Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-05-25
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY "a, 1882.


| RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY "a, 1882.
The Whig in its nsous rawlings Of purity prejudice con
dnuss gbbst Mr. Has,t of Boston as an Aboitionis
while ITSELF In the teeth of Southern Whig sentiment stand
prepared 10 stand the platform with the nfamou
Seward in the advocacy Of Gen. Scott, who, TO secure til
free soil VOTE wraps himself in hs cloak Of contentious
enee and refuses tell the people whether he is for tn
rights Of the South for the dangerous agitation of tn
Northern fanatics. We shall soop to defend Mr. Hu
let, against the windy blows OF the Whigs msy athe-w
know that whatever may have been his abstract opinion
slavery Mr. H. has boldly for the execution of III
Fugiive Slave Law and for the constitutional rights Of tn
Southland has done which Con. Scott is afraid
do for fear Of offending 1.-THE majority of his friends" he free
soilers in the excusaory language of Mr. Bots whom III
Whig specially endorses. Seward every body knows,
the head of the Northern Whig party which rules the desti
nes of Whggery. He moves it like puppe well remarks
the Flordian) and Is, this very time, debating terms
the entire party in all the Sasos He has Gen. Scott undc
his thumb and refuses either to permit him or Whg eau
say word about Finality the Fugitive Slave Law
Ho has strength In the Northern Wing party at this time
than any Wing u the Union. Webster and Fillmore toied
years excite the Northern Wings against the nsu
tons of the South and they had far succeeded
into jeopardy and that the fanatics getting beyond
their CONTROL they pausedbut Seward seized the reins
from their hands and now instead of Webster and Fillmore
ho 10 the idol Of Abolition madness 1t he who nsed
Into the Northern mind dsau Of "higher law, which were
practically carried out in the murder OF Gorsuch at Chris
ana in the of Sims Boston, and n the
Syracuse where Seward afterwards appeared bail for
the otera and invited them parake of collation. pre-
pared at his expense These of tho legit
mate product of Stewards higher law docrnes-they are
his duly begotten offspring and they show that he has
compshed more in less time than any other Wing in the
Norh-that he has thoroughly embodied the sentiment Of
his party against the institution of slavery. He ia good
Whg, too-a genuine, blue Wing, and like Greeley.
cannot be driven of the party In 1850 In speech in
the Senate In which he bears witness the fidelity of the
Democratic party to the interests Of slavery" speaking Of
himself he said
Il" citizen Of the United Sates My duty Is to
the welfare interest," and happiness of the people sof
United States; and hold that can do so efsc-
tual way by going alone and independent That Is always
the of schismacs Therefore, in tho discharge Of my
duty, ally myself to such party find most oppror
mate the principles sentiments thai will
do the Wha party the justice the injustice 10 say that
have been member of il all my active life; and will do 1t
the great dssevice 10 say, that matter what hap
pom who may put under the ban shall be the last
10 leave it, however may disown me or the Pn-
bcpes maintain. IshoR adhere to because think Of the
tro greet par;ss the most devoted to the cause Of free
dom and emancipation"
Ths the man who now rules the Northern WhIg party
and who is held up the Wings Virginia less obnox
ious 10 Southern reprobaon than Benjamin F. Halet who
opposes Seward and the nnatical designs of the
who supported Gen. Cass in ls4S and opposed the Van
Buren barnbuners-who advocated the alton of Tex
as and finally who urged through Democratic Convention
in his State the substance Of the very Finai,y Re.o
luton which thrown Of tho Whie at Wash
ngton
To what lengths will the Whig go in its deter
mined hatred of the Democratic par,y2
The history Of the past satisfies that, in comparison
with M.ssrs. Fillmore and Webster, great favoes with
Southern Wings his M Haletrs has been far more
accordance with uscs sn aRf i bs% s % relies to con-
vict him of rsesollsm, wo can convict only Messrs.
Fillmore and Webster, but the entire Northern Wing party
Need publish Mr. Fimoes unudu,erated abolition Erie
letter. familiar TO ALL And, 10 Mr.. Weon'er his past
and present position is the free soil PLATFORM In ls45
in his Abingdon speech, Mr. Webster said:
Gentlemen 1t is well known that there is nothing In this
Buffalo platform which in general does not meet the dppro
bat;on and the entire appreciation of all the Wigs OF the
Middle and Northern States Suppose now, that all OF us
who Wings should 70 and Join The pa[y VIVA,
the Hhg party could hare changed its name iha
would be ALL Instead Of being the Wig purity II would pe
party We should De all more eraey upon hn sne
they propose 70 further and do that which agree would
be great chungeend that TO put Van buren al the heaa
Later sti in 1885, before he wen, into the Cabinet Dir
Webster spoke thus of the Wirio Poyiso:
"henever there practical good 10 be done, whenever
there is an inch Of land be stayed back from becoming
slave territory am ready TO insert the principle OF me eS
cIusiop OF slavery am pledged that from ls3i-plsogeo
TO IL again and again, and will perform thofe pleoges
Still, later, even recently as last year, In fs Northern
our made in coDucon with President Fillmore sr "eo-
ste. employed the following emphatic language at Buaao
If The South wish any concession fom me- they win no
ge, III not hairS oresdth OF it, If they come 70 my mouse
for H. they will find IT, and the door will be SHUT con
cede nothing Gentlemen, contend, and nave al
ways that after e adoption of the Constitution
any measure of the Government calculated 10 orng more
slave territory into The United States was beyond the power
of the Constitution and against its provisions Ihat my
opinion, and it always has been my opinion
Thus Mr. Webster holds that the admission OF missouri
Louisiana Texus and Florida, being slave territories was
ssan. the provisions Of the Cons,ituton-whe Mr. Hal
e, on the contrary made the first speech that was uttered
IN favor of the admission Of Texas with
Constitution recognizing slavery and denounced tho agta
ton of slavery in Congress-
We make these quotations. simply TO show up the gross
Inconsistency Of the Whlg and its allies upon MI Hae''
who has never affiliated with the fresso interest," nor 1--WE
auo,s again from the Foridan stood up and beckoned 10
the Buffalo fanatics Webster did, saying "Come TO us
we are Of the stripe with you've arc exactly upon
your platform -whie at the same time II a'hates win
these same "Whgs of the Middle and Northern States and
d.ncy-aye and tho artul dodger" whom Seward has in
training rather than give up tho .pos the Ave loaves and
vo fsh.s which now constitute the sole remaining prnci-
pies OF the whg party. we'll known that the only COM
promise resolutions tina, have bssn passed IN ha next
State Massachusetts were enact
ed by tho Democratic State Convention which nominated
Boutwell, Mr. Halle introduced those resolutions and Sc
cured their passage while Winthrop, the Whg candidate for
Speaker and whom the Whg probably yet thinks very
much abused man, opposed the compromise denounced e
fugitive law and identified HIMSELF all inents and purpo
ses with the higher law fanatics who are in the ascendant
in hs Whips and Scott party, oil the Northern States
| DELEGATES TO BALTIMORE
In the Parkarsburg News-a handsome and spirited De-
moeratic paper just started by Messrs. Mccormick
Rhosdss and whose advent hail with psasurc-we learn
that the District Convention assembled at that place On the
18th inst, Col. Thompson In the Chair and smi't
! dsIoo IN the Rattimors Con