Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-07

The Senate Of the Cuiied States il the -rea' con
servaive branch of the government. " Is the prop
and bulwark of the Con, intuition. Abo!i;"n ihnn'i'
csn hns for years vniny spent its fry nsn.n', h INV
rock without hnrning the South. While that h"'!
remains national and patriotic in liz characier' 'e
South is safe in the enjoyment Of lts CONSTITUTIONS
rights
Once abo'itionzs it, and The Srrth nus' take care
of itself, for the last hope "f the Constitution IL C
This the Aholionsts have long since eeen and OF "tr
years all their efforts have been break down mar
body. They have already displaced many Of I'd"
truest friend. of the Constitution and uobest patriots
| If the North
The true and accomplished Tuucey. the gallant
Shields, and Cas-, the great Nes;or Of the Senate
ara among the recent slain Of Black R,pubican'sn'
and now We have another patriotic Senator's seat
(ths fearless Dodgrl filed by u Black Republican,
who scarcely went through ths forms IF election
whose claim to sea; III that body was sustained ny
The vote OF p Tennessee Senator.
A generous and couhdng peope:miglt forgive III
single betrayal Of trust but here We hsve reviewed
the honorable Senator'S record hrcu:bou, his whole
public career, running through many years, anu III
| volving many long continued aud prorac,ed stru;'
giles between the enemies and The friends of the Con
suou, between the Aboiitioniss and Back Repub
l!cans, united, against the South; i'll every one oil
which, 10 the various shapes in winch the questions
We're presented, he voted from first 10 last uniformly,
steadily and deliberately with the Aboonisis and
against the South.
This Ion. series OF votes The side OF :ls Abo!i.
dn.di. If they have been deliberately given, Ia.
have shown they were,l they prove thai Mr.. Bsll's
corrections with the Abnli;icnsts. Ii he he in
fact, at heart HI Aboll,3nlst-or il his syrnpathies
with the Aholi'ionsts are 20 strong Us 10 have
warped his Judgment, and induced him to believe
tina. the South WAS wrong on all the great ques.
tiuns-in either cass he is unfit To represent
II snveholdipg people. IT, IN the contrary, he cares
nothing about slavery, and has uosympn!hy with Alb.
oiltiusn, but has otkcr mo,ires-slf5h purposes TO
accomplish then he has, from selfish or abolition
mo,ives barered away and sacrificed the most sacred
rights Of the people Of Tennessee TO advance his own
| ambitious purposes
His motives Tor these extraordinary votes may be
better understood, however, by brief retrospect
have already stated that he was first elected 10 Con-
gress as Jackson Democrat; that he curly abandon
ed the Democracy aud attached himself 10 the fortunes
Of Mr.. Clay. Having once deserted the Democratic
party, lie knew that he had forfeited is confidence,
and that his hopes and fortunes were forever with it's
opponents. We have now but 10 suppose that the
Hon. Senator had fixed his ambition upon rearhing
tho Presidency-that he early SAW the rising Of the
great Abolition party which now overshadOws near.
y the whole North, and that he determined to win
the confidence and support of that party, 10 enable
him 10 reach the bewidering heights OF his am5iiion
sud have the clue by which to understand the mo
tives Of his lang career Of fddh1"!!ess 10 he SoDh.
That he has we'll nigh attained his object, all aC-
Qaantsd with the cond:,!o. OF the country must per
ceive. That he has now the tcii confidence of the
Abo!itionisfs and Black Republicans 's rrevsa by
the praises and audsons Of the orators aud presses
! OF those parties. Even Horace Greeley. the great
| abolition Editor of the North thinks him frcDrc.
Sca!dtirs and erpounder of The principles Ut his par
~, and emnentIy GessrvinE the Presidency itself
| That he was not taken Up and run Tor the Pres.
deucy on the Black Republican tlc@et III the great
sectional contest lust past not surely Ieccrse he
had not pr0ren his devotion 10 its prlnciples-Jr lie
occupied the identical ground upon which that pary
.tnod in the great conflict, and mad voted with it in
all its important measures from It's origin 10 lts last
| trial of its strength.
For his betrayal of the rights Of his constituents
and of the great South he deserved Ct that party bet
| Ter treatment. What more has the Seustcr now to
| dol To take another step forward IL not necesea-y
What more has he now to do but TO go back 10 the
Senate aud to PROVE TO HE Northern Abolition and
Back Republican frieEGs that his power Is
not broken i'll Tennesseo-tilet be can carry
the State with him-and in The great Eight Of
1861 he will be placed upon the BLACK Repub.
| lean ticke' Tor the Presidency In the contest CT
1886 his Black Republican and Abolition frends saw
that the popular vote Of Tennessee was sganst him
They SAW that both parties in the Tennessee l.esea.
ture had united iu virtually iu5tructiug him to vote
against the very measure upon which that 1ght ~as
to he made. They doubtless admired bis courage
and fgIncess i'll dsregardins those instructions; but
they expected uprising of the people Of the State
Against him, aud they feared 10 make the night upon
him. Let bin, however, carry the State with him IN
tho present co;te:t and be elected to the Selie,
aud thus prove tbst bib power is unbroken-thas he
is stronger IL Tcnuesser eE L. tine question they are
igh,ing-and they will give him tie reward OF his
career or PERI ly. Tenucssee the kcGn and c'::tel
Of the South, gained TO the Black Republican ts.4e,
aud the victory over the South will te a. ctr.nih q,
edsy. This is the way read the past tins the ew
| have cf lEe future. II such be rot lis own yew
OF The futurs-I such be- not the secret working OF
| his own heart-Tty Gye5 be not-as be puoc!y
| pledged himself 10 DO in tue seize ot the Iated
Sta;es-suirender his commission Inc very co!iln'
| gency upon which be pledged himself go 10 d",ars
taken place The great Presidential contest of 1871 las
decided the very issues involved III his votes, u q
oopular majority against him OF more than seen
| thousand yoley. I'hs Supreue Court Of the Cned
| Satrs has enc. DECIDED LII: the Missouri Congo.
misc unconstitutional. en- let III. prirclies
OF The Kansss- Nebraska act are cGnsi.t-h nal ND
uncerlie cur whole political structure; aad 20, e
AID his party eiiI stand out in hostility 70 those Lea
sures though. for the present that hostility so!ht
to be sa.2EcTed W 'aiss Issues, brought ic'wsr by
! himself.
II be can succeed in Carrying the State on tlsse
issues, with both OF which h.1e siaE2 be 'as
identified, end Tor which hs is responsible, Wni:s as
cunceas from the peopie bis own past t!esche!yto
their most sacred rights, lis objes: Will have o-n
accomplished, for he vii! have placed Te2altscen
! h. Black Republican rank.
| Es has now thrown himscf into the ar,ns OF re
| Know Nothing American party, III the bope TAT
it may prop up Lid totterinS fortunes, and WIN ~
banner though 5loSds nad III ta!ers it he, hide ls
deformily from the gaze sns scrutiny OF the psoie
of Tennessee, whose rights ne h4. sacrificed, wh,s
confidence he has betrayed, and Ts2se hotr
| he hus ,arnished, ma her Senator, by his assoc.
! ton with traitors 10 the Constitution and 10
country. So skilled is he in party tactics and
all the strategy of political fare, that he has ma
aged 10 keep himself out Ut the lerce pnrty coDics
Of the State. He will not risk hiUseF before ~
country, making others do the work OF defending tli
false positions into which be has forced the pn:tie
with which no is idcntied-ihertby avoiding IN
copseouen of defeat it they are beaten. while h,
rsups the fruits of victory it they are successiu-
Though he does not belong to the American party anG
has always held mself alonf from il, until 1t suited
his interest to affiliate with it, yet lie has now brought
il 10 his purpose of supporting himsef knowing that
! 10 doing so, It endorses his Black Republican prInc
pies, ind must in the end, occupy bis position. lie
has already pushed this party TO The very verge oil
| Black Repuhlicaniam IN proof OF which look To Tue
struggles and triais @: Messrs. Ready aud Zocoife
for their positions, Ia large Hnow.Nohny Districts
These gentlemen voted for the Eansas: Nebraska ACT.
What Is the position of tie Know Nothing orators
and presses in Tennessee upon this question: ls her
ono of them that darcs openly drcad the principles oil
the Kansas act1 Again. behold The praises and lau.
dations by that press of Etherlge the only survivor
| of the three Tennessee Black Republican members
of the lina.e Thn voted against the net ls ne liot
the star Of magnitude second only to the lion. Sena
| tor HIMSELF
In regard 10 Etheridga. thee rot perfect coin
cidsnce of sentiment and opinion betLe the Adolf
tionists Of the North and the Know. Nothing presses
| Vt Tennessee The "Radirnl hb0ld,oniH,' lead
ing newspaper published in New York, thus speaks
OF him:
"Mr. Etlcrd :es resolution strikes beyond the AZ
rcsn slave trsde. II condemns the American slave
trade, and the practice Of slaveboldng with which II
is identified"
GreeIey's Tribune and other kindred incendiary
Sheets speak OF him in similar language. they speak
but the TRUTH Eiheridge's resolution is an open as
sau, upon slavery and the South; and yet, this man
Ehcrdgs WHO is thus lauded By the leading abolition
presses. il the uahls man whom the know Nothing
party of Tennessee hog supporting for Congress;
/. tbs same man whom many oi the presses of that
party declared themselves in favor OF for Governor OF
the State and is The most likely to ba elected as
colleague of the Hon. John Bell to the United States
Senate II that party succeed in the present contest
TO sustain Mr.. Bells course, and 10 be consistent
thai party could do nothing ese; and them instead OF
one, Tennessee will heve fro Black Republican Sena'