Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22
4i(bmon0 Enquirer.
THE EXPOSURE OF ANOTHER cANARD.

~NESr-JouN LETCnER OPPOSED TO TIE FUGITIVE
SLAVE Law. AND RECEIVING THE APPLAUSE "f
AN ABOLITION ORGAN roE II.
This is a Roorback Of the first inas'''""e'
an Opposition diamond Of the FIRST water
Now for its complete rcfutation.
In the House of Representatives. July ~
1876. the bill of the House, No. -. reported
bv Mr. Grow. from the on Terrific
RIOS entitled. AZ bill to annul certain acts OF
The Legislative Assembly Of the territory OF
Kansas. and TO secure to the citizens OF said
territory their rights and privileges being be-
fore the body, Mr.. Dunn, of Indiana, moved an
amendment in the nature OF 4 substitute lor
the same, the 9th section of which substitute
is as follows
Section "a. And be i, further enacted. Tina, 30 much o;
the fourteenth section. and aiI' Sc niue" . =. m q, ne ,hjT,v.
tbirI Congress. commonly known a. The hAH,a,,NeorasHd
..u r.sds a. follows. 10 wit .--"Excep; the eighth section
81 -. nc, ur,par,tory To- the admission OF Missouri Int"
the Union. approved March s;N;h, eighteen hundred ami
..c which h,iuc !ucousisien; with the iriaciiie Of mon
intervention by Congress with slavery in the states ami
territories. as recognised by the legislation OF eighteen nun
died and fly, COMMONLY called '!e compromise E.asuts''
1. hereby declared imperative and void: Il being The TINE
in,.n, and meaning Of this act no, to icsislate slavery mo
ANY Territory or state, nor 10 exclude 1t ihereiroin, put u
leave the people .hrrcOl pcViScNs Ner WI s"' r'"NN
their domestic Institutions III their own way. sGoiecr ohE J."
N. Constitution Of the United states: Provided. That no
thing herein contained shall be construed TO revive or pun
in to-ce any law or regulation which may have existed
prior 10 III. act O: sixth March, eighteen hundred anu
,weniy., either prS'es,,nEi t'sa sms IN ndren M.P p",.cs,.i; an
Ia. said eighth section of said act OF sixth Mlrch, t'fh'eth
hundred and twenty. is hereby revived ana Gee"fTi 10 .
In full force and eject within the said territories OF ha.'a'
and Nebraska: Provided. however, That any person law
fully held to service In either OF said territories shall notor
discharged from such service 10y reason OF such selsai anu
revival OF said eighth section. II sueh person shall be per
Inan-u,ly removed from such territory or territories pt.or
TO the ars; dag Of January, eighteen hundred ana my
eight. ana aay child or children born In either y! said ter
ri,ories, Of any female lawfully held TO service; II IN IKE
manner removed without said territories before the expira'
ton Of ,ha, da:e. shall not be, by reason OF anything in this
act, emancipa;cd from any service 1t ri'sit nave omei haH
his act never been passed: And provided further, That any
person lawfully held to service in Any other State or terri
tory OF the United States, and escaping into e''her inc ter
ri,ory OF Kansas or Nebraska, may he reclaimed ana re-
moved 10 the person or place where such service Is due, I'm
der any law OF the United States which shall be In force up
on the subject.
The amendment Of Mr.. Dunn was carried by
yeas 50, nays -, as follows;
Those who voted in the affirmative arc
Messrs. Albright, Allison, DaU. Barbour. Benson, Bishop.
Bliss, bradshaw, Brenton. Burlington, J. II. Campbell. l.. ID.
Campbell, chanse, cl1wscn' Coii,x, C9n'n, - CoSI rhi. 'I rm.
WARDS, Enrie, Fagler, Gildinss, Gilbert, Grlneer. GROW.
Hall. Harlan, HARRISON, HAVEN. Holloway, T. l. Horton. '.
B. Horton, Hugh.,on, Kelsey, King. Knapp, Knight. kno~l
ton, Knox. Kunkel. Msi;e.on, McCaF'y. Miller, M?ohR,
Morgan. Morrill,. Nichols. Norton. Oliver. Parker. Pel'on,
ferrS, fettlt, IKE, fIANEle, ih"Se NHN"N
sapp, sherman, simmons. spinner. stanton. s'ranan,an,
Tappan, Thurston, Todd. rraf,on. Wade, waE.mann, Wal
Washburnr, Jr., Watson, WEIGH. Htl., J., Wood, Wood
run. Woodwork.
Those who voted in the negative are
Messrs. Aiken. Ep&.ide, Eel, Bennett. h".eic- Bso,S'
.on, DAVIS. Day, TsSes<, Ioioi.a, Ednand.gn. Eng,i.1,
.s, 9 i: M F",Ia.' + Fiji Z A. s%.s' il %1-ss.' &sa 81 ". 1 a..s.
ea, Jones, KkSSgrr. Kdd"th, LAKE. Letter, Ln"l,k.n' H.
Tac&er. F.ei. P2Gps. Ponsn: rrnyE.n, Qsi'",an, kEAr'
READY, RicArp, RvEKs.. Euyfn, Ntrdg', Shorter, : Il
Sm'n, " $..i%, SSss'; stp"s m.t: ss'' mnr. M W;SI ky
WHITNEY, Bin.lo'e, D. b. "ri9A, }. hr'9M' "'ii''
GOLFER.
Democrats in %itGl;cs. Fillmore Americans
in SMALL CAPS, Republicans in roman.
So the amendment was agreed to.
The Dunn amendment above quoted, con-
tanned two proyisionS--the re-enactment OF
the Missouri Compromise and the unnecessary
re-enactment Of the Fugitive Slave Law. 1t
was necessary to vote for both-and this no
Democrat could do-and hence Mr.. Letcher
said he would not vote for it.
Mr.. Letcher, in reply to Mr.. Giddings, says,
II WOULD NOT have voted Cor it IL had been
here"
1t will be seen from the vote that not only
every Democrat. except Wells, Jr, voted
against it, but CARLYLE Of Va, Davis of Md,
Foster. Fuller, Harris, Hoffman, kennett, Lake,
II. Marshall Of Ky. Purycar, Rcadc, Ready,
Ricaud. Rivers, Snced, Swope, Trippc, Under
wood, Walk and Whitney, every American ex-
cept four, every Southern representative, with
out an exception, voted as Mr., L.etcher said he
would have voted had he been present. Here
then, is an EXPOSURE Of one of the most insi-
dious charges that has yet been brought before
the public. AncypoSurc so full and complete
a rcfutation so successful, that we presume the
"Whig' itself will acknowledge its error, if
not apologize for its injustice.
This is but a fair specimen Of the reckless
manner in which this canvass has been, and
perhaps, will continue to be conducted. Bold as
Sertions plausibly maintained supply the place
of argument, reason and fact.
So thorough has the determination Of ''all
the elements" become. that the unsustained
assertion Of Abolition journals receives implicit
credit from the Richmond 'Whig." The
National Era was for a time paradcd by the
papers Of the Opposition in Virginia. and now
the Republic" another Abolition organ fur
nishes q morsel Of SANDER which the Wing"
relished with undisguised go~t.
The "Whig" does not pretend 10 investigate
a charge started by an Abolition paper, bu, in
its eagerncss to find capital against Mr.. Lctch.
er, adopts the reckless assertions of Abolition
lists. who arc seeking his defeat in sympathy
with the "Whig." The Abolition and Oppo-
sition papers are hunting lin couples" the
Republic" and the Wing" leashcd together
run the hunt in perfect harmony. Abolition
ism and whiggery, District of Columbia Black
Republicans and Virginia 0ppositionists in ut
most fellowship are c%ontendins for the palm
in supplying the g%ravest charges against the
candidate Of the Virginia Democracy. The
Republic" pretending sympathy, manufactures
= falsehood, which the Wing" without inves-
tigating, makes the text for n leading editorial.
Our exposure Of this canard is so full and
complete that the people Of Virginia will be
able to estimate the amount of belief that
should be given to anything that has appeared
in the Opposition press during this canvass
Their reckless and unfoundcd assertion on so i'm.
portant q subject having been proved to be un-
true, the people of Virginia will discredit the
other charges that have been or may he pre-
ferrcd during this canvass.
When a party find it necessary to bolster up
their cause with canards such as this, their
fortunes are desperate and their defeat they
know to be certain. Desperation only could
induce a resort to such means Of party warfare.
Rnt we cannot Ston with this full and COM