Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-07-08

SonrY WI DID yo1 sxow n-'rhc "Engu;rcr' n
for,r- u, that our nucil-c>,ecuc ricd. the li"n NJ.
L. H. Garnet, ot whom retain lca,al, rec'!lcc-
tons Of legislative life. in ;!is city lat week.
We regret exceedingly that our ir,cEd should have
visited Rlchu"nd without either calling on Us o'
communicating "i,n u>.- Htehmo"H E1t""''f.
.Ah ncighbor, it is well for You that Mr..
Garnet omitted " calling on you or com!nun'-
eating with YOU" Any meeting could not
have failed 10 he painful. The pleasant re-
collections" of lang syne wo"ld have been
mixed with present differences, 80 grave and So
bitter. Well, wcll-it was good for you to
hold no communication
The present course Of the Examiner is S'
diamctricaly opposed to Mr.. Garnetts roitica
record and 50 dcnuncia;ory Of the position
which his near and distinguished relative, Sen
ator Hunter, lately assumed in the Senate
side by side with his honored colleague III
Mason. that a wide gulfnow separates Mr.. Gm
nett, at least, from the political sympa,hics
the Examiner
Senators Mason and Hunter stand pledge
to the policy Of refusing "cven an ind!vidua
vote at the South, to any candidate standin
on platform which shall authorize ''Sguatte
sovereignty" Interpretation even in the iF"
States
The "Examincr" dcnounccs this stern adh'
sion TO principle as fatultouS cnsinS to
''barrcn abstraction, as 'poslhumoua lpn"'
to deod docifine.
/ Mr. Garnet and the editor oi the "fxalh-
ncr' once stood shoulder to shoulder, cnallc C.
casions and in all instances. dcnouncin: tic
concession or the compromise, the dlsrSasl'
the avoidance or tic ignorcment, Of eve !hc
smallest fraction of the State rights prinlplci
of the Constitution. How must Mr.. Grnc;'
now feel, to see his old associate adyisinsa re-
Gisal to endorse the great doctrine II equal
protection to persons and property :ht sub
stance, end, object and design of all u bowers
conferred by the Constitution, the sNcncc oi
its theory and the unavoidable necessity oi
every instance of its practical appl=.tion.--
And, then, the manner and form Of his rei'i-
sal. 1t was once the pride of the ctor, as 1t
is now the boast Of the legislator, be de-
nounccd by FcdcraiiStS and Abolionl>ts As
"ApsrRAcrloNlsTs" Truthfuly andarnc,tly
they were wont to deny the scandals impu'
tation on the wisdom Of their farrS. thai
any feature whatever Of the Consuilon ol
the States could be regarded. even wh color
of truth, as IN empty abstraction. ct now
the editor Of the Examiner" seize the Old
weapon of Federalism and Abolitionn, turns
its rusty edge against his old asSCatcS, ana
boldly proclaimS that a doctrine and prlncipie
which runs through every article olhe Con
>titution, with unccasing rcpctitu, Is an
"empty abstraction" n barren abS,cilon,
dead doctrine. which. for the saket the De-
mocratc party and the security ofle n'on'
mus; not, shdl not, bc 'vitalizcd"
We advise the editor Of the "Ex;incr, be-
fore he shall seek any interview wi Mr. Gar
nett to ponder well Mr.. Garnett's sws on and
high reverence for such despSc "abstTac-
TONS Read the following extra from MI
Garnctt's speech in Congress, dclitcd scarce
ly twelve months ago:
"And in the same breath, they u me that
there are very few slaves in lnsaS; that
slavery can never 60 there that cli-
mate and isothermal lines exclude; that 1t Is