Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01

'al,ed up that Black Republican pahxtp r,- Nth
nat s hksly TO .v-rwhem the 'untrya L-hfh-T~
e 70 it-let them make such atonement to- th- S"yia
,ot t1aey can. -ay. as saii before, that X il Es
- w or me ooldet audacity tha, ever conrr'f&at s
pasy oioatsd with spos they would bow tler
w :. snau'e and ask forgiveness Of the couu;ry
we nna 'his champion, elscor, and STANDARD osat-
~ tnus denouncng that &C, of the DEMOCRACY
which the Supreme Court of the United States ap>
proves: =
81 set out with the declaration, as being the most
conscientious conviction of my bert iuds nept .e-h,
aud imperfect as acknowledge and know il TO be-
but set out With the declaration, that according u
the best convictions of my judgment, that Mis- M
Compromise, at the time ana under the circumstances
" was adopted, was, for the peace OF the country 10!
me interests OF the South and for the perpeul,y
the Cnlon beyond all question. the beat and wise.t
measure that ever obtained the eArotion OF an Ame
!icsn congress, loud cheers) ana hat consequently,
ts iePea, With the consequences and circumstances
mat nave grown out of il, the most wanor. the
most mlscnievous the most suicidal and the most un
paroonaole act, that ever committed by the rep
resentatives of the people. loud chsers.)
These eleventh hour, fftyninth minute .'friends
OF the Souih," and advocates of new Southern
party" were led on by leaders in this and other
Southern States in 1885, who boldly proclaimed, that
they preferred Fremont to Buchanan. Bolts, if We
mistake not, made some such declaration; whilst tho
profsne Humphrey Marshall said that he would vote
for Fremont, and even the DEVIL" before be would
vote for the Democratic candidate for the Presidency
Yet at the very time when the leaders OF this party
were using this unpatrioc language, friend of tia;
candidate, whom they preferred to Buchanan" was
insulting God with the following prayer:
10, God We pray that Thou wilt curse the slave.
holder in all his undertakings, confound all his plans
and spread terror horror, and dsmay throughout tho
| entire South. CURSE, o, GoD, WE Ask THEE WITH
| BLlGHTIsG CURSE. ALL THE DEMOCRATS ~ The
| UNION; MAY THEY IN An ESPECIAL MANNER FEEL
THE WEIGHT OF THY GREAT pIsrLE,sutE. We tu.
| treat Thee o. Lord, to 20 to Washington and w..
Frank Pierce; show MIN no mercy, bit strike b,u
down; also, in your righteous wrath, remember sn!
punish with dretul wrath, Cass, Douga al
Toombs; let not one of these Wilkins escape v,
ask Thee o Lord, to aiict every pro.slsvery man in
Kansas with the cprosy or small poI; and may they.
after feeling the pains of thousand deaths, be uu.,
bled headong into Fl Hell without trial there 10 feel
ten thousand strokes on their bare backs. daily III.
| iicted by each and every one of the slaves in Il,
United States. Our Heavenly Father, We ask Tbeo
to strengthen US in our resolves to make Kansas
tree State at the peril Of tho Union; We ISL Thee -
| interpose Thy mighty hand in our behalf, ard nelp
US to shver the Union into atoms rather than 10 coz
cede 10 the Southern demons, in the form Of ssve
drivers, one inch OF the disputed territory FoHrs
Of July prayer Of Black Republican Clcrrynaa, a!
| Obsriia, Ohio.
against the National Democracy in 1885, for repea.
ing the Missouri Compromise, cannot be trusted ~
an 'ultra Southern party" in 1857.
Here we might rest the question Of the Compare.
tive fidelity Of the Democracy of the free States and
Of the Southern Know. .Nothings, far the action
Of each Of these political parties the subject
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was concerret
In 1856.
But our readers will bear in mind that the Ma
tionsl Democracy, are being every day sasailed,
false to the South, on the slavery question, by that
very party whose misdeeds we are calling up ID
judgment against them.
Have the people forgotten how the present
bogus Know.Nothing State Rights party. in 1896
deliberately backed out from their declaration 10
favor of the constitutional rights of the South, and
struck the l2h section from their platform at the dc
tstion Of the Northern friends Of Millard Filrnore'
They considered even the following mild resolu.icn
too strong an endorsaon OF the South "ccut IsI
| It out :"
TWELFTH eEcrIuS.
"And regarding it the highest duty to svow their
opinions upon q subject important, In distinct AID
unequivocal terms It s hersby declared AZ tho sense
1t tis national council, that Congress lossrss.s rU
power under tho Constitution to leaioi..; ,hc
.;s., q. .-.i-I- 10y s,ae f..u adni sion Inro ho
Cnon because it's Constitution does does not
cngnise the institution o stvery a. part OF lie -ocin
system. And, expressly preermittus any expr s'l"E
If opinion upon ths power OF Congress TO esah'i-h
or prohibit slavery in any Territories, il s the opinion
f the national council that Congress ought nor 10
sgsRte upon the subject Of slavery within ths Ter
toes Of the United Statee aud that any Interference
~ Congress wn slavery as il exists In the D"rict
VI Columbia would be violation Of the spirIt and
intention of the compact by which The State Of Mary
and ced-d the District 10 the United States, su1 q
orssoh Of the national faith"
The valorous Kaoa Nothings aud Whigs OF the
lay these ultra friends Of the South IN 1857, we're in
1856 afraid to endorse even the tepid milk and
18th section and substituted In Its place the following
resolution, which adopted at the instance OF he
notorious French ). Evans:
18th The maintenance and enforcement Of all lave
until said laws shall be REPEALED shall be declared
| null and void by competent Judicial authority.
| And this Was the shabby, equivocsl. double faced
resolution which they preferred to the 18th section OF
t,eir original platform.
And this black as It is devoid it Is Of instance
of loyalty to the South, 10 but fragmsnt-a part only
Of the record for single year Of the party which now
impudently charges the National Democracy With
treason to the South. Here VIC rest the prosecution
of the party Of many colors for this time.
| A
THE PECUNIARY CRASH IN GOTHAM.
The city Of New York is destined it seems, neve,
to be free, scarcely for day o. an hour, from the
excitement incident to some startling novelty, eiths'
in morals in amusemeuts, in politics, IN monetary
matters or some other Of the iunumerasle objects
and subjects of commotlou. The Burdell tragedy
has hardly been forgotten in the entertainment o
the Cunningham comedy; the mercuria people OF
Gotham have scarcely ceased to and laugh over
the performances of that versatile female player,
formerly an inmate of No. 81 Bond street, when they
ara all, men, women aud children, Know Notbings
Democrats and Abolitionsts, attracted by tremen
dous crash in Wall Street. The whole city is sudden
Iy thrown into state of the most intense excite
ment There has been On earthquake among the
men of Mammon, and for the moment it is dficdlt ic
measure the extent Of the disaster. Bankers and
brokers are buried in the ruins stock; ;jobbors
writhiDg and groaning in the agony of their wvrrtg
or lying senseless beyond all hope OF restoration
Purse.p proud parvenus are ashast aEl tho poT'.j
persous Of merchant princes suddenly reducol L
rotrndity by tbs report OF the collapse.
What is the cause md what will be the res lt, ".
leave to the discernment Of more immediate observ
ers of the scoue. Its however, we have little doubt
owing, in great degree, to reckless speculation and
the complicated dependencies Of an excess ofartidc"
or imaginary capital. When the panic shall bsv'
passed. will dou ,tless be discovered that the disa'
ters have been exaggerated few days or weeks a
farthest will suffice to restore credit and conn
, dencs in such city as Nav York.
, "THE SOUTH" MISSES BOTH TARGETs
AGAIN.
T. u;u bs uss,es, for us to enGesvor further 20
initiate "rbe south" into an understanding of the