Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-17

thrr bold exhoriatons violence
and blood; their sangunary threats that u ihcy ' ~
fDud at the hallot.buX, they Will recur To- Dfce WIN m
cartridge box-a gong 10 prove the utter reckhss''
~ ration of party who deceived in Their essi-
matt, Of the ignorance aud guilibiy OF The pe"P'e,
would now resor, the less contemplate rckery o.
intimidation As they have mIscalcnatcd the ih'P'l''
,ence ard honesty SO they making false estimate
al The COURAGE o. the American neople that spirit when
lowed IN the bnsonis OF revolutionary anc, slorS-
which incarnaGincd the b"od-5ought fields OF Trenton
and Of Brandy wine-whch sustained the cause oil u,
.,rty throughout peril, pTivaon, and sufcrIfG-St'
auiu.rs their descendants, and did the dasards, VINO
make the threa, dare attempt It's execution, they
would be swept from the face OF land with me
bosom Of destruction by the consuming wrath oil Tree
men.
Would these madmen reflect for one moment, they
would perceive the folly if they regarded not the IN
fanny. of such course If defeated by the legitimate
operation of the baotbox, what hope OF success couo
they indulge from the result OF an appeal to the car
fridge box But they have never seriously
an idea of resisting the will Of the people, but with
blind faulty that has always marked their political ca
reer have sought TO parayze the Democracy OF thus
glorious Republic By threats and hrarado. The wea-
pons of calumny and vituperatlon, OF msrepreschta
ton and forgery, have been freely used no scheme
however vile and trcachcrous--no aTtIfce however
low and cunning-no resort, however base and mia
nous has been unemployed; they have aspcrsed the
fair fame of the living, and, with sacrllegons imp'ey'
desecraed the ashes of the dead the hearth OF domestic
peace has been converted into that OF misery ana
restitution the wife, the happy and beloved wIe oil
Yesterday Transformed by the fatal rifle of the murder
err into bereaved widow, heartstrcken and comfort
less-hcr orphans deprived oil him. their surest stay
guide protector and friend. Finding that such eiior'S
are of avail, the measure oil intimidation mas peci
attpmptcd But it is not from any OF these means anu
appliances that the Democracy need apprehend dan.
uer-not from such weapons OF attack That the South
has 10 anticipate misfortune. No! to The domestic tra
tors nursed al her bosom and osrred IN her arms-to
The vipers warmed at her hearth and Graded IN hef
lap must she look, this trying emergency, for dan
yer She is seated upon volcano which IS Missing not
beneath her. aud which is supplied with fuel by her I'M
worthy chldren-who, Infamous than the parr
eide would barter the honor ny, the existence OF the
South to crafty their hatred and malice, or TO promote
their own personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
He who has watched the progress OF ms c"nroVer
sy from the nomination OF General HARRISON by 'he
Harrisburg Convention, must have dull optics not 10
have seen the important part which has been played
by the Abolltionsts in procuring and subsequently III
sustaining and advancing the fortunes OF the nominee
That result (the nominaton) was haicd as PROUD u-
unph over slavcocracy BY the prominent apoii'ion
prints Of the countrylt was proclaimed as great an
H. Slavery victory, for which hosannas were offered
and Te Deums uttered How was II received by the
South! With burst of scorn and indIgnat'on-hcf
voice in that Convention was not hccdcd once ;" Pn'
tenta once respected; sunk, covering mo SUI
len rrowl beneath the rcssess influences Of Ahoii-
lion Shaic of her departed chivary Spirits OF her
Jefferson her Madison her Taylor, and her KandoiP!is
do We not look down in loalhing and III scoTn upon
the ecrcant degeneracy of your countrymen who not
ONLY tamey submitting to the full power "i ianat-
cjsm whose nurlerous veil echoes along Their borders,
whose fearful imprecatons thunder through their home
sirads are found arraycd under the black banner OF her
morta! foe in crusade most foul and mpous against
their natural friends and allies:
The celebrated and most memorable dcclaraticn OF
Mr. jefferson that the Democracy OF the North were
the natural allies II thu South, has been most powerful
" and siuiaIly illustrated by recent events Look al
the many evidences which have been oil late given ny
leading Democrats OF The North I" hdeiiy 10 the
rights of the South; ny, .Ircn-and n" Soulnrh WI"
claims ailaiion with Northern Abolition NhTlcry,
should hear ii without the blush o! shame tngnng
ms chcek-airtH al tic tlPcnSf Of r"iftr" mdFigf-
GDa Az Northern Administration nIen have Esca
found 10 stand up ii the Halls oi Congress ahd on
this very subject Of Abolition, risk the P"irtca! c&
i.,cnce sooner than abandon the Soutn. Ih"I not
only endured The risk, Gm sHVtrCd Hc P'H@hy Fetch
err Of Vermont, Holt, viii! the whole oil tn" Demo
cracy Of The Connecticut delegations, ana even yet
more recently Albert Smith, Of Name have been sac
r,licad for the mani: adherence t" the SOUTH wh,ic
i'm such States have v"ica those vino supported ilc
me sircs Of Abolition have been cl, cited by Increased
ralari;irs aud vet strange EGiiuciatiOh mystic
rj,rs blindness Southern Wing, cyu over the down
fall If their true aud real friends ir whom !hry should
have erected temple and dedicated It 10 GRATITUDE !!
Nor is this all. \ note Of triumph IS sounded Tor tAe
success o; Wan Shade, ot The most notorious abo
I;ions,s III the coun;ry-and the whole Mig press {"
The South absolutely riot with eXutati"n al The
success of William PITT Fessenden, The PrGSidsR Of an
+ }bg';tiOn SocictU, over his Democratic competitor,
4 ALDER, Smith, who manfuy stood by the South upon
the question of the reception OF Abolition petitions
! If should be doubted that the election Of General
Harrison would produce the dTeiu EFFECTS which may
so reasonably be anticipated let ask II lie should be
elected bv The cooperation of the Sonth If she can
ever any future emergency expect the aid OF North
ern Democracy; or Is 1t possible, that having thus
proved rccrcani to her gh,saith!ess 10 her own
.b1 hat lp1I,n md mi iusu
at the North will political damnaon IN her cause
1t would be the extreme off ythe evidence OF besot
ted stupidity 10 suppose they would
II is the Southern Wings whose suicidal course is
giving importance and strength to the cause OF Abo
ton Ii is their cooperation that makes powerful the
Slides the Fessendens, the Gerrit Smiths and Tap
pans of the Norh-but for the All anil counGmance OF
Southern Wings these men would be powericss and
imbecc. They might retain the disposition OF the IL
ger but not his teeth and iangs. And who Will dare
TO say that falsely charge the Southern Wings in this
respect If they have not hoped for and reJo'ced
over the defeat of men who stood naniuly by the
South and her domestic institutions-lt they have
not hailed the triumph oi Abolition Nhisgcry III
i the success of Slade, Fessendcn and others, then
have | erred. But who will dare deny IT: Again,
it is idle to suppose that while the Democracy of
the North and West maintain the noble stand they
/ have taken in defence Of the sacred compromises
1 of the Constitution, they will quietly look on and
regard missionaries from the slavehoding States
the Stanvs PrentiScS PrestonS Legdrcs, and RreseS
inilaming the passions and Strengthening the oppo-
s,on Of the very men against whom they are con-
tending for the very existence Of glorious lnstItn
! tons
! The North understands its stake in the coming Pre-
sidental election, and it is time the South was admo
nishcd that it had nothing to beg and not so much TO
lose as have their Southern friends; and if THEY will
have Harrison and Northumberland and Ser11c
1r0r-rather than Tan BHrcR, the Union and Constr
tuiion-let them know it at once.
Once let me say that II is time for the South 10
iook at hoci As of her children, native of her
SOIL have watched this struggle with the most lively
app-e hensions-the most anxious socitude. ! have
felt shame and scorn by turns at the dasardly
of certain leading of the South who seem deter
mined urge all the horrors certainly consequent
upon the success of Abolition, which man of ordI
nary intellect, who has watched the contest al '"Hi0,
can doubt is being made alamingy instrumental in pro-
noting The election of Gen Harrison.
If successful these men will find page in history;
the record would shrvel before the iniamy Of their