Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-04-25
THE ENQUIRER.
EsicliIsh0nd, April 25.
WIG JUSTICE s MopEp ar1nN,

WIG JUSTICE = MODERATION,
Our readers will bear fully in mind mo
bitter and fierce assaults which wer. made
upon The Democratic parry by he Riehmopd
Wing in the heat OF The last Presidential can
vass. Because the Democrats refused 10 obey
the lead OF Mi. Clay, in his loruous course
upon The Texas queslion-bccause. with an
Independence and manliness, worthy Of The
citizens Of constitutional Republic they
spurned The disorsanzing course Of the Northern
Wing leaders who would sacrifice HE hnlv
Uniufscif, rather than eXlcrd liz be..;n". :, (y.,
institutions and the p.is OF ,..srai ard poli,;cal
reform over a fair land hat had once sr,tnsed IL
MS and was eager 10 return un!er the winys NJ
our observation-disclosures they adhered win
strict consistency 10 their lavori!e measure ri
The annexation If Texas, in whose accom-.
pisbInent the Wise>t The heSl and mos, vim
Gus statesmen furc>dW rev impulse given
10 The onward march OF liberal principles. i
new pillar erected beneath the we;ehy arch Of
The Union, new buIwafk thrown around our
domestic institutions, to snar! them against in.
,esiine foes aud foreign ambition intrigue and f..
naicsm-because the Republicans wou,d M,
slavi,hly bow The knee 10 he aspirations OF sin
gle man, in his rapid strides 10 the Presidential
honois over violated Constitution and darcd 10
raise their voices Tor The Annexation of Texas. 50
necessary safeguard 10 The Suu;h so fnll Of com
mercial benefits 10 our Norlh,rn and Western
people, 50 essential 10 the preservation Of The
Unlon-ioF all these reasons, the Republican PAR
t. were denounced hy lie Wing and lis whinnars
in, as "DiSnnionists and rapatious ami avari
ciou> >peculalcrs." Tie Clay Club in his CIV,
under lir orders Of the Wing ,,cmnly resolved
that Convention ~ The friends of Texas from
al portions OF The Union should mol lie suffered 10
assemble IN Richmond, calmly and peaceabiy 10
deliberate, without The consent Of" said VIII"
Club, or rather Of lis prime mover, The Richmond
Wing. Broad hints were boldly thrown on, ,ha.
the delegates 10 said Convention should be ey
PEELED beyond The limits OF The cily-and This IAN
gna2e was adopted by men who were cautiously
blind 10 The fanatic declarations OF their Wig al
lies Of The NORTH, who openly raised The ,ocsin II
d,sccrd, and maintained that The annexation of
Texas wonld amonnl 10, and wunli Justify dis.
solution Of the Union
While the Republicans, II the lime, coul! no,
refrain from evinoins passing Indignation al The
arrogant and violent bearing ot their leilow.cl;.
zcn> oil The SANG town, 10 whom 4 bruihcrly feel
Ing should have dictated course, marked By a
iu!e moe Kindness and charity, Ihey laughed al
the vain threat, OF Eea, lahorins under lie rr.
ialng excitement cf political canvass, and
much confidence in III. good sense and nslce Of
the people Of Virginia, 10 fear for ono moment
lie elect OF snch rash ana unproyokei proceed
ings upon tie popular mind-and they were MOI
disappointed. That noble people, ever true 10
The Constitution, always ready u ,indicatc ,rrh
and justice 10 pn; down selfish ambition and The
spirit OF faction, and 10 honor Tie worthy and
zealonS supporters Q. Virginia principles and the
fast friends OF he Uaon, became aroused by
these ungcncrous attacks upona large b y Of the
patriotic ci,i2ens of The Old Dominion from The
Sea Shore 10 the Ohio River The battle was fOu.h,
upon the principles 81 rs and 80 and The annex
alton Of Texas, and tie voice Of Virginia was
increased mere than iour-io,d, Stree The terrible
struggle of 1910, in favor Of the doctrines 81 the
Republican Party. The hoarsc croakings Of the
Northern Wings for dissolution Of the Union
were signay rehuked BY the vefiicl OF The ma
ton; and the cry Of "iisunon against The Re-
publican Party was drowned BIZ Tie ,hunders Of
popular Indignation Even the Richmond Wing
and lis satellites were forced BY public sentiment
10 cease their lille assaults upon The Democrats
aor their movements against the union Of the
States taiuiY nsrr,Jcd u man We had hoped
that the indignant rehuke Of Tie pcnule oil The
United Saes upon The swarm 81 Federal tahri.
cations, such as The Disnnion Pioi, the British
Gold. &C. would have taught orr neighhois OF
the Whg lille discretion. 'l'hcv Should have
learned. that il is no; BY violent charges unsup
ported bv facts that The popular mind can De-
swaved an men o! sense and cool Judgment IN
duced 10 abandon their long cherished principles
and embrace The noyous ana di>,asefnl ienets of
different political parly We had hoped, that
a l,ue more charity and !orbearance world have
been infused into The columns Of TIE Wing or
gan-and that il would have been more disposed
To discuss the great questions which divide Tie
two parties instead OF rcsor;ng Ia wholesale ard
black charges against great party, composed oi
as uood men and patriotic cilZ.nS rs are 10 be
found in HE bosom Of his own Wing party
But no. a new stimulus he's arisen 10 prorohe
lis slnmbcring haired for any thing like Republic
canism-A rehel!ious spirit among lis own lo!-
lowers refusing 10 go I'll lengths with me organ,
seems 10 have sunred lis emper-aIld while II
hits lis own friends right and leit, il bears down
upon the Republican parry with more tnan us
former violence and spleen. In lis Tuesdays
paper we find The following beautiful attack upon
the Democratic Parry
"The masses in all parties are honest alike
But we say, and we appeal 10 The country 10 sns-
tain us-if lhos. ranks which contain all that
have espoused Repnd,oiion-a tat have perpe-
lra,ed systematic FRAUDS debase The elective iran
chise and dcfraud The will Of the true People-al
thai have advanced under various DISCUSSES Attic
ism-all that have preached (and Tor what We
know prariiad) community 81 r"nrn ana O.
ooogs-all that have couneDanced DoRRlSSI, mat
is HE overthrow of regular government ny the
action Of no!I-noi The action ol i1fhe'S, bi'i OF
= mere n,ob all that denvihe raii'iii; oI public
C,;,h eynressel BIZ a charter, and The sacredncSs
Of vested righs-we appeal, We say, 70 TUE
corsrnY. TO THE PEOPLE, 10 THE 'EFLlaC l.
ING. if The parry which supports tacsc abomi-
narions. is not thai very same agraran parry
which overhrew The nd and all other Repnhlics.'
Again. YESTERDAYS Wing thus modcsi'y dis
courseih
"The Wings are u'-cohS'h1liond'
as Washington, Jefferson and Madison we're con
sritnlional; they love the Union; they loTe me
Constitution: they love law, ORDER aud republican
and legal mo, nlobocraiic y Liberty; lhey deles'
Sans Culo!lsn and Asrarianism Fanny right
ism Owenism, Dorrism, Rcpuia'ani>n, Afhr-
ism and an Ike mobncrac cxcresrences WHEN
have grown nul OF cur con'il!inn Of uhbo'nira
liberty OF thought, ol person. n speech, ana '''e
nress al Of which excre>ccnces, lei The sasacio"s
reader no,e. are the proper and peculiar SINS o.
,be Dcuoeydfp!! The Wings have not one OF
them 10 answer for No-no; one y
We repubIish these extracts, mol Tor the I''r-
nose of answering thcm-.or, they carry on hcir
face their own leiltd'io''' i'a' ''"'i -
bugs Of "British Gold "bisnnion Plo', &er
creatures Of The same hand, had their brief exist
ence and were Kissed of the s'ascly The great au-
d;erce Of The nation; in the same manner, ms
t,esh hatch Of sv charges from the same ma
nntac,orv are destined 10 sill more inslorions
f,Ie The intelligent, body Of The people whom
,hey are intended 10 misea.l, see Too clearly lie
fli@sy grounds on which 'hev are made % resi-
and vii! laugh down all such attempts TO impose
upon their judgment. Lei the people compare
hose wanton charges with the results OF their eve
~ davis experience; let them critically scan The
,wo nar,ies. and decide fairly and impartiaiiy,
, whether The one (the Wing pary) contains al
that is wise and virlnous and patriotic; and the
o ,he nhe democratic pany) embraces al that is
base acious and destructive let s sm apply Yhs sne
test Of truth and We dread not me eheel Oh 'heSe
". demonstrations we have cODpd