Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-06-15
VOLUME LVII.-NUMBER IA

/ friends, relatives and public servants. Marshal
| Christian and Marshal Tyler, Govcrncr Gree
ory, Governor Tyler and President Ty!er, judge
John Is. Christian, Judge James B. Havbnr
ton Judge john Tyler Judge Samue! rvler
and Judge John Webb Tyler: Let ne ask
MIN what has become Of John Minor Bolts :r.
this District. and in the esteem Of this people,,
Whatever "Lounger" may think to the con
trary, |, at least, believe in the virtue and in-
telligcncc Of the people.
So much for the "iturty iee!c0Ms' that
"Lounger" says the "abie' and ''masterly'
efforts of Major Walden, the sub-Elector for
Bell and Everett, and Of Mr.. r. 7. Lacy, his
coadjutor, 'Joand IN the bosom OF Ike people,.
presaging the fact that "the notes .r1Gn, tic
Bell Of Tennessee eonM prore my JGNfr.'."
So much for HIS Acsrfslors OPENING CT TIE
CANVASS"
But what appears TO have operated nssl
powerfully upon the nervous and political sus.
capabilities Of "Lounysr' was according to
his language, my having 'yarored, III tho
strongest Kind Of terms, tie dismcm6.rment o.
| tie Federal Union" This language admits OF
several constructions. It may be construed
so rs 10 mean that advocated dissolution OF
the Union per Se;;' or it might be construed
| so rs to indicate only that my argument tend.
ell strongly to the issue Of dsrnion. wish
to be explicit and 20 be clearly understood.
| did not advocate dissolution Of the Union
| per se,' but ! said much TO indicate that I
would advocate the withdrawal the South from
| the Union, III the event that the South Sha.!
! be reduced by the selfish dcnagogucs o. the
| day to the dire alternative Of choosing between
three Presidential tickets, the first headed BY
Bell the second By DonelaS, and the
third by Lincoln. did say that | re-
gardcd the success of either Of those tick
els rs fatal to every institution Of the
South in the Union, whether political Sccal,
moral or religious, through the prcdomiaatn.
and allabs0rJing Influences o.! the North il
possession Of the Government and in absolute
control Of the Union, at once arising. still
assert that which is perfectly trIc, that those
who shout most y0Cier0uSly hozanna5 70 the
Union, are the Territorial and Congressional!
| -ld0{itiohtsts of the North associated wiki:
| Douglas and with Lincoln and thar the "Co::-
Stitutional EAi"hists' bit echo this cry q n.
S0ath. /, for one, will not consent to oe made
| the echo Of "bolitioniSia BY any party what
ever. will upiit the standard OF patriotism
even against party organization. Live Or die.
survive or perish, will stand orcr Tie gtaTc;
| Of my ancestry, By The hearth.S stones of ms
relatives and hy the side of my riend,--aj},
a ,here in L"sles City, lhurlES CITY ara -At:e
Ktnt-and defend the one ard the other
against ali enemies whatever, whether they
appear as compromiscrs Of my rights unde:
the Constitution and in the Union. or rs Re
| publican bolitionSt;-tchtiicr khcy consist
Of Northern oppreSSorS 81 oT 'S1HtherH t"a!torS.
In six months We shall know whether the
omnouS junction Of twenty-five millions 81
non.slavcholdcrS, North ard South, has been
formed tearing the Constitution into Sh:cI!s,
in order that they may obliteratc with brute
| force, the rights and interests secured by that
great charter Of liberty and freedom 10 the Two
millions OF shareholders III the Southern States.
In six months we shall know whether :! war
will not have to be raised at the South, similar
to that Of the Revolution, between the Patriots
and the Tories. In that brief tine we shall
know whether it will no; be necessary rs 1t
was then, to purge the political atmosphere OF
the South through baptism of blood. The
"Constitutional GRionista' Of this day, may
find themselves in the prcdcamcnt Of the
| "BritiM En;oEi,ts" Of that day. Ny ;.yuHer0E
may then come; but if perish must, Jet ;rr
| fa! under the folds Of the patriot i;ay Il
| Misb treason, make tie EloSt Of a.
have rhc honor TO he, gentlemen,
Yours, very Respectfully,
JOHN TYLER JR.
HnrrNsIDr, NEW KENT Co., Va, June :. ls5l.