Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-04-02

effort to save himself at home. The Chicago Time
informs us that he will fight great battle in Illino
this summer; and that he will bs aided by host
| friends from the other States Of the Union. Th
Times goes on to name the most prominent of them
| 1t says:
Among the Democrats who will be found 10 rais
their voices In behalf Of the preservation of the Gin
cinnat Platform will be Governor Wise of Virginia
Gov Walker, Hon. +. P. Stanton, j. j. Crittenden-
Twill the Times be good enough to inform US whe,
Mr.. Critenden was Democrat7 We know whel
he Joined the Republicans-EDs. USIoNl-Governo
Packer Of Pennsylvania, Col. Forney, Hon. H.
Payne of Ohio, Hon: y. 5. Cox of Ohio, Hon. Is. NJ
Samuels of Iowa, Hon. E. G. RYAN and James B
Cross Of Wisconsin, besides hosts of other gallan
Democrats from Pennsylvania Ohio, Indiana Iowa
Wisconsin and Kentucky. Among the Republican,
there will be Henry Wilson OF Massachusetts, Gov
Seward and Preston King Of New York. Simon Ca
meron and David Wilmot of Pennsylvania, Gov
Grimes of Iowa, Gov. Bingham of Michigan, Gov
Chase and j. B. Glddngs Of Ohio, and many others.
What group! what mixture of
"Back spirits and white
Blue spirits and gray
OF Know Nothingism, Black. .Rspublicanism Aboli
tionism, Federalism, Free Soilisu, and, worst of all
renegade Democracy! Think Of it! Douglas and
Seward, Wise and Wilson, Walker and King. Stan
ton and Giddings, Crittenden and Wimot. Payne and
Chase. Forney and Cameron, fighting eide by eide
=" in behalf of the preservation of the Cincinnati plat
form!" What an idea! But we protest against
such defence Of the Cincinnati platform. That is
Democratic property, anG the Democratic party are
able to defend it whenever becomes necessary to
do so. It s bad enough for Douglas, and Wise, and
Walker, and their followers to have deserted their
coors in the hour Of battle Let them not add larceny
to treason, by attempting to deliver our property into
the hands of the political Cloths and Yandals with
whom they have associated themselves.
We have already made it our task to rsbuke simi.
lar publications, not only because they are undgni.
fed and unjust, but because they are directly op.
posed to the known sentiments of the Democratic
party, and are we'll calculated to njure the cause
which they are svowedly intended to assist.
Werefer again to this matter, not for the purpocc OF
e1postulation with tine Union" That journal persists
in assailing honest Democrats with the opprobrious
epithets, renegade" Gleason" and larceny" We
simply leave !; 10 public candor and public deoency
&c 0eOds whether this sort of accusation defles the
acouser or the accused.
Our present object is 10 oorrecr erroneous state
ment which hGs Oeen busily circulated by opposition
newspapers, viz: that the "Unon" is the organ Ola
cal or unofficial, of the present Administrations
Indeed, this statement! hardly Desds positive reuta
tion. No friend of the President can doubt that be
will not oondescend to communicate directly or indi.
rscty with his own party, through the medium of an
anonymous organ, and the Washington "Unon,' y
"puJlished by Cornelius Wendell" is now entirely
dependent on anonymous contributions for edito-
rial management, which dscoses neither the author.
ship nor the adoption of responsible edito-.
In asserting that the President cannot in any man
be charged with tho oGio1s responsibility attach.
ing to these Wholesale assaus on ar.iLeconpton
Democrats, We are not obliged to rely on general in.
ference We have positive Information, which leaves
no doubt of the fact, not only that the Washing
ton Union" is at the Presidents organ but that the
President himself disspproves the abuse which it ap
plies to bis personal and political friends who differ
from him on the Lecompton issue. So much for the
"union" and its pretended organism.
While the W ni0u' -..---r.-. -. -. &c on
Administration organ, Mr.. Smith, OF Virginia. under
takes to dictate new rule OF party organization.
The following is copied from the National intel!i
gencer's repor; Of Saturdays proceedings of The
Houae Of Representatives:
Mr.. SMITH, Of Virginia. addressed the committee
on the subject Of Kansas. That Territory, he said
was acquired under treaty securing its
all the rights Of American csens; and the cause ot
all the trouble now existing was the passage of the
unconstitutional Missouri restriction. He gave the
legislative history of the Kansas. Nebrsska act which
he contended the South had accepted from the North
as an aot Of justice. The Democratic party carried
the measure, and tho people bad approved Of their
course. The issue before them was whether Kansas
should be ADMITTED under the Topeka constitution or
the Lscomptou constitution. The President Of the
United States and the Legislature of Virginia had
taken position in favor Of Lecomptou, and he wss
amazed that Governor Vice ehould have taken oppo
sta ground.
M. ENGLISH, of Indiana, Inquired whether he re-
garded Governor Wise as Ia or OUT OF the Democratic
party1
Mr.. SMITH said he held him to be ont Of the De
mocratc organigat and all others who refused o
cooperate with the Democratic family. he wsa
speaking not of the Governor Of Virginia, cut oi
Henry A. Wise. A party was an associat:on Of in
dlviduas entertaining community Of sentiment
and when gentleman ceQsed to entertain the com
mon sentiment Of bis party he ceased TO be of the
party. The Lecompton Constitution was the mea
sure of tbs Democratic party In Congress.
Mr.. DAVIS Of Indiana, said no gentleman had q
right 10 read him out Of the party. He would cay
further that the Democracy OF the North, instead OF
consenting TO be read out Of the party by the Gov
ernment, would read the Government out of the par
Mr.. SMITH said the Chief Magistrate, the pre-
.umed head Of the party, had used all his power and
influence in favor Of Lecompton, and the measure, il
passed at all, must be passed by Democratic votes
and by the aid Of a few patriotic Know Noshngs- -
If gentlemen dissented from tbio great Democratic
measure, and co operated with the enemies Of the
Democracy, they could not be Democrats.
Mr.. DAvia said he came here to carry out the De
mooratic doctrine OF the Kansas Nebraska act, and
the recommendations Of the President up to the time
he saw Gt 10 change front.
Mr.. SMITH. Exactly, sir; that Is the language o.
rebellion.
Mr.. DAVIS. No, sir; that is the language Of ,
freeman, not Of q slave.
Mr. SMITH proceeded. This was great strug
ole between two parties and the one that w8s defeat
ed would be destroyed. Those who were not for then
were against them. The President was the great
head of the Democratic party, and those who aban
doned him abandoned the party. lie reviewed the
course of events in Kansas and charged the emgran
aid societies with originating all the disturbances.
Mr.. DAVIS, of Massachusetts, took occasion tc
deny that there had ever been any organization un
der the act of incorporation passed by the Massacbu
sets Legislature. 1t had president and not dol
not what had been stated many Of the corporatort
we're Nebraska Democrats, who were still basking r
the sunshine Of royalty.
Mr. SAITH said it was true there was no action
under the charter of April 1854, but there was new
charter in February, 1855, and, although the company
exacted no pledges from the emgrants the secretary
ead "But as our principles are known we trust that
those who differ from will be honest enough to take
some other route" The president, Amos Lawrence
also hopsd and expected emigrsnts would favor free
institutions and had no doubt from the character OF
the men that they would do so. He charged Senator
DOUGLAS and other Northern Democrats with incon
sistency and alleged that the Illinois delegation OF
at least portion of them, held conference at the
beginning OF btselOu ooS'eeo 'ho Souio
which Senator DOUGLAS had pursued was the only
one which would secure his reeeoton to the Senate
His whole extraordinary action was the result OF q
concerted movement having reference only 10 his re-
election.
Mr.. MARSHALL, Of Illinois, aaid this charge was
utterly unfounded.
Mr.. Smith said q member of the Illinois delegs
tlon the successor of Gen. Richardson, had told this
matter without reserve to him and another. He mad
stated that they held conference, and came to the
conclusion that the only chance Of securing the re
election to the Senate of the United State OF the Hon
Stephen Arnold Douglas was TO pursue the course
that gentleman had pursued.
M. MARsaALL, as one Of the Illinois delega.
ton, the whole tory to be unfounded SO
far as he was concerned, and he did not believe that
any such conference was ever held.
Mr. Cox, Of Ohio, wished to say in relation to
these extraordinary charges against Northern Demo.
crets that 1t did not become man who had acted
with the American party 10 attempt 10 read Demo
Gratis out.
Nothing could be more unfortunate than Mr..
,ttap,ot nnrtu dianyORniz alton, In the