Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-24
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.



SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 81, ieo-.
While abolition and free soil Wings in C7hs ho,;
scmina,iug the North the document fperce 10
lion ore an the Era, in Washington so" vvhir nress
have been Railways true 10 the sia'e him down
of the South are seduousy ensusou " I,,,r from \
ms nm enemy 10 our institutions ~ 80 S,s<~n
-. ,r,esoondent of the Charleston '''"''.
"ash'hs'on , ,be industry with which he is assaiicd
m pr, slavery man; and we are daily witnesses
,,er industry with which, al the South, lie Is ac-
,nsod Of anti slavery prsjudlces.
Hut This Two edged plan of attack does not seem 10 en-
haus the ingenuity and shanIclcssness oil his
Still another charge is brought forward, !atended 10 hJ'
his cause al the North and those States OF The SOUTH "
in The lines were distinctly drawn and the excitement a
high during the last year, between the Stdss 1sts ""N
Union men, The Washington Rspu1f'c mas Jus'
with remarkable degree of ingenuity iha me
| = g pia.,o ;, p,I,i,ore was triumph of the State
pb, bro,ch of the Democratic party, over the or"ihai
r,.r. # the compromises and endeavors 10 prove zen.
po. onnosed TO those measures, which nc 50 oouy "u
d,rnpv took the field against ATWOOD ross ana t'"e -
d.end We give the Republics line OF argument M sup
NOR, f this charge of Gen Pierces affinity win me Seccs
onsts below The passages which we Distinguish oy l1acs
; excite smile in the reader That Fierce IS not received
uwi,b any thing like warmth by Southern compromise De
o,,s 10 discovery for which the Republic should nave
! sI e. ia oariv Ii is a bran idea in the cam
N mi
,;nn md ,slies admirably with the story OF Foss aid
| Co Tho whole charge-lst that Gen. Pierce is Tree
oar and Ioahes the fugitive slave law ID tha ne mas
bpen railways true the slave INTEREST," and 3D. that nc is
candidate of the State Rights wing OF the Democrauc par
10 bv successful Trick played upon the compromise wing
i ., FAR beyond the reach of serious conutaon as the
shmans defence 1ganst the demand for the Kettle: fs
he never borrowed kettles second II was ofoEe anu sooa
for nothing when he got III and, THIRD nc had returned
n inuan
lang ago. But 10 inc f'epu0''' s
article:
Thar Gen Pierce ia the creation and choice
- ,he Sale Rights men turns be idle boast WIN
more cxib,y, because with less honesty, llan zen W.
man ,h-v arc urging and directing The movements III c
Sh ,n Mn form 10 not their way for they, Ike me
Free Sellers accept it in Pickwlcklan sense anu sHse on
whou. compuncon the Sar Wss Sous and FORSYTH in
ro,ce 70 The nomination, has mitaors IN every state IN
which raised its head IN no osr quarters ana
5v no other politicians South Of Mason and Direns me IS
;srcs r,reired NTH anu thing Ike odTmM his Leading
southern advocates politicians OF that stamp -Hone
else could raterniSe readily and So heartily r me Van
Bursns Of The North. mr. ,.
shirts in that State of The Foote sclnu housh
Gvcrnnr Foorc has declared for Perce but they the
unrepsntent managers of the dfunc Secession agHdt'o'
The man The head OF the Democratic electoral cA
=, rbere il judge E. c. Wilkinson who derives his cilei
claims 70 uo,ica distinction from The position he occupied
wear ago the ranks Of the Dsunonsts lie was mem
Der Of The first Nashville Convention and introduced mo
,ha, hody resolutions the ultra kind. In October
1850 he presided State Rights meeting in lHZoo
county Mississippi and introduced series OF reso
ln,ons openly procaimng that Tie Consstion and the
Union had failed and intoxicating he duty OF throwing oil
the Government and providing Few guards or future seru
rty These rpsnutions passed almost unanimously
and were Judge Wilkinson chairman The
re ary of the ting Mr. D. Walker, the present editor
of the Vckshurg Sentinel strong Pierce and King organ
The Mssiss ippinn another Pierce print the mouth.
piece these Disunioniss and in It's issue 81 October IL
1880 record of The proceedings 10 which we relief
From this we take five OF Judge "klnsons reso'
utiops To show that do misepesent the character
of proceedings in which he played so prominent part
Here follow the resouIions)
These were Judge Wkinson's opinions In 1850; they
were the opinions the seccssonsts up the hour Of their
defeat by Union organization and there Is not single
fr believing that they are not their opinions still Ii
their leaders had any subsequent period, avowed helr
unqualified abandonment OF the traorous principles and Do
promug in such resolutions us those oi the Pierce
leader Missssipp- they had made humble confession
that they had snned against The and glory oil their
country- they re,racted their heresies and had Afford
ed grounds lining that they sincere in their re-
pentancc-,he would have been essentially different,
and Mests Wilkinson, Soule Jefferson Davis, and all The
kth and Kin OF The sccessOnsls might with proprlely nave
figured amongst the supporters OF the nominee ol national
party But has been repentance confession no
ret.acrion They vanqushed but their retreat
was defiant. They abandoned their extreme position be-
cause intelligence and patriotism Of the nation were
overwhelmingly against them, but we cannot recall the
OF of them who has mad enough 10 acRnow-
ledge The extent the mischief contemplated, volun-
tarily bind himself 10 act more faithfully IN iutue-
The rank file OF the faction have unquestionaby tmn
shed The leaders unchanged except in their pocy
1Hs nercr opportunity of oufman@urring tc Uni
Democrats and far possible prescribe them II less
of this prescribing spirit tie manifest no." nan appeared
months since is simply because the exigencles have
changed The secesspnsS know that they cannot
single State PIERCE wc Union assistance and there
fore their ccs undergone change Instead OF seek
ing scparaon directly they seek the election OF PIERCE
means 10 accomplish a disguised end The action OF the
the Secessionisrs Of other States.
The Union Democrats orre much Themselves and 10 their
country IN this matter. They committed by their pro-
all fco,rhp NTH he adrocqteS and instruments Of SceS
sion. And The lime has come when the value Of Their
pledges will DC thoroughly tested They make no hon
est bargain with the combined Fceso and Secession Eu
govern the Democratic canvass and must either
abandon or reconstruct it Blink il they may
the fact patent that there are corruption and deception IN
the Democra tic somewhere! With Freesosm play
ing into the hands OF Seccssonsm, and that, too with
stocked cards. how can Union Democrats nope 10 WIN
The Union Democrats WILL doubtless sufficiently apprc-
ciae the Republic remarkable acumen and be duly grateful
for its disinercs;ed advice II the Republic is be be-
evcd they are decidedly bad prcdicament If they add
here Pierce they stand between the fires OF secession and
the rosts Of reeoilism they are supporters OF "cod
booded Yankee and ahcttors of feeatng disunonsts;
they are allies of the who would clay down his
dead body defence OF the Constitution and OF Hospurs
conspiring to tear il into shreds.
The Republic will excuse us for the suggestion however
that the above is the whole story If Union Democrats
are GU, of place the support of Pierce where shall they
gol If they leap from the frying PAM how may they es-
cape the fire? Shall they desert TO the colors OF him who
would sooner cut off his right hand than lend to the sup
port of sIavery?" Shall those who saved the Union and
Constitution whose efficient exctons secured the Compro-
mise join hands with JOHNSTON OF GoRsucH memory and
the Stewards and Grceeys of the Northern States whose
ncessant warfare has been from the first and is yet upon
the Compromise?
That is Jewel Of conception which the Republic puts
orh-tat the nomination of Pierce the trick of seces
sionis,s and ireesoIers combined, played upon the
wary Union Democrats nomination which was first
hr in
port Of South Carolina during the last year is to be ced!ed
which accedcd by North Curolna-ccrtnniy no
worse run mad with than Vrgnia and afterwards
acqniesced in by all the States
The Republics article docs 10 make much head
way among the Southern press 1t evidently intended
for Northern consumpiion-!nr The market 10 which
$4,000 copies of the Eras article proving Gen. Pierce TO
have been always he unwavcng ally and supporter of the
savehotiug Interest,", has ranked by aboonsts in
Congress.
From the Charleston Southern Standardl
WASHINGTON, August 7th, 1852