Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-08
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RICHMOND ENQUlhHH'
,,nIn.y MORNING, MARCH 8, 1850.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
WASHINGTON, MARCH d, i

EDITORIAL cORRESPONDEatf.
W,suIsdroS MARCH g. lSoU
,, ,yi,,essed to-day Of the most disgracei" aN
,;,rng spectacles that it ever fell TO my io u oo'.'
have seen Southern man turning traitor 10 MS -,
49,. , ,.iro moment and doing more mischief 10 'he
- os rho South and the of the Union, 'hah my
moo, r,biJ aboitionists attempt very orie' ha
The very rainy morning promised iuiet oay ~ ~
rh. S.,at. did not visit There, learn Mr. walker
Of Wisconsin, delivered himself OF dull pfo'y anu '"
aaoocbull of historical errors and caumnies on the
souh for which he properly corrected anu
Ioearson Davis Dawson Berren and others tie ala ho'
h;s ,,,a.rv effort and may tomorrow consume
h time 10 prevent the qualification anticipated oy many
f hearing Webster speak There still some vague f
morn ,bat "Black Dam will have nerve enough 10 naAe
sneech in yindcaon of the equal rights oil the Sou' OUT
have very faint hopes of favorable contamination
n ,h House one hour and half consumed in DIS
cursiye and unaracve debate on the suoec' Oh pe'io
I ,onor,s from committees The House. then, went into
Committee of the Whole and resumed the uiscussioh VI m
never ending question of slavery Mr. Featherslon OIL
sjsspn had the floor and made logical ana aamifaoe
mont acans the admission the State of California unless
Southern rights are at and the same time guaranteed IN
the measure of adjustment At the end Of Mr. Fs hour the
famous Stanley of North Carolina got the ioor ana pro-
nounced the most miserable arrago OF nonsense msepFe
and treachery the Of the South that ever
10 His speech abounded in the vilest pary slang
and NJ this particular better calculated 10 give
"aid and comfort" the fanatics than forty thousa'u
speeches of such men Horace Mann or dddngs. ou"
lev commenced by dicung the idea that the Norm nae
mad .nv oopressons on the South He took up, one by
ono me various ,ggressions complained of by the South
conended that they were all humbugs-ha the South had
no cause 10 complain and that all the present agaoh ana
excitement were the fruits of party schemes designed 10
La f,,Ip dpiiffa 10
make capital for the Democrats lie iuy aahi''eu ue
cons,i,uon,ty Of the wmot Proviso-defended the re-
neal of the 2st rule against the reception oil Aoolon Pc
,,ions and made speech thoroughly northern that I'M
loco tnew that he dsgraces North Carolina as her Repre-
senative should have taken him for rantng free-soer
non yirrnia her love of passing resolutions her assumeo
the Offices OF Government &C. Stanley reflected
with much bitterness The Old Dominion should be PROUD
10 be so cordially hated By ouch man as Stanley nave
heard il sumised that his dislike OF Virginia Is prompted o
his connection with unpleasant aias with two frglnans
Messrs Wise and r. Greenhuw. The most brutal and dis
graceful portion SANKEY'S speech was his gross attack on
his fellow Wing Mr. billiard Of Alabama, who you VIII re-
member has stood up noby and CALAMITY Tor the SCUM and
who is an eloquent minister OF the Methodist church 80
intense is Saneys hatred for every man VINO declares MIS-
intention 10 stand up for the South all hazards and 10 the
last extremity that he made most offensive onslaught on
Mr. Hillord and hoped he would again desecrate
brothers to cut each others throats Mr. H. in manly and
identified terms said that lie had done > refused to
accep, the explanation and proceeded still further 10 mlsre
nresent in offensive language. H. called him 10 order
and said that gentleman would have esorted 10 snch con-
duct-especialy it well known that from ms pro-
ession he could avail himself OF the usual mode oil I'D
;ustmcnt The House was al once in uproar and excite
mentand fierce by play occurred between the two mem
bers Mr. H. said S. allow him 10 set him right
! i" lTas," said S. with bitterly contemptuous tone y on
shall" retored H. with rmness. Miserable devil Missed
ont Stanley soto roce, and looking directly n H. we
were standing at the reporters desk Just behind Winots
seat and these disgace words reached us with perfect
dis,inc,ness And this is the who boasts that Old
lack will save the Union, and who asserts that the
citizens of Nashville will drive out OF It's limits The dis
union TRAITORS as lie calls The delegates OF the Southern
people, assembled guard The rights OF the south who
shall desecrste the ashes Of Jackson Such man merits
the richest Of and feathers that North Carolina can
produce Stanley also ridcued his Wing colleague Cling
man. who learn means TO give him Rowland for his Oil
YER May he Law on the lash we'll Mr. billiard day OBJ
tanned leave make reply, which he will do o-morrow-
| | hope he will administer a severe sgaon
Annexed send you curious petition 10 be presented 10
the House. of which Col McMullen allowed me 10 take
COPY to-day. Ii is amusing buresque.
Don't fail to publish from today's Union tho interesting
dialogue between Messrs Foote and Calhoun yesterday.
Give US the Constitution in all its beauty and forcewe ask
for no W. r. II.
To the Hon Senate and House Of Representatives Of the
United States in Congress assembled
have noticed that there Is proposition in Congress tor
donating Hungarian refugees portion OF the public
| lands.
Now l. your petitioner one of the sovereign people, TO
whom those lands of right belong do most solemny protest
and demonstrate against such disposition the public do
main and instead of giving away said lands, do hereby
petition YOU sell said lands for fair and full consldera
lion and apply the proceeds thereof 10 the building OF
"Chncse Wall" MASON and Dixons" line, from low
water mark the Atlantic 10 the North West corner OF the
State of Missouri with watchtowers the top thereof al
suitable distances from each other and TO station IN said
Toombs Jefferson Davis, &c, guard the peculiar ins
tuition and keep the nggcrs from escaping into the free
States and TO put the said guard under the command Of the
Hon Gen Lewis Cass ne shall resign his seat
in the Senate And further 10 build another similar walrom
the said North OF Missouri, along the esern
line of said State and the western lines o Arkansas and
Texas and down the Nucccs In low water marx on
the Gulf Of Mexico with watch towers as aforesaid and TO
station in said watch-owers Me,ss Hale Gddngs Chase,
Preston King Hooe Of Pa &C., prevent the 'niggers
from emgratng into the free Western territories and 10
give the command of said guard 10 little Alatty of Kinder
hook or TO the most pussant prince john But wish
tho sea board left open, that all saveownes and slave
propagandss may have full liberty dispose Of themselves
as did The herd of swine into which Saviour suffered
devils TO depart out of the possessed men,
~ B. do not intend this petition TO have the least
squirting towards disunoni but simply wish The nggers
| lei alone where they are, And as in duty bound, &c
- Co.. ". y, Feb. g. 1850.