Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-11-26
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RICHMOND d, VA.
saturday Morning, November 81. 1871.
TO BE, or NOT TO BIZ,

TO BE. Or MOI 10 BIZ,
That is he Question.
The Wing Party are in The thrccs oi excile-
mept and in the agonics oil rcvolutlon. ihe
question is "Shall 1t be dissolved as party
take a new name-or, shall il continue lis organ
izo,ion under lis present name Shall it merge
ilselfin the new parry Of The Native Americans
rally under their principlcs-ca itself American
Republicans. or Native Americans--or, shall II
continue TO act as the Wing Pauyl' Upon this
ouestion, the most amusing variety oil opinions
prevails among them. Three days before Inc
election. the Godlike Daniel addressed the Wings
in Faneuil Hall, in imitation of the language OF
Satan in the Internal Regions-declared, like The
fallen Archansel, that "What ii The field b. lost,
all is not losl"-and proposed as his scheme LOT
repairing the losses of his host, 10 throw then-
selves upon the Naturalization question. lie
ascribcd their defeat 10 the voies OF the Natural
izsd aliens-and he contended, that the mi>chieis
of the present law mus, be corrected, and The Pc
riod o., probation must he enlarged. In other
words, he proposed 10 Join The American Natives.
The New York Courier, Che protliSate Webb)
who had started the name OF Wing, now pro-
noses to renounce il, as name OF Ill omen, ana
10 lake refuge under The alias OF American Re
pub,icans. The New York American even pro
noses to refuse future Naturalization 10 every
foreigner 80 lar as any polltica! rights are con-
cerned. But the New York Tribune, ana The Al
hany Journal, oppose Inc change as unwise AMI
neXpedienl The New ioik Tribune, !" hls,)
saws In Ohio the Wings expressly, and in New
jersey, and Maryland tacilly icpr:!iatcd Native
Americanism In Connecticut they Git. mol en-
courage it, In New York, and Pennsylvania 4
different course was pursued. Look al HE result
in all these States, and Judge which was the
rich, way" Ii is obvious hoTc"e., tho, the
proposition meets with much favor in various
paris of the Union. y few papers have been
established upon this principle. The Now Or
leans TIopic waited till the election was over, be-
fore ii declared itself for Nalivisn. In Louis
vile and in Buffalo some Of the Wings have
come on, openly for IL.
The Portsmouth Index" [ofthis State) has as
serted the necessity Of lis adoption and il already
flies the name If Mr. William ;. Archer ii the
mas, head for the next President Of the Unilei
States. The Wing Of this city declared at frs
for retaining The name of Wing, bui il see.rs 10
be nuuering in The wind; for, il ado Tic .eni:
merit of ihc New York Courier The Compiler
goes Tor Nag sill; and seems 10 prepare lis
Shafts agaias. the cause Of Naiveism.
Thus the Wing camp is thrown into conTo-
hon They feel themselves beaten and they are
looking about for any means they can lad 10 obtain
new allies ant 10 recruit, their party. Tncy' can
no longer count upon the Abolition yo;cS--and
many OF the Wings are willing 10 court ine ~.
trc Americans. One Of the most singular signs
OF the times is the Letter Of Mr.. Edward Coi>or.
OF Berkeley, who announces 10 the Editor OF the
Mar;inShurg Gazette his purpose, on The oh last.
in the following decided terms
yesterday was engaged in all The i;rmoli OF
the election and | will venture 10 say. few WI. Is
felt more serious ard Gi>intcrs:;cd 'nxiei" il.
the success Of Inc u;tj;S;. than n.ect To-da;. be-
fore the general result, can be known, : III NY
course ascribcd 10 Gisap, p.fi:nt"', Gc>,e - ar
nouncc IL You, an! the public my feau..cIal:on
of ali l,urc connection with the Wing ,.iir.-
MOI ,!a; have changed a single prnciAc for
whic! we have been con-; ncin.: M that | IA at
all dissatisfied with III party which has ~ nobiv.
icarles>y honestly and iairiy malnl:inci hose
principle: iii less have host any potion Of III :
admiration for Ire patriot W. have heen S'I,a n
ing who is WORTH the highest honors Il graceful
coan'!y could bc>;ow. and of all Ike exc:ion,
which have been made III his behalf"
Air Culs'on then proceeds 10 declare his aprrc-
hen>ions o! the influence which foreigners are ey-
crrSing in oar counry--dcc'aIes hiiGstf''a 'iieul
ami Supporter o,hc Native \ mc.ic lean Association.
This incaics persons OF all sentiments in rci-
cio,: :ud puii:cs Catholic and Protestant 'far;..
and snli-rari:i; Bank and anti-han6; Whias
aud L0co>: GA" and Polk lnen---o,! .. whom en-
Joy their opinions unuocseti On these subjects.
only combining in the great parainou:. object oi
o.taiGinc sgch & modification %. The iaiufali2a-
ton laws as will secure Tie permanent Interests
ot The country from being overwhelmed - 10
lrignc.> ana sccu!c 10 oar nalivc-tufn ciiiZeG>
ti:5t in-t riaht and psePondcranCc which the
Laws e al. other nations give them. To the es
Establishment al such a partv, >.!al hereafter
give NY lest rycrions and entire influence"
Mir Co!s,on'> determination was made mp !ic-
fore H. heard of,hc dc!;'a,--:ut not appears TO
have been e,acily The course Of Webster Webb
and some other advocates of,he Revolution. We
shall no, Interfere with the movements Of their
rarr They iaay seize uron every prop they
can ot'ain to support ,;er falling fortunes. They
may Scca every al'y-or aaup, every nlcchs Ia
co.nlau or 10 strengthen tacm. Thcv may. il
tiior rle:sc, full back up9n the Alien Law ot oil!
John .idlins-THcy may - further than he ! |
years probation, %! his era, and extend il, wi,n
Mr.. \ rci;er, 10 twenty one-oI. abolish the priv
ege Of Naturalization altogclher-and thus leave
for twenty lone years, or for ever, 1 body OF TO-
reicners encampeG, as il were, in our country
without one political tie TO bird them 10 our in
tercs,s, and more ready on hataccount, 10 join any
army of their own country, who may come 10
make war upon us. They NAV adopt these or
any other means to rally under new banner
and cut their way 10 power. For ourselves, We
leave them to take their own course-and we shall
trace them in their devious winnings H. as the
Godlike Ex-senator SAYS, the present law isdetec-
tive in not providing against pe1ures and eniorc-
ing The means for requiring complete conp.i-
ance with its provisions we say with him, let the
defect be cured. But as for this extensive proba-
ton Of i,rca;ponc mars, which the Native Aneri-
cans claim, we must enter ou- protest. We can
not forget the words of the iastrious Jefferson in
his first Message 10 Congress:
~ cannot omit recommending 4 revisal OF the
laws on the subject OF naturalization. Consider
ing the ordinary chances Of human life, denial
OF citizenship under residence Of fourteen years
is 4 DENIAL 10 great proportion Of those who
ask il, and controls policy pursued from their
first settlement by many of these States ana still
believed OF consequence to their prosperity. And
shall we refuse the unhappy iugives IN dis
,ress that hospitality which the savagcs of the viii
derness extended 10 our fathers arriving IT. this
land Shall oppressed humanity fnl no asylum
on the globe p
But the following article from the New York
Morning News so happily touches this question,
as il relates 10 the complaints Of the Wings that
we cannot ill our space better than By copying
for our readers and for The Richmond Wing:
From Tic n. Y .noraing Noes
MORE WING SPECULATION on THE
CAUSES OF THEIR DEFEAT
A writer in the Tribune Of yesterday thus con-
firms The view which We at the same time took Of
the distribution Of the naluralizcd votes between
the two great political parties:
"Haviag paid some attention 10 lie subject
have no; been able 10 discover that the Roman
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