Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22
Altbmon0 enquirer.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL -, 1853.
ALL THE ELEMENTS.
By Rlrcnlr, DrSSAvANr TYLER WISE.

ALL THE ELEMENTS"
That the present attempt to form an "Up-
position Party in the United States to the
Democracy, i, ,coalrollci hy meu devoted In the
single purpose of getting control Of the public
purse, is manifest from many considerations
In the first place, there i. 10 agreement
whatever among them a> 10 either princip pies
or policy. And they do not intend even pro-
fcs,ion Of any system Of faith or practice.
This is cyidcn. from the resolution Of the
late American State Council of Maryland"
which restricts the work of lis proposed Oppo
sition National Convention to the sole duty Of
nominating candidate, for the offices Of Presi
dent and Wee President OF the United States
to be voted for 10y the whole body Of the OPP
position in 1860" The low object at which
these men aim is s,icrr-s in the wild hunt after
Office Men to be voted for. Each one Of the
Opposition chiefs agrees TO surrender his han.
ncr and badge oi honorable independence and
sacrifice his tribe for share of the booty Of
the war. This sor, Of proclaimed Opposition
and punderin: expedition is bold and auda
; cons conspiracy against the constitutional lib
critics Of or free people. It casts away all re-
gar! for principles and sound policy and boldly
pr,lc-scs only desire to p.nndcr the 1'rcasu,
ry!
At the head of this opposition movement as
We have previously shown, are cunning, prarti-
cal abolitionisiS in the North.
The movement in the South j, insiisated and
kept On its fec, by the wiley and wicked
Sam, whose death has been all too preIna
turely chroniclcd by "ver-Sansuinc Democratic
papers. II Is significant that the American
State COUNCIL" oi Maryland-that Council
and thai Maryland, which, false TO the South,
sends irtc-s"ilcrs to Congress. and in 1856
stood alone against the united South, in
alliatc' will, 4 faction which hates the South
and her SLAYER: - bad as Black Republicansm
Itself. SAN i, evidently ole oi the elc.
incn's'' and stanl> up and declares for "thc
Opposition" party Of Maryland ''unal;erabc
attachment for the principle, whirh hive nth
crto clara arterized the American party
"tnlucstona'lc nationality" i, the sole >pe-
cific qualification according to the Maryland
'.mcrican State Council, for ,hc Presidency
and Vic; Presidency from All available
record and titncS>--a ''nati"naliiy. not like
that oi the Democracy, growing ou, of the
utmost regard for all rights, hut based upon
nieau surrender ol Southern rights. ''Sinkthe-
nig=cr-question and niggcrs' policy of tho
New York Herald" and the New York and
Tennessee Oppo,iion-a Nationality which
falsely and nnpudcn;iy arrasns Southern
Rights men in the same criminal dock with
Abotionists and denounces their sectional
is,n"-the sationalism Of men struggling for
their properly and civilization against traitors
and fanatics. as equally relrchcnsible Us that
Of the banded and pcriured villains who steal
their property anl scrretc il, and convey ii
away. and deuy them lawful remedies and
murder them in pursuit Of their property
They call il "sectonalism i'll every shape and
form, whether as Abolitionism at the North or
Secession at the South, and th, at a time
when tie only seclonalism at the South-the
only secession is that oi men, who loving
the Union and willing to die hy its Constitu-
ton. imp!orc these mad traitors Of thc North,
not 10 drive them out Of it. by pcrsstng in
nm open nullifiration Of It's laws and Constiu-
tioa intended to protect them.
We subioin the lca'ling resolution Of the
american State Council, Of Maryland, for
the clica.icn and comfort Of Southern
Right" 'ant-Know-Nothing' men Of the
south, who have been disposed To unit" with
thi, new Opposition party;
Resolved, That the State Council Of the
American party Of Maryland repudating Sec
tionalis,a in every shape and form, whether as
Aboltionism at the North or secession at the
South. congratulate the country on the auspi-
cious prospect Of the union ofall the conserva-
tive clements OF opposition to the present De-
mocratic Administration And, inspired by
this prospect the people of Maryland whilst
they rc.ailrm and hereby express their unaltera-
bic attachment to the principles which have
hitherto characterized the American party, IN
ytc the whole body Of conservative Opposition
in all the States OF the Union To cooperate with
them in selecting hereafter delegates to 1 IA
tiolal Convention, TO be charged with the sole
duty OF nominating candidates for the Offices oi
President and Vice President Of the United
States, to be voted for by the whole body Of
the Opposition in 1850, and whose past life,
eminent fitness and unquestionable nationality
shall cnttlc them to the conservative vote Of
the whole country.