Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-02


fer to the conduct of Massachusetts, Connection,
and Rhode Island, during the late war All the
surviving members of the concavc which assem-
blcd in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1911, 10 disncm-
Der the Union, are believed TO be members Of the
Wing party-none have ever been known to cvince
any consenialty of feeling for the Democratic or
"Polk Party"
The Club House politicians RELY upon tie States
of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode
Island, with more confidence, 10 sustain their Ec-
deral candidate in this canvass, than any other
States in the Union. Two of them have never
voted for any candidate OF the Democratic parry
upon any occasion. Rhode Island and Massa-
chuSetls, the most prominent Federal States at
this day, were The hot-beds eff treason, during The
most trying crisis in the history Of our country.
To such heigh, did these allies OF the Richmond
Wings carry their opposition to their country,
that The British ministry were in the habit OF al
luding 10 them "aS cur f1caAs in american (Sce
Niless Register vol. 5, page 55l They burnt
blue lights the shore as signals 10 The British
fleets. (Sec Com. Decatur's letter 10 Secretary Of
Navy; NileS's Register, 9Th vol, page 02) "ISe
r9sM and erpedic'Ny Of separating },om the Union,
has dccm freely discussed, Tin the Legislature OF
Massachusetts: he is alludingto the debates there
and dccidcly adrOcotcd IN TIC attest orators on the
British side; and crcry cemt Of scnius and false
Hp'e NtS OecN '.teftN ~ ptph!C tN mt't" JUI -
beliion against the Uni'ed Sya,cs mi aiiiancc acih
England" &c, sc. (See Niles's Register, vol. ~
Your committee further ascertain, that this al
~ and friend of The Richmond Wings, was en-
gagged in all sorts of plans 10 .hwait the Govern
ment in its effort 10 bring the war to an honora-
BILE conclusion. She refused to furnish her quota
of militia, demanded BY President Madison, 10
repcl the British invaders They find The highest
tribunals of this Federal State sustaining the
| Legislature in Ibis new and extraordinary as
sumption: and finally leading on the indictments
to Hartford, in the State OF Connecticut 10 plot
dissolution OF the Union. Your Committee
canno, furnish the country with all the proceed
ings of that traitorous conclayc, inasmuch as
the historian relis us. the "Journais Of The Con-
reations msre Suppressed" - Sec Mess Register
They find an ASS load of historical evidence,
/ proving that the Federal party, is the only par
| IL tina, has ever seriously menaced and plote;l
dissolution; and ,ha; Massachusetts then as now,
was the only quarter from which, The friends OF
| human liber'y had any apprehension in regard
! TO the perpeiuation OF orr Union.
Your Committee, without dwelling at greater
/ length upon these trai,orous attempts of the Fc-
| deraliss in Massachusetts 10 dissolve the Union,
during the war. would invoke the condemnation
of every friend of human liberty upon the recent
revolutionary, acobinical proposition OF Mass5-
chusetts to cypunge from the Constitution that
clause which secures 10 the Slaveholding States a
representation, based upon white population and
-fifths of their slaves This proposition, and
the declaration of John c. Adams, that the an
nexation of Texas would ''rcsult in dissolution
of the Union, and fuly justify it, are, at his
time Ii only indications in any quarter Ct the
| Union. which threaten '''aat "nan Of GouGnMcat
'rtieS makes as one lptc And why is il hat
the Club House politicians, 50 romantcallv
| cnamared of the Union as they seem TO be, are
willing to overlook these ilasrant breaches OF
constitutional duty, on the part OF their Wing
| friends in Massachusetts Why is it, that they
have not denounced this Address Of John @.
| Adams, aud his Il associates? Why is il, that
s! they adopt the ierocio,la determinations OF Adams
against the Southern people, by inviting him
TO visit and commune with them upon 4
great festive occasion? Why is it that they
would, in truth, 'fcScc7die 0nr soil and fire.
sides" BY bringngh here. in the City Of Richmond,
one who has done more 10 excite our slave popu-
aion TO resurrection and rebellion than any other
man in the CoGiedcracv-a man, who disgraced
himself and the American Congress- by intro
ducing proposition 10 dissolve the Union? LII
dicrouSiy ostenlatiouS as the Wings OF Richmond
are OF their boaSied love OF Union, Your Com
ntee believe, that no orator of the Club House
has yet spoken, "with mingled indignation, >corn
and contempt" ofthis IIAi"irca0n. John Davis,
known in the annals of Wing patriotism and
craftsmanship, by the tlaltcring @u5ri4act OF
"ffoncst John Davis" who rcoced in the defeat OF
our armies during the last War, and actively par
lcipated in the treason oi the BritiI PERU" Tor
our friends in America" as The British Ministry
called the Fceralisls oiihat day Hfi0aea .Jobn,
was a formidable rival Of that "gif Of G1d
| Theodore Frciinghuysen, ior Inc second office in
| the nation, at their Convention in Baltimore last
/ MAY
| Ii seems then. that the only traitors who sac
cofsd the Brtttst during the aA Var, Ao'r on ne
| pa5iic ao"c-that the amin trcnon DEVELOPED in
| more recent lmes--are all Identified with the FIR
! tunes of Henri Ci0n A serious aud diligcnt
examination into The history Of the country, shows,
/ inconcstibly that The eiemics al the Dem'otf"iie
/ {oayfH are the oaiy PERSONS who ever NEGOTIATED
with British agents in time Of War. 10 dissolve
/ the Union, and connect themselves with The
English Ar whom popular Indignation has
spared from oblivion and disgrace. are now a>
| actively engaged in uphoiing ti,e Wing cause.
| "a when they were alluded to by the English
| Ministers 'as mr. friends in america" Your
Committee would be understood 10 refer 10
'HoneSt" John Davis, Daniel Webster, and
/ Leverett Saltonsiali, of Massachusetts,
| Your committee, thinking il not altogether COM
pa;iblc with that set.reSpect which every freeman
/ chcrshes for himself, do not think it necessary 10
| comment upon the toy Of the inpo,ent threat
I with which this third resolution concludes. They
will merely conclude this report by Observing that
I has never been understood 10 he one OF The De
| nocratic usages, to advise with the Clubhouse
politicians in council or in action They would
| contemn the advice OF any member OF the Polk
| Party who would make the "c0n~nC Of The Rich
mond Wings a precedent condition 10 their move
ments.
! If your Committee were to test this Mob Law,
/ Gag Law, Lynch Law menace, Git may be
called by either namc,) by the principles d
our Gorcrnmcn. M BIZ he course Of oHr cTperi-
| cnce. il is pregnant with objections, which are
calculated TO excite the proloundest Indignation ol
every Freeman in the land. The very fisl
amendment OF the Federal Constitution guaran-
ties 'thc right OF the people peaceably TO assem-
bic, and TO petition the Government Tor redress OF
grievances And villa, law is there 10 prevent
il? What provision is there, in the Statute Book
of the Union, or OF The State Of Virginia which
authorizes any of the constituted 0nihortt'c!
10 suppress any meetings of the People, OF
any Conventions of the Delegates, from any
or all the States called together TO consider
important matters, which fall within their con-
sttutional jurisdiction? Much less. how can
any selfconstitu,ed .Junto assume any such
authority, and, under the force or terror of Chit
Lar, prevent the peaceabe assembiase OF any
such Convention =? Whence do such q Junto OF
|
of its meeting and pretend 10 suspect it CT trea-
sonablc purposes, because it may be calculated TO
countelact their own iactious views or political
principles? The extremes 10 which. such doc
Urine may he run out, must startle every person
who looks to past transactions or 10 future conse-
qucnces We have seen Free If0dc Coarca-
tim meeting in Philadelphia. Upon The same
principle, some miserable Tariff Cahal in Phila-
dephia might have prohibited its meeting, at the
risk of drcnchina her streets in blood. Suppose a
similar Free Trade Convention were 'W~ pro-
posed 10 be held in Richmond, might not The
Richmond Wing Club pretend to conjure mp dis
,,uoa in the very design, and equally proclaim
that '.lt should NOT be held in this City ~ Or
suppose that the friends OF the Annexation OF
Texas. without being limited to the Southern
States, but extending TO the delegates OF the peo-
pie Of all the States, should desire to meet in Rich,
miond for the mere purpose OF uniting iheir
means. of appealing 10 our own people i'll behalf