Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-10-11

The Petersburg lntelligencer has very for
chile article the points in issue between JUDGE
Caskie and Mr.. Bolts. We make an extract in
which the Judges position in regard to the Sc
cesslon of South Carolina is admirably reviewed
Judge Caskie, however talented he may be- abo,s
under the dl5advanges which uniformly bese a Demo-
cratic orator whenever he undertakes to discuss the
subtle and incomprehensible doctrines OF the Sourh
Oaolia slcool Let us refer TO some oil his opinions
on tle subject OF Secession, they reported in the
speech, and see whether not he shows that degree
OF consistency which might be expected in gentIemau
OF his character Tor Abilities and representing as he
does the principles ola party whose sympathies all
III favor OF South Carolina We fud the following
words, IN the OF his remarks which strike us
as embodylng in brei compass as full positive and
unequvocal condemnation in the premises, as could
webb uttered He says that HE has mo sympathy
with this MAD and EVERY WAY WRONG p,oiec: of Seces
sion, which is advocated by portion of the people
there, lin South Caroina) With this efusion we will
couple another, which ee at great distance from
1t IN the same speech.
"But ifyou mean Union of Northern domination
and Southern degradation, as said at ilanoyer-lfyou
mean sucn union as Greece had with Turkey as
Poland has with Russia as Ireland has with England
as Hungary has with Austria, and as Cuba has with
opan-then OF that Union, am the inisxibe foe for
ever. That is my position"
Well this is precisely the position OF South Carolina
TOO. She has over and over again asserted that the
Union was Just such one as he pictures the passage
we have clted and therefore, she feels herself war
ranted i'll trying the project of immediate and sppa-
rate Secession She has far oustrpped him in the Sc
verify and intensity OF her ebutons on this point for
she has described tho Union zone OF the greatest en-
glnes OF corruption and oppression that existed on
the face OF the earth" And in the particular matter OF
the COMPROMISE, she holds that her rights ave been so
outraged and her honor so nsulted TO render her
longer continuance in the union dsg aceuI. Now
the Judge. it understand him Alright contends that n
Stae is sovereign in her limits and therefore is
the eludge OF the grievances of VIII CHI she may think
she has cause tocomplan, and OF the mode of redress
ing them South Carolina, then, her quarrel with
the Federal government according to all SECESSION
logic, has right to determine for herself what to do in
order TO free herself from any oppression which she
may believe she IS suffering under. In the exercise
OF thls right, conceded to her by the general arou.
ments tor Secession, she elects to go out OF the
Union; and Tor so doing Judge Caskie denounces
her. Now we ask with all due respect, whether He
standing on the platform that he does can consistent
ly condemn her mad and every way
wrong!" What substantial difference, we should ike
to be informed is there between himself and the South
Carolnians! They are only endeavorng practically
to carry out the opinions which he incuIcates. They
are only acting az toes oil a government which they
believe profess to believe, s one OF "Northern do.
mination and Southern degradalion,' and of Union
which they think no better than that which was be-
tween "Iurkey and Greece, that which is between
Russia and Poland" or that between England and
Ireland, or Austria and Hungary OF such Uni
on as tins, Judge Caskie declares himself in the most
emphatic language 10 be "he infexble foe forever
aud almost in the same BREATH charges the South Caro-
linans with being mad and every way wrong ior
kind OF Union! We do not dispute the applicability of
these strong terms oil denunciaton TO the conduct of
South Carolina Tor we cordially agree with the speak
er, that such conduct is mad and every way wrong"
bat we doubt exceedingly whether such wholesale
reprobation harmonzGs exactly with the Judges ad-
vocacy OF the doctrine oil Secession which is NOTHING
less than the basis OF the yerv "proieci"
which he sgmatses as "mad and every way wronp3
The only way we can account for thus inconsistency
which we have charged upon Judge Caskie is that he
must think that 3. Carolina whose course he describes
as mad and every way wrong 10 not the righttul
Judge OF the aggressions OF which she so loudly COM
plans III tins be so, enquire, who is the rightful
arbler III such case! II the State OF Virginia deemed
the Union such that between "Furkey and
Greece, or Russia and Poland or England and
Ireland, y or"Austra and Hungary" what would hla
honor have to do! And what authority, in his opinion
would have to decide upon the Tor her to pursue3
H. like South Carolina, she take this decision in
her own hands and throw the Secession banner to the
breeze, Judge Caskie would say that such course was
mad and every way wrong" becau if it IS, as he
says, mad aud wrong" in South Carolina, it must
under similar circumstances, be, in his estimation
equally so in Virginia. We cave it to the Judge and
his friends to harmonic these conflicting ideas OF his as
they appear to us be- They certainly embarrass not
little the general tenor of his Speech aud impose upon
the reader pretty difficult task viz to find out
whether he means that each State s 10 be her own ar
bitter IN dispute with the General Government or
whether he thinks that there some other mode OF ar.
bltfament which he has not yet thought proper 10 ex-
plain.
Francis Dodge. ESQ.,, an old and highly esteeraed