Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-07-16
For The Erluirey.

For The Enquirer.
coNCEssfON HARMONY. UNION-THE PAST, THE
PRESENT AND TIE tUIuMEM,a GALM M hEgl6T tN q, n
AND FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS FROM AN OLD
DEMOCRAT.
M-s.rs Editors-I promised, in my last letter, to
,sy more on the Kansas question IL Il not lees Inc
,rivi!ege and duty OF the prees, than that OF free
man, 10 speak psinly about public men ano fnea
-ur-e and especially ls 1t the privilege ana outy
very Democrat io commune frankly with those
,hnin they have elevated 10 place and power IL II
gstural that should feel anxious ior the success o.
ir friends. We responsible TO the great lnques'
# the uation for their acts-we should be te nrst l"
sern them Of any errors which ice may hlnS they
com.nit--we should never attempt to concea. or De
t-ud anything improper in our friends. lruth in6y
not swsy. be acceptable, yet II IS true irlehosnip.-
# the Democratic party, IN le4V, nah not attempted
20 defend some Of the ac;s oi ls Leaders, l's oe'th
wond not have been 60 sgnal-eo cru'a'ng. ath
,wsre that those who s,sud T The attitude {" candi-
lst.s for Office do not deem Il good policy TO dissent
rom any acts or opDicns OF those who nave piace
aud patronage TO give; but he VINO traces tneee inner
ioss not occupy that position.
7 have trsced the Kansas question down TO the
,;me when the Lecompton Constitution-so called
,s, presented 10 he President, aud by him submit
red to Congress, with recommendation that hanss-
should he admitted under II ns Stale. ln nakibe
fniu recommendation We thouEht TIE Free'urht un'
,,na suficsntly far to satisfy his late enene. SUD
,ba, no necessity existed for n ~arfare-snd mo't
unnatural one-on his old aud we'll tried friends; and
who np to that time, bad occupied the same groun0
that he and his Administration dld. WIN 20 lnT
President The Justice to say that 90 not beneVe ne
expected or desired to occupy that posltion IT, no"
ever was very soon discovered, that 1t did no SUI
his neto allies that he should continue 10 give nlt con
hdsnce 10 hs old friends. The INK mat oounh hin
10 them il their purpose, shoulo Oh or"heh hno
TO q melancholy exteat. they have succeeded. n-
fruits OF THE policy fear, will coon De seen ana '-'
The Democratic party has had much weight 10 carry
in times past and has wthstood msny shocks. The
oppo.i,ion have been steadily gaining strength ever
sinc. ,hs dave of General jackson, and we canDoi
afford TO lose any more, otho:rs or soders ~.tp"u
.ubirctiDg the party 10 An overWhelmine ue'sa''
dp,ss, as greatly fear will prove the kn- OF ths
Union Shall We then mady continue the wartar.
among ourselves which has led to the present dspser
II ia hoped not IL kansss, her people OF her s'll'
of so much pOrsnce ~ 10 put IN JEOPARDY mo pence
and uuetude ot thirty million ut people, ana tiie De
s,ruciion of the government; under whch We iiVei !
tv,nhlv think not / repsat-Ihat Kansas, At tins
tse should not be admitted "a State unner any
constitution. And why should shef he! popuiauoh
ruch AS il j.. is not eqaa 10 more tban one htu VI
that required for representative rom one oi 'h'
S,atea Admit her. ana you give one man 10 hansas
as mnch influence in The government IA thrte IN IN.
State Admit her, ard give her IA inucn 'pnuence
in the S-nats of tho United States as Ne" YORK,
Pepn.ylysnia or Virginia Admit her, and you VIII
witness the spectacle. of two such scamp5 as Lsne
and Robinson sitting in what was once thought 10 De
tho most dignifsd and august deIiberaive body IN
m. world Admit her, anG you will hnd those row.
dies string by the side Of your Mason and Hunter
md neutrsIiZing their votes Who IL 10 gain oy hsf
admissonl Certainly not the South. 10 have TWO OF
thu blnck.st of Black Republicans iu The Senate OF
The United Sta:es.
No. no keep her proba.on-let her. IN part al
.ss, become better fitted for being put on an equ8ilty
with ths great family Of Will take n. Tor
ths for without intending to DO her people liJuece'
venture 10 assert that to take them, all and all any
such population has yet oeen drawn together
The yery worst and most desperate classes from each
portion of the country-some good men there arei
bat few, indeed, and utterly powerlesa All VINO
have any knowledge OF the frat settlers in any new
country must know that they are wholly unntted 10
make wholesome laws, They are composed VI Uen
who cannot live In we'll regulated and Ia" .,?s ao'us
communi,ies-nanY Of them are refugees, thieVes'
counterfeitrrs murderers. desperadoes' ahd oroheh
down politicians. do not cay, that ai' ARE VI t.at
clsss: bu do say that the great oody ol 'ns ntsl
settlers are speak from actusi eAPotencr nu W. w.
a,;on Ibav. trayer.ed the South. ae well as Wet.
A the country becomes open oe.er c'ess eolef
nd the work Of reform commences II ls slow pro
90 for ths acoupdres are desperate and die hard.
Ayain I eontend, that the precedent OF admitting q
nav state. with 30 small population, is bad
one and cannot but prove injurious to the whole
conntry. and especially to the South. Why should
Kansas be admitted and New Mexico, Washing.
TON and Nebraska be rejected The answer, no
doubt, will be, to give peace to the counry-her in
ternal auarrels have made this necessary. But II
this be so any territory that may desire 10 come In
rs State has only 10 get up some question
Of national character, go before Congress, cause
parties to take sides, get them smoittereo, sno
then compel them to unite and admit her' 10 give
peace to the country. The precedent IN tac'' noo'