Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01
THE VIRGINIA DEMOCRACY AND THE
FACTIONISTS.

In all the cases of unsuccessful nutiny of which
weremember to have read, the bafi I'd conspirstors
Invariably regarded with especial venom the honest
and faithful portion OF the crew. whn dannad tn aid
in the proposed murder of their captain and the de-
,truction Of his ship Although in all such cases the
honest and faithful portion Of the Grew have received
the thanks and afIectonste acknowledgements of the
officers and the public, the heavily ironed gentlemen
in the hold have always abused them pretty much
as the Delta" is denouncing Mr.. Buchanan.
The mutineers against the Administration and the
National Democracy, are at this tms paying the Vir
enia Democracy the compliment OF their most
ferocious abuse and denuncistion. If they had not
felt the crushing influence Of thi, State in putting
down their plot, and 10 prostratng all their schemes
they would not be half savage as they are. Their
iutterngs are those Of wounded pigeons, and We feel
proud Of the part which Virginia has played In the
war upon the National Democracy. From the
with which the cunspirsturs denounce noble State
we are enabled 10 guage the black depths of their
disappointment. They were absurd enough to believe
that Virginia. after having aided more than any other
in the nomination Of Mr.. Buchanan would shame.
lessly desert him, in the hour OF peril. When
they fell upon him, some monthe since, and
sought to pull him and his Administration
down, they had made, as they believed, all the
necessary arrangements for committing Virginia
against the conservative honest, Union loving Ma.
tional Democracy. They thought that the crew Of
the flag ship would engage in their noble work Of
scutling the ship Of State and of making the Presi
dent and his Cabinet walk the plank. They forget
that the Old Dominion has political record which
her SONS would suffer death rather than see dshonor
ed by treachery or the desertion of an honest De-
mocratic Administration. The organs Of the des.
perate faction are making the lagoons Of Louisi
ana and the swamps of Mississippi dismal with their
howlings against Virginia. Her proud position al
once national patriotic and consistent with the true
interests of the South, has thwarted all their designs
In spite of their seditious talk about the Cottor
States" they know that the "Cotton States" have al
ways leaned with affectiona.e and reantrespect upon
| Virginia, and that she has always counseled hei
Younger sisters of the South wisely and honestly
The conspraors that the Cotton States reverence
the teachings the Old Dominion far more than they do
the rawlings Cfthe Mercury" and Of the "Deta" They
know that when they have madly implored the "Co:
ton States, without sufficient cause, to break up the
fair fabric of the American Union, and plunge reck
| lessly into the darkness and gloom Of disunion
Virginia has mildly said TO her sisters of the
South, "Stop wait until your Constitutions
| rights have been violated, and until the govern
ment affords you no protection, and then will Sc
you the example of protecting our honor and our com
mon interests and rights" and that they have obeyed
the advice Of Virginia. And hence their hatred o.
ths State. They see that their organs are poweree'
in South Carolina. Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas
North Carons and Florida, and that the controlling
and conservative gentlemen of those States, look te
Virginia as the mariner looks to his compass; ant
hence the factonists are filed with jealousy. envy
hate and all manner Of uucharitabeness
We have been cheered in our defence of the Ma
tioual Democracy and the cause OF the Union, oJ
tho warm: sincere and hearty congratulations OF the
leading organs Of the controlling and influential por
ton of the people of the whole Union Every states
man, and every papers good will which we priced
we have received. We wish that the columns o
our paper permitted US to re.publsh oustenth of tn
kind greetings which the National Democracy o
every State in the Union are daily sendiog TO the glo
riou. Democracy Of the Old Dominion. The splsn
did victory which Virginia won In 1855, when tn
.fearess tribune of the people" and herintrepd Dc
moerscy routed sAxs forces and LEFT SAas dead bod,
on the Geld Of battle, with none so poor as to do
reverenoe-was not more cheering to the Netions
Democracy than has been the stand which our Stat
has taken against the factiouists and disunionsts.
These tributes to Yirgiua's wisdom and patriotism
are paid by the friends OF the South from Maine te
California, and the kind and manly greetings which
ara sen, to US from the faithful Of party
New England, show that in spite Of the caumnies o
the destructoniss, there are loyal friends Of ,h
south wherever there are National Democrats. En-
courased and sustained by the good wishes of th
conservative and patriotic citizens Of every State
the Union, the Virginia Democracy heed the impo
tent abuse Of q few disappointed fsc.ions.s no NOR
than the placid moon regards the noise OF some ira