Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-30

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10 TIE Editors 81 tac Enquirer
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Dear Sirs:--Thc proceedings ri I'll" SyrS'""
Shell Convention are calculated t" execute INV
fearful torehoiiugs in the minds "t the A"'e.' !,
trirt. Ii they are practically ra'r''' INV
| vision OF the Union is inevitable. Liam,
Altar ,b ;nf,,nous treason oi the Van bnr'h '"tN
- 1918 I'm, D,mocracv committed great "','"
,.rmit,iny that unprincplei faction 10 Pa''''i' =,
| 49, ,,;h.r.,;,,s ,f IN, Baltimore ConVe"'''"
| 300 ,,,r hovsx.r. i, formally and solemn! '"'
-cr,ca ~ tho Platform then and there e'e.'e''
| ~. ,h. nav covenant It WAS I'M
.;.rs,ou ma if its allegiance to the party "n'en
| =, , him, il. confidence, had never been
/ h.ainw ttln
violated. The Convention 'ncons'aera'o''' 30 :,
,o,p,bc tolers;c, its coalescence, ana ''"' p'">''
n.vouI the power Of Con. Pierce 10 u'se'iu''''"''
,or.v 10 the be,tuwal OF governmental OFFICES VIZ.
, rroy;nc himself recreant TO his tr'ists. lie JUL
i,s, acted upon the principle that there shou'u o'
an .,i,rds" no "Solts in the Democratic party nc
,.s,Iyed TO regard each as patriots. until the one OF
rho other manifested itself tratorous; and II e'ther
should prov. itself insincere, that slhceri'y sn'"'d
not seek for M excuse in Executive partia''y'-
While aui not the champion OF the PRESIDENT a'n
irse TO say that in the matter Of the New lnrN Up
,o;ntmen,s he acted under rs conscientious scr"p'o'
AZ ever animated human breast The poltlcal 'uf'
utu. OF the assembly that adopted tho Frec'So'i TO-
.,lu,i,n offered bv Van Buren, the younger proves
how unworthy the "Sotts" were OF his eker'lo"s ~
.,;,l ,h, frn tbe Injustice of the lizards" His
,o,icy beucsorth is IN uninstakable one, II ne ue
signed to stand erect, aud do not, tor mo''en''
loubt, upon the Platform which lie accepted. he
must either be boldly consistent or sne8kllSiy IN
consstent-fearlessly defending the Constitution all"
is compromises or cover,ly administering TO the de-
noralixatiou of uuscrupulous disorganzers lie
must dismiss from biz confidence and from Inc SER
vice of the country all who aid abct or countenahce'
directly or Indirectly, FreeSo consprators, or Free
soil couspiraces. The "Augean stable must oe
,lesnsed. Never was il 80 filthy before. The Ma
,ional Executive cannot embrace enemies to the Ma
iona integrity without making itself party t" their
criminal purposes. There is Union 10 save, in
stead of evil plotters in measures which, II perfected
would eventuate in It's overthrow, TO elevate. Inc
Nebraska Act raised the issue. Ii is notorious It
tbo - n1,Q r.
net with the cordial and, may 90 farther and say
rdent support Of the Executive Its failure would nave
o.e, deemed by the President signal adulln'sra
lion failure Itinvolved q great pr!ncIp!e-iar great
- ,h.n anv involyed in the differences between the
Id nsrties. 1t Involved a Republics existence
and the right Of citizens to selt-goSernment' II
ropld have been as incxcusab!e III Mr. JEFFERSON
IN have made john Adams one OF his Iao'het
o,Bcers or Mr.. Madison, Timothy Pickering US 1t
v,r,J Iva for General Pierce to retain any
,,a :, tbs enolnyin.n, Of the country who did
-. -.,lou,Jv co- onsr1.e ruth hin IN carrying ont
md o,puluri.iag the po"isoaS Of the at rfefe" 10
In the Language Of Divinity Is t'o peculiar
character nj the position OF a;lars-he should boldly
proclaim to all concerned, from his ohcla' c''a"oe''
us ,be, j. not with me ia against me-; aud no that
,athereth not scattereth.
rhcro are Distinguished fuuctlonaries VINO oohsae'
bc Nebraska Act nntortnnat'-that 1t was JUST Pf'
D. hut ,ndl-aprop1s. A statesman VINO "ouiu ihaSo
,uch mn asserton-no statesmaa VINO hau "o' oee"
,chooI-d in political trickery would make thought
n be snt into the darkest recesses Of perpetual ~
.irement. All that is right in politics is ever efea'-
ant That standard of morals which IS not thus estao
i,hed is dsreputablc to independent nations. ron
.;cans who have but solitary ldea-the ldea OF en-
.,v;ny the contents of the "Fesh Pots"-nay cons-
lar r;-h "a a thug to be banded about As child
ioes a sLuttocock bat the patriot statesman ever
regards the sustenance Of it "a "Lsde" for his coun-
wv. honor and interest II the Mis.oari compro-
Mise wa, false 10 principlccon,rary in spirit ana IN
tent to the compact which united the States-its OK
stence on our statute book was national disgrace
and EYpEpIEScr, as we'll Us RIGHT empil"tcaily de-
handed it's repeal.
Tho Missouri Compromise, in its operations, WAS
nothing less than Acknowledgement of the South
Il was geographical circumscription OF the nsti'u-
lion of slavery Designed TO hem it in and evenluahy
| abrovate it, This was not its only enormity' IL
warred against the principles OF sei-goVerhnehl anu
prohibited practical popular territorial sovereignty
Beyond its line of designation no territory was a
liberty to adopt constitution suited to lts interests
40 fr IA related TO slavery. Autocrutic like, II bound
The people to form of government which 'hey nAo
no share in arranging. Its features were as revolt
ug 20 our national system its principles were hos
lilo to the constitution 1t was as an-repuoican a'
The most dcspotic decree of the most unrestraihea
monarch.
In the instance Of the disposal of the Northwest
ern territory to tho free States prior to the adoption
1 If the constitution, VirGinins magnanmity was
mistake. Sho yielded principlc-a principle mere
y-when she consented 10 the ordinance that "invol
uptary gervtude" should not exist within it's lnlta
| This ordinance was contaminated through the inhu
euce which Col WIN. G.ayson exercised IN the ION
tncnta Congress and in his native State 1t was siren
| uously resisted, and Mr.. Monroe used to say--wh
WAS one of his colleagues at the time that II wa
owing to the popularity and act OF Col GraySon Inn
:, wus carried against tho odds which it had 10 con
tend with. The population of the West, and III
| ,opscou.nt dimuutiun Of the strength Of the North
ne conceived to DO the true policy of the South ii
is clearly interest" as he asserted 10 TAP Ill
Northern hive and draw oil the bees and settle then
bsyoud the mountains There was one condition III IN
adjustment, of the lnaerwhich the New England S'ae
most strenuously urged and which he ana Mr. Mohro
II. strenuously and successfully resisted twas tina
| avery acrc Of land in township brought into maj
Ike, should be disposed Of before new township wa
advertised for sale. Tho object was obviously to pre-
vent emigration and Col. Benton in his speech upo
Foote's celebrated resolution OF 1884, stated that til
nation owed debt OF gratitude to thoae two patriot
for defeating the measure that could never rc-pa,
| The balance of mower, then, now, was para
mount consideration il iaukcedou, to be use'
whom sufficiently formidable, for the suoversion {
slavery.
To the restoration of the Missouri Compromises t
,bs renpal of tho Sshrsska Act; to the rejection