Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-10-30

the Slavcholdlng States. u he SectSSioHlstS are
all Of Northern creation. They are such upon
the principle that tame obedience, affecting
their vitality. to might or numbers, is not
virtue. They conceive that the election Of
Lincoln. upon the sentiments Of which he is
the embodiment, wonld DC as hostile an act as
the North could commit against the South, par.
ticu!ar,y in view of the Norh's obstinate refusal
to comply with her constitutional engagements
to restore fugitive slaves to their owners. Mr
Webster, the very abcSt constitutional lawyer Of
the utilitaran school that this country ever pro.
duced, some time before his death. deliberately
recorded his opinion, tina, The Constitution If
the United States is wrttcn Instrument
recorded fundamental law ; ii is he BOSE, ind
the oELr BOND, OF THE USio% OF THESE STATE;
It is all that gives us national character. -
And he also asserted, that contract broken on
ONE SIDE, was a contract broken cS ALL Slar>
These opinions are sound, arc irrciutab!c. in
the matter Of i restoration of persons hcI,! 10
service CT labor" the ."EoND. and the ONLY
BOND or rNIoN OF THESE STATES, is L palpabir
:, CONTRACT BROKEN On ALL SIDES. No; has the
Executive as faithful rs he has been TO his
trusts, had the pswcr TO repair the severed
bond, the broken contract. Consequently
there is no obligation imposed upon Kentucky
TO longer comply with any of her engagements
to Ohio, ncr none for any of tho saveho!dins,
States to comply with their engagements 10
the Union The Union, in fact, fails il is
purpose and exists only by courtesy. The
Constitution is AS valuelcss as the parchment
upon which i. is written; for it disappears IN
the presence of the subStan,atCn OF Higher
Law supcrScding its provisions, and the Acts
of Congress passed in conformity herewith
The election Of Lincoln, which little less than
miracles can prevention it is not TO be sap.
posed that traitors will pause when flushed
with dazzling prospects Of yictory-wi be tho
authoritative Introduction Of higher law n'o the
Executive Chair, and the utter decentralization
and reputation o, our Federal system of gov.
ernmcnt, as conceived and established Ivy It's
founders.
| ~ lilc I c'Sl NSuSS ~ 'I'l'S'''s 'i'
grave, earnest, iorciblc language, to the well
disposed citizens oi the North to perform with
energetic fidelity their duty for It's preserva-
ton, it is assurcdly now. She does so appeal
and by all the consccrations Of the past all
the ties OF the present, and all the hopes OF the
future. She cannot survive the consolidation
Of rabid Black Republicanism at the capital,
as pcrsonilicd by Vim. II. Seward, and his ini.
ou;ous coadntor, Exeter Hail. In their hands
Lincoln will be rs aclnieSccnt as "tituia'
dignity upon the chcSS-board," even were h"
not in cordial communion with them. Cabinet
officers NAV be chosen from the South; but, #
this shall occur, il will be upon the principle
Of soothing with false promises for positive
ruin Woe tD the RivcScS, and the PctisrcwS,
and the Bells, and the CrttGndcnS, if they
consent 10 accept. They know the sentiments
Of their immediate countrymen too well To eli
tcrtain such notion for moment. How
could either consent to serve with Horace
Greeley, or undcrsign the commission OF
Charles Sunneras Minister to England; Non.
but colspiratorS themselves against the Cont
sttution can co cooperate with conspra,oT; who
obtain the possession Of the Executive Depart,
lucnl Of the Government by their conspiracy
against the Constitution
1t is more than likely that next Tuesday
week will be the most mOurnluIly creniul day
in Americas calendar. 1t may bc the last
Presidential election Of the United Slales.-
The polls should therefore be approached with
becoming socmnity, by every sobcr,nIndcd
man. The result, as contained in the ballot
boxes, may render the separation Of the
States y necessity Those Of the Southern
division will continue united by an unsererable
bond-thc institution of negro slavery. Those
Of the Northern division have no principle in
common, to bind them together. That which
may now win the victory will fail TO accomplish
their efficient confederation When severed
into fragments, and involved in hos,ities ono
with another, they mag cast an anxious loot
10 their former sisters whom they so gr'cv0usiy
wrongcd, and desire to ligh anew, at the po-
litical altar Of the South, the fires 0t we!l-rcg-
ulated rational liberty What possibly can
the citizens of either reasonably want more
than they actually possess. Was there ever
population Of the same extent in any part Vi
the hab;tabIe globe. in more thriving condl-
ton "a thrift mcasllrably proceeding from
their constitutional connection with the South.
Not one Of the interests Of that population that
!. is not conveying plenty to the doors Of all who
are engaged in its development. The worthy
citizen, whatever his avocation, rises IN the
morning free from care, and chccrlu!ly CON-
mences his honest tolls in tho evening he re-
tires to his slumbers with the consoatory re-
Election that those tolls have been rewarded as
they are rewarded in no other country. Of
pos;1ivc deStitution he knows nothing, and c&n
know nothing while hc has n willing mind,
under so benign system Of government to
protect him. Of truth it may be said that
there is "no one to harm him or make him
afraid"
Look too at the body polite 1t would puz
Zlc uttarianism itself TO devise plan for bet
tcring its condition. The eye can behold
nothing of material nature that is not
in constant state Of improvement. Noun
tains and hills tecming with niner"!
wealth, are from time to time unlocked
by new railroads. while plains and val,
+ lcys are stimulated to yield two blades "i
grass where one grew before. Commercial en-
terprse is adequate to the requirements made
Of it, Us prosperous cities and towns amply tes'
tiry. Religion, too, the foundation OF aii hap
+ piness is nouriSheh and cherished While ed'''
cation receives the succor, which IL needs
In short there seems to be nothing wanted III
the way Of ameliora!ions for the North that IS
: not supplied as 1t is demanded. And IS snGh
feicitols present. with It's promised nfi'!'ahl
ruure to he rrenediaby Liightcd: And for
what. substantially that "thc base!cs fabric of
vision" may be substituted for the solid order
Of things from which those temporal enjoy
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