Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-03-02

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without intending to be personal. With view Of
showing the present cue OF the Wings, we give our read
ers the following extracis:-
| GRACE after .hcat!
| Tie .hanifcStO after the Defeat.
(From tie Richmond Wig Of February 25M, the first IS
| suing day after The ind.fmiic pOspOnement)
Gas mere members Of purity, fear not the conse-
quences-but the tine has passed ct II ever existe&)
never TO recur, when patty advantage can "egh WIN
u.s. against The general gOnd of the country. Move
fear not the effects the WING party of the postpone
ucnl of the election"n the contrary consulting party
interests only believe that The result forced as was
upon the main body Of the Wings by others, and against
all their efforts and them In p
son of the highest advantage before the people. we
feel now undoubIng confidence in the events OF APrs
The great body Of the Wings have manifested spirit
which the moderate Of all parties must approve. lhey
have laid dawn old prcudces upon the altar oil leiI
country. They have generously forgotten the past,
and buried the vindctlve passions which It's contem,
p!a,ion calculated 10 inspire. They have unIted
| with the small but patriotic and distinguished party o'
the Conservatives, attempting 10 uphold and sustain
the principle the hinh aud sacred principle, of Senate
rial independence. They saw VIM. Z. Rlves ABOUT 10
be sacrificedhey the vengeance Ct Tie feof'al
Executive pursuing him with ieicious ana eXet"ihal
| ing hatred saw Martin Van Burens followers IN
the Genera Assembly, and every where else, demand
| ing his mm0ation with the most savage cres-thay
saw every sratagem every device every trick OF ihe
most skiliul aud prac,Ised party Tactics resored TO- 10
compass his destruconlnd they saw. loo, that all ms
intensity Of auimosity and violence Of persecution had
been aroused because VIM C. Rivcs had been IndePend
emf in dschargng The high functions Of Virginia Sc
naorbecause he had been glorously hardy enough TO
dissent from Executive measure, believing 1t wrong
because he had noby refused to bow TO Executive and
party DEGREES" &c, &c. Cine Wing by the by, mis-
states the 1t is not because of Mr.. K 4 ndepen
dence because he differs sing lie question, that his
re election has been opposed. Could they have been
sure of his attachment tor the Administration, the Re
publican members would have joined the Conservatives
in eecng him. Blu, it was because they doubted his
relations 10 the Administrulion-W When they saw the
change in his tone-when they saw the Wing press
rolyng round him and crying him up one OF the men
to put down the AdministratIon-whe they saw Mr..
Clay's anxiety for his election and the Wings going
doggedy for him. that the Republicans refused him their
sutfrage is the plain aud unSophIscaed truth
Blu, to return the present tone Of the r Wing?
| This is. indeed, the last act Of the Farce! What
comcal change in the Plot! We beg the reader TO con
these several extracts before and alter The ElectIon 10
scan their expressons to caleb their tpnc and 10 ask
himself if he ever completely the changed coat
of the political "llarlequn" Before all was POcy-Ai-
ter all was profession e principle Before The election,
Rives was be order 10 PROSTATE Van BurenIsm
and 10 carry Mr.. Gays Election in loiO-Now, Mr..
Rives is 10 be supported account Of the independence
Ee has dlsplayed-And the sympathies OF the Whps are
appealed to- not to help Mi Clay 10 The Presidential
Chur-Lut to Sdrc Mr.. Rirss himself from Executive
vengeance. With too much appearance OF truth was IL
said the other day in the Senate Chamber that TOO ma
ny OF the Wings men OF principle according to their
interest"
But The People Of Virginia too keensgb'ed TO be
imposed upon by politicians who thus paer with them
! in a double sense. The Conservatives ought now 10
have their eyes opened, and TO shun the bIandIshmen
of the Wings What more can we say than repeat With
decided voice than ever, what declared on the
18th Of February; What we then said, when the Wing
press from policy had just Mr0mn OF The mask,
repeat, when they have assumed the mask OF principle:
"lndeed, So far from pro!ng BY the Coalition which
the Wing seeks it seems 10 not improbable that ii
will inue The Wing 1t will strip them OF some
Ott ,a,n ,Iinlf thnc
cess Of every party 1t will expose Them more or lrss
! to suspicion The People will be reused Up, at any
appearance ofsuch on unnatural Coalition Few Oft the
Conservatives in the counties, it may be, will desert
| to the Whigs-and the Wings certain that il
will not scatter angry suspicion and scowlng dscon
tent among their own columns: All this, however, is.
of course matter OF Specui0tOn-Bu, this we know, that
and relentless war is to be Immediately waged
Mr. r. will be in all probability irress5ly thrown into
the arms ofthe Wings Those Conservatives who 90 off
with him, will unite with the Whigs-bn all will no, 90
of with him. Many gallant and generous spirit viii
abide by their republican faith, and stand with renovated
vigor 10 their arms The People Virginia will come to
the They will soon see the designs Of the Wings;
and how they have been ycd-ard TINT moral inlu
ence which always accompanies good cause, will nerve
the Republicans III the day of battle. We deeply, most
deeply regret the which Of the Conserva-
tves may take this occasion. Their feelings viii
have betrayed their Ggmens into crorbut those Of
them VINO indeed the friends Of the Administration,
will still rally under the Republican banner. AS for
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Consequences. We shall ultimately beat the Wings
even with the allies whom they may happen 10 nave
enlisted. The question is not Smb Treasury or no
Sub Treasury? But Henry Clay or Martin Van Buren,:
! The Wing candidate with Bank, Tariff and Internal
/ Improvemen,-or. a Republican, against Bank against
q Tariff against Internal lmpovement-the Northern
President with Southern feeings.-The r. Wing has IL
self set us the example Of shifting the issue Ii has de-
clafed the Sublreasury question TO be comparatively
nsgnifcant-and ii has thrown itself upon the broad
issue of Success 10 the Whigs-Success 10 Fl. Clay
We have doubt Of the results of this issue. We shall
fling forth the broad Republican Banner freely 10 The
breeze, and all we ask is clear sky and an open field
The R. Wing though it is still apatting Uhc Conser
vatives) on the back and symPahsng over their
wronus-though it is using many efforts 10 woo them
to lis Standard processes TO say that it bases no cacu
ations on them-lhat they do not enter into Gs) es-
maes-that the Wings themselves have nothing to do
but TO rcunitc and eIcrt Memsfres suspect that
they have rnnre difficulties cope with than they
aware Of The Fredericksburg Arena of yesterday has
already cut off some Of its party from the communion
of the Church. Il says in these pnrentous words :
"There others (of The lmpractca5!cs) who have ma
infested desire to uarhig MemsticcS-we hope they
may be gra.ified. They no longer command the
confidence of the Wings. and the sooner they rat the
better for themselves and us Nhere then That union
which the r. Whia-invokes?
The Wing still threatens 10 carry the State. Tell it
| TO the Marines, say we. We ionnd our o"n cnlcuia
,ons Of the result upon the intelligent character Of The
peope of Virginia. who will and who will the
des gns of the Wings in the Coalition which they have
sought Thanks too to the Wings! The People are
efecually reused. We found our hopes especially in
the reunion which the recent Developments have pro
duced in our ranks Last Spring, we were bealen
because our columns were seriously divided and
erres were paralyzad by our dssensons. Now, with
the exception Of few dissatisfied Conservatives 20
into action awakened active and firmly united Smaller
issues are put aside The great interests at stake swa
| low I'D all minor considerations. We found
fdent calculations too, the current Of public sen
ment which is now running in behali-in the spirit
of the various letters have SEEM the verbal reports
we have heard concerning the sentiment of the country
ON the Proceedings of the People and the effect Of
| the Convention, which is assembling in Richmond
Under all these auspices we display our flag and calcu