Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-07-12
8itbuoll0 Enquirer.
BY RIrcHIE, DuNSAvANT, TYLER L WISE.
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY IL, 1859
MORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

TUESDAY MORNING, JULY IL, 1859.
MORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Lynchbnrg "RepublirAn," of July ith,
contains the following:
ASswrn- ,xTlp-Somr daY- ago ;;c rvolouml-
cl the R,c,n"i.d Enquirer ,ic question whether the
friends Of intervention would SUPPORT the noinlncc
/ tine Charleston Convention i'll the event that their
new plank was not in National platform! Dur
inciid Ty!rr promised I" give II, prompt and cIn
plstc answer. hut We have not hr.,rl from him or
.i- paper upon the .uljct. We presume II ii;,r
c,,l.ed IN, uIcipry and again respectfully repeat
the question:. :nl hope the EmquIrr Will give us -
pToghp AID rNnci; .ii!>Nr- We have heard II pub.
licy I,rocai'el in bar room Of ;hl> city, 5y gen
tlriair III ,h ~ the conf cilc" 81" Governor Wise AMI
the enquirer. rlat tine fricuG- al Intervention VIII
not ,ubni; 10 Tie nomination "i the Charleston Con
.cnun, il the Intervention plank il rejected. We
Uc;rl the same gentleman declare that j; was the
purpose of;hr friends .: intervention To- c:a Den"-
cratic State Convention in .Innnry nest, and make
intervention :: test question, nnI II it defeated.
they intended 1" Withdraw from the Convention,
cal! another Convention, and appeal to the people
u,0l the s-i-, and ,ll, Governor Wise should take
tie stump. Are these thing- to i'c 50: We want to
Learn irDn tie acknowledged organ Of thut par?
@hciLcr -ucii purposes Prevail with them.
The same paper, OF July 'tll, explains as
follows:
~ Exri,NATioS.-A few days ago we made aliu
sion L. declaration made III public sitting room 81
tbs city, by u friend vi intervention, to the effect
ll the Trend, ul HAT ic>ilrc intend 10 do 80 and
~ II they were defeated IN Convention. Several
friends have attributed the declaration To leading
gentleman Of this city, and We deem IL proper there
fore TO SAY thai the gentleman who made The '!cn
ration j. not Il citizen ot this place. irend, l.!
whose Judgment We have great confidence, has also
suggested 20 IL that perhaps, the whole n!llsi"n 'n
tie CON. lr-alrn ltn"i.h III The presence oi scvcI
.cuirimrn and entirely public was improper on oar
part. and Iish: he niscUn>;rucd. Upon reflection.
~ tc suggestion. aid der.n !: due To- Tie
:,irc'i.u wiIp made tile declaration. ~ vel! ~ tp
nur-clvc>. {" iik. this acknowledgements
UGrcurinp"r.ry ~ the Enquirer therefore, viii
py answer. II u; all, tia, portion Of oar ntcrra'
~ which ir, rc!.rcncc 10 the intervention qur-t!"
"a :ic Charleston Convention.
On the 9TH Of July, we received from lis
office Of the "Republican' 4 telcgraphic slcs
patch marAed Private" requesting that wc
would not notice the editorial Of the 4th, until
the appearance of the next paper. If thl'
private maik was intended 10 impose any
confidential obligation of secrecy on us, we ac
knowledge no such obligation, since we have
entered INTO M agreement, express or implied
to hold confidential communication Of any sor
with the "%epnblican."
We deem it our righ, and duty to lay all ;h'
facts before the public That the whole thins
is nothing more nor less than M attempt to III
jurc Gov. Wise, is obvious to the planest un
d.rstanding. The explanation doesn't bet
ter it u particle. The editor admits that hi
r>t publication was 'pcrhaps improper an'
might be m,conStrucd:" but leaves his pub
! i>hcd statement rs it was, and, indeed, re
peats 1t
: We will. however, answer, so far We can
I the questions Of the "Rcpublican." We ar
yet to learn that any party or politician, amoni
the conservative Democracy in this State, ha
.dyocated the insertion Of any 'new plank II
the Cincinnati platform. That the conserva
i've Democracy is determined to fix the in
terprctation of the platform, by an endorse
urut III Gnc lorni "-"'h"-. ar ~" 'lnrtrin"s r
the bred Scott decision, and 10 exclude tn
,..S ,lattcr sovereignty Interpretation which til
"Hcuublican' and its coniedcrateS have attempt
ed.,l to atlix to il, Is undoubtedly true. AS
,l.wha; our own action will probably be, in Gas
the Squattcr Sovereignty Interpretation
nd adopted, or even permitted, We refer the "ii'
'p pubcan' to oar late answer to the Rishlnon
Examine"
3 As to wha; the acton Of the whole conserr;
:, tive Democracy will probably be, in such cncl
. .cncv, the "Rcpnhlican can consult the lat
declaration Of Senator Mason, uttered in tn
NJ. Senate, with the evident concurrence Of HI
W n' colleague Mr. Hunter, that if an interpretatio
to ike that which the "ltepublican" now conten'
/, lor shall bc allowed and accepted, even in Ii
free States, the South will owe it To their honC
!, u and hes: Interests to abstain from casting
-G, vote, "cycn an individual vote, for any cand
>. date of any party standing on such platform
rs The Richmond "EyamIncr also Informs
= that the endorsement Of the Republican
interpretation, at Charleston, will ''drivc
ninc-;cnih> Of the Southern Democracy
As for the assertion that gentleman, he
IN the confidence of Gov. Wise and the Il
qnirer, " seriously 'proclaimed in q b'
room" that the friends Of intervention W
not submit to the nomination of the Charlie
ton Convention il the intervention plank Is T
icctcd;" "tiIai it WAS the purpose oi the 'rieh
u Of intervention to call a Democratic State 90
vcrtion IN January next. and make interve
{. ton a test question, and If II was delicate
!, they intended to Withdraw from the Convc
ton. call another Convention, and appeal
the people upon the i>sue, and that Gov. WI
T, would take the stump as for tins "co
|, and bulr' story. we are obliged to believe IN
the parrator',; inlcrcnccs and rccollcctlOns mu
: have betrayed him into very essential in'
d curacics.
: If the conservative Democracy, Or any pc
: ton of them. have arranged any plan VIII;
!. ever for the calling of a State Convention,
e for withdrawing from enc, orif Gov. Wise II
!. made any agreement or arrangement ao'
: taking the stump" we are utterly ignorant
all such agreements and arrangements
a a Eu, we do not hesitate to assure the "Repu
I, hcan, that III Ca>c 'iie |''
, shall ".tjtrt" the doctrine of the power a
!, duty Of the General Government, and OF ca
and every Department thereof, in case OF net
to employ It's proper functions for the prot
:, ton OF persons aud property in the Terr'tor'
'e If the Charl, slon Convention shall thus auth
Is i,c the platform to be interpreted according
AUpDlDIica
which doctrine the Eli Thaycr wing oi
Z Black Republican party has already aeee1
l. 10 and endorsed as the best and most practi
20 20 means of excluding slave property RON
Il Territor;es-in such case, we say, we resar'
IN as much more than probable that the cons
:. va,ye Democracy, not only of Virginia, but
NJ NJ the South. and of the whole Union Will rel
he to vote for the nominee of the Charleston I