Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-01
Compromise.

ANc TIER WARMING FOR " SOUTH.
The following items, taken from Northern
papers which came to hand yesterday, will
show most fully how much will be gained by
the South III waiting for concessions" from
the Black Republicans who now rule the coun-
try. The information given below comes most
opportuue-and, taken in connection with the
defiant attitude assumed in the Senate yester-
day by Seward. the leader Of the Lincolnites,
ii will doubtless tall like a shower bath in win.
ter upon the ardent Southern submissionists
whc are vainly urging and calling for 'peacc,"
''ccnciliation," 'compromise," Union" &c. 4:
From ,he New York Times, Jan. 90. 1851
IMPORTANT FROM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF TIE
PRESIDENT ELECT.
SrRtSGFiELo, ILL.,, Jan. 29.-This mornings
"Jcurna!" confirms an authoritative contradic-
ton Of a Washington dispatch to the Press,
Stating that Mr.. Lincoln had written to his
Congressional friends recommending conciliato.
r. measures. it says that the country may
rest assured that in Abraham Lincoln they
have q Republican Presidcnt-one who will
give them a Republican Administration. MI.
Lincoln is not committed to the Border State
Compromise, nor TO any other. Hc stands i'm.
mcvahly or the Chicago platform, and he Will
neither acquicsce in, nor advise his friends To
acq0leSce in any compromise that surrcndcrs
onc luta of L..
from The New York Tribune, January Sol
The Express" and "The Herald loudly Dc.
clare that air. Lincoln mas listened to the Com.
promiscrs, and is inclined to sacrifice the prin,
ciples of thu Chicago platform. The same
rumor WAS yesterday repeated by the reporter
Of Washington gossip for the Associated Press.
He III not hesitats 10 say TINT hssestntrmsnts
are JUtse and ntumhious. We have the best
authority for saying that Mr.. Lincoln is op.
posed to all concessions Of the sort. We kn"'s
that his views are fully expressed in his own
language as follows
Il will suffer death before | will consent or
advise my friends TO consent TO any concession
or compromise which looks like buying the
privilege Of taking possession Of the Govern
merit 10 which We have n constitutional right;
because, whatever | might think Of the merit
oi the various propositions before Congress, l
Should regard any concession in the face OF
menace, US the destruction Of the Government
itself, and I consent on al! hands that our Sys-
tr,n shall ne brought down to 4 level with the
existing disorganized state Of affairs in Mexico.
Bur this thing will hereafter be, as it is now,
in the hands OF the people; and if they desire
20 call a Convention TO remove any grievances
complained Of, or to give new guarantees for
the p=rnanence Of vested rights, it is not mine
to oppose"
This is not only to be taken as Mr.. Lincoln's
declaration Of his own views, but il amply ex'
presses the conviction Of every unshaken Re
publican as 10 the duty Of the hour. First
inaugurate the neT Administration, and defer
mi!,c the question of Questions, whether We
nsvaa Gncernmsnt or Only a Mexican anarchy
ani wh.! that problem is disposed OF, it vii
be time enough to consider and settle matters
Of inferior cnnse0ucncN.