Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-04-16
To the Editors of the Enquirer.

SELF-RELlANCE.
To The Editors of the Enquirer.
You right denying in your paper OF this morning,
that there is the foundation for comparison by the
"Timrs newspaper, between Mr. Haett Chairman of the
Democratic Central Committee, and the 'nfamous William
A. Seward" Such resolution rs Mr. Robert Rantoul as
serts TO have been introduced into Democratic State Con-
venliOn in massachusetts, during the year Si9 may have
been so ntroduced and also have been reported by
committee Of which Mr. aet The chairman for all that
know but am confident that must have been forced upon
the committee by The RanlOul faction that now is; or in
other words by facous potion of tho Democratic party
in Massachusetts, who nj that time, followed under the
lead Of Marcus Morton-a faction which never had
any other principles than those based on hankcng Tor
the "Eve Ioavcs and fishes" and which is viewed
BY the true Democracy Of New England (sucl for instance
as those who have recently 50 molly rumphed in New
Hampshire Connecticut and Rhode lsand-ainc will fol-
low as no better than Seward aboitioniss with whom
they will have communion. happen TO know that MI
Hac thoroughly hated by that faction they are by
the New England Democracy. Mr. Robert Rantoul, the
Boston Atlas and the Richmond Wing, may all attempt 10
conceal from the view Of Southern their sympathy and
assimilation with the one idea politicians ut the North OF
the Seward and Garrison stampmen who put up General
aoo-bv accusing Mr. Hactt of soil tendencies. But
those who know that gentleman we'll who know thai he has
uniformly advocated the rights Of the South, maintained the
compromises of the constitution and received the worst
abuse from The New England Wings and fecsoers there
for for years past will only laugh at these aborve al
Temps ,,,;.,, ,,,,,;,r. ,hia
morning notice the fact that OF The resolutions intro
dnced BY Mr. Scott, Wednesday night the Wing State
Conventions provided for committee report resolutions
defining the position of Virginia Whggery in relation to
Compromises measures The resolutions, SEQ, duly
noticed but nothing said about the Compromise. Why
was ,hs1 Has the "Whig' far gone the Sewar!
interesr that il dSkes the word COMPROMISED"
Perhaps the discussions in the Convention to-day, will
wv NEW ENGLANDER
Richmond, April Is, 1852.
GEN. CASS'S NICHOLSON LETTER.
The Washington Union Of Saturday week says:-A friend
Of Mississippi which published in The Mssssippian
the 18Th Of January, 1882 with request that should pub
sh it, as containing refu,aon Of the charge so frequent
~ made that General Cass did deal fairly and candy
with The South In his celebrated Nicholson letter II is due
10 Colonel Davis, well 10 General Cass, that
py with hi. request especially the letter illustrates the
characters OF both OF tese eminent Democrats lot cahco
In order that tho Of tho impuation against General
C,ss NAV be clearly understood, deem proper pre-
misu that In speaking Of the which Congress might
essat the territories, Gen. Cass, in his Nicholson let
ter, made this remark:
It fine interference Of Congess should be limited the
creation of proper for countries acquired
or SETTLED and the provisions for their eventual
aduissn into HE Union, leaving. III the time 10 The
people nhabng te 10 regulate their own concerns teii
way" =.
choson wa. that Congress had no power under the
Constitution enact the Nlln1t provo; and this conclu
sion resulted from the fact, as maintained by Gen Cass
that The Constitution coners Congress power 10 le
gisIe for the people OF the Territories Hence Inc deduc
lion was legitimate and necessary as believed by General
Cass thai the legislation OF Congress should be limited
in the foregoing extract leaving in the meantime
10 the peope nabiting the Territories the right 10 regulate
their own concerns in their way After this letter was
published il became question in the South whether Gen
Cass meant that the inhabitants OF Territory
prior 10 their admission into the Union as State could
prohibit slavery whether he that this right could
only be exercised when they changed their relation OF Ter
rories for that OF States The latter construction was
most consonan with the feelings and views OF Southern
Democrats and they generally adopted il whilst the former
suited the purposes Of Southern Wings the best and they
accordingly adopted that In January 1850 Gen Clss de-
vered his great speech in the Senate against the consu
tionaity OF The Wmo Povso, and in that speech he
eucd at length the inherent right of the people of Territory
regulate their in their own way and show
clearly that the Southern Democrats had attached