Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-08
.wuar Is NATIONAL DEMOCRACY

"The South" of Thursday last evinces strong
dis,aste TO the uss Of the word national, aud IN.
bore hard to oppose Its meaning to that OF "Stata
Rights" Iudecd 4, even ventures the assumption
that National Democrats Themselves have admitted
au incongruity to exist between the two appes'ion'
This furnishes only another example Of the futile 81
forts OF The South to identify itself aud it. cons'
derates with the State Rights party Now VIC hold
that the State Rights party Ia one and the came via
the National Democracy. The State Rights .
sound conservative party, the only party now IA x
istenoe which stands up In defence of our Ss''orsl
Union. We need not stop to quibble with Tbs
South" as to enlarged restricted use OF the void
.nation." Whsther our Union can strictly be called
q "ns,ion' or not, ours is a national Unon-a Union
Of sovereigns, Union Of nations. "The South
must rub up it's eymoogy before il ventures into nice
dissensions on the meaning of words. Throughout
tho civilized world, the law which regulates the nu
tual relations of nations is called national law. IL
ternstional law and national law are Convertible
terms. Why then cannot any union Of nations be-
called q national union? Why cannot The party
which sustains such union bo called na;ions!
party1
In ts reference to the "Aamiltonian dynasty
"The South" is especially unfortunate. 1t will be re
membered that the "dynssty" was the embodiment
of consolidationis party. The idea OF conso'ida'
ton was very distasteful TO the mass OF tns
people, and it was found necessary TO con
cesl il under name 70 which no objec
ton could be found. Thus the word National
was adopted, much after the same manner in which
his Satanic majesty is said to quote scripture tn.
term "Federalist" was applied in the same niannsr
and the very use made Of the words furnishes lnne
diate proof that neither is nrnscsy o6JectIonsoie
We have no difficulty in pointing 10 the phaae OF
the word National which eIcites the disgust "i
THE South" Every party which advocate" 'hs
Unisn of the States and defends the interests OF Inc
Union. ia necessarily national party for the Union
i; ;,s,f tho o.nring of the national sanction CT each
and all the States. But there is no mere geographi
cal division which fails to comprehend all tie states.
n which national recognition can be attributed The
psrty which attempts to initiate the Interests OF ons
.ectou of the Union against any other section, 10
.eolons, not national party. The Democratic party
i, the State Rights party, and the State Rights
marty is q, national party "The South" the "Mer.
curry" and the Delta" have united with the
Nothing press in attempt to separate and op
pose these appellstions, the one to the other The
desructiopst faction have tried to snatch the gem Of
State Rights from the crown Of National Democracy.
in an upsuecessful attempt to identify State Rishts
With sectonssm But each Sts.e has its Vested rsh.
in the Union. and the State Rights party proudly
wears Ito national title to the dsmsy Of every see.
tional faction like that which 1.-THE South" represents
1t Is the necessary opposition Of the words national
and sectional" which distrssses The South" aud
eutangles ito threads of genealogical dissertation.