Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-29

desire to 60, entirely Tree " -
nized nv the people OF the savehold'ng as Vi nun
,l,veboldipg States, has been denounced ano sus'
m.,;zed as a fraud and as toal surrender ol
Southern rights!
We will examine The objections which have
been raised against the COMPROMISE b'il. we
characterized these objections some days since,
as "more miserably idle and absurd than any oy
which we ever knew any great measure 10 DC oP'
n,.ed.u and we hope now 10 make this appear.
Il has been said lha, the bill is no Compromise,
m settlement OF the question:; that II leaves u as
much open as ever and that there will be as much
room for agitation, as il thad never been passed.
We "a re- yery lille Tor names, il The bill be con
stituIonal, and satisfactory 10 the souri, we care
no, by what name il may be called. But IL Is a
Compromise 10 this, and in This alone, that while
il leaves the territories Sooth of Oregon, as open
! 10 the MISUNDERSTANDING, as 10 The slaveholding
Safes il in effect rholiy excludes the Shareholder
from Oregon. That The Northern fanatics would
have continued 10 agitale the questions as much
as ever, and raised the cry OF repeal, we have
not the slightest doubl; and SO they would have
done, no maller what SORT OF bill had been pass
ed We presume those cavaliers who TAX
about The Bill being no Compromise, would have
been perfectly content 10 take IL as such, II The
Wilmot Proviso had been lacked on TO any part
of i'll
II has been said lha, the National Legislature
H. e. Coneressl and not tie JUDICIARY ought TO de-
eide thi. question of right lor The SHAREHOLDER
Apart from the objection, which we have SO Of
ten insisted upon, that OF the extreme impfooa-
biliry OF The Shareholders ever Obtaining, AT The
hands OF the House ol Representatives, which has
torru fiv
any lust and equitable division OF the territories
llhe Missouri Compromise is very lar IRON be-
lug such, was a more startling proposition ever
advanced, or RAJ her. was more mons'rnus alb.
surdily ever preached than that he legislative
Department OF Government was the proper one
10 look to for the enforcement or protection OF
mans rights oil person or CT nropety2 II any
one invades our properly in Virginia, we do moi
look 10 the Legislature Tor redress but 10 the
Courts, and so il is in The new territories. II IS
total misrepresentation OF The Compromise bill 10
suppose that il constitutes The Judiciary, The I'm.
pire between The Two concerning parties, the
North and the South, or that it makes any formal
reference OF The question: in express terms, TO that
tribunal. The Judges ill exactly the same office,
discharge exactly he same functions under, and
stand in exactly The same relation TO, this bill
ha they co to any other law OF Congflss. Their
Office is simply 10 decide quesi n, OF right be.
tween individuals which may arise under this as
we'll as under any ohef act OF Congress.
The Richmond Wing, with an amusing gra.
witty, asks, where, then, is the great wisdom oil
The measured lis wisdom consists in this, that,
under il, the rights of the Shareholder are not ts
.urbed, either by The General o. he Territorial
Governments. The Wing will surely aunt that
h. re are Two great points certainly gained; ami
il, alter all This, our private rights OF properly
lao ;ru dad
cial tribunals Tor our redress. "Bul The Courts
must necessarily in accordance with previous
decisions, decide the question agains' US" This
brings US 10 The lh,rd and last grand objection 10
The bill-vz: That il is sacrifice and total
surrender of Southern rights in the territories.
The Buffalo Convention did not think SO, as
appears by the first clause Of one OF their resou-
lions which is as follows:
"Resolved That the bill lately reported by The
committee OF eight, in The Senaie oil he United
Safes, was no com promise, bur an absolute sur
render OF the rights OF the non slausiode,s Of all
The States"
The fanatics and free soil men OF the Norlh
ma We not thought So, for they have denounced The
bill in The most unmeasured terms The free soil
Senator's in NJ Senate did mol think 81, for they
all bui one voted against it, The en'ire North
nrn Wing delegation 10 The Hous" Of Sepresen
.arives, the Anoilionists, and me Wilmpt Proviso
Democrats in lhar body, did not think 81, f'r they
I'll vo'ed against it, Lastly The entire Southern
representation 10 The Senate, with tour eXcep.
ions including Rsverdy Johnson, Hunler, Ma
son, Mangum, Calhoun, Butler, Berrlen, and
Dixon n. Lewis did not think SO, Tor thew all
warmly sustained it, But the Richmond Wing
thinks so Mr.. r. T. Daniel thinks 50 Mr.
A. II. Stephens thinks SO; and So, the Times in
form. u.s. do The entire Southern Wing delegation
in The House
II, indeed, The Compromise bill is sacrifice
ot Southern rights; il we have all al ing, both
Wbe. and D mocraIs, commended for he great
principle OF Gon interference: il We haze fepeal.
eddy and solemnly declared, tarConsrcss has M
jurisdiction whatsoever over HE institution Il
slavery, either mediate or Immediate, in tn
States or Territories; if we have more lately
solemnly declared that The territorial govern
o,enls have no constitutional power IL exclude US;
il we asked our Northern brethen only TO lei u
alone, in the free enjoyment of our cons u'ional
rights in The territories, withou, any hindrance
from the General or the Territorial engagements;
aud they give US bill organizing governments
tor all The territories, which embodies all these
great and sacred principles and sum a bill is a
total sacrifice Of Southern figh's-thrn may We
we'll ground our arms and SURRENDER the whole
| field al once and forever!
We make no assault upon Mr.. Daniel unless
| he chooses o 10 regard the exercise Of the pr
| vlege of criticism. his speech md his letter;
he is like ourselves free citizen. and fully emit
| tied 10 entertain his own opinions, and to give
| free expression 10 them in public. But we sill
| consider ourselves recreant 10 our trust as con
ductors Of public press, if we ever cease 10 de
| no nee, with the utmost severity in our power,
20 long as we can hold a pen in our hand
| Alexander n. Stephens, and the seven other
! southern Wing members, who have proved so
recreant to the trust committed TO their hands,
and who have so treacherously sacrificed the in
terests o: their country The letter OF Mr.. Da
MEL contains almost identically the same argu
ments with the speech Of Mr. Stephens; in style
aud in composition It is in every way superior
| TO the latter, and is, in fact, a muc', cl verer
production But the arguments employed by
both arc much more fully elaborated in the
sreech; VIC shall hereafter review the speech
ard examine it infinitely; il is the spasmodc ef
fort of one who has gained most execreb!e
notoriety, to stem the torrent of public indsna
lion, which he feared was about 10 burst forth
upon him, and which will inevitably sweep him
10 destruction, If his constituency have one par
| ticlc Of spirit Left IN them.
| The Editors Of The Wing flew into passion
with US for charging Mr. Daniel with admitting
in his letter the conslltulionaliy Of the Wilmot
| Provso; and the Times sid il did not so under
stand him. Then, according TO these gentlemen,
| Mr.. d. wholly denies the constitutional power
Of Congress TO prohibit slavery in The terrific
\ ries If Congress have not that power 1t must
be because the Shareholder has constitutional
right 10 80 into the territories The deriai Of
| the one implies the ADMISSION Of the other. The
| powers of Congress are limited BY the constilu
ton, and by the Constitution al ne. if the slave.
holder has not the Constitutional right TO carr,
his slave into the territories of course it is no
violation of the Constitution 10 prevent him
| from doing 50. There is 10 escape from this
| c Inclusion. Such con- titntIonal RICH. wocld, of
course, be superior TO any Meyican law pro
hIbitin, slavery and thus we furnish triumph
ant answe', both 10 the spirit and 10 the letter.
Let il not be said in answer TO this thai these
settled principles OF construction, which have