Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-09
RICHMOND, VA.
FRIDAY MORNING. August .. 1911.
THE WOLF CRY OF "DIsUNIoN."

cd at the ELECTS oil tllell allo5di" Gnu y ,"i
attempt 10 put down The right oi me people 70 u.s.
semble pcaceably and discuss their Interests
Their organ now mpuCcnlly comes forward and
claims to have 'nipt the treason IN the bud,
(what stuff y bv the action OF the Wings .; Rlcii-
mopd Now. the whole country knows, mat long
before The late panic humbu9 oil the w ing leaders
of Richmond. the Convention had been rclih-
oushed 1t is false assertion, that Cohren-
ton proposed to be held by the friends oil texas
in cach AMI crery State, had been prevented ~ the
bravadocs OF the Wha leaders here. We can
assure them. that they are not 50 formidable
as they themselves seem 10 suppose. 10 show the
grounds on which we (and we believe, every De
mocrat herc) acted, we will state few facts.
We never listened 10 the idea OF L ISonthcfn
Convention at all-disapprovns of that ~ctioaat
mode of action--contendirS that II there were
any Convention II all, il should consist OF dele
gates from aR NE S;aics friendly 10 annexation,
and that it was for no purpose OF affecting our
own Union, but 10 keep up The spirits OF the peo-
pie of Texas, under their disappointment ior inc
rejection of the Treaty We published few of
The resolutions Of South Carolina when they
first came our with This view-omitl!ng their
hints of Disunon, TO show them, Is the Glo!'e
truly represented, our entire dissatisfaction with
| such a course
The Wing organ, and the pompous Wing
"Exccntiyc Committee" have dwc with ridicu-
lous aiiccaion upon The fact oi The numbers oil
the resolutions being changed in the Enquirer
| Whether this change in the numbering OF the re-
solutions was done by the pen or the press: The
editor or Inc composition. is not distinctly rccolicct-
cd-but il is plain that there could he no intention
10 deceive our readers, and, in fact. II could have
| had no such eilcct-ior, if we had numbered them
as they were in the Charleston prints, how could
the public know the real character OF the Omiticd
observation-disclosures they contained merely ire
levant matter or the worst species OF treason =
The numbers OF the resolutions werc therefore,
of no sort of consequence. The true reason ol
the omission was that we disapprovcd OF the re-
solutions ard wished i'll significant but delicate
manner. 10 show our Experimentation
too that il was tie movement OF but few i'm
| pulsiye spirits Of the State which Mr.. Calhoun
| had rcpr5bGtcd as We learned distinctly from
South Carolina member OF Congress, who heard
it from Mr.. C.'s own lirs.
| When the proposition came from Russell Co.
in Alabama 10 hold the Convention in Rich
mend, Qhcy were tie FIRST 20 make it) we protest
cd against even considering it, until they had
! dropped the sectional character and term of
.Souihera Convention, ard until twas stripped OF
everything that ho0hcd like diSsoluIion and We de-
! carcd, that Virginia would not even consider The
proposition, until itwcrc dircs,cl of both these fea
lures. Afterwards General Hamilton (thc origi-
| natu: of the plan) wrote US that his first object
was Ia secure the Union.
We know of no such movement in progress,
as 4 Southern ConvenioE-and il would be
strange. il the pretending Wings should know more
| about than ourselves Thcrei>not Democrat i'll
Richmond. who knows. or believes. or suspects
any such Convention being held. The Demo
cratic Association on Saturday night rose in
body 10 disavow any thing like Southern Con
| vcnion. II such design were ever entertained
oul of the State, ii is now abandoned The
Wings themselves cannot believe il. Indeed the
Wing Eleclor Tor this District. AT lie Coal Mines
on Wednesday, had The honesty and The mag
naninitv 10 declare. that he did not believe there
| was one disunionist in Nirgina-and yet the
managers here GOT up the plot Ia create paBic,
10 cover their own inglorious abandonment of
Texas, and 10 break the force OF the odium they
and their chc:!ains have incurred by opposing
annexation. In attempting 10 get up this panic.
| thew have incurred the further oiium oil striking
down one OF The most sacred rights o n free peo-
plc-pcaccahIyto assemble and deliberate on their
| common interests, within the boilndS oi lhc Con-
sluon. They are now attempting" 10 >ncaI; out
| of the dilemma into which their own eXceS>eS
have betrayed them, by pretending that they did
not mean 10 use ipcc. although their organ had
said that The members al such a Convention
would be chased from the limits OF Richmond
and even As late rs last Wednesday, declared lis
belief that such Convention would lead 10
bloolshed" We tbo", that some al the Wings
of Richmond openly ayowcd their determination
10 rcSs, Jy for'cc The holding OF such a Conven-
ton. They were led OF by the mad threats ot Tie
! Wing and the Wing lcadeTs-aEl interpreted the
phrase " IT SHALL NOT Dg HELD HERE, (the words
with our consent" Icing in small iypc,) accord
inc to lis common sense meaning They knew
that a threat wnS intended. am! they intended IL
rerrY cal The threat If "lloodsheu' had been
caused by the meeting Of the Convention, The obi
um would attach 10 The Wing and the Wing
leaders who first manufactured the charge OF
Treason, and Then pomrou>ly declared, thai,
with o!lr consent IT SHALL. not EE HELD HERE =
And this charge OF Disunon is brought against
the whole Democratic or "Polk party when the
Wing leaders knew that the party was entirely
free from such a foul charge, aud when the Wing
Elector for this District has publicly said, that he
did not believe there was one DiSunioDst in Fir-
ginIa
We are, and always have been, as ardent
friends OF the Eaioa as these Wing leaders, or
any other men. We are the friends, too, Of The
most cilactua link to bind the Union together; by
combining the Federal Government 10 lis true and
specified boundaries and By preventing i, from
breaking down The rights of The States, or OPP
pressing the people. We have always remon-
Stratcd against the Use of violence. even amidst
the greatest discontentS oi the peoplc-pleieIrin2
amicable mcasures-appcalS IL reason, No pa
per has been more decided in lis devotion Ia The
Union than the Enquirer 70 charge it whany
other or nsidious purposes, is grossly false, and
bctrays 4 little, higotlcd, unchaliiable and I'M
christian spirit on the part OF those who dare 10
utter such an iilibcral suspicion
We understand, that the Assistant Eleclor, Mr..
Gr;swold. undertook in the discussion in Chester
field. on "Wednesday last, 10 arraisn the Enquirer
for ihis ,nsnlacng of the Nos. OF the South Ca
rolina Resolutions. We are not at Ill astonis!lcd
at the quarter from which this generous criticism
proceeds lie was met ard bis conclusions Ii
rGclly conraGctcd by one OF the Editors OF the
Enquirer, on the spot We presume this is Tie
same old Coon"--;he same Mr.. GIi>wold, of
"prccocious memory"-who remembered, when he
was only ten or eleven years OF age, hearing Mr.
Van Buren, declare his opposition 10 the war OF
1872! Some English poet has said
The loy is fattcr ofihe man.
The "prccoc;ous memory" oflSlO has improved
into the 'briiiiaat imagination Of 1914!
The r. Wing complains OF our unsparing
hits al the chameeonoi Powhatan, the arrogant
Presiden, ofthe Clay Club, the nnrhnritobe apoihc-
cary of Richmond we designate him the Apothc-
can, because he will be sufficiently known by his
occupation, and moi because we have the slightest
desire 10 depycciate that respectable profession, OF
which some of the mos respectable gentlemen in
Richmond are the ornaments, and we presume he
VIII complain " o"! ieiiiai 'loi ~ ~
halfalligalor, deputy clec,or Blu, let The r. Wing
call of its BLANCHE, Sweetheart, ard ALL from
having orr hccls-let the Coon speakers cease 10
drag liz before the public, and attack L. with
poisoned carors-lct them conduct the war with
( the ornaments Of aIgumen; and reason, with
the libcrality of true knights, and the refinement
of true gentlemen, ard we shall be most happy 10
initiate their example. But so long as this cam.
paign continues, We will give blow for blow, and
, break spear with The best OF them.
; The "Ablngdon Banncr' Of the 9th ultmo is
full Of beautiful and thrilling descriptions Of The
passages 4; arms in Little Tennessee. World.
that we had room for all such productions OF Slr.
La,ham's powerful pen! The scene OF The discus
, sion in Lee county is admirably described. i