Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-06-14

OF Webster, &c "Figins il sli 10 lie Opposition
Indeed! all pnnniples TO be thrown sside-or ra
ahe all those haiocrd principles which have hitherto
constituted The shbboleh Of the Virginia faith are To
be cast away Questions Of inor consderaion
Whether man be Federast or Republican; whe.
ther he be for wide for street constructions all this
IS now TO be called "canl All This is 10 be despscd-
AL those great principles, TO which the Conservatives
or the State Rights Wings have been devoted are TO be
cast aside They TO sink swim with The Federal
WINGS Tor The great object Of putting OUT Mr.. Van
buren,, and putting ~ MI Clay Webster. because
disagrees with Mr.. Van lRren one rain. be IL Il,
abandonaii hia:principirs and go for whggrry Fete
raism atitnd'nous CONSTRUCTION, and Henry Clay. W
leave 10 The honest conservatives 10 pause and pon
der upon these revelations: VIII they stomach This prc
position? But we ask how far this doctrine suits all
the Wings themselves We will answer 70. the States
Right Wings that they. will no, swallow them. We
know at least that they have dssenled from them Does
any one demand The proof' We call upon Gen Bayly
Of Accomack to speak for He was one of The iui
PIac.icabes of the last winter and he declared him
self in the following strains, upon the floor Of The House
Mr.. Speaker, we are told that Mr.. Rves is opposed
10 the Administration and that that makes him good
Uhg cR0ugh-Or IN other Hcrds If he ,ril help US 10
PIT Mose rho OUT. and 10 put US ,eho are uuT u.s.
that this makes tim a Wig. Sir as Whip who has
Tough, long and adeny II not abIy in their ranks,
Indignantly repel his as an asperson. When
charged BY opponents with being party rrgardess
o. principle and only going for place, repealed The
accusation libel upon We have always claimed
totgh orprnciple, and only for principle md shall
oy our conduct, The truth Of the accusation of OPP.
ponens For one, Sir, cannot. l will notdo it,"
sain as to this proposed coalition between The Wings
and Conservatives, ahe finn Delegate ofAccomac says
al
''Mr Speaker, warn the Wing party against this
coalition This consolidation may slightly increase your
forces, but put it 10 the Wings, if the small
OF numbers which they will gain, in The mere handful
OF Conservatives, will compensate them for The loss #
moral poUa which they mus, sustain; |, is in vain for
gentlemen o;lel me that. their purposes pure-he
that'as taaay, will not your honesty be suspected
and will the party be able 10 that suspcion'
No party an anyJrce country. can prosper, The honesty
Of nhose purposes is dOuLtd iapp,ai 10 Tie history
Of the past for single instance IF any party icing
ptrmanenty@ tsa.fned by coalition 'eih ats oppo
nents What true hearted Enelslman does not mourn
the fatal conjunction between North and Fox
Has The recollection of it even now, after the lapse Of
years. and when The parties il gathered 10 their
fathers, ceased to cast gloom the countenances Of
The admirers of human greatness? What devotee TO
his counys glory does not sigh this first false step
of The Denusthenian champion Of English liberty? ?
Turn your eyes to this country. Has Mr.. Clay lived
down The distbst creuted:by ill-suslaned charge
Of coalition with MIR Adams' Wha, brightness has il
not obscurvd What splendid services has moi caused
10 be forgoiten,'