Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-02-20
THE DEMOCRACY OF THE NORTH
HOPE OF THE SOUTH.


The apolosists of Known o;hingism in the South
alleee, ia palliation of the abolltionism OF 'heir
Northern confederates, that all purtice III the North
are equr'ly corrupted by the antirslavory tanat'c''nl'
In another column we give n noble refut"tion oil 'lis
argument from the Democracy Of Connecticut when
we commend to the impartial judgment OF the people
Of the South.
The results OF the political revolution i'll Connccti-
cut in 1854, which overthrow the nscehiancy oil thc
Democia cy and substituted the reign OF d fusion par
~ Of rabid abolitionists, arc not forgotten by the
country. Tho election Of Gillette 10 the Senate oi
the L uivcd States, and the enactment If a law to pre-
ven, the r~ecapture OF fugitive slaves, are monuments
nj the reirning dynasty, whirh will pcrpctuate The
memory Of their misrulc.
Tie Democracy Of Connecticut are resolve" l"
recover their ascendsimy, and III Il recent N"h'e"-
ton at New Haven, they Nominated Candidates i''
the principal Offices Of the State. and pr"inu'e"'e" /"
platform of their rrinciplc1. The convention ""s
numerous beyond precedent, and WAS characterized
by remarkable zeal and perfect unanIinily "i seh"'
Mcnt.
1t is u comsoIatory aiAura."r ht Tins particular juno
1urs, when the public sentiment 0i The Nor'h Seems
q, be 80 ihorou! hhy infected with tie anlI-siafcry III
.,aticis,n. and the approach I'll Il sectional struggles
IJrosl,ndowed by events at such nLiruin. portrht 10
the South, that the Democracy OF Connecticut IRE
not shaken by the storm, nor driven iroin their str"n.
attachment to tho Constitution and the Cniun.-
They still stand firm, lcpulScd but not sub'iuud,
and ,es,lyai 10 retrieve tho honor OF their State
from the ignoniny .! tnnsiical misrn!c. They cen
c.de nothing to the mad spirit Of the times, hnt ontite
contrary assume higher .rouinl, and speak in a more
resolu:e tone OF defiance Of tue '"wardly sibservicii-
cy and rampant aboIitiouism nj the Nor;h. lie res"-
lutious of thc Connecticut Democracy, hy the "n-
H;nching courage and o~utSpokcn PATRIOTISM Viii
which they meet the i,sIes Of the .lny, present II sIE-
nifrant contrast 10 the Ambiguous silence ard tuck
Jim, conduct of Know Nottingham. They teach iic
South GU what party TO rely inr the detouce at he
rights. They show that while knuw-NolhlnSiSin
pretending to be a patriotic party, Is in fact an ehi'
Gent ally of Abo!iti0nism, the Democracy oil The
North are bathing msniui!y Tor the guarantees "i The
Constitution, and ";he rights O!cvcry Section WIZ
not the people of Eirsinis sustain U purity which 50 no
bly, illustrates its bdeity To the interests otthe South
Or, will they repud'a!c the support Of the North
ern Democracy for the !renchcrnus alliance and per-
tdious friendship nj no%-&o,hiug;sm In Wow Of
the patriotic stand OF the C~oanuticut Democracy,
sill any Dcu,ocra. ~inpeucb hts purity Of corruption
and imbccility, and ,rnusier biz Allegiance to an or.
ganization which displays its energy only in pros,ra-
ting tue friends af the South The Democracy O,
CunucctirRt gave urU!c pr""i al the understandable vi
tslity vi tho Democratic party, and al ills in,"rrup,ibl,
fidelity to the Constitution amd the rights Of TIT
South