Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-10-02
Gen. Combs of Kentucky Acting In Good
EnIIh.

This venerable, lifelong, bellicnSc antagonist
of the Democracy has acted upon the principle
recommended 10 him by Prentice, to regard
AenceJorh tie Douyldsites as political bretA-
rem in the lodges OF resurrected Know Moth
ingism.
His first public act after lie was sworn into
Office was to appoint Mr.. Boiling, the Douglas.
lite candidate for the position to which he was
elected, his Deputy! Call you not this back.
ing your friends"
There is closer embrace between Squatter
Soyereigntyism and KnowNothingsm than
mere entente c0rliale There is a downright
amalganation-a cooperating lraternization-
an obiteration ofall lines that tformerlyscparated
them. In a word, they are, to all intcnts and
purposes, one and the same; and arc animated
by spirit Of uncompronising hostility to the
old, inilexible Democratic party.
Pause, pause, ye lnen Of the savcholding
States-who have manifested willingness tc
vote for Douglas, and who earnestly desire tc
continue within the pale Of that party-and
contemplate the dark abyss into which your
desperate leaders arc endeavoring to precipitate
you. Stealthi!y you have been led along, step
by STEP until you can now distinctly behold
the precipice from which you are required 10
take the fatal leap. If you proceed further,
sef-immolation is inevitable. Retract, then,
before it is too late, as you cherish your insti,
tutions, as you cherish the principles Of l79S,
as you cherish State Rights, as you cherish the
memories Of Washington, Jefferson and their
contemporaries.
As you value your good names-as you
pride yourselves upon your fair political
record-as you love your domestic circles,
your firc.sides and your hearth-stones extri-
cate yourselves, at whatever hazard, from the
manaclcs which have been so artfully prepared
for you. Be not Douglas.ridden nor Douglas
down-troddcn. BE not transferred to Bell and
resurrected know-Nothingsm through the
| agency of that reckless man who 'would rather
| reign in He'll than serve in Heaven" Depend
upon it there is but one course for Democrats
to pursue-the old fashioned, straight forward
course. No politician ever wandered from it
who did not experience world Of pain before
he arrived at the port from which he departed.
You have not yet committed the deed Of out.
| raging your obligations to the creed Of the late
sage Of Monticello. Commit no such violence,
we bcseech you, whatever your commitments
to political adventurers 10 remain Demo.
crat and to be co.laborer in the cause OF
amalgamated sQuatter sovereigntysm and
-Nothingism is as impossible US 10 be n
Christian and an infdel at the same time
Look at those who have graced by their vir-
tues the party, to which you still profess to be-
long, from early manoold, and examine closely
their present position. Ninety.nine out Of Il
hundred stand perfectly crect-are decidedly
on the side Of Breckinritge, as their fathers
were upon the side Of Jefferson in the
great struggle OF 1900. Here and there Il back
Slider, who had been until recently ~ shining
light" manifests himself-but, alas as GER
tainly us he bcstows his vote upon the ANAL
GAMATED IsMs, he will render himself sacrifice
to an inglorious ambition. No living being
can abandon true Democracy and strike at it
effectively. The rebound will PROSTATE him
10 the earth. 1t has been ever thus and thus
it will ever he. However MEN may change,
thank God, PRINCIPLES are eternal