Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-04-04

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THE WING ADDRESS.-INo H.
1t has ever been The favorite practice OF the wing
party, to effect by stralagem, that which holiness
could not achieve, and TO supply want OF caPacy uu
strength, with crafty continuance and skiiui manage
ment This Characteristic propensity was emnenlly
manifested in the cautious man9uvering' Wnicn ,hafheu
the publication Of the Address Of the late Wing Conven
ton to the people Of Virginia Apprehending That the
aarng Inconsistencies and countless msstatemens oil
fact designed TO deceive the people OF their State,
which it contained, would be detected and exposed oy
the wise and sagacous convention which met shortly
after their address was ayowedly withheld, although
ample time for its publication was afforded until alter
the adjournment Of the Democratic Convention, and
the party INDUCED in mutual CALCULATIONS upon the sue
cessful, though dlsingenuous rnse whlch mao eha'
bled them TO send forth their Address unanswered
This has obliged all who feel alarmed al the promul'
uo;ion of the dangerous and destructive principles,
Which for the first time in fourteen years, the Wing
party have dared proclaim to point out and denounce
10 the people of the State IN commentaries ike TINS, Tue
fatal tendency of the measures which that address is
fomed IN vindcae and recommend; TO arouse the peo-
ple 10 a sense of the imminent peril in which they
stand from the startling maxlms OF The Wing policy
The address itself understood to boast diversified
,arentare whether, because no single member OF the
narly cared to take the undivided responsibility OF an
nouncinp as the polar stars OF the Wing faith, Ma
ona Bank and Protective Tariff; or because no indI-
ydua could be found hardy enough to stake his con-
science upon all the statements which contains, does
not appear But that those no supernended the per
formance had carefully pursued high advice in prepar'
ing and compiling their materials tor raising tempest,
sin mixing clouds and pillows we'll together, until they
foamed and thickenng the description here and there
with qucksand, and brewing the tempest we'll IN their
reads before they set blowing is apparent from the
elaborate expended IN the production and deveIy
| of this child Of many fathers.
| This address dissimlar in It's tenets, so different
in its principles from any OF It's predecessors when nave
emana,ed from that party dsposes one TO seek Tor the
probable motives and that have led to this SIN
guar and if the former assurances OF the party are
entitled to cretence unexpected avowal OF measures
and doctrines which heretofore have been vehement
~ dscaimed brief retrospect at the history OF ths
party will enable to expose the secret purpose which
lis leaders have ever cherished, but which until now
| it has oeen unsafe TO disclose.
/ The Hero of New Orleans, rallyng around him the
| Democratic party, (whch had been dispersed lor
| short time by the election OF the younger ADAMS,
strong in the mbrance OF its trumphs under Jeief
son and his immediate successors, drove the arch
Federast ADAMS and his mnons from the strong holds
| OF power. Breaking in upon the incumbent win the
terrific and irresistible force OF mighty avalanche, the
gentle daiance which had but commenced between
and the union of Bank and Government happily pre-
| vented.
| Discontinued and murmuring, the Adams dynasty
forced from Office, retired under such storm OF popular
Indignation, has been witnessed Ia this coun
try. Mr.. Clay, The Achilles Of that small Federal
band, visited with scorn, reproach and contuney,
from Maine TO Louisiana his name became by-word
aud mockery, synonnie for everything ueacherous
! in politics, and false in morals, his fame an Arnold
would not have envied Bated, beaten and routed this
fhn tla
as indicating ,he intention effect REFORM and yet
like their prooiy their object WIS 10 strengthen the
central power 10 enlarge the monachical features OF
Government regardless OF The rights OF the States
or Of their paramount claims upon their love and We
neration Under this banner, with Mr.. Clay for lis
leader and champion, this party, small and lnsign
cant and universally reprobaed, artiuily concealng
real principles and purposes, cnder the guse OF II.
berality tolerance, and freedom of opinion, continued
to wage unceasing though unavang war, upon the
measures Of Jacksons administration; and sought by
every specious device and malignant SANDER TO shake
the popular attachment 10 that l!!uslrous Chief
Meantime, the Wing party lndustrlously courted the
alliance of all, who became dissatisfied with the ADM
nstratiop from personal or other causes Their prIn
ciples lest the new ally should take the alarm,
gwen forth in Delphc mutterings, and interpreted TO
suit the opinions of the questoner lie was assured
that reference TO the two great measures the tests
Of political faith, that the "Tarif at rest, the
COMPROMISE inyolable"-the IT, States Bank was
"forever Dead and they sought not to revive it.
That "strict construction Of the Constitution no
npled powers, were their maxlms; and curslng, IN
their hearts, the great apostle OF liberty, styled them
selves Jeffersonan Republicans. These assurances,
if they did not satisfy the judgment, at least quoted
the apprehensions Of their allies, and they
joyfuy enrolled among the Wing eglons The popu-
lari,y of General Jackson too deeply seated in the
hearts Of the people, be affected by the tegversaton
Of the few disconnected parzans who deserted HIM,
and he retired from Office, carrying with him the CRATE
ul thanks of every patriot for the service he had rem
dered the country.
The Wing party still yelling their principles, turned
with fierce wrath upon his less renowned successor,
Mr. Van Buren, They raise and send forth the cry
Of "corrupton in the Government throughout the
land The voices Of all the party, from the head in
the Senate TO the tail in the Kitchen shouting in
one universal chorus the cry OF corruption The adj
ministration of Mr.. Van Buren,, more free perhaps
from Executive dictaton than any we have ever had
in this country is denounced as tyrannca, monarch
ical and subyersve of the liberties of the People
The frauds and knaveIies OF Agents, perpetrated
thousands Of miles from the seat OF Government are
charged upon the Executive, and he himself often
times sought 10 be implicated as sharer IN the spos
The ingenuity of the Wing leaders tasked TO the
utmost to exhibit in some plausible form the supposed
prodipaity and extravaganza of the Administration
The sculion and the cook were summoned to emu
merae their dishcoths and thus elevated into sudden
Importance swell the cry OF "waste OF the public
moneys" In vain the people counseed by their
Democratic leaders, to pause and hear The
wild derium occasoned by the golden hopes, held cut
10 them by the Wing party, had dehroned their judg
ments, and they blindly follow in search of the FL
Dorado promised them by the Wings
Doubtful even yet of the success Of Their own sra
tagems, and still respecting too much the intelligence
of the people, TO believe that they had been fortunate
enough to create party sufficiently numerous to elect
their candidate General Har son received The heslia
ting nomination of the Wing Convention at Harris
burg
Accompanying this nomination came no declaration
of PRINCIPLES Chosen for the exbility of his opinions
and representing, asst trumphantly proclaimed,
the universal Wing party, General Harrison was
brought upon the field. lie was selected, not because
as We, in Virginia, were anxously assured he was IN
favor Of National Bank Protective Tariff, but be-
use on the contrary declared for HIM, "ihat
with reference to Bank if he had any opinion, It was
agains, United States Bank, in any form, and that
in relation TO Tariff he could but say he would due
raj Harrison and falling utterly TO indicate the course