Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-07-16
More laundering.

Our neighbor of the Enquirer certainly possesses a
strange facility for enormous laundering few days after
the bust up of the Democracy at Baltimore, the follow
ing by way Of warning the Opposition against being too
sanguine, appeared in the Louisville Journal, which
find copied into the ERqUiser of Saturday.
1--WE are are aware that some Of the more eager and
sanguine of our pocal friends will be tempted by this f.
nal and thorough disruption Of the Democracy TO enter
tain the hope Of eecng Bell and Everett by the people,
and few, perhaps, may even yield TO the temptation
and not unnaturally or ineIcusably. Yet can
dor compes TO say that ps ourselves do not entertain
this far hope We cannot perceive any rational ground
for entertaining IT, and trust too wise if not
90 honest to undertake stimulate friends by rails
ing false hopes in their breasts We assuredy shall COM
nit consciously no such public folly"
The Italics are the Engirer's not ours. Now, what
do readers think? The Enquirer maintains that the
above paragraph contains "a frank admission Of he H
ter hopesssness of Bell aud Ersrs openly made by the
Louisville Journal Now read this paragraph and de-
fly the intellect in the land discover single line
word syllable, which can be tortured into admis
sion the part of the Journal that there is hope for
the success Of Bell and Everett.
But, what is the admission of the Journal? Why the
Louisville JowNG! only said, some weeks ago, that it
did not then "ep'ertain the hope of eecng Bell and
Everett By The peopl-that It could not hsn perceive
any rational ground for entertaining i-hat is it did
uotthen perceive any rational ground for entertaining"
the "hope Of escting Bell aud Ereren THE PEOPLE,"
Ia other words, the Louisville Journal thought, some
weeks ago. that the signs indicated that the election Of
the next President would go into the House of Repre-
sentaves Aud that is the full extent of the admission
its entire length and breadth. And yet the Enquirer
says that the Journal frankly admits "the utter hopeless
ress Of the cause of Bell and Everett" Our readers
easily see how wild Eacious the reasoning and
illusions Of the Enquirer are.
Now, no friend of Breckenridge, SO far as we are
aware not even the Enquirer, believes that Breckn-
ridge stands the chance of being elected By the
people. AL they hope iog eyen if they hope for that
much to return him to the House OF Representatives
And therefore, according TO It's logic, the Inquirer
in entertaining no hope for the election of Breckenridge
Jy the people, makes "lrank admission Of the utter
hopelessnsss Of the cause of Breckenridge and Lane-
Verify, our neighbor is hOised on his petard and
we leave him for the present to the full enjoyment of the
unenviable dilemma in which he has nlacod hir,salf
Look at His Black Record!
1t is said that there are number of Southern Rights
Democrats who have declared that they viii bolt
the Breckinrdge and Lane ticket IL Me- Breckenridge in
his Tippecanoe speech uttered the following language
IAN CONNECTED WITH NO PARTY THAT
HAS FOR ITS OBJECT THE EXTENSION or
SLATERY' nor with any to prevent the people Of
State 0, Territory from deciding the question Of its eXis
tence with them iOf themseiy,s"
The speaker continued
81 happened TO be in Congress when the Nebraska bill
passed and gave my voice and vote and because it
did what il did viz: It acknowledged TIE RiGHT
or THE PEOPLE or The .TERRITORY 10
SETTLE THE QUESTION FOR THEJiSEL YES
and not because | supposed what do not now be-
eye that it egsated slavery into the Territory. The
Democratic party is not prO-shayeTy party"
The above il the exact language used by the HOnOra
bic gentleman, without particle of alteration in any
manne SO our friends CAT read, judge Of and decide
what the gentleman means by it.