Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-10-30
MINERALS.
The Hon. H. y. Johnson.

The Hon. II. v. Johnson.
The visit of this distinguished gentleman {
our city, ~rrvires the memory Of other days
when, though unknown 10 each other, tn
writer of this and the honorable Scn.!cma
from Georgia, were both "pposc1 to the Con
nromise measures of 1850, AMI lie vas man
fully battling for ;he VERY right whel
Stephen Arnold Douglas denied and aSSaiie'l 4
Nm(olk. la this issue nf the "Enliircr' Will
found Mr.. J0hnson'S diSHnioM miaittSt" which
his present associatcs will denouncs--bu which
we would term his maniy s'cts:tOm hiftr.
may give Mr.. Johnson no pleasure 10 looi
arain upon the once familiar face. TO trac,
over the sentiments to which he is now neceS
sarily an apnStatr, but these remarkable po!lt!
cal teygivcrsationS are his own fault, and VI.
merely revive them from = iIciing Of Ian.
Syne."
When the Illinois traitor, having fully AMI
finally gone over to black Repnb!icanism, shall
again visit the Southern States, with the bay
onet and the halter, charged and commissioned
BY Lincoln to >lay mIl hang, where will Mr..
johnson be? VIII he lend the Little Giant
Il helping hand to adjust the halter, Or will ne
again speak out, as in lSji:
The great issue. then, repeat, is the right
of 4 Stale to Secede from the Union, and the
correlative absence Of ANY right, an the part
Of the Federal Government, To fore: such Il
State back into the Union. 1t cannot he cvaicd
By the the SENSELESS CLAMuR or UNION!
THIS GLORIOUS UNION! The integrity
of the Union is not aSSa!icd lay the Southern
Rights party in Georgia. Its true friends arc
those who insist upon maintaining The rights
resulting from the sovereignty oil the StateS.-
It's real enemies are those who, from behind 1t,
lis a masked battery, level their destructive
artillery against It's strongest ou'poStS, by
c0unsclling submission To aggression, MUS
TlCE and ROBBERY. BECAUSE, LIKE - VOL
IL SHEETS cLoTHING.' they CONE uEnER TUE
HYPOTHETICAL CARE OF COMPROMISE.
Then let 4 vigilant people lock well ~ the trnc
and only issue involved IN The pending cam
paign-rnE HIGHT nf \ STATE rEAcEhnif 10
sECEpE FROM THE l:Io%.
Or will he act the powder monkey TO Nr.
Douglas, and, lI0u the "maSked battery OF
submission, scatter ruin anil death over the
States. Mr.. johnson says:
This IS but one Of the hundrra! Suhtc'iIscS
of those who man the masked battery. tn"
issue is vital. II has not been made by the
State of Georgia, nor by the Southern States.
It has been forced upon US by Federal Gg.rcs.
sions. 1t has been distinctly rendered by high
authority. Il WIS rendered by Henry Clay,
-, ,--. ,,., ..tt, n,,,, ~, Uni. -,
BILL" lie said, III resistance is attempted by
any State, or by the people .oT any State, he
will lift his voice, his heart and his arm IN the
support Of the "Inln"i authority ct this GOV
crnlncnt.'
The %"isSne, then, Is "l,"n rs: sh"H "s not
meet il? Shall arc i"g}"rioE:ig ShridE .Jro1a
It's dccisi"n ~ shouted Mr.. johnson III 1851.
In lsGu Mr.. Douglas will hang Nr. johnson, if
he undertakes what he ar"wc.l in 1881 anal
vet these harmonious gentlemen are found
zp0n the sanr tickct-thc one put up by the
Front Street Theatre uominatinn-.thc other
by an irresponsible cou:riittee, in in upper
chamber Of the National Hotel.
But let lis return 10 this glorious %rclicoI MIR.
Johnson'S better days--llluse times when he
had not learned 10 leap, at the hrddins Of any
party, into the rejected position Of Mr.. Fiiz,
patrick, or any other man:
If tie people, Shakimg efMc trdmmth 9t
1arty, and spHrhing THE TIMIn CorSsEIS or
TEMPORlSlNLi SUBMlSSlONlSTS AND
SELFISH TR.ADESMEN IN THE GREAT NAEr
or POLITICAL BARTERlNG, rW OL,y TIE
HONEST IMPULSE Or TRUE SOUTHERN sen
TGMENT, they ~W regHirt no dry"me"t 10
array them on tie >iis ~ irHih, TlEll;
HEARTH STONES AND THE CpNSrlTC-
TtON."
What 4 sketch an artist nigh; mako al The
Douglas candidate for the Wee Presidency
shaking of the trauIn"l: o! parity The
Ethiopian changing his color, ard The leopard
his spots, arc generally considered ol some diff
iiculty, but We rather ihink lAc "iramlGels OF
party" hang upon i!l"s: who can support the
Front Street Theatre nominee and the upper
chamber candidate for the Vice Presidency,
even with greater tcllacity than lt'c color 81
the Ethiopian or the spots Of the leopard.
Let all who 90 10 hear Mr.. Johnson, read
this noble letter, worthy Of the cause, the &C.
casion and the man, anil rcilccti!:g upon the
frailtv Of human nature. hray. 8: si.h Ia the
seductive influence Of ambition, to the desire
for notoricty.