Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-02

In December, 1871, Wing Congress convened
with an overwhelming majority 10 oo'h tiou ssz
The National Republican, or Fedora wing Gilhe
Wing patty, greatly ouI-nunibcrins Tue sou'heIh
or States Rights wing, and secure IN iheir schSh,
conceived the idea Of aching independently OF
their Southern colleagues, or 81 ruling them lnlo
the support Of their measures.
Accoidingly,a Bank Charter, and men .alin
Bill, with distribution clause, ulefly supVel-
sve OF every principle OF The compromise, Were
gotten up and under the severe discipline OF MI.
Clay passed through both Houses
Mr. Tyler, true TO his old States Rights opin-
ions, and 10 the pledges which had been gwen Tor
him by his patty, vetoed both 81 these bus
and thereby drew down upon himself The most
furious denunciaiions Of the very parry which
had commended him 10 Inc Sufases OF ms couh
rymen as Republican q The Jeliersohian
school,"
The time had now arrived icg The States Rights
Wings 10 choose between lie wing parry as
then disclosed, ard their long cherished primer
pies. For il was now evident that they could no
longer act with that party without Total ana
radical change OF principles.
With lew noble exceptions they preferred me
la'Ier-and from that time the Wing party Of The
South, with their Republican creed, have been
merged in the great Federal parry Of me Norm !!
extinct and forgotten
ln.view of these polica changes and events,
who can fail 10 be impressed with The vanity oil
all human calculation Had that portion q The
Wing party which abandoned Jacksons adml-
nislIalion because he vas ior enforcing Tie Ia
Iifi' Of 1928 upon Soul! Carolina been told that
in lew short years they would be supporting
'royse Tariff, and would prefer The lalher Of that
hated and oppressive system 10 all ether persons
ior The Chief Maeislracy oi lie nation, they
would have laughed al The prophet asa mailman.
For al The lime {" Ina. split in he Jackson party
no man in the Union was more deeply exec!a-
tel Than Henry Clay. Il is due 10 Mr.. Meade,
Qhe Whis E.ecior for this district in 1890 10
Stale that lie fully and promptly redeemed lhr
pledge he made in the presence Of Wings ald
Democrats. He no, only sustained Mr.. Tyler III
his veoeS but on The nomination Of Mr.. Polk lie
came forward as his supporter, me, The Whiss
wherever he could, on their own battle grounds,
exposed their duplicily, and confronted Them
with their apos,acy. No gentleman in The State
OF Virginia rendered more efficient services in
The canvass al 1914 Than Mir. Meade rs eS-
ample was olo Sed BY 4 number oi ihe choicest
spirits oi the Wing parry in the District, who I'D
not hesitate 10 abandon parry which had viola
led all their pledges and lolsaken every prIncl-
pie OF their creed.
But here is portion, very small portion OF
the Wing party OF Tie South who do not DIES serve
these anmadyersioEs. They are The original Ia.
rifles and Bankites, Clay anal Adams men, who
voted against Jackson in 1928 and ~. These
men are honest and consistent. They call HEM
selves Federalisls, and glory in the name, and in
sustaining The present Wing party they are true
10 their principles Of 1901 and 1872 liwould be
consolins 10 The phanhropist could he believe
that this sudden change in The principles OF the
Southern Wing party was The result OF eonrictio1
rather than OF pariv drHl. But the suadenness
and circumstances Of the change forbid This more
charitable construction. These principles were
sustained and cherished by the Wings oflhe South
Tor years before they were called Wings, and
whilst they were members Of the Republican par
Is. They took ground against The protective po-
Icy in 1924, when the first bill for protection was
passed. In 1929 lhey vehemenlly proteSedthroush
their Legislatures. They sustained The Bank
Veto and the Maysville Veto Of Gen. Jackson
They maintained these opinions against the most
powerful arguments Of their opponents, with
change OF opinion, on these subjects, is even in
iima,ed. Suddenly, in that year, We are aston
ished with the intelligence that The Stale Rights
rorton Of the WING parry have become Banlics,
TalIffiies, and Disribu!ivnisis.
This political regeneration Is attempted 10 be
excused ly saving that the country was in want
OF revenue. Indeed was Bank necessary 10 a
revenue? Was The distribution OF the proceeds
OF The public lands necessary 10 revenues Was
a protective Tariff (prohbiory on some articles, J
necessary 10 4 revenue? On The contrary, were
no, all these measures detrimental 10 revenue I
II is true The revenue was deficient in 1912, hut
there We're fifty millions Of free articles on which
4 duty OF twenty per cent could have been laid,
without disturbing tie Compromise. In acl, The
Compromise would not have been violated in
spirit, il 4 Uniform and moderately increased ,n-
IS had been laid on every article.
But instead oil this, in violation Of The most So
lemn guarantees given III 1889, a recurrence was
had 10 The exploded and oppressive American
system, opening afrcsh all those tcep wounds,
which, ii was hoped, had been healed by the COM
promise II ISL. And when il IS remembered
that this STATE Of things was brought abau; nv The
aid, and with HE consent vi Eives, Archer Pres
Ton, Bcryicn, aud others, who had heretofore
been lie holdssi advocates Of Free Trade aEj
Stale Rights, some Of them even nalliTiers OF la"s
like those now advocated when all this is r..
.ncmhcred We Ale either LOST in wonder 81 he in.
stability cl human opinions, Or wrapt in atm'a.
ton oi The tremendous influence which one lo!,!
and vigorous mind can exert over the minds Of
others not less intelligent, bnl more limii and IL
rcsolule
But this number has grown into greater
length than we desired. In our next, We shall
enleayor 10 show, BY documentary evidence,
drawn from Wing files, that the Wing parry was
guilty OF Implicitly in announcing their principles
in 1910. and that ouI candidate Tor Congress, MIR.
Meade, was consistent and tue 10 his former
principles in deserving that party. NJ