Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-09
HIGH PRAISE!


and our glorious victory is SO full of important
results, occurring, it does, al The very outset OF
new Republican Administration, that We shall,
we trust, be fully justified Tor deyoling rather
copious space 10 the commentaries oil The Repub-
lican pleSs Nothing that nc could say would
be read with as much pleasure as the following
extracts from Two Democratic papers, arriving
on the same day IRON The South and The North.
II NAV he now regarded as well settled thai
Virginia is Democratic 10 the heart She occu
pies high position in the nation, and her move
mcnls will have much influence, whether for The
veal or The noe Of The great Republican Parry.
Its, therefore, OF vital importance, hatlhis moral
influence should be maintained in all lis purify
and strength To secure all the benefits of our
poslion il is our first duty 10 look 10 principles
alone and 10 keep united upon The platform OF
The Constitution. No thought Of The succession
should he allowed, for long time 10 come, 10 agi-
late our ranks Let that man, whose selfish am
billion would throw. confusion into orr councils,
be lrownet down by Virginia, however brilliant
his talents and great his services In dne Time,
The people will lake up and discuss the question,
and all will be well. The experience Of last
year has taught moral lesson. not soon 10 be
forgotten II is safer for our party il is wiser for
asprams themselves, 10 await The action Of The
peoples agents:
From lie Charleston M7fnTy
TnE ViRaiNi. ELEcTIoN.-The result Of the
election in Virginia is OF an importance 10 cor.
rect principles thai can hardly be estimated.
The majority in the Legislature secures Re-
publican U. s. Senator in place OF that mongrel
politician, VIM. G. Rives, who has betrayed every
principle and every party, with SO total disre-
gard OF, or blindness TO- even decent preexts, that
his continuance al the head Of any party III 4
great State, was really disgraceiu We know al
no man in The Union whose talents have raised
him 10 SO conspicuous place Of contempt
|, is well thai he is disposed OF. 10 the addition
OF Hunter and Seldom, 10 her Congressional De-
legation, Virginia has secured honor, ability and
devotion to principle. Mr.. Hunter is well known
10 the country, and stands in The very front rank
Of lis Younger .laiesmen. A. thinker and rea-
soner, he will meet no superior, and few equals
in The House Of Representatives. MIR. Seldom
is. as tar as official rank is concerned, a new man;
bnt in Virginia, his brilliant powers as debaler,
his thorough knowledge Of politics, his hold and
determined advocacy OF principles, had already
marked him az master spirit and made him
which the wings claimed as their settled property,
against man of the ability experience and TAX
ing popular eloquence of John NJ Bolts, is an
achievement that would Of itself confer dslinc-
lion.
Through the whole canvass, which we watch
I'd with great interest," Mr.. Seldom was eminent
" the champion Of principles He compromised
nohing-evaded nothing-suyrendered nothing.
There was no "incidenlaism" about him.
Tariff for revenue alone, was his principle, and
he never departed from 1t. His election is the
lair and honest triumph OF that principle.
And We may say The same ot the result in Vr-
einia. The Address Of the Central Committee,
signed by Thomas Richie, made up The issues
before the people. II had The hearty concurrence
Of all the leading Democrats ofthe Stale. There
was wide and careful consultation upon il be-
fore hand, and tcame forth with Free Trade bla-
Zoned boldly upon its brow. Tid7f FIR 7ert-
nue. alone, was sci forth as the first and greatest
question before The people. Never, for long
time, had the parry 50 uncompronisingly SO
boldly and so unitedly announced this as their
banner word. The election in Virginia may
then he considered great free trade triumph.
And The position of the Wing party isa full ex-
PLANTATION of the triumph, and offers the most
cheering evidence that il is substantial and per-
manent gain. The Richmond Wing SETS forth
The defeat of its party in many articles, of which
the following extracts embody the substance
"The Wing party, SO far as we can form an
opinion. has never received so disastrous blow
as this Just inflicted upon them here by The hands
of brethren Mr.. Cays defeat was national
and effected by open ices THIS is domestic,
and effected by intestine foes OF the Wing party;
by pretended Wings in some cases, but what is
far worse yet By the concurrence Of numbers of
as true Wings as ever lived who have been de-
ceived
"Had The old Democratic party given The
Wings this hard fall il would have been much
softer fall So the Wings think at least But
what is done, cannot be undone, and 50 ends our
catechsm for the present.
"The Wings will perceive from the general
returns to-day, $50 far as they so) that all might
have been carried, had they remained true TO
themselves and united as they were wont, in
this section OF Virginia The spill, here has
Frustrated the Wing party every where-morti-
| fed, discouraged and palsed them"
The simple explanation Of This, is that with the
issues that were brought heforelh people-Texas.
and Revenue Tariff on one side, and their anita
gonis,s on The other the Wing party could not
hold together. They could not bear The weight Of
The abominable load their leaders had put upon
them, and they rebelled. These issues were far
less palpably marked in the Presidential election
and The Wings had then great and signally 20
pular leader al their head Yet MIR. Clay was de-
fsated by majority OF G,OO0 What then could
the Wings expect with their bad cause stripped
Of all devices, and deprived of all The adventurous
charm and power Of Mr. Clay's uneqnaed per-
sonal ascendancy? What. but dscord, rebellion
and utter defeall II is the Wing cause, then that
| h1s been ,ppuliaied and spurned hv The people OF