Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-13
TIE luuIc CONVENTION

The Wing Convention nd ourned on Friday night
after adopting an Address, appointing Committee to
answer the Address of the Democratic Convention
adopting resolution to hold another State Con-
vention after in Charlottesville, selecting their
own Delegates 10 Baltimore, appointing list of Elec
TORS designating two assistant Electors OF The Empire
whose duty is to take charge Of NIL the speaking
and sangwhanging the East Of the Ridge, and ano-
Their on the We:t-g;vng the goby 10 The magnificent
proposition Of Mr. Bolts friends to constitute him
Grand Assisting Elector for the rhoic Commonwealth;
doing nothing t. E but rather exasperatng the ieuds
between The white and the red and after col
Letting pretty considerable fund for the dissemination
Of their peculiar party documents among the good peo
pie of Virginia We have heard of compliment
being paid to their Address-but ii IL said, somewhat
in contradiction 10 their expose Of 1910, TO GO for
National Bank Protective Tariff, we'll as Distri-
button of The proceeds of the public lands (another
branch, in fact, of the Protective Tariff system) They
had orators enough, in oil conscence-but we hear OF
great speech being delivered. The which the
r. Wing pleased 10 run up into parallel with Chas
Foxs, is not considered by most impartial critics as
being quite equal that DIST ngu,shed fact
rather realizing the saying Of Pope, that praise undo
served is satire ~ disguise - il drew iuiiI many
applauses indeed, when tie orator spoke Of MIR Van
Buren, owning sheep, whilst Nr Clay owned slaves
and II this be the most striking tang IL uttered, IL
nugurs very litia Of the good last. Of his rnmerons
audience The on y speech upon which mlny com
pliments have heen passed is the vaedctury ct the
President, whilst his opening speech was rather
failure. MI. Leigh IS sad by many wao heard HIM,
to have been very eloquent and impressive, toward
the close of his farewell address. lie drew por-
traits enough-and among them, that of Mr.. Cal
houn-to whose genius lie paid high tribute of praise
but he allowed him little practical discretion and al
tbu,ed great cfeduousness OF character when his
bition concerned.
Blu, the spectacle is over. The para pIcrnaa have
vanished The flag no longer floats upon it's staff -
The transparency Of Mr.. Clay is again thrown into
somb'c shade. The Club House is shut-and The hum
Of the multitude and the whispers Of the ladies are
hushed. The special delegates have returned TO their
hearths {, boast Of their NUMBERS and 10 'show how
fields are To be won" They claim 10 have gathered
into their Club House, near eight hundred epecisi
Deegates-and when we come u see ana scan
their names, we shall be able to Judge Tor OUT
selves That they had large crowd IN their Con-
venon, cannot be denied-but is not quite SO clear IN
their case that multitude OF councillors there IS
safety or wsdom" That the water courses, which had
been sealed up during our Convention, and cut off
great manv from attendance, were opened to their De
laratss canunt be questioned But !; is also certain.
that our Safe Convention carries with mora
force, more union aud harmony, than prevail
tbs motley multitude IL IS dlso certain, that uur
friends infinitely more lnspr;ted by our Conven-
ten, than they have bsen by lhrrs-,i:a. ,,..s
mighty avalanche Of Wings has not dampened for
one moment the noble spirit, which the Demo-
cratic Convention Las b.ea.i.eG into our ranks. Net
man of IS shaken. Not despars Of the
State Not who does not believe that we shall
carry II by thousands. Instead OF dispiritnE
the Wing Convention is only calculated to rouse
us up and put all Of us to me,te. We have never
the Democratic Association more animated than
they Saturday night, since its organization.
The resolutions, which they adopted, and which ap-
pear in their proceedings, some evidences of this
fact But stronger proofs were found in the addresses
of The speekers-in the racy and sensible remarks Of
MIR. VIM. Wallace, who, for the first linie address
ed p,cseat Associa,inn-in The speech Of Mr.
Ridley of the Senate, who stated what he had heard
Of the contents Of the Address Of The Wing Conyen.
ton-crl'icsed the measures it proposed (of Ma
,una Bank and Protective TarfD and declared
with what enthusiasm he prepared 10 encoun-
ter them in The open field mr. Thomas T. Giles
was called up by NJ S. ID Denoon, and spoke with
great energy, and declared, that the Wings
out with their creed-with Bank Tariff and Dstri.
but:on-he did not dread the result They within
our grasp. and should crush them The rencontre
Sir. G NJ. Braxton addressed the Association with
great eloquence and effect and declared that we
ready TO meet and to dsfea: the Wings
In word, We proclaim, after all the scenes which
have been recently acted this theatre, that ALL
IS WELL There IS reunion in our party, which
prom'sesus glorious victory, and moreove,the Wings
are now SAID to have shown their hands. Numme-
ries they Will havc-die shows to impose The senses,
hrar OF cnoaskins, and the mill boy end mill bags,
OILED, one of our speakers said with good meal and
the staff of life, bat with sawdust to throw into the
eyes of the peope are reported to be in preparation
These we can now despse. The other humbugs Of
le4o have asJ iost all their charm As was said