick and indicates
deliberate resolution on the part OF the North 1
exact 'the pound OF flesh" a, every hazard
few striking instances may make this mailer clear
We have already cited the Philadelphia Norlt
American, which declares lha, the North viii
Insist" upon The extreme application of the Viii
mot Proviso TO New Mexico and California
The New York Tribune (whose editor, rabic
Wilmol Provisoite IS just elected TO Congress,
ridicules all compromises on The subject, and
thus emphaically urges The adjournment of the
question TO the new Congress under Gen. Tay-
lor's administration, because as the Tribune pro-
perry argues, that odious measure will meet with
no favor from Democratic Senate and Presi-
dent:
al the uedu Vi Tue 6OSeIHlueUt STATUS, anu W
the end Of the session will stand, Mr.. James X.
Polk, who publicly and dedanlly proclaimed but
few months ago thai he would veto any bill eX-
Guiding slavery from territory South of &c deg 80
min. The present Senate is known, from repeat
ed trials, 10 be hostile to any restriction OF slavery
South OF the Missouri Compromise line. Allow
ing the House 10 be decidedly The other way
which is very liberal allowance-therea are two
branches OF the Government against one, adverse
TO the Free Soil principle. Is il The time, then,
10 drive this question 10 an issue2 Unless sla-
very be silenly creeping in,v New Mexico and
California, il seems 10 Us that The champions Of
Free Soil will prefer 10 await the long session,
now twelve month of, before provoking new
struggle. II the other side shall assume the Of.
tensive, ours must Of course meet the onslaught
as :hey best may; but if not, We trust the subject
will he over TO the frsl session OF Congress under
General Taylors Administration. The friends
OF Free SOU cannot succeed in establishing hsir
prtnetpe so long as Mr.. Polk is Presidcn'; but as
soon as the new Congress shall assemble, We
trust this question will be taken up, and not laid
down until conclusive pietoyyshalI irradiate the
banner OF Free Labor and Free Soil"
But q still more imposing and serious omen is
an article from the N. Y. Courier whose Editor
has been most Jealous champion Of General
Taylor. and who strangely claims to be known
throughout the country as being "ever the fore.
most in defending the South against those who
would in any way NEEDLE with her domestic in
stitutions." We ask our readers TO weigh care
fully the extract below. The Courier asserts
that there is no disposition in The people of the
North to violate what they regard as "the com
promises Of the Constitution on the subject Of
slavery-that the institution should not be
abolished in the District Of Cain NH. - -
~. 40. iii win urIenu auu upnold lne rights OIL
the Slaveholding States. But, says the Cou
rier,
cat the same time we believe that, upon the
quest ion of extending slavery into newly ac-
quired free territory, there is an entire unaEmity
Of sentiment among the people OF the Northern
States. They do not regard this as, in any
sense, involving the rights of the South. And
in opposing as they do, the extension of slavery,
they believe they are acting upon precisely that
principle which in 1889 met the entire concur
renee of every section of the Union-which has
since been repeatedly recognized by all depart
ments of the Government, and which is to be
governed, in its application, by no other con.
sideratons than those which belong to The whole
country, and not exclusively 10 any section. The
North will oppose any extension of slavery into
territory where it does not exist. We believe
they will do so unitedly and decidedly. They
do not regard itas question to be compromised
They deem it matter of right and of Justice
10 the whole country-to the principles oil free
dom. that lie at the basis of our Government
to the position we hold before the world-to
every consideration of justice and of propriety,
that our flag, as it advances over new regions,
should not carry slavery beneath its folds
They deem it PREPosrERoUs that the South
should urge any fancied interest it may have in
extending slavery, against policy sustained BY
such reasons, and resting on such grounds, as
this.
Nov, under such stale OF feeling upon this
subject. il is clearly for the interest Of the whole
county that The question should be settled. And
the South ought to see that il is for their interest
10 concede ,oiat is inevitable. A constant and BIZ
ter hostility TO this position OF the North, Will
only awaken a passion that may not be CONTROL
ed and that will go much farther than the North
now seeks 10 60. Every day OF strife upon this
subject, creates envenomed feelings that will en-
Ter into all the relations between The two sections,
and thus involve other questions than those now
concerned. The South must consent 10 allow
slavery 10 remain as il is, or their attempts 70
change its position will lead 10 counter attempts
on the part of the North. If the South will ex-
tend ii, they will drive the North into delerml-
nation 10 curtail it, These are the two extremes;
the middle ground is the status quo. Leave sla.
very as il is. Lei the South not seek 10 extend
j, over new, free territory, and the North will not
interfere with il where it exists. But contrary
policy will bring about disastrous results. IL the
shirt which seems 20 rampant IN South Caroi!-
ma, and which exacts the ex ension OF slavery as
the sine qua non of preserving the Union, De-
come a, all general al The South. il will assured
ly add ten fold Jury 10 the fame oil abolition a
the North, and lead to consequences which mel
Their section can contemplate without horror.
1--WE regard the principle of the Ordinance o
's7, as applied TO New Mexico and California, az
the only compromise which will be accepted, and
which will settle the differences b.lween Inc
North and the South. To anything short oil mat
the North will not accede. To anything oeyone
that the North does not now pretend. This nov
is common ground upon which both sections,
the South assenls, may meet II II be scouleo o.
| the South, il is Impossible 10 tell where that com
| mon ground may again be found; but this is Ger
| tain. The line will not recede towards the NORM
III The South will not consent now 10 yield s.
much, she must make up her mind hereafter, 10 en-
counter from the North fiery whirlwind Of ant
| slavery excitement, which will be far more im
patient Of check or control than II is now, an
which will demand with clamor, and it may b
violence, that she shall yield much more"
Can the above exposition of "the settled dele
mna,ion OF the Northern people" be construed
mean anything else, than that The South mu
yield everything 10 the arrogant demands OF tn
Nor,h-tha! she must accede 10 the Wilmot Pr
viso as an insulting "compromise" and thereb
acknowledge to The fanatics that she has no prlc
no selfrespect, but voluntarily and cheerful
surrenders her equal rights in the confederac
and eraciously wears the badge OF her own degr
da,ion2 Unless she do this. We are boldly war
ed tina, she must surrender still more-,he alb
, l,iou of slavery in the District Of Columbia, Il
prohibition of the internal slave trade, and pc
! hap, the ruthless invasion OF our own borders al
the violen, Liberation OF the slave property OF