Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-06
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, ls40

substitute the insidious device "Diude and conquer
The Union is in crisis, said MIR. Is. It's IN CRISIS
involving consequences far beyond the temporary su-
premacy Of the Federal ard the Democratic parties
The harmony, the stability, the duration of the Union
is Itself concerned for Aboltonlsm is in the field
say nothing of the opposite candidate: know no.
thing but what others know, and care not straw tor
his sentiments on Abntonism. ] Know the party
which dictated his pominatlonr-the party without
which he cannot be eected-witlhut which he could
never have majority in either house of Congress
That party shook the Union under the name Of
restrictionIsts, at the admission OF Missouri II is
now To shake it more fearfully under the name
of Abotonists. This party dictated the nominn-
ton of the present candidate of the Federaliss; and
that invent which forcsaw, and foretold long
before It happened. In October, OF the year 1877,
in letter to my constituents published in all the De-
mocratic papers, wrote il down IN plain words, that
the distress and panic makers who had been de-
claiming against hnrd times and military cheitains,
in order to elevate themselves into the Presidency,
would ~ be relied oT .he track, to make room for a
cbieltain, whose standard they would Immediately
join, and zeaously support maugre all their dennnca-
ton Of military chiefa'ns. This is what | wrote two
years ago, and what foresaw then plainly as see
1t now knew that Federalism was too weak to stand
alone-too feeble to contend for the Presidency with
out ally-and that The Abolitionis,s the only
ally they could have that this party knew ITS posi-
ton, and soUld compromise it-coud not go for an
Aholtonis without annihilatng itself as par
ty. These things knew, and upon these spoke;
and what spoke in 1893, the year lo40 has con-
frmed. The Aboltioniss then in the field, the
ruling Though not the strongest wing OF the oppos'.
ton; and presumng that that party is here, and
that may speak freely without giving offence to any,
will ask who these Abolitionsls what are their
designs-tnd what will be the consequences OF Their
victory in the Presidential Election Who are they
fanatics of Europe and America, who in their mad
passions fer the black race have forgot their duty To
The white race who, in their blind zeal to burst the
bonds of the slave, ready TO burst the bonds
Of this Union who, in their dismal perspective
of slave emancp patton, are ready to involve the one
half Of these fair Suites in the horrors Of San Do
mingo instruction Who has not read of that nsur-
recton and Of populons city of sixty thousand souls,
and the whole population of rich and happy island,
reused from their sumbers in The dead hour OF one ia
tai night, to their city in lameso see the whole
island one blaze of fre-the father and the son 10
be mastered as they fled from the confagration-
the babe to be stabbed in the view of the mother
The mother and the daughter to be reserved Tor ale
dreadful than death, and to be followed by DEATH
Who mode that Instruction. The Abolitionists oil
London and of Paris men, in the language OF Burke,
with religion in their mouths, daggers IN their hands,
hell in ticir hearts. They made it; and how by their
publications, by their emissnres, by their money, by
their zeal for The black, and their contempt for The
white rae. They made it, and SO says every his
toran of the day. They made it, and not only the
instruction of San Domingo, but of lower LOUISIANA,
then also French colony, and where the dire and Tell
spirit of Aboonism penetrated, produced a revolt
among tn. slaves, and slaughter which fell upon
themselves, lining the coast with their dead, and
leaving upon gallowscs, at intervals OF league,
for a long distance, their decaying bodies as mo-
of the past and warnings of the future. 1he
Aboonsts OF London and Paris, as far back as inc
year l74 made these two Instructions; and now the
Aholitionists Of England and America are at WORK
TO renew these horrors in the one half of this hap
ply Union. More audacous than ever, they have
held a Worlds Abolition Convention in London,
attended by delegates from the o. s., and propose 10
hold the next in the bosom OF our own country,
and hey carry their candidate for the Presidency they
viii certainly do IT, The election victory would be their
victory, and would embolden them 10 carry out the
most 1udacious plan which they have conceived Who
does sot this; and that every vote gwen to their
candidate is blow struck at the existence OF thus
Union and at the life of the South; Here then is the
crisis in which stand-the crisis which involves
consequences infinitely beyond the question OF party
supremacy, which revives with aggravated force the
dangers Of the Missouri question: and which gives 10
the Presidential election of 1910, porentous aspect
which it never before
Mr. B. would pass from this hideous topic to one Of
different nature, less revolving, but vitality important,
and one which might still be discussed in mixed as
sembagc without offence any: he spoke Of the hard
times las they cacd,) the cause oil such tunes,
and their remedy. The Opposition say the times are
hard that the Democratic Administration is the cause,
and the remedy is change Of administration, and the
establ shment Of National Bank. The Democracy,
on the other hand, say hat the times are better than
they were when the Federasts were IN power and Ma
ona Bank in eraon, that the only evil OF the mrs is
deprecated currency; hat this an evil winch the laws
can correct md that National Bank neither has been
nor can h. any regulator of the currency, nor any help
to the productive classes These are the respective as
se tons; and nnw how does the truth sand' Are the
times hard: Did the ministratlon ca use them: wan
National Bank relieve them These are questions,
which, happily every citizen answer for himself;
stions solve which, every citizen has the facts IN
his own memory, and the knowledge in his own head
The times are not hard, except IN tile places where
the hanks are strong and the Democracy weak
In such places political banks aud pc" nave
made some artificial distress To serve the turn "i
the present election but they find IT hard to keep
il up, and the of prosperity IS rising and SHIN
ing in tie country. The prices OF produce and pro-
prty and the wages of labor are far better than be-
fire General Jacksons election t" the Presidency; and
IN every thing that depends upon Government, up
on Providence, the tunes are prosperous and happy
Peace good WILL and plenty prevail upon the eartn.
Commerce and social intercourse, are regular and safe
among all nations. The human race all over the CT
yzed world are better terms with each other IMAM
they have been at any period since Noah's food.
There is nothing in the works OF man, IN the manage
mept of governments, in the dspensations OF God,
TO make distress on the earth at present. Our own
country is particularly free from all such causes
We have no public debt-no direct taxes, no stamp
act no Sediion Law TO break down the freedom Of inc
press under libel prosecutions, no Alien Law to rePuise
come here to seek under free institutions happy
home for themselves and their posterity Our duties
on foreign imports have been reduced one hall the
one half of foreign commerce is now free OF duty
exemption and benefit which the commerce OF no
ed abroad by all nations, not only Europe
an, but Asa,ic and African. The American now ira
wells in the midst of respectful attentions all over the
continent of Europe; he sleeps in safety IN Turkey,
in Persia, in Syria, in Egypt, in Morocco, and on
the Barbary coast His property and his person are
every where safe by land and by No mPressmens
from American vessels piracies on our commerce;
spoation the high seas or in foreign ports: in
IDENTITIES from all foreign nations for all former inlu-
RES present injuries from none: respect from all
even the most remote and unknown-who from the
arhest India and from the opposite side OF the globe,
send their barbarc presents to testify their desire lot
our friendship Such is the state OF the world; such
the state of our own country such its happiness un'
der the dspensaons of Providence and under the ope-
ration of prudent government. And what is there in
all this to create d,tess whatin all this to make banks
shut up to knock down prices, TO derange business TO
stop work, TO turn people out of employment What
is there in oil this to justify camor against the Co