Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-30
THE SHIFTS Or Its CANVASS.

| The ah!C;s add expcdiens 10 which the opponent,
the Democratic party forced TO resort, will, the
vain hope of defeating Buchanan and Breckin:d.;a
are really amusing, and would provoke Ok laughter
il they did not deserye oar s2ora Driven from one
:ase poi!,ioa they resort 10 another with surprising
facility aud ii the day OF election little more
distant We should have them returning TO positions
heretofore ahandoEed else they would be com
ueled to leave the field altogether.
Six weeks ago the newspapers and orators at the
South were busy with the effort TO asen the stain o
abotonism upon The political character OF Mr.. Ruc-
hanan. We met them boldly, ag?oaies! to the re-
cord Of bis past life PROVE thc alsehood OF every
such staten nt cid orced them to abandon tia!
I.,04e .. attack.
Now the tune !, altogether changed, and the same
m.uwho were blatant in attacking Buchanans sound
ness two weeks ago, laborng to prove that Ere
mont is the Northern sectional candidate, buchanan
the Southern sectional candidate, and Elliho1e inc
only national man in the Ged ready 20 do equal JUS
tice to all sectoG-
1; i submitted 10 every candid mind, that il these
editors and orators believed what they asserted here
,ofore they do not believe their present statements
Mr.. buchanan cannot be at Southerh rlan
and opposed to the Southern se.;aenI ca hs slave
ry question
And it .s submitted, too, that upon the shown: of
;ae enemies OF the Democratic party. James Buc-
hanan ought to receive and richly merits the vote Of
avery Southern man, because he is favorable TO
;ne South than either of the other candidates.
But the real state Of the Gaze is that Bolts, Saun.
ders Imboden Kanawha Smith, and the rest Of the
free soers nj Virginia. know that this d.. position IL
A. upsound and untenable - .Le Orner. They know
TINT in this canTa-. South is not claiming any
tim more rnan the rights and privileges guaranteed
hv the Constitution Of the United States, and ,-t
Mr. Buchanan is not the representative u extreme
Southern sentiment, but Of Constitutional com-erva-
t,n To that eZ;e;. j. the candidate of the South,
and *; further. The South only asks that shall 20
back to the Constitution, and adhere to the C0:npfo-
misses Of the slavery question contained IN that m
s,rumrnt, as the only proper, Just Cnl honorable so-
luton of ,h- whole controversy, and thus much the
Sor,h mus: cunceGle unless it s tired Of the Uncr.
Ii is SANDER foul. unnatural SANDER for sny South
ern man TO and 10 attempt to maintain, that
shareholders are seeking anything which was not
promised to them the condition of their entrance
into the Union. Slavery existed in these States when
the Union was framed and the States of the North
agreed respect the rights Of shareholders, and il
they are no longer willing to abide by that Contract,
in heavens name let us part in i.-aoe. James
Buchanan says, let the 'E... aand, let the Compr"-
misses Of the Consultation be preserved and say.
the democratic party in every State Of this Union
/ North! South. Fast and West. /. not this true m
tionality! l. it not the only true nationality!
Where then are the champions Of FILLMORE, who
assai! tho nationality Of the Dencsa.i. Candida,c!-
They are found, as they haze heeninunl before false
prophets, seel.n. to iciuie and deceive the people.
They ase grown desperate, and, like drowning men,
catch at straws. which can lend them no support
Sink they must, and shat inevitably. milestone
OF fnlsehood and political hereEy hangs about
their necks which vii! surely GROWN them in the
depths of he sea. Every struggle they make TO es.
cape thei. doom only plunses them deeper and deep
ar aud the sounds which nil their ears as they sink
into the abyss, are the angry shouts of an indignant
people.