Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-07-30

- puu,Isned in The Mig. Tie mover nr The resn-
lulions sad, the object Of The meeting was. To carry into
ELECT lhe recommendations nf The Whip Cenlrnl Com
mIit1e Of the State nr Virginia, bnt omitted entirely 10
ieis the people who appointed said cmmil,e or by
what authority an irresponsible, self constituted unto of
it!chniond nannaeis dared usnrp the Jurisdiction of
virginia, ard send forth their mauds mn 10 the ppople
TO meet and send delegates TO SIaunlnn or else where.-
Tie omitted also to defend said Committee, in the false
and insulting avownl, that The present Chief Magistrate
was wholly unworthy Of The high station he flls-an
avowal, be il re membered made by men CLAIMING credit
lor intelligence and PATRIOTISM, when it is well known,
That no longer than The last session of Congress, thai
BODY mad gwen such an assertion a FIAT lie, by an unani.
nous vote, placing al his discretion fly thousand men
and Ten millions Of dollars, 10 be used. il in his discre-
uoh u should be necessary. 10 resist British aggression
On our North eastern frontier-nn avnwal, made in the
lace also OF the multiplied and increasing evidences of
approbaiion, on the part Of the whole people, of his ndmi.
n'strallon. a committee of men,. responsible or ire.
sponsihle, 10 have ha2arded such an unqualified assertion
in the face Of facts and open day, must have possessed
a degree OF hardihood and recklessness known only 10
The bitterest enemies of mankind.
IL will be seen, however, that whilst the resolutions
express a Willingness 10 abide by the nomination al Har.
rlsburg, care was taken 10 eulogise the tdistipquished
statesman OF The West"-dislinguished, It's true. but
for any thing than honorable TO human nature-dis,in
guisi1ed Tor his apnstacy from The Republican freedom OF
our fathers-as the recipient of fees and Jarors from a
National Bank-as the leader of the rag mouey IS. The
landed lnteresi-u a thrice defeated a pirant to the Pre-.
sidency They recommen also Mr.. Leigh, as a de
iegate 10 Harrisburg, in the event it should be deemed
best by the StauIlon Convention To send delegates here,
instead themselves Of taking the responsibility to re.
commend an independent ticket for President and Vice
President-"Pa noble ratrum' as Randolph would say.
II Clay Tor President and B. W. Leigh for Delegate =
The same Leigh, denounced some years ago by The (.
Wing as a century behind the age and as monarchist-
The same Leigh, who boasts that he is an srisiocrat-
The same Leigh, who in the Virginia Convention said,
a man who labored never ught, never should, and never
can take a part in politics These, then, are The men
selected as exponents Of Wing principles. Let The peo
pie look well to them.
One circumstance took place, of q character TO illus
trate the doctrine of passive obedience. always inculca.
ted as the chief article of faith in the Wing church. 1t
Is no less q crime than high treason, for a good and IOyal
Wing 10 dissent from or OBJECT 10 my sentiment or
principle, however monslrous, If il only have the sane
ton OF The name of The high priest of their Church -
When the Chairman (by the bye, a most eslimnble mun)
put The resolutions for adoption, some individual in the
company answered "No;' which SO much discontinued
him, that some time elapsed before he got his riph, ba.
lance again When he rightcd up, however, he observed:
This IS a wing meeting aud none but Wings are ex
pected TO vote on the resolutions-lf there be any Hin
present who objects TO the resolutions, lei him sprak
Nothing was replied, and the matter ended. II WINS said
that the individual who voted against The resolutions
was a Democrat, and Inexperienced the character of
The meeting-ubuut this, know nothing-il may. or i,
may not be so; but If so, the idea of q Wings ohiecting
TO resolutions which had Just then been reud for The first
time resolutions, too, which had performed the mar
rage ceremony between Conservatism and Whipaery,
in q county represented by on impracticnble " hg and
itself impracticable, it should have seemed would no,
have been SO very urprising-but SO violent q breach of
"hIg morality was il regarded, tina, the meeting felt
called upon 10 silence or purge itself OF, the " %unruIy"
member. Upon The Whole, regard The meeting in part
as a hint 10 MI. Walker TO be a little more pranicQUci in
tuture-He occupies now, high and elevated ground.
head and shoulders above that class Of politicians who
would justify, on the score Of expediency, the violation
Of any moral or political principle. 1t remains 10 be
seen, whether three CT four individuals will succee in
deterring him from the path of duty and principle-He
Is deservedly popular, and the people will sustain him
IN his lmpractlcabIhty. But The best is yet - CONF; be.
cause in il IS 10 be found a 'Crowned Head" for Wliig.
gerry. After the meeting dispersed and the enemy de
camped, | had The curiosity To view the ground-that
sort OF curiosity any one would feel in walking over and
crlticising the footsteps of the enemy, picking up this,
wondering, admiring, shuddering, and then, that, with a
similar succession of sensations-a curiosity not unlike
what the white man, chased from his habitation by the
yelling savage, feels on his return, when he finds his
house %plundered and his plantation a waste. On one Of
these relics was found the following inscription, evident.
should prove successful in their objects, that The Banks
lions Of the country, and Monarchy as a consequence
ensue. | give ii verGatim ct Hterntim:
Har,is0nGurg COnrenti0n.
Sfaunion Convention, 25M Sfpt.. 1889.
HsStmorctand Contention, july 81.
Rothschid 4. Co., London.
L0rd .MeibUurRc.
Queen Fictoria = Pretoria Queen.
A pretty scrap, indeed, 10 be found about a WING Con.
venlion-straw show The direction Of the wind-rtr.
bum sat-RoIhschlld g. Co, Money Kings!
Yours, &c, AN OBSERVER.