Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-11
capt that covered by the Missouri Compromise, and

capt that covered by the Missouri Compromise, and
That no suspicion Hat thai mas 10 be disiurLed"-
In the language Of the Columbus Times, was it thus
that the South betrayed in the settlement of that
question: Non.interveation as to all territory South
Of SO degrees 80 minutes and the Missouri restriction
upon all North OF it! We acquesced, supposiny III /
the doctrine Of non.intervenun to be applied in
all future legislation for the Territories, and regard
the Kansas Nebraska bill as but the bouu fdt fulfil
meat OF the terms Of that Compromise. Such, how.
ever it seems, not Mr.. Fill:nores Interpretation
of the measure. The Missouri restriction, he untor.
Stood to be retained in its exclusion OF slavery
from all Territory North OF the line, while tle North
agrees not to intervene South OF that line
And this is the great of justice TO the South
20 which Mr.. Fillmore felt bound to give his Of
fetal approval" and for which he is lauded az
the great conservator of the r hts Of the South and
for which the South owes such a debt Of gratitude
that it can only be extingushed by supporting him
for the Presidency. Southern men! are you thus to
be cheated into the support Of man, who not only
gives you no assurance that you may trust him in
the crisis before you, but actually asks you to turn
your back upon the only friends at the North 10 whom
you can look in the hour of danger! Do YOU mean
to maintain the principles Of the Kansas Nebraska
act the final settlement OF the slavery question -
And ars you willing to join in the support OF the man
who openly avows hostility TO that measure T.
Now we nSk Southern men to contrast the posi-
ticn Ct Mr. Buchanan and the national Democracy
with that of Alr. Fillmore and "the National Amer-
can party" on this vital question. Mr.. Buchanan
and the Cincinnati Convention not only approve Of
the principles Of the Kansas act, but they have en-
lorsed tine repeal OF the Missouri restriction. The
Convention after they had, in their resolutions, ap-
proved the doctrine of Congressional non.nterven-
ton in the affairs ofthe orrtories thus declared their
sense Of the wisdom of the application of the doc.
trine to tho Kansas and Nebraska Territory:
"Th:t this WAS tho basis OF the compromises Of
iSaJ, confirmed by both the democratic and whig
parties iii National Conventions, ratified by the peo.
pie in the election Of lS52, and richy aPprt to the
organization of Territories in lSji.'
Mr.. Buchanan has been equally unreserved in en-
dorsing tho repeal Of tho Missouri restrc con. In
his reply to the Pennsylvania State Committee, in
forming him Of his nomination by his native State,
he "hrarLHy adopts" aud "cor!ia'ly approves" "the
admirable resolutions Of the Pennsylvania State
Convention-and among those resolutions are the
following, which explicit enough for any South
ern man:
"Lsesotved, That in the repeal OF the act known as
the Missouri Compromise act and tho passage Of the
act organizing the Territories of Kansas and Nebras-
ka free from the unconstitutional restriction the last
Congress performed work of patriotic sacrifice in
meeting the demands of sectional excitement by un.
shaken adherence to the fundamental law.
"Resolved, Tha. this legislation cannot be deemed
unnecessary, but that II mas srpedpm 10 meet the
questions of rhch disp'sed and which could never
admit Of q more easy settlement. than at present"