Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-21
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,,an, rhcb has been made by the r. Whlg TO CONVEX,
,ba uSteyensun Dinner" into party Increment nu'
ye are never surprised by any course, wnicn he ,o
n,nd Wing may be pleased TO pursue II IS sun uue
- is vocation-still attempting to poison me Pupc
n5s,ill striving TO defeat every effort which may
h. made to beralize the sentiments oil our Sty' ,om
,n anv generous and liberal feeling ever De cheHsheu
~ Richmond, long the Wing organ is encouraged
soot It's poisoned into the bosom OF It's soce-
H. The dinner, which was gwen to alr, stevenson
an Tho | nh instant was one OF the most high-mhaeo
and heartfelt enterianments that was ever heio III .'s
country Every thing done to throw any thlhs
Ike party out Of view, during the whole evening. bu'
hs was really not so much the effort OF any Struggle
!, mt il down as of the unprecedented impulse OF
Generous sentiment The President declared IN ms
opening Address, that he had ieit all party ieeng De
hind hun: lust as the Turks were IN the habit oil leaving
their slippers II the doors of their chambers Ihe TACT
TIM, Parry Spirit did not once show It's front during
The whole entertainment. Never have We witnessed
such a scene as we then enjoyed. was there wing
gentleman present, whose feelings were woundeo ana
whose proper PRIDE and incest seps'bity were aec'ea
IN the slightest degree By any thing that passed "hat
then is the complaint Of the K wing: In what mise
rable way does it attempt TO fan the flame oil party
Why, that all the compliments were cohihea 10 tue
Democrats.
This pos,ion is not trne. II directly contradiced
nv the record before him. Were not the memories OF
Chief Justice Marshall and Judge Brockenoroush
toasted and treated with the most profound fespec,
Bat the Wing, finding himself caught IN his own aiic-
changes
no one said turkey once to a Icing Wing. But II
tbs were true, what was the reason: No tcshS be-
Aocrat was toasted, unless he were present anu no
one present was toasted with one exception, unless "
was known he was in the habit OF speaking IN puoc
The fact was the toast given as cue to The speech
The compliment was paid not as an evidence OF party
feeling but for the purpose oil knocking down he
,eman for speech Ii must be remarked, 100, lndl tue
largest proportion of the company consisted OF Demo-
Gratis So that there were more OF that party 10 give
10 tal nd
the Wings who we're present, highly respectable us they
were for character and attanments were IN the haoit OF
addressing audience. But was not distinguished
member Of the Executive who had co-operateo with
The Whus in the late Presidential contest toasted and
called out for a speech-and manly and eloquent
speech it was. Did not the President call upon two
Wings who oiciated, with great dignity as wee IRE
sdens, for their toasts One OF them, who was a
speaker unfortunately left the room at an early hour IN
the evening, in consequence OF hiS pressing engage
ments and he had disappeared before tue lhalr was
aware oft, Did not the Chair at an early hour, knock
down an ancient friend and decided wing Tor ms Toast
Did he not also call out another decided wing gente-
man for sentiment at the close OF the evening" ohe'
Whp gentlemen were called upon, from other guar
ters-and full opportunity was allowed theu 10 TOAST
their political friends They chose to waive their Pr-
yiIeres-and in fact no one dreamt OF paying parry
boners in the sentiment he expressed. But 1t any OF
the Who's had wished to pay this compliment 10 their
own political friends, whether they were present or
whether they absent we venture 10 say tha such
4 tribute given es it would have been IN the prope,
manner would have been respectfully received by all
The Company. We recoliect perfectly we'll, that two
toasts were sent TO the Chair in honor OF two oist-
,ruished politicians These are no great iaVo'es OF
the Wings. Ga the suggestion, that they might De
construed into party oasts they were immeo'aeiy ana
eheerfully withdrawn.
In ,rnth il idle and il mischievous, TO misre'
nresen this first and most remarkable attempt TO cele
brate public dinner without party distinctions.
What is better calculated to poison social intercourse
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Itself, than this disingenuous eiioIt 10 misep,ese
If this succeeds, we may well despair
OF any similar experiment. There never can De any
dinner given which was more remarkably stript OF al
party spirit--and more truly characterized oy leiio"
ship aud good feeling.
we must repel another nsinuation, which IS worthy
or the evil genius that controls its columns. IL rs
said that the Democrats have given this public dinner
in order to promote the election OF Mr. Stevenson
TO the Governors chair. The following IS the de
cent language Of the Wing "a great many people
are not quite SO soft as he CIR. y takes them tt
be- They thought the dinner looked one way ant
rowed another-they thought It was got up 10 SUP
cerye the scheme Of the Junto for eiecting MT ote
yenson Goyernor-hat the party character gwen te
was designed disguise its real obect-that by hight
ing under the mask they might the better promote the
wishes We tell the Enquirer that these suspicious
were and are rife; and tell hun, moreover, that th'
supposed want of candor has done as much TO deiea
his proe his excess Of discretion has done TO advance
Is the Richmond Wing really ignorant OF the TACT
that this dinner was spoken Of many weeks before mr.
Stevenson's arrival in Richmond: 1t was originally
r,oposed by warm personal friend Of his, who is
Wing: and he was expected in this city snfiicen
tim. before the meeting of the Legislature 10 pay hin
that pment before any ofthe. members could be pre-
sent-but the arrangements could not be maze IN TIME
His friends had then either to pretermt such com
plnen 10 one who had for than FIVE years faith
fully and ably served his country abroad-(see It.
proofs in the correspondence which is now coming out
or 10 incur the ilbera nsnua,ions OF such low sP's
a. The Wh;y They preferred the latter. Besides
they did not know that Mr. S. 10 be the candidate
oc the Republican Party. No man knows it to this mo
,nent. Other distinguished Democrats are spoken OIL
who have also served their country, and would grace
;he station.
Nel Proposition.
We have laid down before our readers the Report o
The Secretary at War-and we now lay before .neiI
The Reoort OF the Postmaster General. They VIII Dc