Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-01
HOISTED BY Ills OWN pETARD


lIOlSrED By HIS OWN pETARD
i DOCUMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC SPEIKERS
For any assIsance the Wig may render us ln III is
canvass, we nre prepared tn make courteous ackno-
.dgment, without infuirin: whether the good uili.e
be the involuntary service Of blundcrinr policy
In this generous temper accept the leading cIo.
rial in the Wig Of Friday last, IA supplying the
most conclusive and ncUnrsable testimony TO tl.
souudness of the Democratic candidate for tn. Pres
dency. This is the article italics aud all Just as it
appears in the columns ol the Wig:
From the Richmond WEig Jun. ~ ls5jl
OLp BUCK = RECORD The record ut Old Buck
being II munSrous speck!cd one, We had rs well To-
day. in order To put our reader pos-eSsiun u some
of ia material points devote our space TO their M b.
lcatiun The CANVASS is just commencing in earnest
and il is proper 10 let the Fillmore electors and ora
tors know something OF the history of the Democratic
uominee-u who has been on all sides of .ery
question, and who IN hi- whole career, has exhibited
only wcakness aud vacla;iun. We, therefore, give
place 10 the following extract Of speech made by
Mr.. Buchanan in Washington, in October, lSlS-iust
nfcr the S,ate elections in Pennsylvania, nj which
the Democrats sustained a signal defeat. We call
particular atteation 10 the portions i;alicsed; and
should like 10 be Informed on what grounds Mr. Bgc
hanHn IL sustained as an advocate Of the ConsIitu
tiunal rights of the South. The speech of his from
which We here extract is not of an old date but
delivered only seven years ago, when he was near :
sixty years Oi age Tile question is-anl we put il Ia
our Southern DrInOCrats-dOes e still hold the same
opinions nov that he did in 1918! II not where is
the evidence Of his having changed them But here
is the extract referred To:
"The WhS party. at The present moment calculate
"upon carrying Pennsylvania by division in the
"DrnOcratlc party III regard 10 the question OF lave
"ry in our new territories. In this expectation, am
Convinced they will be disappointed Drm0cra,;
"~M nrrrr djand0! Hctr pr'ncdp'eS ~Hd tie cIHd'.
"da'rs oJ Mr~ Pl"iy mo2I Il qneStt0" m rIy TRANSIENT
",a HS H0'Vr". 0Hd ch,rA. NJ mdttsr hpw may b.
"dsr'd'd by CIHYr's$ c"n n'r@r profi'" any P"r'
"lscni r.st-lp Hrr'r. ~ I,ju, nj t1"' 'Htr0'!H"a
"si0rcry intO cHhsr CDttt0rH,u 0r -N"~ " .r'rn.
"ror my own part, ,a're than year a.u, in pub.
"iishcd letter to B.rk' county strongly recommend
"rd the setiempnt pt this question ~ the ancient b:-
isis OF the Missouri Compromise. | believed thea
"tat this would best promote tho peace ani ha:.n1
"uy -: the Iuun ant have since s""ii Il" r!u-''
ITO chgLse my opinion. Although still prefer this
"Compro,n;sc Vet should not object 10 tbs CoinPro-
led the Senate it, La. sessiun. leaving the whole
".u,.ct of slavery in the territories 10 b. d-ci
"drd question of constitutional law by tile 81
"prem. Cour; Of The United States.
III nave said this question il III II. nature transient
[u California il must b. finally decide in brief p'
''rind by the authority from which, under our Con
'siituiiJn there can ne no appeal All admit 'lit lli%
"peupc Of that territory, wHES ASSEMBLED ~ Co.'S
"sEss THE SOLE, THE EXCLUSIVE POWER 70 DETER
MINE WHETHER SLAVERY SHALL Or sH,LL Sur ~
"Isr wITIIS irs LiHr'; ani tie tide ut p'pu!ai,ni
.nrw lluwIns .n:n IL iuy usties the belief i!ia Cal
'itornia will b. acimtud rs State mic the th."n
'dur!ug the mex. Congress.
.Bul what will he the condition of California during
"ilir brct intervening, pe:ot! I|hH E' 'c3nr'd u
from r'ce 'sgS ''T tsrr""rB, h''h :" "% amt ~
'tt 0ad FREE m'iS rrH!a,", "nLcSS rs present c"M'
"IH.Gn >!GH IL, chnaeCd bF Hc FoS1src 'H''inrH ~
''corp,tcE; hg,<iHtsr. a"ihordy.
"Sucl b.. !ic chrIr lpr n the case, what Is the
estate of The fact TrI- aud more corfcc: n'"rng'
"tun from California, ha' fully demonstrated that this
is no longer practical! question: slavery never WIZ
exi.t in California; Both the will u; its people and
",Ie inYt of nature have drrrcei the exclusion at
"sla-, ,ry from that territory. Th" pr0pc m'r0dy HG
.nre neariy WHdHnlv's Hpop hc S"p'cii ana u" cha
gr0nis icy rc R9c crordtaT into th'S fHr and t"r-
.GIr keyy,t1ry 0r chirfv from ~" Hdd!e nHd North.
'ra $tnles Bc<,dr<. he s"H Ike cltmatc d"d t'pro-
"du,Sioas Of C1i,r0rEc arc all OppoScd IN s"r"N.-
"Naiurc IS Mus GeIOScdk0d, and he arr OF ma" c'"-
"m0i curry Myc. THY may adoMM H"mos Pro-
"v,s0, tic Missouri Compromise, nc Se~otes Com
"prGn,isc rrsore to do nohg, and eprncttrm result
"r,N be precisely tic same.
"B.,idcs, does any one doubt, from the character
"and known opinions Of the people, that wlrI they
"cune tn frame their Constitution, they Will forever
prohibit slavery in the new State! Ths question IT,
"therefore transient III lts nature ana o OF le ;eas.
.practical Importance. II will settle itself within n
"bref period, both in California and New Mexico;
r .i,. ,,,,,, , nd ,,.rr,.-
"tuity of tho uuon-o! our blessed Cnion-"hch
Eve should never name HLnou' ne"' .GIt ~
,.t,. a, ,,ar onston than tbut of slavery Tins
srU fGrtuanlybc final settlement; because re pos,
s'ss no more msInsS.,H" 40 ta . "e
I;b r' ,rI';rb bss ppen rni.td upon the subec, has
"h-rp worse than useless. f1r my0rA part, lrrsSrt
prQoRndiy Me Jrrl'Hg$o o. f@"se Dr"'crats ~ ny n.
rs and as ro,ri tatLc orcai 0nG
uJo, ,oys nr,uc,,irs Of he nsriy as any Democrats
"throng ghcat Ae tand. Itis for this reason, think
may venture 10 s', .,r ;. yom ,,ros, Of excluding
.c vsry ,rnm territory where from the nature Of
"thipgs it can never exist. They TW not syfT M
0nceM a"d Hmc h""orrn @ on"~n ,t""n"o;;
sen n,an~ rrU f0moht fc1ds 10 bc troicd in tie d0st
SAINT tyamptcd umde' toOt by Their old poi'AcM e"r'
mics for me mEe m.;s n1Sa'aL,"h ,., H. h. "ey
,,nn f"d;ng Whir administration installed in
power bv their desertion Of the good old cause Mt
"the present critical n"lnen Sai wou'd DE le'r te
heal9's Is w. M 'ar ~ das,rnv;nr ali those wise mea
".nrrs of Democratic policy which they themselves
chad contributed to establish and substituting tor
"them the ot-expioaeu Measures Ul .',e "ns pyi
snd wien ynn NAV res, as,rsI nv relow.cli.
"zens ta, we snll never witness such spec in
"sood old Democratic pennsylvania
The reader is now prepared to admit :hat this e1-
tract from the speech which the Wig parades with
10 much oseutatlon IS about tho most pertinent ana
complete atles.ation OF Mr.. Buchanan's hieiity 10
principle, which has been developed in the progress