Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-04-18
TIL; Presidency

The following articlerom the Wheeling Iu,.2,g,g-
Ger, an O!d-Llne WhigPper, spubliahed by request:
We insert the foowig communication from dis.
tingushed source, and h particular attention to it,
contents. The qUes.u IL not now whether thi, or
that Federal party MIR the Constitution shail pr.-
vail, whether Wing obstruction or DtInurrnic con.
structinn shall preIlOnnate in Federal Admins,
trRtiOn, but il ls wiIer the Constitution Itself ar
ianaiicism shall preya whether the Union ~ i, VA;
and should he, shall and ur whether anarchy and
madness shall suhyertInd PROSTATE it, whether all
true citizens shall unil for the Union and the Com
stituton by leading themselves either tu ianaticsn
or To an inpuent ctlor ad indirectly the enemies OF
their country.
WHO SHAL. BE PRESlDENTl
1t IL not u matter ot,ers0na distinction or Of pr
yGte friendship whc makes this question of In.
deepest moment. at III time The onion is at stake
He who thinks that andidatc with negro sympa
hrS can be elected, tnsta negro principles into the
action OF the goyrrnnnt, aIIi this conlrcrary LONG
er cohrrr. has but lite for the appreciation o
Southern taste, and t' less knowledge of Southern
preiudlc"s. For Invsf. would not give the Union
OF the States, ccinen1l by II sacred regard Tor the
rights nj the race WI made the Constitution who
won the dmsrtcdn kirt""S on which it is basaL, and
established ihe insi,i"ns and States whicl, alunc
preserve all theseno not for all the negro blood
Oh the continent. y! IL would be better that tn in
ror should pesh, than that the balance uf con-
siitulionai rights and imanIs, which are the evi-
drnrr5 and the prestring causes OF our union and
harmony, should beiestruyed, aud division cunu
sio license, re.OrgaHation, internal discord, iron
tier detonccs, aud bhlcr rrprsu, should take place
One race, n race uf old brave awl,.-s and ire.
clamnblc men, IL dapprarimg before the onward
sweep "i the ngln-Sxon march, and why should e.
race inferior {" these.vith simply u greatcr quality
ur capacity Tor SUBMISSION, and by subnisslun Tor
usefulness IN their snnrrnat- condition, be- placed
III iaSe position of rttous elevation which they
-. ,,aIt
tdi"h0Dd On only be br"naht into pract
cal trial and cXsteuc,by the overthrow u; iilsriiu
lions c"nsccraicd byI't@e and affections hy the dis
rupton of States, wIch must guard ih- ri.hts nj
their prnplc: and buhr overthrow of the central
government, which hones tyr0m the moment it
the ,htS the people, or trampics on the
llaiona!i,ics nf The Sites.
Every cnusdcraic rriut who knows anything nf
history, reflects paiuiNIy the lessons which are
taught Us in the prc:rt .iumctnre al our affairs
Greece iic most posli nation ." antiquity, is wiih
out freedom, and IN -lte of degradation untitled lor
freedom, after existe.e Of twenty-five centuries.
Rome Is without prngra a-Egypt foreign colony,
in servitude and scrvily;-thr Holy Land, where
freedom was inculcated > divine principle, is desc
lutte; Tyre, sidom, 6, G,'raags' the seats Of ancient
bond tribes: thssc,ec ", .n.oIn,a min, a,;I ,
u,;nuity have lost their nVIss, rHih. M a!nih vnSa
but u large mass of our p"pe, rXrit"d aud hci'r"
l,y the sympHhy n ."HOCAc", which prevents them
from relirctnc on these sCcml lessons claim Ia" the
negro mind capacity lf sc'Gnvcrhihen'' 'riiSt
Of puIitica ubiigailon ali an individual stalrhri m
morals, higher and more ornament tlinh liS" l"i-h
ed nations This must b their logic ur 1t l, VAN ana
G,,I;sb Tn. uarro must be superior Ia these mhH"
,ucn in these essentials citizen 0t republic, or
the controversy in their rhaf Is worse than IDLE nr
jliusorv. The white rac'has fifty centuries nj cape
rience and CraminogIca growth hnd development
adopting either theory Ofr"gr"ss and the negro less
Than these. nor so muchls the Indian, and yet these
who gnts, equally, history ana rem
son, claim for the unschoIed blood of Africa, sra'
above the white man. hey act upon ruic "i con-
duct which they regaria the seiecoh "s ,ie't ho'c'
their COW, or dog. "ht many PERSONS says The
Dr. Arnold go not clearly see what shout!
be the true impatiay nm historian. II there be ~
truths in moral and putica SCIENCE but l!ltle COCA
can be drawn from ib study ot either; There De
truths il must be desrble that they should be dn'
and c:nbraCed'
IL is in vain 10 say tat they are the friends o me
slave and of the Union They are Incompatible SEN
ti,neutsl They stand ot together. The success ol
negro sympalliy il to !, realized only III the desfrnc
ton of the sovereign ufhority oil the States over us
ow n subjects OF cxclusrc domestic JnrlSdictl"l Ne
strikes the union by strlR'h% gown
the Slatrs. .
But could negrOsmpa,hy rcnlIze ITS VAN ana
m,wkish seuIincuiaes by pcaccabiy procuring lie
Ir.e,In,n of the saveind leaving hin amongst U.S.
the lessons of aniquiv would be- ~ Hagrantly diSr"
,srd.d AS by any vnlnt ant unconstitutional ineih"u
or rconiratsrnty with lie An5 SaXons. That same hl"
tory of the overthrow naons, teaches that uitcr' me
of the ave into the political elements
Of ancient society," pollons prevailed sin the recess
~ of a Roman palace where the human blood lint
was shed in sport, vas sometimes ihiAcd Will '''
wine which spit u debahcl.
Nor would the arIon of such causes be less de-
structiye on the ud idua than on the States. Free
dom to the negro IL il co.eqmIy aud conifattrh-
~ with the aborer and the humble mechanic, al
once and forever throw upon society the necess-
ion, Inbnr af this imlense class OF liberated paup"rf'
and il can be nothily cse and the supply will be-
more than the dernld finder such circumstances can
toke nm and the cGlsequrnccs will he terrible ana
destructive to whie lnbor The grinding collls'o"
will commence at ono: and Willie labor, white lnnrh
white Intelligence, hmschn!d virtues, household d's
pitv and trcside happiness OF the white man must
he I,.strnycd and deolaed III the contest. By thc
very fact OF inieriOriy, BY a very capacity or sui
mission and Inrnla dependence, the negro VIII De
preferred aud at bwT wages, and the wlil'e man
ruined. The day ah0Jer now MAINTAINS ihir ih'i,'
n.ndenca:-the humble mechanic supports his family
md nrovies for age sld sick ness, and votes hs be-
cnss freeman: bul rhen this contest for labor ana
su,iennnce comes, and the free negroes and home
lrss white man and unpensl0hed iclale meet III
grinding and hsgmtiug collision Tor bread ana raj
,nent The aristocray Of wealth will become supreme,
onJ law. and deeraIinp indeed will be the extreme
condition of ihouslYds, OF many thousands "i thoSe
who are now the worthy and the honored citizens "i
the preat Republic. II would be but short liIr "i
arpnrnent to show that these effects would be most
decisive and destructive in the free STATES.
sympathy excited 10y false view Of christianity !;
a murdcrous and lawless philanthropy preached by
Theodore Parkertfom the same pulpit where l'r dr,
nounces the divinity OF Christ--klndre III aplrt AMI
philosophy to ilp rawlings Ul Anachaiss Cioo'"
which is the resul Of morbid sensibihE, that eA'
cites the imaginahon bni destroys the "liectiohs' on
which mutual couteslcs and rights subalst these, a'
n dcmonaca amlition, which would grasp the oil1;e'
of the Government and the pundcr OF Tie treasury
are the elements Of II Fanaticsm, produced by ma
tual action, and raction unli the monster passion
strikes at every thing which is sacred-he rSh'" a''I
the affections a Southern people, the homes hilu
theirdependenci's of the Southern man; the comty'h
tercourse and commerce. between ihe Norm a''
Sou,h: the nationality uf The States and The lhi"h
the integrity d ,ur example aud the hope aha 'h'
faith OF mankind. ln such a state o things whh
shaIl he done' How shall the patriot acti We sec
nur conditions W understand our principles. We ar
conservative. We would stand By the Inlnn ah'
save tive would stand by Southern rights, Tor WI
maintain Nrfhern independence and we supper
Eastern and Western commerce by snch hh ac' "
patriotism. We would maintain these M the DALI"
box; and we would defend them all at Mason hii1
Dixon's line md on the banks Of the Ohio, at th'
point Of the tayonet aud the breech oi the cannon
This is DEVOTION; and our only inquiry Is no"
shall this ba accomplished without resort 10 tat las
rsument 10 which Reason is least heard.
Shall u De ny supporting Miiiaru F'h'""'e' -.
administrator is entitled 10 the highest respect ouf
with the csuinty oi carrying only few OF The South
ern States md with the absolute knowledge oi
weakened distracted ana divided party in the North
who can, vh, dare nope for his success They WIZ
dare 90. inn1 be- wiliully blind or wouy ignorant "
the facts mulnd aud the prospects ahead: Give tn
old line Why's the heartfelt assurance of his
and the Tcui:h Section 10 stand upon, and they Wo
make a struggle worthy Bunker Hill, Saratoga, hrah
DIVINE OF Yorktown. But such hope Is hopeless =
such faiths folly, aud action based on II wpi,u
the msdnss OF party, promoting tho success o' "e'
son.