Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-12-05
A ERI-ITIESS TRICK

On TUESDAY morning lnc " pdseu ufon iic"Sie
turned out false elegraphc DESPATCH the charge that
the Compromise resolutions had been offered in the House
and laid upon the table by of the Democrats whom
sematzes as enenes of the public peace" The Repub
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caucus and all the facts before it, makes ridiculous
shutter and cargce that he Democratic party proper are
secessonsts and dsunonsts do not approve OF the COM
PROMISE and do not intend 70 acquiesce in ii"
This trick Of desperate party is we'll exposed by the ad
mrabe remarks OF Mr. Meade, which will be found in the
sketch OF the debate which copy in full from the Union
Mr. Meade and the Democrats who spoke the OCCASION
have placed this matter in its light. 1t is due to the
Democracy and to The country that we should publish what
Mr. NJ said on this point reported by the other Washing
ton papers, According the report in the "Souhern Press
Mr. Meade said that the Democratic caucus had laid COM
promise resolution the table as an appropriate subject or
the decision of the people in their local meetings ana con-
venons For one he repuated eccry ono ho Is IN jdror
of the slarery agitation The Democratic party in this
known be united and we recognize none as
Democrats unless they in turn, recognise the compromise
as The fnal settlement Of slarcry agitation The resolution
passed by the Wings taken up TO make The South be-
eyo that the Democrats opposed and they in favor OF
he COMPROMISE and thus impose their rotten party on the
South.
The Republic reports Mr. Meade as saying:
The COMPROMISE resolution in the Democratic caucus was
laid upon table being proper to be considered ny the
people represented in the Thas "bsy will ske
into their hands, and proclaim the world the principles
bv which the Northern and Southern Democrats can be uni
ted There Freesoil agitaors VINO eau themselves
ocrats Hs as Democrat riItRg 10 carry oul Ms
Compromise; rpudated every soul OF them VINO are 10
favor of agitation here They not part and parcel Oh Inc
Democratic party Of the Union They are repuolacd oy
the leading of the North whom the Democracy can
trust The Democracy wanted no declarations OF opinions
this me-pIncp!es by which they are acaatsd f ne ne
Democratic party. Ii, however, they willing TO abide
the Compromise measures as fnal settlement they may
come in the Democratic party and unite 10 carry out ohe
principles II the Compromise resolution taken up pro-
perly not half dozen Democrats would vote against it but
the Wings took up TO impose their rotten party on he
| South.
According to the In,cgencers report Mr. Meade said tha
he knew the purpose for which this motion made and
he would expose it. made for political capital at the
South pending the Presidential eec,on-for Southern votes
The people of the South understood the Wings OF the North
though he knew Of glorious exceptions from the gene
al rule that controlled the latter They OF the SCUM Khe"
bat while great majority of the Whig party at the Nortf
ras nsound on the compromise large body OF the Dem
ocratic nary in the same section faithful TO IT, and es
peciay those who stood prominently before the coun!
Mr. Marcy Mr. Cass Mr.. Dickinson, Mr.. Douglas, anc
others whom it not necessary 10 enume1a. nc KNEW
that if Justice was to be done the South must be expected
and would come from that quarter assisted by lew conse
vatye Wings who were battling glorousy in favor OF the
s,:,uents He orcsaw the destiny which the Wings
rho South would come AS and loyal men to their con
sipents and to the Union it would be their interest 10 un
with the Democrats the North and South for the purpose
of perpeualng those blessings which they Valueo
Mr. then explained that when the resolutions IN iaVo
81 The COMPROMISE offered before the Democratic eau
thcv laid on the table, being proper subjects 10
tho action of the party in convention "hen such tou
venon should hereafter assemble the opinions oy "lCi
Northern and Southern Democrats were united "oho OF
proclaimed TO the world ,,; ,,,o,os
Mr. NJ also referred to those persons Gazing heIeI s @
Democrats who were opposed to the compromise ana WING
were in favor of agitation. He repudiaed all suc anu ue
corrd them 10 be no part parcel o the Democratic parry
! Of this Union. -, h ,h
In conclusion he said that the resolutions adopted ny h'
Whiu caucus were taken up with view of contrasting ht
o, o that caucus with the action of the Democratic eau
cus thew were taken up for the very purpose OF
countrv believe that the Democratic caucus NAG reJec'
them while the Whg had passed then fut thos
eso,tons in an abstract form 10 the Democratic party
that House, the proper OCCASION ana nc Mou'u s @
firm that there were very small number there VINO "ou'
vote against henl'
Mr. Meade has placed the Democracy In lis 'ruo pos.oh
and If there be "treason" IN IL iet tue eupi'"''
WHO'S make the most oft The otenness OF the No'hef'
Wh party on the SUBJECTS shown up by the declarations
of It's own members In the debate 30 toolshy ana a'
brought on by Mr. Brooks of New York. We shall dol
the subject by quoting the following evidence OF Inc CORES
ponden of The Baltimore Argus who attended Inc Demo
cratic caucus
The very best feeling prevailed all sides Every oht
acknowledged and felt that the restoration ot Inc oGos
oned Democratic party TO the Federal power next lai "u
inevitable event-a fired fact in the future as Gehefa
Gushing would say Everybody present felt and sa" ane
confessed that the Union safeat there was no more
Union while this admitted, II wal