Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-10
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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BY RITCHIE EUNNAVANT TYLER & WISE
TUESDAY MoRNING, August 10, Is5s
THE NEW YORK HERALD I(EJv/;

TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, IsyS
THE NEW YORK HERALD JOKING
ThA great industry aud energy OF In. proprietor Of
the New York "Hsrsld" haa made r!u. pager seconG
only TO the London Times aDI hu, i- Inferior
to even the "Great Tbonder.r" in all the esscntsi-
OF h;st rate new:paper. But industry and energy
are not the only Qualities remarkable in the Herald
IA quality for iac=iious joking often gtS If" sume
OF the best qsi.sss of any paper with which week
change. The issus .: the Herald Of the 5h int.
perperates several that are really good The defeat o
Blair in Missouri and "a review of the fed' for The
next Presidency is The theme ui the "ller.d's last
political oke. The defeat OF Blair through "ths in
tervention Of another opposition candidate" Tie Her
a'd' considers good p!Ognrslic OF the inevitable
defeat of the opposition in 1869 from the i:reconca
bic divisions which Exist in The ranks otihe opposition.
Ths Herald" regard, land We agree with the Her.
aid, that this deiet OF Blair in Missouri, and The
first returns lromf 'n;ucky elections as the t,,n.
ing q the tide" But that propensity for ua Ing,
which sornetlmes sezsa tbs Herald that itching for
popular quizzes which pulled into importance George
Law and almost elected Fremont, which ventilated
la'ey the contradictory qualifications OF Simon Came.
81.
Tbs Herald" says:
at appears 10 be generally understood that as the
last three Democratic presidential nominations
Cues, Pierce aud Buchanan from rhs North
the next Nominee, II new mar, must bs given in
The South. But whss III the Sou;l eau We Il ID he
avaIlnbl- mHa! Not in Virginia; for il wr take ma
Wse nr Hunter, or any Other man than Wiz .rnn
that State, there will he -pt among tn. Virginia
chIvalry, aud 'he Will 20 by the buard.'
Now the Herald has too much experience not
to know that there never "a split among The Viz
gnis chivairy," becsuss of the nomination of any
man, and henc- the "ll-rad' Is merely Joking, wh.n
it Gays Virginla will 20 by The board Here Is The
first in the series oi jokes in the Herald" If the OH
but the locality OF that Convention, fCbsrlrs'onl !
Evta I" ts most conservative nominees prestige u
nulllhcaton and secession which il will be extremely
difficult 10 carry across Mason AMI Dixon's line.
1.-The locating ot the Democratic Nominating Con
vtnilon of looO at Charleston Was Ii suicidal act--
South Carolina Is rnGk dsunun State She remains
in the Uhion only Under compusion For Years pa.,
she has been lndu5;rousy sowing the seeds Of her
discomfort ainoug the other Cotton Sfaes' and sh.
IL ready Gt any moment when they sla be Ready, 10
proclaim separate Southern conf-d-racy and rrn
par. ior war. The assenhlagl therefore, Of the M.
.ioual Convention Of the Democracy within her Dor
ders, anu III her prlncps! c:y, will bs very apt 10 br
regarded IN the North nsuierabIe concession to
tue South Carolina d-unnui.is, coupled with tie
Its weeht IN the committee charged with The subject
ri The Cincinnati Convention; aud il Yas only after a
long debate IN committees, and by a mtjorlty of one
siXt-.n to hiieen-that Charleston secured il over
New York. BY ali odds. the mhiury should Lsy.
brrn the other way
but rs the Convention il to meet among tho South
CaIolina disunl"rsts, the bud political odor ol ,la
State may p!ove IN be too r'ru:.g for the nerves of
any Southern Candidate, considering 'h- pro slavery
ioes and disasters ino which tiie Democracy have
n.,.f, hv IL i,,ft
extremity, the Convention NAV b.. compelled io irI
back upon Mr. Buchanan IA the only ni-rnsii3- for
the balance -! power II; the North. II. i. not
dlda.e; but hgansr he wishes aud hi. expectations hr
may br compelled again to stand IN the oreact TO save
bis party from absolute destrucliOU."
Now, tha, J0ke is u good one Because man r
nominated in Charleston he must, from liza, fact be
adisuniorIst-so man born III stable must nec-e-
sarily be q bor--; or enc whose sccouchnent ws-
sccidently in bake.cven turua out veritablc bis
cult
TIE :" Herald atms!e7 ihs. Mr.. Buchanan may
be reluctantly CONT riirl asuins; hi wishes and
his expectations to stnnd IL the breach 10 hi-
party from absolute le-'ru'ti"n.'' The q" Herald"
in The sa. issue sa'c., .ha; ou'y h- suicidal Ere"
mont aud Fillmore division ui 1856" caused NJ.
Buchanan's election, and il hes already shoSn that
for twenty years the Democracy have been in i'm
noriiy, and hav. only siccccd~d in consequence u
the divisions vi the opposition. II in the "ll-rna='
view OF the powers OF psrsa, We suhm: whether
even Mr. BuchaLan cou! .f-ctu.iIy ".ard III th-
breach" against the united Gnd combined forces al
the opposition.
If the nomination by the Charleston Convention
would metamoryh yhose '- most Conservative non;-
uee" into South Carolina disunioni-t" which il
would "be extremely difficult 10 carry Mason
and Dixon's lina," how could Mr. Buchanan 's:and
IN the breach when placed there by the Charleston
Convenlon' But il the domination of Mr.. Buchsn
an by the Charleston Convention wOuM not be re.
garded "as an insufrrats concession 70 the South
Carolina disunonis'a" Why should such disastrous
Consequences follow The nomination o! any other lru
ly conservative mani And ii ~ appears TO he gene
rally understood that "he next nominee. i! a new
man, must be given to ;he South through the Charles
ton Convention by wha, procese OF ra'ocnG,iun can
the " Herald" predicate such unfortunate conse-
Quences 10 attend the action Of that Conven:ion!-
Surely the mere fact Of nominating the candidate in
Charleston will not make him disunionist. And.
since the very conservative to1e OF Senator Ham
mond's late speech may We not bope that an era oi
genuine conservatism has dswnsd upon the gallant
State of South Carolina: and that such sad conse
quences will not attend the nomination OF "any
Southern man. at Charleston. But "a the Herald"
is merely venlllsipg good joks in consequences OF
the hot weather aud the glorious result Of the ST..
LouIs election, We must moi put Too much impor'
tsnce upon the vaiicnaiiou of our joking contempo.
rary of New York
This propensity reaches climax in the following
"N-xt. with regard TO the opposition nominee
FaiiDg 10 unite upon Fremont Seward, Banks, Crit
tendeII, Bell Cameron, and every other candidate The
opposition sections and factions, for the FAKE o union
and the balance If power III Tie South may be- COM
peed to ia back upon Grn. Scott. And why not ~
And We ark, "why no, 7" That little matter Of de-
feat by Pierce will soon be forgotten; those Irish
brogu,' and "sweet German accent" speeches
would well please the Know Nothing element Of the
opposition force hey would rally with sinGuiar una
nimiy upon the stump speaking cauclcate ana ns
love for the foreigners The sbomnabie associations
and principles of Seward" defeated Scott in 1852
.but in 1869 Seward will be no longer the incubus TO
break him down." 1t s this singular iniermxture Of
truth aid ictiur that gives eerous air 10 the okes
of The Herald that sometimes msleads the unwary.
The Herald will commit Itself permanently to no
man as vet it s merely veutiIa,ing certain mea ss
"feeIers' 20 public sen.inen;. Lately Cameron was
parsded duly appareed in principles that suited every
t,ste, and did violence TO no latitude But the OPP
Position do not seem to like him., and the "Herald"
asks, by way of testing public sentiment, What
then, do they think of Gen. Scott =
HON. JOHN NJ. PATTON.
The mauy irieuds of this distinguished lawyer have
been panied 10 hesr several rumors in circulation
regarding HE i'll health All one lime rumof had pa
ralised MIR. Patton; st another time. appople1y had
prostta,.a him-by third rnmor "csncer in the
stomach was assieued as the cause Of his illness