Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-20

/ on the concentrating power of the union which
now bailds up and susiains the great Northern
and Eastern cities well know that they are sober
truths and that in the event deprecated the result
is certain and inevitable. Rouse Then the prope!
| enquiries and You will have numerous friends
within the enemv's lines and these, too, will be
the best friends Of their own immediate countries.
Renowned absolutely and unrcscrvcdly, during
this contest, al! professions 10 the high honors Of
the union. FIJI no office under the General 60
yernmcnt except il the Legislative Hall. This
will be no sacrifice for no son OF yours will, what
ever be his merits ever fill the Executive Chair
until yonr wrongs are righlcd, until you shall ne
respected as equals in the Government, and until
the whitening scorn Of the Legislative Assemblies
shall Danish from their floors your calulnnons
accuscrS.
| do not say that you ought not 10 join, even
zealonsly and with all your might, in The choice OF
chief magistrate oit.e Union: but lei il not be in
support of Southern aspirant which atthis time,
will weaken, distract and miscad You. Support
always The candidate most likely 10 sustain Your
own and countrys interest speak not Of
Carolina alone but of all ikcSuulherE Stacs-girc
Your whole and undivided weigh, 10 the men and
the party opposedto your oppresSors, and claim no
Office iUr Yourselves. By his unaiablous course
you NAV gain some weight in the national councils
at present you have none. The people 81 the
We>t notwithstanding some little apparent aliena-
tion which has depended vastly more on the move
aent> OF Glen than on principles and which there
fore came, last lon". are Your natural allie. Lei
the South and the West combine with Tie Democ-
tacy OF The other parts of The Union. Inc est
have Of present abundant cause Ia open tlcit eyes
In The evils hey suffer from Tariff ard Abolition
combination, for these powers are closely united,
and toscthe: nave wrought ou! lie lanchiab!e L.
sull 10 which | alludc. Ii Providence lad cna-
blel the West Ia possess THEMSELVES o! Tie great
est blessing th.t God coal grant them, OF what
would give them wealth and security ana power
they ough, 10 have desired Texas. Bnt lhey
see .hsmsclvc. hy these unhuly combinations c'-
,ircly ami hcar.lcSslv deprived u these great
blessings All the Southwestern Stltcs (lv which
| mean all South and West OF the ono IL
ver) are OF our blood and lineage: their lns!iu-
lions are more or less :Snuihcrn, ard their III
ercss are really The same - those al the South.
There is reason, therefore 10 hope that, ere long,
we shall stand as We were wont 10 10. III our
connlry's more liberal and palmy days, side BY
side in our political movements. By Tins nalu-
rel alliance in ior,ncr times The h:@i-hand"d
rover of that same people that Row Cypress
you put down. This was the policy ol Ieic!-
son, and this alliance Termed The great Demo
sratic party OF the Onion. That great bond
* now ica,iuIly shattered, and almost severed by
Tariff and Abolition combinations. ana Viii
coon altogether perish il ;nese combinations IL
mol resisted. Look al the "ea! Democratic Ia
mily OF the North and East, how il hobbies
along in a spiltla.s paialytic movement like that
of HE hal, and the lamc loo; Il The great and
good old Dominion now !! has sunk ana ial!ei-
how lis glory has gone down; look at Your cWn
shameless Southern .cSeriiHnS w M, i Nc
cause OF this deploranlc condition Gi our politics p!
What is the cause al ,hol general gloomy di>con-
tent and uncertainty which prevail among the
people concerning their political movements: oi
the iniiclily so shamcu|lv exhibited by their
representatives. who have substituted the l.t'r
schemes 0i faction and personal resentment or
the great interests OF their County,? You see
Southern senators voting ior Fariii which ihti
themselves have repeatedly condemned and rep
rob;cd-and Western Senators aSa!nsl Ihc an
nexation of Texas, winch their constituents Ia a
:uan anxiously wished 10 acquire it, What is the
cause of those gloomy clcads which lower in The
political sky: of that fearful dread which all GOOD
men suffer OF fatal disruption oi or noble IN
sl;tutons Dark is this picture may lie, and GER
tanv t. exclude bu. Il single group at the nu-
lnerous Draa,0!is psrSOR0--iei but the scene
change SO as 10 exclude from the stage 4 few han-
drct overorown capitalists, the governors Q! pow.
er looms and spinning lrna!e>. end Il very siEal
number OF reckless. fanatic aIJ!Ilonl>iS. ans all
will be li.ht and life We shall Immediately sec
Tie SKY brighten and The clouds dispcr>c. We
shall discover 4 free, profitable and increasing
commerce. feeding and sustaining prosperous
agriculture; high prices for the produce ol The
soil, and cheap supplies for It's culilvaiors with
union harmony and fraternal love binding toge
Their the whole people OF the whole country The
GOOD old Democracy triumphant, and the moiiy
band oil NVhigis .n--"Hcre Il bit oi blackstone
and there a bit OF whiie"-hdn" its head in
t.eblcncsS and defeat. The whole Union Hour
isiinc, and the South loyal, conlented and happy.
/ Texas bounding and strengthening our bon;cls.
and increasing our wealth. aud greatness. In The
maine OF God what latuiiy he's come over the
pcopla. lha, they do no, discover tie pc'.y ana
olous thraldom i'll which trey are bound and b.
which the greatest boons and blessings OF PIov-
dence are threatened with entire subrcrsion, and
| even in effect, turned into curses.
| But 10 return from this too long but interesting
! DEPRESSION in which we have looked with kinc
of prophetic vision, we think, On what we hope Ia
see rea ized Il, no disiantday. When three or four
| States shall arise with unblcncning iror,, and
mite heartily and rcsolutely others will speedily
Join them. and our relief will, in all likelihood b.
! peaceably accomplished aud the Union pre-
served Yet lei rot this blessed hop Re relied
| upon with confidence, but anticipate 4 worse r.
suit ard be prepared 10 meet il.
/ But shall we pat al hazard ;at Union which NC
SO much lore ana honor, III which We purchased
| a partnership with 50 many Sacrifices, and he
forced out of il bv that very people against whom
we have heretofore defended il! IL is, in ms Opt
Mon, lamenab!c truth, tha; that hazard must be
met. ana it is lille and even dangerous TO hesitate
| in ayowing il as the possible result however
much We NAV dcprccate il. There are wors"
evils than disurion and We can hardly doubt that
we have been long suffering under iiem Bul, II
the dissolution Of the Union b. Il great evil and
il certainly will be so 10 the American people, and
would be so 20 ia, il we were permitted In enjo>'
is benefits, tie guilt and the rcproach VII rest
upon those who wanony provoked II ana those
who wantonly have suffered il 10 take place. Yes,
wantonly. for the Historian must reccri The Tact,
tina, 'thc sacrifice oil that glorious Institution,
which might haze sec:rcd and perpei1aled, to =
distant posierity, ,he happiness, prosperity and
| greatness of twenty millions of people, q: IN :
Time. and of more than a hundred t. 10 very re-
| mote lutulily, was made Ia crafty The inord!-
nate avarcc of few score (not morc) Of great ca
pitais,S in small section Of the country and
The furious madness ola s!al!er number Of ianc-
ical abolitionisis, who combined together TO OPP
press the interests and 10 destroy ,!e peace and
happiness Of The people OF Inc Southern States,
who. to Tie honor of humanity, resisted and over
threw their wicked designs.
/ Before God, we do not wish diSGDion. Let
The Government be Justly administered and we
will glory in The Union, and give il our whole
hearts and strength in peace ala. war, as We have
done before when some OF lis most NOISY cuio-
si>ls, nj the present time, were no, in the ranks
With us.-when they were almost The ranks OF
a foreign enemy. But who has heretofore spoken
of disunion? whence did the odious term oris;-
natc2 not surely from the South. II came in the
chill blast of The North and East By what de-
! scrintion of persons has the idea, al any time,
| been pul forth al the South? what man Of mole?
what great public assembly Of the South has
heretofore spoken OF disunon? Bnl among those
who have recently taken il under their peculiar
guardianship The greatest men they boast have
Repeatedly md HippanIly uttered it. When the
great and invaluable acquisition Of Louisiana was
made did not one Of their most distinguished men
on Inc floor Of Congress declare, that it wr"i
/ be followed by ,hc:9 severance from the Union.
.'peaccaby, ii they could, loFcibly. il'hey mnsi!'
/ When The treaty Tor The annexation OF Iexds
mo less important than valuabie) was announce