Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-01
POLITICAL.
MIR. DIXON II. LEWIS
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s,,nressng Democratic documents, no doubt WIN
81 or GIVING upon the principle OF your party,
s,,no,onoiu 10 the circulation OF Wing documents :.
The Wing Central Committee, VIII you answer 49,
The country whether you have had any
either directly or indirectly, with this Comm''tce
tnnw Sir have no right 10 insist upon an answer '"
,bis IN st;on but conscious innocence 'shuns no l
tion and wears mask. wish to know, anu H.
The country to know, whether you nave socl'eu
,nents from them, while you have reJected 'Ie' III
mo In short, wish il known, how tar you nave nau
INV alliance or connection with them beyond lhat o
belonging to the party Of which they are Tue
leaders and heal. The pernence OF 'nese ques.,oHs
,,,v seem 10 grow out Of the old adagc, 'lal 'a "
49,, ,.a, T., ,bs companv he keeps But, Sir, acqnn
you of any other charge, than that OF intimate o'
association with those, who shall prove !" YOU u'e ~
pnworthy that, in the face OF the community -
must feel ashamed of any association win 'h'i, t'
10 the extent of belonging to the same party 10 wne'
they are attached shall show, by circular e.'et
from them that they have solicited The appointment :"
Executive Corresponding Committees, ioi 'ie Pu'po
of county organization; and DOUBT W ., " 10
,hav have moi such committee secretly afpoLii'eo az"
unknown to the people IN that capaclly' ou, 'a'",
performing the behcsts of the Great lcitfa '"to a.
this place and should not be CANDID, were ""u -
state frankly nv suspicious that you are yoursel
,ncuber of such committee and were so at the tune Oh
Kendinp back my document, although perhaps you I
not known as such to so men in Dallas county. De
thi. as it may, this Central COMMITTEE mas pee" en-
resnondinp Executive Committees IN the several couh
lies as have reason to know That they nave IN o'
places more perfect list of names than nave oeeh
able 10 procure, also know; and that heir kno"euss
in relation 10 political movements IN many parts VI my
District and particularly in my own county, IS more
minute and accurate than my own, am tnliy con-
vinced In addition TO this most perfect Pon''cai OF
nanzaton ever known, except by thessame parry "a
the Reign of Terror this Central Committee mas cicu-
lated during the present session. an amount OF aocu
ments beyond The pacnngry ability OF any party mol
containing within is ranks nnetenths OF 'he "to1s
of paper money have received letters upon ist'els
from NV friends complaining that tins committee were
oodino the country with 10 Wing documents Tor every
Democratic document that | could send them; ana
when at last, and my Democratic coiIeagoes lounI
we could no longer compete in means WIN ms Seiti"
Committee enriched, we believed, by contributions
from Banks struggling 10 regain The use OF the puoic
revenue as fund upon which to predicate ne" 'ses
Of paper money, appealed IN ccuiar 70 our ps
,nocratic constituents urging them to meet ms po
cal organization Of opponents by one as powe'iu
on their part and also suggested the proPTey OF poiuh
tary contributions to extend the circulation OF Deh,'
cratic documents, in some sort 10 equai me
ton of our opponents; and Tor this we were dsfohhceo
from one end of the Union TO the other, rs We hao eeh
guilty of an act of treason to the country. ouF e'
suIar was paraded the public prints with the WORDS
SECRET CIRCULAR, printed above, although no
such words were be found in the crignal ana every
effort had been used by TO make 1t pbtc instead o.
n seeret circular But Sir, have gone too far IN tins
iirression 10 prove that Whggery condemns IN otnefs
what l. thinks perfectly right to practise itseii-ana
come back to the Wing Contra! Committee, CONSISTING
of members Of Congress tins place, and now assert
that of that COMMITTEE which is the accredited head o.
tie present UhiS party throughout the u STATES lhree OF
its members, to wit john c. Clark, Truman smith ana
Leverett Saltonstall, Qhe latter an avowed advocate
and abettor of the Hartford Convenslon are
rEssED AnoLrIoSsrs, pledged TO carry out, IN ther
ocal the avowed objects of the present Abo-
ltioa party
aOn the 2sth of January last the following, as APP
pears bv the Journals added to the standing rules
of the House Of Representatives, and IS, what mas heen
denounced ne the Ahol,ioniss as the "GaS Resolution
al The present Session "No petition, memorial resolu-
ton or other paper praying the abolition oil slavery IN
the District of Columbia, any State or territory, Of
fhe slave trade between the States OF territories OF lh
3Jpted States in which it exists, sha!i be received
Nv this Housc or entertained in any way whatever.
In examinn. the vote recorded upon this resolution
in the Journals find that John Minor Bolts ana hce
Garland voted for IL and that John y SiarR' rui ~
Smith Leverctt SasonstaIl, Charles Naylor, Moses IL.
Grnnell and John Bell voted against It, Inc lalter
gentleman being Of only three Southern men IN OPP
position to it, On this question, Thomas Cor"n VOC
is not to be found Here have six members out OF
eight of the committee, who voted on the proposit'on
voting against it. although was introduced expressly
sor the purpose ofpreventn5 Abolition agitation on the
floor of Congress. To Judge how Mr. C"rwin would
probably have voted had he been present. have looked
back TO the Journals of the Last session, and nd thai
on the 18th December 1888, the following resolution,
moved By Mr.. Athcrton, Northern Democrat, and
called by the Abolitionsts the Gag Resolution OF
that sesson-"And that every petitions memorial reso
Iuton proposition paper touching, or relating III any
or 10 any extent whatever to slavery as aforesaid
or the abolition thereof SHALL on the presentation here
of, without aBy further acton thereon, DC iaia "r'n
the table without Icing debated, printed, or reier,ca
In opposition TO this resolution, hnd Iccorneu 'he
na., of Thomas C0rtcn, together with ms coieasues
on the committee John Bell, John u CLARK, Snares
Naylor and Leverett Sionstall, being every member
Of the Central Committee, who was member OF tie
last Congress except Rice Garland. f'ir 'heh' we
have the striking result Of the great Central COMMITTEE
of the Wing party this place, CONSIST ny oil mn"
members, seven Of whom at the present session nave
opposed the only possible means OF banshng ho'it"n
petitions and interference from the halls oil iegiSal
FIVE of six of whom, the last session, threw their
weight into the same scale | have presented these
facts to prove that ont of these n.e gentle
men Abolitionsts, but to show that IN the ofgan
cation of the committee, the Abolition, rather than the
anti ABOLITION, feelings OF the Wing party greatly pre-
ponderated | find, by examining the vote on the re-
solution of this session. above referred TO- that of los
Wings who gave tEe votes upon the question, 20 were
opposed to the resolution, and Is were IN favor OF it
On the Anterior resolution OF the last session. out of
In2 Wb;o votes piyen So were in favor of, and GS
AGAINST II These votes, at two successive sessions,
prove conclusively that the Wing party IN the proper
ton of nearly TO are in favor OF receiving Abolition
petitions and but for the fact that an immense mao
ty of the Democrats opposed to IT. they Woua LOT
the last two years. have had full OF inc Rouse
of Representatives, theatre for Abolition
As favorable however, the constitution OF tne wing
party NAV be the agitation efforts OF the Aooloss
this committee is even more acceptable to them con-
tanning three out of nine members regular du,t f6o
tionists: and seren of them willing to receive ana OF
course to consider, discuss and decide on Abolition pc
tjtions What more could the Aboi;ionsts ask IN the
consultation of committee vested with the Erecutire
Poper and carrying with it the sanction and the auho,
yitu of the GREAT WIG PARTY, and specially charged
with the election of William Henry Harrison to the
Presidency ] ask you, Sir, the organization OF
.b;. committee be the result of accident design ls