Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-17
VIRGINIA..


w. nubli.b tins morning a remarkable speech Of
Gov. Wise Of Virginia. before great popular meet
inp at Richmond. We need not commend II L" tue
attention uf our readers; for in TIMES Ike these whe
the minds OF thinking men ARE riVe''ed upon ''ie
great sectional contest forced upon u.s. no cizen "t
South Carolina will fail TO be Interested III the views
of SO stirring original, sironG-trartcd man M the
present Governor OF Virginia. 1t Is one OF lie most
consistent elevated spirit stirring spercht5 ever de
liyerrd nv that Cstiuy man, aud u Is compact
10 10 th, peculiar state OF Virginia ut this
time, rs the original leader of the South 81 the
Mother Of States and S'ntesnen, and al border
State in this sectional controversy.
We must not allow our hopes to ialter, ny sup
posiup thar the spirit and determination which
bresthes in The address of Gov. Wise, IL cunined TO
Il section Of Virginia. Gentlemen VINO nave travel
led and conversed largely in all parts OF that State
nssure ia that the feeling is almost UNIVERSAL that
the real men Of Virginia everywhere feel anu ex
urc.s their conviction, that the election vi mo DiAck
Republican candidate for The Presidency will be- and
ourh. To- be- the kncll of the Union That The SCUM
caino. exist rs n people under the domination oi
Government which is hostile to her social institutions
TO her prosperity. to her pence, and 10 al her G"u
stitutiona rights, without sinking into dtp'h "i
deyrad ann which there is no recovery, ard be-
yund which there Is no hope.
but in one respect, W, feel inclined 20 enter our
pro,.s; against the picture presented by Cow Wise
We do not believe that disunlon, harn"nlously and
uuitedly agreed upon by the Suutii' ~"uiu hreea
either desuluion or We are profoundly con.
peace III it's own hands, if it will only act as unity
IA to the military force OF the North, As means OF
subjuga,ug the South, it is the mos. idle aud rdIcu-
luus that was ever started. The South has two to
one more trained soldiers than the North. The South
has territory which cannot be- Invaded, except on
her very borders, with any chance of mischief from
Northern hordcs. Tho South produces the great sta
plcs on which depend the manufactures and commerce
ui the North. The South, rs people, have mon Q
soldiers in proportion to ther population, capable Of
going through the dangers and privai"ns of war, than
| any people earth. Throughout almost the entire
North, the system Of training the militia has been
abolished, and III its place has been substituted the
collection Of arms which never used, and the ell.
rullrnent Of men who never called out. The tax
| collectors books would furnish as good an index "i
the military power of those States their militia roll
What, then, have they to depend upon, supp0sng
that according to Mr. Speaker Banks they choose ia
exercise their power the majority and possessors Of
| the Federal Government; what have they t" depend
upon The means OF sublugating the South C"nid
this Fremont Government possibly bring to bear upon
any single point OF the South more than thousand
| regular troops And are we TO shrink before such a
demonstration az this Are the fifty thousand armed
aud trained militia Of South Carolina, or the two hun
dred thousand sturdy Nlrginiuns or Maryanders, It
hesitate in following their convictions and their du
ties, because pfu an object as this may he inter
posed!
| But we DO not believe in All the interests o
the North would press, and press with irresistible
force. against tho breach Of the peace. We sEe tile
market Ol the W eS
and we furnish to the East the aiimeLt of its mos
valuable industry. II they are more powerful by sea
il should be remembered that they are also InoS tx
posed nj sea- and it should further be remembered
that the navies of Europe would inevitably be called
in 10 protect the commerce upon which depends The
comfort nay the existence, Of the populations Of The
Old World.
There is one other point which wish to notice
because it WAS especially dwclt upon by Mt Clay, II
his speech upon the Compromise OF 1850. VIVA
would be the condition u The border States, i'll th'
event of dissolution Of the Union! We have no
hesitation in answering, that il would be much beiie
than il is now. BY their simple power over the iarIt
of duties the Southern Confederation could make II:
own terms AZ To the laws necessary for the rrrscrvn
ton of The pence and the property OF the ir"niie
States We could give them, il We ch""ac, absolute
free trade aud the unoLrtruc'ed Navigation ct th'
Mississippi we could if We choose shut up that grea
artery Of trade and levy such duties is would ami
| bilatr Northern commercial intercourse we have
no necessity for them; We can put Europe III the
place ut any moment. They have no Europe 10 whlci
they resort for what We supply theni' W.
have them i'll our power; aud eau make our terms
with them.