Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-11-29
RICHMOND. Va, TUESDAY, NOV. 20. 1910
A " NC CONVENTION.

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RICHMOND, Va, TUESDAY, NOV. 20, Isl2
AWHIC CONVENTION
The extraordinary defeats of the Wings have =,
founded them in their mid Some of he
abandon The Ut Mr.. Clay as hopeless. O,b.,
begin 10 think that they have chance OF carrys,
him. except bv more complete union OF their scas
party upon him Already they are changing their nos
and instead Of crying up "Henry Clay, not subiec, .
the decision Of National Convention, we see some =,
their organs breaking ground in favor Of Conyen,c5
| The "Chilcothe Gazette" strongly urges The Dr.,
priety Of Convention.
The "Lcxington (K) In!egencer, in lis mmei
ate neighborhood, comes out in favor OF CoErentcp
but enforces has claims, and asks, "Who so W.,
command army as its General in thousand cor
bats, with his many scars, all IN fronts Who shall
rally the troops and give them confidence and iaalt
umph Mr. Clay himself could not, If be would, Tan.
fer his towering popularity to any other leader, rs
more than he could his past history. His urs
warded services and suierngs in the Wing cscs
have made him bone Of their bone, and no base fer
timid poiiey will ever induce them TO give him up 9,
! abandon hun. The nomination, then, of .laiosa
Convention, rather lis ratification OF the Peoplts 70
minat0 already made, would, in our opinion, give L
such conclusive evidence Of public sentiment as wouc
induce him 10 accept the position thus assigned him.
While on this subject, We hope we may be rardon,l
for suggesting the city Of Baltimore The place t
holding the Convention, ms most accessible from Ii.
West, and equally with any other city on the
board to the South and North. The time about Tie
ID Monday in December, lS43, 10 he as numsrou.y
attended convenient, with power for each deeealoa
the full electoral vote OF the State Represented
This will place the and distant States upon PEI.
feet equality, and express the voice OF the Eecl'n
College
| The New York Express has at last protruded b.
head gu, Of his SHE'LL and is openly secondng the pa:
position il halls with pleasure, the meeting Of such
body "for the nomination Of candidate for Presder
as we'll Vice President "Let it be understood thg
the Convention will meet for both purposes, and in a.
human probability Mr. Clay will receive the unanimous
support Of the Convention, if he will consent 10 be
candidate, as wehope he will And the Express says:
"Such is the opinion We have OF Henry Clay an:
though mol among those Who have battled often viii
his ill-udged friends, have that faith IN cur owl
councils which teaches Us 10 believe that MIR. Clayi
would have been much more in the ascendant ,ta
it is if our councils had prevailed "A mans eneml
are often those Of his household and il ever
man wounded in the house Of his friends, II Is er
~ Clay. We mean his Jealous, mi udcious, set
wed self exalted and self assuming friends, who i;t
SO much upon themselves, and in manner SO offensive
that they make some lukewarm, some Indifferent. al
others angry. Such has been the offence OF many III
such the consequence.
The "Baltimore American, although it had deemti
no such Convention TO be necessary, as MIR. Clay s'c
so lar ahead OF a!l competitors "tha no other ccud
looked 10 as the candidate OF the Wings, yet wlt;
TO concur with Lny Of the Wings in such proposltt
II says "If there any who think that greater en-!
and concentration could he had by means oil Conver
ton if there any who have doubts as 10 The re-!
choice Of the party, who think that fairness requH'
that Convention should be called, a:e sure ,ha,Le
Wings in this quarter will readily accede 10 such
proposition. That the result Off Convention would he
The nomination Ct Mr.. Clay, we have no doubt lie :s
been nominated already in So many States that Tier.
be 10 question the determined purpose
Of the great Wing party 10 unite heartily upon hm
Yet is well enough that all things should be done
order
The question: however, not certain, as the "Aln'
rican" supposes General Scott has strong ntere',
which will tell again, it did at Harrisburg MI Chy
cannot carry New York, where he is weaker than bis
compettor-nor Pennsylvania where the anti Neson'
vii! not abandon Scoit-nor Ohio-we throw Virginia
out Of the quesUn-tor neither Clay nor Scots ires
can seriously entertain hopes of success. They ha'!
no glimmerng Of hope in the Old Dominion, II !he
Republican party do their duty-keep their men un'es,
and 90 to the polls. Gut The Wings must man'se
their affairs their own way.
The Savannah Republican has no idea OF Throwing
Mr. Clay overheard. Hear how boldly he still "av''
the Clay banner: ave are much more afraid that NJ
Clay will Withdraw himself from the canvass than that
the Wing party will abandon him. more especially as We
see some of the Wing papers giving broad hints That
way There is another for this fear. The nert
Of Cen. Harrison, many OF lEem have bassy dese!ha
the man whose magnamimity alone held The Wing pa
ty together in 1870 Not two individuals alcne,
but thousands in Ohio and r. York There are many
motives for this latter The friends OF GeneisI
Scott and Mr. Webster, are, many of them, IN ol:
ranks and they throw cold water on our party. For
ourselves, would rather be whipped in fsr lid!
for old Harry. than triumphant with any other-even
Wing"
The Mobile Advertiser echoes The same note as ioi
lows: "For him and other (he being alive) TIE
Wings will vote The Wings have sworn upon The
altar Of their country, that in ,ea or iroe, prospta
or ndrersity hope or g'oo,n there is Int Hhig CG
hat a
HENRY CLAY! NO fortune can alter hat
The Philadelphia Gazette goes for Convention, snt
treats the matter with great seriousness Hear him
awe believe there is little or no distrust among
the Wings Of this country Us TO the eIpedieney nsy
nece .sity Of National Convention. To cur mind j
has long been manifest that such nsure IS requisite
to give TO the welasccraEed preference Of our ife:
throughout the Union the authority which The te'e
rate judgmdnt Of Convention alone can give lE'
opinion expressed long before the disastrous Ieus
Of the late elections known or imagined, md ha
in degree been afs cted by them II these Tevei"
have any effect il is in their influence on the md and
scary politicians, who mobdly susceptible oil aiai
or no desire 10 manifestation OF the weakness
candidate in every untoward incident that occn'
and exaggerac and msrepresent every thing 10 hs CO.
advantage
| Blu, 10 wind up The grand finale Of Wing opInon'
what shall we think Of the following exraordin'ti
giyings out Of the Goochland Whgs, headed by ~
Jno A. Peasants, We extract from Saturdays VIZ
the whole letter CT their correspondent:
| Extract Of a Letter 10 lie Edito, RI The HMg.
"GoccuLAsp, Nov 93d, lci:
"The proposed Clay meeting assembled SO lae, 'fS
the solutions laid before it volumnous, thai 81
sas laid over to December Court.
Some miscunceplon prevailed as to the object oIG
mover of the resolutions, Mr. Peasants, who ~sssu
posed referred 10 the probability expedrncy 81 sLa"
doning Mr. Clay. Such, am authorized 10 say, Wa
not his object The resolutions in question are couce'
/ some v hat as follows:
"Resoiesd, That, while We prefer Henry Clay 10 sn'
other man ofa other men, the Wings can never op
loss for orthy leaders of their hest, he they nuntt
in their ranks, John Mcpherson B.rrien, John Davis
r. r. Tallmndge, John J. Crttenden, Willie :. ha"
gum, John Bell, and hundred others.
"Resoired, That abhor idol worship, religious So
political, and do not like The idea Of sinking or SWIM
ming with Henry CIny any other man. We o.
willing sink # necessary, with right and truth s.'