Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-10-19
The electoral vote of all the Southern State

rally certain DS ttic }eCeiit eieClloHH J." e'ii
sylyania, Ohio and Indiana When the North
ern Suites combine for aggression, the South
must unite for defence; and this, most natural
| of all feelings has done more for Breckenridge
and Lane in the Southern States than all the
speeches and writings Of the present canvass.
The people of the South see in the result in
those States the triumph Of that spirit OF tana,
ticism which actuatcd John Brown, and the
warning contained in the significance OF these
elections will not be thrown away, but must
unite the great body Of tho Southern people.
The united vote of the South, while it is not
sufficient for our safety, has yet moral weight
st the North, which goes very far to strengthen
our friends, rs well US 10 intimidate our enc
mics.
The Northern people have as much interest
in the Federal Government, and desire TO see
it maintained in peace and security as fully as
those at the South. They never would elevate
to office any party whose election they belicy-
ed threatened the disruption Of tho Union; but
unfortunately, at this crisis Of our fate, the
North does not believe that any danger will re-
suit to the Union from the election of Lincoln,
and they will not realize the fact until too late
! TO correct the evil The decd that will make
| us two or thir,y.twn peoples will have been
done before the North vii! believe it possible.
| If the Northern people could be made TO un-
derstand tic rcpl condition Of public sentiment
at the South-cOuld hr brought 10 see the GER
tain and inevitable ruin the election Of Mr..
Lincoln will entail upon the country-they
would never cUnsruinIate so disastrous an act
and enpty threats that mark the past history
of the Southern people, has brought contempt
upon It's al liic North, until the great mass OF
the people there brlicve that We "carnot be
kicked OH, Of the Union 1t is this belief and
this contempt that impcis tho Northern people TO
consunmate u revolution in the administration
of the government, without stopping to enquire
what cfltc, that change will have upon the pco-
pic at the South. If 10y any net a single State
at the South could open the eyes Of the North
to the realization Of ruined commerce,
of O .liscontinuancs Of couiinercial inter-
course, Of civil war IRON Maine 10 Lou
isana, from Minnesota to Florida, the election
of Mr.. Lincoln, If not defeated, would be ac-
companied with such guarantees Of cur con-
stitutiona rights as would render his admins
tration Of the Government as equitable and
lust as that of any other man. If the Execu-
tive Of Virginia would convene the Legislature,
and that body would convoke State Convcn-
ton to consider the imminent peril which will
bcset the country, from Northern fanaticism,
on the Ole hand and Southern resistance on
the other the dire resort to a conflict Of arms
might be prevented. But the spirit Of pro-
crastination which postponed the Conference
fanaticism of the North had actuSny invaded
the State, has prompted the cowardly subter-
fuce of delay for the covert act" until the
North, regarding us as already hal[conqucrcd,
are now about selecting our masters for the
next four years Already the prospect of vic
tory has so increased the arrogance and doml-
neering spirit Of Black Republcanism through
out the North, that conservative people are
alarmed for the future Of the North as well as
the South 4 friend writes from New York
city:
"The Black Republicans are jubilant and
confident Of success and as arrogant us they
are fanatical A President, elected by only
onethird Of the people of the United States
and backed by reckless, agrarlan, revolution
airy and fanatlcai mob, is 10 be forced upon the
South.
"Should Lincoln be elected, which looks to me
as an ACCOMPLISHED fact, the first movement OF
himself and his partizsns will be, in Yankee
slunq, to soft soap" the South-to lull it into
false security, in order that they can hereafter
the more securely carry out their inieFna
schemes.
This attempt, on the part Of Northern Ia
natical cre%, TO hnmitiafe 6rare ah@ P"r'o,
ticpeople, cannot and ought not to De suhm'ttea
TO. Delay on the part u the 'S'uth "'" PT0re
her rum. She must strike lor nc" u'iue''
standing and guarantees from the NoF'hcTh
States; or secession, revolution, Or "liateTe'
else YOU NAV be pleased to call H. VIII uit'-
mately occur. Wait until both Houses OF oo'i'
gress, with tho Judicial and Executive depart
partmcnls OF the Government, become D'ach
liepublicanized, or Abolitonzcd, by the aseii,
cy Of newly admitted States, ana where VIII
the South be:
From this party the people OF the North would
gladly Le delivered, aud il the Southern oPpo-
sition could be infused with u spirit ol pa
triu,sru bu. half as ardent as they pretend to
be, they would instantly Withdraw Mr.. Bell and
rally upon Mr.. Breckenridge. Such sacrifice
OF political preference would be regarded at
the North as evidence Of spirit Of resistance
on the part Of the Sonth which would rally
the Conservatives of the North and taeieat Mt
Lincoln. Bat IA long us the Northern people
sec John Bell, with his record but very little
if any better than Mr.. Lincoln's, supported oy
Southern men, they cannot believe that any re-
si>tancc will come from those who sustain such
a candidate. The candidacy Of John Bell mas
sided Mr. Lincoln by producing the impression
! at the North that divided South could never
ELECT that union so necessary for her safety IN
the Union or her protection out Of it.
1t is the duty OF Virginia not 10 lnf'te AZ
gression by showing divided and distracted
people. IF Mr. Lincoln is elected, his party
will pause in their aggressive march before
the people of the South united, while shou1o
division Oxis, among us, our very condition
will induce the aggression Of fanatic'sm Let
therefore, every man who values the pence o'
his country unite upon John c. Breckenridge,
and present Virginia and the South IN Il so,'o
phalanx before Mr.. Lincoln, should ne De
elected Such union may defeat his election
but, if not, it will 60 very far TO deter
him from aggression and preserve the peace
Of the country; while vote lot De-,
and Douglas will only encourage the BlacS
Republican party to pursue their aggressive