Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-06-17
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nonia''o" 4 lion with nj, his heart, ana WOMB
sun,rprt them III the cnuvGss' hllSl anu ti RI,
an, ,.uuciny glad here 10 hiett h'S ".u - Ri
Han R,,ituri Brown, OF the good Old state o N",
no"i n.y., =, ,,6r him aud To have the "pp"rtu
-. 81 .rl;u, n message by him To Inc Dehics"''
=, Hsi.i,h lie had seen ii reported III lhe l'"p.'
that al the ratification Inec'ih? w 'i'" Wv
had asked how It happened that '.'c ic r,,r
were madc why had ifS'hi ~, sepin" ,.S !, WAS
,h. o,h,r southern States The reply was "as
IL :, ,nny.,u-ut The Democracy, there, he vas "i
49,, t h.nru we're then satisfied, II II was i" " 10.
,oorc,eut! He knew not in winch seSe 10 ION" r.
,n,,rrr,ntnry and the reply. But II II was me-" ,ha
;,,;r. ,h.ih,r hr IrtSe, did II, hc had 10 s"y ,"
Wv iI,,Uu h,gk lie responsibility Of II. III tlHre
nnS wr1,, III it, he would readily run the IIsH,
ami looking 10 any reward whatever lot t.o ~, nr..
uudou ptedly rendered 10 the country. I'm 'h answer
f.rr.l MOI 10 play with The question a"u :,nn-tani
huf To riy. them Il more significant anu 'p ,,n.u
meaning than ANY personal appl'cal"" ,gIIic IN
c,uld have. Ii was Increment W!Sc " ,r ,II th,
HNIj. Ii was The very wi'est anu 81 th.r.fore
country w.Iuh could have been i,aue, ,,yh, from
Virginia had promoted II d"a atu m th, NOM
htrSclf IN dO,ng 50. lie c1rd'a'!
nation of james Buchanai- ,
lst BECAUSE u was due ~ Tile l"a'''
u. Because il was due to fei'91 ,.st most sani.
81. Because il was the sales'' s' ,iI, could have
tary aud conservative niovee"ii Of me country
n.r mad. IN y,f.rracs 10 the cOhd"to"y ~ n..,;,n
A., IL. il was beyond douo' y, IL ,h,
H. ',.u.,'.In,,r voic. ui Virginia ui'eu "." -,
great Central States, without w."
North or South. ,,, nf which was suiii
Fnr ;b..,, I,ur reasons. any one W 'i u,,,y h,r
ros ,h1so ,'u f,r H.. nomination, ana no" h''''
a., n,ri.,n.J H. He sand Il Yas uuo " Wv
t., Rnchunau1 lie hes I'D Dililaty pio'I a.
H. is ~, { % .ur with Senate III H'' ''ee''. a
meyer set a sd uadron in the held '', r.,, lie i,
=, thr,w in lis scale, Ia make u h'o ~ - ut mrs,
smnly that which is expressed ny .''e ,', S,pud
cju,s To Republicans; p"ii,u"p ', -, .',s4 h.ls
=
.'ni,o n si.trs,nal uf training, vi age VI
!, n,biIc affairs vru!ent, cautious hohes'' pa h
abie and has rendered tfe ;'nu""y III III. S,.t,
much service. lie hus especially fe'lu;iou J =, tb,
,, ,,,, smith the service vi that saorcn teE"u -,
.,;,u,i,n winch protects property aha pefs"u- ~. H.,
nsiniaIus Stat. sovereignty and SINE equa" -! -
nuIy uylicv which can guard tiis o"' ~, L..,t IA
suini morals lie hes coHsr'r'a @'mSeL So ,,r 81
furutIes SO we'll by yrtnous me- tn Iii -; h;,u
, r ,i U.s. has many yeurS OF serVGe sun W ''''''
So H.; had N, whItr as snow, fnii oil years ahI
,,I - hnrors IN, Is We; vigorous III nilid aEa oouy
ant, Is a man Of hcrcuiean uaoor'
Her. Mr. Wise paused and apostroph'Sea 'ne a 'S
r RI, br,ic aye ui tho Ee"ouloh, anu 'hose WI" WI,
;,,,n.diat.y succeeded them uHI "eTe lWot!cu
,I., shirt lie said James Buchanan was ao"u' .i'
last link To THAI line "l SaseS VIM '"I ,h. lin
rcus and secured by their virtue anu W'su"in ' 80"
rt;.s Of our Tres institutions. who coGid III ne 'u'
nj uotur, he lnac to serve III the biEhcSt onNo ~.
set a last example of the NEIL oi o!d IA su'io - n
.huuld uot lose hls lessons derived from pt'Soi!
tnct w;th their wisdom and patriotism lie was w.
,F ,b' rd.r e ,h. Runuu Cato. "r, greater SIM th'
V,-y;u;a Madison of the better Times OF the h'P"o,
v,.n.rnbl, with az. and sobcrcd by eAp"t'e"'e ~
would command the confidence anu Tsp
conservative mail who vencGatrI uic Pns'. 49,, ,,o
Surh i .hr man, aud his services relue'ef "'J ~
-, .,,,.hr, "a credentials of his ViGor ana n''
,ri, md f ,b. debt a.. ham 10y rrgiha' ne n"'
haan ,.ns,iry faithful! OF Tie suhlect oi shaver!
Wr Wise undertook to say that no; cnly no inuu
Vn,ib int no man South could sho" oe',e' ,a
,,n ria, ,f James Buchanan ON that Vehe' anu ua''
'''"' '",, ,, He had been ARA gned Tor the I'm
nut,I ,if.nre when he was mere poy' d WY ~
II having presided at or attended neei'ns i,J =;
.ylyaua which denounced S!afeis H." 80 Ia -,
f,y,r of IN. Missouri COMPROMISE. ms 800 - i'u
been actively circulated aS"insl li., - ,i,n avn
-, bannen.Iihst then Mr. buchanan had WIN Ms o"
"snJ furnished him. Mr. Wise, sIh The rr.ir"saolr
.;J.uce ~ show, not only that the nnpHta'!oh was
iuiss but that il was next 10 inpossioe gu :. "
tru. Mr. Buchanan had nahI'sa'ec MS P,tt ,Sio W
ma early a,ihcrrnce to the MadIsoni"' E1' Vi 20
rsrd thuu,,h il had been derlsiVeiy sa!u ne
marched G., baltimore, aud marched PACK aS"'"
,nai yns nj! he did yet, thai narch had sh""p u't
..guo 0nlmo" aud that Hse 81 whiih PaTio"'ui &c
ouIred He was as early rs 1874 ~ the feni'y'V"n'a
.,sla,ur. and there Sustained tile VA " loi* a;i
1911 !, .unuli.s, He iii not support The Missouri
.n,norn;, On the contrary, when lie TaEI liIlo TIE
u,u,e of Representatives of The Congress OF Tile
United States, he Us found ~lth lne great Dei"
cratic party Il euppuriet y. y" great arci r'ehu !"
Southern Democracy, Andrew Jas F+"" VI ienheeete
When the issue of iuccnd!ay pubc"'"''is arose' ne
y,,rL 10 yut.:e he very mails rather IMAM permit lll'
,,tatvrs OF L Hat. Turner Instruction tn Rht l,r
frey oi mcendaIism ~ tiiS "st p:ilce w hen Tue
" IiIut Pruy.U YVES In:cu'eC 20 'r'i''f i"' n.H w"
srurOn by Caiarrnn faction ID DIS sta:e, Il: nru!
y;thstunL m im-iIiuua cagiTvace ~ IrC2 SIdie a.
undermine the {" slave prirr:y, thd "t- t"uuu
maintaining the sovereign clur!iy at 'ihVr S'''''-
when other, rrd aud others li On That tathi
Wan the i-slr u EnIcNalI"n al leNi' arose. Il" con
tented not himself by goIus Tor inrasnrc whn;h w"uo
lIlu,r a Sutr 'rih ~ ruth 1W r'Gvery about hcr nn
he went "und,v!dci;y aud umspcpt" Tor measure
which adm ned State, u new State, nct OH- Or run
mt but ruth si0cerg nrrIdy rstabiisicd as her peGH
lar In>kuhDa." la 1916 SiIcD THESE questions vert
canning 10 an issue OF internal slrtr ur separation
he did 20 for an extension I'll the Inc OF the Hisrua
ri Compromise To the Pacific Ami every S"ufherr
man went IS ;ti hun. On that point Mr. calhoun MIN
self ent further N0rth thnn Mr. buchanah went. nc
submitted his amendment to the Oregon Oil, WHICH
prupusrd that the clause against inVuulhry si"FoS
,hou!d To the law EOrth Of the hns II no quss''os
.,,uId a., raiS,I .i;D.L slavery South OF the lIne-
This was in the spirit u JSl9':O. They did not pro
pose that wnut constitutional or one s'dc vi 'e
line should be unconstitutional on Inc 1h1i hiuc' ou
they agreed 10 disagree: that II no question: ""'
raised pro.auveY on one side, mono should nc rhlsc'
con slavery on the other sid. Tacy subn!tedt tht
law ut climate that Jack Frosr should reign Norm I"
3D. }U-und jack Frost had drrreed TIL! The 'E0o
Shta and Gs--ari trel' Of n"srnrs should nor n,o
could no; live in tn: North Slavery would :'o. ~
urotiabe there Ii va. profitable N the land OF Susa
and COTTON, and even Of Virginia tobacco ana c"rn
and Mr. Buclanun, with The Who'll: South at ",'
with 10 ysclf among uthers-aud no one c .nt to
where viii say am IN antl-slavery ,",, pacific.
maxi, the Missouri line liked tact W *.
Mr. Polk went for thrt pcey, and MI CONF aireoJy
cent Mr. Calhoun i'm the pus!.lcr ,sIat II " 20 'I -
. -, ed fact" that the North was hHen,J 80 nut
good faith to carry out the l'c ~ In pac;tir in the
rh-y of The North already reached 'ne ,h, Sonih
" .,h W., ~. wamted territory III '"o 'oa''
=, ~, sorva the equilibrium OF SLAVE P""e'
~ ,.. T,inn This VIC bad acquired ny ,io ui ,,
alton, uud its pro. slavery Pia.t Mou ., ,i,. Pnc;
nr.s,.rved by running tho Missouri hhe ~ .'o
iic Mr.. Polk conlendeu II va c,nt.ud.d. hat in
nod, ,.,s .rceut Mr.. Calhoun so coh'e"ueu, 'a. ~
~! - fr.nd and foe, he offered lbs aniehuuieu' ~
,. Oregon BILL which Gopceded lh"t a.a Nv. :" %
,,d md he not james Buchanan, lost 'he 'a'ue "
th, extension the South. lie hahD II seo " r..
oaI nn.. apulying only TO territory acquired from
E.,nc, and Suuru. Mr.. Buchanan and Mr. foIK' am
vuf nnd Mi others urged it wasa cnat"ry llu7, ana
,nnt !, did run To the Pacific. To c0hcede OTHERWISE
,yn, IN mt our hanis in the lion mouth Oh 'l'9or'
49,, u,rs 10 coucede that We had not the hXed TACT o
- 80 ,h, pnrilic and was to leave Us to lht
,rrv nf a majority against us. We were III M
,nr;ty nnd. of course, would be voted down WITHOUT
ina, admission. The cost ct pot running 'het iile
,i,, Pacific, may be valued thus to %rglma: W.
n,,v y,.tO thousand uOlIhIs ipi o'"'.A ''"'~'
H." g. ,id ,nvr GOTTEN from 3 10 600 for opera
tive t,ss in the gold mnrs Of multi
u,ied nv 800, or even 5000 will show our lmnens
loss. One billion OF dollars won'i Mt coinpelSat.
Virpiu,u for her loss in not running the lle OH 10 IN
Pacific The North had fixed the liuei they had III
advantage Of it until annexation. 1t was then ou
tmru, and we did not take it. Tnat was not Mr. bu
cnanau's fault. Had it been So izrd, Eoo,snlis an
q ,zznrd feet then. couldn't have poked their nose
Nmrh into the ,nnlon Of Jack Frost; but tlen, free
'',,,s,, c,uldut have pvked its nose South ui tina
uns an il has since the compromise OF lS5o. ie
though thus proposed by the South, ana by buehan
nm. the Pnarisreq and hypocrites who are now how
ny over the repeal u The Missouri Compromise wer
the very men to oppose tie extension OF tue M'ssou
iiue aud to makri-; it fixed iari! Their reproas
to Mr.. Buchanan and 10 The south, Is e9ua!'eu on.
~ in;ns,lcs by the reproach which some Suu'her
neu lave cast in upbralding MIR. Buchauan for IN
proposed extension Of the line to the Pacific. IN
generous and just Douglas has done him justice
that behalf, and has taken upon himself DIS COMMIT
ia, fL..u ,f r. buchanan