Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-07-08
A DIAGRAM OF THE ISSUE.

1t must he evident, by this time, to rejecting
men, that the course OF policy advocated by
the "Examncr" and its allies, would amount
To- nothing more nor less than an absolute sur
render of the doatIinc now maintained by the
conservative Democracy, Of the powcrand duty
OF the General Government TO provide in east
pcrtv in the Territories. \ simple diagram
sliliccs 10 establish this with ii! the precision
Of Il thcorcm in Euclid.
The Cincinnati platform means one of two
Things. 1t either means TO assert or 10 deny
the doctrine Of Intervention for protection. The
issuc will arise 1T Charleston, Us to what is the
true Interpretation Of the Democratic platform
Let us suppose that the ''squatter sovereignty
mcn, and the COMPROMISE men, shall be
strong enough there to vote down the conserya-
tiYe Democracy. Represent the three factions
at Charleston by three letters.
~" is conservative Democrat insisting Oh
Tic doctrine Of equal protection.
UldH. acNbo" i'GrIlla,
doctrine; but dcnounclns 1t A. "3arrca ab'
>traction." "B" is III favor oI L dupiici!y oi
interpretation. lie desires TO leave tie inter
prctation Il matter Of dispute; 10 give the plat.
form "lorkcd tongue to permit pro.>lavcry
Interpretation at the South, aud AZ ant!.s.aycrs
Interpretation AZ the North.
- is a "sluattcr Sovereignty man, who re-
pudiatcs the doctrine oi Congressional protcc-
ton oscthcr, asserting the power of Squattcr,
to exclude slavery or injure any species oi pro-
pcrty by "unillcndly legislation"
a. demands that his conservative :ntcrprc-
tation shall be adopted. ''B' refuses, denying
tnc policy Of lis adoption. "C' also refuses,
denying the truth OF ".Ns" Interpretation, and
announcing his own opposite Interpretation.
Then, says ~" if YOU will not allow mt to
assert my Interpretation, at least allow me
resolution denying yours. &C again refuses
on the ground Of the opposite interpretation
"B" again refuses, on his old ground oi Il
';,rkcd tongue poIc:.
lluS - IL lNIIS 'OhSA 1'"'', 49, N''N
''iorkcd tongue" platform consequently adopted
Now, afterwards, 4 case will happen requiring
the exercise of Congressional protcc;lor-sty
to slave property in the Territories. "B
wakes up to the conclusion that the doctrine o
protection is not dead letter. Together wit!
IL" hc meets Sc on the iloOr of Congress
and the two demand protection for their pro
per,y then injuriously assaied.
What will be "C's' answer: Simply as FOL
lows:
"Gcntlcmen, We were members o! th'
Charleston Convention together. iou had the
power then TO assert your doctrine You hat
the power then to deny mine. fou omitted
to do either. You knew my opinions. io'
knew that this matter Of interpretations wa
then matter Of dispute. You distinctly
agreed to disagree with me on this Question
You distinctly agreed to leave Inc free t.
adopt my Interpretation. You acknowledge
no party tie to justify you in separating tron
me on this Interpretation. If you insIs
row that | AIN in any manner bound To yicl'
my opinion on this subject. You are guilt!
Of bad faith. You have bound yoursc!'e:
to endure, to tolerate my difference wti
YOU, and still 10 recognize me rs true ant
faithful Democrat. You knew, too. Il
Charleston. as we'll as you knox it now, tha
would hold balance Of power here in Con
src,S. sufficient to prevent C0ngresslona
protection, when needed, for your propcrt.
in the territories. You knew that +. here
Of the Eli Thaycr 'Squatter sovereignty Schoo
OF Black Republicans, who had alread.
agreed with me as to the power Of terrific
rial legislature to prohibit slavery, "ou''
vote With me- You kncw that =, oil 'h
Fred Douglas Congressional proh''''lo'
school, would vote with lne. You khe" '''a
we three could at any time, in Congress v''
down YOU two on this question OF protection
which friend .B' has now 'rit,liled.' lo'
knew that | would vote with them to delea
YOU on this question. You gave me- IN 1866
free license to do so without imparing IN.
party obligations, You did all this Wi,
Your eyes open. You entered into an agree
,ncn,, which you knew at tie time, woul
rcsul, in the defeat Of protection wheneve
the is,ue should be urged in Congress
How can you, in good faith, cut loose iroI
that agreement now:'
Will there be any possible replication
this: And is not this simple diagram sune'e"
TO show that the " Richmond Examiner ah
its partisans, are at this moment DONG HUI