Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-10
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TIE QUESTION IN A Etf-ShEi.L'

+ THE QUESTION IN a Gl:r-ShEi.L'
In the earlier and purer days Of the republic an
rsrtv would have been regarded both :''t n,3vert.
Politically corrupt, who woAld either openly ", nation
~ attempt to deprive The people OF this Great
Of lie glorious privilege Of choosing Their enc, tI
rislrn,e The Know Nothing party, ns WEI; ~ the
small segment nf Wing sympatzers, VINO i"'u
fortunes of Mr.. Fillmore know that his ""'i panr.
,,r aIection is to got him before the House vi
ssutntivu., where bribery and corruption rn.G -"
nreme; when there their only hope OF Success, r,,n
in Nh ALLIANCES Of the secret, with the open ,, =,
inf of the North; for no Democrat Gun be eHp", j.;
Weld his vote naslnuch ~ Inc SUCCESS III n'I
ssure before AL ucorruptible Senate that VIII u"i
tionably elect the Democratic Nlce-Presideh'' L
will h.. pr.sdent in the event Of tho failure U. '
House to choose anoHg the three highest canoaa,'
The Fillmore party must therefore caloula'e .iII
combination with the Black Republicans a ,har in
either have to sell out to them purchase 'nS' u.
terest in the great stake. No one can douot liz. h,
sult even under the known laws Of graVitaI'o",
outside OF this influence the question wouu 20 and
mined by the number oil othces 10 ne pes' 'h;ch *
| the amount OF emolunentS 10 be distributed. Witt hi
as three to thirteen. But allow the most i"s" ~
yirw of the subject and the most fortullate ;fd
suit to the South, and suppose the larger he
to the smaller body, and the friends oil ftca ,,d
brought over to the support of Fillmore, wha' VIZ"
tLe south ruin7 Would Mr. Fiimure's Southern sup
porters lBu.ts md Davis excepted, have hun ear,i
by abolition votes Aud if 40 elected VINO W.T.
undertake to say that the government wou:u w ~,
nnstored upon more natioHa principe. 'a". ~ ~,
tremont elected by tue sums votes 81 !a' = W.
nuy Judge the future by the Iast the record H
mont upon the slavery question will compare '"' o'"
bly with that Of Mr. FILLMORE. 80 "a; Is 'tFh ,;,.
sent pusul iuyuves the merts VI iher resp. ill.,
claims upon the Suuth, II differs, II at all oS ~ m
degrees OF hatred 10 the institutions OF the Sou'' r
rendercd hy the conservative Or r r.:.TGiar? ', ,t
aoter of thplr supporters, Tor an irco ~ Min 80
the element constituting Mr. Is more nn"M ",sI,
now, 10 suue eyieu sound ~ tEsfE!tnR, nN' ''e
| Ia tlal tltii.a nj
tives aud indeed, in any event the prncttHl ,,,
the sams-'hs REPEAL Of the Kansas. NeDra'Aa "''
aud 10 more slave States admitted into tue '
Mr. buchanan can, under circumstances tAp ,i'.
support from Fillmore men III any quartu,', IF
eLic hos already conc forth undvr tho Huti''''', ~
the National Wing Convention, that NJ. bucI"''"''
is 50 Southern in his views, M To be soc',p"I
and to his shame bel spoken, such men "s th.t
Rives has endorsed AMI reiterated Inc wn,
therefore Mr. Buchauan no more than UT; rl"iTta,
n,t 10 i,g .,et,ed rpGsuss uf big aenl!n'Al'' 10"
do the shareholders q, the grDst Iodnij ~ r,"';
relGsh such sentiulentsl Are tue peapi1 W n5;m
aware TO what euds Bolts and ihe WING pEH' ,I
are leading them! If not lot them pause oeio'r
fud themselves arrayed against 'he ''o''
principles of their lives. 49,.
The .Ts!ore party, them occupies the pos'''o, 81
en,eayorug ~ tdks Inc vlsct:o3 o. fres'deh' GU. W
the hands OF the people, before wholn 'ne} T", ~"
r. a single electoral vote. II ny Poss'pn"y 'He1
shoua rJuei y, lis vote of single Stare III inc ee'
raj College ind .hs,0 10 no plL9tiiiN ny tne Prop
they can only expect succeSs " sron:,''i"S )" Wv.
most ahisct terms with the open enemies of TIE Ion
slitutioi. What predIcument for Southern inen 10
Le placed In : ,,, x,oL,os.
know they deny ,lle.s conclusions. but reckless
assertions will avail them but little. TO '6st the am
cerity Of their declarations, and 10 prove my GUM
drnce in what state, will wager SlOO that no one
S;ets can be named the electoral vote Of when a,
he will receive 700 that no two can be named; sun
no three; 900 no four, md S5IlO no five. ! w'il'
moreover take such bet for iuohdnhh Up 10 sixteen
States. "
Win the Wing do lie the favor 10 pIbils,i this !rr
The benrht ~ ito Getting fricnd-! 1t will give them
the opportunity to rctreye ei; lo=ses ON the guher-
natorlsl election HIIOMAC.
King George, Oct I, 1856.