Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-04
THE RICHMOND ENQlIlRER.
BY RIrCuIE l. DUNNAvANT.
TUESDAY MORNING, August {, Is5
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY AND TIE
PARTY OF WHICH II Is THE ACkN0W-
LEDGED LEADER


THE CHARLESTON MERCURY AND TIE
| PARTY OF WHICH II Is THE ACkNOW-
LEDGED LEADER
We apologies to our readers for the necessity which
cOmpes tn rspublish tho editorial rawlings "i the
Charleston Mercury. To the patrons Of Mr. Brown
lows paper, and the admirers OF the Sahd"y h'f">
| the coaree abuse Of the MrrrHrg may prove enlei
tainngi aud 1t no doubt Possesses attractions with
the refined aud chivarous dsuuouists of S,uth Car
olina. But We are forced to vnlate the good taste
Of our Virginia readers by exhibiting the .MYr"rV
for the purpose Of teaching wholesome Lesson 10
those among US who believe that party with suci'
an organ for its leader, accomplish any th's oI'
the overthrow Of the beat interests of tho South "
point to the Mercury rs example of the hope'ess
insanity which marks leading organ vi tbs he"
"S"ulhern party" Wholesome considerations oil Il
similar character induced the Egyptians i'll 'he
midst OF their easts, where wine and vii lo"eu '"os'
brisky aud the fun waved fast und furious I" EXHIBIT
a hdeous skeleton to the assembled guests I" a"-
morSh them that to like condition aud complexion
they must all coIae at last.
10 cite another precedent in eItenua"h o' 'n0
breach Of good tass which we have comln'lled' ,h
| SiVNS u plScc III uuT ctiulnus to iuc .u''''-'
toris may also say that those sag"clous' coSe''
vaye, pracca! and patriotic pe"pie tho slaf'"''''
10 preserve the young and the inexperienced ro Vac
vice Of iutemperanoe, got up. regardless OF lrouo'e
aud expense occasional exhibitions Of ipsy he'o's
and all historians le thu. these spec'Heiee' ''''
trating the horrors of drunkenness exer'ed '"oS'
salutary effect upon the youth OF Sparta
The entertainment which we have furnished oi
venerable advocate Of disunion like The H''f"F'
blind with prejudice, and in its wild phreEsy laying 'io
lent hands upon the President of the im'" H'"i's'
tn. National Democracy. the integrity Of The ln!o2
aud tn. State OF Virginia, may.we snrssc!} nopo' ex-
ert sslutary ira.aenco upon the inexperienced o'
aar own State.
Ere 1t s too late before the straight jacket anu beu
lam proclaim that therei no longer hope we eH@
Southern men who believe that - ~oIihrrn party -
dsuuun f.cti.n--ls a wiser and more conservative
.rpanl1 alton than the Democratic party, 10 look at
the violent convusions and awful pAr"1yams OF inc
Nsrcury. Let them also recoect thai i.ii 80 &c
knowsdged, the oldest to- leading ORGAN oi The Is
:u:oa party. There ore papere nearer boni1 "i i"r
greater ability and with iorty times The brain and
brillancy of the .Mrt"rp, that arc fercH'Y .sNoHni
ing the Kansas policy G; tao AdplnsitGti2r but 'le
.+re.,y lie ,hq SreRt ieEdsr OF 'as 'ne'r'es o' The
National Democracy at the South. A. there are lew
thing. either natural artificial wh'ch caTIc 10
made uscfu We have at issi oand use IoT tho ae'
cr. anu hoist it disuniun crow and expect
to make it useful in the only way in which such pc
per can be Of the aightest advantage 10 the South.
The editorial Of the Nercnry also furnishes US with
reason for discussing the claims ofararty with such
an organ to be called Southern" a"Stste rights
party" We slude to that auti.Adminstratoa rartJ
which regards Charleston ss lie Mcoca-:-e;u "a al
Mahnr,et and tho .,f'c:.5 % its f.cra".
IN Tho business &crld, when a suspicious of IN
known person solicit. ounhdoncs ana credit in The
Aane OF q well known uni respectable corhmercis
house. W. aie not apt to place implicit iallt! in hIr
own representations unless they ara backed by re
spectacle vouchers, certificates aud let's-s ,, G.9
Any ess cautious course ;G.,, e-:lc-o Us 10 every
deriu: s,vst.I.et WITH thu reqasile amount Of bold
nesa and adrOi:ness.
We must exercise some OF the caution Of private life
when new aud suspicious political part" eeeas :.
alienatc our affections ;rc; ...sc honGFsd potoa
Olsan. .at,on SncG nas been aar lrisnd through good
aud evil report, IL! hall ositury.
Wi,hin the last fsw weeks, tfor an opposi
ton party to the administration i,s existence ci,
hardly be measured by mon,s yeti there t:as spssus
up in the South faction whir. ,.: uoiiy and with
out hesitetisa as.aned The naine oil TIE Slate tgt
parly." WehaVe searched in vain Tor evidences O
it's legi,imscy. We have carefully scru,ni4sd III
features to seo ii ii bears the slightest 10
its pretended parents ". asvs i.teaed oug ani aux
iously &C aoLr whether it woa enancia!e any of those
words OF cain admonition and profound wisdom
which were often uttered by tho ofaces Of tie OLD
State rights party. But We haze 'ieled in Tsin toI
amid its wild ra.:ass. ts denHnc,ations. s threats
ia menaces and its ilus,erings, we Lave heard no
thing which reminds Us of the party of Calhoun and
Of Upshur. prorases become s1rs Ct Eai,ical is
malite, with lie hands sGeiaai ael;y 6: other paGes
IT has manifested ditposiiioa to 10 mischief, which
backed by little more strength might one day make
it dangerous. 1t has signaliz ID it, advent by spite
fully assailng the National Democracy, Democrat
President, Democratic Cabinet, aud all good South
ern Democrats who do uu! happen TO regard the bos.
terous iaiaIt Gs deserving oi eminent consideration.
Speaking through its disupiun urgans in South Car
olna it has denounced the Old Dominion AS trai.
tress to the South and pointed ut her The finger OF
tcorn "fallen" aud degraded Sate, the abandon.
| cd prostitute oil the Federal Government. 1t has
laid its rude hand upon many of the most precious
household gods Of the Democracy Of Virginia, and
| sought to excommunicate her as a worsbipper OF
| strange gods n the Pantheon Of Aboonism. II
has, regardless OF history, and of the teachings OF the
great fathers of the State rights school, sought t.
sever the tics whch bind The South to Lex oily siar.ia
in the free States hs7 prodaccd isaension, div.
cord anG angry feelings IN ;hs South by assailing u
patriotic, hCnest aud loyal Administration with
out sufficient cause. 1t has sought 10 undermine
newly elected Democratic President, before liz has
had tune to writo his frat message anil to meet his
frat Congress.
And yet this party pretends to spes!; ia lac nsn,e
and by the authority Of The Stqto rights party. We
deny its fright to speak Tor in behalf Of the State
rshs party Of the South, long as continues to
denounce the National Democracy, and the Admins
traion for claiming for the inhabitants of territory
tho right to determine at the polls what shall aud what
shall not be their organic law.
II it is State rights party it would be a!led with
deep regard for the best iutcreCs OF the South
1t would carefully avoid alternating from the South
that large and powerful body Of friends to her ins,i
tations a3d the supporters of Ler Constitutional
fights, who reside in the iioe States 1t would seek to
strengthen rather than weaken tho Southern States
1t would labor to increase the political Influence Of the
South and not to conGne it to few small States
Are these apparently the nms, purposes and OBJ
jscts Of this new orsunizationi On the contrary We
all know that the great ot-c, of their leading organs
has been to sever every tie which unites tho
Democracy of t',s North and South. Deny.
ing the fidelity of the Democracy of the free
States, and uugrateful for their sacrifices, they
charge upon the only friends Of the South in the free
States, betrayal Of the South, when the noble men
thus upius,ly denounced are bleeding and MANNED
from wounds roceved in defence CT tho rights Of the
South.
In vain, do ne point 10 The hundrsds Of Northern