Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-16

NORTH AND SOUTH.
These two sDpls terms, ordinarily a'Sa'ncan' op'9
,f climatic distinctions, and geographical DIVISIONS o.
,err;ftrv have bscome the synOnymes OF parties IL
tie political nomenclature OF our country.
Wba,hsr this should be 80 or not, is question alto
ve,ber by the fact that it is But under
existing circumstances, glance at the cause and
speculation a. to the result of thssectiona dissensiop
among the American people, may not be unaccepta-
BILE to ourreaders.
The slavery question, everybody is aware is the
single Of all the intestine trouble by which our
national legislation has been seriously embarrassed
and which still endangers our institutions. Not tha
negro slavery in itself either incubus or an evil
contrary either to humanity, proprlety, the laws o
commerce. of man, or of God; but, because 1t IS 90
considered by large proportion Of deluded people 10
the North, andSSecause those who are not misieo
through ignorance, advocate oppo''ion 70 IL tor the
sinister purpose of advancing their own individual
interests By preying upon the passions and preJu-
dcss of their fsnaca followers This, it cannot be
denied s tho simple effect Of the slavery agitation,
that has at last brought the Union to the brink Of an
nbyss into which none but the hardest hearted trai.
tor 10 the land OF sbolitionsm can look, without
trembling for the future of our counry and the sal
ve;ion of self-government.
The opponents Of the South have been, and still
expanding their energies against what We trust and
believe 1t will prove to them 10 the sequel an ignis
fa.uus which will ever elude their grasp. African
slavery does not now, and never can exist in the
North To the people Of that section it is
an abstraction, which has nothing to do with
nf
non.iuterfersnce. They may accomplish dis
ruption of the oonfederacy bat as to e1tnguishing
the institution of slavery, or diverting it from that
course and those countries to which the laws OF COM
merce and climate direct it, tits mpractible as any
other aud every other effort on the part Of man to
dictate to Deity, must prove.
The iahospitsble latitude of the North is at once
the primary secret of the antagonsm Of the citizens
Of that section, 1t is natural and insurmountabe
obstacle to slavery, rendering all human law on the
superarogatory, far az il, extension beyond
the bounds of profit is concerned. Reverse the eli
mates and products of the North and South and the
sarns people who are now so violent in their denun.
citation of slavery unjust tyrannica, impoversh.
ing and unchrisan, would seon be heard in its praise
from one end of the country to the other as being
amsoratng In ts operation, bene6cent in its tenden
cies in accordance with the planest precepts of the
Bible, and indispensable to the temporal and etarna
happiness of both races. The same cold climate
which fits people for abolitionists mentally and
morally also euhces in the cnsras.e- o. - products
place them in opposition to negro slavery on other
grounds than that Of humanity. Whether the final
rssu Of the division Vi this country politically, into
Two distinct sections, will be to discover the confede
racy, ia, Of course, question to be determined by
future events which neither section nor any other Of
mortal man can anticipate except specuatively.
Black Republication mey have acquired addition
ri strength enough in 1860 70 defeat the Democracy
OF the North efsctualy as to render the compact
column Of the South unsvapg in its patriotic effort
for the preservation Of the Union. Or. it may be
that the present encouraging signs manifested il the
iate victories of the Northern Democrats, may prove
10 have been harbngers Of a glorious triumph oil
,onserv a,sm, and the downfall of the Black Rep ub
lican party.
Let the principle contended for by the Souther. =
people, be acknowledged and scquiesced in by 90
large proportion o The people of the North, as 10
place it beyond the pole OF probability, that abol;.
touism can again assume so formidable an as
pee. as i. now wears. and the South may be assured
81 security and the Union proclaimed safe.
To eG.ct this We think, it is only necessary that
BLACK Republicansm shall be beaten, oven if by a
single Electoral VOTE in the next Presidential contest.
Such cause is too corrupt in its personnel, as we'll
in its principles and purposes to be either homo.
geneous or harmonious long 1t has nothing but the
tratorous ambition Of dcmagogues and the fapsti-
clam of ,hsir less enlightened but moro homes; Iupes
Il -. - Ill k,.t
such An organization should not have already
fallen to pieces from lie putrdty, there is in is
present power no guaranty Of future strength.
II is true that the Abolition Party has multiplied
and magnifed with astonishing and alarIning
rapidly; and in November last it proved strong
Ar by hundreds of thousands than ever before. But
a. toe hour before daybreak may be the darkest, so
We have high hopes that the Presidential election
which proclaims peace and prosperity to the nation,
freedom forever from the danger Of aboltionism-an
eternal triumph of truth treason, will be that
which succeeds the desperate effort made by Fremont
aud his followers in the Fa! Of 1856. We wsuld by
10 means be understood as implying that we are at
a confident Of so glorious sunshine after the poren
tous shadow that still hangs upon the horizon the
North But we think there is reason enough for hopeto
induce every lover of liberty and the Union, North
and South, to enlist cheerfully in the campaign which
will commence early, to be closed by decisive VIC
tory on one side or the other in 1850. Southern men
Of all parties are as true to the institution OF
slavery a. was Knight to his lady, or mother to
her child. And trust that the danger OF division
in our ranks needs farther exemplifcation to n-
duce the South, at the next Presidential election, to
centre all her strength upon a single candidate
70 the Democracy of the North, We look, Napoleon
looked for Grouohy at Waterloo; not 30 vainly,
however, we hope. They we're almost overpowersd
in the last onset But here and there, in Psnnsylva
mia. in New Jersey, in Illinois and Indians, they
won the day. And backed by an almost unanimous
South, sknal victory was achieved, aud the Union
saved for four years more. And II is to those same
bravo bands of ndomitable Democrats, who were
driven before the enemy like leaves before the hurr
coue throughout the North except in those States 10
which we have alluded; il is to that broken host Of
heroes and patriots. say, We look with an anxious
eye in anticipation of the contest for the mastery
o! the Government. Beaten, but not dsmayed in
November, they have rallied again. and are already
winning victories over the enemy, who SO recently
routed them.
The Democracy of those States, which were over
run by abolitionsm in November, claiming to DO, as
they are, an honored portion Of the great national
party now in power, were solaced in their own local
defeat, OF last fall by the victory for which they, as
well we, 20 earnestly fought. And, in remem-
brance Of both, they are encouraged to rally again
With renovated vigor.
There are favorable indications of partial if not
radical revolution in the North within ths next four
years. and victory then will secure the South forever
LIVING IN THE WEST.
A. q curiosity, We have examined with interest.
bill of fare Of the Minna. Hsha, one of the float
ing palaces In the West. The gentleman who handed
IL 10 u.s. Ian old traveer assures US that every arti
Gle named in the bill of fare found in abundance
oc the table-be having been invited 10 inspect the