Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-05-10

10 divide and distract the party until the next
Presidential election, in the language Of Dan
We may eXcaim, beyond that | seek not to
penetrate the veil But, as we remarked be
fore, We sec evidences that the people are for.
getting all about the Lccompton issue, and, by
the time the Charleston Convention takes
place, there will be no such thing as Lecomp-
/ ton and antl-Lecompton Democrats, but simply
Democrats. We should guard the Democratic
party with more than ial aifection-that glo-
! rious old party which has ruled this country
nearly all the time for eighty years, and which
has always stood by the Constitution and the
Union. And the consequence is, they have
, made the United States the happcst and lreest
country that ever existed In view of these
things, rally Democrats both North and South.
| and let us giSe the enemies Of the Constitution
such defect in 1860, that they can never rally
their forces again.
But we Will now make few remarks about
the Charleston Convention. Two things will
be necessary to be done at that Convention, in
order for the party to meet with success viz
platform of principles broad enough for
the whole country to stand upon. Let every
thing in that platform be plainly and distinctly
stated, so that there will be no equivocation
y
meaning. The next thing TO be DONE in order
TO meet with success, will be to nominate
man that the whole nation imposes implicit
confidence n-a man with talents. ability
and patriotism, who has passed through polit-
cal life Observation-Disclosures honor and integrity
, ofpurpose are unsupported even by his enemies
In viewing the great men Of the nation at
the present time-and there are numbers of
great men in the nation who have been spoken
Of as candidates Of. the Democratic party for
the next Presidential campaign-who should
we select as the standard bearer of the Demo.
cracy in the next contest for the Constitution
and the Union! That question may well be put to
us We answer boldly, II. 4. Wise, of the old
Dominion, is the most suitable man in the ma
ton, at the present time, for receiving the
nomination of the Charleston Convention, both
as regards his talents and his Availability
With such platform as have described above.
and such standard bearer as Governor Wise,
the success of Democracy is certain; but without
purely national platform and a good man as
candidate. the enemy may trample the Con-
stitution under foot. and therefore destroy the
whole country. But we hope and believe
there will be just such a platform cnunciated
at Charleston, as the above description aud
also hope that Gov. Wise may be the nominee
Of that Convention. The South has, doubtless,
the right to the next candidate for the Prcsi.
dency-the North having had the two last can
didates; and who in the South or the North,
could be got to equal Henry a. Wise--thc |
man who gave the death kncl to Know Moth. |
lnsism. and who has always opposed Aboli. I
tonsu IN all its phases and has been national
in every sense Of the word:
But we have strung this article out longer !
than We at first intended. and must now come !
TO conclusion. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRAT {
April alst. 1864