Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-30

mace necessary, we cannot conjecture.
!, The Wing thus concludes:
:. against these resolutions absolutely sure
II derins the interests Of the Soulh-by neealy
ur pregnant implying That provided it be moi don
Sc with view 10 abolish slavery in the South, Cor
re- gress has right To abolish il in The Disricl-de
10 bounced oy WISE, as plot sprung upon tn
soulh, Mf. Fillmore is denounced Tor voting
n, A patty OF Northern men gel up in The Hous,
r. tell the South that she is moi able to protect hel
nc SELL anc that they will protect her, and they ar
re So.eu no. only as having offered no insult to ID
- Sou,n, oui as having deserved thanks al he
= hahos And The man who votes against hi
s. inonsierous surrender Of Southern tights is a
$ Abolitionis! I"
Does The Wing here mean 10 assert that Nj
" Fillmore Voted against the Anterior resolution
d because they contained a Surrender OF Souher
I righIsP This is the natural import Of its Ian
suage; but we cannot believe tha, il means /,
insult The intelligence OF It's readers by attempt
> Ing TO make them believe that every Southern re
E preventative voted for resolutions "absolu!el,
!. guaranteeing the interests Of the South" and Of
. ierins an insult 10 all that section of counlry"-
and still less that MIR. Fillmore voted against
them Tor that reason. But still such is the ,esi.
|
MIR. Fillmore voted aeains, most of those reso.
iu!ons in company with Messrs. Adams, Sade
ana Gidalngs; not because they were inappro-
pf'ale 70 the occasion-nol because they were
OUT OF place-not because they were ,ruisms,
ana need not therefore be solemnly affirmed-uor
Tor any similar reason but because he disap.
proved OF The sentiments contained in them. This
IS shown by The fact that he voted for some and
against others.
We have already published those resolutions,
and The whole vote upon them; but as i, is an
important matter, We desire 10 place MIR. Fill
moTe's vote injuxla position with some OF them.
He voted jor the frs, resolution He voted
against the second. Although he had voted for
the first declaring that Congress has no jurisdic
ton whatever over the institution of slavery in
The several States, yet he voted with oay 80
others, against The third which is in these words
Resolved, That Congress has no right 10 do
that indirectly, which il cannot do directly; and
mat Inc agitation Of The subject oil slavery in the
District OF Columbia, or The territories, as u
means and with the view OF disturbing or over
throwing that institution in The several States is
against The true spirit and meaning Of the Con-
States affected, and breach Of the public faith
upon which they entered into The confederacy.
Thus declaring tina, although Congress has no !
authority TO interfere directly with The inslilu.
lion OF slavery in The States; YET, that 10 do i,
indirectly "wilh the view of disturbing or over.
throwing that institution in The several States,
is not against The true spirit and meaning of The
Constitution" The fourth resolution is in these
words:
"Resolved, That the Constitution rests upon
the broad principle OF equality among the
members oil he Confederacy, and that Congress,
IN the exercise OF lis acknowledged powers, has
no RICH. 10 discriminate between the institutions
OF one portion OF the States and another. with
view OF abolishns one and promoting The
other"
The vote was taken on each branch separately.
He voted for The first branch, declaring "tha, lhe
Constitution rests uPo" =. e., tho second with
equality among The , s inc ,ba, @Coneress
raern --- .-.S, uecialine oAa' oouee''
"a ,ne exercise of lis acknowledged powers has
no RICH, to discriminate between the institutions
of one portion Of the States and another, with the
view Of abolshing one and promoting the other"
Here we find Mr.. Fillmore first voting in the
affirmative, and then in The negative and, OF
course, voting the one way or The other, as his
sentiments required. He voted against The filth
resolution, and although We have once published
il, we insert i, again:
Resolved, therefore, That all attempts on the
part OF Congress TO abolish slavery IN The DIS.
trict of Columbia, or 10 prohibit The removal of
slaves from Stale 10 STATE, OF 10 uiscnm'na'e De-
tween one portion et the Contederacy and another,
with he views aforesaid, are in violation oil The
Constitution, destructive oil the Fundamental! prin-
cinle on which the union Of these States rests,
and beyond The jurisdiction CT Congress; and that
every petition, memorial, resolution, proposition.
ar paper. touching or relating in any way, or 10
any extent whatever 10 slavery as aforesaid, OF
The abolition thereof, shall, on The presentation
thereof, without any farther action tneieoh, DC
laid upon The table Without being deoaseo, p''h'-
ed or referred.
we shall not enter into tedious pathological
discussion with The Times. Is learned qno'a-
lions from Websler's big Dictionary we shall moi
controycrl but the Times canno! deny that, "as
understood in general USE" The word sustain"
in reference TO delberatye assemblies, means
sneak in fauor Of. Thus, in the v. !. Senate
Honest John Davis, OF Massachusetts, Sustain.
ea'-,hal is, spoke in favor Of The Wilmot re
yiso. Il was in this plain sense Ina, when Inc
Wing charged that Gov. Cass "spoke and voted
for The Wimot Proviso," we replied that, on an
examination Of the records, nothing appeared 10
show tha, he had sustained Spoken ior) or voted
lor the Proyso.n AS TO The private opinions OF
Gov. Cass some time before, We did not speak
combining ourselves 10 the simple issue between
The Wing and ourselves. Indeed, in the Nichoi
son letter. with which The public is familiar, &C.
neral Cass does not deny that his opinions nave
been modified tor he says, VI am strongly IN
messed with the opinion that great change has
been going on in The public mind upon this sub.
iec,-in nv own as we'll as Others" One Thing
is clear, as acknowledged by The Times witness,
Senator Miller, Ian abstract OF whose remarks
few DAYS since We published in the Consression'
al sketch, viz: that Gen. Cass is nov "ihe out,
and-out opponent of The Wilmo' Proviso" Can
the Times say as much for It's candidate, Gene
raj Tayor2 Though its attention has been ire
!. outu,ly called 10 The point it still remains "as
dumb as an oyster"
II is strange that We should hear nothing from
The Times on the question, as in The adjoining
column Of that paper We find an extract from The
Washington correspondence Of the New YorE
Tribune, which, after assailing The assumed "ler'
F., giversaiion" Of Gov. Cass, says;
"How different the character OF Gen. Taylor
He eoueeals nothing; he misrepfc'enls noihing
He speaks 10 The people with but one voice.
q BE has nothing to hide from the pubic or IRON
himself"
:, Now has General Taylor come out, as b
, should, on tie Wilmo, question: Here IN IN
!, South, he is held up as opposed 10 that odion
= measure, and a. the North, his Signal letter
;, ono,ed lriumphanlly by The Wi!mol Provis
" =: ,,,;,.ly with then, Is HaIl tba