Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-04-20

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nothing in their contract 10 Forbid rs W. h ,s,u,sj
their pecunary condition 10 rcnoes n' nh, Works
tion If the matter be left 10 the boa'a -
.O' - ;,, do all that is required Tor lhe security
- r hor, he promplings OF politicians. AS scr
" ., & Co advanced heavy sums to the Stale before
.;,n single bond in return It is hardly probable 'hcf
od IL moi good for equally large sums aee SO short
lapse of time. 80
The comprehensive and important resolution OF Mr. Lewis
of Harrison will enable Board TO bring out mass OF IN
formation which could before be developed under m
restricted carefully woded resolutions before sent 'he
curing for only portion of the truth
THE PETERSBURG INTELLlGENCER AM Anr'
WING CONVENTION.
The editor OF the Petersburg lnteisenee ool'ou' u "
MAJ ,head him or die procstaons cofdiay KISSES '
"a ,s Tho resolutions which 'reect the general spirit
and sentiments Of the Wing party oil Virginia. ano poinls
- rho consideration that he Compromise forms pfom
nan, lem of their political faith and 10 taxing Inc song
and decisive ground which the Convention has done upon
Tho depaes have fully met the expectation their consu
ens and proven themselves the unshrnkng advocates Oh
tho ncace safety and honor of hcr county, as well as the
md consistent supporters OF the great constitutions
ph Of the South as slavery of which the fugitive slave
bill is new garanty."
Now we should like TO wherein these 'strong" resoiu
lions contain any thing like the demand of "pledge'
or open avowa the part OF the candidate, which Inc
Inelgencer no, week ago. ercey and vociier6usly
made sine qua no Has thai paper been drugged by Inc
recent Scott speech of Mr. Mangum, who confessed ina
he had not convesed with General Scott on the sub
ice, of the Compromise for nearly two years. ana "ho'
being cross-examined by Mr.. Gwin, acknowledged ina
he had no authority from General Scott 10 say that he woue
carry out the fugitive slave law7 Mr. Gwln proudly etot
ed that all the Democratic candidates. spoken OF for the Ere
.dency had come out this question: and that he shou
support no candidate who refused to give pledge mat NJ
would stand by and execute the fugitive slave law.
Whatever DO the effect upon The Petersburg lnelgencer
Mr. Muneums speech is far from being sufficient TO satisfy
yery large portion of the unbelieving Southern Wings
Mr. Dawson, Wing Senator from Georgia, followed Mr.
Mangum and said that would support who wout
not openly distinctly and honestly declare his intention
support the Compromise In the Republic, an oica organ
of this Whie Administration find the following emphatic
letter from Baltimore:
The extraordinary speech of MIR. Mangum Yesterday 10
behalf of General Scott has created great STIR IN poti
cal circles here and has given rise 10 much discussion
the Wings The fact is too papabe 10 br contra
dcted that the vote of this State never be given TO any
whose position with regard TO the COMPROMISE nea
The electoral Of Maryland in the coming contest VII
be given to that man. Wing Democrat, whose support
thc late Adjustment is most and Jealous
and the candidate upon whom there rests the shadow OF
suspicion on this point will be overwhelmingly defeated
Scott be perfectly sound on the COMPROMISE
and he s will receive Wing candidate the vote OF
this State; but explicit declaration Of his uess Thar
any yet giren imperarely necessary secure nus result
Such ~ The universal sentiment of all Wings with whom
have conversed-a feeling which exists to much stronger
extent throughout the counties than IN the CITY, Inc sim
Die assertions of General SCOTS southern friends unsus
tanned by personal Of his opinions VIII moi
taken satisfactory evidence OF his soundness upon ths
most important question now agating the public MIND
The Leesburg va) Washingonan the organ of Loudoun
county, the strong fortress of Virginia Whisgery says that
Gen. Scotls position IL objectionable to the South
Gen. Scott be the friend of the Compromise, as 10 conten-
died. why continue his deahke silence upon this
subec" why that he falls record the fact that it
may be known and read OF oil menF why shoud ne lack
the moral courage forth and endorse what he was
so influential in eec,ing If he really did exert his great in
Auence in favor Of the compromise The WashnRtonian
conclude. by urging Southern Wings not to be deceived by
the willy politicians of the North"
Tho Scott demonstrations Of Messrs Mangum and STAN
ley have been received with any thing but approval
by the Wings of North Carolina The Fayetteville Obser
YER (whe) talks right out as follows:
We feel il but due to the Wing party of North Carolina,
to say, that, SO far as we know their sen'ments hey WIN
sustain the course of Mr. Outlaw, and not that OF Mr. Man
gum either in his avoring the nomination OF Gen Scott or
in his opposing the resolution of Mr. Marshall The Wings
Of North Carolina unanimous for Mr. Fillmore, and are
determined have ncommita candidate supported
by Secard and his gang especially at the expense Oh one
VINO has served his country and his whole country 80 ably
so faithfully and disinterestedly Mr.. Fillmore has
The Southern Wings would require no pledge no PLATFORM
from Mr. Fillmore Mr. Webster for both have given the
world more than words in of their faithful
ness But the candidate of tho Seeards cannot eTpec such
confidence We forbear 10 say more. We could not say
less
The Wilmington Herald (Whig) avows its entire concur
rencc the above and has mo hesitation In declaring lis
decided conviction that Scott carry North Carolina
without satisfactory enunciaon upon the Compromise
The same paper says that the Wing of North Caro-
lima want ,.somehing more" than "Lundy's Lane Vera
Cruz Cero Gordo and Chapultepec and 1.-THE guarantees
of life spen in the service of the country and 1t address,
to its Wing brethren of North Carolina the following de-
cided interogatory:
In these days when sectonaism runs riot over the and
will YOU require this hero candidates hands the enunca
ZION of principle the sanction of pledge TO resist with
Constitutional means the progress of that agitation 80
fraueht with danger the welfare of the countryf'
We shall see how long it will be before these Vaorous
champions OF ''pledges" will also ''surrender"