Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-12-21
RiCUH0KD ENQUIRER.
WEDNEsDAY MoRNING, DECEMBER 10.

RICH M0RU Il IN IL u A.
wEON EsDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10.
THE FRACAS.
We hope that the difficulty between Messfs e"ue um
Duer will be adjusted-though we nave no spe'n'o No.
pence on the subject. Duer committed gross, 80,
rubanly insult and should make a prompt a'u ~ ~,
drawal We regret TO see some OF inc Nof'"e.A ing
a,,emntinq TO make capital out OF tins question: a
nondent Of the New York Express writes
ps !, ,,h "a that northern members have too often
me 70 language from southern gentlemen he
lae tho orossest insult various reasons among o
TO preserve the n dgny and n bowie knives
sloms lo has subjected them TO the aunts anu IN
suits Of the South unit, they have SeeU,b n. o,S side The
oaT hooded men Of the North are not easily d
when aroused easily quieea, Us .Tae NJ anv mo-
IS Tho south who arc ready for pistols anu coee a. any
OF ue oou. bnt who cool almost as suddenly
MEM M ini of view that have mentioned ABOVE .c
course Mr. Duer pursued although ,e enyssd b. northern
1s man prore lesson that ruin DC 'orgo.e"
We say nothing of the gross injnstce aohe - INC
tho above extract They eXcilaoie II IS 'fue' ou '
~ meyer guilty of the coldblooded magny "mch was us
avcd towards Mr. Meade. While they never slfhA rum
an ardent vindicaon OF their own hohor anu 'a y. Wv
Sh they never resort such coarseness as was MANIFEST
h occasion above referred We regret to hear such
~ commanded The South is acting on the defessire
-. h aooressons of the Northern majority and the I'M
,eoh,e onrape of Mr. Duer should be frowned down oy
oil nar,ies and sections repeated 1t might lead 10 scenes
of violation and bloodshed
While misrepresenting Southern character we are su
that this Northern an linking OF the true
oono o the South on the slavery question Abiding 10 Inc
aviolent furious onslaught from the ultra portion Vi e
Southern members" he is compelled to admit that
upo,h this foam thcro evidently ground swell that
;. - I. Iii for me North 10 regard When Mr. Ioonlbs
nneny and boldly declared himself disunonst IN reply as
said TO those who haa nnase which greeted the
from the opposition benches not only but from
every Southern man in the HAIL. came WIN az e'1''' '''
eridentIv meant something .:e, :; h.,
1.-THE Of the evidence that might be adducea 70 snow
of feeling 1t has doubtless been the ~ %
but s not the less dangerous, ana shoMa DC taken
nto calm consideration by the North before decisive steps
are taken. . -, ,ho .xo,i,n c.usas
a. nresent are more formidable and more easily hahaeo
NJ bev usually are and much should be conceded rather
than precptate the Union into the civil war 'a' must ioi
low any attempt at dissolution.
We trust that the Northern majority Will ponder well the
counsel and pause before they further aggressons on
the South
sThe cegraphic despatch states that the difficulty
,,on Messrs Meade and Duer, has been satisfactorily
adjusted. ....
Notwithstanding the ingenious disclaimer OF Soutnerh
non they were deep the mud as their Free SOIL
Sdutors for the being were in the mlre sonnoeo wen
for Southern Democrats to say ina, no man IN
nave asked the pledge which Mr. Wmot openly stated 10
h House that he required of Mr.. Brown But it cannot
now he denied or concealed that pledges mere made ana CT
acted on both sides bargain ana sac on oom soes
~ !, annears from Mr. Browns open confession and the
letter which he produced were eiiecuay 10 seal ms
own utter condemnation that ne ntenaea 10 aaheIe 10 ms
ane made with the South Ii may be that distinction can
ba drawn in the premises between Mr. Wimo and the chy
airy but would be one Of those % W Mo he
moon Most men would epudate after the second bottle
Iet us look for a moment now behind the curtain
ate last evening Ion of the Baltimore SUM- and as
,;nonished gentleman whose name need not mentlon re-
ceyed an that there was some correspondence IN
existence the candidate OF the opposition ana Inc
The contents were too plainly described TO admit OF
doubt with reference the object and scope OF the popo
sitions laid dwon and agreed These gentlemen mnedl
selv hunted up Mr. Holmes who found late in the night
and informed him of the progress OF the po upon going TO the
House this morning, that gentleman after inc s
lilo ererions and with great difficulty succeeded In inducing
hroc democrats 10 throw away their votes upon Mr. Boyd
His election upon the first ballot being defeated and the I'M
nossbiy of his success secured the ball opened when en-
9d hv m, numbering eagerness of Mr. Brown to define
his position" in the easy and almost ola ana
utter discontinue Of that gentleman and the poters OF pom
wings Of his party.
The Wing publishes and endorses the above vile SANDER in
ho Now YORK EXPRESS upon the Southern Democrats and
snatss that W the proof of Browns treacher) had not
beon in existence and writing they would still have con-
nued to commend W. j. Brown! We Doom it needless TO
furnish evidence in addition to what we have given that Inc
of the Southern Democrats perfectly upright and
bonorable When political opponent like Mr. Toombs of
Georgia paws them such tribute why should they regard
the empty and idle abuse of the Whga paper whose at
tennis to pull down. always result in the elevation OF the 3D.
sc, os lis assaults? We publish the above from the Whg
70 show the bitter spirit with which that paper at the pre-
sent moment the abes and purest offenders
of the South.
We have another motive in giving place to the above-t IS
70 correct the erroneous impression that Mr. Holmes had
been mainly in inducing the three southern
Democrats TO refuse TO vote for Brown An nteigent
friend lust from Washington informs us that Mr. Holmes
has received too much credit for having blown up the plot
that 80 far from his having succeeded in inducing their
course he had influence hem-but thai Messrs oea-
DON Bocock and Wallace suspected trick when they found
Allen Gddngs and esocrs voting for Brown and
h consequently withheld their votes until farther deyel
opmens The Wing, therefore, errs grossly in blaming
those gentlemen for "sng mum--quite mute" nnd while
listening to he % party and TO the desire TO dose
Old lack with bitter pI instead of obeying the voice
of patriotism failing do their duty in warning the House
apnns the fraud The suspicion and its cause occurred
while the ballot going and these gentlemen pursued
a course which candid can do otherwise than ap-
prove however the Wing may regard ii as dereicon Of
duty"
The Wing itself does give Mr. Holmes much credit,
but thinks hc thanks of the country are due TO George
ashmun" MASSACHUSETTS abotionis, and to Mr. Stanly
of North Carolina, Southern Wing who vouched Henry
CLAW and Thomas H. Benton Wmot Provisosts the
Union If the South has reply these four men, she is
in truly bad way With all their free soil tendencies they
in the eyes of the Whig merit the thanks Of the country
and such men Seldom, Bocock and Wallace, are to be
held up 10 reprobaon for "a great derelcon OF duty
10 their constituents and the whole South Can absur-
diy, party malice and recklessness further got
Col Fremont ii is expected will return to this country
in February next whatever may be the result of the election
for Senators in the State of California His original pur-
pose was for the purpose of completing and bring
inc out his narrative of his and exceedingly val
liable explorations In anticipation of his speedy return he
has written to the Department Washington sgnifying his
intention 10 resign his position commissioner the
boundary line between the territory of the United States and
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