Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-20
RICHMOND, VA.
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,rb oreat earoes,ness lha, the Wing party IS lhe
u,ue and origiua free soil party" and rates van
Rnren ,ourdly for stealing the thundc! 81 l"e
Wing party.
! we maze he following extracts Aom 'hc
Whis address, 10 which We invite The attention
Of every Southern man who ieels Que Ieealu
for our blessed and glorious Union ana Inc SAFE
~ ami honor Of The South. The disunloh 'sE-
dency of such doctrines, as are body advanced
bv The Taylo.iies and Fimorencs OF Massa-
chuse,s. ought 10 be denounced with one voice by
| the entire SCUM.
The following may be regarded as The platform
Of this iniquitous party:
"But, iellow-cilzens, We address you moi Dry
as Wings, but a northern WSigs, a MAssacHa,
sells Wings. We stand where eur sloTlons oiu
Commonwealth has always stood, on the plat
form OF free labor free press, and Tree sou :
The Whg> OF he North, and especially ne
Wings Of Massachusetts, may rishtlnliy cia
the appeliation Oh the free soil parry. Onf Whi2
Delegation in Congress for more lhan quarter
OF century, have been uniloim W ies,'',us N'e
extension OF slavery. In 1876, when Arkansas
was admilled into The Union, The voice OF Mas
| sachusetts was heard against The slave Iea'ute
OF her constitution. The late and lamenled
| Adams moved 10 amend The bill, and our present
worthy Chief Magis rate, Gov Briggs, used This
| emphatic language on The floor oi The House, on
| Thai occasiou:-"I never can consent, with me
| views now entertain, 10 give vote or 40 any
other &C, which shall sanction The principle or
| extend The exis ence OF slavery. In the deep
conviction OF my heaIt, believe it TO be poli'i-
caly and morally wrong" During The same
| Congress, on the bill tor rihnS the mails, Tor
which Mr. Van Buren, gave The casting vote, our
| distinguished Senator from Worceser made two
| able and manly speeches, in which ne denouDceo
the bill as establishing an espionage, scrutiny
| into the contents Of The mail, which would vlo.
lac lis sanctily, and Illustrate The whole desIgnol
| il" He regarded il as violation 81 me Tree.
! dom OF the press, and as measure walch Woud
enable The ruling party OF The country 10 exclude
from Inc mail any political information "nich
| was thought adverse 10 It's interest. From that
period 10 the present, the Wings in Congress from
his Commonwealth have uniformly opposed the
| extension OF slavery and the entertainments oil
| lis power. They have advocated lie right OF pf-
lition denounced the gag rule and condemned ~
i the strongest terms the annexation oil Texas =
| They have voled against The slave feature IN Inc
constitutions Of Florida and Texa>; against the
| introduction OF slavery into Iowa, and Oregon
New Mexico and California; against paving for
runaway slaves, and in favor oi the abolition ~
slavery in The district OF Columbia, in every orm
| in which IL has been presented. AL This has been
done nv our Wing delegation in Congress, mol
from any desire 10 produce schsm among Inc
Wings, or 10 build up a new parry; bnl IRON an
homes! conviction that slavery was an eVl, ana
ought 10 be circumscribec. In this manly course
in Congress--lhe only field in which III doc'nne
OF Tree soil can be made practical question
the Wing parry in Massachusetts have nob'y
sustained their REPRESENTATIVES. May we not
then with proprety claim 10 be free soil paItyF
The next extract we present shows that "the
sentiments Of Gen. Taylor are believed to Be IN ae-
eO,dancc 1oith those 81 The Hhgs NJ Massachusetts,
pa,ls those Of Gen Cas- a,c kao1n to be directly
opposed t0thcnl." Here We would ask every 'Ine
hearted Southern man, il opposition TO The dlsu-
MON sentiments OF The supporters OF Gen. Tayl'r
10 Massachusetts on The par, OF Gen. Cas- IS nn'
the best reason why the South should sho.. n
unbtoken front in suppori OF lhe glorions 'oli
voluEieer2" TIL. a dress SAYS:
"On the question of the Ordinance Of 1851,
the sentiments Il General Taylor are believed
to be in accordance with those Of the Wings Of
Massachusetts, while those Of General Cas- are
known TO be directly opposed to them. The De-
mocralc candidate has told US in his letter TO
A. o. P. Nicholson, Esq, that Congress has no
our newly acquired territories; consequently lie
would veto any bill which contained the pro-
vision of the Ordinance Of 1857. On Inc other
| hand General Tay lor has told US ia his Allison
letter. that he should leave all questions of "do-
nestle policy to the action of Congress, and
should feel bound TO carry out their will. II is
true that he claims the right OF exercising the
veto power in cases of clear unconsttu,ionality;
but he says that the Pres lent ought no. to in
ierp,e his objections, "1ohere qu stions If constr
tut nal poaoer hare been settled by The uarious
departments Of the G0r.rnment and dcquiesced
in by the Peojie."
NOW il there ever vas question settled BY
the Furious departments Of the Goustnment, and
aequiesced in by the people, it must be that Of
the Ordinance of 1851 II was affirmed by the
first Congress, and expressly recognized 10 the
organization Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Oregon; and has the
sanction of Washington and his successors 10
Office; and has been sustained by the highest ju-
dical tribunals Of the country. Here then is
case where General Taylor would he bound 10
withhold his veto, in case Congress should pass
bill excluding slavery from the territories
Nor is this all; nc has pledged himself not to at
tempt TO influence the action Of Congress on
this or any other question Of domestic policy
, Here We find Gen. Cas- position, 10 regard to
the Wilmut Proyiso, based OF the rue Southern,
or We should rather say, national ground, and Iee
defined position Of Gen. Taviol lst such
J 'psdged" one as tally satisfies the most ULTRA dis
unionis in old Federal Massachusetts.
} In its notice OF Willard Fillmore, the Address
says: "You ali feel perfectly conscious hat il
elected, and The case should require it, he will give
his casting vote against the extension Of slave
territory, and j! By any casually the office OF Pre-.
sident should become vacant the interest OF lie
country would be perfectly safe in his hands,
Following up the idea, lha', In the election Il
+, General Cas-, justice would he done 10 the South
The Address holds The following language:
, IF this rev organization shall succeed in
Withdrawing from the whig parry number sui
fcienlly large 10 give Gen. CssE The plurality in
New YORK, or Ohio, and hersoy secure his cleo
lion by the people or By the House o.! Renresen-
lalives, they will, We tear, fad, when il is too
late that They have defeated The very object lh-y
profess 10 have al heart. We venture 10 predcl
that il Gen. Cass is elected slavery will be- ex-
Tended over New Mexico and California, and in
all probability we shall, during his adminis.ra-
ZION, have Tie Republic Of The Rio Gfaude, or Of
} the 81 ira Made, or the Island Of Cuba added
10 the Union With such additions Of Snu'hetn
and slavchCldinc ,erritory The ircnts OF free soil
would be !curd in a hopeless minority II least
in one branch Of The Legislature, and The eori-
Gus cause u freedom thrown back len or perhaIs
twenty years.
"Nor Is il al all improbable thar The election ii
Cass will make snfe the defeat Of me Wiirnoi
Pfoviso In cass ii his election il will be said,
tast The whole question has been submitted 10
the people, and ihey hav. declared that Souh.
efn ciZ.ns with their properly shall not b. *
Guided from hcse territories That argument
was ionrd |, be all-powcrfuI in ihe case OF Tex
as annexation, and il will be found equally 20
tent in thi, case"
From what follows, every Southern man mus