Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-11-25
FROM the Irish Citizcn.l
PAST AND FUTURE DANGER TO THE RE-
DITRIIr

Importaat Original Letter Of Mr.. Wise.
We have received for publication the following i'm
por;aut letter written by Mr.. Wise, which, like every
thing from his pen, is sharp. bright, and finely tenn
pered rs a Damascus sword. Had this letter been
published before the election, the Fremont journals
would have raised an ou;cry that The Southern lead
-rs were cuercing Northern votes by threats aud ill.,
timidatiop. But now that the issue involved IL
decided, it is instructive 10 consider the peril through
which We have passed in order that 1t may put Us on
our guard against the peril Ut the future. We stood
on he brink OF Il gulf Ut civil war, mi" whose depths
the nation would have beeu probably plunged, hal
the Black Republican movement succeeded in ii,
attempt. Present danger IS Over. But there IS dan
--r looming in the future, for the nrgaus Ell the faction
announce their intention ot renewing the struggle; All
announcement which no doubt Is perfectly slncere.-
Possibly, Judging from the lone and temper of the
South, it may happen that next time the disorgeniz-rs
aud anaI chists will be anticipated III their designs,
and that lhe North will no longer have a South over
~hich il may play the Gespo', working Its wanton-
ness in form of ,aX.'
The words of a man like the Governor Of Virginia
are not to be despised. He means what he says, aud
Le SPEAKS not Only TOR himself but for millions. la
king his ou;spuken warning IN connection with Tie
letter Of Mr.. Sle;t tu the Governor Vt South Carroll
ua, who even elpce the election u' Mr.. Buchauah
openly advocates Il separation OF North and South, II
is pregnant. with terrible import. "Al! true STATES
luursnip i'll the South" says Mr.. Rhe;t, consists IL
forming combinations and shaping events 80 as 10
bring about as speedily AS possible, a dissolution "t
the present Union and Southern contederacy.' AND
this sentiment prevails beyond Mason and Dixon y
| Line 10 an extent that il known and duly appreciated
in the North migE: make The stouteht heart quail
For, unless 80 tar az national greatness ana power
are concerned, and the calamines consequent upon
intestine war, the South would suher nothing oy such
a revolution, bur, on the contrary, her prosperity
would be vastly increased, while the North. Eastern
States would be reduced to utter ruin. So that the
infatuated Abolitionists in sappng the ioundation Oh
the temple of the Constitution know not whai they
| DO, for they would be inevitably crushed oenealh Tie
ruin they had made.
But We must no longer detaln Inc reade' HoW tue
p.rusal of Governor Wise's letter:
RICHMOND, VA, Oct. gid, 1856.
To JOIN GRIFFIN, ESQ.
DEAR SIR:-I assure you that II would give TIE
more pleasure than il could afford my friends IN New
York, 10 go tn your city and address the Democracy
upon the iss ues Of The pending, and L may add, this
p~e,iiLOus canvass. Blu: my official duties compel me
70 decline speaking anywhere which will require 4
days absence. Besides, | am now laboring under &
severe cold and cough, which. for the present, would
prevent my speaking at all, and l don Know "tei
my lungs "ill be in u state to allow me 10 address
large mass, such As usually collects IN your Nam
moth Metropolis OF trade.
/ have fought the good fight in the field which fel
10 my part of the action, and | trust in God that, by
the Example Of the Virginia Democracy, ever faith
full, never defeated, the parties of the country will b,
, purified, and the country itself will be saved. Penn
sylvnnin and Indiana have come giniiously into line
viii not New York resume the sccptre OF Empire
and use it to save and not to destroy Twill sh
smuszle the Ok that treadeth out the corn = Wi
she be like the fool in the mob OF Hogarth, who i
D lis frenzy forgot that he was saving between himsel
and the post VIII che not See that if the sign
q falls she must fall with it 7 Tha! If the Cnioa Of thee
States falls, the fall of New York will be the creates
/. of all the States p tell you that Virginia has arno
i ries for more than Que hundred thousand men i
d twenty four hours by the watch; and | tell you tha
= she has men enough to take arms rather than be sub
r %jugatrd to Black RepubNcanisln! ] tel! you hat
mere to,ms are depended upon to subdue her, and
0 destroy her civil and religious rights, her Stat
equality and sovereignty, aud her federal gu" -an'er
in the Union, thar she will cW: her bright ray Mroar
e them IL tell you that the first fash of resistanr
will make au irresistible Revolution, and the first la'
of Revolution is 10 break all bonds whIcl bind I
q oppression IL tell you. tina, whatever be the resul. {
e this election, We must have peace an earnest or rGr l
3 earnest! Yours, truly,
A HESRY A. WISE.