Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-11-25
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WHAT Will TEt SOUTH DO

The PhjlsGelphis Penrsy lvani.n has the following
nulyer: +, ference to the !ar; ;hi; S''nr Southern poi
l,icnns have taken Ill The recent Abolition movements
at the North
..W'u,r WILL TIE SurrH Dul-Our Southern
f,isnd, in Virginia and North Cnr"ling arc aware thai
John Minor Bolts and k"rnrth Rnra~' tleciioneered
TO the utmost ext-u: u 'hri;. Ir!r"nc", IN favor o
the Fremont FusiUn Ticke; ~ Pemusy!rania, know
ing that the only candidate 20 b. benefited by tina
infamous burSajn, was tie sectlona! Candidate OF Tue
Sboltioaists. We have som. lli,Ie curiosity 10 as
certain what the South wi. DO with her own Adolf
tionis.s p ,
We repeat the question What will tie South do
What will Virriuu-what will North CarOlina-do
with tlIess men, who have been honored and trusted
by their States, and, with talents that might be valu-
able To the public service, have turned Their forces
against tho South, and have exhausted II IN giving
aid and comfort to her euemics } Wha, will tho South
do with that small, but active and restless body OF
men, within her own limits, who, in the spirIt oi sell
seeking, and with au inOrdiuate love Ut public noto'
riety, are perpetually opposing themselves TO every
movement toward Southern union: and are perpetual
~ crying out treason treason ! as the lninlOns OF
King George shouted at Patrick Henry i'll the Nirgl,;
MIA finuSe Of Burgesscs, whenever honest voices ana
honest hearts are reused in defence Ot the safety ana
constitutional rights OF their country. VINO are
the real iraitors1 Thos" who are indignant az sulier.
ing wrong; or those who in.is, that wrong If right, and
attempt to delude us with scpbistri,s that do not even
deceive themselves?
We lay no grca. stress upon the conduct ot Messrs.
Bolts md Rayner. They have. onth OF thrin' much
talent. but il has been perverted throughout Their po-
litical career, TO the siugi"pnTp"s- OF seIb-h advance
ment. They Are what 10 called IN North Carolina'
'pcart mer;" quick OF apprehension 81 things i'm.
media ely before them, bright in discussion, ihdeiatl-
gable III ambition, and INSCRIPTIONS as IA the means
OF CRAFTY ing il. But both OF them, in the game OF
over-reaching, have ended by over reaching them
-elves. They have been found Ou', and We believe
have been pretty eifrctuHliy disposed Of by the peo'
p. of Virginia and North Carolina.
But they represent Il class. small, but active and
throughout The Southern States; a class,
= hose whole force is employed, under the prete1t OF
love for the Union, in derIding, brlittling and dis
tracing every effort of the Southern people 10 make
d united, consistent, and therefore Irresistible effort to
defend their rights, their institutions, ind their per.
,nanent safety. They live aud have their being by
sowing the seed Of discord and di-:rusl. just to the
extent that The people believe them, they doubt them.
selves. Their office ia to make ev"ry man believe
that hs neighbor will, in the moment, Of peril, betray
him. That our power il inadequate TO self protec-
ton. That we must cling 10 The very feet of n hostile
people, aud kiss the iatchets OF the shoes that are
ready to spurn us, in order 10 our se!i.pro,ectiOn. In
short, these men teach us the perpetual lesson that, in
order 10 be safe, re muet be base. We repea, the
What will the South 90 with them"