Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-04
daily a'ir9inian.
Letter from Mr. Bolts.

Letter trO1n Mr bOLS.
'toetndd from, yesterday Nr inian
Zone night have thought this entirely sufi-
cient To protect Mr. Bolts from misin,erpreaton, or
suspicion OF avoring, in the remo,est degree, the
Wilmo, prosi>o or of his entertaining opinions
pr,judical southern interests or Southern rights.
Not so, however. There was Que paper That ,mme-
dntcly ponnccd upon it, and charged IN direct terms,
that Mr. Bolts wasa Mimot rro,,soist aud this
chnrgc mas repeated oi,en that ut last, IN the
mouth of july, 1874, when On It's being again
charged, for the se,ond time IN that month, MI bot's
addressed communication 10 the EaqsDe copy
OF which Is nov before us, in which he sn.s 81 beg
leave ask YOU for Your authority for 30 UNI 81 MI
accusation lie then quotes the above passage
from his fewhatan speech, with many others, To
show what injustice had been done him, aud says
These the views expressed; and 1t Is Tor
/ you NOW ,o say whether you have or have not done
me injustice in ascrihing to me sentiments that
have nwal l,rudatcd, aud especially on the occa-
sion To Mhirh loa have referred.
II is evident tina, YOU hnd either not read my
speech hn, ,on hnd adopted the very cx'rnordi-
nniy mode ot arguing that 10 a nat power was
equivalent IL advocating the ef'rcsr OF the power.
do not doubt the power ot Congress TO repeal tue
fugitive slave law; but do You believe nm there
fore in avoro rot It's rrpcal2 do not doubt the power
ot Congress Ii abandon all duties on imports ana
resort Ia system oi direct taxation, but do you
believe am therefore in favor "t such SYSTEM |
do not donh, the Constitutional power of Gen.
jackson or Mr. tyler To have vetoed the United
fore of The exercise of that power?
" And Mr Bolts might add ~ do not doubt the
Constitutional puuer of Congress To repeal the Mis-
souri Compromises hut do yon believe WAS there
fore ~ taNur III It's II peal
Thm COME the following quotation tiom the En-
qpirtr and the comments OF the writer thereon The
Eaqnsr says;
We ihiuk lac only makes his ease worse. His
drfrurc j. the Law Ners plea of ,onic sion and avoid
ancc lie aeaws his adherence To the doctrine that
Congress hrs poicsr the utscf of siIre,Y ~ ne
t,r,irs bat pleads that 4, nJfos.i 10 n eIefcs,
of Hhe pore. He .uhsctbcs to the doctrine Of
Wilmo pro,iso, disscnts from the measure itself"
:" This wa, our understanding of Mr.. Bots speech
| nj PowhNtH, and Is our reading ot The letter now
lmhli she'd We understood him To be manfiHer of
the doctfiq of the Wilmo proviso. This makes h,u
N our jui.aeaf s,H Southrn Uiaef pror,sost.'
"The Northern " Nilmot provis"lst want nothing
further OF the south thnn concession "i that
power 10 Congress, which Is conceded 10y Mr.. Bolts
! All they al, !, Nh, ad"isStan Of n fgh aud that Mr.
Bolts ,i,ds them. Nr. Bots IS an 5oof a hamot
ptrc,s ~ as 5G,g hfc, jor SoHft OF he Pofomac
This Is sub tnutiallv what suppose You Mr.. oldJ
mean To ay. aud my answer 10 the EHYnrcr which
settled the controversy with him, may also settle II
! with you aud therefore here reproduced. II is
.oloNs:
Now. t'cn, for The benefit of the Eaguirer, and
! for the sake o the argument, will admit that II
| j. clearly. lo.ea}, aud rrrsiSlhy established that
I to admit IT,, rpht of Congress to egislaic on the
!
! tutrs n llmoi lro,isust, no matter how much Que
may hc opposed to tie exercise of the power Let
u then -oc how the Editor ot the EnYmTor stands
affected, and how far he is 10 be trusted by the
South; for sprrh the voluntary confession OF II man
NAV bc tulru ngnnI himself while il does not fol-
low thai il h. t. hc admitted against another opposed
to him. GA the 2lth Of Aprl Of the prctcnt year,
the same editor SANS:
I'VE cannot conceive how amy doubt can arise, MS
to the toH sc t,c nI5a,fcd aud soe,f,,yn power of
"a. 1.,y a kut-
saS n, lhr aEet or trusice Of the existing States.
And if tln power is tnN perfect, uDfimH,d and
sorsr,,2a i,hih ARE much stronger and more com
prehcnsi,c expressions than Mr. Bolts ever used) Is
there n man, woman or child III the universe, III the
Lunutr \ .,lun ur out of 1t. who would deny the
newer To ta-s the Winot Provisof To say 50,
would be to IL, troy the use and meaning language,
| and make power which Is iuH 'ncompieie; that
which is perfect defective; that which is unlimited,
contracted aud confined and that which Is sovereign,
not supreme but sub"tdnaf' Therefore, We say the
Editor of ihc Ep9a,tcr stands adndgcd, ont of his
own mouth and condemned by his own pen. or elsc
Encl,d tcw q fooI when he said, things equal TO
the same nrc equal 10 one another
- But thu Is OF small moment just now. We are,
! for the urc.rnt shooting al higher game. We are
indebted / the EH9Hrr Tor b"nNtinl parade, IA few
dnys ago OF IL letter from Mr. Buchanan, in which
he says:
Having urged the adoption of the Missouri Com
promise the inference is inevitable that Congress,
I'htf 'fV'"Hhf
suhici oC sid,y IN Hc 7rrt,totns, hat an absur-
dty would it then he, il whilst asserting this sor
,c,Jn p0Wcr in Congress, which from its naturc must
be- cyciugirs should in the very same BREATH also,
claim this identical power for the population of IA
Territory in an unorganzcd capacity
Now here il the power OF legislation upon the
subject of slavery in the territories, clearly admitted
mot by an iutcrcncc) but claimed in 20 many words,
and this is insisted as SOVEREIGN and Exclusive,
(Which Is supreme without limit or control aud
therefor, necessarily carries with II the power to
mss the WiImot Provso: and, therefore, according
10 tn, logic oi the Enquirer, Mr. Buchanan is Will
mot Proyisoist If Mr.. Buchanan to tell
us hc was opposed 10 the exercise of the power ms
Mr. Bolts did and that he would, if elected, veto
any bill containing that provision which he has not
done and cannot do, his Southern political friends
voted for it and it was signed by Mr. Polk in the
| OREGON Bill when he was of Mr.. Folks confidential
and constitutional advisers, still We would say upon
the authority and in the language Of the Enquirer
and wc call upon them now to sustain us in the
charge that he would only make his worse
His defence would be the lawyers plea OF confession
ami avoidance lie asows his adherence to the
doctrine that Congress has power over the subject Of
slavery in the territories but pleads that he is OPP
posed to the exercise Of the power He subscribes
To the doctrine, of the Wilmot Proviso, but dissents
from the measure itself I'VE look upon him, there
fore ns a mantaincr of the doctrine of the Wilmot
Proyso! Ths makes him in our judgment still a
Northern Wilmot Provisoism.' 'The Northern
WiImot provisoist want nothing further than
cessou of that power to Congress- which is conceded
by Mr.. Buchanan All they ASK Is thc admission OF
! the right aud that Mr. buchanan yields them. Mr
buchanan i, as good u Wilmot Provsost they
have use for in the Presidential Chair.
Either the Enguirer honestly cntcrtains this
opjnion of Mr. Buchanan, or he does not honestly
believe it of Mr.. Bolts or say again, that EuciM