Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-13

~hch usually adopted by tho convcn,ons OF part,
power and anxious to remain there. They do not sb
Judgment Of its friends 10 this State the Administration
did avery wrong thing when they made themselves re-
sponsible for the repeal Of the hssouri compromise.
"This resolution 10 equivalent Invitation to the
people Of every Congressional and Assembly district 10
The State TO choose members this fall be prepared
TO Whatever influence they may acquire prevent
Of every representative In Congress and every public OH
Ger Who shares any OF the responsibility OF IL and it
highly hAtterug though indirect commeudation Of those
who bad the courage and the good sense to resist It,
But humiiatng the adoption Of these resolutions
must 70 those who advised and voted for the Nebraska
BILL they appear to have short Of expressing the
sense Of very numerous and influential rortiou oil the
Convention. Preston King, who has represented the
st. Lawrence district for twelve years at diff
fereut times 10 Congress- aud who Is OF the purest
and wsest statesmen In tho country felt compelled TO
retro from the Convention because In his Judgment
ei, condemnation Of the Nebraska bill too gentle Mr.
Mann also left, at later stage Of the proceedings, for
similar Dorsheimer, the honest old postmaster
Buffalo, declined have his called in Conven.
ton which could speak in such moderate terms OF the
Nebraska business Mr. Cochrsne, personal friend Of
President Pierce aud the incumbent OF lucrative federal
office 10 this city, did not hesitate to declare that he
stood upon the platform Of free SOIL speech, and free
that times charge, change sih them, but prn
c'plcs change never. This remark, coming from one
who saw about him so who had fought and oed be-
side him 10 lS4S, and who then and there iusrs-
ting the truth Of at least portion OF his apothegm Is
said to have produced profound sensation We are not
surprised that IL did. Even Nc. Westbrook, tho enter
prisng young Congressman from Kingston, who accom-
modaed his views upon the Nebraska Ill to the exgen
eies Of the atiou aud who subsequently,
candidate for office In this city which he did not get,
came out boldly and declared just the Convention
about TO adournfhI. when he voted for the Nebraska bill
he thought he voting in favor Of freedom, free labor
and free men,. II he had known the real state Of the
land that John McKeon be District Attorney
he leaves infer that he would have the bills
where before he would have voted for IL.
IAN these facts to show that the cause Of freedom Is
looking up in this State and that when to call
the roll of delegates elected the Legislature aud
Congress there Is prospect than average crop OF
honest men,"
"7Ae cause Of freedom is booking up" in the State
Of New York, the Post tells US, and we are to
understand that this result ia brought about by that
wing of the Democratic party pampered by the Ad-
minstration with the spols Of Office. Mr.. John
Cochran, "a personal friend of President Pierce, and
the incumbent Of lucrative federal office" in the
State Of New York, does not hesitate to declare
that he stands upon the platform Of free SOIL free
speech and free men, yet Mr. Cochran is retained by
the Administration in lucrative federal office Here
subjects for the Indignation of of our South
ern journals. We trust they will not escape their
attention while commenting so Indignantly upon the
curse Of the Northern Wings.
THk orrRlax AT NKwARK.-Au examination has been
MADE into THIS affair before Coronere Jury, the result
OF which is thus stated by the Newark Advertiser:
1.-THE last two Witnesses sworn a teacher at the
Wesleyan Institute aud the other young German-gay
explicit testimony that the riot commenced BY an a.
sault the procession while moving along peace
fully by stone thrown from the crowd in Shpman street
and attack upon the Henry Clay banner There was
evidence that stones pistol shots originally
from the church The testimony the death Of Nc
Carthy exceedingly vague aud unsatisfactory and il still
remains mystery both whence tho fatal shot
and who threw the first stone"
The Advertiser OF Friday afternoon has q further
notice.
1.-THE late riots still. the subject Of genral conversation
though the warmth Of excitement appears have
1t is due to the Catholics who were charged by
the current rumors Of the time with having made the
FIRST attack, to say that the testimony does not sustain
the charge and there is legal evidence that they we're
all implicated ia the disturbance while wa. clearly
shown that ofhose who formed the were
armed aud discharged their WEAPONS In the air be-
ing apparently predsposed for a disturbance.
ut is due to city to that the procession
was composed almost entirely of foreigners and resd ents
o. other cities who certainly have manifested
spirit which Protestant Christians will hardly feel willing
to endorse"
COMMODORE PERRY.-The editor of the Nav yorl Io,