Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-07-28

'.,,u, administration of General Pierce, lis an expo
,.ut NJ the Democratic party, Is moreover worthy OF
,bc confidence Of the South in the leading measures
- its coursc thus far. We did no: approve of the re-
naval of Collector Bronson, nor Il" we YET see Tue
propriety or policy of appointing Il "oFef"" "i
Kansas from u free State. But these are III IL I
bv which un administration should pe J""seu' ""
all the grea. questions affecting our lntcres's-'"e en-
rcution of the Fugitive Slave Law the f'le"i" 'e
Missouri Compromise, the veto "i Inc i"'""' anu
Bill, and in his known opposition 10 hi'"r'" "'c"Sur'S
ur plundcr-Prrsiicn: Pierce has proven munster true
Ia the principles ri the party winch gI"c'" "'h m'nc
Presidential chair--a State rights, INSTRUMENTATION
democrat. Southern Wings, il true 4" 'he'r Sec'oh'
cannot join in II purity war against i'ln' D "Nc",u
and comfort To any faction ut the N'r'n' "n'se le""'
inc idea or motive, destitute OF r"l''ical Prlhe'pe' II
hostility to his administration.
.Asu Carolina Journalist. we have II" Inclination
=, 10 considered nartisans in federal politics; but n
.ol,, ,rd ,l;.,.ssi,nute survey Of political matters
~ they now ,rescn, Themselves, forces upon our III"
the conviction that II "src"t Northern party Wv"
sole object is the subjugation Of the So"" Il '.
destruction of their rights, will bc "r@""'Heu' IT"
that its only successful antagonist VIII oc WI I'll
the Democratic party Of the Cnl"n' II 'me patty
clcavins TO its principles, be forced I'M" Il s'cn"''"i
organization, the South will still have lett amongst
its Northern members II large number "l s!hhp"'''-
zers and allies. who will aid hUr nthe day oil 'fial'-
This il our honest conviction
We have room but for u few proofs al the determ:-
nation of the Northern Wing party t" organize upon
mlti-slavory grounds, to cut themselves loose from
their Southern Wing allies, and to wage n fierce war
upou the South.
The y. Y. Tribune, one of the most influential Wing
organs of The North, thus throws defiance i'll the teeth
Of Southern Wings:
an view of the great ISSUES before us, we throw all
party considerations 10 the wind. Our appeal is 10
the people of the north, without distinction "i party
In the great struggle now commencing, 10 resist the
surrender of the Union and government to the slave
holders, we wish to know NJ party names or dlvlsioiis;
W, simply desire 10 ste enlisted under one banner "ii
who are opposed to the Invasion of the free territory
of the North by the Shareholders OF the s@nth; al a'
vino wish TO See liberty aud not slavery the great ill.,
,,r.st in the State. We only nsk who is ready Il"
,cacue together TO dcthrone the new monarch
The ALBANY Evening Journal, Stewards chosen int
dunn, INDUCES in the same fierce strain Us follows:
"Irdcrd, rs between u Wing upon whose course on
this subject hereafter the shade Of n shadow Of doubt
| should rest, and u Democrat; who voted against re-
ucaling the Missouri compromise, we should not hest
| tate a moment which of tLc two to CHOOSE for any
| office. Hence, while we believe that the future clCc-
ton of northern Wings Ia Congress- will DO the cleo
ton of men who will Vote 10 repeal every rcpealablc
| statute enacted 10 confer special privileges upon slave
~, we shall nevertheless rejoice III the election ot any
man of INV purtv who has been true and who shall
continue true 10 freedom. IL is under the banner
which will lead to sucl! Il result that We would have
the electors OF the free States hight
The Boston Atlas, while il hugs 10 It's bosom the
anti Nebraska Wings of the South, cuts of, without
| ceremony, from all fellowship and communion. all the
| Nebraska Wings i'll the South. until they shall cat
their words, rctrace their steps, repeal the Nebraska
bill, ana restore the restrictive clause of the Missouri
Compromise. Its bold revelations should receive the
serious consideration of Southern Wings, as follows:--
"Whatever doubt may exist in the minds of North
crn Wings rs 10 the course which their duty, and the
soundcst policy may demand of them, IN regard Ia
retaining their old party name ana party "rganlza-
ton, there is AZ lcast one point, III regard 10 which
the entire Wing purity of the free States are united,
and in respec, to which doubt or hesitation is imp"s-
>iblC. This is i'll regard Ia further cooperation ana
iuiut political action with the Southern Wing incm-
brrs of Congress, and those Southern PRESSES, who
bv their advocacy of the Nebraska wrong, have uni
ted to botrny their partv, have proved false TO the
promptings of honor and Ia good faith, ana who have
proved that party ties and personal honor are alike
powcrlcss before the demands ofsectiOnal agitation and
q selfish policy. They have, by the course they have
! voluntarily chosen IL pursue, made further p"iit!cai
cooperation with them I'M impusSIblltv. They have
done this deliberately, with the alaplcs, warnings at
| the inevitable consequences. They have, therefore,
now no right tn complain "f Northern Wings, Tor a
| position into which we have been forced by their
| ireacliery und Puuic fnitl. The whole OF the res
possibility for tho G."."?,gi."" 81 INV rests upon
them. They wcrc warned the first moment the Ne
uraska pcrhdv was suggested, that SO iutulcrablc md
lishnn"rablc ii scheme could not, and would not be
suffered. IL was II clear and delnonstrahlc violation
uf the platform which Southern Wings hud them
| ,.I.., ,lirtut.l 10 Ia, nnrtv M RulfIinprs nIu IN
which many Northern Wings had most reluctantly
Yielded. 1t WAS in ~palpab!r violation of national
honor and good faith. 1t WAS Il breach of n most So
,cnn covenant. 1t was the creation of IL wide and
impossible gulf; that of slavery propasundism be-
tween the North and the South. OF all this they
we're warned earnestly, cntrcutin.ly, even. Our
warnings were unhccdcd. Our treaties were disre-
sarded. and even finsulted, until we are left III II po-
sition where manhood, duty and conscience alike
compel us to treat those who have been our friends,
hencrforth M our INSCRIPTIONS political opponents.
"Of course no portion Of these remarks apply Ia
such noble and whole.soulcd Southern Wigs as Hunt
| and Cullom, aud TAYLOR and Bell, and they who with
them resisted, with n manly independence ever 10 he
held in the highest honor, this great and CRYING wrong;
nor yet 10 the Wing journals i'll Kentucky, Alabama,
Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, North Carolina and
Missouri, whose columns joined i'll this upright and
honorable resistance To the preparation of WRONG
Towards them we cherish only the warmcst and kind
liest feelings of gratitude, admiration md confidence
and we earnestly hope that nothing need ever occur
/ " ' llt ltS " III u 1iti s'ioN fiNi' t'''' w
most irving circumstances, has drawn more closely
than ever. But with the entire Wing delegation from
Kentucky and Missouri, and with every Southern
Senator, with but Il single exception, Hon. John Bell,
ofTenncssee, and with such journals as the Richmond
Wing, st. Louis Republican md Baltimore Patriot,
and those who with them have, in full view of the ill.,
evitablc consequences, arruycd themselves with our
enemies, further cooperation has been made impossl-
bile, certainly until the great outrage upon the free
North, which they have contributed to perpctratc, has
been recalled, and until rights soleinnly guaranteed to
the North by the compromise of 1870 have been vim
dictated by the restoration of TINT violated compact.
Until that liz done, this question, which trcacller"us
friends and p]erfidIous foes have united to ioIcc upon
~, must b. the ono great paramount, absorbing
question, md all union ar political fellowship with
those who array themselves against us upon this issue,
simply impossible"
The Northern Wing party are ~rallying n coalition"
Of all the fanatics OF the North fprcrusliing the South.
/. it not time that Southern Wings should meet their
hostile Vaccinations and unite with the Democracy
which Inns still ut the North II large body OF staunch
supporters nf the constitutional rights Of the South.
We rejoice to believe that now, more than ever, the
South il united in feeling and resolution to defend it.
self from aggression. Blu, how much more efficient
would TINT action be-, il Southern Wings should, III.
stead of denunciatlon and hostility, extend tho RICH,
hand of fellowship To Northern Democrats who have
been true and who form an important portion of the
great Democratic party-me par'! o' the Ioh'il'u-
ton aud the Union and the Just rights of all sections
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MIR. HUNTERS LAND BILL.
The Charleston Mrc"ry gives Mr.. Hunters Bill
an emphatic and cordial support. 4 distinguished
member Of the House Of Representatives. from this
State. speaks AZ follows Of the bill, i'll Il letter I" the
editors of the Enquirer:
There ure some provisions in the bill not entirely
acceptable - me bu, still, taken rs II whole, and i'll
lieu OF the Homestead bill, l think it the best DISPOSE
tim, If tina ,nLlir lands rhpf wa r1n ,,pyy prltr, IN