Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-16

l:ie me o ae,G an ~ new States When the Demo
80 '.rtv assc,ubled in National Convention Il
Tho same ,lace north aftcFward a,lu hoiii:!Ie'
In Pierce for the Presidency, We asserted TIT
s N. nrincipIe and gave the same pledge. Thn
The two great pariies-thc Wing and Democratic
in SO stood pledged 10 stick 10 doctrines Of non-in
trryeution ami popular sovereignty.
In his anxiety to compliment and laud tn
Wings Of his audience and tine country, III
again misS;atcs facts. The Wing Contention o
lSj2 was not prior to the Democratic Coh'eh
ton, but was subsequent. The De'nocra'i'
Convention met June 1st, 1852, and the "h'e
Convention June 10th, 1852. MT pous'S
has made no unintentional error, but reSer'e'
the order Of the Conventions to make the I'M
nrcssion that the Democratic party .'oAo'e"
a,J ,oniea the platform of the Wing party
and that both parties had adopted the mm'
,,,,f,,m mon the Compromise measures Th'
f,c,s orc that the Democratic party agreed t
..,bidc by and adhere to the Compromise Mea
surcs." not because Of the principles therein
but simply because the measures were laws o.
the land, and to quiet agitation. But the hls
platform received and acquicsced" in the Com
promise Measures ''n principle and substance
There was always broad difference between
the acceptance Of the two parties, OF the Com
promise Measures, and no man is better nc
ouain,ed with the fact than Mr.. Douglas.
Let us follow him farther, as he dallieS wit!
the Wings:
Eu, We: every old Wig who stands to-day wier'
Clay stood in l>:o. and NJ the time oi hS tc.'h ~
,rr,!ug tie doctrine Of non Intervention ana Popa
Sovereignty, ana acting with those WHO stan" Hrn
10y tha, doctrine is abused by tie Republican parry
- II lurl-coat and traitor. To ali men VINO 'ah'
tia; charge against the old Wl!:>, | VIII rcih,hl
them ot the las, speech OF Henry Clay before the lie
lisla;urc oil Kentucky, in which lac told them that
h ,lay ever came "a he aprrchcnded II mas: soon
when the Wing party would hc reduced 10 q nI>er;'
bic abolition faction, tina; lac woad JON the pt'ii'
cracv and uphold the Constitution tApp!au>e. -
CLAY. 10 the last, stood forth the embodiment o.
u:.ion principles. union measures, conservative
views, which would keep united, us bands @: bro
Tiers, all the States Of this Union, and make The re-
The Wing party was prc-eininenty conservative
par. Since that Wing party has been dissolved
and the sectional that belonged TO II have gone
over 20 the Opposition and become the intervention
it, either in the North or South, there WAS noth;na
lc,, for the conservative Wig, except To join ia,
Democracy. AMI, 10y Oh: joint efforts, II possible
maintain the peace OF the country ahc tic PcrPe'"i'
OF the Union.
assert TO you again. peace and fraternity can ~"
&c maintained between the different SECTIONS OF th'
Union, except on the great principles c! non,iIter
vcn;ior and popular sovereignty. lienee, Let u:
unite rs one nl;.ii IN iaE"r OF ''rse uoe'l,res
voice, Good boy, lie; not any personal Jealous,
nor personal rivalry, personal hatred disturb IN
harmony OF the only party tha: can preserve TN
Union applause
The pith of which is. that the Wings mus
forget that Mr.. Douglas was the opponent o
Mr.. Clay during his lifetime, and, since death
has removed him from the Presidential path
the Wings ought to bury personal jealousy,
personal rivalry, personal hatred, and unite
with Mr.. Douglas "only party that can pre-
serve the Union"
We come now to the creme "e IL creme
the speech, which we itallcise:
In regard TO former disputes, and the animo>i;ie
..rowin, ont of them, ''lc the dead bury the dead
IAppluusc.l Remember those disputes only !oG Ia
,rrIosc OF profting by them, and avoiding the evi
which rrofuccd ,lcni. While would make AM
sacriticc personal 10 myself 20 preserve the un''l
and harmony OF the Democrats party N ii> ji'i't
honorcd principles. n.c.r. a,r.r aorid / yt'!d on
tota one jot or one ttnie Of h"s, PrtncLptS :" G1'
tie P,.sii.ncy (Applaa>c.J The Democratic party
las = higher duty. nollcr province, and !: nor
honorable aim than merely to carry an election ''''
get possession Of the Government
\ candid avowal that squatter sovereignt!
must be adopted a, Charleston.
That Mr.. Douglas can never receive tn
Charleston nomination upon his copy-rish
platform, we think admits of no question. Bu
he has not taken his present position without
full knowledge ofits effect upon his prospects II
the South He has studied well and calculate
closely the effect Of his Manifesto upon the pop
ular mind of the South and North-W Vest; and he
expects and hopes so to present his own claims
as to be accepted by the odds and ends OF thu
Opposition, as the middle man between th'
Black Republican and Charleston nominees
The following extract from the Boston "Atla'
and Bee" n,imatcs and gives authority fol
the probability of Mr.. Douglas being stu
candidate:
douglas is playing heavy for the Charleston no
mina,iol How lie tries 10 brighten. one y. L
Johnson writes con fi.n'iolyto the Cincinnati Com
nlcrciui that he has portions Of letter IRON
',he little giant which settles tie matter beyond
question: that Il. dropped ut Charleston, Il, rsU ran
a. ar independent candidate, ind adds 'now Very III
n"ccntlyj 10 the editor, your are ut liberty T. nkC
whatever use of this you may see IL.
In view therefore OF the probability Of has
ing stump candidate, and titus having the
North Western Democracy severed from the
Democracy Of the South, pablo attention
should DC directed to the selection o: some
man, by the Charleston Convention of known
soundncss Of principle, Of tried devotion to tho
rights Of every section, of tested firinncss in
defence of Southern institutions, Of proved
talents as popular orator, Of personal cou'
rage, of unb'emishcd reputation, CT business Gu
pacity; in fact, a man whose public and private
character and whose executive capacity will
give him a position aud a hearing in every sec
ton Of the country. Such man in public dis
cussionS would present the questions, now be
ing discussed b. Judge Douglas, 10 the people
Of the country, in all their bearings. Such a
candidate would acquant the people Of each
section with the constitutional rights Of both
North and South He would inculcatc re-
gard for eur rights and also inform the North
crn people plainly and fully what they might
expect if our constitutional rights are denied
and aSSaied \ canvass from sucl,a candidate
would do much to dspel the clouds that now
threaten the Union; it would teach the people
constitutional rights; it would ccnstrrc the plat
form alike in both sections, and place the De
mocracy upon principles common to the whole
country. And why should the Presidency be
exalted above popular discussion?
Since 1855, when Gov. Wise initiated public
discussion for the Gubernatorial office and adop
ted open, face-to,face and hand-to-hand popular
addresses. instead Of double-meanmg Janus
faced platforms and letters, the system Of public
speaking has become common to all the States
and even in the Illinois Senatorial contest it WAS