Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-03-21
THE ENQUIRER.
Richmond, March FL.
WING TROUBLES.


authority in order 10 exhibit to our Republican
friends the state of the game in some Of lie Wing
Districts As 10 the Essex District, The situation
Of our poor friend Newton is truly ptabe. A
Wing candidate for Congress, lie is assaed hv
both Wing and Enqnirer-and he must be man
ot more than usual influence 10 stand IN against
this accidentally conjoincd attack Wing as he
was and is. 0; The most ultra Bank Distribution
and Tariff stamp, he had no tavols 10 expect
from this paper True, we dill honor his early
course on the Texas question, when he boldly
segregated himself from The great mass Of his par-
is. and. by sustaining Millon Browns resolutions.
cave evidence thai he desired 10 attain great
national object, irrespective al The iyrannous be-
hests OF parlv. Bui when afterwards he relapse,l
mo his party ;,Ginies, and upon grounds The
most nimsy and uncnablc, voted araipsit the same
resolutions, modified by an amendment which
did not seriously affect the great object Of annex
a,ion-saiisic,l as he should have been that iflhe
amended resolutions lad failed in The House. Tie
question would have been losl forever and his vote
in the negative might have produced thai fatal re-
suit; when H.. al mos inau>piciorS hour took
This unfortunate and ill-ad.ised "back-lrack Z"
We icl that the credit vhch he had received fer
his former independence OF party rule, had been
entirely cancelled, and that he stood on The same
platform with The rest Of his anii-Texas Wing
brethren, and should be treated in like manner.
So much Tor our course towards MIR. Newton.
We leave him in the hands Of his Wing friends,
and beseech Tor him "satc deliverance' from
their loving affection!
All the structures of The Enquirer upon MIR
Newion's course are li.hl as feather, compared
with the loving comments of our ncishbor OF The
r. Wing We give few extracts from The Wing
again Speaking Of Mr.. Ms course on the Texas
question, The Wing says:
This gentleman finds himself in no cnyable
position He has mortified his true and siealast
friends or very large portion Of them they
who had stood BY him al the crisis and placed him
upon The summit he desired to reach, without
conciiaiing his opponents! He went too far for
The first. and not far enough for The last He. in his
rabid supper. Of the EXTREMIST Texas movement
without consulting the opinions Of the vast and
incaIculablc majority Of The party with which he
acted. from the AroSiOOls TO The Sabine, sinned
against the first canons OF party propriely for in
doing so, he made the great Interests Of This coun-
try. ndissoubly united with the success of Wing
principles, as he himself said a thousand times
and measures, subsidiary and subordinate 10 the
i,nnediuit annexation Of Texas, z measure which
coald be accomplished al mn time whaerer!-
lie displayed, in This course, an arrogant and
conceded seli.rcance and self sHliciencv over
Inc GSScNlnlcu Hl>ilDiil CI tIlt w u" Idltl d
Washington, and Wing opinion throughout ihc
Union which mark him for an unsafe politician
for one upon whose Judgment little reliance can
be placed ia coninS cni and collateral questions
and who on such questions, is Ike a dollar
pitched up, a likely 10 fall heads as fall tails.
"Wilhout, that we have heard anv consuta
ton with his district, or with the great body o
The Wings in il, al least, Mr.. Newton undertook
10 give THEIR vote for measure Of unconstltu
lional violence-we mean annexation OF 10
reign empire by Joint resolutions Of Congress, the
very lowest grade OF legislation. That IT Is a
measure OF lawless and unconstitutional vIo
fEScE We affirm, and we appeal 10 the CONSTI-
TUITION itself 10 sustain us in The assertion
We appeal particularly 10 STATE RIGHT
MEN,"
The Wig thus sketches Mr.. Ms course in
voting aglinS, the amended Resolutions, quotes
his explanatory letter 10 The Enquirer, and thus
continents upon II
"The commentary Of the Enquirer unon this
crinsng appeal is such as ii deserved. II by no
means pardons the offender against Texas and
shows of. with force, The weakness OF voting
against Beaton's amendment aier Mr. Newton
and lie Texas Wings had swallowed Browns
resolutions. lis reasoning upon This point Is con
elusive: II gives Mr. Newton no credit FOR chang
ing his vote, on the score OF pr'actre, but mt
mates that il was quite aS probably caused hy a
disposition TO attend TO his own Interests III re-
turning 10 his patty.
"rhis letter OF Mr.. Newton we never read IN
III Yesterday, (Montay) We read il under pho-
NsE 10 4 friend and with The sincere wish o be.
in. pleased with it, We lay j, down with feelings
o. entire disgust, and with the conviction OF The
truth Of wha, distinguished, most distinguish
cd Virainan said year aSo-he will mol he a
Wing year hence
This is sharp enough truly, from Wing or
gan upon Wing candidate for Congress; and
there are stronger passages, which We omit. We
come now to the concluding paragraph OF the
Wings biting comments. No one can read II
without a thorough conviction that the Wing
organ has given MIR. Newlon's claims 10 The
winds. Il substantially says 10 the Wings OF The
District: "[.et The Congressional canvass Iail 10
lie ground. Do nothing 10 sustain this Wing,
who has bcet stained with The plague spot Of Tex
as. We care nothing for his sncce>s-bnt We
eearnesly desire TO see Wing Delegates 10 Tie
General Assembly from The different counties ol
the District. Pr. Texas behind you, a. Il foul
and pollnlne spirit, and reckless Of The Congress
sional contest look alone 10 the t0Hnf'tS. Bui
is The Wing sure that Texas will rot ''once cross
The mind of The voters and will not influence
their vo,es?' Our word Tor it, this great national
question cannot thus summary be disposed OIL
Ii will. by It's overwhelming importance, lorce II
self into The canvass, and exert commanding
Influence upon The next elections. u mas Dech
fatal 10 Federal supremacy IN HE ias' great can
vass-and il will al The present liiaI, 90 oh con
uuering and 10 conquer. No Candidate can stahd
before its triumphant MARYLAND we appear 70
The people 10 make il a test question IN 'he mex
elections. We have the anlhoii'v OF the W ~"
candidate for Congress from this district, ana the
Il ,,,tf ha VI.
Bolts Tor saving. that, in his opinion, The Texas
oueslion was not vet settled, and that he was glad Of
il Such WAS The substance Of his declarations al
Goocbland Count on Monday last. According 10
Mr.. Bolts therefore, the final admission ot Texas
in,o The Union may depend upon the Senators
and Congressman from Virginia. u is, there
fore. important, in every point, 70 raly the whole
Republican parry, in defeating The anl.Texas
Wings. "
Blu, 10 the Wings paragraph, which, 10 our
minds. surrendcrs Newlons election, ihouSh u
cries ont most Justify for The support OF Inc coun-
IL delegates. Wepublish il Tor The information
of the District, and in order TO invoke inc uhceas
ing exer,ions Of our friends IN hchall OF kepnn'-
can principles, and OF The annexation OF IeSas /;
aTo the Wings OF The District we address an
earnest invocation: Suffer mol yourselves 10 ne
driven from your moorines oy 'ii'sc 3"i'' 1ss4s
GnJS 90 mich nouriShed by your IVfia Repre-
s sentative !, in in Congress. ATTEND TO THE
I TEGlsL ATlVE SPRING ELECTIONS
That's The great and essential point S, orfa1 6s
for thai Organic for the United S N9s; vi 1r-
ciplesl Let not Texas once cross your mind
much less influence your voles Congress is
Comparatively little this year: The House Of
Delegates is all in all !"
The Whip endorses a warm euloSinm upon
Mr. pendle,on. The Wing nominee in The Lou
doun District and takes occasion 10 give side
vine at Mr.. j. Morton, an indepenSd;C,nat: Wing
Texas candidate Ilsreaks OF those s wings VINO ,ho
Marty and "ook for an election TO The Democracy
and holds The following language:
aTheir convictions may remain unchanged,
bu. their as will he e sus., from ana ,h hs
Wing cause The heart VIII hsr w niI ae
{ bS ssnd by WITH the operation Of inherent
be VIZ VIZ m in BY Loco Fss9s Whs
1'A, ~, mr. -, r,r resisted IFS being made