Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-06-20

,,.,,,,;,m in which Mr.. Buchana" diu ho' cop
..as,, of the South He never aroVe ~ "''
., .,,.rsntees OF slavery. lie never 'eH
., nm o,p,-,uni,y Of rebuking the spirit III" up
,,o d,.i,ns If sectional agitation. II Is ''u0
a.. ,,, -, the entire length of Mr.. Calhoun Ia
mnu, resolutions; and neither did Mr.. Clay
buchanan went as far in their support us any
x,.,b.,p SENATOR 80 far, indeed, rs to advances o'
v,ud the popular sentiment OF the N"r'he''
IN every practical issue in dispute between
aud aboiunism, Mr.. buchanan took tue S'uo "
S,urh. lie voted 10 suppress the cite"'".''"
o.r,,;.rv orulnents through the mails he'pp''.1
a.. o,,srns,iou of Edward Everett as M'n's'e' "
p~;,.;r becauss Of his opinion that Congress
,, abolish slavery in the District OF
r,,n,I,is He WAS an early, steadast ana ell
man, friend of Texas annexation. lie was an early
.adfast and efficient foe of the Wimot Proviso. lie
,,o.,d tia admission of Arkansas into the Union
Ne denied the right of Con..ess to touch slavery IN
On, District of ColumGL. In the great strug
,,, Of 1919, when the North was striving 10
drive slavery from the territorial possessions u
-. Government, Mr. Buchanan, then III prlf"'o "e
aid under no obligation TO ming!e IN Inc oa'oe' ''
u,.r.d in tina service of the South and proposed 10
extend IN. Missouri Compromise line to the racine
ocean-by which measure Ab9ltonlSm ""u,' nave
been excluded from the entire region OF our 'ieA"
corouests. After this Compromise line WAS p'"''
c,Iv obliterate and the South consented 10 inc e"
.rrorgsment of 1852, he planted himself upon the
6os,i,v of the settlement and the support oil inc !"
fvs Slave law. When at last, the South aSco'-
rod the npolicy of attempting to bolster Its rights
by temporary expedien.s, and reso'eu " ION '"N"
upon fundamental principles, Mr.. bncn"'la" t.'"p'
y and hes.;ily approved the repeal OF '"e "'sSou'
restriction and The plan of settling sec'o'a
no leaving the issues Of slavery to the DECISION VI Inc
nnr,,.r will. expressed through a legitimate organ
,, and sx.r-d in obedience 10 the paramount spirit
r. 49,, Constitution. Willard Fillmo.e claimed that
C,,rn,.,. .bould receive the petitions OF the Aooii-
,;o,.,s that it might abolish slavery IN inc Ds''e'
IF Columbia opposed the admission OF Arh""S"''
a % this day he has given no token OF acquiescehce
o.., in tho repeal of the Missouri restriction or The
nrjpcip,es of the Kansas-aehraska act.
In hin own State, Mr.. Buchanan hos played no 'n-
active or neutral part in the struggle pe'"eeu
~ and aboonism. 1t is due o. much ~ "'s aa'"o'
,.,iys influence as to the conservative 'e"'P'' " "
own usooe. that Pennsylvania has ever S'ood ~ '''
s,r,h i, liza assistance to iawess aggression upou Ito
-;,b,s Nobody nAo forgotten the patriotic anu P'"-
erful appeal which he addressed TO his 'e'''"
:; Is3O couuseing them to cease s22ionai Gg''"'''"
md T.. sunport the measures OF the S3Wi :'l'''e'-
.f,a,ward. 10 indignant voice he prote.'ed sSefs'
,, conduct Of en- abolition Legislature OF fehiiSy''
v.nia in closing the prisSrs OF the STATE aHaS INC
,,,B,ars nj the Federal GoyernLsnt When 'heS "e'e
s,,.u,,uy to execute the law for the te-Eureo OIL III
,,;,;ys s,sves tu New York Fillmore was eyei 'r:-%
n.d among the most active u sns!avery aSlta'qFs'
and his efforts we're necessarily dirssd 10 tue over
throw of the rights and INSTITUTIONS Of 4e SSq!b. In
stead Of employing his nnaencs to defeat Tie
af ths Abol,tionsts hv never lost al opportunity VI
,raan;;,v th.r anatcisn and promoting Heir he'
r..,s r, tb, aayh. has recanted no obnoxious pfih
c,pe, and repentse Ct incendiary act oil his lie
Yns anti.slavery enthusiasm OF his early years mas
settIa down iu,p mature c0uv--sr?n anu lnVe'era'e
nr.sua.a, alataut defamation has gtag place I"
oui.t purpose. H. il Candidate tor the ffrs'cscE
but the exigeocies Of lis Sosition can extot from nun
no pledge of fde3ity to tie Souui. Mr.. bnch""a"'
spontaneously from impulse and de1het2tsly from
conviction endorsed and approved t'IaH":!H %''EH
presents an epi,one of the rights Ct the South
Thus stand the candidate Of the Democracy ana the
candio..a of Know Nothingsr Oh the via! is"ae- 81
slavery Besgsen them, lot the people oi Tile oou'h
decide.