Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-10-28
Stand by The idmI plstraliou !

That party which in order TO keep its power and
influence in the South has forever cried ''wolf WOLF
and maintained its assumed position Of shepherd Of
the Southern hock-whlc it has never ceased, in
order to carry the Southern people along with it.
invcgh TO with ccaScleSS energy against the Free
Soilprs-and which has invariably cndcavored to
identify the Wing party with that obnoxious sect, now
that the wolf has come indeed, come from quarter
and at an hour whence and where it assured the
South hc would never comc-iS about Gf the advice
which stands the head of this article is to be fol-
lowed to abandon the lambs to the wolf to be dc
voulcI not only, but absolutely open the Shecpiod
that hc may the readily enter.
Having for years made political capital at the South
by protesting to Ice the peculiar guardian of Southern
rights. ia order to maintain the ascendancy of
the party it * solemnly proposed TO keep that
asccndaacy-to keep the offices and spoilS 10y
direct utilization and determination with the rankeSt
Free Solers known belong to that pestierouS par
". II is proposed grayey "yHam hLyo c0m'RHtfro
at desornHd"m.
What worse could have happened under any Adj
rninistration Free Soil onc-than that te
patronage and power of the Administration should
DC welded for the benefit Of those who have been
pruic,Scdly looked upon common enemy. Men
whose tme talents and money devoted TO creating
and organizing powerful party to check the growth
and expansion OF Southern institutions, to curai the
power and influence Of the Southern States. Men
whose avowcl object is the agitation Of subject tie
most exciting to the Southern people, and the most
Injurious to their interests Ii Gen. Pierce had been
elected the most avowcd Free Soilor, he could have
done no worse for the South than he has done nay.
it would have been better, for then She would lot
have bcenwoundednt the house rprofessed friends.
knowing that Free Soil Administration would be
the ayoyed and open enemy of our peace and our
prosperity might have guarded oui selves against
it. Blu, it is not an acknowledged enemy that has done
this thing. The blow comes from hand that should
have protected us-whose protection and safeguard
we were assured we should have. The injury is
therefore, the more irrcparable because it sicnces
the friends Of the South at the North. How shall we
answer to Northern men OF all parties when they say
to us eve respect your rights, We have maintained
them we have battlcd FOR them have refused even
70 recognise the Free Sellers will not countenqncc
them, We refuse then any influence in the Govern
ment we deny them place. power and profit. Gen.
Pierce has given them all these Ii this policy be
continued we are undone, and you the sufferers E.
The Richmond Enquirer which has cantcd more ON
the subject of Free Soil and ScwardsIn than any
other ten papers in the Unon answers back, never
mind all that we must stand by the Administration,
and We make on all Democrats who do not-the
allegiance of the Southern Democracy is due to Gen.
Pierce and he and shall have it," Such is the
substance OF its language. What say the Southern
Democracy to this
This is the language of the leading Democratic
journal OF Virginia. This is its language to body of
men whom for years past 1t has habitually praised,
and petted, and quoted-whom it has dignfed with
the title Of Natural Allies OF the South Certain
it is that Burke OF New Hampshire, of Cen
Pierces earliest friends and who according TO his
own showing helped Gen. Pierce to play his cards so
a TO secure his uominatiOD-certan it is that tie
Hards Of New York, anil especially the New York
Herald which did much - eject Pierce as any
other paper say i. is certain that all these former
'llies" Of the Enquirer abandon it upon the ground
it holds, and look upon the position of General
Pierce with better favor than if be was an ayowcd
Free Soier.
The New York Herald thinks Gen. Scott was bad
ly sw.ndicl, we know he was and that it is due
TO a returning sense Of justice that the people should
elect him President at the next election.
Here, now, Is the extraordinary phenomena prcs,u-
lie that Northern men are contcnding for Southern
rights which they think the Administration has sac
rifcel, and here stands the Enquirer denouncing
these men, abandoning Southern ground and crying
out "stand by the Administration"
We say now that if the Administration is supported
by the Southern Democracy, the South is sod--bar-
tered oil for mess Of pouagc -swapped off by par
Gel Of men, whose vision is bounded by the circle
which includes place, power and profit Bargainei
Thy men who indicted into power by charg-
ing this purpose upon the Hero of hundred battles
bone Of her bone flesh Of her flesh men vino (as the
truth comes OUT conspircd and Inauu'uvercd t-cc
BurSes expose with Gen. Pierce to secure the chief
magis;racy 90 him.
We say te South has been sold We shall have
to say this subject aud We take the occasion
10 say that mputations that are laboring for
party effect will have influence to suppress our
free thoughts.
There are persons who never forget party
Stand by the party is the Of their political labor
We claim to be able to forget party in question
Of this magnitude.