Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-30

l nave mol Time now, nor 20 l lnteDn 10 puT-
sue the doctrines Of this pamphlet simply
call attention to it from the fact that was
speaking Of NJ. Seward, who tells you, bow
ever, he had read it, and gives an endorsement
OF the book, which is printed on the title page,
and is sent broadcast throughout the land
He saws:
Il have read the Impending Crisis Of the
South with deep attention. 1t seems lc me Il
work Of great merit, rich, yet accurate, in stat
istical information, and logical in its analy
ss"
Now, sir, ask you. Mr.. Chairman, il the
South and the State Of Virginia arc to derive
consolation from the fact that tlis man, the en-
dorser Of this Infamous pamphlet, is one Of The
advisers CT Mr. Lacoln! Are We to derive it
from the fact thGt AIr. Chase who entcrtairs
similar sentiments, is anotheri Arc &c to de-
rive it from the fat that Joshua L Gidd;agS
now stands al the mouth Of the underground
railroad tunnel ,as Consul General Of the Uni.
ted States ins%anada, there 70 carry cut and
execute the DEGREES Of party which tells you
that slavery, being nuisance. IL mus. be aba
ted Do you derive it from the fact tha, David
Wipoi, the author Of the celebrated proviSu,
has been elevated 10 the Senate of the United
States since the very Peace Conference Inea-
sures, 80 often alluded to in this debate, were
inaugurated As !f looking only 10 the inta
rests OF u particular section, and in order, as
much as lies in their power, 20 DO all that they
can 10 excite the people Of the South, they have
placed in II high position, MS ore of the advisers
Of the President OF the United States, by vir-
tue OF his position as 4 Senator Do YOU derive
any consolation, Mr. Chairman, from the fact
that Mr.. Dayton has been sent to represent
this country rs Minister to France-a gentle
man who ran fur Vice President with Mr. Ere
mont. on tie "irrcprcsablo conflict" ticke! !?
Bnt have many reasons TO respect Nr. Day
ton, who is man Of talents and Of high social
position; ard if a FIeesoiitr were TO he selected
for the situation he ills, more uneycep;iona-
bic man could not b. found in any NJr;hcrI
State
Is there member Of this Convention, sir,
who c.h lock down along the VISTA Of time and
say shat there is anything to bcckon him on
in his hopes and aspirations for praco9 Re-
inrm5er lhnt CasSius ". ClYy, entertaining the
sentiments Of Mr Fremont md Mr.. Lincoln,
and other frecsoilcrs Of the North, has nCT'
become representative OF this government in
the Court Of Spain. DO you derive any CON-
for, trcm tina, fact Is it 10 be found in the
fact that james Watson Webb has been select
ed to represent this government abroad 3? I
think not, when his sentiments are so well
known. There is another man, German Rcd
Republican. with an npronounccuble name
Schurz or Schwartz, believe who has got q
foreign mission. though the worst sort of an
aboirlonst Are you to derive comfort from
the reflection that this country is TO be repre-
sentcd BY s,ch inNa a, that? % you tic.
rive it from the fact that the Ohio Legislature,
panderng to that depra, ed spirit which has
actualed many Of the people Of the North has;
elected to the Senate ns the United States, as
another adviser Of the President, Mr.. Sher.
man, man whom tho House Of Representa-
| .lvcs itself rcpudiated as unworthy the posi-.
ton OF Speaker Of that body, because he. too,
Was an endorscr Of this miserable pa,nphls. 20
hich have referred Do you derive any
satisfaction from the iacl that but the other
day the people Of New Hampshire, by over.
whel:ning m.joTities, installed Black Rspubll-
| cans in all her ciHccs, so that, in sending Com
missioncrs to the Peace Conference, she Was
| ius Keeping the word If promise to the eaf
and breaking i. to the hope. But, cir, will
! not pursue the subject.
One Of the gentlemen who represents MnT ,!
county, (Mr HAYMoSD) asked tie other " ~
:.-- cOuiG aurocate Tie pa:tIEu."i
iac Of policy re do, after having sustained
that party whose platform was " The ConStitu
ton, the Union, and the Enforcement Of the
LaHs:" We did stand upon tina. platform. and
| wc stand upon it nov. But The gentleman
forgot altogether 20 note tho iact that the
CD!on has been taken away Of our plank-
IS gone. EoS can VIC maintain aud preserve
that which is lost! We canGct maintain it,
bet We may restore it, and there Is 10 luan n
this aSscrnblsge who will; 10 do marc or GO
farther than myscli, if such thing is possible
to DC accomplished trust it may ke accom-.
plshed Ny earnest efforts shall at all times
be given to the restoration Of the Union upon
its true basis. do not desire to mingic party
politics il! this discussion. vas therefore,
sorry that the gentleman from Marion, anG
other gentlemen, thought proper to n!ludc 70
the position Of the party with which have
been, and ever will be, associated upon the same
issues, and do not refer TO itnow in any spiri;
Of unkindncgs. But when gentlemen speak OF
the Union party in the late election, cannot
but t!l;uk Of souie Of the positions occupied by
those gentlemen themselves
The fa,uous platform Of the party OF the gen.
tlcman from Marion, all will recollcct, inaugura
| ted this principle:
II: is the duty Of the Fedora! Government
in eli its departments to protect, 1hen ne
csssura, the rights CT persons and property i'll
til. territories and wherever else its consti,u
tional authority extends
Tu;s ia the principle which received the sane
ton of the party Of the gentleman. Well. sir,
not long aftcrw ards. in the Senate OF the Cni-
ted States which has just closed its session. 4
| resolution was offered iD Tics. words, by M:.
Brown, OF Mississipp:
Resolved, That experience having already
shown that the Constitution and the conlsnon
law, unaidpd by statutory provision, do not
Afford adequate and sufficient protection tc
slave property, some of the Territories having
failed, Others having refused to pass such en-
actnncnts, it hes become the duty Of Congress
% interpose and pess such laws as will atlJrd
20 slave property in the Territories that pro
,cciion which IS given to other kinds VI pro
pcrty"
One would suppose that all those Hho staT'd
,,pon The platform would have st o also BY
the resolution of Mr.. Brown, as the oae wa;
adopted br tlIeic convention, and other
was offered by Southern man, in tn. Senate
or the United States. But, 10! when The Yo;,
was taken, three Southern Senators-Brown
| VI
iory, Of Florida a-alone voted for it; e, the 9th
crs voting against ii, including our own Sena
tors Now, the principle involved was not per
hapS, that the party repui!a'ed its platform
| 50 much as il went 10 assert That the ute o
things to which the resolution referred, dix
not exist So in regard to Our platform, ''th
Onion, the Constitution. and the enfo rceinen
Of the Laws" The Union does not exist
the Constitution is surrendered, and the law;
cannot be enfo-ced-that is exactly my posi-
tUn.
| say thus u:uch 10 show the consistency o
gentlemen who t.lk about tic platform OF
which the Wing party stood-and on which
Ill parties should stand while the Union is in
,sct. while the Constitution is held sacred, o
the laws made in pursuance OF it can De en-
forced.
But, sir, said that the Union was not th'