Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-17

t. !r.isatc IN the District ''wonG t"eca "rtaS"n Tile
dissolution oi happy Union -Conia any ma" vo'
late such commitments and ever afterwards hoii uP lis
head among honorable mcn:-wngidi!e 10. b: dr:4ncd
TO everlasting fame You'd MT all thu world say O!
'Ii.iag, he forfeit; fair rc#o":n,
To the vile dust io" ""'ch lie sprung
Unwcrt, ru'oacr"I, auI uusHng"
in by such baldrrdnah the Wing roirs ont on this &C.
casion lie cries NoL:oni:t! .ft"iitio"i* and is
using this abolition matter upan lie old planters vi VIZ
GINA Just they de- their % straw dressed up with
an old cooked hat ana rags ~ lie crows out o
the curnfclds-EG, il will all do. 1t only shows the
desperate lengths t. which the Wing is driven. l"e
people are not 10 be hoodwinked by such shallow
devices Atone time, the Wings would sly, If Mr.. Van
Buren, Gid not out to express his oPinipn, he was
cunning and vent for The non comriitnl system Now
they tell u.s. he comes cut all for elect Do what he
may he is to be damned by this pink OF cency and COR
ss!cncy.
compara,ivcly not!iing-thc next, it is vital matter
.Noc the Wings who hol! such opinions, are no abo
l;iionss (no at I'll but very good and tue mcn-and
cn lie (hr " b. must Ec prince OF dark ness and HE
devil himself The S!amg whangc cannot be consistent
with himself for week togcier-cvcTy thing 81 turns
and nothing long.
In Yesterday Wing, he says, that Addition in the
District IS precsey The most dangerous opinion th1t
can he held Tor trump hnut there the Abponls:s would
immediately assa Maryland aud Virginia. but what
did this same discreet gentleman say hut t"o weeks ago.
in order to nssa Mr. Pnckrcy al,ut the wish nr inlen
ton to abolish Slavery in The STATES: " IS he ('!r
Pnckncy) unaware that the WHOLE .i60't'0H Jn"t" h"rc
sormniY conrion that Congress hnEc "a Sarh
au.horp-tat The Satcs alun" possess 1t IS there 0nc
man in the ta ted SatcS wh0 has crcr conchd'd for nc
a"UOrity Fl C""grcSs crtr A"rcry m Mc SGtfS: Not
one We venture - say. The societies of Abcltoulsts
nj Boston, and New York, have and over declared
it in the most snrmn manTcr Again lie says: . DID
the Abponsts pretend, or c"ucnd for the power
Of Congress NEEDLE with Slavery ~ The States: They
have IL.
tic hig only admitted all this: At that time, n give
hmsilic opportunity Of abusing Mr FIncknry for ;lIc al
tempt to put down the c*citrmrnt By declaring This
very thing! The exercise OF this power over the DIS
tric is now, how ever the cry, and tic great danger
and how can ii be So Tor, If it is 20 be c"ncd TO the
District lie coutcudcd, ANA not to the States he now
certainly caricatures the extent Of tic danger.
But, The Wing Of yesterday, this Is "rrcc!s"iy
the most dangerous opinion that can be held Now,
let us see what this Editor, who always seems 10 be
pushing ahcad aud TO be hahimy back-dId say,
oulv on the 18th February ast-not four weeks ago" He
then savII the CASE OF the il Wings. anu IN re-
ply the Lccsburg paper thus excuses them We beg
leave to array the gentlemen against himself" IN parallel
columns
(Fro,n yrstc-dags HhigJ (flcH Mc Why # fsS. 49,
We have his bwa.c" 1--WE diiirr ourselves wholly
letter last fall not .crupicd-u from the ,ua"m Delegation
OF wiC! thus
said-o charge Nh Van lutc" rcnsncd We believe mat Con-
with being n:cd has constitutional right 10
oDnuus Ter il was cviIcn, slavery the Distinct Of
that rc ,at he believed th"Coumbia; but utreTihe
Constitution r"ncc! Co" " rt! ne c""Sfic"oH' "fra
crc.s tho power uu!i'in= f taos" " rndrr cir cath:
Slavery in the Dstict-pfer>r uJpDri NTH: u
r ,.t dangerous opinou that States
ca: he hclL &c. Jfr"tatre r"'c 10 that rroinhon-
safety, for life ne surety saoHd "crer Mss for
ui! ave, 4h.irh rnc y cfar"r t'rm rHh 76o
President to rule over 's . "n Or a%r%rs npn t
' their constituents; terehy costing
unjust dai uHsrHrr0uS rmpufa
i',On npOn thcir moiireS."
Ills Loudoun Wing friends 9bolti0nists for en-
ertannr such conscientious scrupes. Heaven the
mark! But the moment the Little Magician leans To the
same scruc tho guarding against the slightest exercise
Of it, in much stronger terms than the Wing Delegates
used in strong any man could use, Why forth.
with this hig Oracle SETS the cry VI mad Dog 7boit-
ZIONIST! qGo:tionia! Oh he is the most dangerous po
ilican in The world Cruelty him. Cruelty him
Such is the even handed Justice Of the Lawyer, whose
OK was uorcd with your bull--"Ihn alters the raSe! -
The worthy Delegates from Louroun Or Augusta may
conscienti0usly believe the existence OF the p"%cr
though they may dePrccac It's exercise lie defends
them forsooth being aboIaiOnistS lie may defend
Mr. Clay too rs being abu:t!onst, though lie holds
opinions less congenal with these Of the South than
the magician of kinLcrhook But The very moment
the suggests such scrupc yet guards against It's
exercise by IN insurmountabe wall Of adamant why, Of
course he is 10 be executed, drawn and quarered.-
These the PERSONAL and political friends of the Editor
of the Whir do express themselves half as strong
II as Mr.. V. =. He admits from the ungiardrd words oil
the Constitution, that the power may be gwen IN the
Distrct-bu that if the could have been fnrcscen
AZ the lime of its formation, its would not have
been general and this case would clearly nave been
made an cxcrpton-o-, il this case could have been
oTeseeu ut the time OF ctdlR1 Tic DlSlflct II "onIu
have been expressly provided aganSt-Ar Van Bu
rem also contends that 10 set up the claim at this
time of day. is Il SURPRISE and therefore jrnnd upon
MARYLAND and VirgInathat 10 exercise It now would
be to violate the very spirit OF the CONSTITUTIONS to upurn
the basis Of the socin compactrresistiby to dissolve
the Union that for himself he would be the thfchsbie
and unc0mpromising opponent Of any such attempt
and he is therefore pledged by every consideration OF
honor and duty TO rcto the bill. Indeed many OF the
Wings contend that V. B. is too strong-and the Wing
prccads he is tao weak Such arc the beaues' their
Consistency.
We leave it to all impartial judges TO determine,
whether our neighbour is silly lnsldous he
really knows not what he is after whether he knows
no, what he says any two days together But Tor our
selves his head reminds Of operation which The
sagacious Lcmucl CULVER describes in his VISIT 10 La,
puta The occiput Of one was applied 10 the '"ao
oranohcr 80 as 10 divide the brain in equal proportions
The two half brains being thus divided were lett 10 dis
pute tie various motions between themselves IN one
eeminr scull The consequence ultimately was, that IN
the brains of the wise men Of Lapnta, some moderation
and rood understanding cnsurd-Now, our neighbour
brain certainly divided, and at war with ltse-bui u'
fortunately for him. and 10 the great OF every
h,dy else each half alternately prevails the one over
the o,he7-but each is equally mpassiuned, desperate
and reckless in its decisions.
IF his poi.:cal friends do not take out Commission o!
Lunacy upon him. why they will rue the consequences in
the disgrace Of all their party, and in the defeat of all
their plans.