Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-01

OF Cancellation and compromise, oil natmouy anu
reaca--. measure 10 establish governments IN Inc
new territories upon such principles OF universal
ius.;ce and constitutional right as will challenge
,he an,ruyal Of every calm and rejecting mind
measure which leaves il 10 The Supreme Couft
of the United States, ard neither to Congress MOI
the Territorial Legislatures, TO deci'e uroh INC
rich 9. me Shareholder &c carry his slaves i'i'o
the territories taaliy, measure "h'c" 'Hah',
the character ot the Iuluie STATES 10 De !ofnneu
on, Of the new territories depend upon me 'oaSaes
n The peopls acio shall hereafter forn, the Stdte eo
stations for Mos. tcIrsto'tes-such measure
has been sncered al and slismalized oy 'nc 0s"'
NJ the Wig party IN Virginia as "sacr'hce anu
surrender OF every Southern right ana d. one
by which The Soulh is actually cacessG ou' u 'ei
rights
And who are those who have Tins shameiuty
sacrificed and surrendered every Southern ilsh'
Who are those VINO have actually cseafed nc
South on, OF her rights! Messrs. Clayton, ne
rsrdy Jthason, Mangum and Be'r'en; MessiS'
collo,tr and Butler, Hunter and Mason; IN snort
every Senator from The Slaye-holdins States
with so or three exceptions Mess are INC men
who have perpelIa,ed ihe Iced.
VIVA, a compliment does the wing pay 0ena-
Tor Clayton! This "great Wing statesman, 10
whom recourse has been had 10 eSiicaie inc re
nublic from The srea. difficulty in which ocoioco-
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man, Of INTEGRITY, .ffmae@ and obihty, John vi.
CLAYTON, OF Delaware, who has come forward 10
rescue The county when she IS IN peru, 10 e1-
tricale The ship OF State from he shoals anu ored-
kers, among which The Locotocos have gotten ",
has actually suggested and brought forward,
sustained and supported i'll Committee and IN The
Senate, and carried through 10 lis final passage,
measure which is a SACRIFICE an SURRENDER
Of EVERY SOUTHERN RIGHT which positively
CHEATS The South on OF her rights! Heaven
save The Locotocos from such Del5pe-er
Talk no more Of Nicholson letters and Viz
einia aud Alabama platforms! Here is a bill
which guarantees 10 The South amos, every rieht
for which she has ever commended; which has been
voted for. almos, with uuanmilg BY the Senators
from the S nth, ard The slaveholdins States, Wing
and Democratic; which has been sustained and
voted for, by these noble and patriotic Democratic
Senators rom the free Sales, WHO have always
been found with us in The hour OF trial, OF diff
cully an! u danger, and TO their eternal honor be
il spcken by several Whig Senators from free
States bill which has been passed BY a large ma
iorv, BY Democratic Senate, supported and vo-
led Tor by Democratic Senators in body and
only BY few palrioc leading Wing s'alesmcn'
and opposed and voted agains, by almost all the
Wings, and only BY few Barnburning Demo-
Gratis; bill which takes the subject OF Slavery
entirely away from the Jurisdiction either OF Con-
eress or The Territorial Legislatures, aad leaves
the rish, OF The Shareholder 10 carry his slave in
10 the new Territories, 10 BE- ssllled by The Su.
p,eme Court in accordance with the Consliiu-
ton, aud which leaves The character OF the tn-
lure States 10 be formed out OF the new Terrific
res, 10 be decided by TIE 'rites Of he people 1c1o
shall hereafter form he STATE Constitutions for these
trr,t0r,es This bill has been denounced by The
Richmond Wing as sacrifice and surrender Of
every Sou hern right
The Wing has attempted wreiched pai!alcn
OF lis article in The la>l paragraph Of the same.
"'rhcsc remarks are based upon The superstition
tina, The Supreme Court has rendered the deci.-
ion alluded 10, which, We learn from Northern
parcr is The fact" Indeed! Then it seems that
the great Wing statesman from Delaware, The
delYerer, the man Of integrity, turns OUT, in tact,
10 be either "chea" and imposlcr, or else shame
fully ignorant Of The decisions OF The Supreme
Conr! Nes.rS. Clayton, Reverdy Johnson,
Garrum and Berrien. The twen;y.six or seven
Senators from Slavehoiding States, who voted for
The hin among them CslhonD. Burle- Hunter,
Mason. and Dixon Lewis. were nc, aware that
they were Submitting ne rights OF the Shareholder
10 tribunal, which had already preiudged the
question and dccid,d !, aeainst item. They had
mol, like The Wing, had The benefit Of this North
ern light!
What grave reasons has The Wing given Tor
thus opposing and ienouncips a bill, when its
fate was still undetermined, when every eve was
turned towards Washington. with intense inter
&c, in the resu,t and whcn every Southern man,
syarv n,,r;o, and LIVER ~ The Union in ,he land
r.io;ced IN ne hone ii final adjustment, OF the
con,,nye,sv ranch, ,yitb snch danoer,o,b The con-
t.aer.cv, The elec,;on o( Ic,ojs coss mich, be
,ro,,o,ed bv ,,s ,sssaos a,a mo Eo;,or of tie
J7n;on SUMMARIZED me h;l,.-ave n. E,d;tor Of tie
Jy,;on sunoored il, Lei il bp, be known tina,
=. E,a;,r - tho Jrn;on srs,a;ns me,sur. and
Tho wh;, ;, once v;evs !, with snsnciop-on.
noses .nd aen,urcos Il, Can The snir; of nar,v
On fpr,bc,2 Can Tho sn;rit NJ toe,,ou On tnr,her2
Can parry madness 90 lur,her2 And all his ir
, ,ncr which nr,.ches ,o.;ns, no orcesses >,
par,v.spiri, which would seem TO deprecate lie
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