Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-11-22
RICH MOND, VA.
Thursday Morning, November Fl, Is4i.
THE PANIC!

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most amusinsly unrielligible organ in the na-
ton ON Monday last referring 10 The alarm"
in this community, il earnestly invoked lis read
ers TO "yield to no panic "-iester,|ay we copied
this good advice, with words OF strong approba-
lon-and showed, by evidence from neutral pa
pcrs ri the North, that The Wings, disappointed
in the election Of Mr.. Clay, were determined 10
throw every obstacle in the path oi the new all
ADMINISTRATION, and Tor this purpose, had resoried
10 their old game Of 'panics. What was our
surprise, then, 10 see in yesterdays Wing most
singular editorial, adding fuel To the laine which
on Monday il So properly endeavoled 10 extin-
guish! Ii nor comes out boldly, seconds The
| movements OF two Northern rabid Wing jour
mails, the n. Y. Tribune and Boston Atlas, and
proclaims, that disastrous times are again com
ing their rapid rounds thai numbers are TO be
thrown out OF employment, that there is 10 he
collapse in the spirit OF enterprise, and panic
among capitalists, it is impossible 10 doubt
| The country must again pass through fiery
! ordeal; such an one as has ever followed in The
| train of Jacksonisln; as 1881, 1881 and 1851 en-
| hibiied"
Again we say to the people, in the language Of
lIondngs Wing, "aisM 10 no panic" gotten up
BY selfish stock jobbers or political bankrupls!-
Look around you, n homo and sec for your
selves, whether there be any Just cause Tor this
suddenly-crcated alarm whether the Govern
| 10 lay heavy hard upon industry. j. Col! Polk
vet elected President by the College OF Electors?
| Has he vet taken the Presidential Chair, and
aimed those fatal blows at the industry and pros
| perity OF the nation, which the Wings 80 lavishly
predicted? Wcpray you, our COOL Wing friends,
! to wait little. Do not condemn Col. Polk and
the Republican party bciorc they have gotten into
! power. II will be time enough to condemn Us,
when we commi. acts which are clearly wrong
| l. oltsIIrlI
wicked, To endeavor 10 alarm the whole country
by these ia,aginarB disre>ses and disasters! Is
il no, most unpairioc 10 attempt 10 realise Tor me
sake of party c0nsiSicncu the thousand ills Which
the Wings predictcd would cnsuc on the election
! of Col Polk We charge the people not 10 be
Enlightened from their propricly By such political
panic-makers, hy such il!-bodng prophets OF dis
ire>s So far from expecting sia@naNon OF
business, depression of individual and national
prosperity, we look forward with confidence 10 4
! brighter and safer condition OF affairs. The de-
feat of Mr.. CLAW is. doubtless, deeply morliiyiag
10 his friends bat is that event alone sufficient 10
strike with terror the whole community, and 10
! make them miserable liz spite oil themselves. ana
in spite of the clogucnt voice of reason and TRUTH
Away. then with these political croaEcEs Inc
pcople have too much moral courage, too much
! intelligence 10 be moved for moment, by The
most gloomy pictures, that The creative fancy OF
! Whiggcrv can evoke.
But the Wing goes farther. Not content with
describing The ''shipwreck, which IS 10 cnsue," II
goes into wise speculation as 10 the course
which the Wings should ado? Hear him:
"If YOU have to employ a L0rycr, there are
/ Wing LAWYERS in plenty and OF the highest emil
nence-a Docior nearly all the Physicians are
! Wings: A Carpenler-here are numbers, and
they the most distinguished in their ant: mecha-
mic of any kind-there arc in all The departments
of mechanics, Wings distinguished for their skill:
a School Master-an Overseer.a Cielkoan
Agent Of any kind-THERE ARE THOU
! SANDS OF WINGS, honest, capable, faith
iul, and anxious 10 obtain employment. From
Il ward of tape up Ia Brussels carpet and down
again to a pipe.sem, lei Wings give the prefer
ence to Wings usti he cloUd rAich Mrrniccs an
! has passed. MOI, we say again, 10 punish o2po-
nen,s, but to take care as lar as possible oi ihose
who have nobly cxc,ted themselves to save The
country.
"'Itf this be Treason, make The mos, OF il. ="
In other wor,le The Wig saws 10 this Wig
community, "I.e, 4 Chinese wall be built up BE-
! tween the Wings and the Democrats OF this city:
! lei no Wing huv OF, nor sell 10 a Democrat lei 20
! Wing employ a Democrat, however true ana
| faithful he may le. Let all intercourse both So
ca and in The way oil business ne al once cut oil;
lei all good feeling bewt brother and brother Tor
ever cease lei all the advantages OF mutual trading
and intercourse be forever pui al an cnd. Ills True,
that the Wing does not hint al this effect OF lie
| course he recommends: Int can any reasonable
man doubt that sach will be The inevitable result
| of the Wings ostracism OF all Democrats hon
| Wing cmpoyments!
But we deny that the scheme Of the Wing can
be carried ont, without producinsa complete re,
volu,ion in our whole business affairs and social
relations We know many respectable firms.
composed Of both Wings and Democrats. Ac-
cording 10 Wing Logic, these firms must be al
once broken up, the Wings taking new establish
ment, The Democrats another. Again. many
| Wing fathers have Democratic SONS, and rtoc
rers0-are the "prodisal sons" 10 be turned out OF
doors. to realize the Utopian dreams OF the Men
| tor of the Richmond Wing Again, many OF
our Wing merchants have, for years, been in The
habit of selling The wheat, tobacco, &c, OF their
Democratic friends in the country; and the late
election has shown that there are many more
"Locofoco" than Wing farmers in VirSinla-are
these Democratic farmers to give Il "cold cut" to
their Wing mercantile friends in Richmond and
thus pour wealth into the laps OF the lew and uE-
fortunate Locofoco merchants, placed under the
| ban of this "Gibraltar OF Whi9seryT' Is q
Wing merchant 10 refuse to fill large and profit
able order of Democrat, because he is De-
mocrat, and 10 lose the opportunity OF making
an advantageous purchase OF an individual,
because he is Democrat! Is Wing noi 10
/ advertise Ills SOUuS III vi q iS"'Iu
per of large circulation among those who look
on, for such notices Of bargains" &c. merely be-
cause that newspapers Dcmocraiicl In word,
is the whole community 10 be upturned in It's
ordinary business relations; is man 10 sacrifice
his selrinerest and follow The Quixotic vasarles
of political journal, because Henry Clay IS &C.
tea,ed and James X Polk is elected? And yc,
all ,hes: consequences will naturally flow from
the rise and hbcrm ana somad advice thrown on
by Yesterdays Wing We shall not pursue ihc
subject lnrlher-'rhc good sense and justice OF
the community will he startled for moment By
the givings out OF the principal Wing organ Of
Virginia; but they viii, we feel sure, pass them
by as the meanings of the idle wind. OF all The
extraordinary articles ever published in the
Richmond Wing, this is By far the most e1rava-
CANT and wicked whether it fell from the pen
of its regular Editors or was distilled from the
fruitful brain of gsne, Smooh .ace1, JcardleS and
ciear-cucd "youngstcr,' TO whose Editorial labors
this paper has never alluded and never would
have suspected, had it not been for The vanity and
lcquacious egotisn Of the newly installed writer
himself.
HOW POLK WAS ELECTED.
The Wings still contend that the Abolilionists
O~1l. 10 30 sttT