Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-25
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER,
BY RITCHIE & DUNNAvANT.

THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
BY RITCHIE & DUNNAvANT.
FRIDAY MORNING, sEPTEMBER 2J.
THE SOUTHERN ULTRAISTS, THE NEW
ORLEANS DELTA, AND coll JEFF. DAVIS.
The warfare between the adheren.s of the Admin.
israon and those exctable, rebellous and sensitive
Southern Democrats who have induged in un(riend.
ly demonstrations towards Mr. Buchanan, has been
essentially moied il, indeed it has not been brought
al,nos to close, by the Presidents unanswerable
and une1ceptionabe exposition OF his views on the
! Kansas question, in his Siman letter.
For the most part, the malcontents have heartily
approved and endorsed the position of the President,
and are now manesting disposition to enter into
armistice if not to ground their arms and surrender
on condition that they shal be allowed TO retire with
the honors Of war We are gratiGed to observe such
spirit, and We can only hope that the breach will
not be opened again by other attacks upon
the Administration. 1t may not have been unnatu-
raj that the Topeka speech of Governor Walker, as
it was at fst interpreted and construed should excite
the asonishden and provoke the of Southern
men. But since the appearance of the Srnan letter,
the especial patrons and peculiar friends ofths South,
have suddenly discovered, that after all their male.
dlctlons, aduraions, menaces, and bold demonstra-
tlons OF defiance, the presence Of Governor Walker
in Kansas, need not inevitably reduce the slave
holding States to ignominious submission. 1t is
somewhat strange, this gratifying fact was not
tanned before. In his official dispatch to the State
Department on the Goth July, Governor Walker tx.
pressed his views frankly, fearlessly and clearly
The Presidents letter avows the same opinions and
re afirms the same policy.
Why, then, We ask, was it, that ihs agitabe ultra.
lists Of the South did not sheathe their swords and ex
tend their hands 10 Governor Walker. upon the ap-
pearnnce OF his official declaration in which he not
only positively denied and repudiated the sentiments
they had attributed 10 him, but proclaimed opinions
Identical with those for which they now so loudly ap
plaud the Presidents leter' II their Indignation in
the first instance aroused by an apprehension of
danger to the South and of treachery the part Of
the Governor of Kansas why WAS it that they did not
alter their tone after his annunciaon Of aentiments
which they could not and dare not condemnl Was it
because they had not confidence enough in Governor
Walker to believe him when he declared his views TO
have been misrepresented' Admit thar to bs the rea
son. and they are still found in an nextrcable difficult
ty Of inconsistency Confusion worse confounded'
follows them in their unavailing efforts to escape
from the web which they have woven for themselves
If they believed Governor Walker to have betrayed
the interests of the South, according to the original
version Of the Topeka speech and placed too little
lance in hs subsequent denial Of the sentiments i'm.
pued to him, 10 change their own views relative to
HE reputsd recresncy, why that they do not con-
tinus TO demand his removal from office'
They are satisfied with the Presidents letter. But
Walker is still Governor of Kansas. How do they,
how can they reconcile their contradictory positions
II We could be brought to believe that this fault Of
the factonists was only the effect of an ardent
desire TO protect the interests Of the South that they
we're in because they acted upon the impulse of
| the moment without due delberation, would be
willing TO welcome them back with only gentle re-
proof for their misguided zeal and ndisc:etion But
have serious suspicion that these rebeiou' spir
itsin the Democratic camp, declared war against Gov
Walker withthe intention Of openly assaiing the Ad
mnisraon, and, il possible to enbarrass and break
down Mr.. Buchanan and the National Democracy. 1t
true as We have repeatedly said before, that there
srs number. Of Democrats in ths South, who have
opposed the of Governor Walker only BECAUSE
as they then understood his reported declarations,
they considered them ninicsl 10 the slavery cause.
There are hundreds such, whose Democracy is above
suspicion. But there are others, to whom we have
just referred, who were rioiced at the opportunity
thus afforded 10 ssssil the Administration either
openly or indirectly, and ascertain in advance OF any
| organized and above-boa assault, whether il was
capable of successfully resisting them and crushing
out all opposition. The experiment has been made
The strength of the Administration has been mea
sured, and the iactonists, for the most part, have
abandoned, for q season at least, the rash, and to
them, the runous enterprise in which they had al
most progressed beyond the pale OF penitence or
the possibility of acceptable recantation There are
few of them, however, who have, from the outset,
discarded all prudential considerations, and who stl
manifest determination hot to abate the war against
Mr. Buchanan. The New Orleans Delta" is in this
category. 1t is generally conceded, We believe that
Jefferson Davis is among the most ferocious OF the
FIRE eaters: ald yet observe that he s arraIgped
| by the Della because he dares to entertain mo
doubt that MIR. Buchanan will hold the scales OF jus
tce between the two sections, without partiality or
prejudice" We are efraid the Delta is bopelessy
lost jeff. Davis is considered an ultra Southern
man. but he ia too tame, it would seem, for the "New
Orleans Delta That journal has fed on fire until il
even demands something still hotter. 1t chews up
JEFF. Davis as an ostrich eats wrought nails, or
crocodile would distend ts stomach with stones We
are eratisd TO learn that Col Davis is erhorting his
fellow citizens to stand by the Administration 1t
cheering Sign in the fiery Southern sky What diet
| will the "Deta'' demand next