Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-09-17
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THE UNION NEWSPAPER BEccs..EG DEsPERakE
is ITS COURSE EAPPRovEDl-THE MISCHIEF -
| IS DOING
10 the Editors Of the Enquirer:
| W,sHIscro~, Sept. IL, 1855.
| The wcr upon Sens- Douglas, to the surprise ot
Dcuoc.as everywhere, is kept up BIZ ths "Wsshirz
| ton Unic stb roc the. 81. = that il. cons
ductors s.e not ouly viii ng brt dssi-ors that he
should be supplanted by Lincoln the Abo!itionis in
the Senate of the United States I'D this for 81.
years.
| The absurd preteuce is set up, that there Is 4
chance for 30 election of Judge Breese, a reliable
| Democrat. by the Legislature to be chosen in No
| ysmber next Was anything so ridicn.,us ever be-
| fore advanced by minds not absolutely dement-t3
How ia it possible. il msjority Of anti-Dougs. men
be chosen to the Legislature. lat any Democrat csn
| bs elsc'od Senatorl The Black Republicans have
taken Llu. rlp their ssndard-besrer and for HIM
and him svne their votes TO be osst. In event
can they, will they vote for an Administrator
Democrat and in no possible turn OF aiairs will the
anti. .Lecompton Democratic vote for Judge Bree--
any one entertaining his opinions. The consequence
must necessarily be- that Lincoln will be fixture IN
the United States Senate for six yeare from the 4ln o
March, 1859; for If by triangular condition OF par
| ties which the "UnIon's" labors may help to pro
| duce there should be no choice OF Senator by ths
next Legislature, il is we'll understood that Gov. Biz
cell would appoint Lincoln to fill the vacancy.
II proof wsrs previously wanting as to the obIsct
of the "Union," II may be found 10 the editorial col
umns of that paper for several days past The ir ads
of Douglas every where, are read out Of the party
| in more formal manner than heretofore and the de-
nuncintion is sweeping and unqualified. They are
called "tbe Douglas faction" and ths basest motives
are imputed to them. Can the President be aware OF
the true condition of affairs Is there no friend in
| whom he has confidence, frank enough to tell him
thar 'the Douglas faction Is not only majority oi
| nd Uasf hntfb fbatf fh.ra
il decided reaction 10 bis favor in the South Does
il not occur him that, even It Douglas has been
| somewhat obstinate in the maintenance OF hi. opn
ions in regard to Kansas and the Interpretation OF The
popular sovereignty" doctrine, and had not Tho
uuickness Of motion necessary to turn corner
when the hint given hun, that it is no, lik ely he
can be brought in by terms Of contnmely ami -
proschi can only say that the real friend. ot n"
| integrity of the Democratic party see nothing but
disaster ahead in the present course OF the "un'on
If that paper bs not positively impotent for evil II
il not q strange conjunction Of circumstances to tnd
Lincoln, Trumbull and the Government organ tri
gagged In the same cause, endeavoring to effect the
same RESULT
Thsrs is one fact which cannot be overlooked, sud
that IL that the Republican presses OF Illinois Are far
uiahad with food for rejoicing by The removal Of well
tried Democrats from Office because they sympaIh'z-
With Douglas upon the only question 10 dispute among
the Democracy, q question which would probably
bring about lie solution in very shorttim- The
"Press and Tribune" of Chicago has announced III
-xuant terms the recent removal OF Gen lsaac Cur
rau of Springfield Pension agent for Illinois; and
il boasts too this isis of the most signhcnni
blows that Mr.. Buchanan has yet dealt Mr. Dougn-
because "Curran has long been the Senators -p-c'h
persopsl and political friend" Let me give speci-
men Of this Black Republicans eIuaiion on 'his
| subject: Had Mr.. Buchanan been able to hnd
more devoted and efficient friend OF the bsnaor he
would have directed his heads man 10 chop away ri
him; but the General was head and neck furthrr IN
Douglas confidence and esteem than any other nsn
L Aanfup IaaIu
that the sight of blood spoutng from hs several inku
lars and carotds would make his esder turn pale
aith fright"
This Black Republican would seem to "speak hy
The card" cannot but hope that there wa' more
plausible reason for the removal OF ths tr-nd ~
Douglas than the one thus imputed TO ths Pr--id-u
Hear this cbscklsr little further. Referring to re-
ported attempt at reconciliation, he says:
"As matter of choice, II the choice were oh-r.h
we might hold up both hands for An union o ihrso
wo peetiisnt parties. under Buchanan or D"ugn-,
.ither, II matters not which, that We might w'p-
hem both out in ons day The one is)us ss ds.-Ao'e
| ,s the other only, as Pat would say, tbe Doug ~
action 10 O lit,lo no. because II 10 not hail sn
pOld or half az honest as its rival
can assure you that the policy which affords rho
common adversary 80 much joy 10 not considered by
true Democrats hereaoouts exactly the one ~'rch
to be commended In the present aspect a. nH "r-.
They dislike to ind fault, but they certainly are nns
ble TO commend. The Doug As aciion' IL slt"g"'h-
rr too prominent portion OF the Democratic ,afny
TO be summary cut of; and in this work the Ull,n
may rest assured its sympathsers are o no
means numerous.
II had been fondly hoped that the Kansas coD:ro-
yersy bad been ocalised, if not positively settled
| and that it would not be kept living issue 10
plague the country further but In this our hopes ara
not based upon facts as they now stand 1t IS not the
policy Of the Republicans to let the ssue die out 50
.oou They may not be ready to press Kansas tor ad
mission AT The next session. under the Levenworfh
Constitution it may not bs their policy TO do more
than keep the agitation alive, but il is certain they
mean to hold IN to what they deem an ;rresisub"
subject of appeal, the right OF Kansas to enter the
Onion tothout any restriction TO the number o. Hhab
aans II will not 90 to say TO them that II requires
greater population for free than for slave Sae.
| They already ringing the changes on ths po'n,'
and the Republican Convention at Syracuse. just Sd
iourned has made this prominent ttens IN er nd
dress to ths people Of -; state md or this they
appsa. to men Of ever .sgr"e to join them In opp"-
| ,i.:.a to the AaT;u-'r1fior
| Ihsyst ryr1L 40 Jopi-' Il 10 new Admup-
trstion ps. b. .--,o the Herald, wniOi clni.s 10
be the only Democratic paper ?ublshec IN that city:
Il s bitter towards Douglas and follows up the cry ot
rhe Union against the "Dougss'fss II Is edited by
| Charles N Pine the rawly appointed Marshal of ll
nos for the No .,-. district, in place of j. W. Da-
| vidsen fricnr Of Douglas. (who, by the way, has
.inos been minated for Congressl This came paper
| styles Davidson an enemy OF the Admins'renoh' ns
cause he is friend of Douglas and this is TO be the
| course of denunoiaton against every oLe VINO Goes
not abandon his ideas upon the subject of popular
| sovereignty.
Opposition, II WILL De seen, NOS oeou ros7u w '''
sixth dlstr,t to the Hon. Thomas l. Harris. John
L. McCoancll Ia the nominee on the part OF the opp'
nents Of Douglas, and the Herald boasts that mo-
oos of the boltsrs who opposed the Administration ant
winter will be returned" Thus IL will be seen that
the Black Republicans are to be helped In this way.
through enmty to Douglas; for wherever csnd'dr'"
is thus set up is, in efsct, coalition with the hs-
publiosns. SO in regard to the Legislature.
| But nv advices from reliable source assure me
that DoiR.as will beat them both and will have 3
majority 10 both branches of the Legislature. II u
not extraordinary that the Administration Demo
crats" ss they call themselves In Illinois, are wiling
10 see the National House OF Representatives 60 into
the hands of the RupubcsDs1 No other result can
oossibly follow The failure Of the Republican and
Know Eorhing Conventions, at Syracuse, TO coeese
tor the State election, Is no evidence that they VII
not be found ectng together hereafter, although there
scribe 10 the anti slavery plank. The Republican
lssders are not yet prepared to give up Seward -
thpr candidate for the Presidency and was tor ms
reason thar Thurlow Weed was present to prevent =
surrender. But they must come to that al ias Ihsrs
can be no union of Southern with Northern men
under such leader. It. therefore. benooyee the D-no
crsoy 10 unite upon the only doctrine which can sa'-v
carry them thr0ugh-ths doctrine that inc people vi
syery Territory must decide tor themselves thp @ =
rscfsr Of their institutions when forming STATE -
stitution. What would the people nt Virgins h"''
said or dops if the Convention OF 1901 mao prssn-h
70 dacars The new Constitution 10 force wiihon suo
nos.ion 70 tbs popular Wilt Not politician III me
Stets would hsvs able Ia survive the popular
indigestion which such measure would nave ere
ated.
, THE NEXT GOVERNOR, &c.
To .he Editors Of the Enquirer:
WYrHE, Sept. l3, 1853.
Gsntlemen:-From the growing interest daily
dsvaoned relative to the election OF our next Gov