Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-03-18

rihisi M"h!h uhh minority ~ !tss their lr.rnts
hi'r' therefore, II II, ;n; all ni the South can bet
ter pat ny with Black Republican shan with half An,
hall ar Mnla;tp Republicans therefore il j, that al
men nl the South had better hasten 10 lsy down al
old political dvis"n1 and ante together u.ain-r
AL the ""s'"@'d'"' with the Democratic. the white
man, party.
Mr.. MHs"n. onr Minister al Paris, il said 20 have
been lately NJ t0nr, ball. nj the Tuilarra aud III.
eye Happened Ia light "n The charge i'Atinirca o
>o!"u4ne, IN France. II hne looking 5lsrh. Some one
"li7cr, iIIG - ,ien!y gaze said "Wcll. Sir. Msa"n
what do y"u think Of yondrr bockse in his rrnbrnirr.
cd cosiF Think :" replied Mr.. Mason, s,Il regard
!lg tho megrn with the ey- "i cDnuoisscur, "why
cl'cE and nl, think that frllow is worth Il ilInu
sand dollars" This ""ld Nmcinny" all over, and
every h"iy il laughing a, the ban mot. doubt rot
The Charge hnsrlt laughed at it, So, when WIS
asked what | thought at the ticket ot tie Phil
"ar'phia Conventions, il was bnt bon mot
irresistible, | drcars, tn rply--"l think il is a
m"'af3. and | would NOT, clothes an,l all, give
as much for it Us ii il was pure black" could
always control tho unmixrd African better than !
Could the mulattO. | know tho r odious. and
that It will stick. can't help that they can help il
TO whom IL belongs. they break the bans Ut the
Huaighna;iOn IL ~ all ehthng..t. aud 1nliuy al-
ancr and ought to Gn oious 10 The Southern people.
Hh'ggoy could not aud would not bring abou, such
II coalition of white and black IL oatlied the crosa of
| inuattoss. So viii AmrficanisIG very SOON Mr. Stu.
hrt may write enrnes!ly and much but il will be in
vain, and he vii! plunge only dr.lmr down thar steep
which politicians much d"pOrs--thc steep OF Il
| nnority.-ilis order had 1li,lim enrolled, and liz
| thinks that II ,UU may be adIed-the two would
MAKE W,HO! LET me tell him. that number would
hoi nave done the work for sam in the last election,
un,i II cant in the next. There are more than 1900
Vn'ers III Virginia. and the c5rnS Dr. TtSrTp ul the
ndomnab!e Democracy, would not have been done
voting unl now, il they hai'ut, at the close nf the
| pol, been still iU,itjO head uf Know. Nothing
Is'n: and Sam cannut change il back now intu Wing
grry-ii he does tn culvertG will be all rmpticd OF
the Democrats who drcuyrd from their party
And lot me shy 10 those at ti'n u,rvrs in the Demo.
cratic party, who trembling lest my course will
compact the opposition in Virginia. .Deroi afraid,
have been tnught, by m arduous campaign, what
SORT n! Il foe We have Ia ,a win. Meet him boldly
and he will fly from YOU. BE united in the demo-
cracy Let nothing distract you. nothing divide you,
vote rn aud you are inrinclbl-. Ii the foe con-
crntra'c", only draw the closer together yourselves.
Weure waS'ns POLITICAL not u personal warfare,
md names which convey truths along with them. are
| not nick nnmes or nothlmgs, but they weapons
which may be powerfully wrlled 10 good public
ends without personally wUuuling any body. With
placid meaning can uSc them without personal rude
ness ur offence towards such political opponents ~
Mr. ti.lm"rn or Mr.. Stuart, who know how touppre
cIate theH aud II matters not whn is said in rcturt
by those who are determined 10 pcrvert them. |
will stop asiIe to avoid their staggering against me.
HENRY A. WISE.
THE DIFFICULTY WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
the United States ID .lspralcI in Parliament for the
present, and We ind but one article The subject III
"ar last British papers. That article is in The Lon
don Ei"m'mr,, journal vi reputation inferior only
to that o! the Ta.-s, aud conspicuous ab"v. every
other paper. except the D"iy Nr., for il. friendly
and courteous tone towards this country W. do not
to be understood 10 assent 10 all lis PROPOSE
ons Ia publirhinE il, our purpose Is TO 'lnw how
dispute with England IS discussed by lie H.osi
impartial and friendly British writer's
TIE AMERICAN QUESTION.
ifTut the london kSa.nin"r
That England should ,nnininn not merely friendly
but tracrunl relations with the United Sta!es has
been the unvarying creed o ihi- Journal. We ai- !
mrr the American character, aud for making Ril
allowance for its minor defects. We admire also tie
American institutions, amd hail with peculiar sai-tt.
tiun and pleHsurs whatever proof. receive al the
indo:nitahc eIer:y nnd practical ws,ura which ar.
generally tn spring from them. ltut IL il BE-
GREETED that the statesmen ~ America should be M.
der such frequent temptation tJ rush into contentious
with other stGra the mere chance that those will,
whom they engngn will be reader to make conc.
sons than 10 embark in quhrrcl> and that thu the
e"d unG'" Dsu,es evidently got np %h liz Rn.TH @ .rH
have ni laIu years been frequent. The Cun.h Ani'
rrau dispute, M We some lime Sice remarked, Is "I
this popularity sPrkiGg kind. What ia lie history al'i
na.urri We think II we'll worth temperate ana dc.
tailed statement seeing tla menaclng tone .! The
! American Journals which this wrrk- mail brings
(iryat Britain hue exercised during considerable pr
rod prulcrtora.e over tribe 1T Indians called by
/ a name now for ever memorable, "ihe Mosquitoes,
which tribe iuhhbits tho coast That stretches IRON
the river San ,Iuan towards Cape GrHriHs This pro-
tectorare never excited the jealousy of the United
| States until they hersIne possessed oi Ca1rn'',,
when il bncame Di small Importance 10 them that
no great military and rn-nrrrnl power should rt.
| lI,,bt u pufh hI
t9e,u the iva aceans ship cndal. n.oreovcr.
s.r,aui likely in 1850 10 be established from sea I"
SEA by why ot the r;vor Sn Juan aud the lake Nc"-
ragua and at the month OF III. rIv": San J'an wac
town which Great Britain cGlmGi n DH under The
Mosquito pruectorae, md which, ii armed aud iOrll
| hc,l would give Grca; Britain the communal Of the
! nnssare The United Ste!cs. therefore, struck by
| The use 10 which Great Britain might turn her power
in Nu-Qul.ia commissioned their minister i'll Lh5
IN ask whether Great Britain meant IL establish ier.
self by occupying f'rying. or cu!onsing on the
Mosquito cunsr, on any part at Crnirsi America.
and 10 doubt inmalrI lhat II w"ul! be very iisG
| sr.eable 10 his government II she did
Now Great Britain might have answrrrd by say
| inr-"Tou have Just been ovprruuning MrScn wiii-
out consulting me, and adding greatly Ia your empire
a. the result u! your conIurrts; and cor-ive thar
have perttc! right To- r"n""ronlance t.' iicr-A'r
10 YOU. power, by taking such steps ne think proper
10 increase my own, when do not interfere with hy
rights which you pns+trI, ar with any territory L.
| which ynu can put forward caIn. Hut with more
! rou un;urr, perhaps WIN "Isuhll, since
| Great Bli ain had really projects Of ambition IN
that Quarter Of the world the British government DE-.
clar-d AT once to Mr. Lawrence that Ind no inen-
ton OF doing any Of the things which appeared likely
| to excite the alarm and affect the interests ut 'r
| Transatlantic allies; and finally, after nany c"nversn-
lions nnd much CORES espunIrre Ia considerable tie.
pree of excitement then existing III the United States
Oh the suhrctj the British minister at Washington
agreed to submit 10 his government at HON" the pro-
iart of convention between Greal Britain anu llir
il.t f.l ITO Fr.,Hf
anil dominant principle that neither Great Britain
nor the United States should establish Themselves IA
sovrrrigns in Mosquito or Central America, aud ihnt
both Governments should iacIlIint The construction
Of any canal or railway which had lor IFS object the
union of the Atlantic with tie Pacihc, Went IN 10 al
firm in authoritative form what our government hnd
stated already in a despatch: "th"t Great Nrl'a'n
wuu,d not occupy, i"riy. nor rolonize, ar assnihr
or exercise any dominion ovrr--ur make Use ni amy
PROTECTION which she afforded ur might Afford i"r lir
uurpose If occupying, tJrtiiying, Or Co!"nh!ng lDe
Mosquito coast, or ANY part "i Central America
Indeed j. would seem that Sir Henry Bulwef took es-
upcia care to record, in is proj,t OF the rnilfrniio
not ONLY th. exact sentiments hut the precise words
which his government hGd USED before Inn. HE pr"
! ;.cl WA. auproyrt aud Orcnnc a trrnty Inc storm
that had been raging now c"l.neh GOWN, a'" inth"r
uputiatiuu wn. entered into for The purpose oi devis
= inc some suitable arrangement IN virtue OF winch
Gr.st Hr;.nin who had already louui !Itrsrf not L"
rn,u;sp or turtify the territory she prorrted might
,.;thdrnw altogether from her pnston Us pioeciriX.
which could no LONGER be nii advantage l" her. ahu
MIGHT becune burden. For this u was only iiec'n'
~ n zee TO whGu a portion Of the MosIutu pos
sessions 10 which the government of mere Indians
coull not we'll apply should be c-dcd and by whom
,h. Indians themselves should he Protected III the r.
naming portion OF those possessinns when 'ireat BIZ
thin uu longer protected them. The first step VIA
suggested by ordnnr! prudence, the second by com.
mon humanity. Unfortunately, however, the grent
man (Mr. Webstrrl with whom this negotiation "ns
proceeding died, and, still more unfortunately per-
haps new purity shortly ufter~a Us came int" pow
er The Buwer aud Clayton treaty had been made
by the Whig purity: aud consequently we fear. q. a
matter nf ordinary party tactics, WAS necessary tor
the Democratic party eIther To -nirar"r tn throw u
over or To screw suneihiug more ont OF it than The
great Wing leader had thoughr II expressed.
Two qussrIor4, therefore, are now raised lhg h,s