Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-14

onnnna and inpudence Honesty and truth, not "t"c
and cunning The chosen weapons IN our cohi''c
the "Proean Monster" therefore, d" mol u'uu' WV
.Ritchie" will again admit Just such correspondence 80
"a Democratic Repubcan' into h7 co'umhs, ""'
warn their ie!!ow.cIens Of the South 10 beware ,m
they longer sport with Whiggcry, mat hi'"S'' w. w.
c1np llcalions of political n'4u'y' II Is I;,al nor,y
genderng in our country that species "' Pt, ,ro
which in all ms time has been The i"st r.
sc,iniive md boo;y that ever Chrlsendohi WIS y,
with from Peter the Hermit TO inc i""a,, ba,;;ng
Oliver Cromwell. A Relisn .roiuco parry ,rba ,rrorJ
10 between the Wings and aooh''on'S''t tInct sri
I,rm,e,n, Noab is snnmoning together Inc o"I" sd "a
49,, d ,ho b,e spifi,s the white spirits anu .''e ~
,,, Com the East West North and Sooth' ~ i,s
hinder The banner of Henry Clay, Tor inc j.;
lion Of Whirrpry and Abolition. MS NV. ,,,s If
V;,oi,;n are splitting their cheeks 10 p'p'"S 49,
,:e, ., r.ll Nm in one lraternal band VI Nh'Rg't!'
III ,L ,,,ies and fanatics of The nat'on. 'n'S " ~.
so,, If poIiiicians who rob andoppfess o' o"'. -
and uurder as they pretend, 10 au'an'e M 49, j.;
on" DO ~ Peace will not every ifiend OF our III
'!e ,,or, his utuns. efforts 10 drive The monster,
Dj,;ni Eh;pofry from the land o! his i'ePuo'lc"i "
ccsorss Tnf my own part, II c0u!a eHt't wv.
,h4, ard possessed The activity OF Afiei' sucn 70 NY
- ac The threatening danger 10 the rights ana ior''
,h whole South that would ring The alarm III
,r ,,s Of every voter in Virginia and urge hm' ~
eve,v consideration dear 10 ireemen, 10 rush 10 e 0
nm the A., Thursday in this month. ,,, :;
.Cos,,r,,or" thinks "a Democratic RePuoiicah Is
Fod,,o1 office holder. He says, 1.-THE eat-narKs are
&C., ;.;n 20 he mistaken" Such is their own utter asS
,;,,,;nn Of all patriotic molve-such Their longing en-
of The poor office holders, that these pure sS -" ~
Io,y no man. however humble, or howeVef 'Aa'"u ,"'
his v;r,ues and talents TO forth IN defence OF us
o,r,,v Tram ns,Iioic motives "a Democratic hePu'
lican"s no Federal oiiceholder, nor Is ne ser nv ~
office And if he either non co"s'at 'iat ne Guy
no, be patriot He ranks (where It MS Pf'"e " W.
nmonp the yeomanry of Virginia. iirs'na", "ie "
whose revrred ancestors, for three gehefaur
repose in the soil Of his nativity, where ne r"P u.s.
buncs shall rest if not beached on the "c'cs "
on which he may have ial'en, in eeehce " "e'
ogains, the kindred coalition OF Whggcry ana Aoo'
ton. w,;
"a Democratic Republican" affirmed that h'gcety
and Abo!IiioniSm have a common origin. lhey '"t"
uripnatcd in funacism, and every tue AhoNt'"ns' ~
as necessarily Wing. every true negro Is necessarily
of the African race. Learned lheban as may De- l
know whereof Affirm. 60 further, ana aht1h, 'nee
never was Wing of any historical note, IN The wh"e
kingdom Of Great Britain, who did not profess 10 ce
Mona,chist Cromwells followers called themselves
Eovndhe0ds The only difference (merely Pclcan eve!
pretended BY English Wings between tiieTsPlree ana
the Tories was. that the Wings were IN favor OF more
limited monarchy than the Torres. IT Russell ana o'u
nev ard llafnpden were Wings, then so was oiiVer
Cromwell n Whiy And who doubts he was n lana
tic and kuave: Sidney was certainly no wing, Du'
u good Democratic Republican! lie therefore ABANDON
ed Cromwell in disgust, on his usurPation. W WI -, as
tra,cr DENY in the face OF history. that Robert wal
pole wGs Nhg; and that il is 10 this pure wing
The poor miserable enslaved English people are noeot
ed for the "dious oppression OF SeP'ennal farI'ane's
Now. "lhe learned Theban will concescenu 10 zen
Mr. ,'Cas,iIuor who these petitioners were; and iur'
Their he will undertake To identify them with "hggefy
and show them 10 be the ancestors OF The Abolition
r-eacher Thompson, who made his appearance ID his
country some years ngo 10 stir up Aboonism and or
panze Abolition Societies, to pc'tOn Congress on lhat
subject as their brother Wings did about the DfPos''es
LII US keep mind the manifest difference ne'"eeh
our Constitution and Government, aad the Consutu
ton and Government of England, and It VIII De
cutie apparent, that although our modern wings ana
ibo,nnisls are collateral branches OF The old wing
stock there is nothing in the name or character oi De-
mocutic Republicans that bears the least resemblance
to the old 7orisS Wings and Tories eequniiy iorelgn
aud eGulily hostile 10 the genius and spirit oi RePnb
con;sn /, is than idle, in knaviSh and clustering
hrus To talk of Executive prernga,ive There Is no
such ihing know institutions or our people, either
in theory practice, the term understood IN Eng
land We have claim preroga've To strive against
usurpaons to fear on the part OF our pubic servants
guarded and restrained they are By the Constitution
ord Laws aud watched hy intelligent people jealous
cf their liberties Our greatest danger from Inc as
sumed prerngative Of such Wings as Mr. Casuga,or
and the Abolition petitioners Let be recoeced also"
that in this Republic have crown. court party
no established church. no King. and soptennai par
Lament, Let keep all these things in mind, and then.
fnr the better information OF "Castigaior, we VIII TEL
him in the words of David Hume who these PetH,o"tTS
wcre-men women, children, and ALL just SUCH sup
pose as send up Abolition petitions Congress by the
thousand, since the great Scotch Abotionst, h"hp
son. among them on his GRAND oil love Tor Aie'
o." ihmutuous petIlionng was one of the Chief nrh
ces by which the mnlconlens in the last reign had
attacked the Crown-and though the manner OF sub
scribng aud delivering petitions was now some~hat
regulated by act of parliament, the thing Itself sui
remained: and was an admirable expedient Tor IN
testing the Court, for spreading discomfort and
for uniting the nation popular camnr.-
AS the King found no law by which be could pun
sh those imporluna'e, and rs lie deemed Them, IN
duliiuI solicitations, lie obliged to encounter them
by popular applications of contrary tendency
nIlpI adj
dresses were framed containing expressions oi The
hichrst regard for his Maj 'sty, the most cnIfc acqu
esccnce in his sdom, The most durful submission 10
his prcrogatvc, and the utmost nbhorrcRce OF those
no endcayorCd 70 encrUach uron ii by prescribing TO
HIM any time for assembling the Parliament Thus
the 10 he distinguished into petitioners and
rbhOrrtrS Factions were indeed al this lime extreme
" animated against each other The very names by
which each party denominatPd lis antagonist, disco
YER the virulcnce and ranconr which prevailed
For besides the petitioners and abhoer appelIatons
which were forgotten: this year is remarkable Tor
being the epoch of the well known ephets of Wing
& and Tory by which, and sometimes without any ma
ttria difrrcncc this island has been long divided
The court party reproached their antagonists with their
affinity 10 the tauatical conven,icers IN Scotland who
were known by The name Of HhigS. The country party
found Il resemblance between the courers and the
popsh bandi,,i in Ireland, to whom the aPrcatiUn OF
Tory was affixed Ard after this manner, these to0i.
ISL terms Of rcpr0arh came into pubic and general use
Here then have The true origin Of Political Wig
eery Like AbolIionism, il born Of FanaiIcsm, the
mother Of many denominations. Political Whiggery and
Abolition then, are full sisters. Why should they no,
assnilae and coaesce at the North: Bot The true cha
racrer Of Political Whiggery was not fully developed
until il worked It's way into power on the accession Of
George to the throne Of England; when that great
and pure" Wing, Rober, Wnlpor, bozoncd lis hide
Gus deformi,ies The world, brought the great Of
The people of England back into slavery and filled the
nation with corruption. Whggery by The aid OF her
sister Aho,onsm get into po'cer, in this country
before people be brought the lowest depths Of
political slavery and personal degradation.
This subject in oil its bearings on the interests Of the
South md The Union is copious and nome ntous for
one or Two short and hasiy communications. lldemands
the serious attention and the pens Of ADLER men should
be traitor 10 he land Of my birth if did not against
it with all my feeble abilities My warfare is against po
ltical Hhiggtry have quarrel with individuals
who from carelessness msrep unaccount
able preudices, any other cause, have allowed ,hei'