Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-21

voted Tor resolutions brought there by the abOiillan
lists Adams, SHADE and Gid'Iings, aud ecain,t hos
oi such sound conservatives or Southern men n
Aih.rtur, Wise aud others. He exposed :hc glafIni
lanaiicisn OF many Of thuse votes, and lhcn ask,
Whether his course "a President hal wiped out tE
fnll stains Of abouuisu.. What had he done pu
sgn the Compromise neasures! Aud what ''u Wv
South gain by those measures! One oil ihe'h w.,
California from the South by n ntr co''S'n" 'a,.
formed against all precedent, against l!ste',
the federal constitution itself Thai SUI ,,.rn
ton WAS formed at the bidding ct MIX M, =. bn
meMt and under tn, dic;a.on "i : ID a''' 800 y;,Jo
ihetiort ; - which fnrbds Congress
man trum holding any iece ,i% a. iy I'm rnylnr
pointed Commissioned TO o"'', wv Nv" - J i+,i
&v .n,,h.r oS these measures, New mt4ico anu Ola"
;;,, h L;ramuus population, were erected INTO Ter
"0 ,.srnm,uts: By another. 5OOu0 square miles
If lsvrholdlng Texas was cut OIL ana added 10 Ne"
V,;co by another, the slave trade was ao"iished III
ha D;sirict of Crlumhin and by the remaining one
! t,.ahni:ers were allowed to pursue their runaway
u,rroes into the free States AMI catch them II they
| could or dared To do so-a measure undtr WHICH u
| has coat SilS,U0O I" capture negro worth SOU.
| He showed that Fmore's notions at the feto pow
or would place him. tied. hand and foot, III the power
of Black Republican Congress, and pledged HIM
TO do for them almost all that Fremont c"ui" 10
lie would he forced to siga any bill when raging i'
nn;!cisn could pass and which he m'ght deem u''"'l
stuonal. lie then reviewed Mr.. Bllrliaiiah we"
of this grea, conservative power. buchanan nan
fought for it when Clay ard Fillmore had b"tled
against it, and when Jack, II had used II Win gam
power to crush the Wing party and ITS meas ures. iie
had then declared the veto power th'Sh' one gay %
come the bu!wark Of Southern rights aga nst rhvlng
ianu,icism-a proubecv now actually realized This
was power which had saved the koiiial Deui"cIacs
from ruin, and preserved IA that great Pr"pe ''r'
splendid renown until the Ca1ars trainpied II under
foot. Il wGs Il power which Washington eHete'se.'
which Jefferson praised and loved ana was 'ne 'eri.
bic WEAPON with which jackson sew the young giant
e Nod. nj in
Mr.. A. next examined the Fil'busterlng plank IN
the Democratic platform and shove" 's value " .'e
South ard the nation Ii only declared thal the
Island Of Cuba should be watched, ana ls passing IN
to fur.ipu or negro hands prevented at every risk
II Gny declared what the law OF nations allowed
ana what Mr. Clay himself had announced lis his own
deliberate opinion.
Hare ha examined FiIlmora's coursed towards those
unhappy adventures who raIny, but nooy sohsHt
10 free that beautiful isle from the desolatns big OF
Spanish rule. Fillmore denounced them MS ou!Ia"s
aud allowed them 10 be shot down without tr'a ~heh
by the treaty then existing between the ned STATES
and Spain, the right of trial by Jury was secureu 10
outlaws and pirates even. These adventures were
shot down in violation of that treaty, and then FIJI
more sent an humble petition that Spain would allow
the poor victims Christian burial Suppose. said Mr..
A., that Jackson had been President then; VINO can
doabt his cuurse7 He would have turned loose .,'e
dogs Ot war and delivered tuoa loic'e' i'''' '''
curse of Spanish cruelty
N.,t he ,yu,nine,i with grea: effect the charge of
Burhanan's completely with the chhrge u o",s"'n
and intrigue made against Mr. Gay anu showed ,':"'
while every h;ncrapher of Mr.. Clay exempted MN
from IN. charge vet there WIS one when nobody eN !
cusgi II was he who abused Nh Clay win Coarse
hess aud maiguiiy uf v!iup"raii"H eNceii.hS every
other mau. IL WIS lie who called Gay ''is'h' hh"
corrupt in politics AMI morals. mat man WIS Ah'
rev Jackson Dunelson, the opposition candidate Tor
he Vice Presidency. M-aly ncu,hcd wings could
waow him with al his ii';h ana tnse!Innd, and Yet
-iuse to support the Democrat who did justice 10