Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-13

nlStratlOn the Soutu VIII LINZ
respected, and will see all the clouas cl nus,
representation which have ooscuseu us iea'
character, and that Of the party whose stanu'
ard he bears, roll away from the view: o!retch'
inc out our hands to the South over THIS victory,
we have no word Of taunt to utter Tor tue threats
of disunion which were raised LOT our deleat.
Let those threats DC buried IN oblivion, for
through the long vista of this success We sec
a reign of peace from slavery agitation, eStao'
lshed simply by that circumScriblng OF slavery
within its local bounds, and that firm defence
of the integrity Of National Freedom, which
this triumph Of the Republican party on the
9th of November, 1860, seals now and hence
forth.
The New York Post, the most ultra, next to
the Tribune, of the New York Black Repub
lican papers, in similar spirit, says:
Our rejoicing at the success we have obtain
cd should be sobcred by the reflection that we
have taken upon ourselves immense RESPONSE
bilities which we must consider how we shall
faithfully discharge For two years TO come
we must expect to find majority in both
Houses of Congress influenced by spirit OIL
distrust, if not of hostility, to the Republican
administration. We must have patience to
wait till, by a wise and impartial course OF con
duct, by q strict regard to the rights OF tho
States, by careful abstinence from every
doubtful exercise Of authority, by frugal ad
ministration of the finances and by the selec
ton Of wise, able and upright men as the
agents of the government in every post, dis
trust shall be changed into confidence, and
hostility disarmcd Of its weapons. We have
pronounced in favor of most conscientious as
well as u most able man to till the Executive
chair The administration Of the federal gov
eminent must be conformed in all respects 10
the character Of our Chief Magistrate, or the
hold which we have obtained on the people Is
lost. Our success in the election, 10y deciding
one question, the extension Of slavery to the
Territories, has deprived our party Of one I'M
portant bond Of union, one OF the most power
full causes which have attracted to it the inter
est and favor of the people. It's place can only
be supplied by an earnest endeavor 10 distin-
guish the Republican administration ny an ell
ightened zeal for the public welfare.
WHAT NR. LINCOLN WILL AND WILL. not DO.
The New York "Timcs," "a Black Republi-
can sheet with scmi-ofticial tone, tells us
what Mr.. Lincoln will and what he will not do
There can be no doubt whatever in the mind
of any man that Mr.. Lincoln regards slavery as
a moral, social and political evil, and that it
should be dealt with as such by the Federal
Government in every instance where 1t Is
called upon to deal with it at all. On this point
there is no room for question--and there need
be no misgvings as to his Official action The
whole influence of the Executive department OF
the Government, while in his hands, will be
thrown against the extension OF slavery into
the new Territories of the Union, and the re-
opening OF the African slave trade. On these
points he will make no compromise nor yield
one hairs breath to coercion from any quarter
or in any shape. lie does not accede to the
alleged decision of the Supreme Court that the
Constitution places slaves upon the footing of
other property, and protects them as such
wherever its jurisdiction extends, nor Will nc
be, in the least degree, governed or controlled
by it in his Executive action. lie Will DO all
in his power, personally and officially, by the
direct exercise Of the powers OF his office and
the Indirect influence inscparablc from it, TO
arrest the tendency TO make slavery national
and perpetual, and 10 place it in precisely the
same position which it, held in the early days
of the Republic, and in the view Of the founders
of the Government. On this point, we take it
for granted, he will be firm and immovablc-
so as to put it beyond the hope of any class or
any section to change his purpose.
Upon all other points his speeches Justify us
in saving that he will be tolerant and conSidc-
rate Of the rights and interests Of the Southern
States to the utmost extent which any man
can ask. lie holds each State to be complete
" sovereign over its own affairs, and denounccs
any attempt on the part Of the Federal. Gov
crnment to Interfere with slavery in the South
ern States rs unconstitutional and UNJUST
While he belives that Congress has the power
to abolish slavery in the District Of Colombia,
he is opposed to its exercise unless with the
free assent Of a majority Of the inhabitants
and with full compensation to the owners Of
the slaves. lie asserts the right Of the South
to Fugitv eSlave Law, which shall be ettec-
tive in It's operation. He declared his opposi-
ton to negro suffrage, and to everything look
ing towards placing negroes upon footing OF
social and political equality with the whites,
but he asserts for them perfect equality oil
civil and personal rights under the Consttu,
ton. lie acknowledges the difficulties sur.
rounding the question Of slavery, frankly con-
fesses that he sees no way Of bringing it to a
safe and speedy end; deprccates the agitation
which has grown out Of the attempt to extend
it, to nationaliZe it and make it perpetual; and
declares his belief that, By the arrest and de-
feat of that attempt alone can this agitation be
allayed.
he WON'T WRITE LETTER TO SATISFY THE sorTn.
The Tribune says:
The rumors aHoat Of letter to DC written
by the President elect, intended to sooth the
nerves Of those who have pcrsistently denounc'
ed him as foe to the Constitution and the
South, seem to us as devoid Of intrinsic proba
bility as Of positive support. II those who
have hitherto insisted on believing Mr.. Lincoln
all that he is not and should not be, will can
didly read his discussions with Douglas IN
195S-with which we shall be happy to supply
them-they cannot fail to sec that their fears
arc fallacous and their imputations groundless.
If they will not regard what he so plainly de-
clarcd long before he was thought of for Pre-,
sident, and when he was appealing for support
to the citizens Of free State only, they surely
cannot be expected to place confidence in pro.
fessions made under the immediate impulse OF
the threats Of the firc-catcrs that they are
about to dissolve the Union whereof lie has
been chosen President. "lf they believe not
Moses and the Prophets, neither would they be
persuaded though one rose lroin INC ue"u.
MR. LlScolH'S POLICY DEFINED ~ THE y. Y. HER
AID.
The New York Herald, of Thursday. lidicules
lisunion, says that if South Carolina secedes
she should be let alone and latter few months
of solitary independence she will come in like
a spoiled child from a sharp fast to Il hot sup
-, -. a.. o-ool Ill c,,,l,- tohln and tnllc Nj,
Lincoln how he must act if the Herald is to
stand by him
The true policy Of the President elect is sim.
pie and easy 1t is marked out in the Federal
Constitution, and in the compacts and com
promises thereof, touching this peculiar South.
crn institution" OF slavery. The fugitive slave
law is only special embodiment Of one Of
these constitutional compacts between the
North and South. Let it be faithfully adhered
to, and let those other provisions Of the Con.
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