Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-13

Bat uGapIci0us aI tie Ccta ZION il, il haa
nevertheless faled 10 bling cut alne whnp,
wo might have txp,n.ad here Th; are TIE.
not here TO rejoice in the Victories thai will
thrill the hearts Of The lovers Of freedom
throughout the world2 Alas THAI i. must
DO confessed that is@,is party spirit that
holds them alcof. Anof them arc pn,:fzans.
S5me Of them are republicans, who cannot 70.
ioice 10 the national victor c3 because this wa.,
ior tho life Of tho nation, Is Tnt in oil re.
spsotS conducted according to the:r ogn pseu-
liar radical ideas and theories. They want
guarantees for swift, and universal and COM
plete emancipation, or thay do rot went tho
nation saved. O:hers stay away becansa they
want to be assured that in coming out of thy
revolutionary storm tho ship OF Sta.o will be
found exactly "a the Rame condition ss when
the tom pest sesaiisd II, or they-do act walt
tha ship saved ns ali, al il arytoiy could giro
such guarantees III the hnms Gf peopla Ct
thirty mi lions. Others are Democrats. They
received from their fathers tho sxi-In thct only
Democrats could cave the country, and shGy
must savs il by democratic formul anl com :
GnatiUns, which the progross Of tho ago has
forever exploded. They cannot comc u2 to
celebrate achievements which condemn :h2ir
narrow and hereditary ligotry. Others of
both the Republican and Democratic parties,
nro willing that the nation shall he sared. pro-
vided it is done by some ono Of their chosen
and idolizGd cLiefs, which cbisf they mutually
dernunce aud revilo. They caEnn! hO1cr
Grant, and Sherman, and Farragu;, md
Porter. because BY fuch homage they
fear ths. Fc6Dl mt and M:Glelian's
fnme may be eclipsed Nevertheless, there ara
enough hors of the right SUIT, enough OF men
who once were Rerub!iuma, hut Who taking
that word in II psrtizan sense. n7e R'1nhllcana
no longer, and mon who onoo were Nemacra'a,
but who, taking that word in ils narrow mr. Ii
cntion, are Democrats no longer. hll Of whom
arc nov Union men. hecGuss they fnurG on a!
the bosinni1g %! this tremendous CHI var, o.
o. some period in its progress, tha. no man, To
party, no formula, 10 creed, conld savo the
Union, lu: that only tho psoplo coull sh'o ii,
nni they could save it ONLY by oessing - be-
come part;x .rs, and bscC min. patr;G.a and
Uainn men.
The war ia q. ita crisis. It's clear, therefore,
that we nre sbting 10 make Abraham i.,ncoln
Pfeeidont of the whole Unitcd States under
tho election Of 1860, to continue until the ! ].
of March, 1865. In voting for o President OF
tho Uoited S:aIes, osn We wisely or safely vo,H
OFT the identical person whom with f0rca ara
arms We are fighting into the Prcsidcncy :
You Justly say no.. II would be nothing lesH
than 10 give up the the very object Of the war
~ tho bs,lo! .hay. The mora! strength wh!c5
makes our loyal position imprcgnable woult
pass from us, and when that moral strength
has passed AWAY, material forces are no longer
effective, or even available. by sueh pro-
occding we shall have agreed with the enemy
and given him the victory. Bntin that agree.
mont tho constitution and the Union w:!l Eava
pe:ishad, because when it shall have once been
proved tina. minority can by force or nircnm-
ventina defeat the fu.l nnceGs;o7 CT " o1ns;itu-
tionally choaen President no Presidont there
after, though elected By ever 70 largo q
majority, oan hop, to exercise the EIecu =
two po@ore -unopPe7aa thrdusn1Ht tt'
whole country. Oao u t:So things must
follow tho fatal error. Either coTtIst
between your newly elected cnnrrcn:isn Pre-
si!ent, and the same usurp;r, III whiah The
usurper must prevail, or else combination
bosw .en them through which The usurper Cr
his successor, subverting your constitution ard
substituting his own, will hscomo fre1iac7t,
King. or Emperor CT the United State. with
GU. foreign aid, if he can, With foreign iots7-
veution, if necessary. (Tha.'s say To he
snre it ia 40; nothing is more certain than :'lat
either The United States and their co,s'i:u
tional President, or the so-cal:cl Confc1srrt"
States and their usurpi5g Pret!dent, mus
rule within the limits of this rhPubl;o. ]
therefore regard the pending Prceidsntiai
election as involving the question whathe:
hereafter we shalt have constitution and
country left us. How shall wo vote, then. T.
save the country from this fearful dagger p
(Vota Lincoln in Bgnin. You haze bit 1t.
exactly, my friend. We must yo!c linHo'
in again, and fight bin in at the sa,ro t.Ei,.
II We d. this tho rebellion will perish. ai'l
leave no root. If We do othcrSire, we have
only tho alternative Of ncquiesccnce in per
petual usurpation, or Of entering an endless
succession Of civil and social wars.
10 me therefore, the Democracy at Ri,;'
mond and tho Democracy ut Chicago !ik'
Ces,r and Pompey, aeem TO -e:s7 ii hei'
original family resemblance. They ar
vory muoh s!ikc-cspecially Penney. But il
is not in mere externals that ;i'a;r similari' :
lies. They talk very much alike. ns / Ear:
shown yon. When you c3nsidrr that imo1r
the Democrats as Chicago the Indiana Dsm1'
orhts uera present, who havo impaired ann;
to resist tao national authority, and defeat TIC
national lswa, and that all tho Democrat:
thero assembled agreed to justly that pro-
oeedins, l thirk You will agrees with ms tha
the Richmond Democrats end tho Ch'cai'
Democrats havs lately como TO hrs very mnci
aliko I shall new 20 further. ANd pso7o t
YOU h5t they not only have common policy
and common way of defer ding l., bu. the!
hSSvs even adonted that policy in concert will
esrl other. Y,u know that wh:. %" Calaas
Convention was approaching III july ih-
George Sanders, Clement G. Gay and }. +
II1leombo appeared at the Clifton fioaso ol
the Canada bank of the Niagara river
fully invested with tho Confidence and 40
uuaintcd with the purposes oil jtt ,rsHn bir'
and his oonfederatfs at Rioha1ond ! ou know
also, tha. Cnicsgo Democrats r9s37rJd there IL
considerable numbers to confer wish tuest
om;ssaries Of Jefferson Dayis. Hero in tb
fruit Of that conference, and Eo one aan dsrI
the authenticity Of my evidence. II IL extract
ed from the L,ndon "Timrs," the 9om'n I
organ ot oil the enemies Of tho UDi;ci Stair
TIE New York correspondent Of the L1ndoi
''Tines," wiring from Niagara Fali r' t2'
date Of Augus.3 says:
Clifton House hiss bee1ma cah'Ts "a nego,i
ations between the Northern friends OF pese, ar'
ciOnlQEIl agents, P!oI''oo ~ N'toe''"''' :
diff renee, from the arbifrsment of the awori
The correspondent then gees on 10 explain thH
| IN effort Is to be Iuude to nominate p cand!da
for the Presidency on the platio'.a Ct nj slnisic
and cnnven;ien CT tho States, AMI to ihsnr
Ly al possible means the Iit ,rts Of M: I!h"1H
icr re-elec;ion.
slpk now, tha. On Tic s:A q tGrns' Jc2 |
! Nor'hern D.,nocIa.s sni Ric',m1ni ag M: gree
upon three things to b, done NJ Chicago h.g'e
| ly-Firs., a withdrawal CT lilo dill :rences be
seen the Government and tie INSURGENTS fT"9
The srbitrament of tha sword second /" noinl
nation for President Of the uni'ed S,a,.' on
ulsif,ru of an armi;;ics and ultimately n CO?
paniion of tha Stsscs 'tirl, to !hwsrt by 81
,oas;b;o masns the r+-a rc:;on ot Abrsham Liu
Iroln Such a conf =, held in neutral coul
.rv batwe en- prfr ,-..ii7 loJsl ci':- ms nt th'
ITniied States $50! tho agents nf the Ri'hEncn
traitors in HE, las a very suspicicns ic,E Bu
| 10, that pass Political elections must u free
and therefors they Justly e1cuEe many t.:rsss
ganoee. -,
when tho insurgents shall baro diuban!e
their armiss and laid down their arms the Ta
will instar,tly cease, and all the wae maaanrs