Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-01

The Tariff, &c, &c When the impossibility o
obtaining complete set Of the Debates Of Con
grcss is considered. the value Of this Abrids
mcnt will be appreciated.
ANECDOTES or Love BY Lola Montez. Pub
lished by Dick Il Fitzgerald of New York
Laid on our table by George NJ. West. This
is quite an interesting little work.
Gov
BoTrS SPEECH VS., RUFFNER PAMPHLET.
Our ncishbor Of the 'Whig" came out ON Sa
turday morning in "s'r typs, and forthwith takes
the "e'e off of the type by the republication OF
the Ruifncr pa 'phet We hope to see the
Wing in this canvas, become 80 intensely
identified with the institution of slavery, that
when Mr.. Bolts shall ask its aid for union
of all the elements Of the Opposition, that it
will Indignantly repudate the reasonable Sug,
gestion.
When rcbuking Mr.. Lctchcr for connection
withthe Ruiiner rpamphlet, the "Whig," wehope,
will not fail to administer the same rebuke TO
all others who, remotely or recently. sought the
injury direct or Indirect, of the institution Of
slavery. How can the "Whig" continue It's war
on Mr.. Lctchcr for the Rutlncr pamphlet, whilst
it fails to rcbukc Mr. Bolts for his willingness
to unite with Free Ntyroc, for the acquisition
of powery What sentiment or expression in
the Ruiincr pamphlet was more Offensive and
repugnant TO the sentiment, Of the Slave-hold-
1 nF ,kn, L. II. L..
Gosgin'S sponsor, Mr. BottS that hc Was will.
ling to receive aid from and to f,rm 4 coalition
with, Free Negroes
II the Opposition are determined To pursuc
Mr. Letcher with the RuIner pamphlet, we
Shall reproduce, As its counterpart, Mr.. Bolts
| speech. IL Mr.. Lctchcr is to be denounced
through the State. for the sentiments enter
tanned by him in lS47. We shall hold the Rich
nond Convention and its nominees to the
sentiment, Of John NJ. Bolts in lSjG--whcn
their own organ denounced him as an Abol.
| tonlst, and degraded him with every cpi,hct
that paper could command. We are willing
to meet the Opposition. l.ctchcr, with his re-
pudiatcd Ruiincrism; Goggin. with his Bolts.
iSm not rcpudiatcd hut blatantly reiterated
and Extensively rc.proclaimed in 1852. II Mr.
Lctcher, conie>sing his error and arknowlcd .ing
his fault in lsiI. cannot be forgiven, how
shall Mr.. Goggin, the nominee of {; Convention
whose selected specch,makcr rc-procaimed III
1859 the sentiments thai caused his ostracsm
by the members Of that Convention IN 1856.
be tolerated by the Opposition in Virginia
Disgusting as are the sentiments Of the Ruff
ner pamphlet, they are not more iniluitouS
than the ayowcd sentiments OF John NJ. Bolts,
before the late Richmond Convention. and
which received the plauditS Of that body. If
the sentiments and objects OF the Hulfn,r
pamphlet looked 10 the di>iucmbcrmcnt Of the
State the avowci purpose of John NJ. Bolts, to
seek the aid Of free negroes il possible Of ac-
complishmcnt, would be equally destructive To
its integrity. Who had not rather see Virsi-
mia divided into scsmcnts than united, and her
power destroyed by free negroes with John
M;,o- pee .I-:- i--I-.r H.. i'n,,
may we never see day of greater calamity,
than that which must cnevtably befal the
country when Bolts and his free negro compa.
triots are installed with power We do not
mean TO say that Bots would be auy worse
with or without the free negroes, nor the free
negroes any better with or without Bolts, bat
merely TO say that the two combined would
indeed be uncomfortable
If Mr.. Gosgin can undertake the canvass Of
Virginia with Bolts and his free negro coalition,
then certainly Mr.. Lctcher has but little to fear
from the Ruttncr pamphlet. Ii the sentiments
Of the Opposition were not outraged by Eotts
and his free negro coalition. it will be the
hcighth Of atfecta,ion to annoy Mr.. Lctchcr
with the Rutfner pamphlet. But Bolts was
enc"rsd and applauded by the Opposition, and
they cannot now plead responsibility for his
disgusting free negro proclyitics. They will
be held to his "hull-ring'