Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-07-27
Altbmon0 En9lirer.
BY RlTCHIE, DUSNAvAST, TYLER WISE.
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY ~, 1860.
Fiie IFopcruI OupositiOn,

Fhe Hopeful Opposition.
The opposition are rxultant over what they
are pleased to call the " N""gi,s Hrbtiii"n -
Tile 1enM Lc4ion UUtiny"-in Virginia.
anu already are rejoicing over anticipated VIC
tory. 1t remains with the friends OF Mr..
Donglas 10 say whether the cXnltationS of
their eheIny and our rl,cny shall he realised
whether the Virginia Democracy will destroy
the party they have lnaLe powertula party
through which Virginia has, controlled and
| directed the affairs of the Government for the
last half century: Are lhc friends Of Mr..
Douglas, because they cannot carry with them
the Democracy Of Virginia, ready and willing
to pass under the yoke Of that party they have
defeated again andagain !nr the last fifty years?
Mr.. Douglas friends may i,,ssibly succeed in
enabling thr Wings To carry Iirginia-but
what possible benefit can such i result bring
to them: A. evidence Of the spirit that would
prevail among the Wings, if they should sue.
cced in Virginia, VT aSk oIIr Tenth Legion
friends to read and reflect upon the subjoined
extract from the Baltimore American of
July 2%d
"DgNoChAcy uEcLISlN" N .ULD VIHGlNlA.--
The old flagship is looming up on the political
ocean like Great Eastern That ancient
Commonwealth has voted Tor every Democratic
President and Tor every Democratic candidate
for the Presidency since the foundation Of the
| a..
ONLY man, not Democrat, whom she ever
voted for We presume she has not repented
that virtuous political action. But since that
time she has been Joined TO Democratic idols,
and would at any time devote her lirst-born to
the flames if he did not bow the knee to Baal.
Even in the great Union delugc that left poor
Van Buren, but seven States in the Union, Fir.
ginia was one Of the seven. Aha guoth the
venerable Ritchic, all is not lost. We have
saved Virginia! These Wings have All asp
among their roses .ind, sure enough she
proved Il nucleus for another Democratic rally,
and, in the next campaign, up come Democracy
again. She cut the jugular Of her OWN glorious
son, Henry Clay, with lis much satisfaction rs il
he had been public enemy No man ever stood
the slightest chance of political prelrrment at
her hands who WIS not Democrat political
", socially the very name Of Democracy stinkS
in her nostrls. The pilgrimage OF Israel
through the desert was nothing TO the Jordan
that the Wings of Virginia have had to travel.
They never were permitted to taste even the
drippingS Of the teshpots Of Egypt, nor to
touch crlI!nb Of mamma in the wilderness nor
SO much Us 10 come in sight Of the promised
land. The State was gcrrymandered so as to
prevent them from having single mem
Der of Congress. They were permitted tc
pay taxes and bear arms, but were con-
sidcred unfit for any other kind Of public
service. The dircst form of imprecatior
which Virginia politician could invoke upon
his own fortunes was this: May become a
Whigr The State WAS governed by oll De
mocraric lirecks and l.omans, who wrote pom
derous articles for the Richmond "Enqnlrer,
signed Soon Plato, .ArSldcs, l.yc'Irg'iS, Rn'
mulrlS, RelntIS Brut,Is Co.
They Iad moreover. Il Tenth Legion, like
unto tina, nr Caesar, which fought their battles,
gained their victories, aud did everything which
appcrtainc,h to- soldier, except III share tho
sDnls. This annuS rank AMI file dwet IL
Rockinghan Shenandoah and Page, and are
mostly Of the old German stock. steady, hard
working patient, Salc-gong lons-suitering
stceds. But the Tenth Legion has rebelIcd al
las, md hoisted the Douglas flag; the Zouaves
have mutined; ercn the train-bands oi Eastern
Virginia are divided and disorganizcd. At this
moment the old Whig colHmn which Gov
I.ctcher only beat last fall by four thousand
majority, re-appcars, and, III solid mass
marches against the weakened centre of thl
enemy Make way for old Virginia i'll the
galaxy Of Wing States. She will vote for Bel
and Everett, awful tidings to those still THIRSTY
souls within her borders who have so long
sucked through the tube OF Democracy the
choice li,uu!s Of the Treasury, and enough tt
make the bones of the old Romuluses and Re
muses. stir nncasily in their graves.
Tie decline and fall Of the Virginia Demo
cracy, through the rebellion of the Tenth lie
gnn... How little this Know-Nothing sheet
knows ri tia, devotion To principle, that pride o
party, that love of State, that has for fifty years
characterized the Tenth Legion Democracy
Not all the DougiaSc<, nor all the Breckln'
ridges that ever lived could make the Tenth
Legion mutny or rebel.
Make way for Old Virginia in the galaxy OF
Whg States tile galaxy Of Wing States
is situated near the sources Of Salt River, and
the Virginia Democracy, 50 long instrumental
in consigning Wings 10 that delectable resting
place, will hardly commit suicide upon them
selves" by joining the galaxy of Wing States
The Tenth Legion will commit no such .fefO
de ~
Tie old Wing column il not Il myth, is
an unreliable arm Of attack or defence 1t IS
commanded by leaders, generals, captains and
corporaS-mcu 81 accustomed TO defeat that
political disaster hl, hccouic settled habit
with tl,cn; I" gain Il victory would bc to con-
uncr hahn, which il sai,I To he one Oi nlhIl $
hardest fights. IG defeat such column,
the Democracy Of Virginia need only call out
the raw recruits lately enlisted from the ranks
nf their enrlny.
The system Of strategy IN" rer"Itrd |" ny
thu commanding cumlnlttcr "i Iiit> ""l" W ing
column, cyncrS that want al 'E"!il'ir'Icr IN
their own men which l. the >tire trs:asc ol
impending defeat. instead "i relying "n the
courage discipline and endurance of their own
men, they seek victory through the treachery
Of Democrats. Unable to carry the citadel Of
Democracy. t!,i., '.oll Wing column relies on
Tenth Legion Muliuy" 10 divide "'lr forces,
and surrender the great stronghold "f Deln"c-
racy.
The divided cnlrtit,"m q" the Democratic
party has heretofore gwen all IincnnteSlcd held