Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-08-12
Nine is one;
And ten Is none.
That's the cat.faced 6le...uc.one'

is not SmOulderng somewhere Acc, II mus
be somewhere; but where! Who liin.iici it
Did Gov. Wise: Let his letter, as i: first ap
pearcI, without explanation as 10 whom il wa:
written. or how it was published, first answer
tie question.
The letter bears date July l5th--morc thar
two weeks before it was employed, fer villa
purpose need not be specified now, 1t Albany
1t first characteristics the leading spirits Of tin
New York State Committee as the ".llban!
Regency" and expresses the fear that TN
Regency will pack delegation to mlsrepresen
the State al Charleston, in subscrvicncc TO th'
power and patronage Of the present Admins
tra,ion Surely, then. If it was intended by
Coz. Wise to exhibit this letter to the ''Rcgen
cy" themselves, il must regarded as an act o
defiance. and not an attempt to curry faTo
with them hy intrigue. Indeed, 1t must bt
admitted that he would never have intended L
to bc exhibited to them at all. Evidently, Coy
Wise letter WAS intended, by hin. neither 4:
an appeal TO nor threat against the Regency
1t next advises the recipient that the bcs
course 10 be pursued, will be ITO organize hy
districts. and either whip the enemy or scnd
two delegations" The advice given. then, is
to appeal to the people by calling district con
yentions Uhc Virginia systeml-it being much
more difficult to pack delegates from thiriv-iivc
ruayrntiouS, than from Il single convention;
thus to "whip the enemy OF fair represents
,ipn--aad if the packed delegation could not
thus be excluded altogcthcr-to send ut lcaS;
another delegation fairly chosen by the popu-
lar voice 10 claim the righ; of representation at
Charleston.
This sort Of advice may be considered I'm
moral" in New York. But in Virginia il is re.
garlci a c;nincntly just aud proper. Bat,
>avs the Commercial Advertiser. this is CON
spring against . portion Of his own party. -
Is it 50: /, a simple letter Of advice rs to the
best means Of defeating fraud and conspiracy.
itself a conspiracy: Bat he classes members
of his own party "amonc his enemies" Well.
if members of his own party attempt to pack
:, convention, they are the enemies Of every
Just man II they are advocates Of squattcr
sovereignty they are the most dangerous enc.
mics Of the constitutional rights Of the South.
If they are. willingly or unwiinsly, the tools
Of the present federal Administration, they are
the worst and most insidious enemies of the
Democratic party. If there be treachery in
these opinions or in their expression, how deep
" dyed in trcachery must he the Richmond
enquirer" which has preached them for
i long time and without intcrnission, Oh.
10, good advertiser : the trcachcry is all
yo,Ir own And tue motive leaks out irresst.
biy in the latter end of your article You and
al your kind would resort TO any kind
Of trcachery and fraud, could you thereby as
>assinate "Prcsidentially" a Democratic South
crn candidate who boasts, with good show Of
reason for the conviction. Of an ability 10 heat
Seward and Douglas both.
Was it immoral to express the conviction that
Mr.. Buchanan is seeking denomination: How
immoral, then, has been the course Of a large
proportion Of the Press or all parties, during
the past month
lie was seeking denomination. when Gov
Wisc's letter was written. The "leclcrs" wcr'
stretched in every direction to try how the idea
would suit the popular pulse. The cxpcrimcn;
has been fairly tried, and "or, we venture to
predict. Mr. Buchanan will no longer seek
the nomination for himself OF this, more anon
Is il immoral to describe "Squattcr Sovc'
rcicnty' as short cat TO all the ends OF Black
Ecpublicanism IL .o. the Enquirer has
been transercssing most arduousiy Tor sA
months past. II 50, there are few Southern
Democratic statesmen, Of prominent position
and influence, who have not expressed Simla
immortality
Next for the charge of egotism. Gov. Wise ,ii'
not. as he has been falsely represented, declare
that Virginia would be 4 unit Jorhis "om'
nnf;on. That it will be 81, We most condentl,
expect. That this last attempt Of few polti
cal assassins TO sacrifice his prospects Ia
,rcachcrous conspiracy. will operate very ci
tualy towards uniting Virginia Ia lis favor
cannot he doubted. Still, Gov. Wise. even il
his private letter. did not boast that Virgins
wou!l he ''unit' for his ora momin't'""
That the State will be a amt at Charleston
as il was at Cincinnati. at baltimore, and
every national Democratic Convention eve
held, no sane man can doubt. The un5roEe'
usage of the Virginia Democracy, the unite
sentiment Of the party requires that the noml
mating or electoral vote Of Virginia shall a!wav
he cast as 4 unit; that the diamond iaIISma
of her strength and influence shall no: be shat
tered into comparatively worthless fragments
In Virginia, the Democracy appeal TO the pc
pular voice to choose delegates by Distric
Conventions, without trickcry or restraint
and it is hy obligng the delegates thus chosen
to submit to the voice of the majority, to cas-
the whole vote as a unit that We enforce part
discipline and maintain party strengthened b
packing State Conventions through Feeders
.power and patronage Gov. Wisc's unit
boast was for his State not for himself
Nor can the following sentence: "lf hav
: the popular strength you suppose it will l'sc
I fix the nomination" be regarded as egotistica
but simply as a natural answer to the ASST
rance "you would carry every Northern STATE
excepting Massachusetts. Vermont, and poss
bly, Rhode Island
Again: Get tha, uhe nominationl and al
confident Of success IF he (Douga:
runs as an Independent candidate, and Scwsr
runs, and, if am nominated at Charleston,
can beat them both.
Surely. the "Catskills,' and ca;'skins an
cat.faccs, who have raised such a catcrwaulin
about ''imnodcsty," will have hard task
convince the people that statesman commit
an improprcty in thus expressing. even h