Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-19
RICH OND, VA.
Morning, October Is. ls49.
THE VOICE OF TRUTH.

tors crying out against the supposed COALITION oil
Northern Democrats with Fleesoism, when they
themselves have sci The example by voting for
Fillmore. an avowed Free-soiler, aud by sustain
ing General Taylor in the selection OF auant
Free.soilers to sit al his Council-board7 While
they are thus hypocriiically denouncins North
ern Democrats for what they themselves have
done and are doing, The people Of the South eve
ry where show their just indignation in repudia
,ing their party and scattering them 10 The vii d.
But il is not only their cordial acquiescecce in
anl-Southern manifestations al Washington
which has aroused The alarm and indignation 81
the South-b ul the doctiines held by their leading
politicians and presses have served ~ heiehien
The popular feeling II disgust towards their parry
course, We shall not now rei,efate the unioriu'
nale positions assumed by the Wing parry in Sc
/ veral OF the Southern SAFES, which have repuii'
a,ed the Wing cause. Suffice il TO quote from
The parting message Of Gov. N. S. Brown o.
Tennessee, who was so usoriously overthrow
by The gallant Trousdale, al the late election, the
following passage on The slavery question:
am happy in The belief that all difficulty on
the subject will be obvialed at an early day, by
the establishment Of State governments, bah in
California and New Mexico; ard whether they
| adopt or exclude slavery, is a mater Tor them
selves, in which U: hare no come NJ and about
which, am sure, ! feel no s.i,itlde. All lovers
of the Union all friends Of peace ana nalmony,
will rejoice al such corsumnaiion. Ana II
can neither inIute nor disappon any class, IN
less it be few political agila!ors, both in The
North and South, who have found in this qaes.
ton prime element for commoion and disiur-
bance. have no sympathy with The threats OF
violence and di,union, that have been but 100
often heralded forth, on both sides OF The ques-
ton, as The ultimate remedy. This is not the
proper mode Of virdicatiDg rights, between
Two great sections OF the counlry-bound TO.
gether BY so many recolleciions-and inspired
by so many brilliant hopes aud expectations as
belong TO the future. see nothing in The pre-
sent asTect Of the question TO justly either re.
SORT 10 violence or disunion, Or TO threaten them
as remedies. II ii should present sfa7er tea
ture, in lis progress lei the emergency dictate
the remedy. In tie mean time, lei US insist on
our rights by all constitutional means, and also
resolve 10 maintain The Union Eat all hazards
and to the las, eztemity" am willing 10 yield
The honor OF disunion doctrines 10 those who rely
upon them as cure 10 any present or probable
evils to aiise from The question ot slavery. Up.
on them will res; The responsibility (atd a fearful
one il will be) OF calculating the value OF The
Union, and cheapenng is dignity and duration,
in the estimation OF any portion oil The American
people, With the Union, we have every thing
10 inspire the hopes and impel The enereies o;
patriotism, amid the vast field Of improvement!
That lies before MS. Wiihou, l., We nave nothing
worth mania lining worth living foT-wor;h dy-
ing tori Clouds and darkness rest upon such
fu;ure-seclional jealuuses border ifays-end-
less collisions The rrosttaion Of trade aud com
merce, and The ruin OF Amer.ca liberty, ill Up
the baleful picture. Agains; such conempla'
tion, all men OF all parties ought 10 Turn
With instructive horror. The Union ought TO Dc
deemed invaiuabe-as when ii was formed, il
was deemed indispensable. Ii IS invaluable: aud
deserves 10 b. the last Ut human institutions that
shall fade before The trumpet Of reIribuion."
Is not such language, from the lips Of Souh-
EN- man high in Office, disgusting in The ex>
treme7 When we hear The Gov ernor Of South
ern State officially proclaimitg TIA! il is mat
ter OF mo soIicilude" with him, whether Califor>
MIA and New Mexico allow or prohibit slavery;
and that he is for The Union at "all hazarts and
TO The las, extremity" there sneerinsy parodyins
by the rights OF The Sou,bD should we not re-
gard him as virtually giving "ad and comfort
to The Northern fanatics, and saying 10 them in
advance, that come what asgressions they may
visi, upon Us, We will kiss The hand oil The op.
pressor aud humbly kneel in obedience 10 thei'
demands7 Is this the languas. for ffeem:n, Tor
equals, to holj, in a crisis like thi>2 No wonder
that Governor, occupying such "sut mission
altitude, should be spnrned by the people and
consigned 10 private lite.
But, that the course Of Wing leaders 10 the
South has been inauspiciou, and ill timed, we
have the evidence OF the Augusta (Ga) Repub-
lie, q leading Wing paper. We ask attention
TO the frank and manly statements in its article
which we copy a, length, below. The fact
ia clearly admitted that the people Of the South
have lost confidence in the Wing leaders and
| 10 Gen Tay!ors eq1vocal position on the sla
very question. This view we have repeatedly
taken and an il, l1en,iai advocate Of Taylorism
now uoi,es with US 10 calling on tho ''Soulhern
President" 10 take sides for or against the free
soil schemes. As the Augusta Conslitutionaist
we'll says:
We hope the Wing leaders and presses will
take warning, and go aud sin no more Had
they needed the often raisei warning voice OF
the Republic. they might have tempered the
severity Of the rebuke; though it is not at all
likely they could have carried he State.
| l, The Wing presses had been less free With
| their ridicule Of Southern meetings in Georgia,
without distinction OF party, 10 respond 10 The
| Southern Address, and more sparing OF their ep-
iheths, "Hum5ug," "failurs," "disngGnizers u
'tastators," il might have gone better Tor their
own popularity, and Tor the sue cess OF their cam
dida,es. But The simple, yet significant phrase,
we TOLD you So" is small alienation 10 them
| in their presen, bapless stale OF mind.
From, the Arguas Republic, Oct. IL.
RECENT ELECTIONS IN The SOUTH.
| Al the frs! glance, it would appear strange 10
50 pc, fetal observer, that great rarty, so tri-
| umphanl bu, year ago, should have since mel
| defea, In every COMES; a, the Soulh. The reason
is plain TO every one who can divest himself oil
the prcjudices Of party sympathy, and examine
tor himself, instead OF clothing his mind with the
false reasoning AMI vain deductions oil few MIS-
| guided Leaders,
During The late presidential canvass. The whs
napers and orators OF The south held up General
Cas- 10 the defision OF our people as political
chea,. and a disguised but dangerous enemy oil
sou,hern institutions On the other hand, Gen
Taylor's fame was proclaimed 10 be worthy oil
monumental perpe;uation, aui his devotion 10
sou h I'm rights as reliable as angelic purity
| The wings declared that they wanted no spur.
| Gus pledges from him 90 that subject, as his ie'
sidence ard interest were sufficient TO place his
fidelity beyond The reach OF d,nb: Radiani aud
! immortal in the glory OF his martial achieve
menls-wilh no stain upon his integrity as
hish.souled southern and honest man held up
BY the whole whig press OF The south as The enc
my OF The Wilnot prnviso-a generous, admir-
ing aud conidins people gave him their votes lol
the fifsl off :e in the Union.
Up 10 the time OF his Inauguration ne had ne.
yer a7Cwed whether he would sanction or veto
Inc Wilmol pIoviso. IL was source Of sogre
10 many OF his Southern supporters that be saw
proper 10 call into his cabiner, al least TWO Of IL.
Members, but more particularly one, who had
appeared 10 favor by his vote as member O
Congress, not only the abolition OF slavery 10 Inc
District OF Columbia, but ibe btsiowal upon III:
sl,ues nf The District the mower 10 vote U p1n t0a