Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-14

time To come rs tho anonted deVerers of the proro
race.
But, in all earnestnes this call for q "Nstinnal
Emancipation Convention. s one oi the most iarc
cal incidents OF the day. 4 Convention oi luuatrs
10 determining upon plan for colonang the cninet or
drniHinc tho ocean, could not be more
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Is THE CHARLESTON MERCURY AN AC-
CREDITED ORGAN OF THE COTTON
STATES"
Although the opinions OF the Charleston Mrrnrs
are o very little consequence in Virginia, yet, in the
absence oi more important matters, We do not Oh
sct TO dev",ing little time to the examination ot it,
lss' editorial on The Enquirer and to the considera
ZION oi us righ; 10 speak for the Cotton STA" "
The last editorial Of that paper bears, we aro happy
{" say occasional and very refreshing evidences o
returning sanity or al least O; the periodic return
'nc"i intervals 10 the Mtrc.sr&.
IL Is true that the phrase "stoncbcd cL"ked suliu
Gated with the snake and stencil Of the EHYuiyrr'.
hre crackar4." N not a very refined delicate
pia--on. but II such language is relshed by tho fe
hned' courteous, dign!ted and chiya:lrs rsaers ui
The M'c"'g. We have no rlh. to object to the I'D.
grancy ot The sn-cc p!2.0a' with which ths .W~rtu,y
servas up its editorials. We on:e heard Of an &c.
centric gentleman who alwsy, anointsd A!s plate
before eating his dinner with assG adit6. IA an ape.
tizer but the novelty cf las sste did not mat us 81
all an.i2gs - initiate his example.
We h.e HAPPY alfo 10 that there are hi:ie .r.u.
initial and controlling inurnals n ScGin Carolina eve
~ way equal to the task v!.0 nave taken the N,c&
= in hand: sr "a ia1o.shins that unijrturaie ,ou,
&c. "ua 40 rnarh ability &c ta ,sader foreign
assistance almost unnecessary iaoeed, We now
entertain the cpiq,o. That il tins question O.
sustS'a'ps lac Administration ~ the Kansas
question |as sUornttej to the people OF .3outi Ca7o
lima tie Mercury you'd be u distinctly aud c;33hs
Ideally repudiated |e believe that ;ciraa, Sas b5
the people Of that State in iet thea sers 1yas an
election of delegates &c tie Convention Tie Edge
fed Adrsr.:Ss,, t1e SIreeaTills Pgtrie. and otter
eh!a ard powerfully editei organs of the National
Democracy in South Carolina have already, ~e eus
psct. arnod the tide completely against tie isv.f;
and its satellite. the !Ners, which 20 ,ns.s its
trumpet Of dsnunciation ever: 1oS aad then ii
'ery fierce but feeSi9 TsI. And the most sigui6
cant evidence IS the weakness Of the disunionis;:
AID 10 ai.ength the National Democracy in South
Carolina, is that two Of the most popular and Pre-
minen candidates for the place OF the laE2s.si But
Ter, are Orr and Pckens, warm fre-6s III the Admin
istra.ion, and leading Net.5a.l Damccrcts It s be
coming more e,d Eo.s apparent every daj sha: the
p-2ia1,,ons OF the frc'r- to speak for tie "Cottor
Sistes srs utterly without foundation and ma: it has
authority to preach the seHt:.-euts CT any bcdJ
more influential and ircCc.;ant than the verbose and
srandoouert aes,, We defy the .hsrcarg TO pciSl
&c c. instance of any OF the Cotton StS.es a1TiTp
submitted TO hatpaper's dic.st,on WhsR the iasut
was made upon the Compromise measure. in ls',
what di! GortS Carolina Georgia and Mississippi do
The ..:sTci.Il, il rSstake not then, as now, al
Tocsted extreme measures having something very
like isunion for their object. it was then "a noW
camorous in its administrations Of the National Oe
mocrscy aud 81 the Union men OF the SoG:b. 6ut the
Union mem OF the Gotten states" I1et the dis
union men" ct tia cotton States" at tsS polls in
South Ca:o!:Ea. Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
anu ;pe a,sunIoDists were drubbed to their hearts
content, aud tha verdict OF the people materially da
ma ei The reputation OF the hrr:ay rs an organ of
any larger Southern party than could be com
fortably seated in the editorial sanctum oI il1t pa
1'tir !ur'Ln'y 2.ve-I "r
with having orposed iae C"mproI'as mea
sures ari with having advocated extreme mee
cures 10 consequence ~ their passage. On I'M
contrary. i.om first TO last, Ms earnestly re
pToDsted tho iantous course ot the dlsuh"l
party in the "Cotton States The ignorance e1
hibited 10y the MrcWry Of the history OF olrnsllau
at the South for the last ssTe.. 3aa.a tIrEshes us
1 -nfp vocit obi
tori.!c md explains t:,e wonderful resemblance
which lis rhetoric besfs 10 that stupendous flash
eloquenre with which III co.adjutor Of "1he R's'n4
%s.." electrified the world few weeks ago. II 8,
happens that whenever the question Of organism ha
been determined by the people Of tho "UOttoI
States" at the polls, the RicA@:ond Enq.'rrr and no
the Charleston lhrcry, has been With the najorit!
Of the southern ,ecple This wGs the case when th'
.,sue Of Mon aud isunlon was tried in lSoO, ant
the result viii be the same whenever somesother tes
than editorial vaporng and denunciation ID required
After suclI discussion Of the question as was ha
in South Carolina in 1880 We would beat the Nercn
~ two to one in the agricultural districts o; is owl
State. Aud we predict The election o, a National DE
nocrat and friend Of the administration, 10 the st
nate Of the I'n:tei States from South Carolina, il
spite o. the rcary and IFS clique 1t is time, how
ever, we were considering the .Hrrcur-s reioinder
our last editorial. The lrrcary says
It il asserted that desire 10 dissolve the Union,
the reason Governor Walker and the Administrative
has been assailed for their policy in Kansas II thl
is SO, the disunion party very predominant in tn
Cotton States of the South Ii is almost coe1lensiv
with the South itaelf. II is mighty party, even i
Virginia; for the Enquirer asserts that all the wing
and Know Nothings IN that STATE are opposed TO TOY
Walkers policy, and express their "ppns'tlon w
far more power than Southern Democrats, Ase a
these aiming at dissolution OF tho Union lt ID
dernagorica assertien-w thoIi any foundation d
truth quite berea io2 dignity 0l the EnlhIrer' or
snv other ouni SlcL cen understand lhst all mora
influence 10 based ON truth.
We have never charged that sl of the assnlanis .
the Administration and oi Gov. Walker were dis
unionists. But *e have asserted snd we repeat TIA
there ara Gscontentei sedi.ous tactious poIitics.
in some of the Southern States. Th1 are seeking az
iously and they pray, are praying teryeStT sn
sincerely Tor the immediate dissolution c. the Union
We believe that ha ferociou2 Cs. which handful @
disunionists are wagins OH the National Democracy
is attributable sn.:eoly to the conservative characfs
Of that democracy and because they know that the.
can aver dissolve the Union as long as the orsanlza
ton OF the National Democracy is what it now is
The organs Of this faction have openi? declared tia
they would greatly have preferred the sIcfoS oil hfe
mont 10 that of Buchanan % tie Section OF the Tor
mer would hare ;eti TO tee illEsdlste dissolution
the Union. We are not cure that the .VfTeHTy ha
moi said something to that effect within IN, last ie"
weeks Vie have dstirctly charged ;hat the bitter
cat enemies OF the Administration at the South ar
the diaunicnats but have never charged that nln
tealhs OF those who now cooperating with then
and ,hus aiding and obei:ing them uninteutlonaly
ara also d;supionst. The only motive which in
duced us to take the trouble We have with the Nero
~ vas to show the opponents OF the Administration
Virginia the temper, objects and designs Q: tie" dli
,.n;on associates We felt assured ina: SIS soon d
,hey saw ha, they we're ra5nG iato the hands Of tn
di.pniopists they cnd return to the good old Demo
cratic national organiza:;on which i. our most ctr
Gent and valuable TREND after ALL
Our argument has invariably been, that by breS-