Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-01

Fvr Mc Enquirer.
TO TIE FRIENDS OF Mr.. FILLMORE.
MessrS. Editors; il seems to he a fact weli-estab.
lishsd. aud almost universally concurred in, that
there does not exist the s~iigb.est possible ground upon
which TO base Il hope Of he election ~ tie Prcsideu-
cy vi the gentleman whose name appears 81 iha head
of this article. | have communicated with q large
number of well.informed- intelligent and candid gen.
tlemen, Uf the old line Wing and American parties,
and have not yet met or heard from one who dssentS
from this p.opusition. This, then, being conceded, il
follows, Of course, that the contest will be between
Mr.. Buchanan, tie sanqiGs:e Of the nn;iona! Demo.
cratic party, aud Col. Ereuout, tic Lender Of the
Black RspubiicGn forces.
BY reference 10 the number OF electoral votes to
which esch Siats is nG:iiIed, it will be seen that it Mr..
buchanan RECEIVES tie ~elrG,0ra, vote of cceTy South
err State, /; will still br necessary that BIZ should get
twenty-nins electoral votes from anon tas &urtscru
States, in order 10 secure his election. Pennsylvania
and some small State would suffice for this purpose.
Ii requires but q small degree Of sagacity to see that,
Il Nr. Fillmore should carry u single Southern State,
ray, for instance, Kentucky, It would be necessary
that Mr.. l.. aHuaid receive an increasrd correspond.
ing vote III the Svrih, i;erehy diminishing in a great
degrees HE chance Of cleCtinr. Now, ] cannot sup
pose it pussiG!r that any reflccting, PATRIOTS Southern
native American or Wing, in view of these stubborn
iacts, can, for a moment, hesitate y, to what is tie
only true and unnIstakeable course for him 10 pur-
sue in the approaching Presidential canvass
We may have, gentlemen, every confidence ia MIR.
FillInore's capacity, patriotism and soundness upon
the slGvery question, but will this justify Us i'll iA'0r-
,ng aHay cur votes upon him, and thureby give real
laid and coplUii," % ;Eat party whose hatred to the
South is eyipced by ;tvir ~uh:lse:!c aud systematic Fl.
forts 10 dostroy its peculiar INSTITUTIONS. il despite Of
all the primo! pies o: jgSiice aud coinruoE h@Lesiy, Rcd
of the Constitution it.elR We rGay differ wiih or
Democratic friends as to the ;rne EGliEy Vt the Gov
ernment with regard to other issues; Cut il!s 9ugh,
not, u.id | trust will not prevent any national Cuio;i.
loving rsLive American or Wing. whether in the
North or in :Ar South, from heartily cooperating
with them in the plesGrt ilnportan; crisis TO defeat
our own toes, and To eOE.igL :hauI TO q grave of ST.
lence and iguo,niny So deep and le--rttal. Tint they
may not again come forth until aYateIcI b. the
vjice of jehovah surnmoning them to appear ut his
bar to 5Sar the righteous condemnation pronouaced
against them, "dGpqr:, yc Black Republican fre-eat-
ing workers Of inlqu ", into a place OF outer darkuess
prepared tor the Devil and bic GI,;s.,."
No fault can be found by any National or Southern
R,Sn Yiil the Cincinnati platform in respect IL ihe
subject o. slavery. il places slavery precisely wiers
Consultation itself. No sqno Eorcst man, | suppose,
can object 10 Il upon that secs. Ite cendidatcs oil
the Democratic party are gentlemen " ~ poDqnal
and conservative reputation. aIL EaTe i2fer ter
stand fairy and squHreiy upon tie C;nGinneti pat
form, and hence merit, under existing clrcails!auces,
the undivided and Jealous support OF every natIondl
ard Southern man, from one end Of the Union 10 the
other.
Let me apPea. - you, then, my old political friends
aud 90 labulers, IL tsp sad tS!gency Of national al
ia!rs, al 'n's nioueut " ua'GGI rtu si'"tn WIZ" ~
dearest constitutional rights o. the &or,: Gre ruth
l-ssly sought 10 be Invaded aud torn from Is; Wen
the country is distracted by The Gauss OF civil con-
tapiion and threatened with u frn;riciisl war IN cOm.
pa,iso, with whose Luuors aud Results, no war ever
yet deserved the maine; let HE appeal 10 you, l say,
in view Of these :.;irgs, 10 lay aside Tor the present,
all personal predictions SL. party policy, aud unite
mind, soul aud body with our FelRocraiic f,iends TO
save the South, the Constitution aud HE EiicH.
UXE WHO "LuvEs NOT CESAR LESS, BOT EuSE
NoBE."
CHg,rERr!ELU COUNTY, June %, 1856.