Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-01-26
ELln .L,EiE EN.n t,tRER
FOX IFE. E-NtS
MIR. ClVES AND THE WIG PAR

is there any evidence oil his being no" animated WIN
them; answer No; unless hereafter, unconditional
approval Of all the measures Of the Administration is TO
be the test Of membership in The Republican purity
VII lhe support OF a portion OF the Wing party under
present circumstances separate him from tie Republican
party, and connect him with them:
shall very briefly discuss hes. two questions 1t is ma
ucs that that portion OF the Administration party who
approve the Sublreasury, and seem wiling (as THINK
most iudscrrely) to stake the fate of Mr. an Barren
It's success. are making strong effort 10 inlIidae The
Conservatives, probably with the best motives, from the
support OF Mr. Rves, by arousing the suspicious OF his
old lriends-by charging him with being Nhig-and
presenting before hem If they vote fer him. the alarm
ing Of being also charged with being Wings
This no doubt will have its effect for time; but the
principles Of the Conservatives will bear the s,Iictes
scruliny-and no matter who may be associated with
them, their principles will viudCae heit title 10 Re
puhlcansm and that OF the puTest order, IN spite OF
this political bugbear. Our political brethren o! the
Sub Treasury committing on this OCCASION in their
incorporate but doubt well designed, opposition 10
Mr. Rves, the which often proved fatal to the
Wings They appealing 10 the passions and prelu.
does Of The people, and dIs'rnsng their intelligence
This canurOus charge that Ie IS Wing, ftderast,
is expected pass without any testimony. They
seem to expect Mr. R!yes to be stamped as Wing, be
cause psrchance portion Of the Wing party may vote
for him, after finding that they cannot elect wing,
when il reN knOwn las The result will proYe) that
"tie HhgS,' u party DO not mean to rOtc for
him, except to defeat Sub Treasury candidate In
that event, he is 10 be killed Off as FeGerast, when
he enlerains exactly the same opin9ns-hods the
principles he did, when he was the boast OF our
pariy-thc prop of General Jackson IN that trying crisis,
The reuora IF tie deposites from the Unitcd States B0ak
the living example of doctrine OF instructions.
But what makes him Wing "A portion OF the Wing
party willing 10 vote for him, believing they can
elect a Wing, and wishing TO deiea, Sub-Treasury
man The people, whatever may be their verdict un.
der the influence Of The excitement which may be kin.
died. when their sober second thoughts come 10 act,
will cry out, in spirit OF honest Indignation, You
have abused conidence-you have stimulated US TO
condemn an innocent man The peope-the deposit
tory of power, and purity Of purPose-wi say, You
tried MIR. Rivcs, and condemned him on insufficient
testimony he should have been tried by those unerrng
standards, the principles which the Two parties have
always divided and not by The most unstable OF all
rules-the support opposition of ncE-tditblc NTH
uhose rotircs are knomn only the nScr"taLe wisdom
Of The .7imigMy" And suppose Mr. Tucker, or some
other gentleman should be elected, think you Me peo
pie are such blind asses, that they will receive him as
fit representative Of s,ricGnd literal constructions
of the Cons,i,ulion-of our limited and welI-dehned
doctrines the powers of the General Government
merely because he voted for by certain leaders Of
the Republican party: They will say, MI Rrves may
have bee hastily condemned and Judge Tucker,
else, selected, not with regard 10 his political
prncipps but, possibly, because he the only man
who could defeat Mr.. ~ They will rail- for his previous
hstory-his political course in by gone days-and thank
Heaven they have intelligence enough 10 judge for
themselves.
But where is Inc evidence that Mr.. X. Is - w mig,
and should be abandoned by his old friends; Is II that
he continues to oppose the Sub1reasury: No-that is
unpopular measuret requires the people 10 pay their
debs 10 the Government in gold and silver, while bank
paper is good enough for hem-and then this gold and
silver is 10 be kept by officers appointed by The Execu
live, who may run off in steam vessel 10 England or
some where else, as Swarwout and Price have done.
Opposition This does not make him Wing
what then does He has ceDsured the Secretary Of the
Treasury for depong several millions of dollars in Mr
Biddles Bank Surely this can make him Wing; for
in 1884, all the Democrats in the country said i, was
right for Gen Jackson TO remove the deposes from the
United States Bank-and if it was right for Jackson to
remove them, (sud though, then and still think it was