Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-13

THE WINGS Of RICHMOND BACKED"
The above is the heading which the Richmond
VIII. has placed over Il tew Wni. meetings, (not
more ihln ~ ont of tie 100 counties in the Stale
which have, IN obcd,enrc h Ltc r,qaiNtioaS al Mc
"Sscra Circular" responded to the resolutions
of the Wings OF Richmond, charging the Polk
Party with disGnion and reasonable designs.
Now. lei rs see how James Lyons. Esq, The
Wing Elecor for the whole Eastern District Of
Virginia. backs the Wings Of Richmoud"-
Hear him In his late letter 80 the Editors Of
The Richmond Wing" he saws:
Il am aware that the late Treaty is denounced
for the manner in which il was negotiated, and
The motive from which il is said 10 have sprung.
and the CRY or DISUNION HAS BEEN
RAISED TO DAMN THE WHOLE
cAITSF" :
.. utterly condemn even the talk of disunion for
any i'll which has Yet been experienced but 90
NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TREATY
/ SPRUNG FROM ANY PURPOSE OF Dis
| UNION, and cannot approve the sentiment,
that men are traitors or should he hung, il they
do talk of it, and still less can | agree that the
friends of annexation at the South shall he nyoy-
ed in one sweeping dcnuncialion as Disunonists
or rapacions spccuaors." There are greater
evils than disunon. One OF these is the aboli-
ton of slavery in The South, and another is DIES
poiism-that worse than IRON inquisitorial despot-
sm-ihat dcspo:ism oil the mind, wiz h shall de-
NJ men. under the penalties OF treason. the right
10 express their opinions about their rights and
their government. OConnc in the Richmond
Penicnlarv is more free than tie citizens oi such
n Republic. But why should the friends OF Texas
at the South b. put under The han with the cry OF
disunion? Because 4 lew indi>cFcet men talk OF
diStlnion if ihey Tail in Obtaining Tcxas, which
they do. not because OF the loss oil Texas merely,
but BECAUSE il lost, il viii be- hr the objection OF
the anii-Sldvtry men Ia The excelsior Of the iEiil
cncc Of TIE slaycholding county? Their threat.
if understand it, is not 10 dissolve because Of the
loss OF Texas bu, because If lost will he on an
li->lavciv grounds. This i foolish and rash, and
injucs the men who indulge in il; huI ! it afy
worse than disunion in mildcr language openly
expressed or broadly minated al the Nolthl Is
It not as criminal 10 talk Of disunion Texas he
admitted, * il she be not admitted: aal WHY
Is IT THAT LITTLE OR NOTHING Is
SAID OF THE SORTIIi.RN DiSUNlON-
lists. WHILE STREAMS or DENUNCI-
ALTON AEEP0URED UPON THE SOUTH
OR THE PROUD LITTLE STATE or
SOUTH CAROLINA confess | see more
danger in This temper than in Idle talk Of Di>u
Mon or the annexation al Texas. TIE An
NEXATlON or TF.XAS BELIEVE WILL
STRENGTHEN THE UNION AND PRE-
NUNCIATiuE ENDANGERS II. CAS- IT
WILL DESTROY OUR PARTY. II PER
SISTED lN) iutgc others ~ myself as well
Is hy what they tell nr OF rhcm>el?eS and con
f.s~ that MY own BLOOD KINDLE.S As
KNOW THAT or MANY OTHERS
DOES. AT THESE DENU NCIATlONS. |
regard The people At Tie North Is brethren
oi the same family. bound 10 Us by all
the lies 81 interest and consanguinilv: but
am Il Southern man, and 4 Southern man
with Southern feeling: and CANNOT But
FEEL KEENI.l AND DEEPLY TIE Dl.-
NUNClhTIONS WHICH ARE POURED
OUT UPON SOUTHERN MEN. BECAUSE
THEY ADEOCATEA MEASURE. WHICH
THEY BELIEVE Is TO STRENGTHEN
AND AID THE SOUTH, As III Will.
ENRICH AND THUS STRENGTliEN Tns
NORTH LET THIS HABIT or D&El = .
CITATION, Then, BE DISCONTINUED /