Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-30

! Pcwlecd That As III lolo, thc hiSS
.,hie-,d their victory by concealIng Their real
purposes, 50 in 1871, they are endeaVorlnS 10 ci-
Iac ,he same object b. misrcPresen;ih5 llic pfin-
ciplcs oflhcir opponents. ~.
,nd ,bev are hereby requested 10 abstain in III
trrc from inviting AbolitiCnisls to their pubic
mee,insr and fesliyals-becauSe
+, Il tends 10 encourage them in their vile and
ii Because il is calculated 10 produce false
;mrrcssion abroad, that there are some III Virgil
min who look with some degree OF favor on their
inccndiary projects
3rIlv Because il tends 10 oblcrac the line,
which should ever be broad, deep and impassa-
bic. thai separates the abolitonsi from The slave
holder
With a view, therefore, TO correct the impress
sion thai may have been made abroad ny SON"
Of the Wing proceedings in Virginia, tins meet
ing does soernnly declare,
ls That il is their belief that the body OF The
Wing party in Virginia is in favor OF the An
nexalion of Texas TO the United States; and thai
they do not. by supporting MIR. Clay, intend there
by 10 pledge themselves against Annexation
bu on the contrary, if they believed, as W. do,
that the success OF Henry Clay AMI his party
would prevent, now and forever, the Annexation
of Texas. large Plumbers of them would abandon
him.
2ndlv. That ihcy believe the Wing party in
Virginia are opposed 10 giving, directly OF indl-
rcclly, any aid or comfort 10 the Abolition party in
the l.. States: and tina, the invitations given 10 G.
NJ Clay ana J. q. Adams are 10 DC attributed
solely To partisan indiScrcilon.
= Rrmird, That this meeting would he era
titled To learn that their Wing brethren 10 the
South disapprovc oi The attempts which some Of
Il. .I...{. l,.I,, t,..l
ing to bring that parts to the support al Mr.. Clay,
accompanied, as they arc, with promises, which,
if slnctioae,! ny Mr.. Clay, either expressly OF i'm
pliciily, by his silence would place him in posi-
tons an;aaons,ical % Southern interest," as would
render the suppoit him by Southern men an acl
of madness and nauation.
s. Re~lred, Thai The firm and decided stand
taken by the Republicans of Richmond, against
the ibelous and infatuated attacks of their
advcrsarie>, deserve The applause and admlra-
ton of all irccmcn and most cordially do we
accon 10 them the appclation OF the spartan
Band
.. E.so'rra, That We view with The utmost
indignation the liycna-likr !;.rocity. iih which
the Wing presses attack the coaaecrarel ashes
Of that Revolutionary patriot, Ezekiel Polk
Regardless OF the feelings q! 4 large and nume-
rollS posicrilv, and intent only on victory, they
pursue ,hc:. ends with weapons worthy ot >araers.
10 Rl0ircs That the Editor OF the Petersburg
Republican deserves our confidence Tor his firm
hess, ability and independence, in supporting The
True Republican principle, ot the Constitution,
and We will ia all in our power Ia promote The
prosperity OF his paper. We, therefore. earnest
Is recommend ii lo the patronage OF the people
Of The country and all the true lovers of liberty
and equal laws.
And with view OF preserving abroad The dig
nitv of this old Commonwealth, and her vaunied
responsibility in ihc estimation Of strangers, this
meeting csliiie>, that glee cluhs and Wing bul-
iooneres are chiefly confined 10 tie popuous ci-
ties, and they believe that the lowest rabblc only
take ans delight in exhibitions which tend 10 ct-
iccl so lnjugou>iy HE moral tone Of the commit
nifty. ani that The ploughman and mechanic, end
country people generally. are The same steady,
moral and sensible people they were twenty
wears ago. ami csciicw the yusarilics praci>ed
only in a lew places.
H. Resoircj, That ihc Editor; of The Peters
burg Republican AMI Eichmcnd Enquirer he ic-
que>c'i 10 puhli>ithc proceedings Of this meeting
The meeting then aEourncd.
d. c. BUTTS, Chm.