Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-18
How the Democracy take care Of Southern
Interests.

| How the Democracy take care Oh ooutno'"
Interests.
We all remember how. at the beginning 81 the
present session Of Congress, the Democratic
members were affected by 90 intense and uneom
promising zeal for the rights of the South that
| they kept the House unorganized for two months.
sooner than permi, Humphrey Marshall. II. A.
Fuller or WIN. Smith TO be elected Speaker. Mr..
| Marshall was Southern man and Shareholder.
bu. he was an American. and therefore did not
come up to the demand of the Democracy. Mr..
Fuller was Northern man. Wing, and declared
hi. opinion tina, neither Congress. nor the Ter
ri.oria Legislatures had any RICH, 10 legisato on
| slavery, except for its protection, and that he
would vote against any proposition to restore the
Missouri compromise but the Democratic mem
beIs were too careful Of Southern rights to trust
| him. Ex.Gov. Smith a Southern man and
| a Democrat, never suspected Of any infidellty TO
the South: but he refused to denounce the Amer
lean party. and the Democratic members did not
therefore feel safe in enirusting him with the in
teresfs Of the South. No one would suit them
bat Col. Richardson Of Inois;wbo. from having
interested himself in the passage Of the Kansas
bill was considered as having established claims
upon these guardians Of the South iha, could not
be predetermined. lie therefore taken up by
them and voted for day after day. and week after
week, until the country and the world became
sick Of The childish rei,eralion of their own silly
work by the peoples representatives. We have
heretofore shown that Col. Richardson was be
lever in that preposierously stupid aud desp-
cable doctrine known as squatter sovereignty,
aud that he supported the Kansas bill. believing
that it embraced an assertion Of that doctrine
We have now the means of showing what Col
Richardson expected sqnatter sovereignty 10 &C
compli.h md on what grounds he recommended
the Kansas bill TO the people of Illinois. The
Richmond Wing Of Tuesday makes public the
snhjoined letter from the gentleman who opposed
him for seat in Congress, written in reply to a
call for information by gentleman of this State:
QUINCY ILL March "a, 1896.
DEAR SIR.-Your letter of the 9Th inst has
Just reached me. In it you inquire did or did
not Col. VIM. A. Richardson. your opponent for
Congress in the last contest state 10 his oonstit
uents that the Kansas and Nebraska bill would
have The effect oi making those Territories free.
| cannot state that he did in the precise terms
Of your intcrrogaiory; but he did frequently and
emphaticay say that the repeal Of the Missouri
restriotion.as he called II, WAS favorable to free
dom; that it (the restriction) established slavery
South Of go 80 and that under the squntter SOW
aregnty principle the whole Of tho territory, ns
we'll South as North Of that line, would be formed
into free States. | give in his own words ono of
his favorite EXPLANATIONS: Never mind never
mind wait awhile and you will see that before
this time next year the people of tho Territory
will prohibit slavery.
! am very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS.
T. 8. Col. Richardson, during the whole of our
canvass, Indignantly repealed the charge Of be-
ing in favor of slavery.
A. w.
Col. Richardson defended and approved the
repeal of the Missouri restriction. He did 10
believing that it would make the territory South
as we'll as North of that line free. He did so
because no SO believed it. Yet man so believ-
ing is sustained and caressed ms a brother by
Southern Democrats who hold that the extension
of slavery is necessary to the preservation of the
Union.