Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-01
Ritbmou0 Enquirer.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL /, 1859.
BLACK REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION AND SOUTH
EaN SUPPORT OF GOV. WISE.

The National Era" an Abolition sheet in
Washington. reg rd, Gov. WiSc's 'Star, Tor
the present, as least, rs in the ascendant, and
the Era" will mot be surprised 1t nc should
become the candidate" OF what that paper calls
"Thc Black Democracy for the Presidency.
The ERA" reitcrltcs the false charges OF
other enemies of Governor Wise and the EN-
%ouirer," and on the present occasion produces
n new fllSchood in what it calls 'coquettIns
with the Slave Trade Party Whatever may
have been the character Of articles found IN
the Enquirer upon that question, Gov. Wise
needs no newspaper TO make known his senii-
meats upon that or any other question. We
arc fully aware that the journals Of Black Re
publicanism regard Governor Wise as a can
dida,e from whom they have more to fear
than any other man, in the canvaSso OF lS6o.-
His lifelong devotion to the Institutions Of the
South have won for him 4 coatilcacc in tins
section, that all the misunderstanding and can
seauent Misrepresentation of his position on
the Lecompton question could not ovcr;urn.
His bold defence of civil and religious liberty
in 1855 has endeared him to thousands OF men
in every State, AMI rendered him the great
representative man Of anti NcthingiSln;
AMI his nti,Lcconptouisn, though greatly
misunderstood and grossly misrcprcSen,ed, has
rivc,tcd to him a reputation for fairness which
wins for him the confidence Of men in every sec.
ton.
The Era" grossly misstates history, in
saving that Governor Wise put forth, through
his organ, the Enquirer, the monstroas propo.
s%ition, that Congress is unler a high moral
obligation to intervene, by positive legislation,
for the protection of slavery in the Terrific
RES" Governor Wise needs no orgln"-
he has always spoken for himself, by speech
and letter, upon every qaeStion-wiihholdins
and concclling nothing. but speaking boldly
and def unity whenever he believed any social,
political! or Constitutional right endangered
This 'monstrons proposition" was put forth
BY Governor Wise, in his letter to the Illinois
Democracy, long before it appeared in the cd!.
torial columns OF tae Eng ,i:cr." al | no voice
of dissent was raised against it, when it then
appeared.
But enough of BLACK Republican misrcprcscn-
tation. We return nov to our Southern OK.
changes list.
The Auburn (Alabama) Signal says:
The GOOD Cause PRospERs-Thcre are
now within our knowledge between fifteen
and tnen.y able and Jealous Southern Demo.
cratic newspapers openly out in advocacy Of
the claims Of Gov. Wise to the Presidency in
JaF4os $3.50 - al. "tnSs IuIu.
We take great pleasure in announcing that
in Alabama many Of the best thinkers and
most reliable Southern Rights Democrats are
favorable to his nomination. The cloud is
sc. t,cring-"the skies arc bright and brighten
Jag" VIZ Shall hereafter publish the opinions
OF some OF these statesmen.
We to-day take thu liberty to extract from
our private correspondence the following para
graoh from a lat; letter from Hon. David Hub.
bard:
40 my mind there is bat one way to save
the Solth. and the Union, too, and but one
mm likely to answer. and that man is, from
position, Goeera,r Of Ergnia.'
We repeat, that We are proud Of the concur
renee and support Of such n man rs David
Hubbard. When he falls away from tie Souih.
ern case, it will be time to Surrender the
sword.
The support of David Hubbard, oc Alabama,
gives a quietas to Southern opposition to Gov.
Wise "poa principle, Ant-Lecomp;onism
should never be mentioned when such n true
Southern man as the Hon. David Hubbard thus
rallies TO the support of Governor Wise.