Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-13
Tho Presidential neutrality-suspicious. OF
the Press.

From the mass Of comments made by the
press Of the country upon the result OF the
Presidential contest, We select such extracts as
may without overburtkening our columns, serve
TO show orr readers the temper with which the
triumph Of the Republicans is received in some
quarters.
For our own part, we find much to disap.
prove in some of the following extracts:
1t will he altogether unwise for the South to
trust either to the presumed moderation Of
Abraham Lincoln, or to the presumption OF ms
''in6dclity to his own party"
We must stare the truth full in the face.
The idea Of submission TO Black Republican
rule, under any prctcxt, is as dangerous as 1t
is degrading, The only question to DC decl-
ded at this moment, is that which concerns the
,uost cifcc,ual mode of repclling aggression.
For this purpose we should have Conven-
ton Of the State of Virginia assembled as soon
as possible.
We would also advise oar sister States OF the
South not TO await the action Of Virginia, or
Of any other ally Let each State act now for
herself, and act too with prompt decision. We
have no fear that any such action will
cven,ua;c in dissolution. II South Carolina
shall seccac, she will indeed return, we
trust, speedily to the Unlon-not as q
"spcilt child &c, but in consequence Of guar
antics forced from her Northern aggressors,
which shall secure her rights. her interest, her
sovereignty, dignity and honor.
The path Of safety. for the preservation OF
the Constitution and the Union, is now the
path Of bold unyielding refusal to submit to
the invasion Of Southern rights.
morning says:
It is best that the men Of the North and Of
the South should look the facts startling as
they NAV be, sQuarcly in the face, and guide
their future conduct with perfect knowledge
Of the case they have to meet We have not
ATTEMPTED to suggest what that conduct ought
10 be, nor have We indicated what course or
policy the South ought to pursue with view
to redrcssing her wrongs or ensurinS her sale
". We can only hope that that course and
policy will DC we'll considered cool and wise;
that the men who will have to act will discard
passion, anger and excitement, and take coun-
sci only from their sense of justice, their honor
and that patriotism which every true-heartcd
American must feel.
We arc not without hope that, although the
political horizon is now apparently bounded on
all sides BIZ dark and lowering clouds portcn
tous Of coming tempest, a bright spot will yet
appear and the danger be averted. But if that
hope, so dear, so precious TO every friend Of
this country and its Institutions, is to be reai.
zed, it is not by the continuance of the taunts,
threats, and boasted possession Of superior nu-
mcrical strength Of the one side, nor by hasty,
passionate, and inconsiderate action on the
other. 1t is not in the hour Of heated eXulta-
ton a. Il victory won, or OF anger at defeat
sustained, that we can look for that wisdom
and cco!ncss which alone can devise a success
full adjustment Of the present momentous dill
Guilty Ii adjustment be possible, it will not
he found in force, nor i'll precipitatc acts OF hos
til!ty Il -:ill be found in the patriotism,
craftsmanship, and sagacity Of the American
people, who, if honor and safety will permit
will use every cXcrtion and consent to any sac
riticc rather than destroy Union and institu.
tons whci have been the source Of so much
glory, so much happiness, so much prosperity,
and which, if preserved, promise TO our coun-
try career Of power and wealth beyond the
power Of human imagination to conceive.
Tho attempt to dstort our remarks into i
recommendation Of disunon is us unjust as the
effort 10 hold others responsible for our Ian
guage is disrepHtablc. In the silent hour Of the
night We gave expression to tie honest impu-
scs Of q heart full Of sympathy with . section
OF our country threatened with wrong and
danger.
The National Intclligencer, in the course OF
8 long article, says:
At q time like this, the lovers Of their country
and OF the Constitution will naturally direct
their eyes to the functionaries chargcdwith the
present administration Of the Government
As they are the responsible Repositories Of the
nations power, in so far us that power is Ic-
posed in the Executive branch Of the Govern
ncnt, and as they are supposed to possess the
confidence Of the section whose rights and i'm
munities arc assumed to be jeopardcd by the
result Of Presidential election, which has
changed III no respect either the Constitution
or the laws Of the land it becomes important
to know the direction in which they purpose to
WELD their Observation-Disclosures for the cncour-
asc,acnt Of this public apprehension, and of
tho disat!tc,ion which springs from it, or for
the paciiication Of the whole country under
the agis OF the Constitution, and in conformity
with our traditional Difference for the awards
of the ballot box When Mr.. Jefferson, after
the exciting contest Of 1900, was about TO sue.
coed to the administration Of the government,
and when, rs now grave fears were entertained
for the pcrpetuity of the Union, he summed
up in his inaugural Address, as among the
essential principles of our free institutions,
''thc preservation Of the General Government
in lis whole constitutional vigor rs the sheet
anchor Of our peace at home and safety abroad;
ajeaous care Of the right Of election by the
people, mild and safe corrective Of abuses
which are Topped by the sword Of revolution
where peaceful remedies arc unproyided; and
absolute acquicsccnce in the decisions Of the
majorty-,he vital principle Of Republics from
which there Is no appeal but to force, the vital
principle and immediate parent of dcspotism. "
We rejoice to believe that these views, so
primary in their character and so obligatory
on all good citizens, arc shared by the present
Democratic Administration, and that whatever
NAV have been the untoward indications be-
trayed during the late canvas by any Of its cx.
ponents there will be no lack Of patriotic ell
lcaycr on its part to transmit unimpaired to
their SUCCESSORS the civil heritage committed to
their executive charge by 4 contiding people. ,
In these observations it is hardly necessary
for us to say that we contemplate nothing like
.'coercire measures or threatening manilcS-
toes" Deprccating now, as we have ever done,
al! such declarations whether directed to the
overthrow Of the Constitution on the one hand,
or ncedlcssly promulgated on the other in-con-
temptuous disparagcmcnt of 4 menaced revolt
on the part of any State, we invoke only that
firm and honest moral support which, in ITSELF
would constitute tower Of strength, if wisely
welded, for the Reinforcement Of all who, in
every quarter Of the Union, would desire to
protect, preserve and defend the patrimony of
our fathers
RIGHTS OF THE SOUTH TO BE RESPECTED.