Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-17
THE YANKEE DEMOCRATS.

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(organ cf the Yankee DICTATOR gives 'Is somo
further pssaases fro" the speccheH OF leading
Democrats at lhs great Democratic Union
meeting in New York Mr.. James L Brady
says, in fine hurst Of cioqncnce:
"This il my country! can admit OF no
other There il no name 10 b, substituted
for that. There is no flag except ours hat
can ever accept [chco1h;l m star to be taken
out of ; cheers, no stI ipa to l's pt"lcn from
i. [cheers i stars To be al!h,d to it without
number [cheers. stripes To b.: accumulate"
till the eye tires Of locking al them; SO that,
with oil the gallant history Of it's paat and
glorious associations Of its p'esen., however
gloomy tho prospect ,asy appear to many,
thsro shall he for us nov and hereafter, Onn
century, one constitution, nna destiny
The eloquent lawyer dfeam1: he mlun-
ders; and it ia time to wake up and have
dono with this eloquent dividing and
dawdlins. Who. wants to TAX" his
country from him Who has asked
him to accept any other flag than his
own dear stars and stripea: Who has cHsrcd
to steal his siars' lie may crowd on If
he pleascs a;l the consultations in tho
Heaq qens, besides comets, astsI oids, neGutG.- -
He is welccm, to have " ono country, one
Constitution and one destiny" or any num-
ber of the Same but not curs. The orator
proceeds:
The people Of tho South in the single
State Of Virginia would never employ
the necessary physical poHer to redeem
that exhausted soil. Seriously, in tbs pre-
sence Of my God, in the exercise Of tbs
best CAPACITIES that knn~ hoE to employ,
SAY to my friends Of tn" South, however gsl-
LIANT and chivalric and pei fscveriDg nsy be
their struggle in the field. all history will &c
false, all analogies tallscious, sye:y promis"
to tho human race an absurdty, If this peoplc
who have conouered the barren East and
conquered the ocean, and are willing to con
| quer all circumstances Of privation. shall not
| own the whole of this continent before this
country expires.
We know they think they have :. claim to
Virginia. and conld mako better State Of it !:
but at present the right o~ners keep them
out Of it.
Again, Jude DAILY, staunrh Democrat:
says:
81 am not nox giving voic. TO tie excitement
which a public speaker mag no supposed to
feel in the presence of a large body of his FL
low -citizans; am giving outward, dis'iact
| and direct uttorance to toe conviction that
has bscn in my mind since The ii7"t shot was
fred upon Sumter, tince the first time that
the American flag was insulted; and cvory-
thing in the course Of events has tend,d to
convince me that thoIe is no hope for the
preservation Of this nationality, cxcspt in the
vigorous prosecution Of this wa.
And accordingly the organ of Lincoln loud-
II eulogizcs tho Domccrats-
We render honor and praise to Jsmes r.
Brady, John Van Bdren, Judge Daily, and
Other equally distinguished Democratic
leaders in New York. and claowbere. They
have resolved to spaiain the Administration;
and it ia the lnty Of tho friends Of the Ad.
! minis,rstion to accep. the prefer OF such cid
with prompt and aincoro gratitude To
such patriots VIC need no longer argue "bont
emancipation. copfiscatlon, arbitrary arrests,
or conscription. These belong to the unre-
pealed and unrcpsaiahle acts Of tha past.
1t would sppe.r that somebody has bnen
complaining Of theac acts Of tho past asking
the party in power to repeal them. But such
bother has ceased; and all are now unsni-
nous in "prosecu,ion Of the wsr." Lot
the said prosecution ba constitutional nj il pos
sibIe !; but. atranv rate. let i! bn pigorous-
This is tho last wo:d of our Northern Domo-
cratic friends.
Seriously, is there any way to neet this
people save with stein defiance and war to
the knife