Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-10-28

RICHMOND ENQUlkEh.
pUpLISHED DAILY AND SEMI. WE
BY RiTCHIES & PIX ON.
FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 2s, 1863.
o.e hsn folly to deny that The present ls most
,,, ,eod IN The history Of the Democratic party, IN
dd he NOT the decisive moment the very turning point
If s fortunes True have been crises In which inc
and pluck of the Whg party were far more ormoa
h,acses Of disastrous defeat almost OF retrievabe over
brow Of the Democracy. Bot the perils when o''ia
the present moment, OF more terrible por'en' '
that ever yet rnenaced the Democracy with ieal'u'
ter Confident In The strength of their cause '''' go
crao party have never been appalled, by '' A ..,v
of the foe nor depressed 10 The eioomies aoui ,,n,
defeat The pressure of a violent, and TOT ' 0
-. o..o,;o. 49,. ho horoe them the earth, but inc
.,,on er,ev .oms when with recoected courage anu
a,emsn,ed a,ronp,h they recovered their posture ~
md de6an, snnremocy More terrible than Tie "sn' y
determined and yindictiye foe are ihe DARK acSsn' ~
dan ooars,ions of treachery-more iaa' hau w WV
of external Violence s the nsdious poison winch "''''
xhe streppth and destroys the life OF The UNCONSCIOUS
Tho Democratic party has withstood inc h'tco'' o
Of tina Wings and has recovered from the last extremity u
af, I'm, can II survive the secret ssbs OF It's own aI
less frIends2 Can II maintain is ascendancy ~nie "
strength is wasting away under the eot'up""s "'u0"''
disaffoctiou and desertion7
We all remember with prompt and earnest coraiay'
the nomination OF franklin Pierce greeted by rva can
ddates The telegraph bore TO the assembled democracy w
warm of Glass; Douglass and Other aspfans
10 the nomination. The example OF tho ches was
by their friends and the Democratic party iouRh' through
the campaign the disgracs OF deser'ion from e
ranks and apparently without any disafocon 10 the'
ddstes Blu, this show of unanmity aud enthusiasm was
no, altogether reliable There who had attached
nf
who anticipated splendid reward for their services IN Tue
event of the success Of their favoe TO these the no
nation of franklin Pierce was bitter disappointment ou
even In defeat they discovered OF hope Inc nominee
wa, new man. unlrammeled by pledges TO personal Pain
HOS and possible that the adherens OF tue
c,ndidates might still realize their golden Visions Hence
we heard 40 murmur OF disappointment. Apparently u
was the sole Impulse Of every man 10 discharge ms
duty 70 the party and TO manifcst the utmost Zeoi
In support of tho candidate There was no Interrupt
zion 70 ,hI, full tide Of generous feeling aud no dscos-
dan. note 10 this harmonious strain, no diminunon 0!
extrayapant admiration for franklin Pierce until inc iuno
of Executive patronage wenigh exhausted iheh iof
thu frat time might heard not loud out deep
Presently as the number OF disappointed ~
creased tho tide ofndgnation began to SWELL ana ho
of discomfort grew louder and louder as the ranks OIL dsa
lection were recruited by rejected PATRIOTS until no" tue
whole land Is vexed and The heavens are filled win Inc
three months after the inauguration the Democratic party
was model of decor of harmony and OF contentmen-
All vss delight and enthusiasm Frank Pierce was the man
of the tme-hs cabinet collect Of The wisdom OF inc
country, his policy the very perfection OF satesmanshp-
Even the Wings did not dare 10 utter one mumuf OF OILS
content Frank Pierce Is still President his cabinet the
same his policy the same but all else how changed but
Il was no fault his. He had but fifty thousand ofces 10
dispense which 10 Of things could go but short
So nAra fhana nd nm IL
cants For every appointment there were Two dlsappoin
ueutsfor every friend he made two enemies Ihns thihgs
worked until suddenly OF universal Satisfaction was
succeeded By state of violent discomfort and an Admins
rston without any fault Of Ito own encountered the oppo
sou those who but yesterday were oudes 10 lis praise
We do not mean to intimate that every unsuccessful app
cant place under the administration has deserted 70 Inc
opposition On the contrary among the wsrmest support
srs of the President may be found men whose worth ne did
Aot appreciate distribution OF appointments bnt we
DO assert the painest and we can demonstrate 10
.be sstisac,on of tho country lha, The active the
most yndciye and the unscrupulous instruments OF
opposition are the refuse of the camorous herd which hung
around the Presidential mansion from the fourth OF March
until the fat places were "all gone"
We turn from this sckenng spectacle OF sodd motive, OF
bass treachery and malice contemplate The altitude
Of the mass of the Dsmocracyo men who care nothing
for the spolswhose principles not marketable COM
Eaodlty-who act only from nonoraOe iinpuiSeS-Waoso
supper, neither DO bought by vos nor be forfeited by
neglect Who're do find such men at the present mo-
mont of peril the Democratic party1 Not, surely. 10
of the opposon yet In tho doubtful position
of 40 independent neutrality. They arc not hostile 10 The
Administration they indifferent TO its success they
ars neither open enemies treacherous friends. II s
enough for them that with the fate of the Admins
ation of President Pierce Involved The fate oil the Demo
cratic party aud that the overthrow the one the run OF
the other They party obligations as they are faith
full party principles and they deem no less criminal to
disregard the former than beay tho latter. To these
men-and Of such 10 tho groat mass OF the peope-a Demo
cratic Administration will appeal san. From these
men Whg papers will get neither aid comfort 10 hsir
war On The champions The principles Of the Democratic
party.
The following article from the Norfolk argus makes
veation quite apropos TO the present time;
A CASE IN POINT.
The opposition press making wonderful claG,or al
the letter OF Mr. Guthrie TO Collector Bronson aud
Secretary Ia denounced with tho utmost vehemence and
bitterness and the whole vocabulary of harsh epes IL
poured hs devoted head The Herald denounces The
act .infamous" Now. il IL within the knowledge OF this
print the immaculate Thomas Corwin Secretary of the
Iani Eimors wrnie lS5l letter