Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-08

lro'Ilhic. HpI Ill o'td>ibns Iol N'i'I P' I'0'
him arr equally appropriate. An inquiry into
III, political condition Of the country Is ms
meat and drink If deprived of this. You cat
OF tn air which he brcatlc1 and which >''N-
t;inS his existence: but when hr undertakes
tn show the r;,,i>c, thai have led 10 tI'c dcpio-
rablc condition to which the order mas been
reduced, why didhe not tell II, somellIin: new
rather than a>cribc i, 10 the Democratic party !:
The evils and calami,es that have Icfallcn the
order we :.ll know, were hearci upon them by
the Democratic party first, in Virginia. under
a gallant leader, then in every other Dcnocra-
tie State. Why, this iS the glory and the
boast Of the Democracy. That they Killed
Sam. and then tapped their wings and crew
over his body is notoriou, to III" civilized
world, and is the brightest ln'nc in their de-
coraicd hcad-picc. If Mr.. Bots had a>cribed
ii 10 their own silly, iniquitous principles,
munmcrics. AMI iiagitious oatls. and recon-
men,lcd III them 10 correct their platform AMI
mourn over their rrror> in sackcloth andashcs,
we should have respected the kecnnesS OF
hi, perceptions and been satisfied that he had
been taught by defeat great moral lesson :
but, like the Bnurbons defeat teaches him no
lessons hc secs tl,a, il was The Democratic
partv that defeated the order. and. therefore he
cries "D--n the Democratic party
Mr.. Bolts says Of Washington, "lic was first
in war. frs; in peace, and first in the hearts Of
hi, countrymcn Move! and true. Noble
sentiment we'll expressed.
Mr.. Bolts says that he does not hclirVc that
there i> Il single State in this Union, that has
become 50 laScly degcneratcd, 20 un>peakably
dcpraycd. aS to calculate its value that IS. the
value Of the Union! by dollars and cents. whe-
tl.cr FOR the cotton of South Carolina. the ne.
crocs of Virginia, the mules Of Kentucky, The
hog Of Ohio the lands Of the West. or the
manufactures Of the North.
WHY does hr make fling Al Virginia, his
own State. by assigning the negroes t" h.I'
Why hold her up. among Northern men, As the
negro State. ;.or srec|ioc';' He knew that h''
hearers wcrcreculariv scnSitiTeunon this point
that to assign thc protection Of this Species OF
property to any particular State, would ensure
for that State a double portion oi their Ire. and
in proportion as their attention was called par
ticuia,ly 10 III" owners of slaves. 50 would
their i'll feelings hc directed 10 that STATE and
So would their good feelings b. secured ior
him who ca>, the inputation. Here sticks ont
Nr. Bott, irec-soil prorlivtirS. He docs not
believe any State would he 50 basclY de-
generate. 50 unsrcakahy dcpraved Is 10 cal
cula,e the value o! the Union f"r Negro pro-
pcrtv. How for negro property: II lfCon.rcsS
were TO proclaim al the slaves Of Virginia free;
were to take them from their master, without
compensation: were by law. IL give tncin al
the rights. privileges and i'nlnuniics ri free
,ncn. ,rample under foot the Constitution and
all i,S guarantees, relative 70 this property. and
ii the representative oi every Northern STATE
were 10 vote for such mc;tsrrc>. Virginia would
hcl.a,ely dc:cnc anl unspcakahly dcpravcd.
uo; II she hnr>, ;he hand. Of such = Union,
and rejected with >coru aui contempt such as
sociatc.. bus if she calculated even the value
Of the Union for the negroes Of Virginia. -
We are advocates or ii:c Union. but there are
things with regard 10 ;Ec negroes Of Virginia
that wr world not hesitate 4 moment 10 renn
the onion aslndcr rather than to submit TO:
and We would unite in riding on rail the man
who would moi 20 il in Virginia, il some things
were done that have been threatened by NJ.
Bolts confrereS. in the Order eli United Amcri
cans. North of Mason and DiXons line
Mr.. Bolts IcnounccS the Democratic party
for being disunionist<. Wherc-whcnhn
They have never pm; forth platform, in any
Convcnlon-Statc or National in which the
preservation of the Union wa not the most
conspicuous Of their principles. They have
advocated it everywhere openly, above hoar'
in day light: and they have ucycr had a can
didatc for the Presidency wiinhas not done the
same thing. This. then, is nothing more n"i
less than unmitisatcl slaudcE.
Now, SAYS Mr.. Bolts, the sound Of disu
Mon. the ravings Of sectional maimcn. the
clamors Of disappointed aspirants and dema
roc,lcs. who will submit to no construction %
the Constitution that is not Of their own inter
prctation. and to no administration that is moi
OF their own selection. has become 50 familiar
to our cars. trc the rawlings Of sectional
nadmcn confined ~ one section more thar
another, to one party more than another: Arc
the Black Republicans not sectional party
Are the Northern United Americans no sec
tiona party: Have tho Northern Wings nj
sectional procivitics: Who are the disap
pointed asplrants? Is the party who have beer
beaten ont Of their Scuscs, over and over again
have been tantalizcd with the cup at their vcr!
/ lips but 10 have it dashed from their taste, th'
disappointed: or is it the party who have beer
successful Are the dclnagogues-whos swca
thai the Constitution authorizes bank. tariff
distribution, internal improvements by th'
General Government. and all the other latitu
dinou< measures advocated b. the Opposition
with pcrtinacty ndescribablc-t wh'
will submit to no construction Of the Constitu
ton but their own or that is not Of their own in
,crpre;ation: NJ Botts draws their likcncssc
as il painting was his peculiar forte; bat then
like the res, OF his idiosyncracies, he write
under the picture he has painted Of his Owl
party. this is Democratic horse. Verify
! c.,. -, ..n
cy covcreth charity and obiicrates all sin. -
| Ovod era, 36m"asirpnd"E.
Mr.. Bolts glanceS at the dcmoralzed and ri
inous condition in which We find the country
at home and abroad, under the control OF thos
who have hrii the rcins Of government 10
thirty vcar- the causes that have led TO it. an
the remedies 10 he applied.
II ,nipht l,c sufficient ansW or u this glance