Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-07


are, if they choose TO resist.
In the one way your gain is certain no na'tef "i"1
be the result of the Kansas question: in the other
may rick everything. You have the power now ana
;,imatcly and with the consent of the South, you
uss il Justly but if you attempt to abuse II LOT sec
tional purposes you expose vast interests 10 Tue
and a1erds of contest which can eventuafe W ho
way without some lose of power to tho ifee S'a.es'
and which might eEd 81 the destruction OF Dotn par
Ties in tbu conflict: can think ae 10 calculation OF
chances which would justify ths Rortn "a trying inc
fearful experiment of administering this Govern"Ish!
not only without Southern man in lie cnunseis ou'
In opposition the essential interest, anu IL may De-
TO the peace Of The South itself.
But fellow citizens / wish this matter 10 be in
pressed upon YOU that il tho Hurth pursues Tue pl,
proposed of standing by the Consultation aiIu I.ie
Union as ia urged upon you by the great l'emocta''
marty which holds its residence all over tins VAST con
federaay then your advance in power Is certain ana
sure The ouly thing that can risk or endanger Is
to follow the counces Of those men VINO cihtn 10 pt
the peculiar friends OF the North and the opponents Oh
slavery but who would imperil, and perG&pa destroy
The nion. Is the State of New York to be asked to
exposn herself To such risk as that! what State W
the Union has so mighty al interest IN It's prescrVa
ton and continuance!
Surely, il there be cry one State which would r'sk
more than another in such al experiment, II Il lhis
tho Fmuirr State of the North. iOGfS il The Queen
Civ of the West which sits enthroned on The shores
of wonder beautiful bay with ore hand on the ocehi
and the other the lake,. 10 gather wealth from pom
No wind can blow that dues not wait Ia her upon le
wave the rich tribute Of commerce from come hs'"'
cline or some neighboring State. The very aaows o.
heaven which benumb the arm OF industry IN 80 MN
nv places, only seem to give her access TO hyperon
RAN regions aud open to her Arctic and Antarcti'
stores know Of nothing in the inagnhcence Oh INT
great cities of the dead or living of the East or west
If the old world or the new of the preaent or the past
nothing in the creations Of medaya commerce, or o
the present age, which excel or even equal I'M
probable future Of your great city, II this Unlol
should endure. Are all these hopes and prospects tt
be risked for such considerations are presented
you in the election OF aseet'onal candidate!
Fellow -ciz ens-dark days are indeed before us, !
| those who possess the immense power OF such gov
eminent as ours be found capable of using II 81
r.cklpssly and wildly as from some quarters they arr
exbor,ed TO do When look forward 10 the posslel,
consequences OF this mad course Of action, am h'l
ed with anxiety, not because believe the Southerl
States cannot and will not defend hemsevesi the sa
necessity should arise, but because wish to preserve
the Union, and save this great scheme OF human SO
ciety. Ii is but few months since the Anniversar.
of our Independence passed over our heads; the sui
| of that morning rose upon more than twenty .thre
millions of American people. who united within them
selves more of the elements of social strength nn
| individual happiness than were ever combined IN IN
| same number of persons before. The country wa
| adorned with the rich monuments OF an industr
which seemed TO have been directed with an eners!
| and a skill almost superhumap. Fair and stately C;
Ties crowned the shores Of the and the borders
| the rivers The land smiled with happy homestead
which sent up as incense to Heaven the smoke Q
millions of household fires, kinded on as many affair
which had been consecrated to pence and all the DO
mes,ic virtues. The husbandman went forth 10 soy
his seed or plant his tree, in perfect confidence that
ar bis descendants would gather the fruit. The mar
ner plowed the SEAS and looked proudly aloft to IN
stars and stripes the emblems OF his couLtrys pre-
seIcs, and of jurisdiction which followed him, an
could cover aud protect him in the most d'stan