Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-24

peri says; "Were Judge from the signs OF the
the Convention TO be held on the 9Th of January next
VIII nominate majority ( not the tohoe) Of the cand-
dates for Electors now the Ticket that formed
on the Ith Of March--Such course would seem be
the most cxpedien aud safe one aud while the RECON-
incubation of the National Convention will be complied
with to the hitter all for any division upon the
Electoral ticket viii be- removed"
There onght To Le difficulty in the matter--bu,
et Us come to the Letter We promised; detailing the
gfieis and groaps of the Wings:
AFFAIRS IN PENNSYLVANIA Sc
Extract u Letter, dated
..PHiLAprLpIrIA. Nov 10, 1895
we are as calm as a Sumner morning. but much
cooler We lack excitement We want something To
warm our passions and awaken sympaths TO give
our blood quicker and more heahiul action. We
have no Aboitionsts to Lynch-po incendiary papers
TO burn We have little of the spirit of chivalry Il.
get up acusade against the Mexicans and political
opponents cannot find araiiabe candidate on whom
we might pour out the walls Of wrath In short 1
cannot tell what we will do 10 keep ourselves from prri.
lying this winter, unless the old General declares wur
upon Louis Philippe Not that we live in ideness and
want employ ment-oh, no all as busy as bees
we build houses by the thousand annually niaugre all
Panics OF 'strikes-our wharves and loaded
with horses and mules, and rail roads aud canals
groan beneath the burden of transporting them To their
destination Several ships are being built, and
ooas without number, and nigh, sny without end for
the fashion now is to make them long they appear end,
Tess. But these things not interesting you; yet
my dear sir, when you say much for Richmond
(Which hope and believe in few years you ina \ YOU
VIII not lind II dull and unpro6tabe now seems
depends upon VirgiDians, and Virginians alone,
make Richmond increase i'll wealth and population. and
to place the Old Dominion in front ia nk of her sisters
IN the devcopement OF her resources But as vet
ney have not been fully impressed with the opinions of
helnistocles that the FIRST great quality OF Statesman
IS, me ability to raise small city to glory and great
ness
".No1 for Politics Having beaten the enemy in +,
hundred battles, like many other conquerors our cads
became gddy with success, and turned to beating
ourselves, and we have done the work of destruction
most gloriously. Anti Masonry and Whggery as Won
are aware, have full sway now in this State and will
have an opportunity to shew what stuff they made of
crntlc Parfv ,,e,, 49,
division Gov Wolf was the only subject on which il,
sPl aud from the day which he first nominated
SIX years ago. as compromise, he has been a d. adj
weight TO the Party, paralysng much of its energy
and thus at last breaking it down. fe,o of has
leading political friends would doubt wish to keep
the party still divided, that the vote Of the State
might be lost TO Van Buren,, whom in their heart
they are opPosed but they well know the whole demo-
cracy of the State themselves only excepted will uo for
hi' and VIII not be divided and that should they come
out openly against him. they would be left alone their
glory Some of the Muhlenberg leaders also seem dis
posed 10 keep open the breach, merely show pre-
sumo, that they had right TO shear the Volt but YOU
may rest assured they will all be made fall in or they
w'li be LETT out Let their wondbe leaders pursue what
course they please Van and Old 1ecumseh will get the
vote OF Pennsylvania, against any and every candidate
That may be brought out aganstthem. Whom viii they
bring out? Old .7nt Jackson is dead aud Old North
Bend will not go here Even in this patriotic city
where II is the vital principle of the Wing creed to 90 for
any thing or nothing, so it SAVIOR not of democracy the
Wings will not go for him. Every where throughout
the State, the Anti Masons eschew him and can as
you, whatever his friends (vho are thcy? saw he
stanuS poor cnance oil being the Opposition cand
date in Pennsylvania The Opposition as it is called ia
made up of some twenty thirty thousand Wings so
Called and OF fifty sixty thousand who 90 by The
cognomen of Anti Nasons The latter ali con-
nexon with the former and in parts of the State
are at open with them. You will. doubtless have
observed, in all the States where parties
have been formed the distinctive character they have
maintained and how difficult il has been found To- coal
esce them with the other parties In Rhode IsInd they
partly unite with the Dcmocras-so also in Massachn
SETS In Vermont, the Wings and they are any thing
but united; aud in New York the Wings have AWAY.
played second fiddle 10 them As evidence that these
same AntMasOns and Wings of Pennsylvania are on no
better terms than their namesakes in other States
you viii recoect some two three years ago when
Senator OF the u. s. TO be elected, and the two had
majority IN the Legislature how they utterly refused
to unile-and no Senator elected Heretofore i'm
this State as IN New York, the Wings have played
cond fiddle TO the AnMasons in the elections for Pre-
sdent Vice President, and Governor but for Members
OF the Legislature, have generally their own cand
dates And whether they will harmonise hereafter on
any subject depends much, it not altogether, on the
Should he appoint any .haSonic Wing To office the A,t
Masonic Party will either be broken up or thousands
will leave it and i'll either large will Join
the Democratic Party, to which, before Anti Masonry
sprung up they belonged. But, it he refuse to appon
any Masonic Wings and adheres strictly TO the proscrp
tive principles of Anti Masonry then will the come xion
between Anti-Masons and Wings cease and the latter
act independently party; they will be broken up
aud part Join the Anti Masons End part the Demo
Gratis, us the least evil. In any view OF the matter
think opponents will find their success the
seeds OF their destruction Let them, however remain
united divided, Wings OF as Anti Masons with
Harrison, or Webster, or White, Clay, one or all we
beat them, and will beat them aud so Won NAV as
friends in Virginia If any doubt the truth Of
this assertion and will go few hundreds on the field
against Van either Of Pennsy lvania YOU can
give them the address of
Yours,
5Ct