Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-01
From The Jacksonville (ral AIvoc.,.
GOVERNOR WISE AND THE CHARLESTON coN.


II Ii lamcntable fact that neither the domi
nant party or national Executive have that
amount of vital energy or inhcrc:it orr .nai,y,
necessary to calraaizc the other into an ntcIl-
Sitv Of life, Which is likely Ia leave it, impress
upon the nation. The President is afraid ut his
shadow; the party is cumbrous OF It's own
weight and parazcd by lis Unparalleled sue.
cess. II cannot he 4 lack OF cohesive power
in the unwieldly Democracy. but rather the
. removal Of antagonistc pressure. 1t was
more than once the lot of the Spanish forces
when marching with the excitcmcn, OF glory,
success and spoils upon the ruins Of the semi.
civilized governments OF this continent. 10
mics hy their own disscnsiOnS. and the con.
tidcnee Inspired by the brilliancy Of th,ir
OWE success. Nothing but the towering spi
/ rlt of Il stern and iirm commander could
e"cr have saved them from utter cxtcrminaiion.
he day has come When their Anglo.SLXon sue
ccs-oi>. the inhcritors and survivors oi Span.
i>h glory. need the commandin. influence of
master spirit Never has there been 20 general
an invocation Of the spirit OF he immortal
jackson. Never have our communications vi II
the nations Of the old World called more loud.
lv l"r the stroke of some controlling genius -
y bold party leader IN our Presidential chair.
would ii this moment seize a series OF rircrn-
stances better calculated ~ AmcricanSe the
Southern shore OF North America ami repei
the hnnllating supremacy OF Anglo-Frcrca
policy in the Gulf of Mexico. than have ever
"onspircd !or American success and glory. -
Ii is a fact which crimsons our checks with
shame. that Napoleon and his contemptihlc COW.
ariiy and ,oad.cating ally, John Bull. are coz.
trolling our foreign policy. At thi, jl1cturc
there are those who trcublc in their shoes at
the formidable alliance; fliln. 10 perceive that
with their fleets and ba,talions coaSting and
posted along the shores and through tic king
doms AMI province, Of ASla-with their lrca.
sarc> exhausted by late and bloody war>: with
Austria and Italy rising in arms At their cl-
bows, and with their millions OF subjects irr'i-
Ing upon American products, and King Cotton
looking them di,trustingly in the face, they
could not--thcy would not bring to bear their
guns upon our coasts or enter our interior with
an invading force
In view OF these humilating facts it is no,
strange that q revolution Of political preference
shonld he rapidly growing in favor ol the mao
OF tha Eagle eye and Lion heart" WrwuulI
uot disparage the claims, or cease 10 appreciate
the services oil Mr.. Hunter. But circnmStan.
cc> call loudly for different ,or, OF man 49,
He who never speaks I'LL popular clamcr indi
Gates the tide of succcs>--he whose chef 80
crct Of success is Il tarncs, al opinion. and
who never hravrd the storm. bat first rccnc-
nzcs the calm is not the man for l,Go. Il IT
is said that Henry y. Wise goes oil in Il tan
gent at times. let II be responded in iondc: .
tones that the pcople have never failed 20 fol
low him. II it he said he is impctuouS, let the
reply come close. that the same voices predict
ci through his impctuCSity the ruin Of the
party when he first wrote his Know Nothing
letter II it bc said that Gov Wise is unstl.
blc in his political opinions, let our pcri>h'ng
public interests open their huge mouths and
proclaim, wc are tired OF men who change not .
with the times, who have permitted prosresSto TO
leave the fungus growth Of oil fogyism upon
the wheels of our foreign policy. We want n
giant mind 10 lay hold Of and unite the wings
of Democracy, arrest the golden moment for
Cuban annexation. insert the knife Of Amcr F..
canism within the gordian knot Of European
alliances. and leave the impress Of a great ge-
Mus and strongly marked individuality upon
orr united and glorious Republic. We hope
Lod will spare Henry \. Wise, tine Democratic
party. and the Charleston Convention for (
l>60. AMI for his Majesty, Napoleon III.