Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-04
The Richmond Enquirer--Ar. Buchanan's
Record.

issue OF yenteFuayy Nhb1 ludl INT DUCftUHubS
position on Slavery IS imPregnabls he ne0er
deUiated hairs breadth from the straight
line Of justice and constitutional duty"
In refutation Of this opinion Of the Enqui-
rer we presented the following undeniable
proofs, to wit: o
First. That Mr.. Buchanan was one Of
committee, in 1919, who reported and sub
scribed resolutions, thanking those Pennsyl
yania members Of Congress, /" for sustaining
the cause Of justice, humanity, and patriot
ism, who had opposed the admission Of Mis-
souri, into the Union with constitution recog-
nising slavery: and that said committee had
called upon the Legislature Of Pennsylvania to
instruct their members Of Congress ito inhibit
the existence Of slavery in any Of the Terrific
ries or States which might thereafter be crea-
ted by Congress-"
Second. That Mr.. Buchanan declared in his
Panama speech, on the 18th April, 1926, that
slGUery Is a great moral and a great politi
cal coil, and that he thanked God his lot had
not been cast in State where it slavery ex
listed |"
Third. That he had serious objections to
the annexation Of Texas, on the ground Of
slavery-that she felt repugnance to extend
slavery"-that "after mature reflection" he
overcame his scruples, believing that the ac-
QUESTION of Texas would abe the means Of
limiting, and not enlarging the dominion of
slavery"--that by the annexation Of Texas
the Slaves would be drawn South and would
finally pass off into Mexico"-that "the an
nexation of Texas would convert Maryland,
Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri into free
States, and that the result would be, to get
the United States clear Of slavery.
Fourth That Mr.. Buchanan asserted, in
his letter to Mr.. Sanford, 21st August, 1848,
the sovereign PoOer in Congress over slave
ry in the Territories, and that this power was,
from its nature, erclusige," and that he re-
viewed his opinions upon this question de-
liberately, and refused to abandon them 6Stie0-
ing the Missouri Compromise to be the best,
if not the only mode Of adjusting the question
Of slavery in the Territories"
These four points were clearly and undeni-
ably established in our article Of yesterday.
To show Mr.. Buchanan's unwillingness to
check dangerous agitation on the question of
slavery, we now recur again to the debate upon
Mr.. Calhoun's resolutions in the Senate in the
winter of 1878 On that occasion, Mr.. Cal
houn offered a series of sig resolutions, the sec
ond of which read as follows:
Resolved, That In delegating portion of their
powers to be exercised by the Federal Govern
ment, the States retained, severaly, the exclusive
nd sghf hair inofi
tutons and police, and are alone responsible for
them, and that any intermeddlng of any one
or more States or q combination of their citi-
zens, with the domestic institutions and police
of the others, on any ground, or under any
pretext whatever, political, moral, or religious,
with view to their alteration subyersion, is an
assumption of superiority not warranted by the
constitution insulting to the States interfered with,
tending to endanger their domestic peace and tran
quilhty, subYersiVe of the objects for which the
constitution formed, and, by necessary conse-
quence, tending to weaken and destroy the Union
itself"
Mr.. Allen suggested that the word "reli-
gious be stricken out
Mr.. Calhoun responded that " the sOhOIs spi-
nit Of the resolution hinged upon that cord"
Mr.. Allen withdrew his suggestion
Mr. Morris, Of Ohio ian Additionally then
moved to strike out the words moral and re-
ligious and asked the yeas and nays on the
motion.
Mr. Preston suggested that the words
under any pretence whatever" might be
substituted
Mr.. Calhoun objected and contended strenu-
ously that the original words should be re-
tanned.
Mr.. Buchanan said he would express his
opinion as firmly and decidedly as any man
in relation to the subject Not wishing to |
ercite prejudices in the minds of any, he |
thought the resolution as strong aOith the mod |
ifcation as without it"
Various Senators gave their views, when the
question was taken on Mr. Morris's motion to |
strike out the words "m0ral and Religious |
and the vote stood, yeas IA, nays 81, as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Baysrd, BUCHANAN, Clayton, Davis, Nc
Kean, Morris, Prentiss, Robbins, Ruggles, Smith
of Indiana, Southland, Swift Upton, and Webster.
Nays-AIl the Southern Senator'S present. and
several Northern Senators.
So, Mr.. Buchanan voted to allow "intermed-
ding Nth the domestic Institutions" of the
South, on MORAL AND RELIGIOUS" pretexts
The " three thousand and fifty" preachers Of
New England who sent up their remonstrances
to Congress ought to "return thanks" to Mr..
Buchanan for his vote in their behalf
Here we ask single question on this point
Is it an " impregna6le" position, in the view
Of Southern statesmen, that "moral and reli-
gious" prsterts for intermeddling with slavery,
NAV be assigned? IL so. then the youth Of the