Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-18
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. Is, 1863.
AyTrDTIUyIAN DEMOCRATS"

ANTEDLUNIAN "pEMOCRATS.'
Mr.. SEYMOUR Governor Of Lincoln's pro
vince of New York, may, for augkt we know
be q wcll-disposed and amiablc democrat
but he is very weak one. He has lately made
speech at Democratic Convention IN
New York, from which it is apparent that h'
Is not vet aware Of New York having ceased to
be State and having become province Also
he is clearly quite ignorant, after nearly thrcc
--oars' ey.tr;ence, of the true meaning and
purpo,t ard end of This war He still-sood,
easv ms.-- considers it in the light of Presi-
den vi ,,a.a paign, 70 decide who shall have the
2srols" otRccfor the next fcuryears' term.
va, ,ls old work of "pipo,laying, wire:
,Iii!;ac. cg-rclling"-innccent gentleman
TO O.. lie Southern Sfatcs as he calls this
Ccnietcra,y, admitted into something which
is ter,,,s III, "Uniou"-with all their rights,
NJ eoat ,s--in time to ensure success to the
.,ch. "t;ol.t' in that grand campaign. Our
readers ~. excuse us this once for employing
those slang terms of the old Yankee politics,
which terms, rs we'll as the things they repre-
sent are Ito us) witt. the years before the
flood.
II is painful to ones human pride to see a
man oncOrcputcd rational bcstridins a dead
horse in this sort of way. squirting, and blowing
a.trumpet there. With touching simplicity
hn asks what is 10 be TIE policy Of this war !:
Shall it be policy Of suhiugation, a policy
that will strip the States Of their rights -
Yes, sir, it is and shall be just such a policy.
If the South. rs you call it, ever 60 into the
Union" it will be Us Il suhiucated territory,
not as States, with rights. Why, he cxclaipls,
"such policy implies long and bloody war,
and an incalculablc waste Of life and treasure"
Yes, sir. it implies all that. lie goes on--"lt
is u policy which, if continued, IN lst result in
national bankruptcy and rnin." Precisely SO:
it must result in that, as We hope.
Then he invokes that "ardcnt love &c the
Constitution and the Union, love which, he
cd States, and is rot dead" Dead, Gcr-
ernor, dead as Il door n&il: from this
earth it has vanished in flame and smoke.
leaving only smell. Of sulphur: and
it is truly affecting TO behold worthy old
Democrat, stupefel hy the shock and crash Of
this tremendous upheav!nc Of the nations
creeping back Ike child to It's slain mother 5
bosom, and cl;ngins there"
eve arc ready" he cries, $40 mark OUT q
policy, and that conciiatory pclicy,-tbat the
States shall return with all tler rights as
marked down in the Constitution. I believe
that the grea. conservative party of the coun-
try will say, Return 10 your allegiance, and
are will maintain your rights" Alas. alas .
There is a 1libeTnian proTerb which warps Us,
Never bolt the door with q boiled carrot"
Of all parties a. the North those Democrats
are farthest behind the times Whiting. No.
vey. the Minnesota Republicans, all the Re-
ENTHUSIASTICALLY and Wendell Phillips
take hold of the affair by the right end
They all affirm, and we also proclaim, that re-
construction is not only inadvisab!c but imros-
sible that if we are ever to be again under
the same government with Yankees it Must
be as the conquered vassals Of Yankees, with
out rights, without votes. without property
without arms, without constitution, to say no
thing of official cmo!uments and "sfoils."-
Our rights, in that case, will be simply the
rights to which sublued rebels may lay claim
and those rights will be allowed US IN their
fullest measure.
These old Democrat, are become tedious to
US and we are really glad TO see that their
own country finding them to he neither warm
nor cold, is spewing them out Gifts mouth
From Minnesota to Maine, they are driven
back along al the line Nallaudigham has
lost his chance in Ohio; Voorhees, has nar-
rowly escaped being lynched by the soldiers.
The Maine elections have resulted in over
whelming success for our mortal enemies and
truest friends--he Republicans. And Mr..
Seymour himself, while he still maunders on
in the fashion we have mentioned, vet finds it
necessary to conclude by saying, "Ncrrr hqrr
embarrassed tic administration, 0'd / nccc1'
rW" We well believe. sir, you never will.
In all that concerns the policy Of present
war and future peace. we have the pleasure
for our part. in agreeing, heartily with tie
ultra abolitionists. They avow themselves
our mortal foes we accept the arowai in the
spirit in which it is offered, aud respond 10 it
most cordially. 1f'tlIey can Subdue the Com
federacy, then woe 10 Us. if not, woe and
triple woe 10 them