Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01
vernmept. for difference of opinion xilh coxarno

yernmeu for difference of opinion With Governor
of Territory, without knowing whether the Govern
ors opinion is sustained within the limits of the Ter
ritory, and without ascertaning whether the author
ties rights and liberties appersniuC TO the Territory
are deemed BY the people OF the Territory to have
been violated or not; but they invoke the Demo.
cracy TO pull down the fabric Of the Union, and iu
medlately to establish another lesser Union Of South
ern States, in which similar partition Of power
must be made, and similar proportion OF sove
regnty be granted to the new Government, with the
same probability Of disagreement in the new that exist
ed In the old Union Mr Jefferson said the old pripc
olples OF the party shoud be the creed Of our pot
cal fath the touchsoue by which to try the services
of those We trust, and should we wander from them
ID moments of slsrm lot hasten to retrace
our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads
to peace, liberty aud safety" We would advise the
hre'eaters TO give heed aud follow this counsel.
We tell the "Whig" as an answer to it's question ::
The Democratic party will adhere to its old land.
marks. 1t will not "aid in building up real Union.
preserving State Rights party" Its own party has
proven itself ample for all such purposes
Our principles have been emblazoned upon our
banners. Every true Democrat knows them; they
have become flesh OF his flesh and bone OF his bone.
He has learned from Mr.. Madison "to hold the Union
OF the States as the basis Of peace and happ.
ness, TO support the Constitution which is the Co.
ment Of the Union we'll in its limitations as in its
authorities, to respect the rights and authorities re-
served to the States and to the people, Us equally in
corporaed with, and essential to the SUCCESS of tlo
general system" We require no new party to teach
US these principle. We prefer reading out of our
own Bibles TO any new tangled translaons that may
be introduced by an amagamaon of Political Pris;s
from all opposition elements, lead on by the strict
constructiontst Of the Richmond "Whig."
The "Whig" would like to ses such re.organiaa.
ton OF parties, aa will winnow the good seed from
the 'ohaf and properly dispose Of the floating ia.
sues which have 70 long and needlessly agsted the
country" We will tell the "Whig" The floating is
aues its party has raised gliding with the ebbing
tide into the deep ocean of oblivion. The good seed
has been winnowed from the chat, has been sowed in
good Democratic soil, and will bring forth an abun.
dant harvest Of good fruit.
The Democratic party is not to be led astray by
any ignis fatuus from Southern swamps, nor by any
Northern lights kinded to mislead or destroy. 1t
will pursue the ever tenor of its way, feeling warm
affection for the Union and its members, and pre-.
serving scrupulous fidelity to the constitution as
has been its wont. 1t has National heart as well
as local attachment it has a sympathy for all, q
fondness for EACH 1t is animated by a proper re
,pect for the sovereign members OF the Union, but 1t
takes care not to confound the powers it has re-.
served to the States with those granted to the con.
federacy And, more than this. it will not consent to
raise trivial Issues to dsmember that confederacy
such calamity can only be justified by intolerable
oppression and g total disregard Of constitutional
guarantees. They know, In the language of the reso.
lutions of '9S, that "it Is only by maintaining the
different governments and departments within their
respective limits, that the blessings Of either be
perpstuated." 1t requires the organization of no
new party for these purposes. The Democratic party
feels Itself above the necessity of opposing any other
shield to attacks its national patriotism, its love
of the States, and its vindication OF State Rights
than its own consciousness Of long devotion to these
objects, which the history Of its policy and action
will ever demonstrate.