Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-11-19
RICH MON d, VA.
saturday Morning, November &c. 1871.
THE TONE OF THE RICHMOND WIG,
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and yainolorious party might DC passed over WIN
a smile of dersion, il its virulence ana ih'oie-
rance, not less glazing in lis hour OF greatest ie-
verse than in its day of pamcst hope, did mol call
for rcbuke and censure.
After openly admitting, during The progress OF
tho canvass. the efforts which the abes partisans
of the Wings at the North were making tc win
the countenance and support OF that execrabie
faction The AbolilionistS, ('hen so courteous!
STYLED By the Wing presses The LibtTtH IaTg!)-
il now turns furiously on The allies II invoked anu
in the rage of lis disappointment, that al the
tawninn and wooins III lis Northern lriencs had
sutficed 10 win only portion, not The whole, II
rails and denounces strikes and iends without
discrimination or dignity. In any crusade
against such faction, be the motive what
il may. we should deem the work holy, and
both applaud and aid il, II, with an assurance
as unparalleled as il is UNJUST The Wing dld
not blend in lis mad assaults the Denocra-
tic party. on the untrue and causeless prelencc
that il had received the votesot this iaction sup
posing the pretence Is lrne as II Is uniounded. The
head and front of our offending would he, that
we had succeeded in doing The very hing II
which the Wings failed-lhat We had wen with
ON; wooins where The Wings woocd and suppl
Gated in vain: ana surely il would require pow
er of face and stock of brass only less than that
which the Editors of the Wing may well boast.
10 assume The part OF Satan rebukins Sin, and
condemn what they had all the will and only
wanted The address 10 accomplish H. inuced,
the abolionsis to any extent, gave their votes
10 the Democratic candidates, il conld only have
been from the thorough disgust and inter contempt
which they must have felt al The interested Halter
les and degrading enlreaiies which were address
ed 10 them by the Wings, as they doubtless be-
6f h,,n,
and he;raving them. Bnt we DO not believe Ghat
such feelings, however natural, led the Abolition
lists. as such TO sustain 10 any serious extent, the
Democratic party. who, as they well knew, were
utterly opposed 10 all their fanatic views and mad
designs and were The avoWed advocates OF Il great
measure with the express view (amonG many
others of national characler) 10 lhe perpetuiiy
and security of Southern slareholdirg inStu-
lions. No! however some (who have been ca
sually or heedlessly involved in line lanatical feel
ings of the Aholitonists) may have voted Tor the
Democratic nominees, their votes were given, not
because they were Aboitionists bu, in despite OF
their being SUCH on wel-iounded convictions Of
the great truths OF the Democratic creed and
of the wisdom and Justice OF their proposed adj
mnstration. The great mass OF the abo!ilionisS,
as will doubtless he seen by the official returns,
have (perhaps with the exception of Ohio and
Indiana where, under the influence of the inla-
nous Birnev Roorbacl, they allies! themselves
with The Wings maintained their separate or
ganization, and voted Tor their own independent
candidates They did what alone, as The whole
past course of The Democratic press evidences,
The Democrats desired or hoped. They held of,
and while they did Ita ccGta:ninaic oar ticket
with their snirage>, they did Eol league them
selves in dark coalition with lie W hies. Let.
then, lie venom ui Inc Wing he spi, un lis own
l., 10, .I,,.
the aboli;ionisS if they coald Ga the Demo-
Gratis ii cannot Justly fall. Let the CALLED jade
vince, oar w!liicrs ere unwigng."
Another srikin. illustration ui the Wings ri
rulence is presented ~ lis utter inability 10 u,-
de.,iaild OF apprecaiethe magnamI'y ana mole
ration with which the Democrats have demeaned
themselves amid all the hear-in>pring conscious
ness Of great national dcliverancc and While vel
fresh ircin Tie victorious strife, and crowned with
unladng lauiels. Ii seems not 10 know, that the
heart Of lie brave is always scnerous-ihat The
nature oi Il ina9nanimous victor rcTolts at hi
u.nphing oycr j fallen Toe. II appears moi 10 hc
aware, that Gcep and abiding qualification is ne
yer loud or ba;e;eroaS in lis manifestations, and
least OF I'll will external insignia oil triumph be
Haunted hr the contenrd and satisfied mind be-
fore tie gaze uf mortified and depressed friends
and fellow citizens. Al must admit, that the
Democrats have borne prosperity well and meek
y-wilh a moderation only surpassed b. The for
tiiudr with which they heretofore have sustained
adversely; and yet this lofty magnanimity-
this d.nfei moderation, is, by the rahid
Edi.o.s oil Inc Richmond Wing, made The
ground OF charge, that the Democrats rejoice
not in their surecss-icpcnt them Of the
deeds through which they may realize the hcS-
sings Of our institutions in their purity and be-
quea;h 10 their children 4 heritage OF fame, and
would tain lament that James Il. Polk the can
ddat. of The Republicans, and not Henry Clay,
the embodiment Of! Whissery, is really clcclel
President OF these L. States! 'Cse9n JaGcHs"
The charge is too ludicrouS Tor rc;ulalon.-
Every Democrat, in his inward delight in his
heartfelt sati>iLcio3-in his cnn,cntment II the
prcsent--h> glad hopes for the lunre feels il 10
be false; and as for those Why's, whose be-
soitcd foy-whosc incapacity 10 appreciate the
noble sentiments OF manly victors, enables them
10 believe and find consolation in the thought
why we will not grudge them The mcasre crumbs
OF comfort their Jolly or their ignorance can sup
ply. We would iain hope, however, such idle
charges were confined 10 the disiempered iuagi-
nation of The acting Editor Of the Wing, whose
disappointed frame of mind al the utter iasiica-
lion Of his high sounding promises, as evidenced
even at the Democratic Association of last Sa-
turday night, might well render all exhibitions Of
good feeling and liberal disposition misunderstood
or thrown away.
1t is perhaps not 10 be wondered al. that he
should think such manifestations as merely "pre-
tended, when he clearly misunderstands and per-
verls the spirit Of the most liberal remarks when
head. As an instance, he has wholly msrepre-
scented the tenor and spirit of the remarks Of the
able gentleman, (Mr. Patton, who addressed The
Association last Saturday night. That gentle
man referred 10 the fact, that on every occasion
in which he had spoken in the canvass he had
! declared high admiration of many qualities
possessed by Mr.. Clay, and his personal esteem
and respect for him as 4 friend. He then ex-
pressed the opinion, that his political career had
closed, and used the expressions which were
recently quoted by the acting Editor orthe Wing,
! in the way of invocation lothose Democrats. who
! did not agree in his favorable estimate Of Mr.
I Clay, to abstain from denouncins him, now that
/ his political existence was al an end. How
strangely have this liberal feeling and sentiment
! been perverted By the Editor of the Wing un-
der the influence of personal disappointment and
political chagrin
While referring 10 Mr.. p, VIC may as we'll
add that as TO the stale and small vii about "icace
men," again applied in a recent article by the act
| ing Editor Of the Wing 10 that gentleman, i! de-
| serves little notice. The "rclon courteous" so
effectively given BY Mr. p. in the Association last
| Saturday week, was entirely sufficient; To all
! Democrats who heard il, the qualification was
complete and even the Wings must have admit
ted its Justice, and relished lis blended good humor
and caustcity. 1t was TO have been hoped, the
lesson then laugh, would be "coation" 10 the
acting Editor OF the Wing, when he felt disposed
TO cas-, stones, 10 reflect on The CLASSY br:iteness
Of his own tenement.
A Specimen Of "aR the dcccncy" yorty--ani rea,
compliment, though mol so intended TO tic Loco-
fotos, from a political opponent!
We find the following in that chasle Whie