Daily American organ., 1856-08-20
The Issue. and its consequences.

The Richmond Enquirer of yesterday closes
its leading article as follows
off Black Repubcanism is to triumph in this
issue, the South must despair of the protection of
its rights and honor under the present system of
government"
We are not prepared get for the admission
that the present triumph of Republicanism in
the Presidential canvass would settle the ques-
ton deinitively that the rights and honor of the
South could not be protected under the pres
ent system of government. Disastrous as the
consequences would be, if the present contest
should result in favor of the Republicans, we
are not quite sure that it would show an entire
failure of the system of Federal Government
which our fathers established. Its success
could be only ephemcral-its triumph would
be rt-lived-the mischiefs it could accom-
plish would not sap the foundations of the
Constitution Republic would still remain,
the howlings of fanaticism to the contrary not
withstanding
None could deprecate more than ourself, the
temporary success of this sham Republican
party, in this contest,--we abhor its revolu-
tionary doctrines and its sectional purposes,
and we can find no language strong enough to
express our detestation of that coalition which
it has formed with the foreign element under
the lead of John Hughes. Dangerous to the
peace, harmony and quiet of the country as
the success of this sham Republican party
would prove, we cannot ddnait that the Amer
lean Union is not strong enough to bear the
shock nor can we doubt that in case of such
success, there would be a union of all the con-
servative elements in the nation, at once
formed, to resist and defeat the revolutionary
purposes of this new organization. The Fed
eral Union must indeed be ga rope Of sand" if
the temporary triumph of any such party,
could break it into fragments No indeedl
the Union must stand, and conservatism mast
triumph.
But has the Richmond Enquirer reflected
seriously Upon the mode of defeating the sue
cess of these sham RepublicansH Has it in
quired earnestly and patriotically h0a0 this de-
feat could be accomplished? We apprehend
it has done no such thing It's course proves
that it only cares for the triumph of the sham
Democracy, and that it would, in TRUTH prefer
the success of the sham Republicans to the
success of the National Americans, notwith-
standing its professed belief that, Gin its own
language,) eff Black Republieanism is to tri-
umph in this issue, the South must despair of
the protection of its rights and honor under
the present system of government" 1t seems
to us rather remarkable that press processing
to entertain the above opinions should pursue
course of policy leading inevitably and GER
tainly Gf adopted by the Soutb) to the success
of that very party, whose triumph, it affirms,
would produce the disastrous results it has
indicated.
1t would be uncharitable to suppose that
the Enquirer really desires to make an expert
ment of some other System of government"
on the ground that the present system cannot
protect the rights and honor of the South
We hardly suppose that press contemplates
division of this republic into Northern,
Southern, and Western republics-when no
ties would exist to prevent, and no notices
could be urged against, that aggressive policy
which now animates the bosoms of the lead
ers of these sham Republicans-bu when, as
foreign and independent nation, that section,
now rapidly filling up with the minions of the
Pope, would be unrestrained in the manifesto
ton of purposes and aims, whose attempted
execution would drench the North American
continent with blood Fearless as this as
sumed champion Of the sham Democracy may
be-ardent as this youth certainly is-we do
not believe he has yet determined upon delibe-
rately recommending that change in our "sys.
tenn of government" which would unloose the
now restrained elements of mischief
There is, in our judgment, and doubtless the
Richmond Enquirer would, upon due retaec-
tion, concur in the opinion, much safer and
wiser plan, which could be adopted, to prevent
the success Of the sham Republicans, and thus
save the South the possible necessity Of making
an experiment by changing our "system Of
government" to obtain the protection Of its