Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-01

achievements, will be adverted to in after times as
one OF the most brilliant epochs in the Old Domnions
history. There are those of her sons who delight IN
recouutnz her "pany days." but never was her spot
less brow eucirced with unfadiDg laurels than
those 90 joyously won on the 9th. Every genuine
Deuocrst-from our s:andard.5earer to the humblcst
yeoman-nobly performed his duty, his whole duty.
Opa COUNTRY AND OUR CAUSE INPERATIvELY RE-
ecIRIp TUE STRUGGLE AND THE VICTORY!
And now what do we beholdl An enemy which,
In its imagined might, contemplated the subversion
of the most sacred of the principles under which we
were born and reared up to manhood, discounted aud
poweress!-a enemy which cau rise no more under
its hated and hateful appellation! Frgnian ntmos-
phere 10 too pure for the successful exploitation OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, or any Of its kindred demorali-
sing political isnss. "Apostate Massachusetts, as
ba, boon seem is entirely congenal to the growth aud
prosperity of disorgauzing ani denatonaizins new
tangled doctrines. There the "secret order has to-
ken root and will grow and flourish until more rank
and noxous weed. if such an engenderment is possible
,hau sup2lant It. The uisss and the Wilson's and
the Summers and the Gardeners. whom she has nour-
;sbed and warmed into sinful official being, furnish
conclusive evidence Of her prolific power for mischief
Far better had it been for those WbGs as far as
their political fame is concerned, who wore an honor
and an to their party If they hud indignant
" declined to coalesce with that terrible outlaw,
rowdy SAM" He was not fit associate for them
In searching for IN his neuc they have found
nothing but thistles. Where they have gained
ve.pusian Ellis, they have lost Thomas S. Gaolson
Where they have won battle, they sustained de-
feot 1t is not business however, to point out to
them their mistakes. AS Wings, We respected them
ss bold oppoileni. devoted to iuhexible purposes
But manage Us they may, whether they unite with a
faction which Is srrayed cap-ap'e against the genius
Of our institutions receive additional strength
hom occasional deserving indictments from our ranks
they can succeed in obtaining the ascendancy
IN virginia AS Rsderalists, National Republicans
Wings ond Know-Nothpgs, they have laoored nces-
sanity aud resolutely for 6fty-slx years without
achieving solitary victory Nor is there anything
IN the vote OF last week afford them the slightest
ray Of future hope. The adage that perseverance,
ovsreomes everything bat tbs vares," is not verified in
their Instance. To that adage they might well add
"asG tie Viyginid Democracy" The notion OF resur-
rectng "Sam' Is absurdity in which no rational
thinker among his lutte followers for moment, in
dulge. From the first he was without vitality.
a quuty quite requisite for prolonged existence
BE was sort of embryo experiment to test the
credulitv of the marvellous; oautern attraction
10 becuile the thoughtsss into sloughs and quick
ssnds. We have seen the last Of him except his de-
fornties-heard tho last Of him except his enormties.
The Wings we may meet again as we have met them
besors-perhapsat Phlippi on the 18th of November,
1856 Then as on Thursday week, the Democracy will
know how to take care of Virginias honor In such
G cause there is not q member of it who would not
stand by the eide of q Leonidas in the pass
We have an abiding and confident belief that the
example Of sef-sacriGcng devotion to principle
which virynuns have furnished, will not be lost sight
of by their political brethren Of the Southern States,
who are to bcstow their surages during tho summer
and autumn of this year. We have cheering nelll-
eence FROM North Carolina. In several districts Wing
gerry scornfully declines q recognition of "Sam,"
while in others Democracy despses md defes him.
In Georgia, Stephens, the eloquent Wing, has de-
nouncsd him as tho veriest of inpostors and aided
by Cobb and other Democrats, has driven him be-
You'd the confines of the State. Johnson is almost
good Us elected i'll Tennessee. Alabama will take
fresh courage from our signal victory. Kentucky il
putting forth all her ensrgios, and the indications have
no: been encouraging since her departure from tue
Jefersoniau creed in 1882, that the daughter will
again stand by tho side Of the mother. In Missssip
p Louisiana and Maryland the canvass has not yet
fairly commenced, but friends in euch ure active
ly preparing for the contest
A distinguished statesman remarked, when rend-
Ing tho proceedings Of the Hartford Convention, that
tbs ,ne would como when Constitutional Liberty ut
tbs North would have 10 be lighted anew at the altar
OF the institution. OF tho South. That period if it
has not arrived is evidently hastening. State af-
tcr State, embracing even the old Keystone" be-
You'd Mason d Dixou's line, seems, in one way
or smother, 10 have become bewildered by unsub
sian;!ul but fascinating dogma until it has totally
dsresarded some OF the most important provisions of
the national compact. 10 those provisions TO every
provision il that instrument, Virginia has seadnsty
adhered and intends hereafter to adhere With .h.
nd other southern sisters, upon which sue know,
she will not reckon in vain, she is determined 70 r,L
no more sacrifices to the North. The Comprom,es
OF 1887 must be vigorously observed in letter aud in
sprit. As administered, the South has been the VIC
tim, not tho beneficiary, of the Constitution. The
eo-caled Missouri Compromise was palpable viu-
la,ion Of its rights. 1t was III direct opposition the
sentiments of concession and forbearauce which AMI
mated the Convention, ns stated by Washington iu
his letter TO that body recommending the adoption Of
that Constitution. Moreover the territory excluded
from slavery into the Onion "a slave Territory
just es Texas territory came in as slave territory.
The entire tree soil movement, beginning with tho
Missouri Compromise, has been disSraceful trans
erosion upon the rights Of the South, and must be
resisted 10 its operation.
We again sclemnly appeal to every slave State to
be true to itself in its approaching election-o leave
DO portion at It's duty undone-and to be prepared for
the worst questions that arise for the South We
arc fer the UnioD-for the Union, now and forever
but not at the price Of bondage and dishonor. If
such ON Cuion ss ancestors gave u.s. to be per-
ve.ed 30 as TO accord with the selfish designs and in
tolerant Vaccinations Of free-solers, then it is not
worth preserving and this fact for the good Of all
sopcUred Cannot be too soon too generally known
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