Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-02

not the purchasers Of them have Judge Ghoi-
sons bill Of sale.
The bill of sale. signed by himself and wife,
has been also published. This whole transac-
ton is well calculated 10 throw confusion ard
odium upon the Black Republican leaders, ard
secure success TO the ONO Democracy.
But the whole dishonest policy Of the leaders
of the Black Republican party cannot fail /"
weaken its aorole and TO disgust the MASSES.
many of whom have been misled by their hol'
low prctcnccs of philanthropy and freedom.
From the Springfield "Republican," one Of its
prominent organs, we clip vivid and doubtless
accurate picture of the picbald factions Of which
it is made up Can any party win popular IL
vor when it is acknowledged that its leading
characteristics are Inconsistency and dlshoi-
cs,y. with the most varying doctrines put iortll
TO catch votes in various sections of the couli-
try: Let the Springfield "Rclmblican" speak
lis condemnation, as follows:
The fact is. the Republican party iShf par
" Yet, and still worse, isn't likely to nc ut pre-
sent VIVA, il needs more than anything else,
is definition Of Itself, discipline, Il boundary,
Il habitaton, doors 10 let people ILL., walls 10
keep them in, and Il recognized head OF the
house to look UP lp;.S 'proyidcr 1t las none
of these thincS now, but inhablis sort OF tell
acre lot. half the bars of which are down three
quarters of the time. You admit one squad
and another escapes at the same moment Every
man iights for his own band, like the Highland
! Chicttain. 1t is 'anti.ngscr in 81. Louis 10
save Mr.. Blair: protcctonisih III Pennsylvania,
To accommodate Henry {. Cary. and save two
or three Congressman old-iaShioncd higgcry
in Ohio so that Tom Corwin may make HIM
self perfectly at home; Fimorei>m i'll kcli-
tucky and MARYLAND, 80 that Humphrey Mar
shall and Henry Winter Darts may he rc-cicc'-
ed: track ud.dickcr in the Massachusetts
State Committee, 50 that buringanc may moi
he beaten, and so on. A Gardneiitc, or a
straight Republican Of 1871, or even FIJI
moritc of 1876. is Just rs good Republican as
any body. There is no risk in deserving, for
the dcSertcrS are not shot, as they are III the
Democratic and every other w.'l-resn'a'e'i
party
Again. We lcaln from another Of it, leading
organs, that this unprincplcd party Is made
I'D of "snaN men" ana that it is time that Ii
should dc stripped of the lions skin which has
been cunninaly used to conceal its iou! and
h;dcous proportions Ga this point the Bel
fast Age" i prominent Republican" paper II
Maine, docs not mincc its language, when ii
says:
Nov Il is high time TO come to an uEdcr-
standing. 1t is 10 longer Of any use to pass
the Republican party oil for what 1t isn't and
thus lead grca. MAIDS 10 suppose /. 4 very iii,
lcrcnt PARTY from what it is. We might as well
confess it-Me jurts is mode "Pct' m""H mo"
the common c!ass-vcry seldom Il man ci:i be
found in il wiser than our Revised Statute
very few live on the mountain tops. II i
maniic>tly not the party where great lninI>
vii, enjoy themselves tie best, aud we think
for their own comfort, they had not better
come in;oi,. There is such total wan, OF a;''
probation q. Great icn aud great IDEAS tia, ii Is
almost like casting pearls before >wliic, Tor
such 10 undertake 10 preach on tail, 10 such Il
party.
With these facts before Us, does it not
become the duty of the Democracy to
rally for the contest, with the truth bold
IL proclaimed upon their standard: Let
them fcarir>sy address themselves to the
common scasc 0! the people AM 10 TIER
innate love Of justice and equality 10 all parts
nj the cor.cdeiacy, and, with the strong moral
mu.ncnt of their boldly arowcd principles,
,h.v cannot fail 10 beat down, oCcc more. lEcir
selfish and unprnciplcd opponents.