Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-01-02
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SLAVE
RY-WISE -YANCEY, &c.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SLAVE
RY-WISE E-YANCEY, &c.
To the Editors Of ute Enquirer
DALLAs COUNTY, Ala, Dec. %. 1886
Gentlemen: The Presidential election Is over, grd
the Democratic party has again. not ouy savec Tie
Union, but hos secured 10 the Southern Ststes tor
time ut least, their equality within thar Union. !.
for one, wss not more sgreeaby surprised than de-
lighted at the result. How it dopu' Who ard
ir1 was the question WAS bliud Gut now ! seG.
Lsr mo tell you how:-A few days ago !rieud for.
mery Of the old North State, placed in my hhmcs 4
hle OF your paper containing several " Gov. Nisgs
letters, especially ihe III reply 10 the charge ..
treason from Raleigh paper From this die, 81
though the battle had been fought and the victory
wor. stiI from tho columns OF tue Enquirer It's 70
giug pillows tossed; they reach me hrre oven In AID
bama; and really, genemeu, | feel like was III the
midst Of the dkht. You have done well, nobly -
All honor to your gallant leaders, aud TO your paper
You have lodged nothing; you have met the asO!.
toniss on their own grounds and terms, aseun!InS
that African slavery is blessing to both black al%
white, aud the result 10 before us-tbey have beea
defeated.
The writer has seen white slavery in tho Northern
cities, especially in Now York. under tho eye of
Greeley g. Co. He has seen 1t creeping slyiy x
swarms to the back lots or doors OF The city ho,e',
each subject with bucket in hand, 10 buy lew cop.
psrs worth Of the last refuse from the scrap table.
aiter the larger pieces from the dinner plates hgG
been eulled out to hash for breakfast for SOUP O.
for scrap pies for dinner on the uext DAY. lnors
they were, with nh,lc though unwhsLed skip Geli'
cate teufures and handsomely forud pcraons, many
Ut them looking rimid rs fawns who With proper
food and clothing. would grace any gentleman par.
lor. But necessity-dirs, hungry necessIty-oid5
t.iem here and they must come as the hs resort, AL
II is the oaly place that few coppers vi" save the
life Of the poor child that buys and tho tamy tiGi
waits TO divide the poor and scapy plttsncs.
Hunger stake abroad, ty day and BY night, Stts
bleeding k1asas lac i!s th"usanis 10 waste sud
squauder. Really tho "poor Greeks hre ~ :a9..
doors." Why will they not see the;pi luc n'ei
beaded Pharisee is bliud II s mischief h. .eeks AID
not deeds OF charity More ouuld be added 10 tts
above, much more, but 1t ID unnecessary.
Turn with me TO the other side OF tho picture, TO
the Southern side, aud auswer Inc, Were vii! you
fnd Southern slaves dying with huuXer7 was born
and raised in the midst uf slavery, have travelled
much in the States that hold it, beginning with Doa
ware, aud passing through all the intermediate sht''
to Louisiana inclusive; aud have yet to see o: lenTa
Of the first Of starving for something TO ea;
The African is the mldest system of slavery, and IS
it exists in the South, it is the best fed Clothed Ard
cared for aboring class in the World and ought 20
spread. Aud if through system OF false phian.
thrOpy, men have and will send their slaves 10 IL.
IBERIA, let the wild ones bs caught, tanned, ana
brought South, where they have been, and car
again be bumauised and ohrstiansed, in the sane
school, and in place Of those that have been 'eas
away.
You have gallant leader in your old Virgins; -
have we in our new Alabama When all was narA
and gloomy under Know.Soihing rule your n"bi"
Wise, dragged the monster frogshis dark h.dnS
plaes-bis cavern-tod the trutttsA the honest d,l-
ded aud by it won them to bis Nhusei While TO he
vile hearted he showed no quarters, but eIposrd
their naked deformty to the gaze Of An enra9ed ami
asonishsd people.
Our Yancey did the ssmei he, too, faced ths ou:'
my, when the staunchest quailed even grave Srna:,
stood as dumb as posts, or as grave as owis, wh'p
Ysucey's eloquence, sustained by manly m"Fa!
courage, rarely equallsd, drove every thing before
him.
God grant he may become one Of Mr.. Buchanan
advisers Alabama, so long overlooked in tina, part
cular, would rejoice at the appointment. Her l'eop1
desire it; it is due to the State and TO him.
ONE OF THE RANK AND FILE.