Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-25
KANSAS MEETING


Capt Pate OF Kansas being here undor the auspices OF
the Kansas Executive Committee OF Virginia will address
the people of Richmond tonight Metropolitan Hall
Opt Pat" the gentleman Who hiss been CALAMITY
fighting the battles of the South in Kansas and
he may be compimented by large of our c-
thi- evening lie is regular " Border Rutian"
h- address will doubt be replee with interest
Platform Of the Wing Convention.
That captious criticisms should be made by the
Democratic press upon portion of the platform of
the late Virginia Wing Convention is by means
matter of surprise to us tits what We anticipated
from the known perversity, malignity and love OF
misrepresentation which have always characterized
and which will continue to characterize the
drumners and fuglcrncn of the spoils- Democracy
1t Is therS, both by nature and by habit to mscon-
strue the conduct aud asperse the motives of then
political opponents. In word, to riot in Islander
and defamation is their daily and congenial occupa-
ton But tell these bigoted partisan gentry.
once for all, that we, in common with the gallant
and patriotic band of Wings throughout the Union
shall treat their idle accusations and dcmagogica'
bellowings do the idle wind which we regard
not
These gentlemen are particularly exercised at pre-
sent ON account of the adoption by the recent Wing
Convention, OF the third resolution contained in the
platform And why 50 much needless noise and fi>>
o'er that reSoutiony What is there in It To excite
tn alarm aud Solictude OF with whom patriot
ism, with whom justice, with whom fairness with
whom devotion 10 the South is but "A nauey What
Is the pLrport of that scare-crow resolution with
which the mock-indgnant and mock heroic Democ-
racy propose to fghten the world from its proprir.
tyy Why, in few and short words il is directed
simply and only to n dcnunciation of the partisan
motives which actuated the Pierce administration
amt the leaders of the sham Democracy in favoriny
the introduction aud passage OF the bill for the re
peal ul the Missouri Compromise, That's its Who'll,
scope, meaning and object IL contemplatcs nothing
more-uathng less What is there, then, in that
resolution to unstrng the OF any Southern
man, of any party, with three grains of mother wit
in his skull; l. there any thing at ALL If there be-
II takes optics keener than ours to discover it, Blu
We submit the resolution TO the judgment of reason
able aud candid men, nothing doubling 10 the
construction they will put upon it,
StTanse indeed that exceptions should be taken to
this resolution, as We have describedt! For when
where, under what circumstances, has any Wing
within the broad limits of the Republic attributed
other than personal and partisan motives 10 Dou
gla,, Pierce and other leading Democrats, in theii
advocacy Of the Kansas Nebraska bill? Certain il
is, we never dreamed OF ascrbing any other motive
We knew their SelhshneSs tar too well to be guilty
any such stupidity and folly. Least OF all, have We
thought said that they actuated in their
friendship for this measure by any regard to the feel
ings the rights the interests Of the South On thr
contrary we have charged, with 3eep and earnes,
conviction Of the truth Of the charge and with unbo
ken uniformity, that they animated in their sup
port Of it by the simple and exclusive consideration
that il 20 measure in JIeor Of freedom Sucl
has been our position, promptly taken and consistently
maintained, in public and in private from the time
the Nebraska bill introduced into Congress down
to thc pressnt hour. And we have seen no reason.
the shadow Of reason during the entire interye.
ning period, TO change that opinion. On the othtl
hand have seen much, and heard more Il
strengthen aud confirm it With their construction
Of tie Nebraska BILL We, too make bold to denounce
II as Pandora's box, out of which evils huge and
uni nagnabe, will never TO How upon the South
With their construction Of it, the South is doomed
70 depth of degradation and ignominy which sh,
has never vet conceived, much less felt With hf:,
construction Of it, taken for granted and acted on a,
we doubt not it will he in the event Of Buchanan,
election, W. shall be among the first, 10 defence o
the tramted rights and outraged honor Of the South
20 raise not the cry Of repeal merely, but the cry
resistance, with sword and sabre to the "biter end
Anl you, Democrats Of the South, -hypocrites an,
vile traducers you are, Of men aud patriots, tn
atchets Of whose shoes you are unworthy to unloo.c
-you wi! he the first to advise submission 10 th
practical application Of the infamous tSoutheri
doctrines If your Northern leaders, for the sdke n
The harmony and snecsss Of tie party We hay
stated our course and we have stated yours; and W
now leave to the discriminating anl Independent free
meH Of the South 10 judge between u, and deter
mine who are dciuagogues and traitors, aud who az
not.
We have said that the resolution Of the Wing Con
vsntion which the decei,lu Locoiocracy so loud
censure, Is nothing more nor less than nn "a
preston Of honest Wing disgust at the paltry an
despicable motives Of the Democratic leaders in the
advocacy Of the repeal Of the Missouri Compromi>
It's language is susceptible Of no other Interpretation
IL il IN no wise meant TO approval Of the yri,
ePls Of the Missouri restriction, and was 50 stat,
by leading members Of the COMMITTEES in the bri
discussion TO which 1t gave rise and was so unde
stood by every member Of the Convention Al
effort, therefore, To disort and pcrvert the plain
tent and meaning Of its trainers and adoptors is on
ridiculous, aud will meet with no response from s
oerc and intelligent men Of any party We advi
these croakers to save their breath for other pu
poses, for il will be spent in vain IN trying to tortu
the resolution in question n you rely, as y,
falsely say you do, upon the Intelligence, the pat
otisn and the discriminating justice" Of the pcopl
you already stand convicted by them Of unmitigat
hypocrisy and fraud, prsoticed unblushingly up,
them thousand times over And in the bald A.
ridiculous attempt you are again making upon tn
crcdulity, the same disastrous hte-thc same stir
ing and overwhelming rebuke is in reserve for yC
We have adverted TO the misrepresentation Of {
Democratic press this subject, not because
believe any body not q fool will give moments G.
donce TO their hippant and groundless allegation
bu, simply to illustrate the nature and character
the warfare which these trading politicians at I
South sec ia 10 ware in the present contest IL il