Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-21
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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FRIDAY MORNING, ,AUCUsT Is3,

FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1887.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY J..
LohAlN To THE CONSTITUTION ANp TliE
, UNION.
. IL is exceedingly difficult 10 conceal SYMPTOM.
oil iilsaiec'ion, or 10 divert attention from the resl
onecfs oil politicians, wsian they essay To- SUP
, p'l' p''hc'Pe'' and At the same TINS rspuIia.
anu uehouhce Tie political course and charac
'er u lie men Who officially represent them. r"
lake sheiter III the Democratic CAMP and nsdously
assfe rue elements OF alienation aud dscord among
l'' members; 10 profess fellowship with The Demo.
cratic party and strike al il with an envenoncd dagger
whenever m opportunity is offered to esacgerae error
into enormty; to vaunt necessarily an oyerweening
aneeIoh i'r Tue 'nstiintosand anssty Tor the safety
OF the Soulh and at the time sssail tho only
political organ cation which is adequate to a success
in defence 10 attempt part papable in lis con
traolctos Zoo Transparent: in the Inconsistency oi s
professions a'd lis practices TO hsnds for more than
amomcn, The Intelligent, ingenious and patriotic p.o.
= pic whom IS designed 10 decisive. And whether,
through considerations of sefnter.st mistaken and
unreRsonng zeal in commcrdaLie rs,lse or an hon
est and patriotic intention 10 apply the a.h of severe
censura only as corrective Of imaginary wrouys
the effect pon Tho popular mind is the same il ex
cites suspicion aud dsrust md stamps lis auors and
abeit"rs with a mark Of dsloyalty to Democracy, OF
dangerous. trlncrity, and of uncertainty of purpo,e
and position whic! is seldom il ever forgotten unless
amply atonei by timely recanta,inn and ar.luous
service. rio.n may and shoad be-, when the or.
rasion requires il, above NIL party ties But ne nn
the principles Of Democracy maintained aud en-.
forced n-ither they the Administration that re-
presents them. can BIZ assaej by Democrat without
rendering him amcnaJie TO the charge Of d4ailecon
and desernn, il h" openly declares his antegonisrn
and Of timidy and reachery il he Processes friend
ship in tone 90 loud that all may hear, while he
whispers deraction softly that none ont the kecnest
ear catch the words, and adroi;ly insiruaies
charges, which observed only by those they are
q intended 10 Influence aud ii. ct Such the unenva
BILE position in which every individual must soon lind
O himself who prncaim4 to ihs world that he is an
unsiut Democrat boasts cf his services 10 his
country and his party declares his continued conf
" dence in the integrity and purity OF the party, but
" whose excessive for the rights and honor o
the South, compel him. most reluctantly to repudiste
- and condemn the Administrations because the ope
o raons of tue principles of the Government erc
y into Kansas.
y Fealty to party may be pushed to m unwar.anta
" ole extreme. But when there ia no deviation from
6 those principles and tha; policy, whc! haze ever
. been advocated and upheld by all the members, rs
k swDiis to the interests aud iusepa.ab!. from The
J. maintenance Of the honor of the country there can
be excuse for the conduct Of those who still pro
o fess party allegiance. while endsavorng to deal
y death blows 10 thu G,e AMI agents OF Admins.
traon, which il using every efTor: 10 enforce fairy
and fearl-ssy the principles upon which il went into
power. RemonsraEce agans: usurpat;on nr abuses
Of authority, sometimes sc.Teihe purpose OF bringing
back to their proper po.iiioa oica! representatives
who may have departed from it sier innocently AMI
. Inadvertently, or through IT. )vas of reprehenslbe
i character Bat then that censorship to which every
n freeman il entitled, should be eSerc sed openly
agsinst the offender individual and not agains,
the party which he reprsgeu.s LY imputatioGs upon
e its purity, and uI;Tact attacks upon policy. which
has her-tofors received and does sili, prcressedy
cornmaud the appreciation Of him. who now COT.
denns il, hy refusing 10 srqniesce IN ls influences
and effects
The Administrator Of Air D,ci.anan has been al
ready visited with severe By few Of ho.,.
: election. The people may have been. 10 some
extent alarmed by the rst cutlery against The policy
pursued by it. hu; they rave seen lor
themselvas aud, instead OF disappointment mor,;ira
ton and fear for he safely o the South. under the
Administration III power. North a Soath, and East
" and West. ihers is scnss Of security AMI sut-iac
tion which is at n rebuke to the agita.ing ultra
is.s of the South and The trGitoruus fanatic. al tie
North Th. country is quiet, the people are content
I'd, the eorernnrnt is moving on happily, harmu.
niousiy ani prusperously our domestic difficulties
are few; foreign relations all OF pacific char
acter; KANSAS i, left 10 the consideration Of its
sttutonal convention: The Black Republicans nre in
no mood for reircing and there s nothing to disturb
the repose of political watc.a, but the croakirgs uf
few nalcOnients in the South whose cries Of alarm
have ceased "a excite The apprehension OF the
most sensve an! sici.a5ie individuals in the colln-
try.
No Democrat can break with the Administration,
No far its policy has been developed, without in.
curing the charge of gros'e.t inconsistency. Up 10
this time, Mr.. Buchanan has represented the DE
mocraic party nobly and proudly and that he %il!
continue to do - to the end, discover moi the
rern0:es reason 10 doubt.