Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-05-22

r,...;.. ana 20 when The citizens OF every State may
r],.n:;n:iy uisra;s with any property recognise" as
saeA =. any Of 5i.e S Gmi;cI {" states: s"a
. E:su!YoA Tao efoie, that the Congress o! INC
Oui;ca States mas 10 power 70 abolish or prohol
slavery in any Of ire Territories OF the lmtea states,
anu Snsa power pertains Only to the people lnhaoit-
in, Tic SANE, Thcn il tho exercise Gt r!SEt'ui gu
hority ;hey ior;n their State Constitution with 1 'ie"
to au,ni-s!on inc The Union.
&. ;:eSo!vea, Taa; tic Missouri restriction IVES u
violation O.: the foregoing principles, and It's rePeai
BIZ TIE Observation-Disclosures LIZ vas "'Se' I"S- ''1
Cc-SGrt. u,,
5. Resolved, TN: Congress. l:as no constitutions
INN, "a ,roiish slavery in tile D!str!c! @! Columbia.
- Resolved, That tae dat% O! a:iorL.n2 adequate
p-n.e,..,on in lie Territories previous 10 Their isSs,,
orc.c-a:ioc as States. T. els*i Etg:;'s OF person slu
r-Np.r:r respected Under til" constitution OF the
tJr:on,i - :ncT,:beps OF t:t- proper Legislative autno-
rl:y thereof.
The oirreprcasible Conflict" and Nr. Lin-
coin.
The Black Republicans, in passing by the
claims Of Mr.. Seward, are not 10 be understood
as designing TO ignore his infamous Rochester
manifesto Of an "irrepressib!e conflict between
the North and the South. Other conslGera-
tons decided the contest between Lincoln ana
S.ward. Both being "irrcprcssible conflict
Nen, tlle SelSCllOu u i|IiSA IaSS~i
ration as the notorious mark Of the party.
That our readers may understand the posi-
ton Of Mr.. Lincoln, and prepare for the catas'
,rophc tina. his election must precipltate, we
reproduce his arowal OF the "irrcpressible con-
aic,." In his canvass wit!, Mr. Douglas he
said:
ave are now far into the fifth gear since 4
policy was initiated with the avowcd object
ami confident premise Of putting an end TO
slavery agitation. Under The operation OF that
policy, that agitation has not only not ceased,
but las constantly augmented. In my opln-
ion, it will not cease until 2 crisis shall nave
been reached and passed. A house divided
against itself cannot stand. believe this
government cannot endure permanently halt
slave and half free. ! do not expect the Union
to be d:ssolvcd-I do not expect the house to
iu!l-bu, ! Go expect it will cease TO he divided.
1t utii all become the one Mimg "r az TIE
Other. Either The opponents e. S'Gre'y wiu
ares. tie farther spread Of ii, and place 1t
:eisrs The public mind shaii rest ia The besiet
thu: il Is liz the course IF u~ttiaute srtihctlen,
or lis adcocetcs mM pHSA it .t"rrard til ii
shaN jscomc alike in all TIE Stats, old as s'H
as neC-Norh as resH as oeutG."
Hence i. was not the inhnmy Of Mr.. Stewards
Rochester manifesto that defeated hin, for MIR.
Lincoln avows the same, but it vas the suppo-
sit;on Of greater popularity oa the part OF Mr..
Lincoln in the Northwest that carried the
domination against NJ. Seward. Mr.. Lincoln
having gone in the canvass witt. Mr.. Douglas
o step in advance OF Mr.. Seward, and proclaim
cd the neyvo's equality with the white man, he
is more the representative man Of the "Irre-
prassibie conflict" Than the New York Senator,
and, as such, q better nominee Of the revolution
a-y principles and e~grarian tendencies OF the
Black Republican party. Il there ever was
any amplitude in the prefix BIac& 10 the So
publican party, i. ceases with Inc nomination
Of Mr.. Lincoln, the adroca;e Of negro equality.
But the designs OF this Black Revolutionary
PARTY are not 20 be judged Of only from the
nomination of Mr.. Lincoln. The platform has
been changed; not modified, but intensified in
hatred Of the South.
The New York Tribune commenting upon
the change, says:
The Republican party, in 1856, confronted
I possible temporary evil; in 1850 it stands lace
10 face with an organized deSpotism, winch an
n,unceS its mal-goveInment and lniSgorcrn,
mcnt 10 be founded on immutable principles OF
uniform application. Whereas, therefore,,
pla.forn Of 1856 is mainly 1eroitd to Tia
Question eJ EHnsus. The playorm 81 1860 corers
. 6roaier grognd. and rests on the dcep-rootcd
principles of a true democratic Government, by
which the agsressions Of the slave power. and
the iurliiude and treachery Of pretended De-
u,ocrais, snail be overcome. whether in Kansas
or any other Territory; whether on the land
or on the sea; whether it be to open the virgin
soil Of the West and South, to the introduction
of slares from The Chesapeake Bay or the
coast Of Guinea. to tho virtual exclusion Of free
men and free labor"
Fair, open. undisguised treason, The success
CT whic:. disrupts the Union. 1t is a notice
70 the South, that Kansas, 1.-THE temporary evil
of 1856" is not now the object and end Of Re
publican:s.n. But a broader ground in 1851
is covered by the Republican party. No long
or confined to the Territories, the "irrcpressi
BILE conflict has extended from Kansas TO thu
States, from the Territories TO the Federal
Union. "The temporary evil Of 1856 did moi
embrace some OF the issues Of the slavery
question, but Inc broader ground Of 1860
covers all. The introduction Of slaves from
the Chesapeake Bay" means the prevention 10y
Federal Legislation Of tho interstate stare
trade. This is keeping step with Mr.. Lin.
coin.
In other respects the platform is not SC
open and manly. II is treacherous and deceptive
The better to conceal their ultimate designs d
over,hrowing slavery in the States, the plat
70. II. resolves:
FOURTH The maintenance i~nviola;c Q
the rights Of the States, and, especially, tn
RICH. cfcach State to order ard csntroi its owl
domestic Institutions" This has the appear
ance Of non-interference with slavery in tn
States; bat it must be remembered that in tn,
opinion and declarations Of this same party
slavery Is : Sin, 4 relic Of barbariSn,, ale
cannot be a domestic inStitution,' since it j:
in contravention Of the Declaration Of indie
pendence which the party adopts us part ant
parcel of the platform, and according to which
''all men arc created equal, and are endowed
BY their Creator with certain ipalicnable
rights; that among these are life, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness" Hence the 'do,ues,
tic institution" plank Of the platform has nc
application to negro slavery in the designs and
intentions Of the Republican party, but was
intended to inveigle the unsuspccting con
serra,ives of the North to the support Of th'
candidates Of the snti-slayery crusaders.