Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-11-29
lFlom tie charlcsipn Mercury, November III
NEW YORK AND TIE SOUTH.

The Rational Inclgcnccr of Monday discusses with
good deal of soclnniy tho csa!:s OF the New York eec
on and attaches degree of importance which, under
present circumstances, not little surprised at The
pith OF tho negencers deductions Is contained in the fol
lowing extracts:
"The Identification Of the Cabinet with the Ranbuner OF
Free soil party of New York work dsasousiy
party In every Southern Stale soon as The case Is fully
understood there's for it is hardly possible for the South &c
abandon such Dickinson and his party who, in tic
hour of trial. so nobly and fcaressy stood up for The
rights of the South and hazaded everything in the course
they pursued.
'The result of the election however cannot but be graft
flying to the great body Of Southern Democrats as we'll as
Wings; for II be viewed there in other light than n:
the triumph Of the friends OF tile South against their enc
mics"
Now, in the first place. with oil Its seeming fairness oil
terms the In,egcnccr is far from stating tho case fair
IB The administration is not identified with The Barnbun
iers such. II knows them only part OF the Demo.
cratic party who aided in electng the President the plat
orm adopted by the nominating convention, and who in
he struggle repeated in the plancs md most
phac form their adhesion to that PLATFORM What right or
What power has the administration 10 refuse TO acknowledge
ieir support
Again why arc Messrs Dickinson < Co. entitled to the
gratitude of the SOUTH The whole claim rests upon their
airport of the compromise measures-lhat settlement OF
slavery question: which was accepted final by the Bal.
morc Convention in language which constituted the for
raj agreement Of the party in the Presidential election In
sort, was the 'pla FORM itself II MIR. Dickinson had
uy agency In making this agreement the ground OF hamo
in the patty and is therefore be evered for IT, is not
tie equally To be respected for confirming md
seking 10 strengthen and preserve This bond Of union! Ii
ihaue agreement Tie test OF good tlOw
sp and precisely because has done has aou Of
dickinson and his friends The latter have brought for
md another test and have thus dsayowed and dshonoed
ii, one adopted by the whole party. What excuse could
t administration find for orsukng The latter and adopting
| tn former?
nt we do the bad consequences which the Intel
lgnccr is benevolent enough to the administration Of
h loss OF New York ia the loss of State eager and dc!l
toni In The assertion Of it, importance, and unstable in the
maHtenance oil principle The democratic party was fur too
lure for safety 1t threatened TO become mere congregu
| IN Is
3encs by scasonnbc check is nyhing but misfortune
Tn loss OF New York will teach il lesson Of prudence
Ynh and the strict maintenance Of principle Al least II
bOd do The influence Of New York has thus fur been
hrlous Divided as tho democratic party were into fac
on secretly at war; the whole influence OF that State conld
no III DC eXeren 10 secure the advantages o patronage TO
one other oil these factions because this patronage was
Tue rcans OF acquiring performance a home Their sup
port tho administration assumed character OF mere bar
gainlg aHd their politics nothing but questions Of
Ofctholdlns The whole quarrel with the administration
nont the distribution OF Offices and this lkci TO
be hstory Of the New York democracy for the four
years Providence had not pu: IL into the hearts OF The
leader 10 quarrel outright and sont The whole medley OF
them tIle hospital The friends Of The administration
! have cause TO greve tue result.
Buthc lnlegencer 10 supTcae that The actual re-
the election will be Startling 10 h9 country
and wk out serious changes We believe, Tho contra
ry, ,hnihe whole force Of ii expended beforehand
Who cold have looked for different resnt1 If The wings
preserv toerabe union it was Inevitable that they should
sweep &c State. The mere question as 10 which Of The
ldenocrac factions could poll The might be
matter controversy among gambcro gnG CT Curiosity TO
The wor bu. element Of politics il 10 altogether in
igpificat That the hostile iactuns have cuntryed to
hesh eth other soIndy and TO place the wings in power
tho Of the New York election having any
General permanent interest. And this result being as we
aid, tie uuul and indeed necessary one ;here IL
supose il will have any different effect 10 future than
has hadleretu0re. Does the lnellecncer find in the
a Of h latest eectioHn OF The South any support for It's
urmise the dssensions in New York have weakened
SnurEn confidence in The administration IL seems to
sdhst Ldisiana and Mississippi enforce CONCLUSION d.
,cty the The South united in the
lppJrt oiany administration.