Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-05-17
Friday Morning, May II, 1850.

FfIudy NUiHIhS, Mdy IL, IOcV'
The Enquirer of yesterday, evidently graveled at
the hopeessness OF making party capital out OF the
Nashville Conventon-seeing that large majority Of
its own party in this State have failed to sustain it
turns petuantly upon the Times for reminding of the
grevous denquences of Little Tennessee, the Tenth
Legion and the Democratic North West 1t accuses
us bitterly of possessing facility of showing fight for
Southern rights and of backing out from their defence
in the hour when action is needed"-as if the action
upon which the South would in the last resort have to
depend were nothing more formidable than series of
advisory resolves to be adopted by Convention, the de-
epaes to which from Virginia at least for hidden to
act at all The Lawrenceville District Convention, it
will be remembered sententiousy affirmed OF the Nash
vile Convention at PROPOSE cannot determine
can resolve but it cannot decide can prescribe, but
cannot dictae it recommend, but cannot exc
cute it is Council; it aduise, BUT IT CANNOT
ACT" The Enquirer, however seems to think the ap-
pointmen of delegates to this Convention which "can-
not act and in which the larger portion of the South
eru people have refused une the only action worth
talking about in the hour OF need.
But our contemporary goes on to vent his bile after
this fashion,
"We asked friend of ours not long ago, what he
thought of the spunky article in the Times upon the
course of the Administration set forth in the Rpub
hc He replied that he looked upon it as a spring board
from which the Editor would very speedily throw back
somerset with agility, if not with grace. The event
has fully justified the opinion. The Executive provlso
by far the most Objectionable of all the abomnabe pro-
vsoes still persisted in by the Administration to
hostility against Mr. Clay tor his spirit OF compromise
and yet not word falls from the Times in condem-
nation OF the treachery to the South
This being the proof adduced to show facility Of
backing from the defence of Southern rights,
glad to republish it, carrying with it its reiua-
ton in the eyes Of every candid reader OF paper
On the 9th Of April last, we called upon the Republic
for explanation OF certain articles which had pub
lished edorally and frankly declared that if they
presented the views of the President he expect tc
lose the confidence of his Southern rends but, at the
same tme utterly dscredted the idea that he desired
his Territorial policy to be urged upon Congress S, the
articles in question seemed to imply, for the purpose OF
defeating the compromise proposed in the Senate We
continued speak, to the effect, until the 7th Of
May, when we published the Republics reply to our
sctures and expressed qualification at finding that
dsclamed speaking for the President in its former
tces and moreover for the first time seemed to per-
ceive and acknowledge the improperly and danger OF
pressing Gen. Tayors plan into competition with that
of the Senate. After the appearance Of this article
exhibiting material change of views, the Republic
spoke out more decisvey against making that unforu-
nate issue. When the Committee OF Thirteen made its
report, the editors gave their approval and finally
on the day before they withdrew from the paper, they
published powerful appeal in behalf of the Omnibus
Bill" All these facts in the of the Republic we
noted from day to day, declaring great satisfac-
ton at the evidences which they seemed to afford
that we had not misunderstood the purposes of the
President and earnestly condemnng the proposition
to bring his plan into conflict with that of Messs Web
ser, Clay and Cass AS late Tuesday last, we called
attention to and denounced that proposition as ad
vanced by the New York Courier and Enquirer and
other organs of portion OF the Northern Wing party
And, yesterday we appauded Messrs BuIltt and Sar-
gent for taking ground boldly for the Senates Compro-
mise, although the sacrifice of the petty considera
ton of consistency. Yet the Enquirer afirms that in
this matter we have already turned somerset Ii it
be somerset to rebuke prominent organ of your own
party when departs from the right track and praise
it when retraces its steps and pusues the you
think the proper one, then we have unquestonably
turned one and hope we shall have the rmness 10 &C
turning them whenever circumstances may render
it necessary.
The EnquirerS idea OF our having performed re-
voution is possibly an illusion similar to that of
whose brain is reelng and who imagnes every thing he
sees to be tuning around him. When Mr.. Foote and
Mr. Clay pressing the Committee of Thirteen for
the avowed purpose of uniting Territorial bills with the
bill for the admission of California the Enquirer yea
lousy seconded their efforts. But now that they have
made as favourable report ever expected from
them, ii fails to take ground in its behalf and permits
Messrs Mason and Hunter to presume that the Demo-
Gratis of Virginia will sustain them in defeating the
Compromise. The Enquirer commends us to the ex-
ample Of Polonius should like to be informed whe
Their, at the present moment considers the plan OF the
Senate 8 a camel weasel" or ga whale" Per-
haps in the language of our neighbours other favoure
authority Mr. Toots otis Of consequence until he
can see how the wind lies