Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-08-06

ss) as If our America depended for lts very breath and
existence upon the caprice or capacity OF Inc ola
world TO furnish with its toys and ttlnkets ana mus
is that the fruits Of The Revolution Of 76 are daily lost
sight of and impaired and America is again to become
dependent upon the mother country not necessarily out
through The OVERGROWN CORRUPTION OF the
times Are we not in fact yersrng back, rapidly and
sbamefuy towards state Of voluntary colonial yassal
aar, Let reason and common :ense
Such ure then, People of Virginia Of the reasons
which render Mr. Van Buren,. the oPIGnn Of the honest
and patriotic Wing party, very hAD MAN snd very
DANGEROUS PRESIDENT, Of the Impotence shame
essness and unpr:ncpled public mosns this party you
may best Judge By The FACr that while their base hire
ngs did Tor months together abuse The PRESIDENT OF TIE
Bank of Virginia Gecausc bs signed ms name Ia The Ad
dress of The Democratic party, NOW. HO" Err The
second name lch is sr The Wing Central Address,
IS Aut IF no less pcrs0nags han TIE go0d Wig Pre-
siden, Of tie Farmers Rank. Thus is The Tact endea.
vored 10 be established that The Wings are privileged
of animals and that they may do win IMMUNITY
these sell same things which, when performed BY their
opponents are pronounced TO be VICIOUS anc corrupt
Need stronger evidence of the im?ufliy oil 'heF mo-
tyes the bad faith of their professions or Inc oaseness
of their designs: But, the most striking passage 10 ms
Wing Manifesto, is The sefvile aud tusnnie euoSinni
upon the Clay They must indeed nave become
dead 10 all self respect public morality VINO can mus
openly set at defiance the intelligence Gnd virtue OF 'ne
people, by daring 10 mention PURITY OF CHaRaC.
TER in the same breath with the NAME oil II. CLal
However, this il should bethe tnogy IS worthy oil
the party which pays il; and hte political associates q
UEBB, Skouid abuse Ihn BuysR and pdnegytsea CMy
Rho can rob him of the glory; who pluck The laurel
from his brow? What earthly power can strip hin oil
the HONOR of having been the first man TO Genie Tue
| virgin purify of our infant Republc:-to poison The
fountain head of her virtuous simplicity, by reducing
her, while ye in all The Innocence Of youth 10 eVel
with the hoay vices and corrupt system oil The osgehe
rate Romans when he set up 10 The highest bidder, not
the fmperiai but the PRESIDENTIAL purple? he has IN
yaraby cvinced in his leading OF public Policy
Fixed purpose 10 depart from the genius OF our Govern
He sysip m pnCPayOret
portion of The country, by eS'orling and expressing
another portion of il tlc has fahered the most extra
VACANT schemes Of internal Improvement lie has ia
ered The mscnl!rd American system he has, IN paT
suance of That system uireddy brought at c:e time TO
The Grnk # Girl 'car' Bat although he has no virtues
spare he has his sycnphans, who can readily turn
his very actions into PATRIOTISM and transform MS
inamy into renown They tell US Tor instance, now he
saved as from Gisunion in 1882 49, hat beautiful oglc
In private life, what would think oil The tnctndtary
who should fire ous dwelling in the hour OF midnight,
and, perceivug at last that the fiery element already
his should then come forward and assist
in putting il OUT. ouId such a mscrcant deserve our
thanks! JUS, WIS his case. Foear popularity at the
North he has mnisierec Tor years 10 manufacturing GU.
pidity; and WHEN excitement al the South began 10
endauger tina, interest good earnest, THE II was.
shat he came forward las his Speech Of Feb 1882 decar
cd il nat IRON dlsunIon, but 10 preserve his
darling system from lOrA l. d-srrcIl"n The Southern
people would doubtless have Thanked this mighty pseudo
Wing maker infinitely more, if he had remained
STILL from the irs-f he had never set our political
fabric FIRE, order gain credit by ex,lngusng
it, We d. much relish this Erosraus kind of merit,
chiefly when it is sought 10 be accomplished at our ex
pense
In conclusion can You refrain. People Of Virginia,
from induIuIug c0ntmptuORs smile when you hear the
patriotic Wig Commute speak OF the political mlen'
ium heh awaits Us in the rtrtaous and Pid0nte
Clay should reach The Presidency. They say-"A
statesman from whom zee may expect prudent and
prosperous, well ms Just administrations whose urge
and Liberal views will Oppose him, whose generous am
bnn will prompt him, hose patriotism VIII impeI h'm
and whose hrnness III enable him. TO be The PRESIDENT
of nation and the President OF faction; and IRON
whose moderation and mugnanimy we may hope, that
The Executive Patronage in his hands VIII no longer De
nm instrument of favor, Of revenge, or OF ambition; no
longer be degraded TO the rc purpose oil rewadng sell
lsh and furious partzlns, In the name of common de.
e,pcy and common sense of what s,ui do these sweet
Wing souls take the People 10 be made 81: And as 10
Mr.. Gays promised moderation IN The Presidency,
his conduct while cetsry OF State - TO be taken as
test sD ap, to think shall not suffer mnch by his
repuqnance to REWARD THE SELFISH ZEAL
of FURIOUS PARTlZANS." We have not yet for.
gotten aud shall forget his shameless and oaeiaced
abuse of patronage; the kind sops which he ninis'efea
Ia his faithful partizan curs his bounes TO his tGads;
the useless cces which he olten,me created with The
view Of rewsrding hirelngs his cornoanl ana ocrmo
tive Envoys whose missions were IKE me circle, ehcins
al the starring point and who received large saai'es
far ueyfoyiBp no ScrrcfS chgS0crtr we nave not yei
r"s..S IL THIS: on the contrary, the memory OF
these DARK and vicious transactions stl rises 10
like the ghost OF murdered man ami tells To Erohi W
the experience Of the past and 10 beware Of The future
The 25tn of September, 1882 will then be in all pro.
liability proud day indeed II viii eclipse. because IL
sill he far Irerorious day than The 4ih Of July
True. that Washington md LGeTs"n and H1afUch aud
Fyankn and Henry and the two RuitdgfS will not be at
the GREAT SrAUNTON CONVENTION; But then
will their places be Than supplied by The sagcs
Of the Wing party: True, that the men Of 40 will not
BIZ hsre bat what were all the rues Of the Fathers Of
The Republic compared 10 The VIRTUES of that party
which boast ufun ADAMS, CLAY, SLADE,a
GRAVES and WEBB. &c. &c. &c'
ANrl-WHlG TYRANNY AND IMPOSTURE.