Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-01-07


in The recent election the nation has ssnc! ii. just
iinae Of General Scots real charactean appreciation In
whirh irrespective c politics his vanity and scishncss
have ol2 been iid by lie grra maJoty Of HIS bot'r! Vi
! t;cars.
And roy having said Ibis much demanded By tic truth
and Justice OF the ease desire u saw ia though am an
humble member 0i the Democratic party, and gl":y ii The
boast though had rather be dUorkccre in ;he house o
Democracy than dwell In The tents Of Whggsry; get
would be thought exhibit tina. blind zeal which, "nnd
make the siaye CT one party or the :cier al Tie other
The only difference w.c. Iccn4ui2: between "h& arG
democrat is llO1usi difference opinion 10 the true
line Of governmental policy between citizens of
country, with interest, with equal patriotism ard
equal intelligence.
With feelings ten il with pleasure that say that
the Wing party ul the South not altogether Responsible
for Tie epruacl Gen Scots aud the
which U.-d To stu!y The nation by his election.
large numC and the very flower of the WING party South
either actively opposed rauscd 10 support his clcc"n
while ;rc residue after opposing the noTnlnn yielded
him cold and reluctant support from the pressure nt
supposed necessity lie The nominee Of the WING
party national party Their nationality was destroyed
by the act ui his nomination, which was altogether the wok
sectional faGtc;S; and ol the greatest causes nf
the universal qualification which is felt his defeat is the
whitening rcbukr thereby administered 10 that Ise:dnic
crew Of higher law Constitution breaking, bnsPenin@ by
nocres whose ins ruIent he break down the bon
est and conservative portion ot the W'g party and {" ride
them into the power and cmo!nntnis I" ne Government
When the great good Washington was about 10 retire
finally from service OF his country which ne had 5" long
so faithfully and ably Illustrated he addressed his country
men in language of parting advice which coHnAhs se
m ne Win all the suasvc force OF wisdom ard goodness
COMBINED His lcadin. admonloh "as o me "aeer 10 Tue
De.ce and pcrpcluity of The Union from sp! OF sectional
;s, He warned us against the formation and division ui
nnrtiss hy seciOs and al that ca'!y day
ne institution of slavery had been cicncat of political
embarrassment both IN 'hc lofial"h anu ""S'fau'" oi
the Gov .rnmcnt.
Now | shall proceed 10 show that the Democratic victo
~ which we here Celebrate has alone saved ~ !:om This
urea; DANGER pointed out by The warning prediction OF
Washington az The evil which Inc country had To
fcar and that the recent history OF thc VIM" Phy {" me
North (whec let il be remembered The great mass OF Inc
forced The startling realty III ii
r.; do his we need look no further back than The his,o
~ of ,b. series of knn"n rs the COMPROMISE,
which adjusted the peace Of the country 10 the late most
fearful agation which shook the Union 10 liz c'"tre, gov
Ing of the application OF The slavery question to Oh"
newly acquired territory and To tie rendition .: our Iive
slaves.
In that d3Tk hnr Of tria! and gloom, Witnessed The
proud SPECTACLE the patriots of The land forgetting
the pay consideration party affinity and party
md rnins hands in the great wok Of the preservation Of
the Union and The salvation ri the country Bath stands
The Record! When the Fugitive Slave !, without whose
passage lie Uniun could not have endured was put 10 the
of the Senate, not single Wig Senator from thc
North voted for il; and the House Of Representatives
only three rhs ont Of IS from tic North il their votes
Thus have the remarkable fact, that out Of the Whole
representation OF the wing party from tn North! rhsre
mainly The lrhg strength resides only three ccu be found
for required by The Constitution and vi
| tai 10 the very existence Of the Union
But there is further view of the When D,nicl
Webster made his great In March speech il favor If the
Compromise and when Mr.. Fillmore gave his Of
fetal signature the Fugitive Slave BILL making it thefr5y
u
nearly the whole wing party Of the North, ipuden:y
denounced their politics" DOOM and seizing upon Gen.
SCOTS military fame, and no"IIousIy in"TdlEa'e De-
sire for the Presidency, welded him as the lrHng IN.
strument Of their destruction How faithfully they pnr.
sued and how fully they ccnsusmatcd their purpose
in the final nomiaaton Of Gen Scott and the virtual
reputation u Mr. Fillmore and his Administration IS new
and familiar history In len days after he passage al ne
Compromise the wing party oi New York, held State
convention in which, resolution affirming the na'ty and
integrity OF The compromise measures ras 'oeh Gown "
general acclaim, and VIM H. Seward highly comrIlrne"cL
tor the ability ard patriotism with witch hc had IMPOSED
them in The Senate short time after this the Wings oil
Ohio held State cunvcntiun in which they expressly reSnT.
ed repuia the Compromise oi Wing policy,
and denied It's validity adJusImtn' nominated tor
Governor Mr. Vnton, who had distinguishes! himself in
The previous Congress hr his opposition o the G. r2Toms"
MEASURES; noGnad General Scott for te Presidency
Next and after this The wings u PrEnsy Yana III tut
convention assemblies, voted down motion approving the
compromise measures; nominated Tor reelection Gov John
srDn who had in his pocket al TIA; time vel" on The exc
Cation Of the Fugitive slave law i'll Pcrnsy vanii, an: who
Inc WHOM Tie Rev. Mr. GOtsuch wrotc that let
ter for connving the murder of his Father Ey abol
ton mob and 4pped The climax BY nominating Gen, Sco
for the Presidency Mere Is tbs before the election
Gen. Scou al the head OF oil the higher law
Journals Of the North and ex Scot, and rpeaI
Noscitur a S0ciiS.
We have thus reviewed the action Of the Wing pry
the Slavery question: in Congress, and in the ttr" ,at
leading states the North. let follow ihe.n thir Bal.
lmorc Convention, md Sc the complexion and tie accn
81 that body. There, the first Thing that strikes on obsrr
Walton is the fact u several persons 'kpm Dir Fillmore
had dismissed from ollc for open hostility I" The Acion
Of the Fugitive slave law appearing Scott Drle.acs 10
that convention and boas!iss Of :r power, as nch 10
punish Mr.. Fillmore When they proceeded 10 acttI Gca
Scott received first ballot, 81 votes, and erry
IN! enc from The North For several days they cou effect
40 nominal the North as Section supporting
Sco and the South standing by al!. Fillmore Finy, on
53i ballot, alter mourning the Imminent sK ni b ah!ng
in and going home the laughing stock Of th conn
try they effected Gen. SCOTS numratrn by the aid only
II (l6) Southern roteS TEus il app,nrs Gen Scott
was altogether sectional candidate 1t was not mere
uueson Of first AMI coni choice between him anil Mr.
Fimore Of bitter and broad ant,gonism invSn@
principle vital 10 the integrity OF The Union lie VS. thr
first the last and The successful choice Of an opposition NJ!
ycd against Mr. Fillmore and Mr.. Webster, avowri: be-
hcy, in The administrative OF The Government hac
stood b. The Constuon- guarantees Of Southern R-ht<
But il may be said tina, the election i VIII all
this retrospect? have especially rccountcd Il ALL lat
we might see how. in the danger and disgrace ascr
ted from the country by the defeat OF these demagoaucs w.
have than ordinary reason TO roice and 5e greece n
glndi
But there consideration Involved in The result Of
the election which should rcoc" the heart OF every tue
lover Of his country. Mankind have in all ages and in al
cDun,rcs cvinccd blind and needless enthusiasm Tor
military renown; and all History teaches that il is he pFn
cipu of the downfall Of Nations and the high road 20
cspotsm. 1t danger which pnpallr forms o Gu:
crnlr peculiarly abic and desperate hut ambitious
fortunes U the Wig party had determined make
and happy country but another Illustration u the tli
precedent Four years as" they had succeeded !" powt-
and deg ac the nation, ny Tie election OF successful sui
dier ignorance and nc0mpetency brought
the country 10 the very verge OF destruction into which
nothing saved from being prcpalcd but The special inter
position Of Providence And again, conscious lha! the
could not succeed upon their professions ana practices as
party, and in way admonisned by their former experience
they avact' themselves ui the gunruwdcr ec!at
another successful soldier wholly devoid Of civil experience
and capacity and, in every way greatly obJeconanl
Than the first. Fortunately the People, al large were nntt
rgardul Of Than the managers oil the Wing
paty and the very and appliances which had gained
them in the first instance, brought down u.on
hcm in The sccond The honest indignation % IN outraged
country.
In 1928 when the general voice Of adniring country
about call Andrew Jackson IL administer the
menr, The Wing party everywhere echoed cry holy horror
against The danger and evil example Of military candidacy
ypi hon Ia
alike their AMI iner measures, crrt
another professional soldier for the highest civil
station EARTH who had hours civil experience
and who the very tim" that the people urged 10
vote for him, The head Of tic army, with his sword
upon his thigh dra wing mileage and per diem oil the
public Treasury compensate him for STA weeks pol
cal crusade, and any number Of absurd clernnarrinc
snceuhr. The case Of Gen Jackson precedent trr
those Cen Taylo and Scott and even If il in point
fact il wnud still BIZ auhori! for the Wits bccane
they every where denounced and preached EIt
hat are the .acls General Jackson n soldier ~
procssin; like gallant Frank Pierce he volunteer
and when that he resigned his
sion He in The service only few years; and when he