Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-29
ICH MOND, VA.
Monday Morning. August %, 1913
The TWO PARTIES

The TWO PARTIES
We most earnestly invite the attention Of our
Southern Wing friends ,othc present positions OF
'ne Democratic and Wing parties. The TACT cau-
NJ; be disguised nor is any efor made 10 conctal
1t, that willis, The Southern Wing leaders boldly
contend that The great virtue O. Gcn. Taylo
position consists in his refusing 10 make a.,
p'edsss, vet a. The Norh there is mol single
Wing press or Waig leader that sas'ains hin,
thai does not res,iheir supper: upon The Growing
virtue o. bis being pledged mol 10 veto The Will
MT Proviso, which covers all The territory ~e have
acquired from Mexico, both North and South OF
the Missouri Cor, promise lire; and connected
with The position thus defined tor Gen. Taylor
there is not v his member in he House OF Re
ple.ena,ives from The free States, who does no.
fully sustain the position which the Whis party
contend for as being the true ono which General
Taylor occupies. They are 10 man Wilmot
Pfoviso men. We find The same Thing in The
Seaate OF The States, so Tar as the Wing party
is concerned Cerainly this safe oil things brings
no "ad and comfort" h ne 10 the uncl"uicd rea-
son and judgment OF Southern men, be they
Wings or Democrats. From this gloomy but
fairl- drawn picture we turn the position OF The
Democratic. American-Unio party. We pre-
sent Tor the support OF every union-loving man in
,e broad limits Of our glorious country, canc'-
rs Tor the Presidency and Vice Presidency who
are pledged 10 support The principles OF The De-
mocra,c party which will giGe ''aid and comfort
10 the South, and whose election will disPel the
dark cloud which now hangs over our glorious
contederacy We feel an abiding confidence
tha, the success of our candidates will bring
peace and repose 10 the country by an honor
able settlement of the all important ques-
lion, now the only one calculated 10 dis.
turb our Otherwise peaceful and happy
Union. We, with great satisfaction, stale the
fact, that there was a strong disposition on the
part OF portion OF the Northern Democrats in
The House of Representatives 10 agree 10 the
which was so honorable TO all par
ties, bu, in this they were defeated BY The votes OF
eight SOUTHERN WHO'S who were ready TO peril
The Union, under the belief that itwould strength
en- the chances of their candidates. Alter their
shameful deserlion OF the South by Southern men,
many Northern Democrats who had boldly stood
by the Soulh, took The position that The South
must be true to herself before they could again
incur The odium Of sustaining The South upon
question which was not free from sectional feel.
ing and in which The South was deserted by her
own sons. If The South is true 10 her own inter-
est in The coming election, we trust that The
Northern Democrats will again stand up in be-
half of The South in the House Of Representatives.
We have the most reliable assurance that il we
are true 10 ourselves, we will find that will not
wan, the support OF our Democratic friends in The
Senate Who are yet willing 10 stand b. The South
in the supper, of her just rights. We allude
to Messrs. Douglass, Bright. flanagan, Stur.
geon, Cameron, Dickinson, SC the vote of any
one Of those Senators may be as important to
the South as the election of General Cas-.
If he is elected the ground will have to be con,
coded BY the North, that the decision of the peo-
Pile is clearly in favor Of doing justice 10 the
South and the influence ofthe distinguished and
patriotic Senators we have named, would pro-
blbly have the effect of bringing sufficient aid
from the Northern Democrats, iE the House Of
Representatives, 10 carry through the Missouri
Compro mise, which would be entirely sa,isfac.
tory to the South. If. on the other hind, &c.
neral Tay or should be elected on his pledged
position not to interpose his veto on questions of
domestic policy, and the still stronger one in re.
py TO the Signal editorial, it will be claimed by
the North as full and far expression OF the
opinion Of the people in favor Of The Wiimot
proyiso, and those Senators who have been and
are yet true to the South, would be called upon
to yield TO the prejudces Of the North, and
support the Wilmot Proviso, or to resign and
GLOW Senators to take their places, who would
advocate that measure, in obedience to the ex-
pressed will f the people, and thus that unjust
MT asur, would probably be passed byy the Senate,
while it could not pass that body in tho event OF
General Cass's election. Itwo1d Ne douuting
General Taylor's yeraci:J to doubt what would
be his action should he be elected ana Congress
should pass the Wilmot Proviso, as all the
pledges he has maIe are certainly in favor Of
mis- Northern friends, and directly against the
South. But conceding that it IS possible that he
might velo tn. bill, does not every Southern man
see what would be the effect Of it, when the
grossly equivocal position in which 10 stand,
before the country is presented' The North
would charge him with base treachery, and
bring forward his pledges to sustain the charge,
and would appeal 10 the whole North 10 rally
a party for 1852, to overthrow the slave power,
as the Southern man they had placed al the
head Of the Government had forfeited the so
Tenn pledges he had made TO the North, AID
they would vindicate their wrongs BY building
up Northern party, which being the strongest,
would be the successful party in 1852, and
which under the lead Of prejudice, and desire
for revenge, for the betrayal Of the pledges &c
neral Taylor hal made them, would shake 10
tho centre, if it did not destroy, our glorious
Union.
There i, not to our mind any aspect in which
the case can be presented, in which the rea-
soning is not clear and conclusive, that it is
the interest of the South TO support the Demo.
cratic American Union nominations. We can
readily strengthen the positions we have taken,
by bringing forward the name Of that candi.
date, so much neglected BY hi. Southern
Wing friends, Mr.. MiIlard Fillmore, who l.,
certainly "filtng less" in the South than any can
d'dae whose name was ever presented at The head
OF The Wing party press tor the support Of South.
ern men. In the event Of Gen. TayloI's election,
it will be claimed by The North, that in making
denominations in Philadelphia, the "great Wing
parry" selected candidates holding The same poll.
'icai opinions, and they will e1ul,ngly point 10
Mr.. Fillmore's votes on the Anterior resolutions,
and any and all others upon the slavery question
AMI especially upon the resolutions which Mr..