Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-06-03
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE :, 1853.
A GLANCE AT THE FUTURE.

With the setting of the sun on 'e ,uh ma csnsad ~
Presidential election the late nationa' 'i's 80 ~ f.,
exist /, wen, down with the sum- never 10 use agan. -
may come up In some shape, ou' " I a,i ph; ~
u ,h - , tTU the wsp of military glory its first disas-
,rons noT,;co hnnder committed In sun pursuing
,hs dsnsvs olter of warlke chieitains sst rom vico.
-; h,s -, ,he repudialion of all distinctive pIncipcs
~ SG oiicv il was hopelessy crippled but II was only
j.; hs ,s, desnerae resort OF an unholy aihance win
H. Seward and his snavery M ri
bs wi,hout profit and OF defeats without NUMBER IL
Ma s, the discretion Of breasing hnal overthrow With
OUT dshonor But In purchasing The support oil Inc mercc-
res OF abo,louism by the sacrifice OF lis nationality, the
once proud and high-oned whg party went down. DIS
sraccd demoraized and utterly broken TO pieces never
again upon s demolished national PLATFORM 10 'aAc 'nc
field.
How and upon what basis It's scattered fragments can be
organized into homogeneous mass viii within he htec
years ensuing be determined Ii is manifest mat neither
the Webster men, nor Union OF The South nor the
Fillmore of New York. will ever again. upon an prooa.
be OF events stenze with that actvc branch
of the late biy organization which supported Gen Scott
while it spat upon and epudated his Baltimore PLATFORM
The national wings OF the party ant very deeply agseved
Gen Scots defeat are dume~hat disposed 10 reconc
ation but The Seward branch have question Of cachery
vet 10 settle their Union loving belhren and upon this
issue have declared that their late party associannr are dis
and that future contingencies alone must decide the
part which the grea, Northern uglnor and his allies ore 10
play in the next grand game for the Presidency.
The eudng organ Of Seward and company Is already in
ustrousy looking up tine materials for their new PLATFORM
Hostility Southern slavery and 10 The last against
slavery eyeasion boldly pronounced available prncl
pies The Maine liquor law however, bids tnlr 10 DC made
next importance the cornerstone Of The ros,rum
creed for The slavery hating and temperance loving wings
OF The North and Wes' The cinks may be filled up with
land REFORM free arms free rents socialism, womans rights
anna gamaon and such other scraps and bits oi anaca
claptap may catch few Struggling outsders here and
II may aso happen, should the administration .!
Gen Pierce array itself against the Pacific Rail Road upon
Senator Wellers hair splitting abstraction OF its uncons.
uonsi,y that Mr. Seward and his party may seize hold
of that questoa and make it an issue before the people,
in any event. for all the signs OF the lines 1t Is apparent
Of taking the field In 1856 with Northern ticket against
the South and upon such schedule of anslavery, ire
su land reform, temperance, and internal improvements
and with such liberal mixture OF The more anhcai super
.ritious and nunsous isns ot hs day will absorb all
loose POLITICAL ycis sous and nhde elements worm OF
Mason aud Dxons line. AS far the future may DC con-
jectued from present Indications we may anticipate he re-
construction OF the Seward party in 1856 upon some such
comprehensive schedule casting aside entirely all oVeues
and a principles calculated 20 revive again the wing parry
upon naiiona platform Including the North and lhe South
Briefly the design Of Seward his allies appears TO e the
organization for 56 Of imposing oyershadow!ng Nor'h-
party, repudiang all past present or future atnaohs
with any Union party, Wing Democra,ic-such an orga'
nsaon az will Be bes, pied rally the strength of The
North against the weakness of the South In the next @nsu
ing Presidential election.
What then will be the line OF action adopted oy the
Union Whigs The North and the Souihihe silver gTays
the Castle Garden Union Safety Committee, lhe Fillmore
men, the Webster men, and all The compromise men WHO
supported Scot, because OF his Baltimore platform and not
the platform because oi General SCOTS nomination lhey
all adrs yel, like the fragments OF ship destroyed
floating about upon the waves Can they sci up an hoe
petcnt ticket of their own Against The Democratic party
upon broad constitutional Union PLATFORM Il would DC
"oves labor iost The aggregate strength OF The Union
Wings would be summed up in the scattering votes % e
several States.
There may however be an orportuny-lt Is even now
dlny foreshadowedior powerful reorganization OF 'he
Union Wings in 1856 Should this administration la 70 re-
deem the expections OF the Union lhe
appointments of General Pierce and his cabinet and he or
een and domestic policy combine 70 aenate line Cass
branch the hardsltls e. The DemocIac party there may
shells with The Union Wings upon an original, emphatic
Union pu!fom adapted upon general principles 10 the iu
OF the progressive spirit OF the age Nheiher
General Pierce shall shall not be the regular Democratic
nominee for 1856 II is supposed that the influence oil his
administration will be sufficient 10 command the nomination
OF come man It's representative Possibly as such repre-
sentative may happen 10 be unsatisfactory 10 the had-
shells; and in such contingency how easy the fusion OF
the Union Wings and Union hardshe Democrats, upon
some ticket.
With the general soundncss the article satisfied
The doubtless in hs prediction that Seward
and his allies will desperate expedenl attempt 10 Sc,
Up an organization 1885, of exclusively Northern par
" sed upon abolition and other monsrous iSms The
Herald also right when says that the cefeat
of such party will depend upon the course o the present
administration We have every confidence that President
Pierce will fully up 10 the Baltimore platform and TO
the noble doctrines of his Inaugural address, In The seec
of his Cabinet and in his subsequent appointments nc
has manifested conservative spirit looking to the harmony
OF the party constitutional rights of every section and
the safety and peace of the Unon-and for the authority
under which he hao acted, he points to the policy OF
the Convention that nominated him and the feelings
of the who elected him. As the Union says, he IS
assalcd for having performed his duyi and by whom =
By the who declared that he had not the nerve to
perform It, and who now forgetting his past and their
doubts vainy seek to build up new faction from the
remnants Of the combination destroyed in November Op-
position like this mes nothing but contempt from honest
men everywhere. The South knows that its institutions
are safe the hands Of Franklin Pierce and the whole
ton may the abiding confidence that any attempt 10
revive the troubles which have long afflicted that section
Of country will be repced by him promptly and fear
essy. Let the effort proceed from those who hold office
under him. and who have been appointed TO defend The laws
and 10 see them executed and the nation will see the differ
between administration protesting to be national
and yet alo wing its marshas and s disc, attorneys TO
aid ccnnive the proceedings OF the enemies OF the
constitution administration which stands erect upon
the right and pledged sustain every OF that
immortal instrument. Before such record as that ol
Gen. Pcrce-bcore such high resolves his--t!Ic com
plants Of disappointed fall innocuous the ground
The South and the North both peace and they VIII mol
the hazard Of renewal Of the slave controversy when
they feel that national doctrines are sale and sacred IN me
a nds present Executive Those who desire 10
the enterprise will be compelled to proclaim their purposes
of mischief at the start, How many will rally standard
rascd by faction none The is as we have stated H.
National principles maintained and will be maintained 10
the uermost. The Democratic party must be united as
nrs' necessity solid fruits of late umph-Tus
more wholesome and necessary the public veal than ON
a' pa'tonage-"ill ashes 10 hands. Concla-
~" was demanded by the example OF The National Con-
Sehoon' and by the policy of The canvass which main
oea a'u strengthened That example. General Pierce has
caught Inc spirit OF that example, and he has reunited
The of the democracy on the fast and enduring
foundations OF fundamental constitutional principles
That this administration redeem Tho ,pectatons of
the national Democracy that brought II into power we cun
for moment doubt TO its support will rsIIv doubt
ess the large body of the national Wh,as every whcro
those who prefer the country pary-and BY This
the great national Democratic purity always tn. 1rue pop
of the Union and the safe guide Of the na,cr n her orepn
and domestic policy will be increased strengthened for
future usefulness To put down Seward and his nna,ica
CO. workers. the Democratic party will be necessary and it
,oiH be sufficient There will be no need for to such
empty devices as "Union party made up Of the hecruge
hAN.