Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-05
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Mr.. BUCHANAN on SLAVERY.

The ignorance OF the official history Of the oandi-
dates for the Presidency displayed by the orators of
the American party in this canvass, so far as our OBJ.
s~ervation has gone, is either gross or wilful. With
ths little fsh of that school, a leading cause of this
blindness is the fact that full credencc is given by
them to the garbled extracts from speeches OF Buc-
hanan, which the American press keep pro minently
paradsd in every issue, and the total suppression Of
every vote and speech of Fillmore prior to the 18th Of
Aarob, lSi9.
To expose the shameless shifts OF tho Fredericks.
burg News aud the Richmond Wing, in one instance,
is the object Of this communication; and, after a care.
full perusal OF every speech ever made by Buchanan
touching slavery, in the twenty years OF his service
10 the House of Representatives and Senate, We may
truly say, ser uno disco omncs.' From the great
speech Of this then young statesman upon the mis-
sion 10 Panama, in which, thirty years ago, III the
House, be expounded tho true policy OF the states III
respect Of Cuba, with the same sagacity and clear
mesa as recently at Ostend, these journals, or those
who do the dirty work OF political defamation lot
them, have extracted this language:
Permit me, Mr.. Chairman, for Il moment, to speak
upon a subject TO which l have never before advert
ed upon ,his floor; and to which | trust | shall never
again have occasion to advert. | mean the subject Of
slavery, l believe il To be a great political and a great
moral evil. l thank God my lot has been cast in a
State where it does not exist. entailed up.
OH us by that nation which now makes it a subject
OF rsproach 10 our institutions
Now, we will give your readers the whole para
graph from which this language is { nrcibly torn; and
assure them even that is scarcely II fair sample Of the
spirit which characteristics the whole. Ii possible, let
the intelligent reader examine carefully the entire
speech. Will the Wing or the News copy-not this
paper, but the paragraphs? II they do not, let us
know II, that Democratic speakers may show TO the
honest masses, how low Sans ssntinels will 'st0op to
conquer"
Permit me, Mr.. Chairman, for n moment. to speak
upon a subject to which l have never before advert
ed upon this floor, and to which | trus, | shall never
again have occasion to advert. | mean the subject of
slavery. I believe it to be- a great political and u
great moral evil. thank God my lot has been cast
in a State where il does not exist. But while | enter.
tain these opinions, l know it is an evil at present
without a remedy. 1t has been a curse entailed up.
on us by that nation which now makes it a subject
of r.proach to our institutions. IL IL, however, one
of those moral evils, from which it is impossible for
us TO escape without The introduction Of evils infinite
ly greater. There are portlous OF this Union, In
which, if you emancipate your slaves, they will be-
come masters. There eau be no middle course. Is
there any man in this Union, who could for one mo
mcnt indulge the horrid idea Of abolishing slavery
by the massacre Of the high minded and chivalrous
race OF men in the SOUTH trust there il not One.-
For my own part | would, without hesitation, buckle
ON my knapsack, aud march in company with my
friend from Massachusetts, tMr. Evereti) in defence Of
their Cause lSee Gales rad Seaton's Register Of
Debates, 1926 add ~. vol. 81. part ID, y 2lSO.
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COFFEE. SUGAR AMI MOLASSES-The sales Of
Barque VIs.nisn'' eareo o. Coffee. imported BY Dunlop,
Moucue & Co., aud sold az auction on Ike "a OF S,;ic,n.
Der, were as folows:- 5Ne bags CUdcc Mt from 80 is TO
GIL 30, averaging $40 SAT; the quality rrusiu: from iufc.
,ior 70 prime. Al he same Tins wac sold l73 hhds of N
O. sugar, ct from IS ~ TO $40 -, averaging :, 60: the
qusrry fair to choice. Also, LIS barrel. n. o. Molas.es at