Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-10
lspFECH OF JUDGE ". W. CRUllP,

G,sr.raES:-Yomr Con!'aitrc: has ho"rcd me WIN az
ion 10 address YOU upon the politics questions VIII
are now agaIin" the country. From MARI S"L, ~
n ,r,.r 10 The SHORE Vi ihG RIO Grantr; rom up
Vn,nnyrs Isle: >rctacc nj once imposing a;d "n'x"n
,let Ill be p'esenleta people reaCCsiu. -. nS ,h
scru,inzjna the oncratons of their Gover"n,Ht anu NV
o,.nI 81 MI ,nbl;r servants thai ll=ir h"iilt
ars 49, mr., ana intact, and testing, ty The most approved
Standards the capabilities and h'hess " ','s WV" ' -
mir. ~ scrye them, This is an important epoch OGf re-
prhru sases wisely provided for lis continual recurrence
As The best safeguard OF freedom aalmi'd oy Inc sp 81
rosr no ,aush; that price OF liberty Is eternal Xxi
lance, am here 10 address you: ne" as lie hhrhnrE"I %
,cinn or the ambitious place huntrrbu ci!iZrn whose
fortunes and whose iac floating Ike your "wn upon 'i
une Explored Of Se!sOvernacnt, Supported a@d ui!ch
alone ~ that constitution whose aHe wor. has hitherto
wlhsood the surges and the tempest from without and ,o
ence and sedon from within Ia performing This day,
should disoya you and false 10 the deep convictions
of my heart were TO attempt 10 lead you h"hS Tue
owery paths OF defamation The subjects when now &C.
mand al! the thought and all the attention OF grave men, are
too momenlous for such diversion. SON nleue may Gu.
chant our float calmly upon the surface VI SUM
me sea- but the stout and strong arms {" seaen are
needed hen night and the tempest darSen around US Let
me invite Won then proceed with me tcarlesy and man
fully 10 the task which lies before usto examine with more
than an Augus scrutiny, the porentous signs oi Tue hes
10 look the dangers which surround us firmly In Tie lace
and do what dare do, in striking or their affairs and
lheir fres "Cod and their native an1 FOR me nfSt lhhe
In our history az people, the sectional war which has been
81 ruhlessy wagcd against from Ee foundation OF Inc
Con(edeacy has been transferred 10 the arena
the fearful forebcdngs of the Republican Fathers seem
about 10 be realized The cowadly abolition horde headed
by military chicftan, are Numbering al uic nu~aihsn
the Constitution threatening US with ruin and Death we
are now about make final appeal 10 me patriotism OF e
Nor,h ard West:-0ri these modern barbaans get pos
session OF The cap,a steel alone viii ransom us et ne
history OF tie speak, to vniicae tEeSe vacnaons
From The foundation Of this republic there nave ttcn bu
tx, ,Ij,ca parties The first the party Of consolidation
whose ,rts been increasingly and unchanecaOy de-
voted TO The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF The federal power me en-
arprnc, oil constitutional functions 0y CONSTRUCTION
IN the retention of these States within their original hints
and 10 their original numbers, with view 10 nunletlcai
sectional majority in Coneressa party which Is rapidly
those lately acting with il, has become h'eer
law party-n words party who esteem Inc cenS'tu
| ton Il covenant with hell :, ,
This party through all lis phases has been distinguished
BY these characteristics and though II mas changed us o'
with the facility OF Pfo;cls lis 9uians p'"c'Ps ''
| ever been the same p,:,.,
pha Convention which framed the original unaenard con-
stIuon the administration OF the cider Adams
in onnosition 10 The Louisiana purchase of l50 in oos-
lion to the war of 1872 in the Hartford Convention o! 1914;
in The surrender Texas in 1915 in the Missouri resrcll"
of 1915 opposition TO slave STATE wHcn h@ aPo
for admissions opposition "a Texas 10 me h'Nlc"h "hi,
and 10 The acquisition If California and New hieMr"-a,'ie
Marty has been rie Ia ms ncs II begun ana was ieu
ID in an ,nli,c for political power, and its anpahy TO
slavery was al first nrdenla;'oT II permitted III nc
compact the direct importation ~ sii'es o'
,,v y.,,a Bui in The funess OF tiinc-oied IN every
a,,cmn, ,,on political power by Inc extension ~ ul No
MAN, ana the steady resistance OF inc neli"tHa'I
rI every wherc-- despHired OF success ma rHlha'e
riai NJ strength upon political grounds and sezlnS upon
It's anti vrry elcnenleeloore subordinate pul no" IN
,b, has wieied il with power and efficiency
which seem 10 threaten the destruction OF The CGntunl;"
and The disruption of the Union You will not understand
me - mokinc-and take this early occasion 10 discalu
any intention Of makipg-the charge that TIE Wings OF The
South followed this party in all lis career should os
on hrn inustice 10 saw So They have helped when
this party have seeking build up BY protective Ia
riffs Northern manufacturers n the expense oil Southern
ccnsurnris-Nationd Banks SIR The Northern capitalists
more efiecuay crush The Southern lantc ana Dispu
lion bills and Internal improvement; bills for Northern mar
bors; order obtain by means OF bankrupt treasury
tariff sufficiently high TO give both aSndan. protection ana
protection will always cn.eHis In the early days OF t
republic they but handful in Virginia. and not nnil
their Northern prototypes with skiIl ~hich SHOWS ,,e
landing Remuneration of The Bank IN ISL
and hi. trnunciaon OF them in Sl2 rs and Ia during ie
war-.n.is,ed Clay in their servlce and made him he
char nj H. did they make any progress at the South bu
divide conquer knew was The true policy; ana a
cordngy workin. upon the vanity and itteIng inc ho
lion OF Mr. Clay they obtained his powerful and ana pu
him To work upon persuaded himself into bellies in
was an AMERICAS <yse. He soon lecanied his opinion
on The B.us aud took the lead OF The WING parly-h'
North aching upon eir uniform policy OF taking Southern
man they get Of sufficient ability 10 assa'
| the SDutsi
"la.zed are l,er sons they learned 10 hc,ra!
uns;lneulsle they i've they shame not Their slrs';
Nus caught m,Ee pile where Their country expires
Mr. Clay Of May generous aud noble qualities
made proseyes al the South rapG!y-s0ne 0! whom from
frce m nubit ami pride Of opinion still cling their Nnrt
r.n You will titus perceive that there has never
been Southern Wing party proper They are oh Tue mere
imilaurs and cch0cs Ui the Northern wing party incs
nave originated single principle OF Their party 81
given bfih 10 one They import ali ihtir
political aud hence are cternaly uuaLreh" ""OnI
bcan and finding that honesty is not HE best policy
having bulhey determine back 10 The policy OF
40, and rs candidate who was in the language OF
Of efficient leaders, ublscd 10 CHEAT soieoo
dy either North the South who was elected and died;
general relief OF his party wno said his death mad
saved tItc Uninn;-wh now realizing the preuicu0n-
that gods II destroy they lrs make maj
opwg the Abvtionists win r!cir eyes shut mis-.
taking cianAnG their chains ipr tluklng cymbL!s.-
Their doom is sealed unless them Under uher cir
cuuistanrcs MS PHI smile al their iDY and iaatuaIion
bu, they are nuw Sporting upou the brink pecipcc,
erring who, with the reckessness OF blind Sainpr"n are
about The pillars OF the temple OF Liberty ami
bury lis al: in ruin Let US hope however, that ut
length The rnealing vnes Of their a5es, and most trusted
leacers-wllo calling upon them TO stop ana rerace
their siepsmay yet reacn them 10 the honest ana ms,
guided among them 'silarper than serpents tooth
will be that renurse, which will come when Seward and
Abolition triumph through their unconscious agency.
have made this digress1p merely 10 SHOW mat ticrc IS
no Wing party proper al The South; that the Wing party OF
the No despse them utterly insignificant ana worse
than useless-esi,ening them rather as neFcenaFes man
an xiaries-as "Fruse. naE Let me read. as
a specimen Of their sentiments, from the New Bedford
(Mass Mercury most Influential Scott Wing paper Al
ter enGncratng II Southern States virginia al me heau
| it says:
None these States done anything for the
Wing cause except 10 furnish The party Win oiice-h"des
and even The men they elect as Wings, are wholly unreia
BILE Il they should dictate the Democratic party, they
would only be exercising jurisdiction within their manor
but when they lord il over tho wing party, tmcy
'cucroaCh foreign soil, and mere nteropers HE
Wing part, had fav0s from them and never ex
pcct airy; consequently Wing patty will feel al all
alarmed abou, ii,r They universally conceded
Locuoco ;iuts; and il Keep wholly out OF HE
iUnrcHliun, there S BE- damage Thereby 30 Inc party
1T because ;ey belong the Union that they are cnii
l.d National Conven:lon-not because they
are calculated upon the extent OF straw III Tie canvass
we trust therefore that the swnGng maIagc!s WIN be
treated with mcrtc contempt, and that TO number VI inc
Convention will be influenced by their presence or ao-
!err sublime stretches OF 5areiacea I'M
pudeGcc ic should toerut, and tas attempt ci
Southern Locofoao States dictate 10 the Wing party is
| onc al the s";t.'
This s,t because Southern Wings vrniurCd 10
gcst the. 10 The compromises "a platform.
Tu!nlE. ii:Cn The history IF III" WIZ. party W.
shall find thai enlargement; oi the powers OF Tie cic"l
government construction and opposition 10 the extension
Of the limits OF The UniInhavc eve, been It's prevailing
features Here almost upon this spot, certainly within the
sound voice stood sixty years ago, that inspired
the thunas OF whose cloIucncc had SHAKEN the pm
ip u the seas aud chrce his cnunirymcn 10 liberty
Independence Hcnry and with i"prt:c tongue
toreold thai under The guse OF 'wc The people" general
welfare and power enact al laws necessary 10 carry
into elect the granted powers that sweeping clause rs
he styled the enemies of the South would control by nu-
me'ca strength the Congress of the nation md reduce US
bondage than had Just escaped He therefore
urged upon Convention of IS the adoption Of every safe,
I,.yn i,,-fnr lplyr