Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-24
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"TIE PRESENT CRISIS"

Not many weeks will have passed, ere me "traGlle
bands" which now bind this Union '"gelhe,, WIN
either be strengthened snapped asunder Never
siucs this nation declared itself " free and lndepen-
dent has our beloved country been more ENDANGERED
by civil broils and confessions than now a Dark
md porentous cloud overshadows our ehtlre norZon'
whirb tb. nations of foreign clnes are watching with
n wistful eve. They are delighted nj the tolterihg
condition of our government, ana "ou'u pe more
highly pleased were our Union dissolved, lot uey
have long looked with invidious eye at our wealth
and nrosnerity aud at the rapid strides that clvza'
tion has made in our midst. For tns country, no"
united would be most powerful antagonist 10 any
country Oh the globe, and should we remain uh'eu,
and increase in wealth and prosperity IN the lulure do
we have done in the past, where would our ssp'ra'
t;ona end or what nation would be too powerful TOT
u,l Let buchanan be elected ana mat P1rteiiou our
cloud which now overspreads our eh're iaaiu ",''
SOON be dssipaed, and sunshine anu prosperity '"'0
more appear in our midst ,
But LET Fremont be chosen, and what VIII oe the
result! Will the Union be bound stronger anu ur'e
than ever before, by the election OF man, wao' raseu
in our midst, educated in our midst ana pro'1.eu VI
orr midst from mere mental to positions OF honor;
and tbe gratitude he has returned for this Is hat ne
has gone North, turned traitor to tue SOUTH anu
running az the candidate OF party wh.ch 10 t,'e
syowed enemy of slavery an institution us ueat !"
mo as liberty itself His election instead oil uniting US,
w; widen The breach. aud so soon as that event VIII
h. announced the death knell to liberty will be heard
and the requiem of our Union will be sung.
| Virriniails will you, with the memories OF our
WASHINGTON,
ros and the memories of other distinguished SONS oil
| Tho sold Dominun," clustering thick around you,
| stand With folded arms and cry peace ana harmony
| nre in our midst, the UulOn, the g0oa ola ohi"n
stands firm and unshaken-when every ., OF.
pnle that sweeps across the "lniected region, warts
into our ears the sound, disunion, disunlon WIZ you
| dare to slumber and sleep, and not make every
exertion to advance the cause OF the great conserVa
tive party Of this nation, when m awiui chaslh ~
vawpn, IN our midst We stand now in the death
,rur,-lr of freemen; let fight bravely let US hght
msniulIy. The North has thrown down the g'ovei
let us pick il up and accept the issue Ihey even erase
fifteen States from their nag YET warrnh. ',es "',
find the South prepared to meet them on any anu u
| .verv lid have heard enough of Wanting, ana
| seem enough Of Northern fanatics ana nave hao as
| much of Massachusetts, rs l desire' except on
| ,he hattle.6.d Shall the South now crouch while
Iepons of fanaticsm prowling over our land and
hs,,sniny ruin to our best nteresis When the ban
rer of auaticsn is advancing against our last srong
hold shall we compromise which IS nothing ese, save
ern man now dare say, that the south stigmatIsed
degraded and plundered can stay with The North -,
Should Fremont be elected, adherence 10 the
Union will be down right treason; ana any
Southern man who will submit to his election
, 10 coward and traitor. l have always
loved the Uuion, but when am asked 10 love
the Union in which the descendants OF washington
Jefferson, Madison. and Monroe, and when other gal
liant soma of the "O!d Dominion are not the equa
of Giddprs Greeley & CO., am "tOoth and nail
against the Union. prefer disuuon to being undel
the foul domination of such nest OF adders az 80
ward, Greeley, Sumner, Giddings, Ne; and DC
fore would submit to the authority of such bas
and scurrilous set these, had rather see I'M
= "Reisn of Terror" when all France bent beneath TIT
tyranuic woke OF the faction headsd by Robespierre
reacted in this land, and my whole state be grave
ward of martyre patriots than the slave of Northern
: abolitiunists. Nirginians will you bow to Norther
domination and have all the OF the apocalyps
: poured upon you Will you not profit by the innu
nerable examples Of national decline Shall not IN
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