Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-03-18

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TRANSACTION ir"hi The one on which the defendants H.
lie L. rrstr and |, not directly uvulvnI IN tine ,rr.
ssue here aid We give no Judgment in relation IA il,
"al"Trh ioili, iS1a--Tais causr cae un To he l.,r
ht 'hr present '"ril' "n he plcadiug aud WAS argued
by cuui!sel: whereup"u it cnn.i,i,r,d NM, nninI,
by the Court here, that the said VIM T. Small L
nni. IN any !nhnncr uternly,l,i!n with or concnru
himself about, the said office oi Brisadlpr General m
fNc SECOND brigade III the Firsi Division ul Vnuu.
terIs, but that lie br ulstcL onL uIi,o,.,Ir .I,I
ir"li eAr'risutg "r using the same Tor . future and
that the said lnlIm Tyler, Jr, the rs.aur do r.cnyc,
against Ia" sand Wm. f. Small his costs by him ex.
peude'l in hsbei'ali."
To lie Edto,s oiMG EAJmss,:
MoHaosp Hn., March lilh, 1856.
mens 10 the Hon. AK. II. II. Stuart for his y,r :,
"propnr explanation" 10 hia letter nr the I'M nt =,
the Editors OF tie RichnInud Wing oi the r,mork
made by linn IN The National Convention nG the Am,.
rcan party at Philadelphia. was sure thu, hi, re.
marka, ~ he states, were ''nisrrlnrt.r,." ibnt h.
could not hnv" pi"!rssrd .io hava any personal
knowledge on the subrci "l my n,n,r saving thai
'Mr. Fiimorrs administration wns Washn,,tnn.lik. :.
H0"Sh0W, or al all; thar he spoke "lron IN. rnmmcn
report Of the country" tEnr the tne Iaid for i- de-.
cnratlon would he more remote an the yrnr 1855 TINT
thcp!Rce would be ~ indefinite n ain Winrbr-irr NJ,
prohnbIy in Other c"unlirs in the lower end olhe IN!
hey; tia r did not make the remark ubou, IA. I,aD
Wing votn' N al; and that he did not hear mr. on the
WH~i III WOrl, thar tht.
| report ~as - cock aud tn' story, which gen.
| tle,nan 80 respectable n Mr.. Stuart could not anI
would mol eniorse.-And thank Mr. Stuart fur TAX
ng the pnns 10 give the clue the 0r:run.inu u; tia
story thai had ever Thought and ever sa! ihat the
administration OF his own cabinet chief wu- " W aS&.
| n2'OH hhS MrUvgh1H." lie does no! 90 tn Wirch..-
ter nor down the Valley +" the lower eud, bu, he
cites what seems like proof of something similar 10
the fact charged at another pnce, /" w.t. at Stalnun
in iS'' II matters not tor what WA said ut
| ,II,h ip l,I..,,
init the san+. that which said ut "Win.Icot,r
aud probably il other GuGnr. IN The lower end ~! the
Nnry." and vii! expInin 10 Mr. Stuart the true
aud correct Interpretation OF lie editorial nu'ice,"
which he rrsrart-i from the S;au,iDn Spectator q:
I'd September, So. wac IL, l. cany;..oiI.g the Val.
ley as itenoclalic circi"r. apIaari I" Whiy AMI
tried, MOI unsccrssfgy, IL show them that tl-y wrlr
"boolycd from AL ",.s.Hmrr Ia the party which hal
put M" FILLMORE a,id: nrl had taken up Gen. Scott
as MI ar" !!a. caGdla:c. The report in tho S;cc;a.
tor is neither I'LL aecNrate ugi il will ,uLafant.ic
the statement, that placed what sgd of Mr. bill.
more HJf"p5" "g 0"H r|n,"r 81 h!. ~ H.. a,i,"n-
I.hH!"'M, bat upon tie eS:iHHte whch the IIhjas
hi,mSTtC> had Placed upu him. both Il. II man and
| President. Ih"g-m" l--hai psn-gyri. ed him as Il
paragon n p'.rn! l.rTie"ii..: H.g-irut i-l.ad e..
! alted him OH u level with i!ir furr y! his Country.
am had praised hi. policy ~ "Washing g,on-!.h:
| throughout, III y"u pl"ssri; N"y-H" l-Giowrd ~:
defect in his administration, nmd had exalted III l!:e
South especially IN his execution Gf the fugitive slave
act. passed q. Mc r:"oniuu,s, aot ag,h., "n h:s
mind, his motives hI.d h. nich.Lr,g put him
ihei, oan P.d,S'a! tor him. a:Id rn asked: why Il.
had been sc u"de Tor no!licr, n"d az" not know Ia
| lie brtt, / candidate Why had M.q not SAID 10
| Fillmore "mell dom-, goo! End iahu servant. goa
shall be- made rnl-r OYER ihany 'h,".a yet nn"tl,
four years Ih'y agreed ",!h h.'u--i!"i ON nj!
federal policy, aud they had CLAIMED that unna "n:
purer ae pnbic man 'hRa he MAS. ~! "g, IT, ,t
irt.E by his Irrip' did not prcteai to give The
answer, bu! cs!lrd up .H'h."d FMmo.s i,ms,!i a
! "a::s'r Why. rad h;s celebrated ic'cr 10 NJ.
BaD"ocE, la which ic expressly unn'cs iio.th""i
the rraaons "hy - would Ge rr;ert'. hy lis ;.ary.
Hrno. !->hid ,tal IL u trUe pari" he In! "iAl
fully executed la. .w."-h" plrad.. thai IL had
lone his dny according Ia his oath oi office he Said
he had executed the in.v" slave act and NW r""fH
cost han Lhr moniaGtion--thatw would make him unc
vaable--thst would dr-nft.ct the antsiavery faction
with his adIHins;rniinn--H"f TOaM ca.s,r he.
,ssct.0M dy tr IVA. 'oHIcat.Ont Ih,g hid
sad al! HI th ,2fgtsE, q NJ Fm"'" and he h pr
sarl wss tue. whc, .'rs:. = .,.,, ,i "''',
all a,l,gsGcc 20 party c"m""r,lii inu rl'''
i.hed President, WHOM ''I deemed - worthy l"i
Tho crime %; uhe.jug the iGs' "f !a inmsin!""
against Tie "ig her Law :" nb"!.i!un!-mi Such "nr
the course Of ny arsnrnrnt aud Gp!"il' "nI ,n''
was the course "l the Nhult Democratic press. Vow,
NII Stuart nnv wrll h"w easy Hmd ua'urni II was,
tor listener, even to have mistaken "ui"gIrs winch
| 1 was uou,Us ;.u.n Wing pIr.sc- HHd " h- nin''i-
| upnn Mr. Fillmore. aud Reasons wh'ch wa qu"'ns
from SIR FILLMORE avn letter T." Mr.. Bhhc"'k. lot
enrnmun- and arguments ni my uwn Ny uwn hF-
/
! them on their own grounds Er srgnm"n; sak", nni
/ thereby prnve thai they were bound not to sapp"ll
| the nomination Of urn. Scott. u II WAS hhtHih',
,eII ur Mr.. Stuart Ia gave rirGi' IL ~" report iHh'
| Mr.. Wise had commanded Mr. lnnfr A!iiiiisua.
! tou as Wa.hingion-hSr, hr aud every In, -L!'Jei
man vii, see how rnsy aud natural II WAS nr such
ln;siakp aud the report oi il 10 have originated. !
repeat that never thought, uiirrr! :Urh senfi-
nrnt my own III my ME
| remember thHt daring the canvas III -, 'ih
| IL A Jl. Tl,pS
! same appeal lb Wings, Hin' asked them NlI,ft I"
sut L.rf 0TH estimate ii a man, Nsir 5Fn Tah 0''
rol,ry they could have found better candidate than
M. Fillmore, whom h'2 H'm%'ttS hau 4" Hi"'n
praised! Why was ho rrjrcrdl There. too, rent
h.. oGn account OF the rcas"n why. baltimore ''hI
s.nt nm n champion at Gen. Scott parsnnal trirn!
Of mine, who attempted TO give the reason why. tie
said the truth was, that the Whig party war Ike II
gallant who went llymen-hnntlng; he mel Il h':I'
Ing maiden of sweet II, beautiful, modest, graceful
| intellectual, sult nnd attractive, but without ''ih"
availablities;" and widow, 'ni and forty will
wealth ins.ad n vii, the gay lutinra gave his hand
| to the widow, with l:s eyes and ms heart hItu nP'"
| IN. maiden ! replied by saying that Mr. Fiim"r-
wus rather Ike D. Hesriita r'i', i"r The Wing par
~ had been joined &c him four long Year.; but took
the illustration il was: Mr. Fillmore w"s h"maden
cf sweet lS and the "ai aud loriy widow was General
Scott cuntlnsted the the latter dressed ~ i'If
! heluuphs und nouncrs until hp Haunted linrry like Il
very Lull, lo.k uf the gnrden Of love; but conlin
forb-ar to comment upon hu immortality OF marry
| ING for mon-y-oi marrying with the hand one why
| md the eyes and heart Hvrrfed the other way. Bu
| there was something worse in this mnfr'mon'm
| E,,rrt;On. Why was T,jr FWm3,r deserted lvr Thi0"
ScDUi II was because the former WAS not 80 ord,!o
| bIp WHY nat 50 avaIiabe Because, M h' SAID ~
his Bahcrk c,trr-nnt i-that he had faithfully exr
cuted the laws-the fugitive slave net csprcially.- -
| We're Southern Whcs conservative Wings, con--
| tu,iun.loving Whigs, 10 support the nomination nl
| General Scott for H"t rruson-n r-nsOn which n.
smiled the most sensitive nerve al the whole south,
which shocked the moral sensr, nn'i outraged ali JUS
tice reason which the Wings hnd pruiessrd f"
rcuudiate-.araiioLidg! :" Now, This COURSE Of
reasoning would ar we'll justify the report that hnd
said Mr.. Fillmore was Il "Nash:Ms n"'dea' ur "a DE-
serted wife, at Berkeley, as the same course wnnIn
have justified the rrport, ! had said his ndnnlsra.
liun ':was ashngtnn.lke, al Staunnl, or Winrhts'
ter But mean no, by all this to drfiac in the least
from wha, | did say III praise of Mr.. Fill and
what said then, lake pleasure III repeating now
WAS then capable ol "a generous tribute to "a W'-
| IJiral opp0nrai," aud am now. ! did not compare
| him 10 Washington. | never knew the man Could
compare To- one who has uver filled me with nothing
l.ss than reverence and awe. One whom ] have
never dared and never viii dare to question i'll angh
| he ever sad did. ] bow down before him just
| simply bow down before him. | couldn't be-
! pin to compare any man with George Washington!
| But | can reason about Mr.. Fillmore and ialk To
and of him with great respect; but just as would nl
any other nnn, without one particle "f reverence.
knew him long III Congress, and can well aties' 10 his
personal virtues rs good, plan, moderate prudent
! and believe patriotic gentlrInan. Bnt agrteh
with him very FEW political qG rs!I"nS, II any -
IF wp voted together H. we sometimes did. II Wa for
| oppcsite reasons aud different ends. Mr.. Fillmore
was and is Of the Nea York schonl of federalism.
always WAS Of the opposing Virginia school ii strict
construction. lie ways tor high protective IA
riff for internal improvements by iha Grntrh govern
! mrnt for distribution uf revenue for fiscal banks
and 6scnl corporations laudnarian in ali respects,
and was decidedly and hmpqnvocally an anti slavery
representative and man. II Jn". Quincy AdHms ever
gaye an nnti-slavrry vote which Mr.. Fillmore did
not give whilst served with the two. don't remsri-
b-r the instance. In debate, he complained thnt the
claukng Of the chains Of slavery in the District ot
Columbia disturbed him in his seat on the floor ofhe
House. Yet he wns temperate man, moderate III
! nil things. He was no rabid fanatic-l rery be-
leye conscientious in his mnscARd construction rt the