Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-04-12
RICHMOND DAILY WING
SATURDAY. MORNING. APRIL ~. ists.
THE CITY CANVASS /.


The friends OF Mr.. James Lyons affect have strong
desire for the restoration harmony in the Wing ranks
but will they do any thing 10 contribute Ia i'll
Nothing all. Will they unite general meeting Of the
Wing Voters Of Richmond, and agree to leave IL 70
jority TO determine who the Wing candidate shall bet
No,hey will not! They reject every proposition Of the
Kind and not only reject t. bat they did in Monroe
Ward every effort to prevent Others from
Will they ssssesf themselves, any plan ohpedient by
which concord may be restoed' No. tAey ,cN NOT They
present their candidate, and say effect the Wing
-: "Come-here Is candidate Ii you harmony.
come all OF You and vote Tor hin. You shall have upon
other terms. You shall only have harmony by voting
for the present " This is really the prae.
ucal language OF the Lyons Wings small fraction OF the
great Wing party OF Richmond who. eloskng their
under the charge OF jctaton" sganst do
thus really presume dictate their pleasure the great
body oi their Wing Brethren.
Is Unnecessary explain any person. the this
arrogant Disappointing and destructive Of conduct
the part OF the Lyons Wings. Heaven the mark
Perhaps there may be who have We, fa,homsd
them and therefore proceed make statement. which
even they dare call in question for accuracy.
Why, then. do the Lyoas Ways oppose every attempt
and overture at eonciliatonl Why will they go
meeting Tor that purpose Why will they suggest nothing
themselves restore harmony and why do they resist aud
reject every attempt and every the gre body
Of the Wings here, who, indifferent 20 only for
the Wing cause
The explanation perfectly simple and conclusive and
defy OF the number deny that the solu-
ton OF their extraordinary and
found in the facts
ls That they tcisA TO keep I'D the discord conscious
that unless there several Wing candidates Nj Lyons
has no chance of election. They neither Mr..
James MIR. Lancaster or Mr.. Brooke he dropped They
want all three and many possible rum because
the that the better Mr. Lyons chance through the
aid IF the LoCoFoCoS. They would like well
h.. NJ, l.
GU strong could beyond any doubt, decide the election
and palm Representative upon the strongest Wing City
the uEinn y noble TO influence the conduct Of
WINGS.
.. They will not 20 into n public meeting to
have the claims and preensons OF their candidate well
Others weighed aud decided upon by the Wing paryI-
AND WHY WILL THEY NOT Because they know
that IPhg restiag proper would prefer Join, Re
solution Texas Wing, and because the Locofocos
come into It, to help their Texas ally IL the Locos
all are admitted-they then willing. but they
willing unless the Democratic party permitted
and decide family quarrel OF the Wings This strange
and anomalous and unheard.
OF doctrine is avowed IN the streets, by OF these de-
luded men. and preached in the public prints by
them least and lie, presume OF the oraces OF
this crazy faction What next Why, let Amos Kendall
be called in umpire
These gentlemen call themselves and have leng BEEN
good Whigs-but will deny that they take strange
way oil proving IN absolutely refusing all propositions
relying upon Democratic defeat fAeir
political tiends and in encouraging and fomentng
the distractions in their ranks for the patry and unps-
tioic purpose OF first dividing their friends and then
quering them by THE ARMS OF THEIR POLITICAL
FOES.
II this is Whigsery- this is that conservative al
lection and patriotic devotion for principle, which have
then have been mistaken ali this while and not we only
but the Wing party large. We regard the very
lowest order Of personal faction, which crafty the as
piraons Of man, is prepared compromise to sacri
hee necessary the peace the efficiency the success nay
the very existence OF perty upon which the last hopes
rational and constitutional liberty depend"
There who have entered into this Arturo upon
the main Wing party its harmony and integrity, only
with the purest motives, but with OF
not few, who regret that they have done So and would
lain escape from pledges unrefiecngy given A pledge
VI that kind Is wholly invalid No man is bound by |
pledge given IN ignorance, upon what lie
most values We exhort ell such have the 6Tmssss 10
10 right and suffer the mseves dragged along
by imaginary and fantastic Cations to do what they now
cannot but see is WRONG!
And now we close by asking questions I. Do not
he Lyons Wings oppose oil attemps harmony and pub
meetings promote IT, because the Loco Focos cannot
come there to HELP
ID Is their reliance upon the Locos to elect their
candidate
Ii this be and that it in the least doubtful
are no, these gentlemen entitled to patent for Whgge1