Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-10-02
MASSACHUSETTS, WHIGGERy.


To say The least, the Wings and Aholi,ionisls
OF Massachusetts have very strong affinity
Indeed, the Boston Times, Dem, speaks OF The
Wing party and the Liberty party OF Massachu-
sets as Zone and the same in principle and in
measures" and advers 10 the following passages
in The resolutions Of The late Wing Convention,
in which the Wing party declare it emphalically
to be so:
1.-THE Wings do not desire 10 restrain or TO con.
troll men in the exercise OF the right Of suffrage;
every man is free TO vote as he chooses; bnt il
must be evident TO all, that the organization Of a
third party in opposition 10 The Wings has thus
ar had no effect bu, 10 ensure The defeat OF those
great ends which lha third party profess to have
in view. Wiberorce and Clarsson and their
associates did not act thus in bringing The poiti-
cal power of the Stale 10 decree The abolition OF
the Slave Trade, or The emancipation OF slaves in
The colonies. How much wiser would il now be
that those examples should be followed, and those
most devoted to The great interests OF humanity
should remain united with persons who hold the
like general sentiments, instead OF indirectly but
effecually cooperating with a party which is
equally at war with both
"The Liberty party, formed mainly from The
Wig, and agreeing with The Wing on 0H ma
questions touching human E,cedom, yet in The eYer-
else OF The elective franchise seem 10 shut their
eyes 10 The fact, that the party olhe Northern De-
mocracY is party which Processes 10 do nothing
and 10 care nothing for human liberty, and the
general policy o! which i, in other respects, in
The Judgment Of the members NJ he Liberty party
itself, policy which relards, instead oil advan-
cling, The public prosperity.
awe come back, then, 10 the sentiment eX-
pressed in The early part Of his resolution, and
after mature reflection on The past, anda uIl con-
temptation OF The future, We are fully persuaded
that il is to the integrity Of the Wing party, and
alone tina we must look for any important good,
which we desire to Obtain for he interests oil The
country or the interests OF humanity"
In some particulars, the proceedings OF The
Massachusetts Wing State Convention smack OF
the spirit Of the famous Hartford Convention
The latter denounced Mr.. Madison and The war
with England in the bi,terest terms. The former
whose President was Charles Hudson, one oil the
memorable fourteen that opposed the bill for car
ryng on the war Nth Mexico, assail the present
war as having Originated in an illegal and uD-
authorized acl OF the President OF The U. States,
as snow waged for conquest and the acquisition
of territory" 10 be "formed into slaveholiing
States, and, as such, added 10 this union"-and
they declare that they "hold this war, 50 far as II
is really carried on for these purposes, 10 be I'M
just6obr and rieked and, therefore, as calling for
the rspr06ation of all tue patriots and all good
men"
They then speak OF the Annexation OF Texas
las Sayeholding Slare) as a "sreat and enor-
nous wrong" and fare obliged TO confess, with
shame and notification, that even in Massachu.
sets herself, there have been, and there are,
Texas and pro-sayery partizans, and Texas and
pro-slavery presses" (Democratic)
We are now al war with Mexico. Are no!
The above solemn declarations of great parry
organization we'll calculated TO encourage the
enemy7 Instead OF standing by their own coun-
try, they assail that country upon the most fimsy
and false charges, and call upon our citizens to
"reproba,s" the war in which we are engaged
They become The advocates OF Mexico; and as
John @. Adams said of Daniel Webster, they
have only to take one step farther, and enlist on
The side OF Mexico. As far as language goes
all their feelings seem TO be alliedto Mexico.
Strange that party should carry men SO far
The case OF the Commonwealth Us. Myers, &c.
for shooting D. NJ. Hoyt, came up before tn
Mayor yesterday. DR.. Carmichael, being ques
toned BY the Mayor, slated tha. Hoyt continues
in about The same condition, and that be (Dr. Car