Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-10-14
RICHMOND ENQUIRER
PUBLISHED DAILY AND SEMi-WEhkLA,
RY RITCHIES & PRYOR.
rnsuSDAy MORNING. OCTOBER -.


We surrender editorial column 10 the following a'l'
rom The Washington Sentinel which, tito leader viii per
ceve il characterized by equal vigour originality Of ar
sumtnl. II throws much light The relations {" ,he ~"
York factions the anecedens Of particular
Error, the Washington SGg4n,rll GOVERN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS By FDkEloN wv '-i
MENTS ,,
-, :. ,,o E,rop,an powers in American al
fairs either by new colonization or by aPnnaey ay "
considered end 50 lar n,ion pa,rs Ind men
.e oeu ~ The details the emphatic announcements
f ,b is inaugural met with quick response rom me
oi 'hc ms ort when denounced such interference as
American hG"i Our particular views upon this ques
@ have been proclaimed aready-and Wo do mol no" pro-
nose 10 dwell upon them ,, 49,, = 49,,
R If we are prepared TO oppose By protest ana II heeu
10 70 resist by arms European interference in The general
affairs Of the continent for how much stronger reason soua
meet the foreign nSafef OF 1u. eo Th aaiansv NJ
fnreon ntemeddng with home Interests Is instructive
in The heart OF every American and mas been hcuca
ed iih an earnes,ness which has made The instinct holy
;en bv every President from Washington 10 The pre-
senl Chief OF the Executive department
This feeling has OF late years, been once seu py 'he
baIcfu breath OF anatclSh AS we ase o'e i
subject Of commentary by The press wc propose 10 publish
This leaf from the volume OF our past hs'o ana TO expose
TO mered condemnation some OF those VINO petmtseu Ia
nn,cs 10 control the prompngs OF PATRIOTISM and sought
10 Introduce as fatal Grecan horse INTO inc Trojan cy
The influence OF nen enemy upon the rights and lnte'
rests Of the Southern States OF the Unon
We do not desire reopen The controversy IN respect 70
the Territories in which the eesoil organization especially
in New York in la49 Insisted upon attaching The Mimol
inhibition of slavery forever and only defeated oy Inc
rsoule and patriotic Of the Dckinsons Casses
the Douslasses Of the north We do moi propose eHcr
incidentally 10 show who were the ds0'gd"t:e,S, D M
democratic party then and would have ruprei the UNION
Ipon that question: except for The men VINO are Ho' oe-
nounced by these pseudo friends OF order as Inc
~ narty d. sensivn and unworthy oil parry trust we
ony intend 10 show that while who now cla' 70 pc 't
"Simon pures" and the orthodox tSpoahoe's VI
ia The diocese of New York. were inviting the aid OF sah
4 Iaun H.
en States those have oamed as worthy OF al nSnpi
combined with the south in patriotic phaIahN ~ CRUSH m
home faction and to spuTn WIN con'er hou who's and
free. soiers combined in strange coalition 10
neoe 10 foreign government me puoilc a.'h o. ,e Gun
u 1o ,rrr out schemes OF iee'sollsh IN 'he eAetu
Wy, =, lsy.ry from The coded territories; and that ms was
5one with the evidence staring them in the lace mat he
forepn government had not demanded as cohahoh ou
had cheeriuy given up every such ldea w
Our readers that upon every vote upon Inc WI
mot Provso proposed as an amendment 10 The three mi
lion BILL. the S.,e Of New lorG was aSlasa-uoS prh
aid of SUCH northern democrats as Mr. Dickinson Tie WI
mo, Provso defeated as a'o Fooled IN every snsn
eor-lhe anti slavery faction turned with disgust from Inc
counses OF their or country and sought 10 attain their pnr
noses through the agency Of Herco The mode in which
In February ls45 President Polk Sent 10 The Senate what
was known as the s treaty, with the documents expana-
tory of the neg citation leading 10 II.
In letter from Mr. Tst 10 the Secretary OF State, dated
Sanember Sl7 he states that The question OF The eXcl
sion OF slavery had been mentioned by The Mexican ncgoa
tor as desirable. Mr. Trl thus strongly states ms cnplac
and patriotic response:
81 concluded by assuring them that the bare mention oil
the subject in any treaty which the United States were
party absolute mpossibllly that ~ PRESIDENT 10"
Ined Ststes would dare present any saci treaty 10 The
Senate and that If il in Their power 10 oleE me e
whole territory described in our prot increased tenoih 10
value and in addition that, covered foot cR a over
with pue gold upon single condition that slavery shond
be excluded herelrom could not eRterain me oer or
moment think even OF communicating 20 "asnnson
The matter ended in their being fully satisfied that TINS lopic
was one not to be touched and was dropped WIN good
feeling on both Sides. ,.
This letter demonstrates that In The opinion OF The nego
aiors of both parties the proposal 10 exclude slavery oy
treaty. stimulation with foreign government vas aohoffeh'
10 every rue American 20 demand was made oy hlcH'
co for il mud that every such idea wholly abandoned by
The Mexican goato and with good leeng upon his part
II was on account Of This reply that no provision IN me
treaty sent by Mr. Polk looked 10 the exclusion OF slave
~ n j. scarcely necessary add that Mr.. POLK never
woud have sent the Scnale treaty containing such
proysion-a provision subectng The domestic concerns Of
The States 10 The supervision OF our cneny and Illuminating
- me h,ors of the South upon the fields OF Mexico, BY
placing them under the care and swreancs oil poweress
and vanquisiisd people
But what Mr. Trs dared not DO what Mexico dared not
ask what the pcremp,orIy refused and The other vii.
npy relinquished American proposed upon The hoor
II The OF The Union! What Mexico gave without
justification, he proposed 10 take win cundons-conul'
suggested by fanacism and proposed in entire viola
ion Of the duty Of an American patriot
Mr. Baldwin Of Connecticut tWhig) proposed 70 add 10
he 5 article Of the treaty This 'e
Hil,n0t ProriSo: ,,,
punishment OF crimes whereof the party snail nave oeen
luly convicted"
To The honor of the Senate and the dishono OF the vote
the affirmative Ibis proposal instead OF receiving me re-
uired number OF t~ohrd OF the Senate was defeated oy
more than that number
bnnd he onnd the name Of Mr. Clayton the nesolator OF
he Central American treaty in The cabinet and lis defender
n Tho senate or thai OF Mr. Corwn the champion OF ex
70 during the war and the opponent OF the acquisition oy
Iy which has given us an empire The Pacific, or that
If Mr. DAYTON the endorser OF General oco't 10 .e na
nora WING Convention, of "hone5t john DAVIS NOT
il surprising that upon such question: inc "hoc Noi.
-, Whio volp css was thrown into the scale against The
Souh and n opposition the interests and honor OF The
country ,o;, 49,, ,n,, s,oh
there should be found in the negative such men
IS Cas- Douglas, Bright ana last though not eas, se
patriotic DicEinson whom those tHa untiue a fon,
tuition and country, seek 10 proscrioe as fa
II i . matter of profound satisfaction That Inc ehl'e 'fef
State Democracy voted in The negative except me VI
whom one was the late distinguished Senator rom 'eM
Yurk The lender OF the Van Buren, party 10 lo4e anu me
abolition candidate for Governor at That eiecuoh gnu e
present head OF The so-caed 'sU SHELF Iac'on JUN a.
Dix. Esq. ,.,, a. ro.a
n ere nen attempt 10 bring assistance from aoIoao
TO home analicism in its unhaowcd wur upon me con
sutional rights OF half oil the States OF inc oh!
on for suppose the proposal had been carried Inc nun
Of the country would have been thus piehtea ~ uic
cedng the territory mat slavery so"h h % er
Decree registered by the American Senate been ADMIT
ted Stale, and had subsequently, by Law pefn'ra
slavery what would have been the RESULT Mexico "ouu
demanded of the federal 10 enforce Inc
treaty within STATE b. putting end 70 slavery lhus
either slavery would have been abolished in state BY led
era authority or there would have been breach OF the CON
d,io Of the cession OF the territory which the terri
tory 81 the have been forfeited to ts original
owner Thus would sovereign Slate OF tho Union have
been subjected nsolent demand for abolition by Tor
eisn power made through the federal government.
This INDUSTRIOUS proposal thus cnnccdng Tar more IMAM
the Monroe doctrine designed meet 10 The in.
reference OF foreign powers domestic in their
chaacerpedgng he honor of the country to register and
enforce the orcgc will against the reserved rights oil Slate
Of Union ami dangerously involving the concession oil
power the federal government slavery in The States
hs proposal attempted Ia tic Constitution and TO
lie Union siant.s meed and dsDnorei solitude upon
the records OF counlry FrcssolsIn abolition, where
their schemes begin and end in counci chambers
are as nohiug when compared with The Introduction ni Inc
dangerous foreign element in the conduct OF our Internal
policy The country and its affairs and must ever re-
main unsafe in the hands Of who prostitute power TO
the purposes If IaIhcsm and intrigue with foreign gov
ernincns To attain their improper ends at home.
But when such rise with eon,ery, which IL only
commensurate with their past, though not forgotten public
ocnccs--and with compacency, which forces upon Inc
mind the remembrance OF the famous Buffalo gathering ny
which the defeat of tho party secured in the election OF
General ayiorwhen such men denoancc as tactious
renegade from democracy ul the empire Stale the
man. who with consistency has preferred the consli