Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-13
Richmond, Saturday, April i5.
Ia lie EcrnLlicans Of he Staie.


To the Repubiicans Of The State.
We praY you not 10 be deceived by The bold asseVe
,s,ions of the Wings. Their organ referred on Tues
1sy last 10 an Address TO the Wings Of The STATE 10
u,he gloomy visages Of the managers here mean
inn the Republicans We will net charge The h'ch'
mend Wing witt! gross misrepresentation
sy may forbid hGi-but truth prompts US 10 de-
nounce the outrageous mistake. Never have ire seen
the Republicans here, Legislators or Cnzrns0 more
chepred more animated more confident Of victory We
uledpe ourselves To the rnh OF The aveimen' IN me
most UNQUALIFIED manner, that we have not seen ne
publican vet. who expressed the slightest doubt OF our
success; and that have heard several honest hIgs
concede that they would he beaten this Spring
The same Address to The Wings specifies instances OF
fine .nsnceritv and drce pon Of The leaders Of the Re-
publican pariy--And what they: lsi. That with
all their Professions of drrsarion Of National Bank
.rL ,snul pro they called 10 preside over
Their deliberations, gentleman who voted for both IN
Congress- nd has recently reiterated the opinion that both
are constitutional. But this proof ~ dec'ptInn:
Il il not known that Ihr members Of The Convention
are principle opposed 10 those Esurpa'ion: is 1t not
kn"wr, that Judge Tucker is as much opposed to The
esabshn,e rf Il Bank and Internal Improve mrnts, as
any Republican in the Stale? Has he not earnestly and
socnIy declared ii in the very letter 10 ch The "h'g
geiei.:
But in the % place-"They told you (says the "hig)
tia, the Opposition responsible for the vast increase
IN The public expenditures and that of course the Exc
culivc who weIds The O, and whose voice is eqna TO
both branches OF Congress- III all legislation was Tree
the Wing. Mr. Van Guren is to blame, for not retoi"g
every public expenditure which he disnpproved! And
suppose he had done what then would the Wings
have sad' They would then have denounced Mr.. an
Buren,, for controlling every appropriation oil Congress,
and usurping The whole power of the Government into
his own hands Does any man doubt, that such would
have been their cry, Dad they denounCe Gen.
Jackson for his vetong bills which he conscentiousy be-
lrvcd to BE- uncOnstuona'9 Did they not prescribe The
use of the Neto-aud nickname him the pt0 President
" hat "nsncsrty and deception then is there IN both
these charges of The " hig We rrtaale then the &C.
cusaon and place the charges upon their own
But let us 20 further. We commend the poisoned
r!a!ice 10 their lips, in other respects. We con.
tend that the trick the nsincery the deception are all
their They dare 10 proclaim tina, IN voting Tor
MIR. Rvcs, the Viii were acluaed by high and honor
able Considerations. They went for prIncIpr They
went 10 support the Independence OF Senator Aye,
indeed nd is this deception, il truth: Does any
donbl, who read The hig papers before the Election
came on--who saw the Richmond Wing and its affiliated
presses urging upon the Wigs of The General Assem-.
bly, To elect Mr. Rires from motives Of ;Oiry? 10 pro-
plliac t" Conservatives 10 obtain their support al line
Spring Election, in order 10 put down the present Ad
minis,raun ind secure The election Of MI Clay. These
are notorious ndeniahle factS--and upon whose fore
head do they fix the blister Of nsinCerity and deCep
ton" But il is not the Wing press alone which made
these revelations. We find the p0icy for The
rn0tre, recnmmendrd and urgently pressed upon the
Wings in the House in the face Of the world By their
prominent Orator during the Senatorial discussion. To
lie sure he tries 10 garnish his speech with com.
piments the independence oil out
these not the strongest arguments, on which the
Orator from Rappahannock relies He dwels upon
the benefits which may enure to his party from The
alliance. We heard The Grafton; but
much struck with i:e whole spirit OF lis policy as IN
since reading the pamphlet copy Of Mr. Pendletons
Speech Head for instanc" The following PreciOuS Con.
.Gssioas from some of lis Etgant Extracts:
I'VE have before us lofty object TO effect. p. II.
(WeIl, ,rhqt is this iotiy oLjteiO
Can you expect the Gtd friendship Of the COnserva.
tves by crushing and destroying that gentleman, who
well from his position as his talents the confessed
head, Of that small but undismayed party. Common
sense rtrGitS at such an idea" p IT,
depend upon it, Mr.. Speaker, if we refuse 10 co.
operate 'rk The Conservatives, shall hear Of
that "armm neufratify,' which however it may have
been derdsd, has been 10 us, "Me screnM toid in The
shisId IF omr party II.
Il have already advered to the relative strength Of
parties in Virginia, by all indications suppose 1t TO
bel hare cndsarored 10 shoe, that TihCu the aid IF The
Conservatives, IRE do n"hipg IN Irgiua. consider
il wholly unmporant, whether they Join US, or join
them The junction is chat I cant-I care nothing tor
he nams-I 90 for the suJstance p Is That 10 say,
Il you do not pay them, they will desert you!
81 wish 10 make here such decision will be re-
spOnsive TO a wise pOiey, which, wherever has been
adopted, has piuched Tie drumming fortunes" Of Uhig
gerry irom Tie seam-a Pcitcy the wisdom and .tfcnry
"i which, has been yet more slriklngy illustrated by
the results If oss Gcc'ions in which has been disre.
gardrd. In Ohio and ltnDs vania imPraeticaJty has
prevailed and where That prevails, decat and mOrtca
ti0ns nsccsSariy caSuc" p. ID.
"Ies, Sir, the Conservative Wing Party Of New York
deserve, as they command the admiration and gratitude
OF every patriot in the country 10
''Ihc flag If Uhig Conservatism in triumph
from the Ocean To the Lakes. ~.
Here is The true secret disclosed Here is the kernel
Of the Wing policy clearly eviscerated. The Wings
dn nothing in Virginia, without the aid Of The COnser
valivrs'-"Ihe junction" must be made-Ele goes for
the subsancethnt is to say, The Coalition between The
Wings and Conservatives, which alone "pluck up
E' drowning fortunes OF Whiggery from the stream
MIR Penn Uiy The me of SIN
he might have called it Conservative WhggIsm
or Rlves Whiggery, or Rvrs Conservasm-or Rives
" hig Conservatism. Mr.. Pendleon not for the
form The nanebue Substance-tbat is, the for Yuid
pro quo-fnT the benefits of the renry-or the fruits
of The Coaition-viz putting down The Administration,
and putting in II. Clay. And ye. they profess TO
tell us, that they had such motives in vlew-that
Mr. Clay, the r. Wing, all the Wing presses orators,
aud followers were bent only rewardng the manly
Independence Of the rrtrcatng Senator. There is, Of
course, no nsncerIiy or deception in all this sham
and intrigue!
People of Virginia you see the game that they arc
attempting TO practise upon you But what especially
shall say TO those Conservatives, who have been ln
posed upon by the deception Of the Wings and coIlu
sion with some fc'g Conservative leaders? " hat say
yon, Col Barrett 6 Payne the Delegate from Fuvanna:
What say you, People "f Fluvanna, who have always
boosted Of your s,aunch Republican Principles will you
he thus hood -Seduccd gradually by hollow pro-
fsssons and pestent coalition, into The Of Wing
psm: Harnessed you will rresstbly be, 10 the car
ct Henry Clay, unless you act with the decision which
becomes your character? -Nolo is the time
awake, arise be forever fallen" into the hand, of
Mr.. Clay.
Some Of the most eng hlened politicians of the other
States attach The utmost Importance to the pending cleo
ton. One Of them writes, 81 consider The election in
Virginia as one OF the most important which has occur.
red since The adoption Of the Constitution II nav de-
eide Mr. V. Buren, fate. AT the present crisis should
the moral weight Of the Ancient Dominion be thrown
into the scale uf The Wings, the consequences may be
ruinous for the present, To the Democratic pary"-And
will any Republican faer in his course Will he idly
play upon the very edge Of the precpice; and suffer
himself 10 be drawn into the abyss;-WIIl he become
tool in the hands Of The Wings, the Wing Conserya.
tives. 10 put down Martin Van Buren, and elevate Henry
Clay; Can any Republican assist in any way, the coun-
e IL. l.e-