Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-22
RICHMOND ENAUiEER.
THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER FL, s5 =
SECTIONAL AGITATION.

they know iu WE'LL that there Is but living teio
8 the country
+ The men who cfciated high prl,sls, when Filmo
and Webster sacrificed that the of sectional agta
ton might go on knew that The Whlg parry derived all
It's vitality from the discussion and advocacy OF The repe
OF the Fugitive Slave Law. They thew as crumb OF
ISOLATION 10 The manufacturers, resolution drawn miIit
than small beer about projections but 1t treathed nothing
the spirit OF The old Wing party when the lamcnled Ca
thundered in the Senate Chaser, its leador aud IL
advocate of all The leading measures of the Iamnna
school. The present Mhig party resembles The old Viii
party in principles and Of domestic policy t
as the land infested with owls and resembles Iha
where proud Babylon stood. There something il
the old Wing party 10 commend cven 10 Tho respect
lis enemies. There bodncss hardlhooi, contemp
oi public opinion about it, which induced the peape fec
for il compassion In defeat and sympathy In victory
But that period has long since passed When party has
outyed its principles has also survived lis honesty
ectude Of purpose The present condition Of The Viii.
party fuhls TO remarkable the predictions OF thas
wise and patriotic moI, who offciated the baplisma
font Of The organic law OF The republic
Parties had then neen formed; and with nteects
couded BY the rendces oi faction tho fathers Of the Con
sution looked in The construction that sacred nslr
men bur ohjecte welfare and The best
perpetualing the blessings There
abors many elements national greatness had been dcve
oped which convinced them that Of The chaos
cIng opinions and views, government cOul De nrlnci
better calculated than any other rXlnnI uord The largest
measure ui happiness the 0l r people But IL
calculating The horoscope ui The Union, while there
many things that promised 10 render il perpetual there
Others which terrified tie sasea OF s7, and in which even
through the veil which concealed the future, they believed
that they could dangers imminent reniers
The deeply ladencd ship.
In the debates and proceedings oi the Convention OF l7S7
The first sectional feeling, upon the subject II sla
very, sprung up The patriotism, the moleralion The chho
lie wisdom OF The distinguished members "l that body pre-
vented any exhibition of political bitterness upon III" cub
ecI. But the minds Of many =" the of that day
were filled with fearful iurrbodnga, the ELECTS
tonal agitation after the lapse oi many years
LUTHER MARTIN JAMES MADISON, PATRIcK lESRY A$n
OTHER srATEsaEs or THAT pAY ~ .aLEMS ANn IMrREs
sivE LANGUAGE, WAIVED THEIR c"usTHvMES or TAR pAS
GERS MENAcEp USioS BIOGRAPHICAL
PARTIES SECTIONAL AGITATION. They said that they
enred period woud arrive in the History o The Republic,
when unscupnous and ambitious would l"r purposes
OF unhoy ambition array the North against The Sou'h in
doadly and ha,ricda war-and that the Potomac would
constitute the dividing line between hostile aud isc
rent nations.
The father Of hi- country with the wisdom and sagac
~ OF superior being rlccd ty the of his intellect
and The elevated patriotism of his hea above the influences Of
party spirit in the last udmonory words which he 10
his counlymen warned them eloquent language agains,
the formation of parties for The agitation OF sectional qucs
"n Or the q" nPnRlss g s 81 SnpGsasHess %e
constitution. From among all the dangers that mrnacrn
youthful Republic appeared 10 these great men ~
SO terrible az those likely from the agitation OF
sectional questions, and The formation OF geographical par
ties.
Nearly seventy years have rolled blythe great who
prorhesed tic probability Of imminent peril from sec'icn"
agitation have passed away the truth of their remark.
able prophecy menaces in the event of GES ScoTT scc-
,on FoR THE FIRST TIME PRESIDENTIAL Canvass
VIZ HAVE TIRE NoRrHgRS ASp THE SorTHEnN STATES AR
RAYEp AGAINST EACH OTHER, UPON PURELY SECTIONAL
QUESTION.
Many things prevented the arrival Of this crisis ia The al
fairs of the Republic an earlier day. In ne% country
was natural that parties should rise the practical repre-
sentaves OF rolca ideas and dogmas that have divided
public sentiment centuries, in any country where
public opinion regulated by the sword and oayohc
The representatives Of the old conservative and radical
parties of Europe had nation, ard country o IN
mense undevcOped physical resources f'f theatre upon
which 10 their operations 30 busy "er" Phe'
occuped with questions Of domestic and ioe'G" pc! .
6crcciy and with such varying Success was 'ht c'''
wagcd upon purely political grounds, 'la' htl't' pau!
und /, at all necessary Tor many years. To resort To ne"
element OF strategy for success. Hamilton during "' II"
mn;s,rplon Of Washington proclaimed the doctrines "i IN
old whs party be advocacy at the leading measures
Of policy 10 The support and defence Of which, Henry Clay
his life The battle many years fought upon
Tho issues of bank tariff Tor protection distribution ana IN
ena by the general Government Long ana az
iuous as the with the wings To render hrae ne'
sures part Of the fixed and irevncabe policy n inc Z"
vernmnn they found il imrossibe 10 reast The patro'
Imposition nf1axibly manained BY the Democratic party Il
their measures.
The contest upon other Than sectional grounds was con
nued in consequence of the OF le2 ana '
administration of Jumes Monroe having weakened par'!
| Ties rendered Il temporary advocacy ci tile measures
the Whig party Indispensable The Two decisive victories
of ha noble old Roman Andrew Jackson, decided e con
ss with reference 10 all The measures Of the HamiltoniaI
| school His rour of federalism complete az ina
which il sustained whom Madison and Jefferson led The hos
of party 10 battle
His victories were Wstelloos only defeating bu
crushing the enemy. He did not trim down 'hc Pomhe"
vices but tore up The OF the federal party " N
Il ro, for instance checking the abuses OF the bark IN
svsem bu anniharing i! al blow He Taught hc demo
cratic nar,y that severe OF radical reform ana no
mild opposon were The thing essentially necessary "f !"
destruction Of the federal party He believed 'hn IL eN
ence had heen prolonged by dealing win humahcY' n
uardless of the yclls curses EXCAVATIONS ana scnn
he federal patY he dealt with il precisely as II was
veteran offender against The laws Of the land
81 Hs object was 10 crush every measure o! The lriefai pa
10 ,hot confctcd with the Interest ~ The country ana ne
20 He worked with the club Of Hercules and mol WIN III
srt persuasiyr words uf the orator The moh"piSS ~
the manufacturers He'd the people ir protection bn' /"
p,one epecd Them with sc0rn and cheerrd on is ho'
,,d po,ro, in his work reform. Their tears their syhP
thies their affections all with til" man who, th'f
o,inc,s laupht Them struggling io his country ana III
for pary They saw that hs great Democrat; heart '
with affection for The people, and that his enemies were "
money changers The usurers the vnlures that protected
monopolics had prcyed upon them Tor years Tie "Ppe
from the President the people wElcn the iederai 'i
took a, The close Of administration Of aSDREw Ac
81. terminated The long fought battle between Fedc'a+
and Democracy i1 this country. The prosecutor aud u
accused slnod before the American people Henry ILi
called upon The people OF the Unitci states - eject Andre
% sckaon from the Whle House, for having slaughter
h, a large and interesting family oI federal measures II
70 remains of that ugly monster the United States oah
with embems of decent grief for the pious dennct We
no oaded before The people-Henry Clay played The pa