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

and the rest of their parry al The South may talk
as much a. they please about the COMPROMISE
Bill being a sacrifice and surrender OF ooulhefn
rights, but they themselves have done more 10 sa'
crifce aud surrender those rights by the puollca'
lion Of this letter and this speech, than Inc insen-
sale avings of twenty aboilion'ss would DO 10
Congress in as many years.
We repeat and 9e wish The people OF vlfsi-
MIA and oil The whole South 10 hear u.s. NE io"H
argument Of Messrs Danieland Stphsns aga'ntme
Compromise Bill inpotDes distinct admission o.
the eonpaationaluy othe Uilmot Proulso' ana
we prone ii in this way: II, as these sen'lemea
maintain, The unrepealed laws oil MEXICO pioa,'
biting slavery are not al all "inconsis'en! VINO
The Constitution" sill less so would any law OF
Congress be containing like prohibition
We hope to b. ahle 10 continue This subject,
and to review particularly Mr. Stephens speech,
in future editorial
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OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
To The Editors Of th Enquirer:

To The EdL0y5 OF tae enquirer:
Gcn,lemen-A. il will De the duty Q! The next
Legislature Of Vifg mia, 10 elect Governor Tor
this Common wealth, ] beg leave 10 call pubic
attention Chroush the columns OF your pa.
per) 10 The claims Of he Hon. William Smith, oil
Lewsburg, for that office. cr
Mr.. Smith is in all respects we'll qualinea 10 M
the fice and as The section otlhe S!ae ~ "" h;s
he resides, has never furnished Governor, nls
claims are presented with the more conneenrem
He is we'll and iavoraby known ID ou nou. , sns
Western portion Of the slae. Having oes Gen., LOT o.
many years distinguished memoefGncC, Ooy ~
the Legislature OF his Safe su aso 10
so,m ma ,he nresen, Conslituiion-and is one
sU monus, The soundes, lawyers 10 the State. He
s Sa, been Throughout his life consistent and frm
RenubIican, never having at any lime c"alesced
with Federalism, Conservatism, or Whigism.
The election Of Mr.. Smith would also nave The
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"AJiUSINGn

That amusingly consistent paper "The hicn-
mond Whig," in an editorial Of the 18th lnsl.
headed Amusing" makes some fimsy CON-
ments upon the notice taken by The la!e Demo-
cratic Address Of The compromise Bill" which
was defeated by The vote of Southern Wings, and
accounts quite nationally Tor no notice having
been taken In that Address, dated I4h ins, and
10 The hands of the printers on the 18th inst,) o.
the Presidents failure 10 veto The Oregon bill.
On The 2ls, however, only Two days thereafter
that model OF consistency devotes an editorial 10
the expression OF surprise that the address omlled
all mention Of The Presidents having signed the
bill.
We place in parallel columns the following ex-
traces from those amusing" editorials:
From the Whie Of Aug 10. From he Hhig cfaxg 2lst-
trne sIsul ui the What will The CuLn-
Wiimct PIoviso would t-y mink ol The Demo
no doubt have beer duly cratic Address, which,
recorded, had not The adj covering Tour columns,
dress been written be. and PROCESSING 70 give
tore i! took place" The p'"pir true SAFE
me1l Of public affairs,
omitted all mention OF
the most important
event ui The age-the
signing by Mr.. Polk OF
bill embodyins The
Wimot PfCviso2"
rWhat will The country think" OF The above
"amu.inon specimen Of tnrial consistency
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To the Editors u TIC Enquirer.


Please publish the following extract from he
journal of the Senate Of Virginia OF The l7'h
March, l84l-to vii:
The Senate proceeded, pursuant to the resolu-
,ion agreed TO Oh Monday last, by Join; vote with
The House, % The election oil Judge OF ne Ge-
aerai Ccnrl, 10 supply lhe v7cancy oc"asio7ed
BY tn. resignation Of John Y. Mason, Esq
The Ciefs OF he Senate called the roll as fol-
lows James H. Gholson and Edward l.. Pegram
being alone in nomination:
Fca JAMES H. GHotsoN = Messrs Nash,
(Speaker,) Thornton Cccke, Peytou, Baptist,
Bondurani, Conrad Lyons, Garter, Woodhouse,
Bland, Fonlaine and McIIhaney.
FoR EDWARD L. PEoRIM-Messrs. Bouldin
and Scout.
Foa JOHN w. NASH, Speaker oflbe sena,e.)-
Messrs. Hnnlon, Wiley, Smith OF Culpeper
Piper, Moffei', Told and Thompson.
Foa Louls c. BcULDlS-Mr. Dyer.
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Ia each Of these, as we think, the struggle is
TO be very close and doubtful. In Tennessee il
will certainly be so. Unles, the best informed
politicians are deceived, Cass has full as good
chance for this State as Taylor. 10 calling the
remaining FIVE of these last named States very
doubtful, we state our impressions only, formed
upon the best Information within our reach =
We do not profess TO know much about ihom
especially New Jerseys Of the States which
we have named before. Delaware in 1874,
gave Clay less than 800 majority New J rsey.
with near 90 900 votes. gave CLAY abou, 800
majority; 'aryland, with about 10 900 votes,
gave abou, 5000 Wing majority; while Tennes
see, with leo votes, gave Clay majority Of
ia On the whole, then, we regard lie cleo
tion Of lass and Butler as sure; and we be-
leve that they are quite as likely to receive 200
electoral votes, as TO receive less than lis.
The xpla, alton Of this is to be found in the
immense blunder made by the Wings when they
nominated General Taylor. The Wing polit.
Clans know perfectly well-and many of them
openl, admit-that he was nominated solely in
the hope of being carried into the Presidency on
6ood-tide of military enthusiasm. Never was
there such an utter and total misca,culali,n.-
Instead of flood tide everywhere, a, was ex-
pec,ed, there is nowhere any moving Of the
waters at all. The utter deadnes and latness
Of tho Wing canvass is universally observed,
and nowhere seriously denied.
But this is not all. The capital weakness OF
the Wigs is, that in not more than four or Eve
states, it in so many, can their nominee poll
anything liks their full party Strength; and even
10 some Of these States, their party. even al is
full strength, is hopeless minority. Nor is
the fact TO be- concealed or denied that General
Taylor is losing strength by every letter he
writes His unsteadfastness and vacillation
and apparent desire to play the wholly new
character of the adroit and managing politician,
have surprised everybody, and displeased almost
everybody. We have never despaireo OF The
republic or Of the Democratic party; but in the
present crisis, with the brave old banner Of New
York 80 lamenlably stained ana tatlered. We
confess that II Boot, or Clay, or Mclean. or
Crittenden were in the field against us an the
nominee OF the Wing convention, we shoule
feel obliged 10 make far less favorable ealcuIa
tions than those which cheer us on to brllllan,
and overwhelming victory now
Major JAMES D GRAHAM OF the u. S. Topo.
Graphical Engineers, publishes letter in the Ma
,Isna lntelhgenccr, in which he denies he char
ge' made against him in the U. S. Senate by Mr.
Benton, OF conduct unbeccmins An officer and q
geniieman and nnbecoming Judge in the court
marital !" accompanied by number Of specifca.
tions, and demands from he War Department,
court. martial 10 bis case al an early day. in ORDER
that he alleged misdemeanors may be eel down 10
the proper rerson-declaring that the odium will
be found on investigation 10 rest not 10 anywise
upon him, bus altogether and entirely upon this
accuSer.
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POLITICAL.
fysm ne Cniox.
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
BaLrthORr aupnsf 81 lSd2

E16 AskI<hA nColbCN1
BALTIMORE, August 81. l64a.
THOMAS Richie, Esq.
SiR Several OF your subscribers would much
like 10 know il you seriously and candidIy think
that Cass and Bntler will be elected. They can
no. think you SO very foolish to suppose SO for
one moment; yet, they would like to know your
opinion. We believe !, is utterly impossible that
they can be Yours, FELIX.
We 10 moi often publish anonymous commnni.
cations, especially when couched, like The above,
in ill-manuered language. We depart from our
rule in this case, for he purpose OF repyingt
corresp ndsni, that we have spoken boIh wi b
entire sincerely and after due enquiry and exam
ina,on, in declaring, as we have declared OF lale,
that we regard the election ofCass ana Butler as
now safe in all human probab,lity-our friends,
of course, S i'll continuing 10 do their duty. Our
figures are as follows. We positively claim The
fullnwing States for Cass and Butler:
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effect to aliay the sectional jealousyhal nov
ISIS between The East and Wesl, whist The sn ~
ty and integrity OF his past lie have been Ns
as guafanlee 10 The whole Commonwealth va
Bile chief magistrate. ALLEGRANy
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NOTICE,

MOI IOC, c,.
VALUABLE TRACT oP LAND for sale N lad lad
A tered county, situated the Goodies oraa soa
abou, fifteen miles from The nwe gy q House, and ali m
tanns ~ ~, hous.s. The soil is Admiralty adapted
iss a4o@. Of oats whea. and tobacco, ala ma, n
d..Isbls situation for physician osrsan No. .aD.
had BY mlnsdiste application being mace co "a
scrlber.
Aug. ls-ssswln
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Toial

As we are now departing from The usual course
of party presses during canvass, and making
these statements 10 The public with lbe same can
dor which we should use towards a Democratic
friend who nigh, confid.ntay ask US for advice
In making up his hst'iaz book, We de 10 II proper
TO say that We have not tell entirely confident OF
carving all hese three las, named S a'es until
quite recently. We are nos1, however, in pos
session of information as TO The sale OF ieeln.
10 each oil them upon which we fully rely; and
this inioI ma ion added 10 The result in North Car
DINA, and he spirit displayed al Buffalo, leaves
lille reasonable d"nbl on our mind tina, they will
all three vote Tor Cass. He, however, will. in
all human probability, be elected, as We have
said, even wi'hour one OF their l9 votes.
Of me rema;Aing States, we do not concede TO
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-29
MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS.

The Stockholders OF the Lyuchbnrg and Ten.
nessee Ralfcad Company convene! in this place
on Friday last, in pulsuance OF Previous uo,ic,
Tor the purpose OF organ eng Il appeared from
the report o. The Commissioners thai thirteen hun.
nred and seventy shares vi stock had been taken
1920 OF which were represented.
Alter The adoption Of Bys-laws and The trans.
acI'on OF ;. her business The meeting proceeded 10
voc for ffi"efs. =
Gen. 0. q. Clay was elected Presidep, on the
hrsi GA lo!, he vote standing Clay Gil, r. G. Nor
Mss, Esq, 327 Thos J. Boyh, of Wylhe, B. F
Wiser OF Pulaski, K. G. NORRIS, Henry Davi,.
andF B. cane Of Lyrchhurg were elected Di..
rec;ors.-Lyneaburg ReyIbliean
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= Lieut. Manly of The army. the son OF the
Wing candidate Tor Governor OF North Carolina
ashe passed through this State last week, on his
return from Mexico, stated in our presence, ha
ne wen 10 Mexico lull-blooded Wing, but re.
turned iull .bIocded Democrat, and tina, in lbc
army, there were many "more OF The sa ne SOFT
Mr. Manly was with Gen. TAYLOR. al The baule
OF Buena a.-[M,u<dseviue [6a.J Union,
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From hi, specimen Judge he remainder.
will The Editors Of nc paptrs pub ishea in The
civ Of Richmond insef The foregoing proceed
ing, in their r.spsc i've journals and oblise many
Whjgs7 THOMAS G. CLARKE, Pfesdt.
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EXTRACT OF letter from Governor Ransom OF

"O this STATE, there is 10 more doub, thar
there is OF he e1iscncs uf Deity, and the nd
who says The Electoral vote OF 'iichigsn is
doubtful, is either totally ignorant Of the stare .;
parties here or wllluiIy pevehs the truth. We
shall give General Cas- to 10000 majority :
and the result in Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Arkan.
sas, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin, is as GER
tain as in our own Stare-lhey will ALL give their
Electoral vote 10 The nominees Of the Baltimore
Conventioan
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Being voies more than are necessary TO elect a
President. But, 10 addition to these States, we
hol that Cass may now calculate with great con-
fidepce upon receiving the vote Of
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Our old friend Wa ock, fas JUST handed 10 u
his wei, known Almanac fr lsi9. BOUNDS, how
the Tine fie,lI This valuable Little book, the
recoid Of useful satisfies Tor the young and he
old, is calculated by The experienced David
Richardson, Of Louisa. May friend Warock
live TO publish many such useful Almanacks
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A GOOD JOKE.

rWha, will The country think" OF The above
specimen of tnrial consislency7
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The Democrali. AssoclallOn OF The Town Of
Lynchbufg have appointed committees OF arrange
,nept and reception 10 make the necessary pre-
para,ions for the meeting OF the Democratic Slate
Convention 10 be ned 10 that town on the 10Th OF
Sep;embc- next. We again appeal 10 orr friends
throughout he Stale 70 Id meetings and appoinr
de- gate !" mis- Cnnv -nlion. Every nook and cor
ner ofibe Safe should b, represented and heard in
tai, Convention. The time for acion mas arrived
organize, then, Democrats, organize Let Il.
meet together and lake such action as NAV b.
deemed neccssaryto the iur'herance If our Chef
ished principles. The price OF Liberty is eternal
NIgiancc
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No gentleman 10 whom General Taylor would
write, in this free and easy style, would have
been guilty OF publishing his letter. without, at
least, giving his own name with il.
The New York Express says, in reference TO
these letters,
1.-THE Wing must be GREEN, VERY GREEN,
who can now, after the successive experience Of
former years, be caught by such Loco Foco for
geries No letter from General Taylor should
now tie deemed genuine, unless il comes before
US, under the responsibility Of some we'll known
respected man. Forged letters will be as Plen
" as blackbcrries. His political chart is in HIS
Allison letter, and in the cordial acceptance Of
the Wing Philadelphia Convention"
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Many leading Wings have entirely justified
Gen. Taylors Two last letters, as being in perfect
harmony with his position from The firsl. But the
Northern Tay!or papers nenounce them as forged
oraces from The Yelled Prophet. SO also they de-
nounced as forgery the Signal letter, which pro-
we'd 10 be genuine This, we doubt not, will be
the case with the presen, "no-pariy" episIles.-
VIVA, better proof of the humbuggery OF Taylor
ISM than this utter conflict OF views among The
friends OF Taylor as 10 his true altitude The
N. Y. Mirror Taylor organ, has the following
rich article: There are many "green" Wings
in this region:
FoRaER!gs.- letters nave lately appeared
in he papers with the name Of Gen. Taylor al.
ached 10 them which We have no hesitation IN
pronouncing ioreeries. One OF Them was publish
ed in Philadelphia, and pretended 10 be addressed
10 Geu. Lippard; The other is copied from the
Charleston News, and is said TO be an extract
from letter written 10 gentleman Of that CITY,
but il is so pa pably unlike, and 50 lille 10 ac.
cordance with he character of Gen. Taylor that
we do not fear any harm from IL; for II Is alto
gether too Improbable % deceive any Intelligent
person. The object OF these ioTgeries is, OF
course, 20 prejudice the minds Of The Wings
against Their Graduate. Gen Taylor you'd ne
yer have uttered sentence like The following,
which is attributed 10 him in The Charleston lei
ter:
Il am Wv fully, if not farlv, before the coun-
lry as Candidate Ter The Chief Msgls acy; and
il i. should be my good or bad fjTtune 10 be cleo
tel, trust my course will OF such Tor The most
par, as regards the management OF the national
affairs, as will meet The appreciation OF my fellow
ciizsns"
But even though he could have uttered the
above he could no more have thought such
thought as the next sentence contains, or have
wr,lrpn such maudin s'uff nan he would have
'urned his back upon an enemy and Iaken 10 ais
heels.
'Should i, fail 10 do SO, they will, 6arer my
self have The charity 10 attribute my Errors 10 The
head and not 10 The hear.
Very respectfully,
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TTVH TIC UHIR ~ "HX S'
'Fne >ignl. g OF The
Wiimct Ploviso would
no doubl have been duly
recorded, had not The ad-
dress been written be.
tore il took place"
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Allegheny.
IA mountain on the sources OF the Hudson.
IA wild mountain range In northern New
York.
"a mountain on the shores Of Lake Superior
means porcupine In the altitude OF defiance.
Literary W0rid
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stand him. Then, according TO these gentlemen,
| Mr.. ID. wholly denies the constitutional power
| OF Congress 10 prohibit slavery in the terrific
| RES If Congress have not that power 1t must
be because the Shareholder has constitutional
right 10 go into the terriiore, The denial Of
| the one implies the admission Of the other. The
| powers Of Congress are limited By the constilu
lion, and by the Constitution al ne, il the slave.
holder has not the conit tuiioaai right TO carl,
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- tiiutioDal RICH. world, of
course, be superior TO any Meyicsn law pro
hlbiting slavery and thus we furnish a 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
heretofore governed the Supreme Court in de
cding constitutional questions, would sanction
the constltn,onalty If the Winot Proyiso;
and that the converse of our proposition is
true, viz: that the Admission Of the constitutional
powc 10 exclude the slave holder, implr. the
AZ sneo fhc tzc else Of such powev, the negation
oil his right 20 carr lis slave into the terrific.
tories. No one will pretend tina, the Constitu
! ton Of itself prohibits man from carving
his slave into New Mexico and California; and
there is no law OF Congress which prevent,
him from SO doing. Every man has an IN
doubted right to do every thing which is not
prohibited by tho laws and Constitution, both
State and Federal. The power to exclude the
slave holder with his slave from going into the
territories, is very different from the power 10
turn him out after he gets there. The dstinc.
ton we take is this: we claim co,Sti utio nal
right TO carry our slaves Into the territories; but
il we arc wrong in this and Congress has The
constitutional power 10 exclude us, but abstains
/ from the exercise of any such wer, we still
claim the same right, not q const tui nal right,
but right nevertheless, because there is no.
] thing in the Constitution inconsistent with our
| holding slaves in the territories; and We do not
violate any Law, Stale or Federal, BY So doing.
The ruth Is, that Mr.. Daniel and Mr.. epEens
| are driven 10 The alternative Of either admitting
" denying The cousttn'ionsliy OF the Wimot
Provsu. Ii they d>ry lis consiuIi naily, and
hns hold that The Consultation positively torhids
ne prohibition by Congress Of slavery in New
Mexico and CaiinIn'a. surely they Will not pre-
| end that any unrepeoicd Merriam lao prohibiting
slavery IN these territories has greater valauy
than an act OF Congress would have, or i nnt
| qually Inconsistent with the CoGsiIul a.
any Law OF Congress coniainne The same pro-
hibiion would De. II they admit hs constitution.
olity of The Wlnot Proriso, as We understand Mr..
Daniel most dislinc'ly as doing, and Mr. Stevens
as doing in effect, they may rely upon it, they
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THE CHARLESTON PARTIES. !.

The Taylor Democrats and the Cass De-
mocrats in Charleston, having refused COM
promise, have, at this late hour, brought their
candidates for the Legislature before the peo-
pie Of that city, while third party, under the
necessary and significant name of ".Thc
Souttern Rights Party" have also put forth
their ticket, composed almost entirely Of se-
lections from the two principal parties.
Though not much excitement prevails in the
south on the presidential question, It's high
ly desirable that there should be no serious
enlargement between the Charleston parties
for the sake of future and not distant union OF
the whole state on the paramount question Of
Southern Rights. lis still strong hope
with us and in tho minds of many in this
state and other Southern States, that South
Carolina. will yet take the lead in organizing
Southern Contention, and be foremost in
nullifying any and all Wilmot Provsoes
We believe the time has arrived for this de-
cisive measure, and we hope for it's accom-
plishment. and that the South will pledge
"their lives, their fortunes and their sacred
honor" to be equal in this union with the o:her
members of the confederacy or to dissolve it
or secede from it. The pledge once made, It
will be sustained.
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LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
MEXICO

The Royal mail steamer Trent arrived at
N. Orleans on the 2S,h ult bringing papers
of the 10Th ult. from Vera Cruz, and Of the
10th from Mexico. She got away from Vera
Cruz tho Morning of the 10Th uit. She had
on board in specie Sl,502,000, of which
100000, was for New Orleans. the Plea
yune gives the following startling intelle-
gence:
As Asrepresented to US by an intlliegens gen.
tleman who came passenger on the Trent,
the condition of the country is comparatively
tranquil upon the surface. There have been
no political pronnciamentos. We are told,
however, that the Santanistas and tho Ptros
have united their political fortunes, and will
make ON effort TO overthrow the presen. gov.
ernmcnt.--TrThe return of Santa Anna is
openly talked Of and expected.-ED 3 st
sSSj Our informant assures us that he shalt he
surprised if the ex-presdent be not again in.
vested with supreme power within 3 months.
The strength of the administration consists
in it's command of money. 1t has no moral
or political weight. It is represented to
have yet at it's command nearly million of
money. hut this is not generally conceded.--.
So long as it's means of paying the army hold
out, 60 long it may be considered pretty 80.
cure. and no longer. Such are the represcn-
tatioo madcto us on this subject, stief
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TWO DAYS FOR THE coNsflrU
TION.

- Z 4
The tenth section Of tho first article of the
Constitution of the State Of South Carolina
reads aa follows, as far as regards the election
of Senators and members Of the house Of re-
presentatives: ~
Senators, and members Of the house Of 70.
presentatives. shall be chosen on the second
Monday in October next, and the day follow.
ing; and on the same days in every second year
thereafter, in such manner, and at such times,
as are herein directed" i tas sles''3i 7
The report of the committee on elections,
concurred in by 10th houses, appoints at ma
ny places only one day for holding the cleo
tons. This is contrary to the constitution,
and is strange oversight by both houses.
The managers, no doubt, have disregarded
the report in this respec. and regarded the
constitution. The Legislature, ;laye inadver-
tently endeavored to make that law which is
not law. The constitution, being the law of
the government, is consequently the law of the
state, and is superior in authority to an un-
constitutional provision Of any kind or Under
any form. "