Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-16

cerned, We have as strong fears for the re
suits of the course counssed by the "Del
ta' and lis disunion sympathizers and supporters as
they seem to have for the consequences of the policy
pursued by the National Democracy, and sustained
by The conservative men of all parts and portions Of
the UEion The unity of the slave States ia indispen
safie to successful resistance Of the attacks of abo
l!tlonism. And it is pslpable that the "Deta" and
all OF its peculiar school are advocating doctrines
tending directly to dangerous division in the South
1t Id no difficult matter for to be injured by
ts own friends The Southern freeaters are no more
attached to the Institution of slavery, than the con.
serVatve men, who are in favor of the Union; nor
Will we say they are less So But while they are en-
deavoring to secure the South, by advocating dis.
solution of the Union. are aiming at the accom-.
pllshment Of the same object, by al entirely differ
eht, and much more moderate aud promising pro.
cess lts certain that the South will be safe within
the Union, as long as the Constitution s preserved
intact 1t ia not so certain that disruption of the
coniederacy would not lead to ills, we know not Of
The dsunonists desire dissolution because they say
the slave States are imposed upon and oppressed by
the Federal Government; because they have no
confidence in the conservatism of the North, and
have despaired Of maintaining or rather regaining
our equality in the Union. The National Democra.
oy, on the other hand. seek to protect the rights of
the South by the same means which they would also
employ for the preservation of the Union. They
have confidence in the capacity Of our government
to answer the ends for which it was established, and
in the patriotism Of the people to act in obedienre to
it's principles as prescribed by its founders. The De.
mocrac party upho!ds the only policy, which is ad.
equate TO the preservation Of the Union or the main
tenance Of the rights of the States and the equality
OF the South The disunionists would adopt the last
resort before the danger demands it. They would
strand The ship amongst breakers to save the crsw,
when there no imminent danger and when the risk is
PROBABLY greater in running ashore than in standing
boldly out to sea. Such captains are unfit for the
command of vessel fieighted with the invaluable
institutions Of America.
There may be time, when the National Deuoc
raey will alec demand dissolution of the Union as
a preventive Of even greater ills than that could
bring upon us. But it has lot come yet; and we
trust it never will. Tie fsotionists for whom the New
Orleans Delta speaks, are dangerous spirits in con.
federated republic.
Whether Senator Hunter sympathizes with the
"Delta" iu its onslaughts upon the National
Democracy and the Administration, We have On.
deavored TO ascertain by appealing to him to say
yes or no. AS yet he Gays nothing, and the public
still in doubt. We cannot but hope, however, if
he has determined to disregard the interrogaores Of
the Enquirer and its correspondents the subject,
that be will rsccaader his rash resolution and let US
hear from before the fret Monday in December.
nd tba g
rer," the "Deta" never strikes at MIR. Hunter. Why
is this1
lu late issLo 10 which we have alluded, the "Del-
ia" ssys:
There ia method in the "Enquirers" Madness
Gov. Wise aspires to the Presidency. He FIXES his
eyes upon the year 1861 and counts the hours they
pass. Ambition has got the better of the Governors
patriotism and Southernsm. He wooes the unholy
embraces of that great lsmQn of Free-soil hsrlot-
ry--the National Democracy. To live in the White
House for four brief years, he willing to plant his
heel upon the neck OF the South, needless OF her
Gtruggles, her cries or her wounds If Senator Hun
ter can be made to link his fortunes with this party,
his present opponents will freely assist him to the
United States Senatorshp.
Such rawlings would sound ladly, out those familiar
with the Delta" are accustomed to them and they
needed only as evidences of the violent preudices
OF the disrnionists. To doub; the patriotism and
SoItkernom of Gov. Wise CRATES as harshly upon
the of the American people, and especially of the
South, as do doctrines of infdeitY openly pro.
claimed in Christian community. And to pronounce
the National Democracy the "eman of free.soil hsr
otry" enough to satisfy the country Of :he danger.
ous unrsasoning urasm of the faction, for which the
New Orleans "Delta' speaks. And yet that journal
espouses the cause Of Senator Hunter. He should
not hesitate to tear himself from its fatal embrace.
SUSPENSION OF RICHMOND BANKS.
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