Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-12-11
prrTEp IATE THAN NEVER.

~, n,,;nv 10 all parties in the norm Oh ''ie :,
s,ac, ,be Tn on"-had not that paper 'housn Vii
:, 80 limo 10 assail the Southern Deihociue!
~ are charged with having constantly
.ror of anpearing 10 require the most aosoiu'e eo
: -, f,on all northern candidates TO whom they sa,e '
nnort, and with having resoTteo 10 sec'on".
IL oua,tlebumery;" while the Democrats oi "e "oN 80,
So,d IN 70 renroba,on as having by their course M
aood rho North 10 suspect that aggressons upoh ~,
,,ohts Of the Southern States may DC pefPeua'eu -,
n;,vn the Southern Wing party are laudeo ior having m
en- "hgh national ground IN Tue ia'e - '
,nmey and reproach at home , n-.,o
:, raoui,es no long argument 10 vinolcate Tue De'
r,rtv and 10 fix upon the Southern wings 'he se'o1'
ssoueuces almost verging 10 disunioh, "n'" NV -
,ho Union from one end the other Inc Dehoeiaey
ham guilty of mo sectional bullying OF o'ep ,ha
...,. Their ground has been high national one
f.ons,ntion and of the equal rights and honor
e ,h Sovsrepn States Of the Concderacy "heh VI. 90
,,o &c ,he North scorning all compromise, "aeeo '''
fero.;o,a xor against the Constitution ana .he is a
.opsltv of the States under IT, the Democrats
found Northern who was prepared 10 sahu :! "I
.ocrcd instrument How did the Southern WINGS e"' SUN
man and the noble band of Northern democrats o
h bmq He was denounced hypocrite base oeceei,
and the Southern Wings, at the same Time voted lo
- psdsr, Who dared not speak out his sentiments anu
g. y;ce President who was deeply ncured with ree-so
ism and Aboli,ionism, Such is the high nationai go
which the Southern Wings assumed, and "hich Ia s 60
,he hearest impulse anti-slavery anatcisl" ine ~
seeing tha, large party at the SCUM hugeeu " '' ~
an admitted Free-soe could not but regard the
of the South as idle words, and new uei was aoaea ~ m
anti.savery flame
~, ,,ore ,ban few weeks since had in the Times
t,aeIf beautiful specimen of this hgh national ground
correspondence of Messrs Foote, Clngman and Mangum
y.o nnh,shed breathing the determined devouon 10
charn Riohts III due truth, however, 10 say at
Mr. Clineman has lately fasfed his position oy Young u
n,erruptedy for Winthrop, free soil "mgI lhese oecia-
ra,ions Of leading Southern men OF all parties were
with sneers by the Times as follows:
"Mr Foote of Mississippi and Mr. Ciingman ol Mo h
r.rnna have thought 10 write 10 each oe
brouqh inc papers the slavery question when the
does think it necessary move on This grave suoee m
hone the movement would commence from me Peole a
moi from politicians Washington Who win some rule 1
ceptions are each ben, solely upon assandizng MS OWN III
divdual Importance .
This taupt OF the Times caught up by the Augusta
0al Chronicle paper whose fidelity to the South Is iaf
fou hs;no above suspicion and endorsed as follows:
We concur mos, cordially with the Times and least OF al
hond The neopc look 10 such politicians as Messrs oote
and Cngman rush-!ights, VINO are e.ernas III
themselves before the country through the press
When Southern Wing papers thus rdicue Southern men
who ayow their devotion The honor and safety OF the
South do they with the harmony anu union
o Southern action upon which hangs not only the SAFETY o
the South but the safety of the Union itsef fiau tne
South been united this queslon-had General iay'oi
been forced 10 come and ayow his sentiments ~heer
f or apainst the constitutional rights of the Southland
Fillmore been repuda,ed b. Southern "ngs-hao 'he!
payed boldly for the equal rights of all the States instead Oh
making cas.paw of this delicate question: to deceive one
or the other section Union and attain The possession
hps united with the Democracy and insisted upon the adj
lustment slavery question the moral attitude OF the
South would have exerted beneficial influence have OBJ
tanned Justice for all and ued the storm which is now
6ercey raging around the baements OF the Constitution
This game of double dealing had its effect in party aspect
bur il inflicted vital blow the Union and the rights OF
the States At the North General Taylor was commended
by Truman Smith, Ewing, &c, practical champion of
free ,ohs calling into his cabinet councils such
free soes as Coamer and Ewing gave and credit TO
such he is actually painted by one OF
the correspondents the n Y Express Wing paper
moderate than its compcers "Souhern free soil Pres
dent" We ask attention the following views of
ponden OF that paper who is especially endorsed by il
The ultra aboonis,s of the North however ridiculous
their exclusive pretentons TO monopoly OF sen
,mens appear and mpaccabe and subverslve as are most
of their schemes not bad mentioned men, IN comparison
with the crazy hotspurs Of the South who would overurn
the Union if the General Government should venture TO deny
them the indulgence OF the least whm caprice But
must admitted Southern men hare crease for oppo-
sing administration Of General Taylor, who, Southern
man. processes his willingness sign bill enacted in ac-
cordancc with Northern preudices and opinions upon this
subject while these inconsistent slough faced" ultra aboli
tionists OF the North oppose Southern Free SOIL President
because he is not ocofoco Out upon such men, they are
liberty Of heaven cloak their rotten purposes but they
steal the language of achange with which they deceive
good and we'll disposed spirits into their meshes that they
may lead them down to-destruction
Under the auspices OF this "ouhern Free Soil President
the Boston Courier leading TAYLOR paper in the Bay State
vtuperates the South for its great FOOLS eand in search OF
the perpeuaon the message of the
Governor of South Carolina trash he staggering ofa
pothouse bulyand lays down the ground which Congress
Is 10 assume and which Gen. Taylor is TO sanction:
"wheher the South will go into mad crusade 10 stop the
irresistible march OF events matter Tor her own ascre
tion The Congress Of the United States have duty TO
perform which will lead them the other way There mus
rights Of the Federal Slovery has quite enough
Of Republican territory aeady the rest is due to free
dom, now and forever.
Such are some OF the results the hgh national ground
of the Southern Wings, which the Times commends 1t
canno, be reasonably con,rovered that that party
sponsbe for the present state of thngs-and in conclusion
we ask attention the following strong views of Senator
Rusk of Texas whose refusal sign the Southern Address
was well received by the Southern Wing press;
First That the Wing party are responsible for the con-
OF the controversy between the North and
South by having used that difficulty in its conception as
political means to elect Vice President opposed to the
equal and rights OF the North and South in the Ter
tory of California; and placing in the Presidency Of the
nation an incumbent believed TO he adverse 10 the Will
mot Proviso on constitutional grounds
"Sscond That my relations 10 Mr. Calhoun are those OF
kind feelings and just appreciation Of his talents
But that while claim TO De as fully devoted TO Southern
rights utterly opposed 10 nasty
calculated 10 ALLEVIATE one portion of our country
from the other holding myself however ready all times
in common believe with tho entire South resist TO the
last encroachments upon the Constitution of the Union
snow the substance Of what said was this that if
the Wimo Proviso did pass might thank the Hhg par
~ for It. The of its passage would be found in the
election of General Taylor Southern man, pledged by his
friends before than half of the American people, in favor
of of excluding holders all paricpa
ton the benefits of territory, acquired by the common
blood and of ALL that his election thus publicly
pledged against Gen Cass who was fully committed against
shop
California, If it ever should take place"
Had not the Times provoked the controversy, should
have let bygones be bygones and opened up the dis
credtable Of the past The Democratic party how
ever assailed and could but defend it, AT the
time we glad hear that paper address such
language as the following TO Its Northern friends:
ION behalf calmest least exci,abe Of the South
people, we feel that say the North that need
not count Southern divisions whenever seriously
,empts to violate Southern rights"
the Southern Whr keen tone-I,