Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-04-15

'"' !'"' Poe'oIhy ehuil 1un Tncnal OfHces, become
Inc slaves VI the heartless master, capital welded by
the most heartess Of men, yankee capitalist if you
VIII huS and kiss the chain that binds you, exclude
Southerners. The slavery Of white nen will never
be tolerated by them.
THE TRUE ISSUE BEFORE TIE COUNTRY.
Every candid man must admit that the great strur-
gle i'll the approaching Presidential election must bc
between the Black Republicans and the National
Democracy. know.Nohing leaders in this city do
not deny the weakness of their nomination by frag
mentary Convention at Philadelphia, and the utter
hnpossibity Of clecting the Fillmore and Donesun
ticket. 1t follows inevitably that the only operation
of Southern acknowledgement will be to play into
the hands Of Black Republicanism, aud thereby to
nure to however small extent, the success of the
Democratic party the only national organization, un-
der whose sound administration laws have been
enacted for securing the constitutional rights of all
sections, including the South. In this connection, We
invoke the serious attention of all Southern men to
the proceedings of the Black Republican Conven.
tion held not long since in the city Of Wash
ington. They exhibit the ieudsh spirit that nhu.
ences that party, and mark out the policy which
they are resolved to adopt, in case their nefarous
schemes in Kansas be not nipped in the bud Among
those who figured most prominently in that motley
aud reasonable asseblage, 1--WE quote and adopt the
strong and conclusive language Of the n. o. Delta J
was Lewis ID. Campbell OF Oho-"a man who was
received with tremendous shouts of applause ut the
Fillmore and Donc!s0n ratification meeting, which
took place some time ago at Washington, and upon
whom the Washington Organ showered with no un-
spariuS hand its choicest praises and congratulations
lie was represented by the presses in the interest the
American party Us statesman Of sound, conserva-
tive We've, as patriot in the true acceptation Of the
word, az man that would lay aside all his sectional
preudices and pursue course in direct conflict
with the opinions of his constituents, i'll order to con-
tribute to the success Of the Philadelphia nominees
So national his principles represented to be, that
he ultimately compelled, in order to remove the
doubts entertained Of his Freeso procvities by the
people Of Ohio, to address letter to the Abolition
Know Nothing Convention Of that State, unequiyO
cally repudia,ing Fillmore aud disappearing the Phil
adelphia platform. We remind our readers Of these
undeniabe facts 10 show To what extent partizan zeal
will blind Southern men into admiration Of their Bit
terest enemies and the sympathes which it exces
towards men whose every act is stamped with the i'm
press of anatcism and disunon. This gentleman
took occasion, in the Caucus above alluded TO, not
only to reairm all the opinions enuncated in his let
ter, but also to urge, rs matter of political necessity
an union Of all the opponents of the Nebraska bill
upon Presidential candidate, pledging himself never
to vote Tor one Of its frieuds.
| ain the meeting, Mr.. Seward of New York
said that the great practical question TO rescue
Kansas from the ,yrsmts grasp, by her admission n-
to the Union State. He hoped the House would
push the bill for that purpose through is passage
and send to the Senate. In the event OF failure in
the latter body, the Prcstdent m'gh, find d,pcHHg IN
obtaining money from Congress TO Crush out the tree
settlers of the State of Kansas There expressed
threat iu the foregoing declaration, which should Il.
olre tho South to consciousness Of the crises
which, in opinion, cannot long be deferred We
are aiarmsts, nor do We wish tn instill into The
public mind apprehen,ons, the realization OF which
is merely conlec;ural but the fact becomes daily more
potent and striking that the combination organized
in the Rails of Congress is assuming such pro-
portions aud power to threaten most seriously a
complete suspension OF the working Of our govern.
rnent machinery. The prophetic ken of Senator
Benjamin, in his address last fall to the people of
Louisiana upon the encroachiug tendencies of North
eru negrophiIism, will now be admitted by all who
His statesmanlike views were then received with
sleers, and the practical recommendations which! he
submitted were openly characterized the offspring
of dstelnpered Imagination. Those wh" had form
ery been his warme=t political pa:'isans, and who
had held him up the South sne gud. and cu-io
dian of her interests in any emergency, scrupled not
to turn their backs upon him, to give lin the cold
shoulder, uud TO imputc to him sentiments incumpati-
ble with bis character.
"And yet, how changed the scene now. How vc-
rifcd, almos, the letter. have been all his preic-
tious The AbolitiOnists, by am Infamous coalition
with all the Ant-Ncbraska Know -Nvihings Of the
North have succeeded in obtaining the preponder-
ance in a branch Of Of the Cu-urdiuae Depart
menls of the Government The torch Of civil war
has alreudy been kinded by their enissares in Kan
sas The power is in their hands 20 Withhold the
supplies necessary to maintain the civil and military
operations of the country, and there cannot now cx
ist the least doubt in the mind Of any rejecting man
that Il strong effort will be mude-a successful one
perhaps-to append the Wlhnot proviso to the Ap.
preparation bill at the close Of the session. This il
virtually the meaning Of the threat made by Mr. Sc
ward in the Republican caucus, and the cat"Atrophe
anticipated by Senator Benjamin. II this n,oasurc
be carried into execution it is impossible to forcel The
consequences 10 which it may lead. Gouled on, as
the South mas been for years, by the unjust ud
constitutional attacks Of the Nor,h-drivcn to exas-
peration by the daily attempted violation Of State
rights and of the federal cOmpnct-harrassed by the
continual agitation OF question in which her denr-
est interests nay her very vitality, are involved she
NAV find that the time has come when her honor re-
oures her to sever n connection which debases her
to the rank of vassa and despoils her of her mos;
sacred rights.
"Tl,e period is at hand when me So1M m"N pre-.
sent an undi idsG front 10 those ~ho m0utd jnn c'"Sh
6er--when her Sons must array Themselves IN solid
phalanx to repel the aggressions of her toes to main
tain her dignity and 10 preserve unsuiied her proud
escutcheon True patriots should lay aside upon
the shrine of their countrys veal oil prejudccs, dis
cord and wranslng. The enemy is on the alert and
aclive-we distracted by sdeissues of secondary inn
portence. Let Union be our wutchwcrd and resls-
lance to sectional tyranny motto. With this de-
termination on our part, the South may yet undergo
the ordeal unscalhed, and prove victorious in the
end"
AVERAGE VALUE OF BOSTON KANSAS IN.
MIGRANTS.
Mr.. Mason our Minister at Paris, laeiy valued the
Ambassador from his Majesty Augustus Eitzclarence
Gumbo, King of Mosquito at one thousand dollars,
clothes riuke!s and all. lie is tall, we'll formed
negro, and is probably worth it. Greeey values the
em;crauts from Europe also at thousand dollars
bpad We therefore, conclude that the emigration
-, .,..tv stock il about the best in the Union-
They nurchase lands and town lots in Kansas, anu
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