Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-28
CLOUDS CLEARING UP IN THE NORTH
WEST,

Since the election Of Mr. Buchanan there are in.
dicatons which encourage the hope that abolition
ism put forth more strength IN favor of Fremont,
than it will ever be enabled to exert again. though
it would not be we'll for the Southern people to be
deluded into false security by manifestations of
An increasing popularity aid power Of the Demo.
cratic cause in the pou.slaveholdng States. That
section Of the Union is unstable in politics, and ia
often subjected 10 sudden rcvulsions. According 10
the last test of strength between the national Demo
cracy aud the enemies Of the South, We may max 9
ibera gains without being over-saugune of success
in 1861. The opponents Of our institutions will leave
nothing undone, that energy, villication abuse and
caIumpy can accomplish. II the South will present
an unbroken front, aud the Northern Democrats can
hold Black Rspubcansm in check until the next
Presidential election, we may win victory which
will establish the perpetry of the Union.
In New England there is already rainbow of hope
and promise athwart the leaden clouds and in lows
we are highly gratifed to learn that abnionism has
been beaten. But, while the weather is clearing up
In one quarter, il may be hokenng and growing
more and rnore murky in another Let us, therefore,
prepare for the worst, while We hope for the best
To insure security 10 the country from future attacks
Of the sntsavery party is necessary not only that
We shall triumph again in 1860, but it mua bs with
.uch majority as will leave the agtators a narrow
field for the exercise of their efforts rsllyng their
forces for renewal Of the struggle. The close
test in November acted incentive to their indus
try and zeal They had little hope Of victory in tho
commencement Of the campaign; and though defeat
ed they had to rejoice over demonstration Of
power, which neither nor they thought they pos
sessed. Eated with the rapid increase of their ranks
hoping for division in the South, aud goaded on
by the bred Scott decsion they will redoubs their
efforts for desperate assault upon the South in 1850
The following letter, written 10 the Washington
Union, from one of the most jealous and influential
Democrats in Iowa, shows how The clouds are break.
ing up in thst quarter of the country:
FAIRFIELD, Iowa. April Is, 1857.
To the Editor cf the Union:
DEAR Strive can almost, il not altogether, say
that have mot the enemy, and they are ours. v
We have heard from about Une.halt the State which
indicates that have elected the entire Democratic
State ticket, and at least f0ur Of the Judges. The
election was held On the 6;h instant aud WAS for a
superintendent Of public instruction, commissioner
of improvements, II register of the State aud land
office and FOR district judges, beside some county Of
tic-r rs.
As far "a hoard from, we have gained more than
the necessary proportion to insure the State by al
least one thousand majority. When it is reco!ected
that we were defeated in November last by between
seven and eight thousand, may we not feel proud Of
the result 7
The Black Republican newspapers are endeavor.
ing TO explain away the defeat by stating that it was
'asmnU rot" but the fact is they made much great
er effort save their friends than did the Democracy
The truth is, that the "so5er second thought is in
active operation. and next August VIII again find
Iowa p-rmaaentIy enrolled among the Democratic
States. The shriekng cry for Kansas has had its
charm, aud the day OF humbugs has passed.