Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-06
~" ERFtL LETTER FROM TIE HON. II.
a. nr,.rH ~ r9E 10 TIE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
MILLING IN NEW YORK.
ONLY, NEAR OyAScoCK, /
Thursday, October IL, 1865.


HE%I sHf!;:--l gratefully acknowledge yours Of
the i"th' p"St-iharksd the 9th, ani regret that it il
hot IN NY power to accept your invitation to attend
ana Address mass meeting "f rEu National Demo
rrh'!c party OF IRE Ciy md County of New York at
the metropolitan Theatre On Muniav lie gsd inst
Taa situation "f my family i. such that cannot
lrnve home before some tne after the I'D instant,
aud could mt, from the date of receiving your let
ter, reach New York by that LAY in persou but |
give y"m tervru and would gladly makeit M ef
l-ruai, respnnT'.
have carefully nrrInined The platform which you
inrl"Scd al you late Convention, h-li n. Weii;ng
Ilnli i'll the t:iy nf Syrarusr. August 23 lS,5 and
hai! :hc National Democracy OF New York us brctl.
rem worthy 10 be accredited III ta,h and accepted in
irlion ship by every patriot iii the and You arr a-
t"nai, not in the scnsc oi consolidation, but in tho
constitutional seusc yuu are national opposed to
exclusive and sectional; and you are national, not
Ike iils party of "ehony and topaz not like the
'llght-housus in the skies oi rhe younger Adama in
1873, nor like the "iuslDn OF confusion party in these
days uf later ..sts:' not National Republican," but
you ar. National Demucratc.' You assert your asv"-
tod tn the CONSTITUTIONS; rcindursr. III theory ami
practice. the resolutions nt the Democratic National
Conventions of 1913 and 1852, and you obey the les
son oi the taher- by recurring to fruGnty aud eco
uo!ny and to all "thc fundamental priucp u! free
government in The administration Of public AFFAIR."
In all these heartily concur, and unite still further
with you upon the doctrine Ot State Rights aud strict
construction Of The Constitution rs applied 20 all
questions, ana particularly ~ domestic Stnte ques
iI"Ii> and the principle "f Enn-ntorrent"n by Con
.,r->-, not ~ deprive States nt their sovereign
rights. individuals Of their private right ana the
people of The fcrrtorir, "f their Just and natural po
lItral ppwrrs
The CONSTITUTIONS an'l not any temporary and tenn
p"rizlns compromise statute, IL the true and only
standard at NATIONAL right. The Constitution, in it-
strict sense, and not according u the audma,aii
construction OF loose trra majority; the Consti-
tuion, which luavc~ all powers M; expressly granted
where II found thrn the reserved rights of the sovc-
reign States; the Constitution, which created certain
federal rratuIs and rights nt private c!t:Zrn- ainnn,
the most nportunt of which is perfect equality be-
tween c!tiHrr> "i thu respective States on the COM
mon rruUls %! federal uriSdictl"ll perfect comfy
between the cilHcEs of State nnd State, and common
property between them in the national domain aud
dominion: the Constitution is tho law Jf our C"m!rdc
r,y. IL is no rsprcirr ~ PERSONS; IL hollis all alike,
and equally under its protecting guardianship wller-
i: applies. IL pr:r, not into vnEr private posses
SION. nor INTO mine. Ii knows not whether You own
one s"C!rs Ut property ar another. !, recognizes us
only citizens ut cu-cqua! State suvrreisntI'-, vino
are cuutcicrri under iis shield, and il provides pro-
,rc;u for Whatever right belongs Ia either of on
grnund which belongs 10 both. The Mere municipal
the Congress cannot deprive States nid
their ci;ILs Of this rqualty, thas comfy, and th,
common property Of ti!r Cunttlrrucy.
II Won may go 10 the con,nun Territory with what
is rgGtfulv yuu!a in New York, | may meet ynr
there with what, il lawfully mine III Virginia.
Congress !ray III" say Tint shall not migrate with
,lnye property umd hu!l there for II they may say
;huf, they may, in like manner, say that YOU shall not
20 ;hcg. with horses and household gvndS. an'! h"
:hrn and if t!ty may dcclnre aSnlnst tIe right "i
. llrr, they may invade allcnnbe rights, and enact
lawa not within Ihe competency of icgIs!atioE.
The sovereign net ot defining what shall and what
-halI not be tcnMbIr property by the czen, can b.
determined only By the conventional power u! iEt
,rn,l,. forming organic luw-a Constitution changing
inf, o. ltw
.utn being, II" power upon earth can lawfully deprive
ynn of Your horses and household goods, ur me ot my
,nvr kn!-as, unless the private property be taken
tnr public with just compensation. Aud, gentle
men, vuu .rv lruy "that the pe;.cr aud quiet "i the
coul.rv demand that it should he let TO The people os
the Territories I'D determine for Themselves, what
their Constitution uf G""rruIGnt shall b., not only
T., srccr 10 s.avrry blt every other local question"
TE. pub;ic peace i, ,n!.u.-srrl by this "drsturbr
subject" IL il q Practical Question OF right. and
threatens TO b. one Of force Force. has already been
y,rr.d ui the border" and in Tie ilce ol this dan
yer t,rrr i. al organized Fusion which must, II
persisted III, compel resort To arm! In order ~ res
evil spirits, cunbed ia rGpca the kinsrs- eorisk
DOR TO lsiy-2J ,hc Constitution regned suprem.
on this subject. II was then Invaded by repe!lab!e'
,,,r,inl sectional statute called the Missouri Com
uru,ni,r. I, the fr-t separation ot the States"
first seclioei the country like survey OF tue pub''
leud,-i; fr-t said TO the people the dividing Language
o: Lui oiri Abrnlaln-t" some go Norm. 10 s"he
from South more in fe.lli. tbaI III iic; Du II h"'
make geographical drnarCnou--h line oi ln'ituhr
i!. boundary OF legal limitations md dcter!nillc hul
what Was constitutional on one sde oi H. siouiu oe
III; constitutional on the other side "t NJ No. saio i's
friends NJ the time Of It's passage It leaves slavery u
h. Governed by the Law Of climate. II is climate
re- not territorial or sectional line. II means 10 "ol-
low ,uturr" to let Jacl; Frost be king ot the sub
i.ct ~ slavery WAS profitable South, and as frost
pinhcd ue-ro+ toes unt fingers too sharp north OF
:s 81 for It be profitable there The question never
.Euuld br raised con slavery anUff nor pro-sIaTer
,nr,b oi thai line of !ntitur Well, admitting this I"
he n more consistent and rational construction "i
The. a,recIfrut to GisGGrH, did the lanalics oi III
sinn" 81 nbde it, Never In every phHse ol thr
C,rnmisr, first and last they bnr" broken lie lei
ter and spirit lncassantly they nave fn,ra ,Ie W.
ZION con slavery South Gnd H"ith, t.aSt ana W ts'
ey.rywhrre. n the Stat,= aiI Territories and us
trict in tie InGn country Oh the trn" IN fransltn or
tween States Districts aud Territories on 'he ecihS
t.u nl territory the nrcnIi iaii"h ana hilSSi"h o
S,utcs into the Union questions "i peace ana var
r;.r where always III s'a'" Rlio niit o season
th., have raised the question against slavery, UNI
thry hnvt on various "c"n~l"nl, nehry raised The
ycrv demon of civil "aG aud ilsunIon: lhry hnV'
horhurrd English rniSsarir-, raised foreign luudS
welded nssnriutrd Influence ana raPItal; "e"rieu
CnnTrr,. with petitions latigurd the public mind
.;,L r,nnronis:a ti!rd il with rerllIng and abuse;
urr.s pulpit prrachrr, teacler. run under
rrnund nil roads. spirited away runnwavs; have sal'
Trrl LronI,u. tales oi holy horrors; painted oh INC
.!ayr .c..nrs. written l"g-cah'n movers; itrtnrri'
tou;,rI ru,cd until they have made us a dIri"d P"o
I. mill they have cui thr continent III two by line
ri h,rLrr trud-: until they have separated ouI
cLprches act us apart sociuy, 1t the watering and
other places and until they have engrhdrrtl sec
ounl artnguliisn more becoming rnrnirs III n"stilt
army tben tolerant nrghbors cvr much less unItcd
of one Iather-children al com
mon, country the only children the Father of that
country ever had, whose farewell Is still our warning
Within the yrar have stood on The rock ot Po;
Pheasant overlooking the grnrr 0i tnrnStalk. th'
battle Ground between the lnulah ann 'nc i'o"S
EniE.. i,ttrnrI bv the blood of the conquest where
Lv Virriuia secured the eminent domain nt the wh0it
Northwest Territory. There before spread o"t iha
vast domain, now giant group "i cVhZra S"'rlr,S"
ties empires Of power, compact i"r VI Hte ''n'
Who made. them free Stntcs ih'r Ih"ur' H'"''
S,,,. virriuiu bv her deed of c,sSinn on her owl
cnud;,i,ps With n ibrrulity large as Il love "i cont
Mental rnuutry, m.,ir Ohio AMI her sisters OF I'D,
N,,,hwrst Territory free States. Her. was u" IL
. pr,vi-n IL was whole aud entire grant II
f.rtnm the first ever nHir upon thril ihe u, "n'
mad. h.tnre the Constitution Of The United StHte
W.T.. formed After '.n lrre perfect Union was form
ed :, uyr,nancnt uniform, UNIVERSAL organic Ia" U"
,,,, T., rci,,u II lett the domestic institutions WIZ
the States. Ii defines the only cases Wnere ti'
Federal authority can intervene. tine Oh tle r"Sf
is t,nt ,,t n .nyr nyl:. riUi Uc iN"t- i'' "'"'' '"
hill IL. r,sturpt tu his master. Bv uouDlc iri u"
laws Federal and State, 10y con-thn'i"ha' anu y:
statute laws, the master may reclaim l'n, anu n' Sr'
,,.ur.mru though thus fortified bv laws of%",'T "'
i';,i.,i,., St,tr nud Federal, might as well have
- .hn"sand dollar. floating on chip i'll the OHIO river
rs to own slave worth TINT sum % on III" ,n TGI" I mn
r';,,nI rLa very free soil which Virginia hrat con con
srrI",rd , Oh the continents mad" the underground i'
t.,. rnil ruads -: her runaway - -
c,n,,,n.u. Mr.. Webster once asked group
,. 'na,rI.rs of Congress, of whom wis one
%, w,,b m e~ct can forget: shall your emu
dn be alien, to my children. shall my cErTn Rna;nns,
,'e..I ..,;n,.ir,inr" u about aliens and foreign III
nrncr "-k the lsnsuIe Of Scripture mHG 70,
"nr brnrhcr' Shnll Obi" be alien AMI enemy i" u
Sh,niI Ohn ,. thu lnni a; r'tHse from her ino
S''"S' s.was il Tor ,hs that the northwest WA
crI..Iit.,nt oh" made prrp%'uay tree ?y IL
,;i1 B.i-r bitter reflections for n ''I-i"in S''I
,,-,nd IT .rhn; NJ. mother State has Gone log ",r'
p' pp"S union Iln"ko,. up and d"wm the ONO ana NJ
vuwLa river val-:s aud saw ID. rc"tst sp. al. Al.
,nin,r;.-ti.e NEST beautiful lcuts i'aveeVnr hn""
=" ~. sun IN sSi.e upnL. ~ hchvcu's cc"7 to "a'e