Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-25
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SECOND LETTER FROM P. 9. BoTTs TO JOHN
VAN HIRES

SECOND LETTER FROM F. 9. BOLTS TO JOHN
VAN BUREN.
Mfr. John Van Buren, | w!ole 10 you the other
day in the spirit Of kindness, supposing that your
Wilmo, Proviso trap was only set 10 Catch De-
mocrats; and consequently was anxious to form
coalition with you. Bu', to my unspeakatle
modification and regret, discove: thai you bali
for Taylor Whig. as much as Cass Democrats j
and that il Is manifesy youf design 70 pnsh your
little schemins, twisting, bald headed caddy INTO
The Presidential chair ever the head OF bob old
Zac and Cass. THIS is thing Did mol dream
of. look i, for granted that you aimed al noh.
ine but little DE- lection in the Democratic ranks,
and the organization of q party that would pei
chance give The Barnburners the control oil New
York; but perceive that ven afr pushing your
incendiary schemes into neighoor!ng States; and
that YOUR design is 10 array The North against lhr
South upoa principle OF open, h,grani, uncis-
eused injustice TO the South Even the rankeSi
al MS Wings never thought oil making such al
issue as this for Ihe plain reason iha, il mnsr in
eviiably destroy the Union. II Hale himself IS
10 be believed he does not 90 this lar. II !
| thought our principles wonld lead 10 The Tor
NATION of parties merely by geographical lines.
would throttle every raccoon, slave every cider.
barrel, and burn up every log-cabin in the coun-
ry. /, is The beauty Of these principles tina. they
are Caiholic-ot universal application gentle
| and suasvc in their MISUNDERSTANDING he hes!
part OF mans moral nature and Leaving The
worst parts untouched. All we Wings desire Is a
few oaves and fishes as the fruits VI our princi-
| pl,s; but The worst man in our ranks "a lev mad
| aboliunsls alone exceped) would surrender
hundred thousand bakers dozens Of loaves, and
| all The fish in The sea, rather than give Up our
great and glorious Union. Why, God bless you
man, do you and your daddy get together, and
/ t:,,Ia obart n ~ hafv dnin0
Think where you are going and what is 10 be The
end of The journey. Fling out OF the case The
mopslrous Injustice of your one Pri1rip'f; grant
that YOU snatch all power from The South By your
combination, and that you enforce your Wilmol
Pfoviso doctrines; what lhen7 Will the South
submit TO lhis2 She cannot she will not. You
will have no more slave territory; and what lhenl
| Win yon have no more slavery2 Your father
still processes bis old doctrines iih regard 10 sla-
very in the States. But what signify his pFinci-
pies upon this head, in war confessedly begun
upon mans relations, and not upon his sins, civil
or political2 To gel up political whirl-wind is
easy enough; but 10 dircc, il, or to limit its rava-
ees is moi in the power oil man. And remember,
| sir, that those who awake desolaling storm are
| always the first or among the first TO fall beneath
| its violence. OF all lbe men who have ever &C.
cupied the Presidential Chair, your father is The
| least calculated 10 weather the storm that he IS
getting up. By his polilical opponents he has ev-
| er been held in sovereign contempt. Even when
raised TO The first Office in The country By The SUI
frages Of he majority, after lair canvass, be
was treated with The respect due 10 his place bY
few. and the respect due TO bis place was fell b.
none. Nov imagine him succeeding. Suppose
him elected upon the sole principle OF urpro
voked hostility 10 the south-that South to
whom he owes more than any man livIng-that
South, (hear it thou. his disorganizing son, and
peal il in your fathers earsj-that South IN
which rest the bones Of JoeksOn, his friend, mis-
shield, his benefactor has he TO expect
from the southi He has 10 appoint officers, in
Vulnerable, al the South. They must be VIII
mot Proviso men, or rank Abolitionists, and all
from the free States From the Potomac to The
Rio Bravo there will not be one man who is not
bitterly opposed TO him and all his conieoera'es
Wo be to the officer that comes between these
points, under his commission The Army and
Navy are filled with Wbigs and Democrats =
There is hardly WiImot Proviso man in Ell
Their. Your father must supersede all Inc ON
GERS here if he would secure obedience to HI;
orders. Would they submit to DO superseded