Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-07-01
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THE ALEXANDRIA "sENrINEL.'
~ RiTCI'IE' DuNNAVAA.Il TYLER 's Ms !
FRIDAY MORNING., JULY i,Is5s.

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! THE ALEXANDRIA "sENrINEL."
Our friend of the Sentinel dcro,cs n lon;
article to the "'Enauir 'rsWo broposc oil,
to touch or the less imbbrtaht matters to which
II refers, and will then devote more ,elaborat,
eit4r,s to the work Of securing 2 mutual gool
understanding wi.h Dur ehcmperary on appoint
! principle and"poTicy very i'm portaht to al
! patriotic men and to the. &cfkitc Of the party
! to the interests Of which ws are both devoted
Tie ''Sunlinel'i sill aac,,scs us of mi.jiIdge
/ mcnt in our avowed preference for one of tht
Deintcraric' candidates in the list congressional
! contest in the Alexandria District. ne, car
only .nsist that our action was guided by oui
best Judgment anl an earnest desire for the
! best interests Of our party. That the '"Sent
nel has peculiar and not unnatural reasons fol
dscontcpt. with. our ,;ecision, VIC 10 not do
; n.y. Ahd now that The issue is past, wo have
: no ,icsire to Continue It's discussion. and still
: see 10 reason Why. the ..Sentipcl' should hare
introduced ii the discussion. Of another qqcs
ton si!h which it has no necessary connection
4, Ad'if, in the discussion of this or othcr mat:
! ters We have used expressions which, as o1i
I cotcuporary complaints have tended to wound
his .susibiGtiss, ,,we sincerely rcgrettheir occur.
renee. i.",i,,.n .-d 20. .os.'. -. ..l'-t, .'s.'
I The "Schtinel' goes on TO deny the assertion
rthat ttc enquire" is the acknowledged organ
fof the rirsinia. Democracy, 10 proof Of this
denial, he 'Sentinel" adduccs the. assertion
that t!n position ofthc Enquirer on the Lc-
,,conIptor Question 'was opposed To thc yasl
majority oi the Virginia Democrats. ..., ....
+ My, t,scwrtcr Of the present article will
MT venture to deny this, though in courtesy To
his senior associate, lie mist at least rclrrin
! from endorsing ltin this editorial column. The
fact IS thai during the. pepdency Of tho LIE.
compton question, tho. Enquirer was under
tho sole dir,ctibn Of its present senior editor
who endorsed and advocated through Is col
umns the policy Of the President, The editor
Of the Sentinel pursued Z similar curse.--
Now if by this course the Sentinel" md the
" Enquirer stood opposed 10 the v8t najo-
rity of The Virginia Democracy nhy he pre-
sent writer must say II I'll caudar tn. he Is
rejoiccd TO hear it,. ,'! ,r.l r,'., -r,4 -.
Again. the "Scntiner says we h:vc ridi.
Il culed the Kansas Nebraska act Only one fiea-
turc Of that act has met with our disipproyal.
We do diApprorc seTiously.the Clause which
, repealed the laws previously c1istin, in that
| territory, and enacted for the projection Of
slave persons and slave property AID in this
dSapproyal,, we arc confident of tlr coac,u-
renee Of the Virginia Dclnocracy"ri r' ,..': go
Again. The Sentinel" says:'' We are
perfectly persuaded also, that the Enquirer is
not O. fair exponent Of the sentiment Of the
4 Virginia Dcmocrucr towards the AGIninistra;
iion.s' Co.,. i.'..,i AZ .'., jfai 'Hf =" bee"
RI Now, If the Sentinel can And sinylc De.
motrdi in Virginia willing to make public
, avoyil Of his approval o! those, rccomnenda-
.tiors in. the. Presidents message; which we
haze condemned. VIC earnestly invoke 'o,r co.
| temporary to make profrrt rtofhn. We have net
| witt none-no; not one; .Mpreoycr these rcc4mr
mcldalions, which we haze described .as anti
/, Democratic, were openly disapprovcd by hl,.:
| Lerhcr, and boldly denounced by Mr.. Montaglt
during the late canvass. If We arc not, then,
'aiair exponent. neither IS the Governor or
;hc Lieutenant Governor elect. e
!. 20 much for tho tiucs,jnn 'of''urganisrnr =
Id lis proccca TO e'tiidch more 6tdahie." Io, m
AS We have understood the position Of the
,"scniinel" o. the territorial question ,ittwas
,hs:.:. ,"f r, .1a..H:,iI 3" ~, ~ ~ '''
That by the Kansas-SePra.l.:ai oct, and by
the Cincinnati platform, tho Democracy agreed
that the sao Legislative gGvernnicnto Of Tie terri
tories >honll 'beyestrlint localtcrrtoriil as
semblic,, and that Congress should in no case
le,islate dircetiS tdIpfGtet ptrsbHs 6f property
against oppression By 'thcss local assemblies. Or
against any Other injury whatever; But 50 far
|'p the General Government is co!ncy'hed, Should
icatc injured parties merely 10 the assistance Of
the judiciary. = ''' - ''''. 4'' ." ''.'
|. Thus Understanding the position II our CO!
temporary f. described tbs ,'ShattG4 Sire
ieign,y." We intcnded no .di$rcslect-, by tho
,su of the term. 1T accurately and Justly de-
lines the position We have just Described Il.
makes the people Of a territory just as indcptn,
leat--juit as r%1Y<HN as are The iPepPlc Of q
State, SO f.s as tho LOCAL Legislation st either is
concerned. iIsi Cohguss and RerExetutirc
cannot Interfere t0stpeal Or TO prevent tho 'cx.
ccation q unjust 1d&f passed y ths E6sal as. S
-embly, it stands partpass4 With asAte Legs
iature.:.If "a Suite Legislature, should pasa a
yaw'in derosar,on Of 'itho CoasttutiohG 6f The
United S,ates, the 'siPrrihe Court 81 the Emitted
States may intervene q declare such lsY. null
and void. And nccording to the above posi-
lion, this is all the control that thc Democratic
party have aceedcd ID the General Govern.
ncnt, in the tEE7cfaa1U cfea q UfaaAstsss sgis
F4ativc assemblies. '1 49,, ,.;..r, .'.,'
! yow, this IS ssqquatter Ate 'soSSicg Sovereignty
ing or9 9oiS nor dfsa t, aSsd e atrliSSltss llS i
,qlaiters WIDER scope 81 legislative authority y
Than the people Of the States hays reserved iaT
their State Legislatures, Take an example.
The Legislature: q ScM Hampshire has Just
passed ali act declaring that any: person aIIing
the apprehension. Of filgiiiye slave in that
state, shah be, sopvictea Of felony and con; el
@lenine1 TO- Imprisonment il the Penit5entIarly r
e.: :iIIc:i T." -. :: = 5;n.. ~: