Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-09
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9,

Filmore's opinions of the repeal Of the Missouri
| Compromise.
Now the only question s-Has he changed these
well known opinions! Has he altered his position!
| He has accepted the nomination OF the American
party. have never been member Of any party but
the Wing party When he received the nomination,
he WIS in Europe where he had been many months
previously The platform OF the principles OF that par
ty accompanied the letter informing him of his Domi-
| nasi;n, and requesting his acceptance Of the same.
He replied to that letter while in Europe. He must,
admit, be regarded as giving his general approval
| OF tlle platform upon which his friends nominated
him. Nor, gcnhrmen. / ask yon 10 publish that plat
i'm, or 6"y c'a"sc orfnr0gr0M OF !" m Th'ch, by a
fair construction, Mr. Fdmors has rrpnd'ated any Of
ms dnfccsdcmS upon the s"bect ot me ertens'on "
sinrG.y. You did not quote that platform but one OF
prior date and with the history of which have no
knowledge. HIRAM kETCHUM.
This letter is notable for four things. lst 1t shows
upon what grounds Mr. Fillmore is supported by the
most conservative of his Northern friends. They all
lndisaa"ily repudine the idea that he would consent
to the extension of slavery. They clnm that he has
always opposed the acquisition of slave territory. 3D.
The letter is remark able for the declaration that Mr.
| Fillmore does not eject "his antecedents" The as
serton is precise and emphatic that Mr.. Fillmore
abid;s ny has aut.ce'nts that is, the an.ecedents
which convict him of antagonism To tie extension of
slavery. The supporters Of Fu:ofe in this State, pre-
tend that he has abiured his slavery faith, andhas
made atoncmcnt to ihe South for his hostility to its
interests Put the friend of hi, bosom procaims that
he ati>y by has antccedcatS. I'd. The letter is
kable again in this il addaces Mr. Fll!mores denun
citation Of the repeat Of the Missouri restriction in
proof of his unchanged and unchangng convictions
against tho extension OF slavery. 4h. Finally, the
pI.n A.. ti,.
Know Nothing platform "f Philadelphia with the dis
tinct understanding that il commits hiIu against the
repeal of The Missouri restriction ami The extension Of
slavery. This letter is Vi tie most significant de-
velopmcnts of lie eluraas 1t will afford text for
further comment in this paper. Meanwhile lei Dem
ocratic speakers file i, among their documents"
! The Philadelphia 'Sorth American" on slavery
! and the South.
We ind n long and rambling article in the North
american, in abuse Of our Institutions 4 few Of
| its fasi,les and gbsurdi,ica We intend to notice.
The american will not interfere to disturb slave
ry in the S,sls but SAYS, ave can nerpose to stay
the progress of that institution which aims TO drive
! free labor from its own heritage"
| Now, the South does not propose to exclude free
aborers from inch Of the territories, and the in-
PRODUCTION oi slavery neither practically nor heore
oal,y excludes them From the tin.pedlar up to the
teacher male and female, the merchant, the farmer,
the lawyer and professor, the yankee in search Of
fortune comes South among shareholders to acqureit
Secondly, all the territories are either the donation
Of the South or were by Southern Generals,
Southern azrns, Southern statesmen, and Southern
,lipomacy in defiance of and in the teeth of North
ern opposition They arc The Southern "herltsge,
from which the Norta proposes TO exclude the South
But the South s willing TO give the North equal inte
res, in all, aud exclusive interest in nlne.tenths OF
chose territories. The South does not expect ever TO
participate in much any Of the territories except
Kansas. and the North apprehends no such partlclpa
ton. We gave you all" Yet, now, like Regan and
Goner, sou would not leave us "tiveand'twenty
teS or fve"-nay, none 1t is utterly false thst we
would drive free labor from its own heritage" II
is undenably true that the capitalists OF the North
the owners of hreling labor, which .hey survc ant
maltreat--seek to send their abused white slaves
70 the North West, to the exclusion Of our thriving
negro slaves.
, The aucri.an next asserts that the wealth Of
community depends on its labor. This is utterly false
ss we shall show from lie next sentence. Tie wealth o
the world is entirely the result OF labor, but the ndi
yiduss who labor, or the nations who labor, do no
posseas or accumulate that wealth. Trade steps il
The war of the vita, the oppression of skill ant
capital step in, and rob The aborlng man and the IN
boring nation of the results of it's labors. Thus TIT
cunujnu idle of the North are the wealthy of th'
North. The lsboring poor are the h"bit"eS OF poor
houses iais and penitentiaries. Capital skill ant
cunning cheat them Of the results of their labor
Thus too, the hard working South permits Englsnt
and New England to grow rich OH her labor "Th'
favorable balance or profits Of trade" supports them
Our negroes make thousands for u.s. millions for them
Deprive them of slave grown sugar, coffee, cotton
wheat and corn aud rice and tobacco and they wou'
q starve in single year The North and Western Eu
j rope ves, exists, by cheating and det'aud'ng slaV
labor. They make Ave times much from SLAYER.
rs We They cannot live they cannot exist one Sill
Z sls year, except by cheating and defauding slav
/ labor.
But cut the South Of from Europe and the North
d and her wealth would be quadrupled in ayear. Ih
, immense capital now employed in Europe and tn
/ North, in manufacturing her gross materials, mus
come South or starve. The tens ofmllious OF mouth
that ehe feeds must come here or starve.
We can bring the capital employed III manufactures
and most of 1t employed in commerce South when w
please We can transfer Manchester and Birming
ham, and Lowell to the South, and thus in single
y wear uuadruDe the wealth of the South. But W.
would not have your rich, vulgar, lcentous bosse'
and your brutal, ignorant and insubordinat
factory hands in our midst for all the wealth Of "Or
i mus and Of Ind" We are as rich as We care t
be- We are contened viruous, mpral religious, ant
conservative. We would not exchange our situation
for the vulgar sensuaity and brutality Of the "nou
venux riches tie coarse parvenushe millionaire cot
ton faciOrs and grocers of the North or of England
much less for the countless millions OF pnupers ant
criminals who lift up and sustain the cowardy sci
fish, sensua licen,ious, nfle agrarian and reyoll
tionary edifce of free society.
y The American calls the territories the heritage o
free labor. Does free labor inherit the Norh-wes
from Virginia and have the Of Virginia no heri
,aye there? Does free labor inherit tho immense do
main West OF the Mississippi, acquired by tho Sag
Of Monticello in the teeth Of Northern opposition
; And shall not the of Virginia and the de
ycendan,s Of Jefferson participate in this heri
tape2 Do the services of Monroe in acquiring Flo
rda, and of Polk in confirming our title 10 Oregon
u and of TYLER and Gilmer and Upshur, and Polk, an
Scott, and Taylor, in adding Texas, New Mexico an
California to the Union, give no rights to the South
. but make the whole the "heritage" of the North I
J Suppose the friends of Fremont succeed in dissov
i ing the Union, how much Of the territories woul
" the North american allot to The South How nue.
retain for the North If fair and equitable division
. we're made, the South would get ten times as muc
by going out of the Union As by remaining in it. Al
though we were chiefly instrumental in acquiring all
. we SET up TO superior claims, and if the Union con
r tnues-as we hope it wll-we fear Kansas is aoou
all the South has any chance Of. But if the Fremont
era dissolve the Cnion then the South will insist o.
q her fair and equal portion-say one.halt'
d Speakinp of the Northern system OF society, IN