Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-18

"'aStS lHt NiSCipieS OF trul1, the cHdtDIilOnS ~
liberty, the protectors of The many, against
the arts of the few. These are as necessary IL
The calm of peace in the storm of war
They are, perhaps, more necessary: as il Is
often IN the halcyon days of peace that the
most fatal encroachments On liberty are per
petrated. Ii Is then, when inilamed passions
have subsidized and imminent perlls are past,
that fatal security is most apt to steal Oh the
public feeling. Ambition and avarcr, i'm short,
never sleep, are always at work. So long as
vice Is Inherent in human nature, 40 long the Y
viii aim at dominion and they will succeed,
unless steadily and systematically opposed by
the virtuous. - When bud men consprre, good
men must ussociate."
| These principles, although designated as
those of thu republican party, are happily
likewise the decided principles of the nation.
But tn reuder them efficient, they must be
welded by men, aud tor this purpose union
of measures among those who concur in OPT
MON, is essential aud the greater the object
To be attained, the more necessary is this
union, as it will, inevitably, in one shape or
other, he opposed III degree proportiuned 10
lis magnitude.
OF all the means used for this purpose the
mast To be dreaded is that which would de-
Jude you into the beliefih hat the whole Amerl-
can people are of one mind and that the go
vprnment will be administered equally well,
whatever interest or individual may eventually
prevail. These are Syren sounds, TO which.
u Use, you will turn deaf ear. Even those,
who ring in your ears the uselessness of party
or union, which are, in this case, convertible
terms, while they avew the sentiment, are
themselves busy in forming subordinate par
Ties, which they hope, by seasonable and Sc
crei concentration, may Illustrate the will of
the ma Ority. Ii is the expression of this will
! that they bruaI tHh.y a..
safety of the people and the continued preva-
lence OF republican principles depend entirely
upon IT. Every effort will consequently be
made, by those opposed to these principles, TO
Illustrate the previous concert, without which
1t cannot be uneqniv"cally expressed. These
straiagems are common aud natural, and
ought not To excite our surprise. But they
should awaken circumsptction, and they
should teach those who are united in princi-
pie the duty of united measures for its secu-
rity.
Tint the republican party is united, illus
'rls'isly united in principle, needs no proof :;
that this union will, if they are wise. maintain
their ascendency, is undoubted; that the Sc
,ecIlon Ot proper person for the presidency
10 necessary TO the maintenance Of this asccn-
dency, cannot be disputed. That. the woes
of the republicans, ia different sections Of the
lnionyare divided amongst number of candi-
dates, a person may be elected, with the aid
OF hostile votes, by minority OF republi-
can votes in Opposition To the uneguivo cal
VIII ot great majority of republicans and
ot 'he people, is admitted by all. Hence,
The .tuy of The republicans, If they are not
LOST 10 - sense of moral obigation,-to unite, on
! this great occasion, in those preliminary mea-
sures, without whicht there is no probability of
fua union.
The only question that remains is, what
these preliminary measures shall be. The
public eye looks Ia you for the adoption of
| them. A long usage. crowned with the happi-
est results, has cunsecrated your nomination
OF the candidate for the Presidency. In every
case IN which you have fulfilled tine duty, il
has been approved by the nation. The expec
taiion that you would pursue, on this occasion,
| Ike course, has superseded any other gene
raj nomination, and strengthened your obliga-
ton In make it,. But the provisions of the con-
siltution, of that sacred charter which we are
all bound to obey, are brought in array IA
gaInst the procedure. Let us dspassionately
examine the force of these objections.
A PENNSYLVANIAN.