Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-01-28
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
.scs.s.s1eC-T.roSnT =, 100 T1TC JANUARY 81, 1881.
On these hs ass
Enquirer mas .ns mroSS 6S THE COMPROMISE be

on lnese ha sIoY,ng most extraordinary comment
q On psnan rm os1ed The
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s%a carry the State
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who steadily make @ on h Ss
have e hss .sss snS awsy oh
no by their opponen When Virginia sn a
now before her Legislature firmly and briefly a. a Sa
spee,iuy hat, she is willing to a.o"sn ~ Of the
ss the ,J aTssd rai. ou snd
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in Legislature should not, and %,.nc' 'u"' "
We characerize This comment extraordinary ana
we have no doubt that all who have oeen feaaes @ o M %
quirer for twelve months viii concur Win % 9s more
ion Where was TO be found In Virginia. or out OF IL more
ardent champion of the Compromise measures than Inc IN
ourer and now speaks Of 'acquescng 1--WE shall neSi
speak Of iolerating in what 1t begged for and
prayed for with six months importantly Inc I.nq"ie',
we have no doubt, knows that portion OF .s party ond
The This be the case for II II were
not So no tissue among the Democracy could oe go up
m does not the Enquirer perceive that when tne response
70 Son,h Carolina comes up consideration inc cat must
umn out of the meal tub, and members must snow tner
Then we shall see mere ~
bv which desires dsunlon as the greatest oess
Ings which could be conferred on 1ns county, c,,,.r
W, orc much surprised TO see our Petersburg contemporary
a, .ucb Injustice 10 our position. While of the
.ssures of compromise hailed by US with pleasure
s freely expressed our decided opposition to Others and
urged their modification. In the whole oatc
however adopted as system of final settlement we
avowed ourselves willing acquiesce; and we ne sure Ha
wa did not use stronger word than acquesce which now
seems so terribly to dsgruntle the ln.ellgencor.
The comments of that paper satisfy that our views on
which comments were correct II ooth trienos anu os
ponens of the compromise measures are willing TO acqu
by raise the ISSUE why dead subject and scat
through the State ignoble purpose oi
por,y gain s not aimed There no justification for the
vsry strong and offensive language of the Integencer-
rha, paper must have known to be fact 80 plain that no
who runs muy read that there Is difference OF opinion
among the Democrats as the merits of the Compromise
usures and also bct TO much less extent, among
the Wings Every body knows that If the Issue
be raised dissensions must shatfer Inc pemoclau0
,-rty and enure TO the benefit OF the wings. Inc
Whips have here direct motive and interest IN sur
ring the ouea,ion-and the Democrats are not "solt
enough" to allow their opponents 10 make catspa~s oi
them 10 drnw out the smoking chestnus But, aoo'o u'
what necessity is there for bringing up the mcfls ol 'o
measures reopen the controversy and fan the names Oh
agitation and bitter feeing1 Is not sufficient In accord
with dutv 10 the South and 10 the unon for men OF
all parties and opinions refuse TO reagate the conro-
ver,v and 10 declare that they willing TO acquiesce IN
tho settlement but 10 insist upon Its execution IN all IT'S
parts at all hazards ard the last eXtremityf Can he
ntejpencer or any else ask orel Why then prec-
pate the matter and raise up III feeling and dscord among
ourseyes2 In the of things 1t must oeneht 'he
Whg cause; and still firmly convinced that Demo-
cratic principles and are tho conservative oaahce
wheel Of the confsderacy-and as Southern Wings are
coming TO the same concusion-for instance those Oh
North Carolina who voted for unproective resolutions
this would be the last moment when would fall to re-
bple movement which we cannot explain otherwise than
as based on party objects.
Much of what have said applicable to the long COM
mens of Saturdays Whg upon brief remark OF ours that
We scarcely saw the NECESSITY for what tho Whg calls
tho "Uniun PLEDGE signed by members OF Congress- mas
much as there be general desire acquesce IN the
action of Congress- and to own upon all who would ds-
| turb and reagitate this question.
The Whies own proiractcd argument confirms in the
view wo have akenfor that paper ugs in the position OF
Mr. Bocock in the Campbell District, set forth by the
Iynchburc Republcan-consues it mean that Mr..
Bocock may be induced vote for the repeal OF the compro
mise mea.ures-and chuckngy appeals to his constituents
to rebuke Mr. BIS opposition the compromise by defeating
him. If Mr. B. be defeated of course must be by Whg TIL
pnnh and the Wings are to the sole gamers by game
which Is being gradually unfolded.
We are satisfied that the Whig does gross injustice 10
Mr. Bocock This belief is based what we know OF the
man and by what hear Mr.. B. had he boon IN "asi-
ns,on would have voted against all the Compromise mea
sures but the Fugitive Slave Law. In SO DONG no would
carried out what he believed be his duty TO his
tuen,s and their will But TINT the measures nave pass-
and the question gono by have every reason to De-
live that Mr. Bocock like Mr. Mason and the other repre-
of Virginia Washington, will not raise the ban
ner of opposition resistance but will acquesce IN wha'
mas been DONE though those maasures were against their
convictions and were sronuously opposed oy theHi
| at the time Under those circumstances we can
M, douht that the constituents of Mr.. Bocock what
ever their opinions those measures will not stop 10 squad
BILE among themselves the merits OF what has oeen oone
the Democracy WILL in that and every other District OF
he State 60 together for their cause and their prnci'
pcs, and prevent the Wings from stealing into
power. Our belief as TO the position Of Mr. Bocock, is
strengthened by the Of the last Lynchburg Republican
Whig writer In the virgnian had assailed Mr.. Bocock ms
advocating resistance and secession and charges the Re-
publican with supporting him SUCH The Republican gives
unqualified denial TO this false aega,ion"-and adds
Because we opposed tho series Of measures known
compromise Many Wings argues tina, wo advocated "ss-
e,so" This is logic, isn't it, Wonder if Vincent Witcher
Senator Woods of franklin, and the present Editor of The
rrginian secesaonss7 They nre all good and true
Wigs and were like DIT Bocock and this paper opposed
to the compromise
So far from this paper ever advocating secession" It
onp since maintained ground Of nonntecurse as the
,est remedy bring North TO Its Senses of reua-
ting the wrongs hesped upon by that section of Union
through the compromise
All these movements of the Wings we regard calcula
ted to make political capital for themselves and
therefore Justly suspicious of them The Democrats in vr-
ns will have the sagacy and good sense not TO be urged
into the trap laid for ihem and while recognizing honest
difference of opinion the merits Of measures which
have passed. and while Of accord n opposition to dis
turbnR the settlement will together IN supporting
the faithful champions of their long tried principles
Il 81 -Se>S---
| VIRGINIA AND VERMONT.
i The Nav York Herald handsomely vndcaes the course
of the Virginia Legislature ugans, the maddened assaults
of the New York Tribune and other abolition organs which
UNANIMOUSLY style vginas treatment of Vermont as not on
ly "uncourteous" but piece of "biackguardsm Inc
Herald says h., public sentiment will every where iuiy
Justify the Virginia Legislature and 1t states the csso mus
strongly and justly:
| What are the circumstances of the case Some me
since the of the State Of Vermont passed Ia"
relating TO fugitive saves which is clearly in violation inc