Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-07
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER q.
THE CRIsIS-pRINCIpLEs INvoLvED-coN

VIII 'he hcPuoiican party hang together il success.
ful! Ii must be confessed That it is admirably con-
struced to pass through the ordeal of victory Other
parties carry the seeds of discurd in their BOSOM and
success or later develops differences which lc-
sroy hsm. But is not so with the seIi.caled Re-
publican party they agree beforehand TO disagree on
asutjects but ono and on that disagreement sirnpos
sble When subjects vi difference arise they cease TO
bs party, but remain within call and ready to re.
assemble at signal from their leaders, In tho halls
of Congress- like the bad angels in council when oc-
cason requires, q
They reduce to smallest forms their shapes
Immense but are without number still
lI the halls OF that Internal court"
1t will be said that differences among them may
occur in reference to slavery that many disposed
TO be moderate and constitutional, aud will not per
mil exresses in their party There can be differ
ence among them az TO the end, and but little as to
the means All agree in HOSTILITY to slavery, all agree
in wishing 10 cloak that hostility under constitutional
forms, and all agree rs to the latitude of construction
applicable to the constitution. There has been no
visible difference Of opinion among the fresuiers
Republicans rs to the constitutional right of Congress
10 prohibit slavery in the territories to abolish it in
the District Of Columbia md in the forts and dock
yards, to prohibit the slave trade betwer the States
and 10 refuse slave States admission into the Union.
They never have differed on these questions which
| afford a wido margin for action before drbaable
ground is reached.
Some are Of opinion, however, that the heavy re-
sponsibilties imposed by success, will induce mode
ration and that the leaders of the party will facr
when they are called on TO pass from theory to prac.
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pressure from behind viii force them forward i'll tine
career Of aggression. What would Faueuii Hall ard
Exeter Hall say What woald the press of New
England and Cid England say if the Republican par.
~, i'll the aoment OF its success, to declare ts
| mission ended ana 10 announce that nothing more
could be done for down .troddcn humanity Would
Plymouth Rock lie quiet in it's bed, il Mr.. Fremont
sat idly his throne, indifferent TO the expressions
prhcred millions of his subjects, guilty of no
crime, save skin darker than his own =! Would
Bri,ish arisocracy degn to smile on Northern trav.
eers to entertain favored few coored and white,
on short visits to Castles and lIals WITH historic
names, and to afford them giirpaes thigh life, il the
North made recreant to Fer professions, and for.
gelful of her philanthropy by the sweets of Office
Ths principle Of the party is essentially aggressive,
the leaders have been all their lives aggressive, ac
vity will have brought them into power aud inactivity
will threaten to eject thom from it. When did mode
raiioa ever prevail in revolution and what is better
entitled To be called revolution, than tho transfer Of
the Federal Executive 10 abollionsn! Abolition has
been ,ramped upon and insulted aud will come into
bower burning for revenge. Can the leaders Of the Re.
publican party be expected 10 risk their safety i'll
an attempt to check and moderate their followers
Will Summers recollection fit him for @.ty:dOm, or
Burlngsmes passage u arms softer I'D ionciate hn'
Or Stewards past intercourse "th Southern SENATOR'S
stimulate him tc :Jc~uler danger Tor their SAKE NJ
doubt thee ere moderate men in the party but mod
e:ala men unheeded in revolutionary times. he
/ fpublicsnism in power, will be like st"rnins eoi""'
in ,ba s,r..,s of captured city, dangerous to ireHC
and roe. Its leaders will direct its course, bu: MOI
check its march
Je. as not isaagiue for a moment that n Cnns;u.
tiona defence will avail us nny !hins. II has been
tried and has miseraby failed Indeed it has brought
the Gauls to the capitol The Senate cannot save us
| If the Republicans party sweep the North, they "I
carry ,he Legislatures Of the Northern States, and
/ through them control the Senate. Mr.. Rur!ingalmc
foreshado~s this iu his recent speech at Boson:-
| "Sh.n We shall have el, ctrd President, viii
who will not he the President Of party I" src'
ton but the tribune Of the people aud after u" h0r'
eIisrmiHated Il fer more mscr06h d0"eh tnc'S j'o"I
he North, then, # M' stare senate wN nj eI@C ~1V
wc ,rW grind II bstwc"n hc app G"G asia,r mill
stones Of o~r powcr." The next session Of Congress
will witness tho admission of Minnesota, and pus.
bly Net5asxa, and then the upper and neither mill
stones will begin their work.
If differences will not destroy the Republican par
ty in power il moderation is not TO be expected from
it, If its constitutional tenets afford numerous ave
nues of attack on slavery, what shall look for al
IL hands! Is there any thing in the character Of its
candidate that exciies rational hope of resistance
on his part 20 the violence of his partyl
Firs, known as the leader Of exploring expeditions
across the Rocky Mountains, then for his attack on
California before heeriaz OF the war between Mexico
and the Unite. States, then for his controversy with
hie srperor officer for the post Of Governor OF Cali
forpia, then dismissed from the Army, reiEsta'ed re-
signing, turning speculntor, politician for brie
space Southern man by birth, Northern man by
choice, Democrat ouee, Republican now, sol.
dier by profession, and en- adventurer by pursuit
'eyery thing by turns and nothing long he is tbC
very last man ON earth to make conservative Prcs
dent.
Audaciously bold ambitious i'll informed in pnliti
cal matters and completely dependant on E:s party
he has neither the temperament, the POSITION thu
will, to check or control it in any laeiiiated assault
OH the South.
He must be regarded the representative of hi
party, ready to execute its commands. We have 10
the smallest reason for considering him any thing
else.
Suppose him, then, elected and armed with TN
Executive power of the Government; suppose hi
party at his back abhorring slavery viewing il ns al
enormous crime, deadly sn, damning disgrace ,'
the nation, harked on by the abolition press of Eng
hand and America, aud unrestrainrd by constitutions
scrupes what shall we look for then!
The restoration of the Missouri restriction, we art
told nothing more. All this preparation, all this ex
eitemont these vast efforts and this astounding vcto
| ry tend to this and more! Oh lame and impotcn
conclusion to an enterprise splendid! 1t canno
| be. We must not for moment entertain the delu
SION The South will stand confronted with he
deadly enemy, armed, for the Ersi time, with all tn,
forms of law and fully bent on her destruction.
Shall she wait the onset, hampered by constitu
ton, which sits light as air on her adversary! Shal
she streng hen, with her treasure and her alleg
q Government as foreign to her as that sf France
or England, and more hostile! Will it be compaii
BILE with her honor safety to remain subject TO ,ha
| Government
THE CRISIS-POSITION OF THE SOUTH IL
FREMONT BE ELECTED.
Mr.. Fremont's election on enti-slavery grounds
merely will virtually exclude the South from all sar,
in the Executive government since no man Of honor
can accept seGt in the cabinet while he condemns
the election and the policy of the President. NJ