Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-17
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RlTIS AND Ills ADMIREltS.

Mr. Bolts, the great leader of Virginia hho~'H u,
things in perfect consistency with his course VI INV
great "l!th section" controversy, recently inai"
speech in Richmond which has gained him ,ne pau"
dts of the Fremont in The North, tie SURE" ~
of whom call il ian excellent Black Repubiica" Wv
unienl." Our contemporaries III the SCUM H",o !;
.pared the lash. The Enquirer is very lndS ~,
scores Bolts well for his Black Republicanisih'
Examiner pours full measure of its st'hluliE '
upon his "ro0ie,i" head. The South Stdr D'H'o'" y.
let. itself oos. upon poor Bolts with peculiar u.'
uess; and the Democratic papers. generally u,i'o ~
his condemnation. We, too, have now CONS W ,u
..turn" but do not suppose that intend 10 P'',,
into Bolts with any extraordinary rim. We nave to
III. cruelty 10 do it. Poor beabOred Bolts nas nii
life long received more kicks than half pencs' Il;
have no disposition IN give him our little klcA. w
shall not join i'll the hue and cry OF lnnSi'nro"
nursuiup him, although We believe that lndiSh"'lon
10 be most righteous. Nay, 80 very tcnusI 10 T
heart that We can't help plying the poor OLD se"o,
man. and however unwelcome the task may Ut, WI
shall. after fashion, undertake his DEfES'h i''
we will defend hun. w. ,,I,v
We do not offer the plea Of innocence. we iu''y
acknowledge his deep and damnng guilt. But 70 ~
right 10 punish the accessory, and To let the pr'i
20 freel From his ust share of the punishment. '" .
do not defend him, but we do object to putting upo
him MI the ccnsure. There are other persons a.'u
nariies who deserve it more than he WHAT Is DUE
but the mere muutl-piece OF party Nnnt 10 ~
but a sort Of political barometer, giving eSluc"'o W
the state of the political atmosphere Wn'cm mo
u
would independently, deliberately, and in oPpoSlo,l
10 the sentiments OF his party, utter w"rd nur
less is il probable that he would mike f'rM' p"''
il 200 smart political doctor, if no is quhcK' not "
be- able to judge OF the party pulse. he9' in,,n,
Brtt, know. what he is about. He has the sentiment
of at least the major portion of h' >Hry with MN
Hs has read the political signs ,as seen biack
RspuLlicani.m and Know.No on. Ism twin s'
ters-kissing each other fuGiIy, in the rec
S,o,es. Us knows that Son;nsrn Know Nom
IN nssili LA
n ridiculous mockery. He can that hn"w'
N,tbingisln is altogether Northern. Its prlhciP!es
ara those of the North Its ailinlties are
Its objects and results be interesting and adFa-
tageous only to the North. why then siou'u NE no.
los true to his party! He Is their automatic machine
"a sort of ambulatnry platform. Bolts spoke the
10Th section was abolished, and the first .nstanch'
pad for the purchase of abolition support. ihcre
were some of the party who could not agree WIN
Bo,ts-ihrv made n terrible fuss about It--hDy de-
nounc.d Bolts and his tail"-but the Innss u tho
party were with him, and this little clique, that tried
to make schism in the concern. were soon slehceu
Why was thisl Why did Bolts assume a ground
conceived To be- antiSoulhern by all his opponents
md many of his friends! Was this piece %!
bra5en audacity! Not ut all The result has
proved that Bolts knew what he was about -
II hna proved that he was utterIng the sen
timen,s of the party. The party which sustained
him then will sustain him agaIn-do"s sustain hn
now. Southern party that could barter ITS primer
denim Bolts. We would not be understood as saying
that all "Sam's" Southern followers abolitiousts.
Many of them are blinded by pre.judce-some ny
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are caolei by their eader>-b =
all cnuescc in the cessUn Of vital principles c!i
WIS made to concilia:c the North and all have sac
rifced to the Northern Mnloch. Bolts has only been
their high priest. They therefore are ar much trai.
tors he; and deserve the same bitter eIecraon oi
all true-hrarted patriots. Do not put all the blan"
on Bolts. Do not let the other guilty traitors escHp"
the lash. Let public opinion dag "Sam' forth from
the lnnhsonc danps Of his culrcrt, aud fix upon h-
brow the brand Of traitor. Anc let every supporter
Of Bolts course, and oil who refuse 10 condemn h-
sentiments, DO made to feel the effect Of the honest
indignation of III outraged people.
In one sentiment Bolts goes beyond Fillmore even
Bolts says: ellis (Fremonts election by the people,
lawfully and constitutonally expressed, furnishes no
ground for dissolution Of the Union, and he is m
sane who can contemplate such athng.' Mr. Fillmore
at Albany said: III this sectional tBlack Republ-
cap party succeeds it leads rrnjy 10 the desiruc-
ton of this beautiful fabric" B"is aud Sir. Fill
more differ widely rs 10 results. And to our know.
ledge many Know. Nothings IN Virginia, agree win
the former.
Bolts brings a charge Of aggression against tho
South he agrees fully with the fr.esoIlers, and W.
have good reason to believe that many OF his FIrE''
MIA admirers agree with him in this also.
Bolts must believe that Southern men should hold
office under Fremont, or should submit 10 the ap
puulnent of Northern men to Southern Offices. In
This, 80 know many in Virginia, wha agreewilh HIM
Bots has said, if do not forget his language, that
he could see little choice between Mr. Buchanan and
Fremont. We can name Virginia KNOWN ohng-
who have said they prefer Frrmon-md would
VOTE tor him, if Fillmore were 10 be willdrnwn.-
Now, therefore, should they not participate IN Bolts
uu-hIneut! Is there not s,,ine cxru-.s"ne gr"uni.
of defence for him. But an how sad To produce such