Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-04-06
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MoRNING. April j"
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If ,he wh;p pary and it's drifting rncp!es and peieren
ces The Fillmore letter of Mr.. Clay, still an idol with
portion of his party seems 10 have eXc@d an injurious
influence upon the OF old Chapuiepec The s'uo
horn head him or die hostility Of Mr. Webster 10 the NOM
notou of Gen. Scott has aso had some effect Gnd t'e
"Mitary Che1in" Of New Jersey, must be more lnVni
nerable than Achilles if he is seriously eanHeea os Tue
combined attack now being made upon his rfesoen'I''
PROSPECTS In addition to strong revelations Of MI
Williams. venerable Wing member OF Congress rom en-
nessee we have letter Mr. Cabtl OF Florida 10 the
Editor of the Albany Register for which we regret
we have no room Mr. Cabell plainly tells the Northern
Wing Scott majority at the North that ii Mr. Fillmore or
man occupying his position is sacrificed In The wing VA
tlona Convention ait will be utterly impossible to maintain
u Wing party in the Southern States AS showing no"
this threat the Scott Al The North we
quote the following passage from The n y Times, strong
Seward and Scott puper:
Hon. E. C. CABELI, member Of Congress from Florida,
has written the Albany Register in regard 10 the
nomination of Mr.. Fillmore for the Presidency lie Says
that the Southern Wings united IN desiring his mamma
ton and he is be aside because me other candi-
date can get more votes al Moth the Wing party al The
South will be dissolved Southern Wings could 10 longer
act with such party.
would and should Indignantly reprdiae nomination maze
from considerations There will not be found men OF
respectahiv risk their reputation on an electoral Ticket
in favor of such candidate in than one Southern State
which will give large maJoes for Wing nominee stand
ing on broad national ground
At the close OF his letter he presents another consdera
tion which he deems worthy the "aenon oil party men,"
f,he National Convention should act from the motives re-
ferred and refuse 10 nominate MI Fillmore or some one
occupying the same ground, he says
Southern Wings would abandon the principles for
which they have heretofore commended but would form Ma
tional Associations place of those which such sectional
party action necessarily dssovcs and venture my lie ee
will not be acting with the Northern sectional par
calling itself Whg whose expires within four years, re-
turned to the Senate from Southern State You cannot
hope the Senate vtout The aid Of Soutern 1ote'
for experience shown that Northern Democrats are
specially skfu in playing for the votes OF Free Sellers and
Aboli!onsls."
Again. Mr. Humphrey Marshall OF Kentucky, as stated in
the New York Herald has written letter defining the po-
siion OF Wings OF his State and declaring That Mr.
Fillmore their choice beyond all Gen.
Scott could get coporas guard He Iauds General
Scott military hero, bu, not political leader.
In the teeth OF all these demonstrations from strong
Southern Wings, the Richmond Wing does not like 10 sur
render the Northern Wing msjorty, and cooily says
"We have Idea Of permitting ourselves 10 b. whcedled
by the Demoeracy-nor will we stand by in silence and hcar
the great men oil The Wing party traiuccd. y
The Wing carries this sentiment BY writing fol-
lows of General Scott
The Richmond Enquirer is perfectly @h, in surprising
that have en,re confidence Gen Scotland that hav
ing this confidence do not desire any pledges from !n
and that shall be very happy he is The WING candidate
10 him receive the votes of feesocs and every body
else The vote of our contemporary himself will be very
welcome il will be received with thanks and questions
asked AT any rate, should NOT fear tina. his "oie Tor
Scott would General viii! deiunc:a"v. any
than should fear that the free soil wo"! make him
free solcr Satisfied Nth The soudHs Of o atnd iaate,
wish him get many VOTES pnssoic. 10 ps
catOrla hgure everything VIII be fish tla comes into our
net"
This combined movemeu, of The wings and tho
Northern Fillmore party, 20 have given spirit 10
The intimate friends Of Mr. Fillmore, WIN cJi;n his no.
mination certain. They estimate thai he will, in Con
venon receive the of the whole South, which, added
in Notp N,r snI Nr.'
give him the majority of the CONVENTION. We cn"no. say
what ground there is for such specaii"ns bet il Is evident
that nomination of Gen. Scot '.a'e! rs Get
.an,y, is now involved in e cloud of DOUBT
As TO the Democracy whil here is great division as TO
the choice of candidates. The party resolved |" mite
zealousiy upon the nominees o the Baltimore Convoniion
A friend thus writes US from Washng,on
You may rely upon il, the De:a0ca;ic party is unit
All is right here Many deceived from tie debates in
Congress You viii observe a say they will :" Ter the no.
Wings There will be- found to exisI among them 80 wide
difference that when they meet in ConSea'i2 large num-
Der of them will withdraw.
correspondent from Mississippi writes as tollow::
at Is with pleasure inform yuu tic Democracy
OF State with but very lew executions will support The
nominees of the Baltimore Convention. Some uira
will continue 10 ngtatc tut understand me Signs OF the
times the days OF agitation in Mississippi In q
few short months Tie clouds that hang around aud above us
will pass away and The Democracy II Mississippi wi! rally
by the side vi Virginia. and :re III" oimceS oi the Bau
more Convention hearty and cheerful support
That the Baltimore Convention will nominate goat men
and true we ente:tln reasonable d1ubt 4 recent
article in the Washington Era the abolition Jou!cal :. the
Union furnishes true Key on! expect lions III iii ar
,cle lded Democracy and Slavery, accounts fer the
that ali positions nv9lvn the rights OF Inc South,
the Democratic party, party l. tao ally q: tlr South,
and sustains constitutional rights The Nashville Union
condenses the article, az important III opening the
eyes of the South. The sal frh by the Era
20 different urinci;lcs adurtau by parties
constituting the grants Of power contained in the Cnhsi-
,ulion. The Whig pa,y believes in what terms liberal
construction, but Jefferson, Madison, AID the R.ub
can fathers regarded htitadinas aud tending 10 the
gradual destruction OF The constitution itself the demo-
cratic party on the other hand believes strict cnnst:nc
lion denial OF all powers granite! absolutely
necessary carry into effect granted power To this dill
ferent principle OF construction may DC traced The fact thai
northern democracy u.s. mass 10 Tie SOUTH while
the widest recsosm tnis its natural aS"tc in northern
whggery TO illustrate the operation y: Ibis principle lei
us take Of the exclusion % slavery from the terrific
res the fugitive slave law. The sentiment Of the north
ern people against sarery. They hinh i; an ev and
would desire its extinction Particularly would they
desire il excluded from TIC territories urd confined
its present limits The Wmo: p;oy!s1 Is introduced
which excludes it, Nortter democrats look IT, nry would
perhaps, like to slavery excluded from the territories
but strict construction In and asks where is the
er TO sol This excitss their Investigation. an! finding
granted power and not seeing how il is necessary l.
carry effect any Of the granted powers they com
PEELED by the cardinal principle OF their party 10 9c asains
II, even should prejudice against slavery incline TO IA
vor Its exclusion The influence Of this principle does no
stop with the representative 5ut extends ss!i 10 the De
mocrattc Masses whom il also restraints within conStltu
tona limits. portion of the Democratic people in iht
Northern States are perhaps against slavery as an nsi!tu
ton but recognizing the principle Of strict construction
they right of interference with it, ana
quenty sustain their representatives the Southern posi-
ton Of non-inervenon The strong barrier Of high princi
pe upon which their party Organization is based checks the
impulses of abolition, and prevents abstract sen,iren
from consummating itself into aggression upon Southern
rights This the why and wherefore oi Tho Whole matter
and explains the different positions held by tt~tn Dem
ocra,s on slavery question: from that held by Northern
Wings. 1t explains, why twenty-six Northern Democrat:
for fugitive slave law, whs but three Northern
Wings voted for 1t with them and riFTYssrrS against
It explains, why Democratic Conventions in the Nortt
sustain The compromise, while Whig Conventions but rare