Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-11-28
The Enquirer Comes Out.

At last we have the Enquirer views Of the Cali
forna letter OF Mr.. Buchanan. Alter frankly con
Tossing that il Is always reluctant to criticse th,
opinions Of the chief Of the party, and equally un.
willing to multiply the embarrassments which he
must encounter in the administration of the Govern
meut, the article goes ON 10 say:
"If Mr. buchanan. had avowed himself in fsvor OF the
Pacific Rsii.d for the art time In his letter
California, might Affect something nj surprise and
sentiment In reputation of his p Icy. InAsmuch
however, his nomination originally opposed upn'
the ground that he advocated the the p
cihc Railroad by the agency OF the Federal Government
the truth Of which accusation aue.tcd by his
declaration n public sp-ech-inasmush the Opposition
party urged this objection his election in the progr
Of the and In proof OF the charge, cited
luton III. effect among the proceedings OF th
Cincinnati Conventon-in view oi these tscs CONTEND
that Mr. Buchanan is not justly obnoxious the
with which he is sssled by Of his supporters IT,
nominated by the Democracy despite his ncont-st-
bic advocacy OF the Pacific Railroad He el,ct,,
his approval OF the resolutions Of the C
cinnati Convention, Of which propounded the
policy recommended ia his letter. IL is therefore, il,
and unc.ndd in Us. Who supported Mr.. Buchanan, a'
much in those who claim the credit OF his non,
nAton affect indignation sganst letter which m-rrl,
rc.afirins his veil kno~n position. We maintain
consistency by INJECTING undeserved reprosci
upon another"
So il appears that our neighbor knew all about
Mr. Buchanan's advocacy of the construction of the
Pacific railroad, by the agency Of the Federal TO
vernment, from the beginning Of the canvass and
supported him notwithstanding his advocacy OF thi,
measure, and in spite Of il.
Some of his compeers in the Democratic ranks
however, do not seem to have been SO well poste,
with regard to his public annunciation of opinion
upon the question, and do affect something Of sur
prise and resentment in their reputation Of his pol
icy. What says the Examiner, As yet it has Civ
sign. The fact is, we have doubt, that up
this point there is going to be party split, ant
when the question comes up for actual decision Their
will be house divided against ITSELF that will sure
ly fall The Southern wing Of the Democracy,
true to themselves and their avowed principles en-
never sanction, by their votes their silence ia
passage Of a measure which controverts n consttu
tonal construction, which they have ever naintane
to be Of the essential elements Of their patiorr
of principles. On the other hand the Western NJ,
Southwestern wings, the stronger party, will inevi
tally insist upon lodging the constitutional questo
Buchanan-w aud carrying out the Pacific raroa
or any other scheme of internal improvement on III
ground of national defence This wedge Of the P,
ciic railroad once in, goodbye to the Stateright all
strict construction doctrine Another Of the oil
Wing planks will have been stolen and laid aw 4.
among the measures Of Democrats expediency
We look forward to the coming division with unai
fected satisfaction and anticipate with pleasure III
time when Wings shall come by their own