Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-11
RICHMOND w HIG.
To oonnEsPsspRNrs.
The Democracy q the South becoming AbOlitiOnired

We have heretofore INDUCED the hope that all
parties At the South though widely differing Us Ia
other things would cordially unite in resistance To
the dangerous and destructive Abolition doctrines oi
the Van Burens and the Stewards Of the North But
Il seems we have been egrrgiously mistaken For
the sake Of securing paltry party triumph, and cleo
ting Buchanan the Presidency there is an evident
disposition the part At least, of portion OF ths
Southern Democracy. TO abandon their opposition
to the principles Of Black Repubcansm, and even
to make those principles part of their political creed
This is no mere unsupported assertion but it is sus
tained by evidence the most direct emphatic, and
conclusive.
We alluded yesterday to the sudden and surpri-
sing somerset Of our neighbor of the Enquirer, in
relation to doctrine which all parties at the South
have hitherto reprobated and condemned with una
aimous voice The Enquirer, as is well known to
readers has heretofore assumed the special cham
pionship Of Southern rights and has denounced, with
unsparing severity, every man who did not come up
to the extreme line this subject, prescribed 10y
itself But since old Buck nomination. sal change
has the spirit Of its dream. IL now iondly
hugs To its bosom what it has in all past time, re-
pulsed with indignant and contempt 1t de-
tends and iusthes the declaration contained in Blu
chanan s letter TO Sandord which is in these words
Having anopuon Oh the hlS>puIl N"h-
promise the inference is inevitable that Congress-
~ OPINION, possesses the Io'oeT 10 IegstHte "po"
&" III, subject Of siacery az the Territories. What
absurdity would il then be, il, whilst asserting
SOVEREIGN POWER N CoNGRESs, iohioh pO'ocr from
70, nature must he EXCLUSIVE, | should in the vesy
same breath also claim this identical power for the
population Of Territory in unorgaHized caps-
city"
,..tn ~ GNr he The uI,a1 flu
whether or not Mr. Buchanan is "Squatter Sove
reignty" man. land We believe that he is, aud that
the sanford letter itself fully proves it, inquire
whether the Congressional power here claimed over
the subject of slavery in the Territories, is consiS
tent with the Southern view OF what the South de
mands, and has all along demanded, on that question
We maintain that it is not. II there is one thing
which has been insisted upon strenuouSly than
another, by Southern Of all parties it is that
Congress possesses such power is claimed for ii
by Mr. Buchanan 1t will not be disputed by any
one not afflicted with insanity that if Congress pos
sesseS sovereign and ercre power legislate upon
the subject OF slavery in the Territories by necessary
implication il possesses full power either to prohibit
or establish it, But the South has always denied TO
Congress the right 10 do either Its position is and
has all along been that the whole question should be
submitted To the discretion of the people Of the I
ritores assembled in Convention to frame a ConSt
tuition preparatory tn admission into the Union.
That is the true Southern doctrine the subject,
and has been the doctrine of all parties Mt the South
until the present canvass. But to bolster up Bu
chanan and TO make the views Of the Southern DE
mocrscy qdadrate with his on this vital and all
important subject, 1t has become Necessary Tor Blu
Chanans Southern friends not only 10 admit but t.
defend justify aud recommend the Odious and abOmi-
nabe Abolition doctrine that Congress has the a1yI
EI0S and f1ILrsNE power 10 LEGisLATr upon the sub
ject Of slavery ia the Territories Was there
more perfect aud shameless surrender of principle
upon the foul altar Of pauyr What Is the effect p
II Congress possesses the power thus asserted by Mr.
Buchanan, and conceded by the EaqtGrfr, how
ny slave States think YOU will be added to the
UnionI The North having an overwhelming pre-
ponderance of power ia both branches of Congress,
and q numerical popular vote enabling it to elect
President at its pleasure, how long will il be before
Congress, possessing the power claimed for il, will
proceed 10 exercise it, and thus exclude the South
from all hope chance of making either Kansas or
any other Territory slave State IL Congress pos
sesseS this power why may it not interiict slavery
ia Kansas tomorrow or the next day, and thus put
end at TO the civil troubles prevailing there {.
And, if Congress tomorrow, the next day should
pass act prohibiting slavery in Kansas with what
show Of reason, justice, or proprety could the En-
quirer complain Of its doing what itself comedies it
has the right to doY
Thus into what vast whirlpool of Adolf.
tionism the Southern Democracy is drifting, under
the lead OF the Richmond Enquirer aud its candidate
for the Presidency. Are we not justified in asserting
that the Southern, especially the Virginia Democra-
cy, is fast becoming AbolitiOnized? What? Ir they
admit That Congress possesses sOoereigR and ,rcLu-
sioe jurisdiction over slavery in the Territories is
Rot the South at once PROSTATE at the feet OF the
Black Republicans Indeed, does Fremont, or any
Black Republican whatsoever, 20 farther than that
Not in the least They all contend not that Con.
gress has particle Of right TO touch slavery in the
States, bat that II possesses soDeregH and ercisre
power 20 do with il IN the Territories whatever il
PeaseS. Where, then, is the difference between Blu.
cbanan and Fremont on this subject And where
the difference between the Richmond Enauirer and
the New York Tribune There is not a shadow of
difference. so far as this question is concerned Not
the shadow Of n shaded MARTIN Van BrRrV ia tb,
letter We published Yesterday takes the same ground
And % the union between the Southern De,nocr,c,
and Northern AbolitiOnism not only IN suppo,t &,
Buchanan but IN point u principle, is complete
Both sides teach the same doctrine touching IA.
power Of Congress over slavery ia the Terlitorie.
And are the rank and file Of the faithful IN ,r,i
na prepared to ratify the terms OF the mon rnte,.
into and endorsed by their leaders
But enough on this painful subject 10 day ~
regret % see the Virginia Democracy ,lan1on,,.
their ancient professions aud principles on the ,,.
subject Of slavery, and espousing the abomin,t,
doctrines Of the fanatics and traitors Of the North
But Buchanan must be elected President by hook mr.
crook, and there's the secret Of their sudden chan.
Of front, from South TO North Il is TO urop;,i,,
hAHrN Vas BrRrN and his Buffalo disciples II +
IN effect, to restore the little magician to power
That's the explanation
Positively the Last.
To make things eveu-Brother Read having had ,h,
chances 10 our columns aud Brothers Moore and Ho
only tvo-we insert to-day. card ftom Bro,be, No.
In reply 10 Brother Reads last But this j. po-rve,
sst appearance the "Hhg" stage Of either Of o, d.
Brothers