Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-10-25

The following Just tribute 10 The naro! pet""" :. -"
that true and able organ of the Democracy OIL me
Louisville Democrat:
DANIEL, $. DICKlNSON.-A Attempts have been mace
- at IN show that this patriotic tx Senator was "hc scc
,inn in hs views The slavery question; and TINT hls
,;.n. ou.ht not therefore, Ia br :" ihicfaht "~aih "
Van uprn men, who only held on 10 th'!f hrtHy l'
,ur.r Ii in rather yet Id charge Inc fAHrhaT'
h ,rerso.sn Most reading men have Ia" vivid tec'
,,,in u events which have but Just passed away. 7i
s Dickinson rcesuiler sectional asllanr as Jn6h ~
Bu, II d Co. lew years aso THIS trick cam WIZ
100 soon prrvelt history by earbcd extracts " o
speeches The remembrance of the events an" ~, rnI,
sis il still TOO fresh succeed in bringing go" w. mn
Old senator from New York 10 lr Level :" ,a il worth
lis subject, and we. therefore, have 20, ,,sr IA cur
" lille heretofore 10 look up The d"c"'0 "
reg 'hs speeches were brought or-
ward by that Tented political way 'o" "cc,sn n.
nnr car -, ,nad unIy as much as suiltn INC o'tae ~
LOOK care 10 'rau @ history and That the very speech
fran which these extracts were aA.'' a., i,aca,I
nI,u =, IN. un.e il was delivered 10 'e ""o'o ''''o
~. Intelligent South understand now '.,e sonen
, Nmll, The people OF tl'c lee na'es alc "poS. ~
s,"'u II il written IN their Suite CONSTITUTIONS anu III
LEGAL codes ami has been common oue " N.Y.
inu those no stood up tor HE cois'i'utoa' l
Of The South that region, 10 represent mem as
slavery OF slavery eAicnsion. This wonn OF enuSt pc
h.,, i, drcci mt pon the con'un senhIetl oi Tue
,ee STATES ana break down their Influence Hence ~ hh
becu common win liu national democrats VI "I WI"
nnoo fsncinp the constitutional lights m HE Sohii oco.e
,hr own neope 10 tcpe in strong terms Tue charse ina
,hey were in favor OF slavery or HE advocates o' sSS "
tension ,.,,, 90, 49,, al ,ha
,ennls Of the free adopt The opinions o NE oou
on the subject of slavery "9na oJ aosu ~ -
demand All we ask Of them Is to observe me 0bleaons
of Ihe Constitution and The ,Qualty OIL Tue ishis o. ICE
States ana cease their trarcid. warfare upon Inc SCUM on
account oC slavery All ed Ia 1915 vas that hey wuuu
mai eesule on subject OF slavery Ia The iertGes ana
thai they would egislae The Constitution required as 10
fugitive slaves. :. s,o,
az the issue was madu2 He stood braSely 10 his nation
al duty throughout That very speech made al Tome o,
which these were taken By John Van bufGn wa
Intended 10 show The authors position against me y uMo
propiso He repudiaed IT, and advocated leaving l.e
lion 20 The people Of The territories when lhcy came 70 ol
State Constitutions He advocated the ground Oh 'hc
md denounced all assaults upon Tie Southern Staes IL Is
ead that figures will not e So nene WIN aen ii ou'
men can lie awully with facts and hgutes ana these ca
tracts from Rome speech OF Dickinson are oase oe'
az Ihoy an employed They grossly msrepresent him.
similar etfur made BY The wings TO earoie specc
made by franklin Pierce himself he made an auoess ~
sustain the compromise and fugitive ana a
linn look out few sentences put them in his ow
words and they sent Souh during .he -
President 10 prove tho author an mriosnn wss nre
now to mske by these extracts mat D'ehhson as po
sey What The very purpose AMI tenor OF The speech shows
| no nat. .,.., ..., =,
Senarnr Dickinson upon the three million BILL al Time
when the bearings OF the Wlmot provso had not been con-
sidered and issue was made about H. All hese attempts
10 dparsge the ex-senator ne discitditabe as ey are
We all remember Daniel j. Dickinson. The iolE5 IN Ne"
York elsewhere may amusc themselves by Inc use OF
such artillery but will not harm Dickinson IN The tsm
np OF the country They cant rob him oil The good name
he has earned IL Ia deeply engraved upon the memory ni
tho county The attempts 10 rub IL out are lnie HE
cautt b. placed The category win lc van bnieh
m.n T.v knpw is not hOurst make the etJTt. liee
ia nothing in his example excuse or pulatc Their conduct
If they intend do better, WE'LL hui they ia dc wei
lei Dickinson alone He IL above the reach OF c s'atts
". dom intend 10 decide between parties III New ok
IL no part but justice 10 man who Stood
by the South when The tempest howed uies Is nalona
duy He was al his post when his help was needed He
rsLed his political for the cause OF the Consiu
ton and we cannot see hin, dspadged i'll the South with
ou word ia hls defence. The contest IN The I'm
nr Stae outsiders had better let alone lie depend
upon which be only partially upprrcla led
outside ui that State. Time will show who Is IN the rieht
But The position IF Daniel 5. Dickinson is different aiiar
We know what Is due him HE reputation belongs 10 HE
county He has earned vi which he cannot DC dc
prived