Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-07-30
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
BY RITCHlE, DCNNAvaNT. TYLER Il WISE
FRIDAY MORNING, july 80, 1855.
THE CONTEST OF 1861

lHE CON iCSl VI IeOu.
The New York "IIers!d' he's lately been "ven.i.a.
ting" the prospects of the various prominent men for
the candidacy in 1860. The "points" of the Black
Republican candidates are first duly and eiaborately
considered and dognaticay disposed Of Snor Came.
ron is elaboratey 'displayed" las the printers sayl
tor the "new opposition candidate in ls6U.' He ie a
candidate for the ndiscriuinse support of hetero-
geneous party. The odds and ends Of the opposition
camp. North and South may be fdsed, aud General
Simon Cameron OF Pennsylvania, il the mau." Now
for his principles. The Herald |" says:
He ia central man. Republican, but not an
ultra Republican. and man. too, Ol Democratic Old
Line Whig and Know Nothing antecedeuts and atiil'a
tOns, quite sufficient Ia swear by, but not enough to
hurt him anywhere. He Is also tariff man; but OF
that moderate Pennsylvania school which IL not with
out host of disciples tar South Georgia Above
all, the late session of Congress has shown General
Cameron 10 be au eInntntly conservative man, when
it was generally expected That it would prove him 10
be violent ngger worshipping agitator."
We submit that tie above is all ample platform ~
broad enough and wide enough to hold the Herald"
and Cameron, certainly, but We rather suspect men
of conservative principles will bs slow to mount that
platform.
The Herald" having lai the President in quiet
retirement at Whsaand, proceeds TO assign to The
South the locality from which the next President s to
come In this We entirely agree with ths Herald" ="
The South is entitled to the next nominee.
The object for which we have alluded to this sub.
iect is 20 notice the following extract:
1.-The South, then, will claim, and will, in all pro.
liability, be allowed the candidate in 1860. But where
are We 10 find him Not in Virginia, for there An
Intestine ieud between the Wire men and the Hunter
men threaens TO tear the l'csl party all 10 flinders
and the selection Of either Hunter or Wise wonld be
an experiment too dangerous TO be attempted"
We can assure tho Herald" that no earthly dan
ger threatens to tear the local party of Vrgna all
flinders" The nomination of either Gov. Wise or.
Senator Hunter would be hailed by the party
In Virginia with nexpressible delight; "fsud" tx
i.ts between the "Wae nen" aud the Hunter men,
which ",hrestens to tear the party all to flinders.
There is no doubt that the Hunter men" prefer the
Senator TO the Governor, and it lees fact that
the "Wiae men, prefer the Governor to the Senator
But let either the Senator or the Governor be the
nominee and the untec party Of Virginia will most
readily support this nomination The Virginia De
mocracy will support either of these disnguished
men with far more zeai than sOJ other candidate
that can be brought olt by the Charleston Conven
ton.
The Herald" aays Jefferson Davis, too, hss Of
late proved himself entitled to The same distinction" !"
that of "nationa priuciples.' Senator Davis has
lately been dropped by the ox;tcms dsuniouists Of
the Southern Slates. There some silly enough
to affect to doubt the soundnes. Of jeff Davis or
Gov. Wise upon slavery, because Of The late views
announced by the-s statesmen. There are no Two
men in the Southern States whose political lives have
been more intimately connected with slavery
Ia its political connection. than Davis and Wise.-
They are intus II incnte" pro.slavery men they
have been the 'most impudent advocates" OF slave
ry; they have the boldness 10 be men Of national
principles they believe, that with the Constitution
f.iry enforced in letter and spirit slavery will find
i,e mv-, thorough development in the Federal Union
They respect The oath they have eken 10 support the
Federal Constitution, and rely loyal Observance
of its guarantees to pepe.uate the rights Of the States
aud the preservation Of the Union. The North has
nothing to fear from them, and The South much 10
gain by the nomination Of either.
There men revere the Consu5n, aud will support
i; 80 long secures the blessings for which our
foreathers framed il. Theie the best friends
Of the South; they sustain its institutions on the broad
ground of moral right aid social policy and the no.
minston of either VIII be received with pleasure by
every Southern State.