Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-13
RIG II MOND, VA,
Thursday Morning, April IL, 1919
THE CONNECTICUT pEMocpncy

e thursday Morning, April IL, ls49.
The CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY.
: The Southern Wing papers, "disgruniled" b
( me loss OF three members II Congress from Con
necticu continue To she'd crocodile tears becans
il iree-soiicTs voted for The successful Democrats
: against snch "coaincn" very commencab,
~ VI iss, but monsirous in Democrats y they
/ Mp Up tremendous camor hoping 10 blinc
, 'he people 10 thcir own high nisdemea nois
WINCH me more hey cry out, The more impsllec
N'' w iee' 70 Keep constantly before The
people and ing in their ears. The charges We
of'ns against them, Southern men as they are
die ina''eTs Of record, have no, been denied BY
them, and cannot and will mol be eainsaid. We
again repeat, that these Southern Wbie srum.
oiers al me course Of Northern Democrats. have
uohc Inc ve:y thing Of which they complaint
lhey voted Tor Fillmore, an ayowed tree-soiler
anu recorded aboGlonsl-their "Soulhern Pre-
sdenl" has now sitting al his council board with
MI Preston two Free oilers, viz: Ewing of
ONO, who appealed 10 Inc abolilionis!s 10
vote Tor General Taylor, as he General
Iaylor) would stand by the Wilmot Proviso
and whose representation to This effec, has
oeeh endorsed BY al elevation 10 a seat in Gen.
Iaylor's cabinet; and Coamcr a Vernon,
| rec SOIL Wing, who in the last Congress sur
ported me Wilmot Pfo-iso ard Goli's infamous
resoln!ien, winch at one moment seemed 10
place The Union on The brink OF destruction. =
| southern Wings, in thus encouraging and no.
hoIlne our Northern foes, have sci The Northern
democrats an example, which if they naturally
follow, The county will hold The Southern Wings
responsible Tor all the mischiels that viii ensue.
When Northern Democrats stepped forward.
and, bIeaslInS the waves oil ianaticism, stood by
the constitutional rights OF he South, how were
iney received by Southern Wing orsan>2 Were
they moi rdculet and denounced ior "sellishness"
and "hypocrisy2 Were they mol huneG down,
instead Of being hailed as brothers and friends
On The o.hcr hand, did ne, these same Southern
Wings lug 10 their 5osoms such recorded anti
slavery advocates as Fillmore, Truman Smith, |
Caleb Smith, Seward, Ewing, &C.? Did not,
with them, party ride over duty 10 The South and
to Inc Constitution and could Northern Demo
erals continue 10 hold up against vituperaon |
and ridcule, and stand up Tor the South, when |
the South had abandoned her own cause2 Such |
more than Roman patience and iorhsarance
could not &c looked iur-and 10 Southern Wings
We owe il Tor having taken Inc tead in The deser-
ton Of Southern lights.
But &c owe it 10 The Democracy Of Connect
cuI, and heir noble and almost triumphant lead
er, The valiant Seymour, 10 sci tvHh The true
g:ounds.upon which they went into the late ac-
lion. The Democrat STATE Central Commit
tee, the lilcial organ d the State, published an
ai!rcs> on the eve Of TIE election, which con-
tains the following lihatal and patriotic sent:-
menls:
ave have only ono hin- more 10 say before
closing iA,S bret aiiicss- designed 10 cali your
attention - M speedy approach 81 ihr Gay Of
election. The recent acquisition II rni'Ciy IL
which We have alluded ma evolved 4 succession
= :-.:'.nS,"o discussion ~ subject which go;
a, he iprcihy cXplc>>vu '''dss.- = ."is't"r ~
John Home. oi Name like a fire bell an Inc
Might" he considered il ihe "knci 81 me UNI
,n.n and N his cclrhrarea letter IN regard 10 that
MATER. those WIN nov make tEc same subject
ground OF senera phical Giss"aslunS Will hnd the
s.v,rcst rebuke al their conduct Without en-
.ring INTO a discussion ii slavery ~ any ~ us
forms ct evil, retaining altogether tom cotsia-
rfins The immediate or remose settlement al the
ietfiofial question, with or without The PROV
So" We cali upon he democracy 81 Connecticut
a. .rown down every attempt u show discoic IN
,heir RANKS by scattering tie SEEDS ol sec.lohai
ir.orlsIcs and dsiiusi among them. ne iahus'
,aT and wife, which our fathers purchaser WIN
,nejr blood. are al Tree SOIL nr YET ne pfopetyo'
Grea; Britain We have no ,ym7a'hles WIN
nose whc see nothing precious IN me history OF
Virginia or Carolina; no glorious memories
clustering around Mount Vernon .. Mon!iceilo;
mo footprints OF heroic men BY broad San'ee
and along III. path Of Mafou's men; bu! only
irec soil through ihattongue Of land when IS ca,
lei New Ensanl, in the Middle States, ana
north OF The Ohio and nO,oie,c else Il We can
rol bring ourselves 10 believe that We are oae
geople; that we have one country, one ancestry,
and common destiny; and thai there are 'ies "
,onsansuiny binding Us together wherever IN
Ter Inc flag Of the Union our ln NAV be cast
il these considerations are nothing, then we nc
rrcparcd, lorsuo,h, miserable patriots indeed io'
The doctrines OF faction whose leaders nave 9e-
cared The Union 10 b. league win death anu
ccvenan, with hc