Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-05
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, VA.
Wednesday Morning, November 3, ls47.
THE GREAT QUESTION OF TIE DAY.

Wednesday Morning, November 8, io4'.
THE GREAT QUESTION OF TIE DAi I.
The Fredericksburg News reviews Inc posi-
lion Of The North upon the Wimot ffoViso-
ponts 10 The Imminent dangers" which oeset Us,
and which show that we should indulge no IDLE
hopes-and intimates that she Democratic press
Of yireinia would lull our people into what we
.onno, hut believe is a false security. They
,ro,,d nersuade rs tha! the Northern Democra-
~ are sound upon the slavery question, and nat
The Wings Of the North are alone Responsible
for the agitation of The subject"
II then declares that the resolutions in lavor Oh
the Wilmot proviso were voted down 10 Inc lie.
mocratic State Convention Of New YORK anu
Massachusetts, "trom motives Of policy-pary
polcy-and not friendship 10 The Sou'h. IN
pally winds up with The following reflections
awe prefer the open opposition OF Norlhcln
Whiocery, 10 what we cannot 0ut Deiie'e 'he
,reacberous friendship of Northern democracy
The Wings OF the North warn us 'ha' ~ .ne
event of the annexation OF We1ican 'ei,.o.y,
slavery will be prohibited therein, ana can upon
nc ~ nniic ,ciM then, in resisting The unnatural
i
other hand. with honied phrases OF sympathy anu
friendship would persuade US to cast aside our
tears iii The realy is ratified, and Mexican lelri-
,orv INCORPORATED in the Union beyond recall
Then. rising on US in the exercise oil conscious
newer they would falsify the hopes their own
conduct has raised. Such we are assured wiz
no tho result. and is il prudence 10 rush hesaong
INFO danger3 Upon this subject we OF the SCUM
should know no party. Ii is topic TOO oeiica'e
10 be dragged into The arena ol party Pol'lcs'
Surely we are not dsirus,tul OF each o!nei'-
We call upon the Enquirer and us kinore9 press
es throughout the Stale, 10 aoaudon all a'sPos',
ton 10 make party capital Of such a sunJec'' anu
unite in assuring The people oil their Danger. IL.
them be told what they must expect 10 Inc esen.
OF the ACQUISITION Of territory. Let Them Know
Thai This war is 10 be prosecuted and their blood
and reasurc 10 be wasted TO force reluctant SAFE
of barren deserts from which their peculiar pro-
per,y is forever TO be excluded. And when lnese
iacls are before the people Of the South, lei mem
Judge whether they will have the Union as II IS,
extending. If it must be, 10 The Rio Grande OF
whether they insist on the prosecution oil Inc war
bur TO complete the circle OF fire around US
along the whole line Of our northern and western
frontier. from The banks OF the Mississippi 10 .ne
frozen forests OF the Aroostook; from Cape Coo
10 the Caribbean Sea-
The News does us gross injustice when II chaf-
ses The ENQUIRER with attempting TO make party
capital out of this delicate question. 1t cannot
poin, TO single act OF ours which would JUSTIFY
such a complaint This question, we have uni
formly commended rises above party, and we nave
ever treated il ON its own naked merits, exclusive
of party considerations. Last Spring we called
upon the candidates for Congress 10 pledge Them
selves 10 vote for no advocate OF The WiImol Fro
yiso as President. We desired 10 see The South
and her REPRESENTATIVES standing firmly on the
basis of Southern rights. The issue was de-
clined by The Wing press which assailed us for
demanding this natural and salu'ary pledge.
We have argued 10 the South that tha Wings
of The North were as one man opposed 10 The
South on this question. Are we not right in this,
and has single Wing press asserted The contra
~? We have gone farther. We have cited The
acts of prominent and influential Northern
Democrats, and Of solemn conventions oil the
Democracy OF the North, 10 show that a
large portion of that party still merit the
complimentary title Of "naural allies" given
10 them by Mr.. Jefferson, and were ready
and willing to stand with the South upon
the Missouri Compromise. But while thus truly
presenting, as We believe, the mass OF the North
ern Democracy on this question, we have not he
STATED 10 denounce in the strongest manner the
fanatica course of the designating Democrats
in New York or elsewhere, who have deserted
the organization of their party, and would peril
the Union by madly insisting upon an issue,
which would degrade The South and violate her
constitutional rights. This faction have assumed
exclusively Wing ground, have adopted The issue
secuted by The Democrats and taken up by the
Wings of the North, and seem resolved TO sacri-
flee 10 their anli-slavery monomania not only The
cherished principles Of their party but the safety
Of The Union, and The good feeling and harmony
which should unite the different portions of
our Republic in indssoube bonds. For these
men, Democrats though they be, we have mol
fell, nor have we expressed any sympathy
They have cut themselves off from The great
body OF the Democratic party Of the Union.
They have attempted 10 eneraft new and fatal
issue upon the Democratic creed, which, ii
persisted in, must produce an impossible gull
between them and The national Democratic par
~ of the Union. Is there any catering TOR party
capital in speaking thus decidedly OF a portion
OF The Northern Democrats, who agree with US
in political principles, but have rejected all con-
cession and compromise upon question which
scars above pary7 While thus condemning the
anti-slavery position of the whole Wing party
at the North and portion Of The Northern De-
mocracy, il would have been folly and ingrali.
lule in US 10 reject the advances made by The
large portion of Northern Democrats, who, with
a just regard 10 The constitutional rights OF The
South, have indicated willingness TO meet US on
the Missouri Compromise. The Wing press scout
their sympathy because, as they aliese, policy
and selt-nterest are at the bottom Of their action;
and they call upon US To- avoid Them as "hvpo-
critics and liars" ready to bctray and overpower
The South al the first convenient occasion. Adj
nit, however, that The Wing press is right and
that the Northern Democrats who now resis The
violent attacks on Southern rights are nothing
but hypocri.es and dcceivers-will not the same
"poicy and sel.inlcrest" induce them 10 per-
severe in the step they have taken, and, whether
honestly or not do justice 10 The South and save the
Union? "Sufficien for The day is The evil thereof"
We believe that lie advocates OF The Missouri
Compromise al The North are influenced by pa
lriolism and justice, and that, united with the
whole South, they will rally around The Consti-
tuition, and settle the safety Of the Union upon a
firm and permanen, basis. If, however, We
should be deceived If The whole North shall de-
sert us-taen The South can fall back upon its re-.
served rights, and, conscious of its solemn re-
gard for The Constitution and the Union, and its
proHer Of Cancellation and compromise, throw
upon the North all the consequences Of the fatal
schsm.
Rnt while defending The Southern Democratic