Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-04
FLORIDA.

The Whies have counted upon This gallant
lille State, bu, to judge from the tone OF the De
mocratic press, and popular meetings, we can
no bet enleftain The mos, confident hopes that
she will DO her duty in November.
We have read with great pleasure, The able
address Of the Democratic Central Corresponding
Committee TO The Corresponding Committees Of
tn. several counties Of Florida. "Cordialy and
heartily approving" The nominations of Cass and
Butler, they call upon The people Of each coun-
ty tor an expression OF opinion. They say:
"ThS non concurrence in The nomination by
our Delegates al Baltimore renders This call ap-
propriate, and We believe it will be answered by
a loud, clear and dislinc, voice Of sanction and
approval from The Democracy, bearing 10 our
sister States the cheering intelligence, IN tones
no, 10 be mistaken, that we are children OF the
same family, and understand, and will ever
maintain the principles oil our Democratic ia.
,h.rs and brethren"
The Address proceeds at some length, and
with great lucidness and power, to examine the
position Of General Cass, and to demonstrate
that Florida should be satisfied with his sound,
practical and statesmanlike views on Southern
rights.
In connexion with this subject, there appears
very long and able editorial in the Tallahassee
Southern Journal, which has always been re-
garded among the strictest Of the faith, whore
Southern rights are involved. That paper does
"Not entertain single doubt that Gen. Cass
stands fully and fairly upon the Florida plat
FORM But doubts 10 the contrary have been en-
,ertained, and we must confess that they had
much weight with ourselves, until ,cc ,ra7nned
the subject But we must now say that we are
satisfied that he is with US. But these doubts,
= hether Just or not, have had their influence in
keeping back for awhile tina, hearty response to
the nominations of the Baltimore Convention
which they have met with in other Democratic
States This backwardness was but reason
able, and ought to have been expected from
party who were governed alone by principle,
and who overlooked all personal considerations.
The support Of the Democracy Of Florida Is not
to be given to General Cass merely because he
has ben the nominee Of a National Convcn.
ton; but it must be made 10 appear that his
principles come up to the requirements pre-
scribed By their own platform, and the instruc'
tsons given TO their own delegates
The Editor then refers TO the article we
wrote soon after our return from Baltimore, in
yindication Of the Virginia delegation. It does
us the honor 10 copy our article, which it CON-
mends as fully justifying the conclusion at
which the Journal had arrived after careful
examination Of Gen. Cass's letter, and it adds:
1.-THE Richmond Enquirer has for nearly half a
century been looked up 10 as one Of the most or.
lbodox Democratic papers If The South, aud the
editor one lhe delegates from old Virginia. TO the
Democratic Convention which nominated Gen.
Cas-; and this article may be considered some.
what in The lish OF IN expose Of the motives which
ac,uated The Southern delegation supporting Gen.
Cass. They believed that Gen. Cas- was good
Southern Democrat. and well qualified 10 stand
on any Southern platform. We recommend this
article from old Virginia 10 the liberal considera-
,loo Of The Democrats oil Florida. The voice OF
cd Virginia cauno, fail of having lis influence.
A word from the land Of Washington, OF Jeff=r.
son and Madison, and amid which sill fingers a
holy veneration Of their wisdom and their truth,
and the common school TO which the Democracy
OF The country have long been ia lbs habit otlook'