Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-04
From fbe Pm f06eiph,n Spirit IF The Times.
THE ENEMY In TkOLBLE.

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Now that the g plpe-laying party has succeeded
through the fundamentally OF a hue and cry as ridIcu-
lnus as it was unmeanIng, and as dIssrace!nl rs u was
perfdious lis leading members are scratching lnelt
heads vigorously TO know what course to pursue. lhey
have in the discordant elements OF the party, and the
various. hued arguments they have made use Of to climb
INTO power, such anlagonistic interests, hopes, WISHES,
and expectations to unite, that it would seem an aoso'
lutte impossibili,y TO adopt any particular idea, however
Theoretically perfect, without creating n storm among
those by whose desires they have promised to De 60
vcrned, which they have no inclination to experience.
They have no great and leading principles, like the De-
mocracy of our country, for which To steer, and Dy lhe
light of which TO govern and direct every inch OF Their
political progress. They have no rule by when 10 fesu
late conflicting interests, conscious that in lis UNI
versal applications, though here and there may be IN
hicted a slight and temporary inconvenience, IT mus,
prove from its righteousness, a powerful and unerrIng
agent in The production of public good. lhey nave
nothing of the kind, and must be content to expert
ment upon the exigencies Of the moment, or to trust
to some miraculous interposilion of favorable events
for delivery from the effects of their ignorance and
peculiarly unpropitious position. In the South they
have made immense efforts TO prove themselves OPP
posed to the abolition of slavery, and to the fanatic
designs of those who were determined 10 carry ont
n system of complete and immediate emanci patton in
prejudice Of private right, and in defiance OF the best
interests Of our country. in the North they have
PLAYED a game Of just 4 contrary character. There
they have identified themselves with the most radI-
cal, and most thorough going worslnppers ct 'the
LARGEST libertv,' and have given their votes, and then
voices, their pursuits and their purses, 10 the further
ancc nf measures calculated to place the negro upon
n social and political equality with ourselves, and
adapted to throw the frebrand of revolution into the
domestic pnlity Of the States, and 10 generate a 81.
Domingo. like massacre upon the very hearthstonss
of our brethren Of the South. In the East they have
promised 10 protect the manufacturer, and enable him
10 drive in his splendid b%arouche, and give sumptu.
Gus dinners, off the blood and sweat of thousands of
women and children, whose pale faces aud meagre
forms, are cast down at night upon a cold bed OF
straw, and those fearful eyes look up 10 the bright and
beautiful sky with a dim consciousness that poverty
and incrssant trial will soon do its work and lbrrate
them from a life of ablect %servitrde and despair. They
have promised to project the East, although .his very
protection must come for the benefit of the rich, ont OF
The sockets of the hard working poor. The price If eve
nv little luxury of life must he enhanced, in order that
the lordly arisincrat may be better enabled 10 court TO-
reign influences, TO speculate in fancy stocks, or to imi-
tate the agnifcent ex expenditures of those whose titles,
thanks to onr Constitution. he may envy and yearn for,
but while the people govern, can never in this country
hope to obtain. In the West, what arguments have
moi been used TO conciliatc and secure friends! APP
preparations for improvements Of all kinds; visionary
schemes of tremendous public good; assumption of State
debts, and q thousand other things equally extensive
and equally fallacious, have been promised and ex-
pccted, for the assistance furnished in that quarter, to
force into power the new Administration. Now can
all these contradictory expectations be realized /: How
can all these opposing elements be united We do
not wonder that they who have raised up this giant Of
reform, are ~dismayed AT the very appearance OF their
own creation. They have sowed The wind, and nntu-
rally expect to reap the whirlwind. Thousands who,
led astray by their fictitious patriotism, supported
them, now regret their late position, and wait with fear
and trembling the result. What will be the end of all
this time alone can determine. Our opponents will
bungle through somehow, Guessing over every error,
and extnlling every chance movement that may prove
beneficial. In the meantime Democracy will not be
idle. We shall be gathering up strength for The next
contest, and aided by the consciousness of orr own
good cause, and the imbecile, .ime-serving course Of
our opponents, we must and shall prove victorious in
the end.