Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-02-18

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, reserved rights of the States.
Next comes hit at "squatter sovereignty.
Well DONE
, Next, remuneration of the Missouri Com
promise. full recantation on this subject, am
an entire submission to the Democratic doe
trine that to each new State belongs the rsh
to fashion its domestic institutions III II
own way. Well done again, very well done
were it not for the qualifying clause enabling
Congress to dictate laws Of suffrage to the new
State otherwise what would become OF TN
"alien suffrage question:
Again the Opposition take plank from TIT
Presidents message New States are not to o'
admitted, until they have the requisite poPu
la,ion for one member Of the House Of Repre-
ScntatvcS.
This Is not exactly Democratic doctrine
There is no such restrictive clause in the Con
s,itution Of the United States. and we prefer tc
leave Congress. Just where the Constitution
leaves il, TO exercise it, own sound discretion
in every case for admission as it may arise. We
are avowcd conservatives. We prefer old and
wcll.settlcd expostions OF political faith. and
on the point in question VIC have venerable au'
thority. which fixes positively and unalierably
the course to he pursued with regard to the
territories ccicd by Virginia, and recommends
similar line of policy in the ease of other ter
ritoricS.
We refer to the Virginia Ordinance Of lIs'.
One OF the articles of this timc-h"n"red doc
ument, which shall be considered As articles
of compact between the original States and the
people and States in the said territory. aud for
ever remain unaltcrahlc. unless by common
consent" provides
and whenever any OF the said States shall
have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein,
such State shall bc admitted, by its delegates
into the Congress of the United States. and on
an equal footing with the original States, in all
RESPECTS whatever, and shall be at liberty 10
form permanent Constitution and State Gov
crnmcnt: provided the Constitution and Gov
crnmcnt, 50 to be formed, shall be republican,
and in conformity to the principles contained
in these articles: and, 10 .far as Il eaR bc 'o"-
xis,tnt ,riM tie gsnfral intsrsst of N. tod-
y;lsrn.y. srrh admission shnN be allond a'an
farlier ptriod nnd ,rhtn Msre sh"H bF a tf'S
Anmb.r ct free imhohiton+ /" ih' stat: TIN"
Ir'y Mosahd."
Thus it is that the Opposition, after snatch
ing plank from the Presidents message. iind
themselves. all al once. wise beyond what Is
written
No Il. Altogether wrong The doctrine, Of
the Presidents 5 message to which the oppoSI-
ton platform objects, as well as those still more
Objectionable doctrines Of the same document
which the Opposition platform endorses, 'cero
nec.r pabli<hedGy Tie Administrations. nniH
after Tie odoUrnment cf' tie Ptters1"rg Con-
rention If they had been, the resolution in
question never would have been presented 10
the Convention Wcspcak knowingly. That
resolution was the work of al editor OF the
Enquirer" His brain conceived it. hi, hand
pcnncd it, his voice proposed it and ne brought
il forward and urged its adoption in 'he 'cry
last hours of the last days session.
No. !. Very biting, indeed. on Mr.. Le;ch
cr's error os lSi7: hu, comes with hal grace
from rArTY WHICH INSERTS, II TIE SANE
BREATH, N ABOLITION rLi&K ~ Irs VERY FLAT
FORM. IL THIS YEAR or orr LORD rIGnTgES Hrs-
BRED AND rIFTY-Sf>r.
Nos. Excellent. We endorse every word,
and are highly gratiiicd to find the Opposition
I doing what they never did before, coming for
ward in earnest support Of the great interest of
the public works. But what will our old and
esteemed friend, DIR. George r. VERIFY, ofNorth-
ampton, say To this final adhesion Of his party
to the Democratic doctrine of State improve
mcnt:
No. {? Very good Democratic principles,
which may be improved, however. by accom-
paniment with the coordinate doctrine. that
strict maintenance Of the reserved rights Of
the sovereign States furnishes thc only guaran-
( ty Of pcrpotuity 10 the Union.
Thus, the opposition platform, like the oppo-
sition party, must he acknowledged to consti-
tutc very pie.bald affair. The planks which
I it steals from the Democratic platform are all
sound and good those which it adopts from
the Presidents message are bad. those caught
! from the ruins Of Federalism or Of Know.
! Nothingisin, are rotten at both ends and in the
middle; and that which finds its original status
to abolition contrvarcc is altogether exc
crablc
So lar AZ the Democracy are concerned. We
have but one path before Us. Wemu,t advance,
firm in the faith Of our fathers, and again
solcmnly rcnouncc the Federal recommends
tons of the Presidents Message. We cannot
stand upon the same Fcderalist platform with
the Opposition. To this remuneration our can
didatc is pledged. With this understanding,
he received the nomination. and now receives
the support Of his party.