Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-08-22


may BE- said at the Syracuse Convention, amy other
assenbGCe OF insane persnrs-l ner'r m0Hld roasCmt
h'tbcrc shO"d BE- Oac foot Ot stare crniory bcy0Md
want Mc old thrtCca States had az h'i,m' 81 thct0rma-
HDA NJ he Ui0n. NEVER, MEYER. The man cant
show his face me and say he can prove that ever
departed from that doctrine. He wou!d sneak away,
and slnk away, or hire Il mercenary lieep, that he
| might sny what q mercenary apostate from liberty
Daniel Webster has become. Laughter and cheers.J
He knows him self to be hypucrite ana ts!siner.
"Slavery, as it exists in the States, Is beyond the
reGch of Congress Ii is the concern ot me StnteS
themselves They have never submitted It 10 Con
gre,s, and Congress has right or power over H.
shall concur, therefore, in no act, n" measure no
menace no Indication Of purpose when sha'i lhtsr'
fere or threaten 10 interfere with the exclusive au-
lory OF the several States over the subject ~ Save
ry, as it exists within their respective HINTS All
this appears to me to be matter OF PLAIN anu
imperative duty. But rhen rc como TO speak ot a.
miRg States, The subject d'sunl@S ncH ana en-
Gyrly 3jHrsut ASPECT Oar rights and our dni'cS arc
! MtH b0ih diytrcat. THE FREE STATES AHD ALL THE
| STATES ARE THES AZ LIBERTY TO ACCEPT OK NE
JECr. WHES 1T Is PROPOSED To BRING Ne" MEN
| BERs iSTo THIS POLITICAL PARTSEEsHlP, THE OLD
| MEMBERS HAVE RIGHT TO SAY uS WHAT TENNIS
| SUCH PARTNERS ARE TO COME Is, AND WHAT THEY
| AKE TO BRING ALONG WITH THEM. In my op'"'"'
the ptop's 0fhe Catcd States rW not consent 10 dr,ng
| n Hem r1sily cricHsirc and si1rchOding country
hrgc cR0uyh for Raif dozen dozen States, INTO
tie EnlOn. Is NY OPINION THEY OUGHT Sor TO CON
| SENT Tolr.
Wei, all will say is. that with the blessing OF
Iiud, will not now, hereafter, before me country
the world, consent TO BE- nUrLerci among hose "ho
,ufroiucCd star" poarcr iEto ths CHoH' ana an
| IN my po~cr 10 prer'm a." Applause
If there be any stronger protest against the e1ten-
sion OF slavery in the Black Republican platform; If
any more fierce and defiant challenge to the South
has cmauated from Charles Sumner or Henry Wilson,
then we will acknowledge that Mr. FIIlnore's Secre-
,ary of State did not pledge Mr.. Fillmore's Admins
raon 10 resist the admission OF another slave State,
and to oppose any addition to the "s'ave power. -
The distinctive principle OF the Black Republican
party is here proclaimed in The precise phraseoogy
Of the Black Republican platform.
I'm answer to the other accusation against the Ill
more ailninistration-h the President had signed
tho fugitive slave bil.thc Secretary OF State spoke III
these very word
Then there was the other, and that was matter
| Of the Fugitive Slave law. Let me say word about
,h,t At the commencement OF the year
| 1850 il was absolu,ey-I say it was absoutely-i in
disprnsabp that Congress should pass some law Tor
the execution If this provision OF the Constitution, or
.isc grc mp that institution rnt,rciy Mhat was Tue
uue stion was in Congress when the law was pass
| 3D. was for proper law. had, 'ndcfd, PropoSed
n JE,rsyi low / WAS nF OPINION THAT A SUMMARY
rRIaI BY A JURY MIGHT RI HAD, WHICH WOULD sA'
rIsrY THE PREJUDICEs OF THE PEOPLE. But le't
the Senate, and Went 10 another staon before theia"
| WAS passed
| "Th- law of 1850 passed. Now, | undertake, as n
| awyer and on my professional character tn say 10
YOU and 10 all, that the law ~ iSo IS dfc'd'dfy more
tGrornbie 10 he tHgh,re than Gcn washington t1e
ot 1893 and tell you .fhY. In the first place. the
nr.scnt law places the pow er in much higher hands
of independent Judges of the Superior aud Circuit
Courts and District Courts, and commissioners VINO
are appointed 10 office for their law-learng, every
fugitive is brought before tribunal ot hig charac-
6 fsli AZ r-sn III.
With this. Flimorc's vindica,ion was complete and
triumphant in the judgment OF the Abolltionists.-
Daniel Webster had achieved another great forensic
victory; one more criminal was let loose upon Inc
world.
We anticipate the reply to this article. The Know
Nothing organs will contend that the Know -No'hiue
nominee is not responsible for the declarations Oh III
Secretary of the State. The absurdity oil this rs
sumption is palpabe, in view OF all the circumstance
of the case The relation Of President and Secretar.
of State implies the utmost personal confidence an'
p.rfac identity of sentiment. II is obvious too tina
ON this occasion Mr.. Webster put forward as TIT
id not have ventured to publish mn eah".-'" -
representation of the Presidents position on the mos
vital issues before the country. AZ any rate, II I'M
had been done, Mr.. Fillmore would have lost no tline
in reinstating himself in the public confidence, ana IL
nttes,ipg his sense Of the ndiGnity by the promP
dismissal Of the false and subordnate Secretary o
Sta,e. MIR. Fillmore did nothing Of the sort. Or
the contrary, he endorsed and approved Webster
sentiments through the Washington Republic, in i'll
;ssue of May 9th 1851. These the words OF the
"..cisl orsau," as Dcueson was wont to distinguish
it:
nWs rejoice that Mr.. Webster took occasion tc
| a ~ i,.cla
that must forever get rest all the insdous ialee
hoods that have been invented and sown broadcast II
the country with the hope OF creating differences DC
tween these distinguished men, or OF lmpreSslng the
peopl,. with the belief that such dlgcrcnces sE'St
But, MIR. Fillmore Set the matter at rest by the dis
tinct declaration in his Louisville speech, OF 1891
that there was "perfect unity of feeling between
himself and his Cabinet on these very questions.
After such conclusive evidence of Fillmore's re
sponsibility for Websters sentiments, It IL unneces
sary TO sdduce other testimony OF the TACT. How
ever, it may amuse person who is disposed to laugl
at the Inconsistencies Of human conduct and charac
ter 70 rend what the Know Nothing nominee Tor th'
Vice. Presidency had to say OF the hnow'Nothng no
miuee for President, in connexion with MIR. Webster
anti slavery speech at Buffalo. Doneison wrote th'
following frightful paragraph in the Union OF May
Goth 1851:
"t will be in vain herenfter that the special organ
NAV Hait.r itself that there is SUBSTANTIAL DIFF
rrxrycr srrwEES MEssRs. SUMNER ASD RaHTouL
,yD THE PREsIDEST (Fillmorel ASD THE MEMBEk
or HIS CABISEr. Ii the head OF the great i" III!
Marty is 40 welded TO the infected abolition feeling
nnrtion of New York, ns to ,e obliged to denounc
Mi the great men who have sanctioned the acqu'sl
ons OF territory from France, Spain and Mexico-l
h. revoted sentiment of Massachusetts, Is 10 be mp
n.nsed by the assurance that was misfortune ina
| ,nI,s. md nrtlll
Abolition iurrs to try their right OF property-lt In
anti. slavery funacism not only OF this country, uu
Of all Europe, is 10 be propltated by the assurance
that the admission Of slave territory INTO our Union !
unconstitutional lime has come when the peopI
of this country will not be amused by the hnsy idc
that Mr. Sumner is monster because he declares tha
Ie furitIve in Boston shall not be surrendered helor
trial there, and Mr.. Fillmore is patriot ana hcr
because he thinks the negro ought TO have that tria
but yet declares that he will execute the laws reius
ing it. =. ,....
duced whose system of action is not IN harmony VIII
the genius OF our institutions ana whose position
therefore in all the great crisis to which we have bee
subjected has been invariably adverse 10 the Judg
ment of the great majority ct the people,
The render may now determine for himself, whe
ther Fillmore votes antislavery petitions. an
such Executive acts as the pardon of Yankee kid
napo.rs are consistent with the political sentiment
of his daily life: whether he is an enemy OF the Sout
in a Pckwckiau sense only whether no simply al
.cts the character of Abolitions, before the public
or acts it earnestly in private
THE PROSPECT.
Every man has his own opinion Of the probable ii
sue of the present canvass. We too have cslcua'e
the chances, and this is anticipation.
Tho following table exhibits the electoral vote
each State, and OF the two sections
,7.Trs, FIFTEEN SLAVE STATES.
Muino Delaware.
N.w Ha,npshire 3 Maryland ...-.....:
Vsrmnnt ) Virginia. .......".i
Nssaohus.,ts l3 North Carolina. -.--.l i
| Rhode Island. .....l 4 Nnuln va aI"Hu". .'---