Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-08-02
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING. JULY 81, $50.
BITTER FRUITS


rre,v d.v hrnrs 10 light new proof Of the fatal effects OF
f-andul.n, ,no.par,yism' in 1913. a political millennium
,hen ,,ociuimed-parties were TO be proslrated, and q
reio, If universal love, peace and good feeling, 10 be brought
a,out. by the elevation of a Louisiana STAKEHOLDER ana ave"
York aboli,jonist, flor such Mr.. Fillmore then uas' whatcS-
or opin;ons. of which VIC are Ignorant, ne may no" ehe'
tain) The great cry then was, down WIN paf''e' anu
,or,v sn;ri,." md a considerable number of Democrats were
,uned INTO The support of the Wing ticket-thc managers
cupninplv preventing any avowal OF opinions ny their can
diia,e. On the slavery question "mum" was the "ofo' anu
the South, dcluded by appearances, voted Tor a ffcsiueh'
who. =, the South. was regarded as safe on account of his
200 ncrroes. and al the North, was commended to the Tree
soi,ers rs olcdged not to veto any anti-slavery legislation Of
,.onoress The bitter fruits of such a deceptive game are
,ow before the people. The scheme Of "no-pariyism" has
naca; !, tho .rr,yinc of the North and the South rs hostile
.c,ion.l nart;es, and the pillars Of the Union tremble with
=. cxc;,ement which fills the Capitol and is re-echoed
In uugh the lard.
lnese na;nful reflections are called up by a long article,
.,,..d nN,r,h and South" in the New Orleans Bulletin,
mo L,a6ipp Wig organ of Louisiana, which cid as much
&C any other 10 push on the game of "no-partylsm," ana
DIST upon the country, by dccciving both sections, an ad'
ministra ton. which has brought us to the present terrible
condition. That paper says that it has been slaw 10 pe!ieVe
,ba, the Union was in danger, or that the agitation, which
for So many months has been dis;racting the country, would
| n n lUlE tiottu thAiiAN busA
pretended no difficulty or Danger, $50 long as party
lines, and we mean, Of course, political party lines, remain
ed distinct and untrespassed upon. SO long had the two
oreo, noli,ica. parties maintained their distinctiyeness and
integrity, and party men remained true and loyal TO their po-
Itical principles, we had no fears that the great cardinal
principles of national policy, which have characterized lie
whig and democratic parties, would be merged INTO sec
lional question:. We regret to be forced to acknowledge,
that affai.s are having 4 strong tendency to this caianiious
result; ard the disastrous consequences are easily icretclc,
when we consider the inequality in strength and numbers oil
the contestants"
II is too late for the Bulletin now TO complain of the
breaking up VI party lines. That mischief was done IN 1855,
and the Whis press are responsible Tor the result ana iof
the present fierce sectional strife.
The Bulletin next denouncts the policy ci the Norticrr
Wing free soil press, which is nothing Else but Ito drive eli
the Southern Wings from their platform, u good and badger
them, bv advocating measures which they sell know We can
never concu. in, ard by the use OF ungcnerous reflections
und insulting lans.agc."
1t also complains bitterly that these northern whis papers
sinsisi that the support OF the plan Of the late President for
the settlement of the slave question, is the paramount duly
of every whig.n What right has the Bulletin To put forth
these complaints! Is it not vel! known, that the game oil
their par,v in 1913 was to 'catch birds Of every feather
that consequently no exposition OF faith was laid down, and
that the whig candidates were to be supported at the nortl:
as an;i-s,avcry, and at the south as pro-sla.ery? The NORTH
crn wings, without rcbuke, took the ground that the can
dida,es were On ti:ir side, and, when they found the late ad-
ministra.ion coming up TO their views, were they not fully
justified in standing by them, 10 the bitter end! In the for
.nnes of war, they found that the administration furlhered
their views, and they were resolved 10 do al in thsr power
10 carry out what they were justified in regarding as the
w!ig tcs, in lSiS.
The whole mischief is the natural consequence Of the
.ame of concealnenl md deception in lSi5. Political par
ties were then 10 be put down, for selfish ends, and the Wing
Southern press have no right 10 complain that the North
enjoyed all the fruits Of the game. Had the Bulletin then re-
sisted the fusion Of parties, il would have failed in the sue
cess of lis ticket, but We should have avoided the present
alarming spectacle of sectional parties, the Wing and the
Democratic parties would have gone on with their harmless
w.anglings over political doctrines, and the country would
have been happy and prosperous and the Union in safety
NO ~partyism' has brought the country to the %precpice On
which we now stand.