Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-04
Scenes in Richmond.


self mistaken. eve understand, (says its Edrtcr,l
that ali The sinprac!:crhcs had surrendered their pre-
iudces except on, and that hlr Rivcs election
pretty ccrtan-if c!ectiun gone INTO Three
ImpTac.icablcs stood their ground ltapracticahc aud
immnYable. II is true, that others changed their
position and came round to the rctrcatng Ex-senator.
1t is true that letter from him 10 his New York Cor
respondent was adroilly let off, in time to reach Rich
mond 1t is true that MIR Rives took the field him.
self at last Albenarle Court-and whilst refusing to
give any public pledges, in black and white, did giro
ont in the of conversation, his preference for
Gen Harrison: all which was duly reported in the Me-
tropos 1t is true, that efforts spared no APP
plianccs withheld to operate on the hesitatng
members. 1t is true, that manifold appeals were made
TO the force of party feelings, and of personal consde-
rations 1t is true that the efficacy Of the patent ma
chincrv of Caucus tr;ed-that even bargains
were attempted to b. driven-that proposition
made to elect Wing Senator, and to make Mr.. Rves
Governor. Il g equally true, that proposition was
made, and urged again and again in the Wing organ,
to make of these lmpractcables Governor OF the
State, which he promptly came forward and declined
But these arguments and these appeals were thrown
away upon three Of the lmpracticnbes fourth one,
who declared it impossible for him to vote either for
Rvcs for Alason induced to yield to the appeals
of letter signed BY eighteen gentlemen protcSSiH" To
speak in the of the Wings of his neghborhood;
and this letter emanatng from the vicinity of the Wing
candidate for the Vice Presidency As between Rvcs
and Mason, this umiabe and intelligent Representative
vas reguesed mot nstrneed 10 vote for Rves against
Mason; and he did so, until yielding to his political
synpathics, he himself put III nomination Wing can
d.date; declaring that he would thcncc!oTtl give up
r. Rives altogether, and adhere 10 John Aen TO the
end of the chapter. II is true, that the Wings hoped
to operate upon the other three mpractica5ics-tha
they attempting to put the screws upon them,
through certain informal instructions, got up (as Gen
Bayly sadly by few Courthouse politicians, not signed
BY majority of their constituents when, Mr. Goode
most emphatica!y and conclrsivcly showed, such mea
could scarcely be perfectly fair and reciprocal And
surely nothing be clearer that if party appeals
to popular opinion, the other ought TO enjoy an equal
opportunity-lf the Wings appeal to Gloucester
and Warwick, and Accomack, the Democrats ought to
have equally fair opportunity of appealing % the dis
tant counties Of RUSSELL and Pocahontas and Logan
and Bath, and MonongalIa is also true that tocd
the Wings are in electng Mr.. Rivcs the Wing Exc
cutioDcr is attempting 10 lop off the heads of the three
rccusant Wings and to lay upon their shoulders the
responsibility Of defeating the election of Senator
remembering 10 forget, that lmpracticable as they
WERE they pledged themselves to vote for any
of hundred candidates that might be nameL--whilst
there fur other gentlemen in the Legislature,
more refractory more mpraccabc even than they fer
they refused to take any other than W {. Rlves
These three lnpractcables did hold out against Mr.
Rivcs though they voted for John J. Allen, and would
have voted with their party for various other candidates
The fate of these three lmpraccablc Wings has been
hard indeed. II tcy urged, ''wc viii for any Wing
for an hundred fyow please, but cannot go for VIM
O. RivcS declared publicly To our people last Spring
that we could not and would not what are they told
in the face of tue House; An eloquent and earnest
nrs,rance addressed to them BY Of the leading
and ablcst Wings on the floor that such declarations
could not now be considered obligatory: that no
stump rommtal ought to bind these gentlemen; that
state of things had arisen since the last Spring, which
would Justify such change; and that since these
pledges had been made. issuss had been made up
under different circumstances alludng probably to the
nomination Of Gen. Harrison at Harrisburg Mr. Rivcs
declaring for this nomination. and going the
Wing parv9 But whilst this language was openly
held towards the mpractcable Wings, different tone
employed towards the Imprac!;cablc Conservatives
"rhe for The goose not for the gan
der. 1t was said that they could not join in voting
for Wing Senator; that their position understood
that they had stood the their respective
ties pledged to vote for Mr. Rives and that they could
violate the pledges they had given their consti.
tuents without orieltin. their selfrcspect But
there for them too since the last Spring.
Was Mr.. Rives abandon the Republican banner and
ga to the Harrison cause, and Join the Whgs-and
were the Conservatives bound TO their declarations
whilst similar issue 10 hold entire dispense.
ton to the Impraccable Wings? We do not understand
this species Of logic: but it would really seem every
benefit is to be extended TO The Conservatives They are
to be woced in any event Their present cooperation
their final amalaamaon to be obtained at any rate
The responsibility of defeating the Senatorial election
is to be anxiousy shifted from the shoulders of the FIVE
Conservatives to the three Impracticable Wings These
three Wings - be formally drummed out Of the
camp; whilst the choicest quarters and ample pr3yan.