Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-09-01
A VOICE FROM THE WEST.

A VOICE FROM HE NrSA.
4 Democrat, writing 10 Us from Indiana, says: III
is a settled opinion If rL!c patriotic Democracy he.'
that there orc now AMY twu parties, the Democratic
and the Northern AboIiti6nists, the latter coihfoscuoi
Radical Temperance men !those i'll favor 1.-THE Name
liquor law) Know Workings, aud the .Alil-NcDr"Ska
lis These urc nil c~unilI.lrd together 10 Hssull and
,,cr,hrovv rho Dr~mncriry."t this State, and 10 my sor-
r,w uu,r state that | hel,|vc that they will give the
Democracy u tight huttIe, The pulpit Of the Episcopal
Church j. ,IcsccraIcI tn political discussion. The min
i.,c,s If ,ha; Church have laid aside prcaclingthe Cos
prL, and wuikcdiu;n tho arena al The present contest 1
Luye heard some ct the most able Ministers say t!ih'
th. "Nebraska bill was unrigltcous, unloiy, ul'
ous,itu,i,rnl and Il damnublc Jaw, and Il law against
cod" and further, THAT they believed that all the
supporters and advocates of the bill were sure OF
the punishmcnts Of an offended God, and that their
soul, woulh be launched TO the eternal confines oi II
dark seated hell
..You probably can draw all inference from these
Sims. how the political affairs Of this State stand at
present"
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS CONVENTION
-THIRp DAY, August p, lS54.-Thc first thing lh'
morning was u motion by DIR. Patrick, requesting
Mr.. Segar to firnish the Secretary with n copy "l Ills
snecch for publication, which was UNANIMOUSLY ADOPT
cd. .
n. NcC,py,s of Cabcll, then offered Il series of
rosni,,,;nns which he accompanied with q speech, IN
which he declared that the South SIDE oil James hi'eI
had not been treated Justly, and that that Sect,o, VI
Virginia being friendly 10 the C"vinston una on.o
Kali Road, the Convention oWcu II, III J"S!,' w.
srIf as well as TO the people of the South side, 10 be
more liberal towards them tn ian II had been. In Of
tcrinp his resolutions, he declared II 10 be Ills onJcGt
To obtain from the Convention an expression Oh icci-
inc more calculated than any thing IL had YET DONE "a
cOnciliatc the South side.
JI... r..,In,inus were four in number is follows:
lst, Resolved, That We deplnr" nl uniricndIy ri'ai-
nv between the Central Rail k"ad a'' tHs 'HIi-
in and Tennessee Rail Road IN relation Il" ticir re-
spcrtive contemplated connections Win '"c '"''
River. .,d Mi,
Rail EnnI, ". regard the fricndS Of the Virginia and
Tennessee Rail Road and the friends OF inc ' usil'
Central Rail Road as alike our natlrai n'l.cs uh.' cup
por;crs, and look with equal hope to inc sPecuS com-
ri. ton OF the two great schemes Tor connecting
The Valley of the Mississippi with the Atlantic-as
well that ON the SoaH Us on the .Norh side ol jules
River. ..rp,n.oI
3rI, Ths, tLe best interests of the Central Railroad,
rho Njroinia and Tennessee Railroad. me NuIi"iN una
Petersburg Railroad, and the NnuthS,ue Aanto"' =.
ntire tina, the Covington and Ohio Railroad, ana the
rron,s,.I connection with the Virginia ana tennessee
Raiirnnd should be completed ~ IL" earliest pI3clirn'
Bile moment; and tina, 10 effect this purpose every c-
fort should be made 10y the friends oil all The interests
concerned, in d spirit at Cancellation, Ia compromise
nuy III ff,r,rcr, of opinion or conflicts nj interest that
may he supposed TO exist, and that we, ~ TRENDS oi
IN. CovinGton and Ohio Railroad. are prepared III
such spiri, 10 use our best cndeavOrs III the Lesi5la-
;urc and elsewhere IN effect such compromise OH irril'
fair. honorable and beneficial To all c"ncrrilco.
9Th. That for the purpose Of harin"nizins the "lili-
ion and action of the friends nj the various schemes
oi INTERIM! improvement III The state We c"rdiai'y
approve OF the Convention proposed To ne h"io"h 81
Norfolk in November next. and recommend 10 al tne
cities and counties of the State the ~proprietv OF send
ing delegates 10 that Convention, where all can De
heard and the interests of al consulted.
Mr.. McCUMAs advocated his rrsolutiHnH nj coisii-
crabI. length. His maln argument WAS thht H' !hr
Sorrh side was represented III III" tunNclii!"a Il"
very limited extent. III" matters NJ issue between Inc
North sil. and the South sid" should bc rcirrrr'! IN
another Convention where all would rc represented
He assumed that no good COULD com" "i i!hiS '"lNr''-
ZION because all sides were iWt represented ana en-
p!ovc,l language IN his remarks which lnN"iNr' GER
SIRE Of the friends al the C"vrnst"n and ON" hal
road Tor ilr uhsrncc Of III" representatives from Inc
South west and South side.
Mr.. G. y. JoHxSoS. al Richmond replied 1" Mr..
McCumas, ron;endins tina; the C"iivrniinii' III ne re-
SOLUTION, il had adopted, had expressed The kliIdeSt
and most liberal feeling towards al! the improvements
of the STATE. They could not go further without pi"'
cling some ofihcsc improvements more prominent ih"'i
the Covington and Ohio lsailroad, niid ne li!lngihcd
,lint could no, br expected of them. Mr.. johnson
din nor know what more the Convention could 10
than they had already done Ia meet the "riG!'ai '"il
for the Convention, a. ~; forth III me rr>ui''i"hN III
Kannwhd. except 20 advise the call "l an iAiT' Sc
SION. wLi.i, lac believed The Convention were hearty
nn",;n,mIJy Of npiuinn they should not 40. The
views Of Kanayyha Oh His point had not beer! r'SpnH-
dc,i to bv either c"Un;!'s. AMI II would be- hi=hi! i'J"-
Liriuus ir the Convention - recommend an fA'rh
Session. II w0ud be- against Tie pHoDc sentiment;
and il would bring "Itun upon 'ir '%F'nE'"' n''
Ohio Railroad, hv making that bear the burthen "t 40
unporular Il recommendations. II W"N!d sthiti IL '"'
attitude ri cspuusimg u measure u'!suu. III 'ir "'!era'
.s,;rne,ion. willie they would he unalded 10y any "th'
or Internal improvement. AMI bitterly opposed ny iic
anti-intcrnal Improvement purity. III" was sure tii-
Convention would do no suc.i thing.
With regard to b" absence OF III" south anu south
west, Mr.. J. curlcui,"i tina. il was rot the fault "i ilr
Convention. The terms III The invitation I" me ION
yeution included IT," trt"H6> n ne f";i"gfJ" a."
Dhm RAT Roai. wherever they wGrc. and The s'a%'
ing away was certainly no proof ~ irIrlIds!'ip 10 t.ie
road. Ii friends ii tributaries an! bra!irhcs -! ms
great scheme remained awRy-r"iuS"I 10 takr par! III
his C,uycn:iun-j, wnS their fault. nh regard IL
onrr,yir,- the Nuytn!k Convention anil aiv!sIr. "i:f
friends H. 90 there. Mr.. johnson preferred 10 leave
tint matter IL IL" ,""p!c III iii" c"nl''i'H' 'HPcria't IL
those mainly instrumental III Getting up that I "iIvcil'
ton had voluntarily ahrcG;cd themselves from 'l'S'-
Besides, there had been II" t!iI''"h 'i'Ie ui,n 1t"
measure proposc!-,llis Convention hal been harino'
Mons and united in what il had done. anu Mr.. j. shw
npthin. ;n refer to amy future Cnnrcntinti.
Mr.. WARD. the Senator tr"lA Logan district r"n'in'
ucG the debate. He put:rtrnycd the diliicuities "i Oh,
tanning large appropriations Tor lie C"Hln:i"i ana
Ohio Rail k.ui, and curtcnicd that il was Important
tina; the vote ni the Snuth-Sidr should he c"!IcIlhtrd,
ur that vote would be- bestowed upon schemes III an
t,.rrui sections OF the State by way -! COMPENSATED
inr nouc a.ains: the Cuvlng;mn and Ohin Kan
Enof Mr.. ", seemed To have IL vivid llcn of scuc
horrible loc-roling ,ha; would b" carried al! GS'.h''
the Cuvin.,ou and Ohio Rail Road; hu; either 10y
got that the friends of that Improvements would De- ~
the same arena aud not wiih"ni power. or regarded
them ton vir;uuus to employ It "s J." supposed the
Sou,l,-Sidc would q CONCLUSION certainly not c"nPI1,
1nentarv to the South-Side people whom he expressed
such q desire Ia Cunciliatc. Mr.. W " ideas ahohs liz:
difficulties in the way ri the t"''I@ion K"aI were
uccnliar. lie avowcd his warin friendship Tor The m
irr,y,mcnt while magnifying it. difficulties 10 such n
dtecree Thar were they real, every one would despair
of lis success. He exhibited n decidedly despoidinC
t.mpcr; one we are inclined 10 attribute 10 that had
health he complained of, aud winch he offered n nh
excuse for his limited reading ra,Arr thaii u VI ID
sun.rsLlc obstacles in the way ri the great W"ik.
In the course of Mr.. Waril speech, he alluded rs
hoI Mr.. McConGs To what took place III committee
ut twcliiv-onc. stating TIA; n Very h'i!c rCpoI! '"l VII
Eu.;uccr Fisk was presented I" mat c"iiial''er' "Hu
that il contained Scmc uugaihti'i" tfhds az" M"'
therefore not reported by the committee I" ne '"'i'
v.u;inu. THE portions nf the report objected {" ~
some members 81 III" committee, 1t Is tl'icFS'"oc'
were ii-lIly favorable 10 TIE cHnni-rescniiiis me
immense advantage nt cana. tILiii p"rthtl"l u al w
-umrn; in :uyor of completing tn" rnll road tn Gov
ingion. Those who objected tnii did 81, II was snid'
hecaIse they deemed the contrast 10" ahia'oFaoie ~
rail rnads.
DR.. JoRp"S 81 Lexington, rose amidst calls foI
"Riyrs,' and obtaining the ii""r. mnde 4 speech
COMPLAINING earnestly Of evidences OF neglect when
ne ALLEGED had been exhibited hy the chnir towards
the Nal,cv, and especially towards R"ckbridsr. Inc
Doctor is q plain, blunt iran. ana made his charges
40 tiaily that the President wHs wrought. NJ /" a like