Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-21
vo;i,o, II r:ne my humble etDr;s with yours to main
...,: t... constitution and preserve the l!.on
Ever faithfully your friend, Il. j. WALKER
Hon. II. ). F0oTE United States Senator

y,,i.o. t r:nc my humble et,r,s with yours TO main
H.. constitution aud preserve the t!;oa v,rrrp
Ever faithfully your friend, Il. J. N-iLhEn.
Hon II. ). FooTE United States Senator
BALTIMORE MAY, II, 1850.
My DEAR SIR beg leave To give You brief answer 10
the inquiry which yon have done me the honor 10 pro-
Mound: Whether the compromise bill reported by Mr. Clay
h. acreuiablc 10 the citizens Of this State Do not
hesitate nor doubt when respond in tie affirmative.
do not mean say that the details III the have
been examined and considered but that the itself
n a means Of compromise by which the agitation which
now disacs the eposc Of the country shall be qneed is
nxiosv wished for by our citizens to whom the Union
with all the happiness, and peace, AMI power which that
word imports sacred as The memory oi their fathers
hy whom their freedom was achieved. need not how
alis or citizens are of their constitutional rights how
ready hcv would be defend them, 10 the last with theft
lives their fortunes and their sacred honos. The Mary
land Line is t"n strongly marked upon the brightest pages
of our national annals need at my hand that should be
raced but with their devotion 10 their rights there l.
mingled profound and LOYAL attachment 10 the Union and
il, .enlcnbrn. that il is The offspring OF mutual CONCESSION"
they are willing yield, for the sake Of harmony, To
members o the family questions ol opinion about thc
correctness u which, in the abstract they may be thorough
Is satisfied. Our people practical peoples they look to
the consequences OF action rather than 10 the results OF
mere opinion which lead 10 no effective conduct Such
the views entertain 10 the wishes oi the citizens o.
MARYLAND : and were | now n from Mary land, !
should place them by my vote upon The record Whether
the measure referred shall BE- approved BY Congress- must be
l,ti 10 lis superior wisdom and paorism; but whatever
may the event you will be gratefully remembered by your
ilw-c,izens throughout the land and will have accorded
you the pureS sincerity for the course you have pursued
Its design and tendency have been 10 realize mat al aspi-
ration oi tr American citizen in regard 10 the UNION which
utter with the hope and faith OF prayer those precious
words, "Esto perpetual. -
A. ever. Yours, truly, DAVID SIZE" Ak.
WAsulSGroS May II, 1850
My DEAR SIR: hayc ls received your note asking my
opinions upon the measures reported the Senate by the
committee Of thirteen and, in reply have no hesitation
whatever in expressing approval Of those measures Win
wo notifications as basis, and in my Judgment
the only basis, upon which the questions which now agi
the country can be settled. What The South desires is
settlement, ana final IN issue. confess ia I
should prefer the latter any adjustment that not COM
pric ana which Ia use m expression Of o! John Russell
viii not give "iinally' 10 all these questions
The South cannot and will not permit perpetual aeiii-
ton To these dangerous topics ana We can never be better
prepared with minds and means meet such an issue
than W. az now an one OF those tlnd they are not
lcw in the Sou who have fears that issue lc
lis result be whatever il may. But desire issue which
will and ought 10 unite all people viii such state Of
things exist ii the referred are rejected and rs
Southern votes! conclusive answer this question will
be found i'll the fact that those viii receive the
support of large majority ct the members from the South
ana those not The least prominent and respectable Tor patriot
ism intelligence and irmnc-s. The state OF Things, them
will be- that measures offered compromise by the North
and which majority OF Southern members were satisfied
with, eicacd by portion Of the Southern members.
Under such circumstances will o people ought they 10
unite in extreme issue!
The limits allowed me will admit of even glance
the or my opinions and il would ndec! be
ce->ary if prcsmpuos otter them after the able III
uninsweabe speech of Mr. Clay Yesterday. WILL there
tore any say ha nave Away looked N ms question from
stand! point and That j. that in the whole the
10 which proposed 70 give territorial governments.
slavery i Impossible. II all restrictions removed AMI
premium al $500 Tor every crown Offered 10 take
slaves 10 Nrw Mexico and keep them Years
sibc would take there for tn single that
tlre is no possible employment Of his labor by which hi
cNlc>es could bc paid in the ten wears liz would earn
in the South al least $1,000 For what then mr.. we con
tending for the point Of honor Tor something
important and substantial III indeed 10 an individual or
nation ANYTHING can be more important than honorlihc
constitutional pontl What is that poutl WHY The rpht
III Congress 10 inose legislative restriction This i con
coded 10 Us in The only wy il can be short If cousrit-
tiona amendment, by The refusal 10 exercise such power
With the most perfect r.pec for those Southern ,npn,-
hers who nto,,air different orpinp. HAY, mai f.i, n El
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yyil r.r,y, i'll d,,fh E.f,r, IN. M.ycan ,,nr rhn
u fLinn w,. iyn, f,r want III f.t. lin. acoui.itinn :.
new territory has .uupl,a hat food. and if In, question,
growing ot ot a acquisition ar, finally settled Il IS IN Ger,
tainy not long survive
H. however an effort j. then made Ia orpaniz. tina, ucs
lent faction upon the question If abolition in Tho District
and of c internal .lay trade these m, issues mon which
h..., ,ynuhl 10 =, ajvi snn IN IN. Sourb
With great respect ana esteem faithfully your friend
W,DDS' THOMPSON
Hon II E,nrr
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