Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-02
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POLITICAL.
TUr is contrary to the tactics of the Nni-
6ers to meet any question directly und far tActs
on their system, they are now cndcaVorihS u ~
ise ssue TO the pe0pe and to persuade them that Inc
Presidential question to be decided at their approach
;nr elections Nothing can be more untrue. This very
question will be decided by the people themselves IN he
fall Of 1896 when they will BIZ called on, under the Con
sttuion of the United Staes to choose their electors Of
President and Vice President On these Matters import
ant as they certainly are the next Legislature can exert
no influence it do more than make rccominen-
dation and such recommendation the people vii! pay
no more regard than shall accord with their judgment
and inclinations on the first Monday in October 1886
But the supporters Of Van Buren, always ready for
trial. and they will not shun this question
A few Of the unprinciPled Nulihcrs, by artiui
insinuation and false Inference cndeavor to produce
the impression, that Van Buren, is unricndy to the vital
interests of the South, and gives countcnancc and en-
enlargement to the schemes Of the abotonists. This
charge is gross LIBEL and he who fabricated and those
who repeat it, conscious of the iaschocd, seek shelter
under The indirect language of insinuation. AS ad.
dtonal relulatou 10 these vile SANDERS We republlsh
two letters shelving the sentiments Of Mr. Van Burcn on
subject infinitely connected with the security Of
the South, and the safety Of this great Union
The Nulllicrs have in general occupied the position
that Just regard for their safety requires the people of
the South to oppose Mr. Van Buren, the ground that
he is Northern man; and to unite in support 0! a
Southern candidate. Their reasonngs and their decla-
nations, their appeals to the ind and the passions
Of the people, present the question: SIS it wise in the
holding States to rest their safety the forna
ton of party bounded by geographical limits, having
the Potomac for its Northern border:' Never
more fatal proposition urged people, Such po
Icy would subject the people Of the South to certain
and constant defeat /! the people Of the South act
this geographical distinction, the people of the North
will be provoked to act it in retaliation; they will be
driven to act in sefLcencc. IF Southern party
b. formed this very will lead to the formation
Of opposing Northern party liza candidate living North
of the Potomac is opposed at the South because he
Northern man, for the very reason he will be support
ed at the North. And it will follow as further conse
ouencc that whenever Southern Statesman is candi-
date he will be opposed by the people of the Noh
the ground that he is Southern Nor will the OPP
position such parties to each other be confined to inca
Of hostility against the candidates OF their oppo-
nen,s. When parties exist it is customary for each to
oppose the of the other Whenever any mca-
sure shall be introduced by Southern men, and its ten
denotes shall be beneficial to the South it will be viewed
party measure and will be opposed by the Northern
party As in all other party stres, the North and the
South, thus formed into parties will be Peretuay ar
raycd against each other; and the ncessant collisions OF
these different portions of the Union will give birth to
mutual distrust and jealousy, and hatred The success
of parties depends their numerical force that which
has the greatest number of must triumph
its opponent. 1t is prndent before engaging in such
contest TO compare the strength of these Northern and
Southern parties sought to be formed by the policy the
Nufcrs, and ascertain whether the hope even the
possibility of awaits the slave holding States.
The following States, fourteen in number. have no
slaves, viz: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont Massa.
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, ndi-
and Illinois. The following ten are slave holding
States viz: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana, Tennessee,
and Kentucky. Zach State being entitled to two votes
in the Senate that body the onsaye holding States
have ority of eight votes. In the House OF Repre-
scntavss the holding States have hundred
and fifty representatives, and the savehodng States
have ninety two; the former having majority Of fifty
ei m he ibp ole
ton of President and Vice President the non-savc hold
ing States have one hundred and sevenlycght Electors
and the slave-holding States have one hundred and
twelve, making saorty OF sxty-sx votes in favor of
the former Its thus perfectly certain that if the slave
holding and the non.Slavch holding States be arrayed
against each other shall be subjected TO inevitable
and constant defeat. We shall never succeed III elect
ipr our candidates for the Presidency and Vice PrcSen
cy; we shall be able carry any urore
in Congress- to defeat those which shall be injurious TO
our interests, or dangerous TO our safety The effect OF
this state ofthngs may he forcSeen with perfect certainty
The South would not endure a condition so Illuminating
to her PRIDE so hostile to her interests, threatening
to her safety She would abandon Union, in the
government OF which she could not equally Particl
pate. In this manner, the for nation Of such geographic
cal parties would lead, feel assured to the dissolution
of the Federal Union, and the formation Of two rival
and hostile concderacics. Let Nuticrs pursue this fatal
policy Itwoud accomplish their great object and give
to John T.. Calhoun chance OF becoming President,
not Of the United States, but of Southern conicdcracy
But in this contamination, so ardcntly desired by Null
hcrs Union men perceive on turmoil and weakness
and the destruction Of commerce. and the crimes and
the horrors Of domestic wars and the loss Of national
independence, and of individual liberty. We will not
suffer any illusion to make the parrcides Of
try We will snatch the torch from tho hands Of the in
cendiary, and extinsush the flames which he has kin
died in the family dwelling. We will preserve our con-
nexion with the Democratic party pervadng every por.
ton of this great Union, from North South from East
to West. We will not suffer the tics to be sundcrcd:
nav those ties shall be weakened. which bind us to
the family of American freemen. When our Northern
brethren present suitable candidate for the highest Of
flee in the country, the fact, that he is Northern
man. shall be to us reason for opposing him. In
pursuing liberal and honorable policy, we shall pre-
serve a full participation in the councils of the Demo
cratic party and exert fair influence in the choice Of
its leaders, and the direction of its We will
cherish tina. patriotic American sentiment which makes
the North and the South feel that they portions of the
same people, and bound each other by the ties OF COM
mon interest, common honor, and common liberty Act
ing on these principles, who love the prosperity Of
their country, will regard the objection to Mr. " Buren,
that he Northern man, insdous SNARE par
ed by the enemies Of the Federal Union. He is the
choice OF the democratic party Of the United States;
and ne will receive the cordial support of that portion
of this patriotic party which is cmb1aced within the
limits Of Georg a.-!uitedscriue Federal Union
Playing Into each Others handS-A writer in the Her
aid, quotes from zone of the Richmond papers nm ar
ticle unusy abusing the Northern People as BODY on
account of the proceedings Of the Aboltonists But
he ifHrc f,a fact ,,t