Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-14

nifty; few are the steps. from dereliction to per.
sccnliUn.'
And straight is the patti from squat
ter sovereignty to Black Rcpublicanisn.-
Mr.. Douglas has verified the words Of
Mr.. Burke-hc has made that easy transition
from "lricndship" TO the South to "cninty" TO
her institutions Black Republicans ''are no
longer so very frightlul," and Mr.. Douglas has
informed the People Of Virginia that he will
aid and assist his new friends and associates in
cocrclng and subduing our people, should
they dare TO protect themselves from the aggres
slons OF their enemy. The very slang and
technics of Black Repubicanisln have become
!nnilar TO the new recruit. lie attributes to
the "nigser question the failure Of every
measure And, in Pennsylvania, cspousng the
Tariff, he attributed its failure to the "niggcr
question Should his future improvement in
doctrines Of Black Rcpublicansm equal his
past requirements, he will excel in a few
months all the teachers Of abolitionsm. His
eagerncss To aid Lincoln in the conquest Of
Virginia is lis lirs, lesson in that higher
law" Of Seward which will, ere long, cause
him TO "avuw himself, for weal or woe, for life
or death, Il soldier on the side Of freedom, in
the irrcpressible conflict between freedom and
slavery" -Four years longer, and Mr.. Douglas
will be found q competitor with Seward for the
honor and Office Of Black Republicanisin.-
His recent trip to Virginia was to beat up re-
crlIit;. 80 that his descrtion 10 Black Rcpubi.
canisln might be attended with physical aid to
the cause, and his claim to prcfcrInent find
solid bnss both upon the acquisitions he had
brought to the party as sell as the injury he
had done the enemy While Seward might
urge his claims TO preferment upon the ground
that he had built up Black Republcanisrn, Mr..
Douglas will contest the claim upon the ground
that he had destroyed Democracy! While
Seward may appeal to the prejudces OF the
North that he has ever been the enemy Of the
South, Douglas hopes to be able to respond,
"the betrayal Of the South by my friends, was
the real cause Of your victory" Will men,
who call themselves Virginia Democrats, longer
follow this inrpudent and insolent apostatey
The defeat of Breckenridge in Virginia can
not by any possibility, cnurc to the adj
vantage of Douglas. His supporters in Yir-
gina know that Douglas can never obtain
the electoral vote OF this State. Either
the Know-Nothing, Bell, or the Democrat,
Breckenridge, must carry Virginia Every
Democratic vote withheld from Breckenridge
is one vote given to Bell-and this the sup
porters Of Douglas know. And thus, for the
triumph Of know-Nothingisn in Virginia, for
the revival Of Catholic prosecutions, for the
triumph of natvism in politics, these Douglas
leaders, in Virginia, are sustaining Mr.. Doug
las We are Informed that there are some
foreigners and Catholics short-sighted enough
to lend the aid Of their votes to Bell by voting
for Douglas. Is this the return Of the foreign
and Catholic voters to the Democracy Of Fir-
gnia for the victory of 1SjJ: Is the triumph
w2n hy Ilcnry y. Wise to be thrown away up
on Douglas; and Bell, the representative of
Know NothingiSrn, the candidate Of Re-
yysd!I So voting for Douglas: We do not be-
levc that any foreigner Or Catholic voter, who
Justly and fully appreciates the victory oi
1876, will throw away upon Douglas rights so
dearly purchased and victory so momentous
to them. 4 Bell victory in Virginia will be
accompanied by Lincoln victory III the
Union -Nothingis,n revived IN prln'
ciple, now exists throughout the Oppose
ton in Virginia. The culvcrt is only want
inr to make it as odiouS ms it ever was.
Mr.. Douglas has no party-he has gone over
to Black RepubliraniStn. Where will his South
crn followers find themselves after this can
vas Will they become Know-Nothings p
These are questions upon which it well be-
comes every foreign and Catholic voter to
ponder. Voting for Douglas is the same as
voting for Bell; is hrp to reTivinS Sam; Is
blow struck at those who defended them IN
1860; is ingratitude to Henry y, Wise, VINO
ueriled health and political prospects for their
rights and their protection. The foreign and
Catholic voters profess friendship and gratitude
for Henry y. Wise; but every vote thrown away
upon Douglas is u poor return for WSe's extra
ordinary exertions in lS15.
As conductor Of newspaper IN Virginia
during that memorable canvas, we well know
all the bitterness il excited, and the sacrifices
it caused Those Of the Democratic party IN
Virginia. who laborcd for that result, cannot
but feel that great injustice and wrong will De
done TO them, by every foreign and Catholic
voter, who now rcpays that labor by throwing
away their sulruges upon Douglas If the
foreign and Catholic voters are determined to
abandon the Democracy, let them not follow the
apostatc Douglas but, like men, let them vote
for John Bell, and lc, their old friends and asso-
ciates know, in future contests, where to fnd
them Douglas sQuatter sovereignty hallway
house to Black Republicanism, is temporary,
rotten and ruined tenement built Tor the pur-
hoses nr this CANVAS, 70 bc abandoned by its ar
chilcct for the more spacious and commodlous
roof of Black Rcpubicanisn. Let the foreign
voter avoid it.
On 10 the Charge!
The Democratic column Of Virginia Is IN
motion, and only the laggards remain in the
camp. Let every man rush to his post, and
contend for the front Of the fight
The Lynchburg "Rcpnbican," which is do
ing admirable service, says:
The gallant Democracy oil AppomattoX
county are all right. We attended Court on
Thursday, and was glad to learn that but
vcstigc Of Douglaslsm remains in the county.
Short and spirited speeches were made oy Hon