Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-21
Mr.. Lcish and the Whig Central Committee.

Mr.. Leigh and the Wing Central L0mm,uer
The black portentous cloud IN the shape of Card
addressed 10 the members of the Wing Central Com
mlttee signed by b. w. Leigh, has to-day burst with
tremendous detunation on the devoted heads oil the
Republican Central Commtee-Poor "houseless heads
and unfrd Sides how could YOU "bide the pcing of
this pitlcss Storm; The dreadful note Of preparation,
left little for the puny Democrats TO expect, short OF
complete annihlaton. But thanks to the lmnutabIiIty
Of honest principles the omnipoence OF truth ana the
strength OF cause this notable manifesto OF the
Wing Committee, ostentaously heralded by The
Chairman and the Editorial member, has resulted IN
most ELAINE and impotent conclusion There are ma
ny statements in tins magnIloquent Address, liable 10
Just and easy OF renation; but propose 70
deal only with the proposition winch seems TO nave
gwen the greatest umbrage 10 the COMMITTEE, VIZ =
tj,o charUe that Gen Harrison FederalIst and Abo
litionist and that the Wings muet know it-lndc-
pendeny of the facts having been so repeatedly proved
and clearly made out from unqucstionab!e testimony
independently of the consideration that the Central
Whie Committee do not eier title Of evidence to
troyert those facts; independently of the confession
of the committee ITSELF that General Harrison was
less obnoxious to the Wings, than Mr.. Clay who they
say "havng been recently from his situation, more pro-
minentlv hostile their 1.-THE AbotonIsts misch,ev-
Gus scheme might therefore tor the present be more
prominently the object of their hostility independent
IL also Of the fact, that Gen Harrison silence on the
subject of his Abolition views though SO repeatedly
urged to give theIn not attempted to be SATISFACTORY
" accounted for By this puissant committee; propose,
by reference to authority quoted by the committee
themselves, to prove II entirely possible that the bell
weather of the committee himself may believe General
Harrison to be Fcderalist and Aboonist, nay, may
believe him to be any dang, and yet, according to hrs
own doctrines as to the ends and aims oil Convention,
may support his election In the debates OF the NIr-
gina Convention page l6c, Mr. Leigh SAID ~ speak
ing of the muttudes OF office seekers, linen hardly mt
for a clcrkship will aspire TO embassies, read to the
Presidency and further on, on the same page
"a WHY is 1t that upon all political questions, Pre-.
g sidential election, what not, the whole argu-
s. ment turns upon the single point, which SIDE VIII
get the majority Because that is the most citec-
" ual argument TO carry the majority; Tor, the party
" that shall prevail is 10 have the disposal OF honors,
and Offices and emolunens, and parzans are to he
g excited to exeron or acquired, only by the hope
g of reward" In the book page 400, you VIII
find the following views in relation to caucuses
nominating conventions expressed BY Mr. Leigh: 81
{" know the of Caucus has recently been discard
I" ed and that Caucuses, nowadays Conventions;
but the only difference IS IN the name-Caucuses or
Conventions to make regular nomination of candI-
dates, to discipline parties, to whip IN all who hope
share of the oares and fishes their turn, and TO
whip out all who shew disposition TO rebel against
/" regular nominaton.-They cheat the people with lic
show of popular electon the elective body, IN iac
/" is the Caucus-Where there is people capable OF
being drilled, there Will not be wanting leaders 70
" drill them. The freehoders of Virginia require no
/" Caucus Convention TO direct them now they are
to vote; they require drilling and would submit 10
none Now one not conversant with MIR. Lc'ghs
history subspqacntto the time when he expressed these
So nti,nents would think tiat his vrtuous indignation
was aroused that he utterly repudatrd and abhorred
sucb doctrines and PRACTICES and that his special object
was to put upon them the ban and anathema Of HIS po
tential influence. Blu, it seems Mr. Leigh had
such intention al the time, or if he had, he has seen
At to abandon it-for, he attended, and acted
spicuous part, in the Stanton Convention; md III
the Harrisburg Convention, when It openly
ed that the object to select available can
didatc and where, notwithstanding Mr. Lcighs devo
ton Mr. Clay, the Wanted Republican State Rights
Candidate ofthe Wing parity notwithstanding The objec
ton to Gen. Harrison, which then entertained and
unscrupulously avowed by Southern Wings notwith-
standing the immense plurality "fvoes on the first bal
lot given for Henry Clay, whom the Southern States
united; notwithstanding the votes given for VIM II