Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-11-25

,;yed by The appointment by the ffeS"'" ,,o,rev:
,c,,nr s.cr,tarv Judges n'aTsha anu o -. urrn | v
ls ox,rn.,r and judges 10 constitute ,r.,t OF 9
:" ", ,,ss laws necessary for the Cow me-
=" i'"'' y Ae ,,re srpressly prohibited from "k
-; H. subjec Of silrery, the form ol 1;s,o,e
''"s "PO -, territorial faith, or TO pfimoFa'aIs "'.r
" w. ~, r. laws were b. submitted " No'e
: -. cnnulled by tina. body '"''. Co,r,
-, r,,,, hc territorial courts 10 the oupie','
azG: s,,. or TO the district Courts VI "
raj States. :; H., hi, reported by MIR.
The same provisions were MADE IN 'he ""
r,,y,oc for the territory Of New MeN'co h slavery
rhi ;nr,r,,nt bill " bich would have eA''"'. ;,nrv
,os,ion in connection with the recently sor cabo
49, ,s ,f Congress, met in the Sena'e--'''''
| ON '''e MUS - ,,.r;ts-,eih the appreciation ''s'
ta'c to,n the STARE States. II was supFo''o
He'"'' ,,, Eu,er Hunter, Davis, Mason ' 49,
=! hen Statesmen, universally known ana '
? ,; r,u,v 10 the South. IL was s'fp, ,o
~; h al tho Democratic Senators 'o''' ' r hv
S,ns who were friendly TO the cccl'oh u ,o 11n;on
,b ,r;cd and faithful friends oil the Co"s n;ct
su 'o Il, States as Messrs. Douglass a"u D
NV - M, iii ,yas opposed by every wing oc"''''
-, &c., s,,,. and br Messrs. Badger bt''' o .rho
N,c,lf-whir Senators representing 'l, ,,i,,i,v-
~, - 1,1,d in the Senate by oecIoea "'p
OH was "o's 9Th ,bc admirable feeling which pe''"
ms vow ,h ,imo Of the passage OF the o'l III
| ''a " :: # rnc Union ana the SCUM! ~ o'"'
bad
u"'.N s Al last visible, amid the clouds winch ~"
| ' ,.d ,ur political horizon but 'H'''
% '.e : >. r.,urnn. peace and good ltciihs "e' W.
,;.aa ;, h. spse!ily disappointed FROM o"S RI, i 80
| i,,;,rs this bill which had been every WV" ,
,.s harbinrcr OF new era, ofi2'' '' 'a,,iro=-hy
| Irio, wos defeated in the House "i net, ,, pr.,
| :, NJ .ioht Southern Wings VII" ''c ~ ,l,.
va and tbe eotire Wing representatives, ~ ~. ,' o.
Democrats a" m ... ul,uu table by vote oil li- 10 ".
Not only was under circumstances OF The most
insulting character /! was scarcely allowed the grace usual
~ extended petitions for the abolition ol slavery IN 'c
States or for the dissolution of the Union Although Inc
mos, important BIZ in its probable beneficial results as
measure of pcace since the Missouri Compromise, it was
laid upon The table, before could be printed rcad or the
members of the House permitted 10 discuss or devote
moment the examination of its merits Had II been Inc
opening Of post road tie establishment OF sh' houSc
or an insignificant bill on the private calendar instead ol be-
ing the carefully nuured fruits OF the labor oil aHols anu
statesmen i, could have with more insulting re-
cep,ion The Olive Branch was endered it was not even
rfspcctfuy ysjscted-it was wanony tramped under Zoe"
bv the union OF Southern Wings, with aboiionlss
free sellers and the entire Wing delegation from the free
States Here measure acceptable 10 all the Southern
States WAC KILLED THIS COMPROMISE, which would nave
satisfied the ultra Southern men OF MISSISSIPPI > Ca'oina
Alabama Louisiana and Georgia. which would have quoted
the excitement has since like earthquake shaken
the Union and placed S. Carolina in attitude OF defiance
10 the General Government! Who the real agators Of
the slavery question: and whose selfish policy must The
present condition OF the Union be ascribcd The records
Of Congress conrict The Wing party Of The CHARGE uh1ch
then hare been so indusirouy engaged in prriag against
us.
or the eighty representatives from the slave States who
voted upon Mr.. Stephens notion lay the Clayton conf
promise upon The table voted against the motion
and only eight for it, Every Democrat voted against the
notion eigh, Wings voted it, and remarked at the
time as sula coincidence that the selected eight
who aided as the rxecutiuners OF the BILL from The
strongest Wing Districts in the States OF Virginia. North
Carolina Georgia and Kentucky. Who reflect upon the
character of the Clayton compromise upon the appreciation
which it received from every quarter, and refuse TO admit
that had become law OF the land the i'll feeling sectional
hatred and bitter local preuccs which have since endanger
ed our beloved country might have been avoided But il did
not suit the policy of the Wing party that democratic ad-
minstraon should have the honor Of putting TO rest this
unhappy queS on fraught with much danger insti
uons-t dill not thcin in lSl5 finally dispose of
question: Of which the friends Of General Taylor were
manufacturing capital for Northern well as for Southern
consumption From the date of the rejection OF that Com
promise until he settlement of the question in 1880 it
ercey agated in both houses of Congress- by the wing
from the free States voting suspend the
rules of the use for the introduction of bills for the abo
ton of slavery the Dsrc, Of Coumbia and for the abo
lion of the the States Failing AZ the
accepted adjust upon basis honorable TO the
South, the Gus stion OF slavery in the territories the Com
promise Of 1850 late 10 heal the wounds
inflicted upon the country and the South BY the reJcc
ton of the Clayton Compromise. When agitation and ia.
nacism had auos, accomplished their unhoy work. the
Wing party claims the honor OF originating The Compromise
measures, wh:ch are the laws Of the land.