Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-17
From the Nov Orleans ,;9:r ns' ~ KING UP
wISl;'S SpEECH-TlE S0uih iN

lE.nu, the Now Orleans i'' ~ y,rc Up
wIs,.,S SpLECH-TlIE SOuiii iNNi''
Nioi- y % HER POSITION.
a.. mornings Delta & full and nu'
we ,nr. ni the speech delivered L! uo'e! n I
,bc !0;h Of September III 't'e c"l,n " ,"'
w., -, Virginia. 1t is unnecessary l" oa '!o ~ ~. -,
n.t attention Of our READERS 10 HIS tn,
,n If the most gifted orators and statesmen ",'ou
u Sop,h can Claim MS her own. Every "oIu mi.l.''
Ills from the passionate lips OF the great 'hs'n'a
which ARE glowing with the hery inspi!h,'o' "
T-aiah is treasured ne a revelation "i he'"'sh n
truth Inv the ueople who regard him as preues'ineu
ia"d,r n ditlcul, and dangerous pilgrimage. AS
wa study his warnings his RECOMMENDATIONS, HIS i'''P
ci.s we invuumtary exclaim: "Be"are "heii w. w.
l.,. os~r Thinker on the Earth: hide ms '"ouS'
Hide the Sun and Moon ., ,b,, wa
~. il IL not III a mere intellectual triumph UNI.
,o-s,i ,his wonderful speech of the Virginia I'oY'
rnnr's though is instinct with the power vi reH 10
n;us aud every line of il "ngles with me ua!' ,t
fame" but as political programme LOT i'o
~. Wise as it is bold rs profound as II 10 CUT
u.r,. oucs more after generation oi "e1Peuien.'
IS hnr,er and sale of compromise and concession VI
availability and office seeking; after me s"u' Re
nsrcn.lv missed out of this nation and leit MI. ~
rurpss behind to be plundered by the brgHnas, I'D
suh.ist on the booty of DEATH after our poi,t'.o
Lo,,n. 40 DEGRADED and debased and vuiGariLeu
thai man could no touch them WIN :,,,'nt No.
of his garment than he could touch pltci VIZ i; ves
ing dpfled after politicians haa 'u' u and
away from the stars and commenced " * ,,;n,1
liz,
into which the national "spoils were p 60 ,h,
h.ayed; here once again, We say Il 'nlee i,,nry If
Empyrean is heard, telling Us .. VIC ,rs .hsm.
honor and manhood and truth, sh"""s tbnurbts
fuluess and tleness OF our a,'' "' nj our
,nn,b;ny with a Ithurie spear the sq""I"i y.
cnnI;t;nn nui urging us upward 10 inc ',i"I !,
level of 1.-The fierce freedom I" "u 80 .rd uob.r
il we'll That voice il the htra'u VI oe -, ,,r.s.n,
DAYS 1t may be crying III the "iu "a ,hst il il
hmt everv pulse of our hearts must warn "' ".
o;,ht hp
cn,nmnn VOICE il would awake no echo III tiio
L,, !, !. M common voice; Involuntary VIZ 'oooh
nizs il M the voice Of Destiny Ana .'u
nf aid Virginia has fallen 10 take ro"' ""u 80 en- a
.tI' harve.ts of intellect ard honor "ncie'eI 'i,e
golden mar ,Sa south KS retained niche III our
-, ,n.I tcn,ple and has not been pueHeu H"h us 20
istsl bv the clumsy gi!deu Siatue w H., a.
,.L.ro aver fanaticsm IL regarded ho' ne ie y. 80
La.,,,;Id d-lirun OF reasun anu inc sanc'Ly vi e
- INC e Guarded by love Gas strong IN ueath
, ;bo ynre will strike a responsive cloiu ~ '.e
's.. ~ ,, auditor, and awake likelihood OF the SCUM
-, ,h. warm flush and force ut Its earlier anu Pu'e'
life, ~ :, ,,+ % ;ndnIpe in
,ut Of Gny Wise; he needs no praise from US:
ia ,s already won his spurs III the 'ou' liA'e ILL.,
;n,iIc, nnd no one dares to deny the Iores vi HIS
unsullied kniGhh"od'
ale i. crowned ma his due,
v.i., bo fear of III false and the love o the rnr
and what public man i'll this or any oner nation wv
.nirn n
,y IN deul with his words and not With hiiilTri
with the outcome OF his intellect "hG ho' WI" ''"'
intellect per Sc. .u
l,t He would wish 10 see the Union Ut 'he An.eil-
,an Saes p.rpe;uatcd if the South could remain III
n. Union without losing her bon"r; but before disnnn-
,r. bs would accept "blood, disunlon deuTlI: Inc
Union in lis opinion, can only Dc preser'eu' III III.
present mun+ntous crisis, 10y the naughty aSsrrth VI
h, lrue position and the righteous claims OF lhe
South.
Cd lie is in favor OF the election OF MT. buchan"H
q the cs.drucy, because under ms administration
here could possibly be 10 Executive ntericIrhcr
With the institutions of the Soulh, ana peace o "ur
.,ars Longer would be secured His election would.
/ all events give respite, 10 use hI- own words
md even that is desirable, for the hope oil better
lines which it holds out
3d. But if Fremont should be elected-and That
of tho canvas appears 10 MN oy no
,eaus improbabe-he holds that dissolution lslnevia
lie; because the South could never consent to BE-
orerned by Il Black Republican President, bound
nnd and foot and ANONYMOUSLY exhibited, like the
lind giant Of old.lime as spectacle ut the easts ol
Ger enemies
re we TO do! That is the pregnant. all important
ues,;on and he reserves his rrpy-pledgng himself
My 10 do anything everything In when The SCUM
;ill back him Tor the maintenance oi Southern power
ltact. Without our help he is n"th'ngi wan H. he'
prepared for any fate. And IL he thus explained ms
oson the enthusiastic shouts With shook the hail,
zeal after peal of patriotic thunder, proved That he Is
ot wrong in relying Oh the courage ard honor OF the
oulh. There is no danger OF his being deserted III
he hour Of need. The great Southern heart IL WIN
i'm and heats responsive 10 his words answers hiin
y,hncally back, octave Ia octave or rhyme unto
hyme." The decision Of the Southern people Is one
nd inlysibe. Il says 10 him, "IOur people are our
tcpe and your God Is our Cod as ;h"u sayes' :"
4 il be- And when the day oftria comes ~ come II
,ill, our lit. on it every Southern State, from South
;arolins 10 Mississippi including Texas h" our grand
eserve will he ready, sword in hand, 10 make good
liz words in the very teeth of enemies. Even
ere, in this scmnoeni Louisiana, with lis New Or.
.alis builics lis national mcn, lis office. king
liz tni"n.srickru kn"w-N"ihings and
l. bogus Democrats even her" there are pluck AMI
ride enough to r" buck from many resonant war
rum the Cchurs 81 the thGnder.lra winch summons
irs , 20 arms for h-r Household Gods Let not
be Governor OF Virginia fater therefore, when the
nrr expected hour Of agony arrives, d" has only to
lamp upon the ground like the her" "i Tho Persian
myth aud an army will leap TO lis icet ON ,hespo