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

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Exeter Hail is busy Exeter Hall mas 20 .,.J
warmly the cause OF Fremont Exeter iif' no resi-
until slavery was abolished y Exeter lial ,nm' G ~,
that it's deferred hopes are now in a 'air WY rocr
.m"rdy realization; Exeter Hall, it must be rec"ilfcl'
ed. was the prnpagaudi,t Of abolition; EIeret ian ,
Gnr the obligations which the Black Republicans ar
under 10 il, will demand. in case Of their suecerS, =,
,ppuintmrnt of Charles Sumner "a Minister 10 %
Britain; Exeter Hall can command millions OF PouH 10
startling; Exeter Hall Offered, it is said. 10 prov =.
100000 for the emancipation Of slavery in ,C1pai ~
1854; Exeter Hall, in its support of The PhiIauenr:: ~"
nomination and platform, has found a reany c"."ny"
Tor in the London Tiinea; Exeter Hall has aaomr.
that the dissolution Vi the Union was d P'
sideration with it. over
/. the South awake, or is it soundly sleeping over
the volcano, which threatens an early eruption. -
there one State within its embraces that does ~, , H..
tinc,ly see that the bcstuwai of its vote on h"y -" 49,
candidate than MIR. Buchanan, would, in al! likri".uo,
involve itself and its ~co-slsters IN ruin! III 49,
Presidential issues there was nothing nj s'aK'' " !" ',
ever the result, that the slareholding 6iatcs ""'I ,'
suryiye-that the Union could not survive. i"op':
s,,nt one il of an utterly different character. ~ It
slavery or no Slavery-Union or no Union: l oe'e,r
that no friend of the South, who Id II triehu ~ %"y
thing else but in name, can regard It Ill my -.
IiyLt' am sure il is not regarded otherwise in AZ,
metropolis. England is fully prepared-ou' SUI l ", v,
Eyar.r Hall inHueEce-to let us alone if we WIZ ''
ourselves alone. But if We are bent upon seII''rn n :,
lation she is not indisposed TO help us nlHns' 'm i
disunion were To occur 1t would remove TIE 80 ~.
which she has of our future grentnrss. There woum ~
that event be one lrss great power, and 'hat ".mn
promises to be an Uver.shadowIpY one, co '''e"
with herself. .Lod;pg
State, seem to hold on to Mr.. Fillmore with eS,I""i,
binary tenscity. This is the more reiha'Hrp'. .
since the Known othings in the non-slaTth"".'
States surrendered him up to Black k.PuoNcn'S
uoou The first tap of the drum. The tact Is NM" ~
rIiiinnisn in tho nou.sla v~ehulding States nerer.ironi I've
first, meaut any thing better than AboiItloh'sn.' III
Sneaker of the House of Representatives was 's ii,G"
priesl-its embodimrnt-and his name WAS No."
ed" from the Philadelphia Black kepu"''1o"
Convention for the purpose Of concentrating strength
upon its ticket! 1t was n rHSc Of iarkc" se"'M ~.
originally inspired by Exeter Hall, for doInd'ng Ine
powrrle,s Wigs and unthinklng Democrats y. use
South. Ii had lin 'bribi hour ana WIN uc mno
n, more" The nice, gentlemanly old Wings VINO
enlisted under its banner, soon became Ms 'ireu .
! the Democrats who were cntrapped IN lis meshe' u
came ashamed OF it. Ii is dead dead e|,-n'
scotchcd merely, but absolutely non eS's'ant' "roise
Law gave il the lat blow. The proceedings vi me
..pLiludclphia Council" of last year must nave been
convinced him, Is it ought to have convinced every
body else, that inasnuch rs II hhd no honi"S"n"u'.
ness, il was an utter lmpractlchDhity. Inc 'ttehl
Convention of Wing malcontcn1s with tho southern
platform at Richmond, acted judiciously III acting
upon the principle, while taking HE candidate pm"
excellence OF lis selection, against whom George La"
and tie North revolted, 10
"Brearhc not its namc-lo; Il rest in In. shad",
Wnrro cold and lIsh0mOrcd lis rclc' are iHii.
Wliggcry seems to be making Il in'Sh'S Ho' W
about Charlottesville, and here and there ana else
where to rcsurr.c;. but lie vital spark has also HID.
Ii expired in the poisonous embraces ul hn"W ~"
Ihinsisln. /" attempt IL make II u party lh''''hh'
again ia as absurd Ms would be the attempt 10 rai-o
the old Alien aud SeditiUn Laws purity. lie leaders
of the movement sill find no response from The
masses. In the North the masses who carried ai'',
Harrison aud Taylor aud enthusiastically ral''ca
around Clay, have been gradually sliding down ''o
one charlaIaury and another, Terminating lhelr pro-
grtss in what they call iTee.sollIsIn, until there is no
Thing lett of them, Whiggrriiy speaking. When they
were united they were never Il match Tor Inc uhul
yidcd Democracy, III a fair contest. Mr.. Clay was
certainly the standard by which their huiher'cai
strength was Justly measured III 1911.
From what | learn, Exeter Hall confidently e1prcts
its p~latfurm-(for the Fremont platform Is surrey
an emauation Of the Anti Slavery Soclrly's uoinssl J."
that Hall 10 be- sustained by every uoh'siaVeho,u-
Ing State. It's influence in the way of fTrlishihs me
ueediu!, vii! doubtless be directed more To Pciihsyl-
vaniu than 10 an; o;Ecr of those S'atts, BECAUSE -hr
is considered the least reliable. II counts upon dis
affection 10 the cause Of the South on Missouri h-''-
lucky, Tennessee, Maryland aud Delaware. Ever!
vote recorded in the slavchuldins States against the
Democratic platform it will claim az Il vote III iaFor
OF the Philadelphia Abolition platform, and make lis
future arr"ngcnehts accordingly. Inc anlHsnAIS'l'
between the two will warrant the Inference In go
moinentous Il struggle il cannot perceive now any one
can stand on neutral ground. In this respect, bnt IN
no other, [ agree Wild It. The question is plainly put:
wa .Southcracrs hare The Constitution or Aio!tt0hh Ia
rue orcr hcm1 No one can evade this question ny
voting for Mr. Fillmore, rs by such vote he w"u'!
indirectly aid Exeter Hall in the accomplishment o'
i 8 object.
SpaIn still continues to be the political centre o!
European attraction. The coup dct0t OF ODnnnriI
appears 10 be successful for the moment. lie Il evi
deu;ly appalled, at the difficulty Of his position. lsn'
bella urges him onward III the work ut rc-aci!on, but
lie lesi,a,es to comply with her demands. SHE de-
sires the subvcrsion Ut tbs Constitution and the rs.
adjustment OF II complete aut"cracy. lie Is siirewd
enough TO perceive, as tyrann!cal as IS bis nature thn'
il would be periluus for him Ia be instrumental IN III"
accomplishment oi such n resuit-a result Tint would
lead TO the restoration to power Of NarvaeZ aud ~ his
own displacement aud exile. Its believed here, in
h,pb official circles, that Louis Napoleon is steadily
working the wires for the attainment OF a prupitlUus
epoch to size upon the throne Of SPAN Tor lIIs disco'i-
tented cousin. II was under such an impression per-
haps that the leader of the Tunes OF yesterday was pre-.
uar,d. With 80 little ability 10 perform her own will,
as Spain possesses, | shall never rest contented nnih
see Cuba, ~ it now is, III the embrace OF the Union. II
NAV, at any time, be employed by FTance-orr rather py
her ambitious ruler-tu visit the slaveholdInB Sih'es
with irruinediable injury ii not positive rum. Let The
Wings OF Virginia make all the capital they chose
out OF Mr.. Buchaaan's INSCRIPTIONS anxiety as 'hey
allere, for the acquisition OF the Island. III VIII rise
I'D in overwhelming judgment ngnlhst them before u
lcugtheucd period expires. Never was a puDhc ues.
patch more applauded, If Mr.. Webster 5 hulselhaliI
despatch be excepted. by Southern W hIys, than tna'
of Mr. Everest, while Secretary at State, under Mr.
Fillmore, TO Count Sartiges on the T~ripa!t!Ite proposal
L 10 lHflC trSNt N"h '''Nt
ci1Uy Cuba vouid, inour hands, b. an extremely RAJ
uabE possession. UNDER CERTAIN CONTINGENCIES
1T MIGHT BR ALMOST ESSENTIAL To OUR sAFEli.-
MIR. Everett, it woald seem, had not The nerve /"
lisa the word POLITICALLY" "a more important one III
connection with "ierritorIally and commercially; ou'
his meaning is clearly enough expressed ID inc SUP
sequcnt employment Of "USDER CERTAIN coHriS.
GEScIgs." After he re. perusal OF this sentence We'll
might the over.fastidinus Wings cxclalin, 'consisten
CIV ID a jewel" In the days OF MIR. Monroe there
was so urge An amount Of patriotism IN the anon,
that on all foreign questions our citizens thouSn'
pretty much alike, and talked pretty much alike. III
reference to Cuba this WIS an embodiment OF thelr
language, as uttered by SIR. Adams, the Secretary OF
State of Mr. Monroe: Ats commanding position WIN
reference TO the Gulf OF Mexico, and the W est lhu"
seas; THE CHARACTER OF ITS POPULATIONS; liz s''ua-
ton midway between our Southern COAST anu '"e
Island of St. Domingo; Its safe and capacious har
Dor Of Havana, fronting along the line oil our shores
considerably lengtheued by the annexation oil Lex,
u.s. destitute OF the same advantages; the ha'"fr ="
its productions aud lis wants, furnishing the supplies
aud needing tho returns oi 4 commerce Immensely
profitable, und mutually beneficial, give II an iiipor.
lance in the sum of our national interests "'1n
which that Of no other foreign territory can De com
pared, AND LITTLE INFERIOR TO TIA
WHICH BINDS II DIFFERENT MEMBchS
OFTHE UNION TOGETHER. Such, lndetL' are
between the interests OF that island ana OF tniS couh
try, the geographical, commercial, aud MURAL anu
POLITICAL relations formed by nature. ghther'he
in the prucesS Of time, and ccen nor ''rg'Rg 10 M"
turity, that in looking forward to the probable c"uts'
OF events, for the short period OF half a century, II IL
scarcely pussible to resist the conviction lhat Tue ~
nc1ati0a Of Cn6r 10 our tcderal RepuM'c rig nc In,
DlSPENSABLE TO TIE CONTINUANCE AMI
INTEGRITY OF UNION TSELF
This was the veriiable "MOnroe doctrine Inc
doctrine which found n manly response III me semi
lnents Of his contemporaries both south ana Nortn
But men change from inclination or interest whI'e
principles are eternal. In 1851, the annexation "l
CuLa,' secamu indispensable 10 the continuance
and integrity OF the Union ITSELF a. will become
distinct 10 the vision OF all when 'the continuance
aud integrity Of that Union are endangered TO a de.
gree that viii leave nothing for the Indulgence OIL
hope. n AuhiooN"