Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-17
THE sECESSIoNiSrS IN THE NENT CON
CRESS

TIE SEtESSloNlHlS In LIE NC-Ni ~
GRESS.
The menace has been thrown out in several papers
that unless tho administration either re calls ""'a'''
or expresses its unqualified c"ndcnh"a'''" " :.
coarse in Kansas. il will not receive tho supp
the representatives from the South III u
,ress. When il is remembered that thero u 'o'"'
but two parties in Congress, an" '"" cray
,.yl.y.,,a fran, HE national Democracy as" p'<"'p'
ao., T., ,he Rlock R~pubi,cams, We can ascr'De 'h'S
.h-o.. - Nothing else than the temporary INSANITY
49, .ho lave made it. Their course would put
~. .,n,,, and her interests as completely at the
,,n.ov If the Black Republican representatives as IL
,hsv were in a positive majority. But 'her m"u
,sss would demonstrate The truth OF WHAT VIC nave
always commended. viz: that the national Democracy
ara far bstter guardians of the interests oil the South
than the secessionists. For If the deinctioh o a 10"
secessionists shall leave us at the mercy OIL 'he "'"c1
Republicans of the lower House OF congress- d con
servativs Senate of national Democrats and the veto
nower of n national Democratic PRESIDENT, viii lbs what
the South will have to look to for protection. III THIS
threat ia TO he carried out by some half dozen accession
uambers Of Congress, and they shall refuse to act
with the great national Democracy aud oppose the
administration, where will they go' win ~ha'
party in Congress will they unite their fortunes
The Black Republicans aud the seccsslonists, how
aver tI,ey NAV differ, will both oppose the AL
,,;r;s,ra,;op. Gan their threat be construed other
vise7 If they cannot sufficiently trust the national
Democracy with the interests OF the South to co'ope
rate with that party, into whose hands will they con
6ds their sacred charged Certainly not into those O
of the Black Republicans. A pretty figure, a hall
dozen impracticabls secessionists will cut in Con
press. claiming the exclusive right Of determining
what the South shall do! Would not this eminentiI
conciiating attitude help us q great dealt The s'
or eight self-constituted guardians OF the South woul'
excommuniuate all who supported tho Administration
Now the Democratic Congressman from Virginia
Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Arkansas
Loui.iana and Florida. will, beyond a doubt, co-ope
ra,e with the Administration and the national Demo
orocv A Virginia Congressman would az soon iuml
from Long Hridpe, into the Potomac, with q doZer
haps of shot attached to his honorable person, AZ Il
| refuse to cooperate with the national Democracy
| II he did, the excavations Of an outraged constitueilc!
would drive him into private life for the rest OF hf
natural existence.
Conceding, however, that the secesslonists mea'
nothing moro by their menace than that they wiz -
sustain the Administration as far as its policy III hah
sas il concerned, does this narrowing OF the question
10 a single issue place them in any better positloh =
In what way must the Kansas imbroglio come before
Congress Necessarily, We suppose, this must b.
done upon some question relating to the adoption
or rejection Of a Constitution adopted either by a ma
jprifu Of Tie people of Kansas or by the bogus Con
vention at Topeka.
The Constitution, which has been approved by
| majority Of the actual residents Of Kansas, ID Tia
which the Administration and the National Democra
cy will sustain, should its adoption by the people "
Kansas have been obtained without fraud, violence
or foreign interference; and against all such influence
the Administration appesrsto have sufficiently guard
ed. The Black Republicans will, If the course oil III
Tribune, the great organ of that party is any indie
to abolition sentiment, bitterly oppose any other tina
the Topeka Constitution. Walker aud the Admin
~istration are now the objects OF The Tribune
most ~ferocious assaults, because they insist the
a majority Of the people OF Kansas mu'
determine whether slavery shall or shall nj
exist 10 that territory when it becomes a State
This plan OF submitting the Constitution to the pee
pie is also bitterly opposed by the politicians OF tn
keItt anu lancey SCHOOL. Dul wnat VIII '"ey u
when the question comes up in Congress- betwee
the "Topeka Constitution and the "Constitution
the people OF Ksnsas!' They have signllled the
determination not TO sustain the Administration in il
Kansas Instructions to Walker. They demand, b
fore they will come 10 the aid Of the Administrative
-t-taue dismissal OF rus-oIsuuu III ~ uur prubable tn,
sions 10 such a monstrous demand. The nations
Democracy, North and South, will sustain the A.
ministrslion. They will reject the Topeka Convex
ton and acknowledge tho sovereign right OF the PEI
pie Of Kansas To choose what shsll DO their o
ganiG law. Although none detest the Black Repul
licaIs more than the ultrns of the South, yet a refl
sal upon their part TO co operate with the nntion'
Democracy, would place them, as far as the kansa
question is concerned, like the Black Republicans,
open opposition to the wise and patriotic policy of til
administration.