Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-10-25
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 2I. 1850.
NEW YORK WHI0GERY.

record. With bold words ot brny0do they rc'lfeu oi w
Syracuse convention which nominated Hunt lor "oSefhor
They assemble Utica and their first step is 10 renon
same ticket ha,ng at s head the same Hunt who
had endorsed the Seward resouions the osensoe cause q"
the whole muse This has been denedhu, no one can exam
Inc the documents without coming 10 the same conclusions
Mr. Granger the leader Of the secees, In his letter 10 f
Hunt after referring an in the Albany
Evening Journal which purpored be made behalf "i
Mr.. Hunt says:
at is claimed by many differing from in opinion, and
by prominent presses that in the acceptance To which
refer il was your intention TO approve OF The resolutions
passed by thai Convention more truly expressing TIE
sentiments OF the Wings Of New York, Than did those re-
ported by the committee and rejected by The majority oi :
Convention"
MI. Hunt In his reply says:
1T proper odd the article in the Evening
Journal 10 which your letter refers, contains correct and
auttcri-ed expression ct ny ricaS
| Cun any thing be painei
Again, Mr.. Hunt makes open the Fugitive Slave
law, when he says
q" should be wanting in candor if omitted say that
dpOre the passage o the Fugitive Slave law in lis present
form. Recognizing TO the fullest the constitutional
obligation which is intended enforce regret the lea
lures OF this bill which calculated arrest agitation
but 10 make il more and universal 1t could not have
been well considered and needs essential notifications The
summary operation ol lis provisions conflicts Nth all our
notions II personal rights and security derived from the
common law and recognized by every free Constitution
The summary operation" of this law is its great recon-
mendation As the ~ Y Journal Of Commerce fo,cby sny~
"By saving the law 'recds essential modification,
he in effect Joins The Seward Abolition cry repeal and be-
comes responsible for large share the agitation which l.
10 follow. As for the repeal essential modification Of the
Law, believe is impossible If were already pass
Cd Congress would be soelnnly bound pass
thing equivalent it, with the least possible delay
etencc OF law, with ing penalties and subject 10 so
many delays orinales and evasons would render the
recovery o fugitive of the question, would be only
mockery. and fnhlment of the Constitution. Better
and more honorable would it be- repudiac contracts
nj once than 10 play the hypoce In this way adding insult
| 10 injury"
With all the special pleading of Mr. Hunt and bis
ing supporters the Utica Convention of "Naonul
Wings The stands forth that tho Wing
ddate Tor Governor In the Empire State has substantially
embraced the platform OF the arch traitor, Seward. The
New ork Tribune chief organ OF Sewardsm exults over
The Nationals and cXols Hunt the skies because he
"nsiss that slavery shall not be extended and that The Fu
gtive Slave Law ought be repealed essentially mod
fed Read Wings! md move with locked shields and
lovous hearts 10 victory ~
The rebeious organs OF the "Natonals have been
, whipped into the support Of Hunt, and uphold him
"true" man. We sorry to Southern Wing pa
pes uniting in the chorus But OF the New York
Wing papers manifest their strong dsapprnval of Mr.
Hunts views the Fugitive law The New York Mirror
{Whsl regards 1t "a special endorsement o Soarasm
and affords apology Tor what depecatP and de-
ploereuewed agitation the cursed sllvcry question IL
countenances say the least the fanatics OF The North
who in the ancient Cradle of Liberty resolve 10 resist the
Bill, Law no Law Constitution no Constitution.
The Washington correspondent, Of the Richmond Kepub
can SAYS
Washington Huns letter Frank Granger, is about
rich Dsunion document have iUr some time 1t
out hcrodS John s. Prestuns recent silly letter,
Rhei Smiths foolish speech. cooly says that the South
must not ask The North 10 ren"unce its un'islavery sen
men Ii says, slave territory, more slave
States Now, of TWO thingsis certon, either that r
Hun. is fool knave have no IDEA, TINT he desires
dsunion ur that he is q fool md hence put him down
knave desrous humbusging the electors Of New York
into making him Governor This being should not have
The least objection TO seeing him defeated even though the
State will hc hetered by the defeat But, il is really
time that these gpeis these players with should
be made suffer. There is other way Of doing it, that
Sec bu, for the South une in Congress and vote money
to bring slavery under the noses OF the Northern people 10y
the erection of great line ot way from Maine to Tex
as make grea, national highway from North to South
on the Atlantic slope"
The New York Herald says the well disposed and nation
al portion of tho Whig party
"ave been disappointed and the foul aq Of abotionism
and socialism has unurled frczr the Wings
OF this cy nnd State invited enroll themselves under it,
To the onslaught on Southern institutions as
guaranteed by the constitution, and to wage war OF des
trucon against the commercial interests and prosperity o
the North ind especially New Inik 1t is in vain argue
ha such not the direct aim and tendency of the
commenced a Syracuse and consunlmntci al Clca.
| Notwithstanding all Of Mr. Washington Hunts special
pleading mud the iusSy ard pcrile resolutions PASSED by
the Utica Convention, abolition of the worst and most
,!abolica character 10 now the distinctive ciarac-
iercsc of the ws party of New York and their aim and
object renewal Of the slavery aeation and rr"penng
II the wounds o the republic recent? healed We SAW
this result long since and pointed oi in The clcacst man
ner possible, in our columns We waned the whig party
against being ruled hy such demaoeucs Seward Weed
md Greeley and predicted that they tolerated such
men, they would eventually ruin and break down The party
Our predictions UNDECIDED; but now they are verified
Step by step those Lcnagogues. like serpent, en,wned
themselves around the whia patty and In short time they
will administer the caap dc grace IT, indeed they have not
It.nn n1ra ~, h1vp Il
themselves While the enemies in their ranks were satlng
their organizations to the heart they sunk in apathy,
| md lost 10 the danger that threatened them.
In a word, the graphic language Of the New York
Evening Post referring Er extravaganza n Tho Green
Monster" performing Niblos the national Wings
havc plunged of their accord down tlr Of the
Seward faction like the White Knight who "inshes his
career by crawling, Of his accord into The mouth Of
huge monster which, with great composnre chews him
ap and swallows him" The of Hunt in November
The candidate of party with ticket and two ptforms
must be pregnant with danger 10 the South and 10 the
Union. 1t will give consequence and influence to Sc
ward Greeley and other deadly enemies of Southern rights
and bring the Union itself TO the brink al pr5cpice How
cordially should every patriotic lover Of the Union dcprccae
the triumph of New York Whggcry and hope for the
ccas of the Democracy of New Ior standing they do
on the broad Baltimore PLATFORM and invoked do their
duty by the gallant, the noble Dickinson
PERSONAL NOV fEMENTS AT THE SOUTH.
Senator Foote address the people oi Columbus,
Miss, the l2th inst He has accepted invitation Of
100 persons50 Democrats and so Whgs-toa public din
ner Macon, in NoXubee county.
Mr. Speaker Cobb has accepted public dinner Athens
CO., in approving testimonial of his
large meeting Of the citizens OF Selma (Aa.) and s
vicinity, 'dsregarding all ordinary party and political DIFF
f.rences" have rendered Senator King public dinner
"no only mark Of their esteem for his well known and
universally acknowledged private worth but especially
token of their appreciation and approval of his
in the Senate on the momentous OCCASION"
The accounts of the adaptation Of The soil and climate of
California 10 the employment OF slave labor
dclory thnt it is impossible 10 form rational opinion
the subject At of the recent large meetings in Mobile
Mr. A. C. McKeen who had just returned from the Golden
State called upon give the result of his experience
He stated tha, he among others from aveholdng
States who voted for the constitution, and well
ynced they Of the impracticabity of introducing
slavery there that they all voted for s exclusion and he
would venture TO say that any who had spent
much time there he had, would be of the opinion
had