Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-08
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friends, since the overwhelming defeat the Demo
crazy have met with throughout the Union, during
the late contest disposed to give mp, anu Despair
Of ever again triumphing over their willy adverse
res But for ourselves we can imagine no reason
for this-to US the picture looks bright and cheering,
and so far from perceving any thing to cause the
least uncasiness, every thing appears encouraging
as we could desire. In fact, we are inclined To
think that recent defeat will, IN tue end re.
dound TO our benefit, than We could nave pos
s;bly hoped for had we succeeded at the late con-
test; and although it may take years 10 place the
Democracy the samr high cminence as formerly lt
such must ultimately be the case; and then We shall
have no cause 10 fear of again being defeated by the
same desperate factions that have recently crushed
us to the earth To suppose that those factions Will
long continue 10 occupy their present positlon and
which they have obtained by the most giaring corrup
ton aud the most dsreputahle means ever csoTted TO
b. any party, in any country, would be To DOUBT inc
honesty and intelligence of the people, and Their capa-
city for self government The majority OF The people
are pure heart and their intentions are always good
but they arr at tunes susceptible Of being led asiray
bv the misrep presentations oi designing ana amhi'
tinus dcmarogucs, who would sell their country for
mess Of pnttagc to promote their individual ag-
rrandizcment-but, to the language OF Mr.. Van
Buren, sthc sober second thought of the people i sell
dom wrong, and always cfiicent-and when the misis
with which they arc surrounded at times Of high po
litical cxcitencnt have been dspeed BY the cnlvcn-
ing sunshine Of truth, the great body of country
men will become convinced of their error, and re-
nouncc all connection with that party or that body OF
men who have deceived them and made tools Of them,
merely for the purpose OF promoting their own inter
es,s even at the sacrifice of the best interests Of their
country. That such will eventually he the case,
have not the slightest doubt
But there is another reason for believing that the
Wing party will not be able TO retain their present po
s;tion for any great length G time, and that is The dit
fcn; ingredients Of which that party composed and
the various interests which will have 10 be consulted
nv the heads of tr Administration. 1t has ever
been the with opponents that so long as they
were arrayed solely against the Democracy when they
had individual interest 10 promote, no measures t"
advocate, and their only motive opposition TO the
present Administration, they were successful III their
endeavors to defeat the Democracy but whenever the
several interests OF these factions were suffered To
crme in contact with each other, and preference
was manifested towards the leaders of those various
factions aud their elevation 10 lucrative offices de-
ierinned upon then Whiggfrv was scattered 10 the
four winds If Heaven, and thu Democracy per-
United To carry every thing without scarce show oi
opposition Such the case in 1s3o, when The
Wings placed no less han four candidates for the Pres
dcncy before the people, each Of whom entertained
iinents particular questions, at variance with the
| other three. Daniel Webster was supported for that
high station by The ultra Frdrrnlists of the North
IN consequence of mis- strict adherence the principles
which they had entertained and advocated Henry
Clay was supported in consequence Of his views in
gard high Tariff, and the establishment of Ma
iional Bank. Judge White supported by the
Southern Wings, because he had expressed his oppos
ton 10 both of the measures; and William Henry
Harrison supported by another portion Of the oppo
si,ion, merely because he had attached In his name
the high surrounding title of General, and because he
believed he had declared himself to be-, "the
Oldest Mason in the United States and because
he had declared that che had been member of an
Abolition S"cieiy since he Is years Of age
And yet notwithstanding they had candidates to suit
the views ofall classes Of the Oppositinn they
unable to succeed with any of them, and Mr.. Van Bu-
was elected nv very considerable majority of the
electoral Not So however the late contest
The Wings in 1889, finding that it would be mpossi.
BILE succeed unless they "foowed in the footsteps
of the Democracy, and nominated candidate by
means of National Convention; and notwi,hsiand-
ing they had previously denounced such plan Of