Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-21
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II your lofty airs and loud houstng could influence
tne rehect'y portion of your fellow citizens, you might
hler yourselves with hope of success, in refer
ence to your political designs Fortunately, however,
the voters OF this ancient Commonwealth too nde-
pendent and too intelligent 10 he dipped by you, and
hence your conduct excites their dcrson If you
not triumph by your clamor, you hope do by heap
ing upon your political opponents every opprobrions
epIte which the tools and scavcngers Of your party
can supply from their vulgar vocabulary. The Rich
mond Wing is regarded of your leading organs,
ana wherever known, II ranks high in the opinion OF
those politicians, who prefer abuse to argument, and
who, conscious of their versatility, admire paper
which VIII keepthem IN countrnance. "Loco Focus,
Tory party, "Rogncs and Royaliss," few of
the cpitbets bestowed upon the Republicans Of Virgil
MIA, by the Editors of the Whig-bcstowcd TOO, with
the uency, and might add stupidity, characteristic OF
hshwoman. Your party is well disciplined and
drilled, that whu;ever SAIL by your Editors adopted
and echoed throughout The :"ry Let the Editors OF
The Wing but abuse the Democrats Is Loco Focos
or "Rogucs and Royalists, and forthwith '.the little
dogs and all, Tray, Banch and Sweetheart open their
mouths and bark though they nearly starved for
the want sol the spoIls.
And who pray are the Editors Of the Richmond
Wing, that they should claim to be considered as the
political Solomons and Simon Pures Of Virginia. whose
edcs you should obey your peril lest they treat YOU
all rs they have done the Independent and talented
Bayly of Accomack, have asked the question, and
will answer it. To answer the question: must 60
back TO a date when many Of you at school,
shall begin in l-2i and when close | think of
you will admit TINT to political consistency the Rich
mond Wing has been Protcan than Proteus him
self.
In 1874, the Wing advocated the election Of John Q
Adams to the Presidency against VIM II. Crawford
prerrrng then the .Nohsrn candidate to the Southern.
In l52S, the Wing advocated the reelection of the
same Mr.. Adams in opposition to General Jackson,
and depl0rcd in pathetic strains the bad tendency of
tp nurin ::
administration, measure, however Federal met with
opposition from the Wing If Mr. Adams SAID Con-
gress sought not TO be PalSicd by the Will of their
stltuents. Mr. Plcasants thought and said diuo No
"collar print Obedient to the ''Tory party
of that day than the Wing.
In 1872 the Wing supported Mr.. Clay for the Prcsi-
dency, and John Sergeant, (ho Mc eGder che Ms
souri, Rcsirr0Hists COngrcSS for tic Vice PrcSideR-
cy-thus illustrating the sincerity and intensity of its
opposition 10 a Missouri Rcstrctionst, of which the
Whig has been lately preachng in opposition to lis prac
ftrc : years ago.
In 1896, the Wing supported Judge White, who was
the nominee of Caucus Of II members of Congress
from Tennessee, and Gen Harrison, who was nominal
ed by Convention Of H. delegates at Stanton, while it
warned the people against the support Of Mr. Van Buren,
because he was 50 unfortunate as TO receive the nom
nation of the Baltimore Convention, which was com
posed OF hundreds Of delegates from the several States
In 1884, the Wing denounced the removal Of the
Deposites and the Protest illegal, high. handed, &c,
and pronounced the supporters OF those measures as
:'palace slaves and Tories, of whom Judge White was
one. In an Editorial article of the Wing in January,
1885, the Editors saw Judge White has never finch
ed in supporting every ia'css thing that the mad pas
sions of jackson might suggest. But when the Wing
determined to support Judge White for the Presidency,
mark how gentle IT became towards hi.t,. The Wing
then said, that the Wing party supported Judge White,
because they Were convinced "that he supported the
outraSss Of Gen Jackson Scnat0r from Tennessee,
and not as II. L. Whi,r!!!!' What admirable logic!
How forgIving towards Judge White; yet this Justice
loving Editor never could that Mr.. Van Buren, in
voting for the Tariff Of ls25 lin conformity e nstruc
tons too) gave that vote 'as Senator from New York,
and not as NJ Y. BURN. Oh! no, this would be going
too far North and prohibited by duty the grand
Wing party.
hcu the manufacturers Of the North were from time
to time urging increase of the Tarf-which tended
to enrich the North and impover'sh the Souh-what
paper in Virginia advocated the protective system;
The Richmond Hhig.
When Randolph, Barbour, &c, were resisting the
increase of the Tariff with all their might, and our
Legislature engaged in passing strong resolutions
demonstrating against the protective SYSTEM what paper
in Virginia found to dcride the whole proceedings
of our Legislature, and 10 rid;cule Mcsss. Randolph
and Barbour for their hostility TO the Tariff:
The Richmond Uhig.
This paragon of consistency has advocated and OPP
posed, at different times, protective Tariff, Nullifca-
tion Internal improvements by the Fedc-al Govern
ment, and Bank of the L. S, and also the SabTrca-
sury Never did Editors s'wh about and turn about and
Jump jim Crow with more than these gentlemen.
Do you charge them with having advocated Bank of
the IT, S. opposed il; II is perfectly imrnaterla to
them, because, having written both sides, they can
prove By their f'cs that they have done both; and, of
course, y0a will allow Editor to defend himself by
referring to what he has said in times higone.
In 1880, the Wing certain of Gen. Harrison 5
eectiou-rrprcscnng him in his usual pnmppus strain,
as gong a.hcad Of Mr.. Van Buren,, 'with rapid and
nugmenting reiociy'' Mr. Peasants almost thought
Gen. Harrison's popularity propelled by steam
perhaps BY magic. Mr. P. had, suppose, about that
time, been reading Lavatcr, or studying Gamble work
on Phrcnology; for, meeting with Gen Harrison, he
eyed him with great sagacity, and announced TO the
readers of the Wing, that when he behrld Gen Har-
rison he saw "he lineamcnts of the next President.
Well time rolls on, and Mr. Van Buren, beat Harrison
and White bnth without "breakng trot." All good
Judges pronounced, before the on, that the
two last named horses were broken wnded spawned,
and, in short, unfit for active service. And so il turned
out Mr.. Van Buren, gained the race; and what did
the Wing then say, by way of comfort to its readers
and its party; In Noyember 1886, in lengthy edito-
rial the Editors Observed that at may be said of both
Judge White and Gen. Harrison, that neither held
,earm place in the affections Of The Uhgs!!'" Well,
Mr.. Peasants, this is singular, when now, in March,
$780, you praise Gen Harrison to the skies, and
present him having "crcr been true to the South
How ungrateful in your Virginia Wing friends, not to
allow Ien HARRISON "a warm place III their affections,
when, according to you he has scccr been true the
South But let that pass.
Who it, that in January 1886, reprovcd portion
of the people of Georgia, for nominating Judge Philip
P Barbour for The Vice Presidency, and assigned as
reason for that reproo that when the Proclamation
appeared he Judge Barbour) ''aras cold frog,
and dumb as oyster?
John Hampdcn Peasants, Esq
Who it, that in March, 1885, said ssThe coun-
Try in pcrilous condition to principle than
in 1795; that the doctrines Of The Proclamation are
more speepns md onahntng Of reserred rights, Man
those ,chirh rere embodied in the Sedttion Lao that
struck at a single right, these at aN'p
MIR. John II. Peasants
Who is it, that supports Gen. Harrison, who,
instead of being "as cold frog and dumb as an
oyster, about the Proclamation, declared that by is
suing that Proclamation Gen Jackson had rendered a
service to his country of greater magnitude than his
splendid victory at New Orleans'
The same consistency LOVING Mr.. Peasants of the
Wing. Who was it that at Chevot, Ohio, said, in
public Speech 81 recommend TO you The Proclamation of
the President of the U. S., issued on the 10th Decem-
Der last, and the % SPEECHES MR. WEBSTER, de-
vered in the Senate at the last session of Congress-
to the arguments of Mr. Calhoun, containing
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