Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-31

We ask tho people Of the South 10 note these incon
sIsencss and TO recognize 10 them ths evidences Of
dssperate and dejscteL factions desire to diminish
the strength OF the National Democracy, and to shake
The confidence of the slave States in the fidelity of one
OF their most consistsnt'an tried friends.
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THE STATE RIGHTS PARTY AND THE Ma
TIoNAL DEMOCRACY.
Since the origin Of the State Rights party of the
South, ts constant friend and ally has been the Ma
tional Democracy Community Of l.erest and con. |
slant association have made their fortunes one and
indivisble. They have invariably sat in The same
National Conventions and cordially supported the
same candidates tor office. Their snagonsm to that la
titudnsrian construction OF the Constitution for which
the old Wing party became Justly unpopular at the
South, and their sbhorrepce of Free. .Soilsm and all
the sms Of the free States have kept them clear of
those disreputable associations which having exped
sDcy rather ;han principle for their basis, have entail
cd ruin and defeat upon their opponents
This union of two honest and Constitutional par
ties has secured 10 the Union larger share of pros
pery than has ever fallen to the lot of any nation
It has given 6rinness and consistency to the admin
strative policy Of the country and eradcated all The
evilsinpanted in domestic policy by the federal
party.
Ii has proved secure and ample protection to the
South against the fanatica spirit Of the free Ststee
which, but for the existence Of the National Democ
racy, would long since have accomplished the de
| struction OF the Union.
The vast social physical political and geographical
differences and contrasts in the condition Of the
Nnrth o,lS .ofk kh and tho
slave States, required to ensure the peace and tran
guilty Of the Union great national party, every
where maintaining the same views upon the subject
ofssvery. Such party alone could check that bitter
sectonasm Of which sbolitionlsm is the fruit in
Massachusetts and disunion in South Carroll.
ma. And as we find the wisdom and knddess Of Pro.
videncs invariably providing every age and nation
with men and parties suited to their wants, find
in this country great national party, combining the
conservative State rights men of every State in the
Union in one powerful and patriotic national party.
Avoiding all impractcabo extremes Of opinion, but
always agreeing in defence Of the constitutional rights
oil the South this party has ruled the destinies Of the
United States for more than half q century To this
ancient friendship and honorable alliance can be
traced nearly all thoso ,riumphs Of principle which
the State rights party deem essential to the prosperity
Of the South.
Measures Of domestic policy originating with the
State ishts party, have been always advocated and
carried out by the National Democracy. Measures pc
culary designed to benefit the South have been made
popular at tbs North solely through the National
Democratic party. There have been times when,
without the aid of the National Democracy, the
State righs party would have beer powerlsss fac.
/ H. of ,ha
! rights party Of the South by such men as SiIas
| Wright, Levi Woodbury., Daniel 5. Dickinson and
James Buchanan, gave currency and national popu.
sr,y to what, under less happy auspices, would
have bean fruitless attempts at national reform.
Had the jealousy aud suspicion which ipjudicious
politicians at the South striving now to arouse
between the National and tho State rights DOmo.
cracy existed during the great party struggles from
Is42 to 1850, the federal party would have been now
rs powerful national organization as it was before
| tho election of Thomas Jefferson.
Take, by way of illustration, that great national
measure by which Territory larger, and more fer.
tile than France, was added to the United States.
| We refer to the annexation of Texas. In that
measure the South was peculiarly interested. The
acquisition Of 80 large q quantity OF Territory de-
signed for the extension Of slavery, well calcu
lated to excite the bitterest opposition in the free
Statea. They had not then, by the rapid growth Of
population in the West and North West, ob
tanned every thing which they could desire in the
form Of political strength, and the acquisition by the
South OF Territory susceptible Of easy division into
three States naturally excited the apprehensions Of
the opponents Of slavery.
Against that strong opposition from the free States,
increased and stimulated by the letter Of Henry
| Clay, and by the hostility of the Southern Wing
party to annexation the efforts of the friends Of
nexation in the slave States, would have availsd
nothing had not the national Democracy given to the
State rights party their powerful aid.-Calhoun, Ty-
Ter, Wise and Upshur. Of the State rights party at
the South, could, unaided by Wright, Buchanan,
Woodbury. and Dickinson, have done nothing The
Northern Democracy, true to their Southern breth
rem, inscribed "ASsExArIoS" upon their banners,
aud the great Democratic victory OF lSia added to
the South magnificent domain, and destroyed for
ever the prestige Of the Federal party.
| No State rights leader. Of enlarged and political
talents will ever lend himself to the cause which
few impractcabe politicians in South Carolina are
msdly pursuing for the purpose OF alternating Inc
State rights from the national Democracy. Calhoun
| and Upshur, among the illustrious Dead and Wise,
Floyd, Thompson and others, first among tho prac.
ticn and reliable leaders of the State rights party
Of the South, of the present day, still feel and
recognize the importance OF a union OF the State
rights party and the national Democracy, as the only
defence of the South against the Black Republican
party. Let those who revere the memory Of John
&. Calhoun read his letter to the New York electors
10 l340 and how much importance he attached to
the perpetuation of q national Democracy. com.
pete history of the repeated proofs which the national
Democracy have afforded Of their loyalty to the
South, would nil volume Of q thousand pages
Hundreds of the most talented and accomplished
Northern Democrats have cheerfulIy suffered political
inartyrdom rather than desert the South.
During time of tremendous political excitement,
and when abolition fury had iuAamed the public mind
Of the free States against the South, these noble
might have bought long political life and its honors by
apostaey. But how few have been the instances oil
desertion compared with the many individual cases
of heroic devotion to the South Again and again have
been spared the borrors Of dsunon by the support
Of this noble party. Never have they refused their sup
port to any measure Of domestic policy advocated oy
the South The South desired that the "Protective sys
tenn should be abolished and although was popular
in the free States, the National Democracy sdVoca
ted triumphantly the present tariff for revenue
which was built upon the ruins OF the frotec'''e
Tariff of 1912.
So when the Winthrop prOv'o aimed BY an un'
constitutional restriction to deprive US OF our
the territories acquired by the blood and treasures of
Son,bsrn mn, lsss than of Northern men, the Northern
Democracy in Congress boldly opposed that odious
restriction, and claimed for the South equal rights
With the North n the territories of the United States
In sdys,ty and In prosperity, in war as in peace the
National Democracy have ever been the faithful al.
lies of the State rights party. Their platforms and
objects have been heretofore identical.