Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-03-09
For the Enquirer.
The NorY--Northern Poiilics-Northerh
Nen-DISunion.

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FOR the Enquirer.
,rbc S,rtI-NOrthcrn PoIifics-NOrthcrn
Nen-Disunion.
The North, seen by q Northern eye, may pre-
sent !; different phase than that winch II
holds up to the gazc of the great eye oil the
South. And, of the North none is Of more I'M
portancc than the point from which write
you-thc great and powerful North Vest
ilcrc rrst the issues of the pending political
battle Of 1850 and which ever ot the c"nten1-
iny parties best manGurres upon tins ground,
ulan,s here the most formidable batteries and
ilnnasks upon this field the heaviest cannon,
wins Il most glorious victory.
Let the Democracy unite, and, united, at the
Charleston Convention. rally round leader,
tried and true, vino can carry the WHOLE South
and the Nortil.Wesf, and the now Wanting
Abolition party must meet such deleat as VIII
thoroughly rcbukc the Seward irrepresslole
conflict doctrine. and admonish the otilce'seek.
ng vampires Of that party that, instead ol oat'
ins themselves with public pap, they VIII nave
to stay 1T home and sing 1e De"m 10 llcIpcr
and THE impending Crisis.
but the North is not entirely abolitlonl%ed.
There is a conservative element underlying the
surface stratum, which sickcnS upon the teach
urs Of Aboltionism. and vomits the Helper
>.Enrltsm at the first dose Such, by the adj
mircls Of the iur, are styled Northern 6o"yh-
tteey. And, the community from winch
write being mostly Of John Ball eXtr!ctlo!'
and having long brrathcd the db0Htt0h dtmos-
yhsre Of lhut xeltrigateow isle, Old England,
for which the many millions Of Indies slaves
bow down under their oppression, grinuins AT
her mill and moulding her bricks is deeply
impressed with the beauties Of the harlot-Abo-
Ii,ioniSin. TO him who reals history 1t Is anus
ing 10 hear or read an Engllshman rant
against American slavery. India must be, ttr
the time, forgotten; and, i'll place, when the
English papers continent upon the cruelty OF
the execution of John Brown and his ircnzIeu
comrades, and the propricty Of their having
been parlone,l, they must CnoSt curlousiy 1907
forget the few dozen poor devils they tied upon
the cannon's month, and bowed to pieces, III
India, lust To learn others \ wholesome lesson,
and Tor the amusement of seeing the poor, yell
low Scpoys kick. ! suppose, when they catch
old .Nena .Ghb they will set him mt liberty,
and tell him, you have been bad, but you
must do better" because il would he cruel to
hang or hurt him.
This uarticulur community, however. is an
exception to the general state OF feeling at the
Northwest, and is no exponent Of our scntl-
mentS Our sentiments are not indigenous,
hut have been transplanted fruitful bough
from healthy soil. Missouri has aided IN set
Ting our country. She has sent Us so.''ei'
national men. They arc Il healthy element IN
IL community.
PENNSYLVANIA has done much IN colonHlns
Ind ana, Iowa. Wisconsin anG Minnesota; anu'
as Il consequence, Il dcep-laid conservatism pre-
walls. True. the dear old keystone has nc.
parted widely from her former way mark, ant!
thrown her influence into the foul pit oil aDoIi'
tiouism: but she will, before the approaching
contest, have riqhtM herself, MS she very spec
di,. lid in JG when the torrent of AmcrcaIIlsm
well nigh swept the field, aud left Democracy
scarce a name. And though Pennsylvania has
tlr,s failed To acguit herself honorably her
cniisran;s in the West have not followed IN her
ways. Our prospects in the " est, anu eSpe'
ciallv in the Northwest, for Democratic Pre-
sident next November, have beer, and are,
steadily frightening Give us good man. i,
4 candidate for the Presidency in lsbO, AMI
November will find lis basking in the l'lll sun,
light of a high noon.tide Of peace union M"
Democratic rule
And the man. Where is he, and who Is he
Has the great Northwest no man 10 pre-
sent? Has she no man OF her OVID, ior .he
times. No; we had once. We haa IN leoo
Uenqlos, whom 10 present we were ANXIOUS Us
and would have been proud Of the honorcu dis.
tjnrtion; but times have changed. We need
and must have another man. That man is not
among us, but we have marked him. Give
him to MS, and we will give him the support OF
the Northwest. We find one who meets the
cxirencirs of the case in the person OF Henry
\. Wise, of Virginia. Around him the South
will rally with unwonted zeal and perfect COLI
tidencc, and the North western States, Southern
Ohio and Pennsylvania, will bear him true and
efficient aid. Henry A. Wise for the Presidency
in 1860, and victory for the Democracy and
Union men will he certain, and sure guaran-
tee that the rights Of each free and independent
State shall be respected will thus be given 10
nil North and South. That determined fear
lcssncss which has characterized his whole
course AS Governor Of Virginia. as well as du-
ring Is political campaign, and more partlc"'
larly his prompt and decisive action in the late
affair at IIarper's Ferry, mark him us tie man
ror tie place.
lttpr lllln W. IlINc lJllL 'iIS ''i|'i
we lool; TO save us from miserable abolition
rule and its concomitant cvils-he Is Howell n
Cobb Of Georgia. But, notwithstanding his
greatness AS Il statesman and our admiration
for the man. he is not our choice, ;,pd VIII be
accepted only when we fail to get our choice.
In the Gloomy DAYS of the Revolution, the Go.
lonics turned eagerly to Virginia for leader
for her Washington! so We look now to the
"Oil Dominion" and ask OF her leadcr--ncr
Wise.
BIZ the Abolition Journal of Washington city
f"The National Era''J. | sec that the "Hallon-
al ~ Republican (.abolition) Committee met
at the Astor House. New York city, Thursday,
December Odd, and issued their call Tor n ''Na-
,ioual Repubican Convention" C) to inject at
ci,ic,yo on Wednesday, the 18TH day OF June
next 1t twelve o'clock, noon, for the nomlna-
ton OF candidates to be supported Tor rresi,
dent and Vice President at the next election.
We hope, Of course, that they will put IN
Chase Of Ohio, or some equally
frcnzied man on the slavery question II they
do, it will be greatly to our gain, as II Will
drive into our ranks all the little remaining con-
seryatire element remaining in the (so-called)
Republican party. Put in nomination whom
they will, with Wise as our leader, we will
easily defeat them. Wise had long been po-
pular in the Northwest, owing to his firm and
energetic administration Of affairs as the in
cumbcnt Of the Virginia Gubernatorial Chair;
but his late remarks to his friends at Rich
mond, when n,crrogated concerning his views
of the probabilities Of disunion and the likely
pcrpetuitv of ou' National Government. have
won our hearts utirely. Well, said, Wise;
our country wi he stronger and more 'ndls-
solubly knitted ether ten years hence than
ever it has been. The North must see the 'oIiy
and danrcr of conducting as she has done;
change her policy. and purge herself oi sucn
men as Giddins$, Chase and Seward; or at
least, will see that her public places arc 'n''o'
cent Of them.
The better portion of the Republican party
itself is becoming weary Of lis leaders, anI'
with Northern and Southern americans osd'
line WhIcS. &c, arc trying 10 form new op-
Th,.v havr had an uug,IrrfSS.