Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-10-03

HAAo .Nu usAaS men OF Virginia.
j An unexpected crisis has been sprung
upon the National Democratic party, in the
form a proposition to fuse the Douglas and
and Breckinridge parties in Virginia. This
proposition=--ns published in the sI1iilcx of
iast Tuesday originated with member
OF thetBreckinridge purity, and was can
dIdlyi and courteously responded to by q
douglas clector. !; In yesterdays tEngtireT
this proposition was-in the leading edito.
rial-co4sidered and treated in a spirit
as dlscourteOus ans it was fractious, and
domlueering rs, twas inexeusable:g .Ifthat
article represents the tone and temper of
the Breckenridge party, no true Doug
las, man can ever receive or consider a
proposition for fusion, 1t is true. the
enquirer of this morning Seemingly moCli-
hesS &, ,tap01 rltph ~criurtrcs1 tue IuouiuCau0u
to one moments consideration.
Under this state of affairs, hope it will
not be deemed presumptuons in one who
has advocated the claims of Judge Dong
las on principle, to address very briefly a
few words of respectful counsel to the
Douglas party in Virginia; and do so
over my own signature, as l am prepared
to assume all the responsibilities which
legitimately flow from the position choose
to occupy. VI ~ Y .iL{ Az
In the first place, then, counsel har;,
mony, decision, energy I'VE nre the. par
ty who maintain the true SOuthcTn States
rights, iConStitut isnaL. doctrine. i've are the
organization-iu FIrginid-which stands;
by the Compromise OF, 185O-thc repeal of.
the Missouri Compromise and the enact
ment and enforcement of the Fugitive
Slave law. We are the party-and the
only pNrty-whose heroic, chivalrous and
conservative leader stood by Yrginiq,!
kS,s
assailed and dcluged in blood in the John.
Brown raid; and this too when not a Sou,
thern Senator raised his voice, to assist in
federal legislation, so as to project our peo-
pie and soil7nnd jnegroes,b by that very fed
eral government, to which the Breckenridge
purity are protesting to entrust all of our
territorial rights We are the party who:
alone-on the well settled legislative poli=.
cy of the Federal Government--adhere to
our past piedges-anda seek to act III good
faith, up to the party compacts of 1850 $50
and '56. We-the supporters of Judge
Douglas--nosc stand on the ~ territorial q4e97
ton tch ere ,egeyY yeeeghised bo Iihcat! 6r2qhi+
cation Except the Black Republican party)
stondlin 1850, '53land I'd, and where the
entire Democratic party stood in 1856
With such record, and suchfa consist
ent and gallant leader, why are we called
upon to ,cithdrd1c the Douglas electoral tick
ct? The very proposition, emanatipg from
the quarter t'dGes, and with the surround
| ing and attending circumstances, implies
that rOhich should be at once repealed and re-
pudiated Yea, more-it' should inspire
the Douglas party in Virginia with re-
moved energies and each true man should
ring,in the cars of every Douglas man the
emphatic words of Governor Wise, sent
a ) a PiouS greeting to the Douglas Democ-
4 racy, of Illinois in 1858: "FIGuT oNI FIGHT
oNI FIGHT oNI! NEVER YIELD BUT IN
DEATH OR VICTORYl l!''3 z II 4 =
! The new charges as "a last. resort, ITaged
I against Judge Douglas, based on his Nor
folk speech, is as 'noUeI rs it is 6aseless.-
1t is the Hunters fiction, to startle4 the
limid or confoundthc weak, anil need only
besmet by the practical enquiry, Rhere
does John C. Breckilridge stand on that pre-
else isSueFl The Same questions have been
asked him, and hissupporters, through the
Ipress,gon the stump, and in private icon-
i versation. Ls'tksre a single Brccltinridge man
in Virginia tchO a0iH publicly 05ss'0eT 5oys2tr
Breckinri6ge, the questions an 1serere2 6y Judgt
A DouglQs2 PROFOUND this enquiry to the
:. Enquirer. WHY'S this silence2 Is the leader
of The, Breckipridge party too, polite, OF
questions? Has ahe1 or9the sEuquirer any
tlivine rtghtsto EoodlefnE the, people, on 80
yitql an issue (acttc96rding: 10 the teaching.
tof the ,Ea4uiiyert,J Or is Mr.. Breekinridg'
\ the darE-ldnteJ7a candiddls,24iOr Or4is he -ttt
= .artful do9ger3 Let the Enaairtr speak ou
for Mr.. Breckinridge before 1t undertake.
to impute federal heresies to the, support
:. ers Of Judge. Douglass a ii !zs, -Iz ~ .
hope what 1 have thus hastily written
will he viewed, :tsaitsis designed in tn
itspiritq Of personal courtesy aud. mani.
|isd. LET them Stand Fmil lI On the principle
which mite thema5 If this State is lost