Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-04-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the BaIum,r.. Err'

lCorre'pCrdence OF the Balur.,r ,r'' E''"' ..s"
NAsi!iSU :.E, q,
Colonel Shorter OF Alabama. dr.y.r.I ....
speech in the House Of Representative, -, ...
was listened to with attention i.v T.. '.r
bore down severely V upon The Black :.
and told them plainly thu; the South hfG I"..
last concession G.L her last c.EPr"m.a
sure that all men K. ;. -. Saa:h Aad i5.' D..
so-ca,led Compromise lis ,ono va. u...
fiaat. The South cou!L n"; be Conquer ... s..
lose less by dissolution than the Nog:!.. =
tached To the Union. but no; blindly. an B.. ...
doubt sbout the right oi Tcc-ss;pu h's,.. - ...
soyf, he would be in favor of exercising =, 'a.
sachusetts member lpamrellD 10 wh"m 30. ....
said something about b!Vttiny out The r,....
State-about Gliding Lexington nui b.. s.
the Atlantic. Col. Shprt"r w"rld mo-, :: d.. ,..
this. He wishc'l them II remain n ..v-r..-....
nulnents 10 commemorate The pr0r"r> e.. .....
tues OF noble race Of Massachusetts me-. .,...-.
nearly extinct.
But there were records which he wanll Ia ... u
out: The murder Of Batch-der-ihr l.....
the Hartford Conventioa-t.Ir has ,,I ...3 .. ..
lights in lSi2th the rclusa! OF Fam-uii IL.
ster-th. dSgrac"iI proc",dn., ct -. =. ,.,.
Of late years-rhe resolutions ct her i.r.,..I. .,.
carlns the Mexican war IEIl.!r .l>--nui .... ....
10 pass resolutions rXpr-s.iu. syll's..' 2 g..
lilies of Yell tCiay, %: iI!r!n. -: M''ia-
heroes who tci!, beneath their Comfy 'r......
the battles Of the Republic. There was e.. ........
that he would gladly Blot ont w. lG., "..r..
tiuguishsd friend. who sat near him the '''-.
Mlssissppan, General Qni;,nrn, w"H !.,.......
first Amcrcau nag upon the Halls IL H. -
mas"-entered the National Palace Of MvN.r,. s.....
the first thing that met his eye wa copy
resolutions ul the Massachusetts Legislature. .-.
| aid aud cuuor. Ia the eicEy. II" sad ,a., VI
chusclts had nuilllled the fugitive saY" lH". g..
the pasSaS. o the personal ''J-rIr hi. Ai. 3D..
sci: out of the CuiJn. He thought h. o..
,ives ought TO be cxpel!rd from -,.ns upon to- .
He was pretty severe upon Mr Dginrr.!. i..z'...
cry was urnt, graceful, an! easy, ana the -..,..
in every point nE view, was highly cred.
Shorter. The abO'i:inns:s didn't like II. tu4 ,.
somewhat Uneasy III Their seats.
In the SENATE, the arch gitHtnr (S"war:j . 80
himself of filthy trade on the subject "i T..
worshipping.' His attack upon the Prc"Gr'..
particular, aud Democracy in general, Wa bn-e .
he knew il al the .me. lou may ina. rev hath i
the old stOrythe o ii lie, or ban lie of rs-:cr"I.
lie read any quantity oi letters from a6oi;:o" -
writer's tu sustain th- charge .! "Aln"riry r., ..f
tColaner's " that the Missourlsus mGd CONG .r..
Kansas; but nobody believed h!m-ho didn't b..
il himself. The venom OF thia demag"gge We .
rected chiefly against the President. 81" caite
u traitor. and even compared him 10 George III
He said he would impeach HIM II il.r !angGag- OF
Declaration OF lnirpendeIc" aud 'N"n b." '.g
uacy to read the account "t tie grievances 80 -
colonies from that insirument. All th,s h. hp-.yl
| Gen. Pierce. IL. said Il tribunal war."s
| try the tyrant (Gen. Pierce the S"nUc Wa Co.,.
tent Sc., "anu H. Sad nt, ''thr 'riGiHl' = W..
he stands b,tore y0u.' \ Zip Of the tongG" ~. .'
| contained more truth than all he said. lhs So
criminal, because the greatest traor III ih' ln-"-
| VIM. II. Seward, the dcmasn.ue. Tho Sea- A.
prrciqtcd the truth of this sip al the f"u.U-. 200
laughed at il.
When first heard this man Srwa;.!, some fva
| six years ago, he modest a"i ;; G.i., Ia. -.
| such has been the increase 0f strength winch O.
| tions ard all the "sSms" nave given II him srt
| colaborers, that,he WAS bos,rrou5 ani ou:rag" u
day. He played butfoon 20 the d!SEGs: q: 80 p"
men and dgniied Senators. His re;nark~ hr:
| effect of rendering the swng-rr "t the Ab"'''..H.
big and little. p"inte,: but It o"n''no"d u.''
OF the soandness Of the views they ,n;rria'C. X .
congratulated. Of course. by The crowd oi Ap"...
lists around him, including the Know Nonry r.
rem, Hale, TrumbuIi & Co. iie tried 10 G,f-r
conservative men Of the North, ani sItnal:y itr.'
This bOldness of the aboIi'inu;st- q a..tyGta...
the temporary defeat of III. Demncracy; ar% "'''
responsible for IL Judge DOagla. vii scmk
,ieinngosus when he replies, ciOsir9 the dcSS'r
the Kansas question. Mr.. Clay Of Ala6ar!a " D
dress the Seuate on Tuesday, on the same .uh) .'.