Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-04-21
rur RaGDER PRovIso.-MR. WILSON'S
SPEECH.

fThe Court then adjourned.
For the Enquirer.
BAGDER PRoyiso.-MR. MlLLsoN'
SPEECH.
mess,s Edi,ots:-Iti is natural 10 every generous n n.,.iot.
r,srdou something" even 10 The eIrins zsal OF ..ue lie nv
I'm When such u sentiment is directed ana coh.tonII A. 10
,hmiI Industrious intellect whose energy. mastering u tic
Ill. md uiumphing in The perception oil lrutn' Gonllon.s =, -
la,.s .,;c Win unnnswerabie argument, forbearauce 70
.n,sure mounts Of once into q disposition 10 appI.auu. ~
,aIio,ism and ability with which MIR. Mliison OF lux t,;,,o
f2"iu District has opposed the pending Nebraska bill, ehn l.
him 10 such a tribute from his counTYmen. Despne - ~
psraded dicta OF disin guished civil ia~yers-lh ~ &C. n
rhot Il one time seemed 70 be a decided majority 10 y
the bil-separatcd mainly from his own colleagues. su
looking alone TO what he conceived 10 be an hones. US =
s 10 eo,,b mon this az upon all former occasions, the ieai'
Iess champion Of Southern Rights. He has driven lrom ~
concealment this fanged serpent, and throlteu u, l "u''' "
death. ,.,L,e ~,,dn IA mt
ma. tho Senate. II was the work OF a Southern senator ~
p o , noiicv that ito tho abasement OF honor" nus >
nGrsn rrinmphed in the guidance OF Southern cohnclls' w.
R,duer of North Carolina offered an amendment 10 ,he oa
AS amended ii passed. i"ns ssn, The "a question arises, is it as
worthy Of Southern favor in It's present as II was n It's o'
einnl shapc4 ,,,,os of ,bc mo-, spre ,ha, Il hos
uSan msteriolly altered by the addition of MIR. Badgers
amendment. deny it. The prominent features oi W.,
~ Snn,h we're the Inteaded but partial repeal OF Inc MIS-
enuri rrsrtiction, and the recognition oy congress OF ue
doctrine of future non.intervenuon WIN snaSe.y ~ "h; .S ,ho
ri,o,ies. This was the ground OF advocacy whien Inc
sou,,sern friends Of the bill have again and I'D again nsn
asserted, that they occupied. And ~hyi na tney
mse, = ,heme for idle defamation, or were they o'
want a =, ne" substantial good of tho Sou,tl Surely it was
, INA Ialter, say Messrs. Badger, Clingham, Faulkner, ana
others. And how was this substantial gTuu W y y, !" iaan,i :
alto ina same position which they occupied prior 10 ue pas
san e If The Missouri Compromise; aud moreover oy seeuIr
q , n,rdne from Northern representatives. IN lhe shape OF
inS u .oej enactment, that the Federal Government
should hereafter abstain from all Interference WIN I've .r
tuition of slavery in The T Ts5gt.OIiss Sesi mc: ,' would = have re-.
lived not by direct legislation, out ihc'otnthny, M .
! m aa.'g' IN ooeration 10 Nebraska having relation 10 slavery.
m mel.y consi.ted of the old French laws, the laws oil me
r IT, Government Of Indiana, treaty sipu'atlons, anu
- g. eun,eme law Of the United Stntes, the Cons'i'utlTn
self: all Of which had been abrogated oy Inc aSs u - a' n.
Y UndoI snch circumstances and win such pfO'ec'ipn " "'
ornns,,v the STAKEHOLDER could have emlRiatca 70 Kansas oi
Nebrnstn " with none 10 make him afraid" Inc aoroeaeu
d charter CT his liberties would have sprung mo p, n,Me utH ,
enca for Inc maintenance OF his rights and 'he pnaan.nioP'
q S e manufacturer OF nut. megs. in changing his occupation,
d would have incurred o penalty which posture iaW o.uounteo
aaainst kidnappers Now, what dos9 thnt 'lsi'an' susIuIan
af Sonthern i,onor-that liberal dispenser 81 .ooulheLn
generosity that dexterous defender oil soulhelh tIs"'s, 'e
Hon. Mr.. Badger, propose 10 DOT He proposes, anu u s u
,ained nv q majority OF the Senate, 10 append 10 ,he ph u
clause by which its whole beneficial force, "a l1 d D me v
~ CONCERNED, is utterly destroyed. The Badger p,orIso Ge-
clares that no law which was 10 Gpet ,ba n,s sn o o' Of The Mis-.
sarri rca,ric,ion, either protecting or prohibiting slavery
sbsl he removed by the bill. 1t ia evident that ms piacss
thesa Territories precisely where Congress louna mem d, NC
.nes Of jls present session. Howl The laws
which have enumerated above, prior TO loZu p,o.eo.eu W, m
STAKEHOLDER in his property. A. tRat that llme = c..
| led them, ana also opcHu WV = -.
s,itmrIon as far as il affected slavery. Congrel'' now, III u-
n.ni,;oo Territorial Governments for Kansas and F6ofasSa'
EXPRESSLY declares that these repealed avs snn" noa y nc
vIye6 ia il not plain that the legislation Of io2o s1anos uh'
repealed? .,,.;.n ,,oo,,c,o NJ, Northern
Senator Introducing into The Senate OF Inc unl'ea MS t 10 a
L - ransaiInp the act and repudialing the principle OF the
Missouri Compromise, one universal feJoicing VEN u Hn"
the people OF the South. They REGARDED mr.. bIas 81 ~
cnnrssa "a heralding the advent of better Times, ana looked
y w. hi, hill ns aHording some evidence Of a returning sense
If inetica uoon the part of the North. Does the onI' as
amended, establish The doctrine OF hontln.e.vsmaU" Il ~
the contrary, II is an actual intervention by Congress iis
} in etiect' a re-enactmeut of the Missouri restriction rs a
continuing abolition Of slavery in these Ierri!oiies. i. ~
IsoisIa,io6 mon the subject, aud oEti.Std1ery legislation. No
} o.. susr oxisted in these Territories prohibiting slavery I'm.
Ill tho act Of 1920 was passed. Lava did, before mat peLl"o,
exist. protecting slavery. Congress now says that ihe laws
} 49, ~ Inc sLars2v shall not be revived. Is il not plain that
The intervening legislation Of 1920 not only STANDS untC.
pealed, but that it is re- affirmed Is it not plain maj i's IS
MT only intervention, bu, uncaNed for and Insulting inter
ysn,jon7 but" says Mr.. Clingman. Of North Carolina
q lhc true question to be met is this: Shall the territory De
left open 10 every citizen ct the unis.a o.a Wr,, w,m n,o ,%'
Constitution alone to cnntrol him, or shall me "lino' pfoF'
so stand on i'll" Let MIR. Miison answer him; +,
Either nn, ' # i: does "esI not. ihsn y saeFs IS 40 end TO inc aIgu:
ment. II, however, The Constitution does give snlS -
ton, then this constitutional protection 10 ellnes ucm - "a
be w%ilhdrawn by Congress, or such as canno. ? g hv ,n oci
nv Congress. Ii II Is ouch az may be Withdrawn oy an aS
or w Congress, then, if it was competent 10 Congress u. Will sth.n
d,aw il 10 1870, it is equally competent now IL say ~ i smu
o.,o,.d r. on the other hand, ibis conslituuohaI
nro,ection was such as could not be Withdrawn Dy Gungsess,
hen il was no, withdrawn by the act OF iSZo' Ts nave
ha L' r. MI along. The bill gives US nothing 10 aodiuon 10
what we had before. The pro'iso does cAac.y mnGe ~ f
Misoouri restriction did. If II leaves US 10 inc pto'eGuoh VI
,ho Constitution, II is because II canho. help IL; anu Ulese'
fore the net of 1920 also left US 10 the protccton u wv !"
ati,ution, because II could not help IT,. IL reVlves no 70" q
was extineuished by Congress- and II, unoet rue 1 p.eseo,
Hill the Constitution, which is the supreme law, VIII p'osee'
,Iovery. IL ia because this constitutional Plo'ee''ou "''
never c1,inguished BY Congress tho
tn show that the amendment MAKES NO chdnee w '9
r,oner construction of The bill, The continued opposition OF
the Northern people is cited as evidence: the true reason
bownver of that opposition, it it exists ht OIL, Is % % iouuu
In thr fac, that the North has already gained all .na sMe
aver asked. She has nothing more 10 expect rom any Inlei
fare,ce either with the acts Of 1920 or 1851, How stanos II
with the South Through "loug years Oh outrage, eS,umn!
and wrong" she has patiently submitted to Inc mosl wan.
,on vIoIetinp of her rights. Deceived into Inc oelel that
,he,s misnamed compromises were ultimately ~ euuII
IN her own good, she has neglected her interest," an"
forgor,cn her honor. With the sell. seeking traitor 10 het
ronncil chamber and the venal ~demagogue the fashlonet oi
No. nnhIic oniniou, che 'has been as one In suffering all mat
suffers nothing" Sho does not now ask damages Tor me
,,een,es which has been committed against her. she simply
der,nds n retrnctIon OF The Insult which mas been oieIca.-
She ,eks FIR the repeal of the Missouri restriction. aud Con
cress reneals il for her, by ~rea6rming it for Inc North. one
ssts ror an intervention, and Congress gives il TO Ter oy IN,
hnInn .foned for, the wrong will be perpetuatcd. Instead oil
heinz retrac,ed, the insult will be repeated. Instead OF ocing
asserted. The principle will DO violated. How happens It that
, Southern Senators and representatives voted Tor SUCH a onl!
nIb.n ,rT buu ND your ten men," In honoring the memory
of Patrick Henry we'll did another illusirious Son OF Vlrei'
mia exclaim. "Oh for that warning voice but the dead near
no,-,he living heed not, and that uhich our fathers died 10
apeyt, zoe ipe and bear :! hENO.
ASEpANpRlA, Va, April Is, leo4.
From the New Orleans Delta Of April ILL.,
THE MYSTERIOUS MUSKETS
Nv f., the most exciting question now before the Amcri-
,on noonle refers 10 the disposition and whereabouts Of thosu