Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-10-02
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHM OND, VA
Thursday Morning, october 1, 1916.
TIT FOR TAT.

the most designating aud destructive iTuits.-
|! is no. our object, now, 10 relue This radical CT
ror Suffice for The present 10 declare, that The
grand and leading doctrine Of cur party is strict
compliance with The Constitution asst is written,
and an implicit obedience 10 all laws which may
be in accordance with that charter Of our rights
We 90 for The Constitution, as il is, as the only
sure guarantee Of safety and success II is The
only beacon that can guide The ship of State
avoiding anarchy on the one SIDE, and central
consolidation on the other. Our opponents on
the contrary resort 10 every device and ingenious
sophislry to make The Constitution yield TO the
calls of expediency. They torture lis simplest
phrases into grant OF unlimited power, and in
The magic words general welfare" find authority
for all that they desire. According 10 lh'ir doc
lrines, there is nothing fixed in its planest provi
sions-the powers Of The Central Government va
~ according 10 The whims or interests ofhe par
" which for The lime may be in power. The
Wings, by their loose construction, claim cnor-
nous powers for the General Govcrnm,nt, while
the Democrats, following the strict Letter Of The
Constitution, as expounded by its irame's give TO
the national head The narrow powers to which il
is entitled, and reserve 10 the sovereign States all
the rest. Are NOT, then, The principles d the De-
mocratic party strictly conservative? Is il not
safer 10 follow chart clearly defined in is bounds
and limits, than TO launch The ship of Safe upon
the sea Of wide construction, without my other
rule TO guide il than the unlimited discretion Of
NJ L. H.,
answered by the country; Tor, with i,w excep-
liuns, The result Of accident or of clolded pub
lie sentiment, those at the head Of puhic affairs
have been selected from The DemocHlic party.
and 10 Judge from the present signs The principles
Of that parry are likely 10 remain in The ascen-
dant for SONS time longer.
But The Wings say that Mcy are III: true con-
servaive party, and that the Northern branch Of
the Democratic family have shown themselves
10 be dsorganizers and deslruclyes. Il is a fair
retorl TO refer 10 what we now see in prosIrss in
The great Stale OF New York. The Wings, in
convention, have inst nominated loI Governor a
man whom the Radicals boast of as fair repre-
sentative OF their principles, and whom he resu-
and suspicion. We have The authority of a
Wing paper, The N. Y. Gazette, Tor saying that
the deteslable and mischievous faction, the Anti
Renters, with the cxpcdiency delegates, threw their
votes for Jno. Young, and thus secured his nomi-
nation for Wing Governor of New York We
quote from the Wing press evidence tina, Stale
Convention of that party in New York have So
lemnly endorsed The principles Of the Anti Rent
ers in the person Of one Of its champions. Let
not The Wing press hereafter launl the "Locolo-
COS" as deslructives: they have not made Them
selves amenable 10 The charge, as have the Wing
party ofNew York al their late convention.
The Albany Evening Journal, an organ OF the
Radicals, assails the N. Y. Express and Courier
for turning cold shoulder 10 The nomination oil
MIR. Young. The Express retoris upon its loving
Wing associate, and swallows the Utica nomi.
nation with the biIteresl grimace:
mMr. Weed ought 10 have been content with
his Utica r,ctovy and with the way the Express
has come into The nomination made there, with
out any such reflections as these. 1t is true, that
The Wings OF New York will stand BY their Wing
brethren in the Slate,-with almost the certainty
before them, that the dynasty which in 1888 and
1910, here sold inspecto,ships mission, &c. &C.,
would sell them again,-bu, they love Rome, and
care very little for the Caesars in il. All the whic,
do1ccvcr, The Wigs here dcspisc thai dynasty more
than hey do Loco Foeosm ITSELF
ave have done our duty as patriots, sacrif-
cling preferences, and shall continue TO do So in
spite of this unprovoked assault upon US from the
Q,t0ndom State official Journal, and even though
il may be an index of Stale policy hereafter
All we have to add here is, that we hope there is
no truth in the following from The Albany Atlas
"'lt is understood here that The Wings are ma
king earnest efforts 10 procure for MIR. John
Young the nomination OF the "Anli-Rent State
Convention" so called, and with 4 Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor tackled 10 him
The latter movement being intended for The ben
eft Of Mr.. Fish,"
From the New York Courier, we extract the
following passage:
"WHIG CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
The Tribune OF Saturday, in reply 10 our re-
marks in relation TO the doubts among The Wings
on the subject OF MIR. Yuuns's Ambient princi-
pies, insists that there i, no room tor dou6t, and
gives the history OF his votes upon the three Anil-
Rent bills introduced into the Legislature last win
ter by Mr. Tlden, as follows:
"Ist On The bill 10 redress The manorial srilr-
ances by abolishng the distress for Rent MIR.
Young voted in the Affirmative.
"2d. On The bill 10 equatizc taxation, Thy provi-
ding that landlords rent charge or reserved in
teres in leased lands, shall be- subjecI 10 Taxa
ton, Mr.. Young voted in the c6irmatirc.
"3d. On The bill relating 10 derises and dcseents,
auhorizing tenants in perpeuiiy 10 purchase al
their actual value The rights of The heirs 10 their
several farms, on the death Of The landlord, MIR.
Young voted in the affirmative.
1--WE have used the language oflhe Tribune in
describing these bills; and The simple fact that
they were introduced and voted for, according 10
The Tribune, 10 redress manorlaL grievances, con-
meets The whole OF them directly with the question
VI Anti .Renl"
We conclude with searching paragraph from
the N. York Gazette. Who can now doubt de-
cisiye Democratic triumph in the Empire Stale,
this coming November?
The Whis nomination for Governor has dis
heartened that party in this city, and The an
nouncemenl Yesterday morning hat John Young
the opponent OF Joshua Spencer, in his honest
and manly stand against anti-Renism-the en-
bodment OF The peculiar anii-Amerlcan Cosmo-
polilan crudites of Ex-Governor Seward, and his
immediate frends-the father OF the Convention
and The chosen candidate of the expediency
section of The party with their avowed motto Of
success, ~ hU1fN MEANS ~ IOsspte, Onb Ut uH
hazards sneee,s-pr produced, as The Courier of This
morning frankly admits, genera gloom in their
ranks.
That Ira Harris would be the frs, choice o!
The anli-Ren, delegates was well known, bu, il
was feared al The same lime that such nomina-
lion could not be forced upon the Convention, and
MIR. Young was generally considered The real
candidate If The friends and supporters OF anti
Renlism. On The second ballot in The Conven-
ton, iMr Fillmore, who was the choice of all this
section of the Stale, had majority of seven over
both The opposing candidates and finding that
there was as they had supposed. no chance for
their favoriie man Ira Harris, The ani-Renlers
with The Expediency delegates, threw their votes
for MIR. Young, and thus secured his nomination
To sweeten the pill The Wings OF New York
and The adjacent counties, The nomination oil
Lieut.. Governor was forced upon Hamilton Fish,
Of this city, in the hope TOO, That The selection OF
such candidate would conciliale The conserva-
live portion of The party all over the Stale. But
even with this fresh and striking evidence OF The
determination of the Wing managers 10 appeal 10
The most opposite and conflicting interests for sup
port we are quite satisfied The Wing vote of the
state will not be cast for the candidates OF The Ut