Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-10
WA.nlNe1ox CRY. MAnem 30. 1870.

II Alex. WALKER, Esq
Sir: have acknowledge receipt Of your letter Of The
18th inst, and thank you Tor that mark =" attention, hn.
lar the sentiments personal 10 myself which yon express
ul while do This and 10 prevent The m-conceP'ion into
which nv silence might lead YOU ii said nothing other
parts your letter. feel due IL You 10 saw that cannot
approve the plan Of your paper anything in II but
Injury Ia the democratic party and 10 the Union
Your paper far Judge i 10 be revival OF Sha-
irach penn old Reporter which itself the successor Ia
all the Calhoun papers which had -cccssivel? sProGcd NJ
and roed down in ST. ouis during thirty past. II
paper i 10 he ri that family IL VIII share the tate
-! lis anteccssors, and rot down also.
The contest going in Missouri, and in which yon
ny YOU cannot interfere is contest which concerns The
this Union and which has been going On for twenty
years in parts vi the United States and which has
rpcnei open proposition Tor convention at
Nashville evidently organise the secession OF the South
crn States This is the gong on in Missouri
and which has been brought into our Stale by the ega-
tive adoption ai the last session. OF the dsnion solutions
Mr. Calhoun oil February ~, ISL and which are the
parent of the Nashville Convention.
The time has gone by for oydav professions in favor of
The Union. The time has Tor works; and the paper
which does work the dsunionss Is for them
Thus far tho infny u the dsunion prin-
cpay upon the democratic papers from the conduct Of
some which have been leaders in the party-(the Hasing
CITY Mon and The HicimoHd Enquirer for example,
and have - communion with such papers.
The condition oi the country requires new tests Tor the
democratic party, and these tests have been adopted in Mis-
souri, R.,gdat!on of The disunon resolutions OF the last
General Assembly liquidation of the Nashville Conven-
iinnrepudiaon of secession nuiiitcaon and dsunlon,
remedies political eysubm>s!on 10 the laws Of the
dietary These the which The times require, ANA
have no communion with any who cannot udopt them,
and work w them.
The ci,iy vour letter and the desire leave you
in error by my silence, has drawn from this candid
ply II is the IRIS time thi; have written letter 10
editor the Of his paper is this intended 10
alter The Of yours In fact you could not change
plan win pro honor 10 youres but is due 10
know that personal will me, TO the
YOU intimate have effect upon my feelings in
aion your paper The Union menaced and its preser-
walton is overriding consideration with before which
every thing personal sinks into nsgncance and disappears
from my view Respectfully si!, your obedcnt servant,
THOS. IL. BENTON.
We shall stop defend ourselves against the foul
charge of duuion brought against by Col Benton Our
position has Been frequently explained and fully indicated
Bu Judge Walker certainly places himself in strange posi-
ton especially when look the fact. stated by Mr..
Mcfarland the Editor ot the 81. Louis Times who has
associated with him Mr. Pike, able and spirited wr
ter. Mr.. VI. says ,herc no condition with Judge W.
the papcr should avoid the controversy pend
ing in Missouri: