Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-02-19
For the ENQUIRER.

OF A REVIEW OF "a REVIEW OF
GOV. wlsEs TAMMANY LETTER, By AN EMINENT
VIRGINIA STATESMAN"
To Charles W. Russell, Esq, Of IVheeljnS, p"gin'.
Sir: My last letter concluded with reference I"
the interests Of the people of Kansas "a AFFECTED ny
the proposed congressional sauc,ion of the Leoohp
ton schedule.
There are other interests to be considered, besides
those of the people of Kansas and am prepared TO
demonstrate my proposition;
9th. That the immediate acceptance by Consrtss
Of the Lecomptou Constitution, would necessary
prove the severest blow to the interests OF the Sou
ern States. and 10 the eutire Democratic pnrly.
In every territory hereafter to be organ.eu ior w
turs admission 10 the Unioa, the question oil slavery
or no slavery must necessarily arise ana !here u.
method by which it can be peaceaoy M "nonls IF
ty srict Difference to the wishes CT the peop,e u
each territory Ii the precedent be once es'assns"
Of urging the speedy admission of STATE, WILLOW ,
reference to this criterion-then there u no
to be applied to any nachinaton OF tfaGu md
minority may obtain control Of q convention, anu
thereby fix au odious Constitution on inalofny:-
Fraud and force will take the place Of isiI I,isI
enos TO popular election. The Southern siaVcmoiaes,
moving with his property 10 new teIro' 81 lau
every slave at tho mercy Of an uncertain game OF law
ess contention. Nor is this the only disadVsn'age 10
which Southern men will thus be subjected southern
capital is fixed capitalized In land ana nesroes-h
ali cases difficult of conversion or OF transuiiss,on.
And the South has no surplus population. On !ne
other hand, the North wields an Immense noatine
capital and teens with overlooking pop9iation'-
The simple transaction Of the negotiation OF on! oi
exchange on New York will Immediately transfer I'M
mepse sums to any point OF the frontier; epo toou
sands of constantly eager to borrow iunas 10
assist their Immediate emigration to any spot where
labor is in high demand and bread ana lana
are cheap. Thus, wherever slavery becomes becomes
the subject of angry contention and poitiee
! intrigue, the Southern STAKEHOLDER suters III
pie disadvantage. And yet, are we 70 % tola 10y
Southern men, that emigrant aid soclet!es noh tne
North may employ men and money Tor llmi.lSes COZ
ruption, may intrigue in New Mexico un'h tney 90
tain the contro of Convention and then present 10
a pro- slevery majority Constitution emooaylo9 an
anti slavery clause require every legal voter 10 Vole
for-permit none to vote dgatnst.tnis anu slavery
Constitution, and submit another clause VI tne Col
willing to vote for the Constitution, and bind them
selves to support it under the penalties OF peufyi-
and then thar Congress has no authority 10 enquire
by reference to sir vote whether this ID DOT fraud
on the rights of the people of the terrltory-6ut
Congress must "speedy" accept such Constitution
| and endorse such scheduled You cannot deny sr,
| tbst this picture, the realization Of which would
rouse the whole Southern people 10 arms anoros
lust parallel to the case Of the Lecompon schedule
! ANY course Of reasoning which can be adduced In
favor of the one case, would equally justify The
other. The case supposed is only the other side OF
the same theory-:he same principle oil Legitimacy
the same doctrine Of the absoluteuess OF Conren.
ton.
No! The principle adduced is false principle
false in theory and ruiuous in practical application.
There is no possibility for the extension OF slavery
except by strict adherence 10 right and justice,
preserving the purity of election and the saDctlty OF
nopular soyereiapty Let these be uniformly regard
ed and abolition agtators will lose their occapatlon
Northern sentiment will no longer be- msled South
eru men will presume the prestiSe attaching 10 JUS
tice and right-and Southern property WIN DE pesce
fully extended wherever eau be prohtaoly employ
ed There are but two objects 10 be attained oy Tor
ob,y creating an unnatural antagonism between the
right of slsve property and the right OF popular SOW
ereignty. These objects have long been the prime
desderata Of arch enemies at the North and arch
traitors at the South. Each has calculated on
the certainty that the right of franchise 10
stronger than the right OF property Ihe 90
ice, Of one GLASS lie 10 destroy slave property the
object of tho other class 10 dlsmemoer tne onlon
Abolitionss aud disunionsts are employing the same
means for the accomplishment Of their several objects
Black Republican leaders In Congress are, at this
moment, lending feebe and unwilling support 10
the doctrine Of popular sovereignty. during the 1851
Presidential canvass, their whole party openly ~
nored it. They dare not oppose it now, Tor, oy APP
posing it, they would themselves reuounce the moral
position of which they striving to divest the South
and the Democratic party But they are dong oil tna
can be done TO defea. the principle by feeble and
sickly apparent endorsement. The defeat OF popular
sovereignty in Kansas, without their apparent COZ
currepce. is the object mos, devoutly desired by all
the subtitle uellecls which direct their machiavei!lan
policy. The Black Republican leaders are holding
back. they see, in a triumph Of the Leoomp.on
schedue, the promised defeat of the Democratic par
~ in the next Presidential election. The Southern de-
structiouiets earnestly looking for the same re-
sut, which they will gladly bail as The tocsn OF dis
union.
Each faction seeks to drive tho Democratic party
from it's adherence to honest Principle-to make NE
nocrats deny the hrst principle OF Denoerdcy-to Tx
upon the party the disgraceful responsibility Of con
summsted fraud-to strip the only guardian Of South.
ern rights and the preservation of tho Union OF 81!
moral strsnyth-to thear the locks Of Ssmsop-blind
and MAIN the strong man with the fortunes OF ana.
tcisn, and then bring him forth to mlngle N the
orgies Of dsunon
II ia by yagirg war on these Defarous schemes that
Gov. Wise has endeavored TO fulfil his " voluntary
engagement to Virginia ard to the south. nome out
q Southern man could perform the DUTY eHoo'pany
none 30 effectually as citizen Of Virginia But We
are told that his effort was '.timed." When would
be the proper time Ii the LecoDpton fraud s to
be exposedas il must be exposed sooner or later
when will the exposure bene6ciay affect the Interests
of the party and the country If not permitted to In
luence. the action Of Congress, while the question OF
fraud 10 pending before that body The ll.timed
crcisn Ia mere evasion OF the merits OF tue ques
ton. Not one Of the critics have ventured 10 desig
nate soother iime or better time for the publication
of Gov. Wise's protest sganst the Lecompton fraud
but you assert al apparent incongrulty between
Gov Wiees sentiment and his voluntary engage
meus 70 the President" An historical sketch OF the
in which the present issue between governor
Vice and the President he's arisen, will suffice to
place this matter in its proper light. ,s,a
In the National Convention at Baltimore in 1852,
the Virginia delegation, of which Gov. Wlse was
member, voted a. q unit for james nuchahsn IN
thirty.soar successive baotings. Pennsylvania and
other leading States, united with Virginia TO otier MI
Buchanan support sufficiently strong TO prevent
the nomination of rival. The oppos,t'on TO Dir:
Buchauan's nomination was equally obstinate, aud
enlisted tae earnest sympathies and urgent efforts OF
number Of Virginia politicians outside the Conven
ton, including majority of tho Virginia delegation
In Congress. Mr. Bucbanan's friends found polite
10 turn their votes in favor OF another candidate
Virginia led the movement by vote for Franklin
Pierce and bis nomination was the result OF the com.
biued efforts OF Mr.. Buchanans friends. Thus II
was, that politicians lrom Virginia aud elsewhere,
who had exhibited such decided repucrance TO MIR.
Buchanan, were afterwards ranged in bill unmstake'
able opposition TO the Administration OF Precedent
Pierce which manesed itself in various forns short.
ly after the period of his inauguration. A Demo.
cratic paper was established at Washington, and is
columns developed course Of scrutiny questioning
and open censure applied 10 the policy of the AID.
miustration. 1t was known ns The organ OF mum
Der OF Democratic members OF both Houses OF Con-
grees. Its partisaua even succeeded 10 !seaing the
organ Of the Administration, and securing for the
Sentinel the printing ct tho Senate. Southern
men were foremost in this opposition. to President
whose every message embodied defence Of South
ern Rights.
While this systematic course Of opposition was
pursued other political occurrences were developed
which may well be considered 10 connection YIN W.
questions now proui'heu' in Fo''oot u'e0.e''o' IN,
Kansas Nebraska Law was enacted, Consrt ssionai
authority declared its own incapacity TO Intervene III
the decision Of the question of slavery In the terrific
res declared that the people of each territory should
be ef: perfectly free to form and regulate their do
mestic institutions in their own way, subject only TO
the Constitution Of the United States" and fualy
Congress did interprre, with the so-chled Badger
amendment" to repeal law establishing and
protecting slavery in the territories Of Kansas
ana Nebraska. This amendment wac ostensibly
proposed by Mr.. Badger, of North Carolina
The public have not yet been informed whether
that Senator wes the real author Of the pro.
posal The fact may yet lie made known that
Democratic Senators from the South took part In
the corcocion of the measure. Let members of
Congress speak oat. There ere members from Vir-
ginia honest enough and brave enough to speak the
whole truth. Who did frame the Badger amend
No. cd tfsau Or o cODHd6r-