Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-02
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, VA.
Thursday Morning, July /, 1917.
WHAT ARE THE WINGS FOX?

sound policy and beneficial operation Of The great
measures OF the prescn, Democratic Admins
| ,sa,on. We saw in our late canvass in Virgi-
mia, that The Wings carefully "shiiked" The ques.
| lions OF Tariff, Bank &C., which have hilher-
10 divided parties combining themselves 10 mis-
representations oil the Mexican war. Ne, long
since we quoted an article from The Stale Jour
nal, the leading Wing organ IN Ohio, which
boldly ayowea The Democratic doctrine OF ''ihe
world for market without restriction" thereby
casing 10 The winds their once tayoTile notion OF
the grand panacea of "home market" Another
Wing cdi,cf-he Of the "Brookvlc (lndiana)
| Amcrcan"-has laleiy paid visit TO Massa.
chusel,s and New Hampshire, and gives his OPT
MON of The virtues and operation OF the Tariff Of
1916 Sec what he says OF The "Iuin" So ca-
,porously predicted By the Wing press not many
nicUns since:
"Frum Lowell, we proceeded UP The valley 81
the Merrimack RIVER 10 Nashua, IA miles above,
ard from thence 10 Manchester, Is miles still
further up Lowell, Nashua and Manchester,
are thee Of The largest manufacturing places in
he United States"
"A few DAYS before we left Brookville, having
been called upon in The streets or orr opinion on
the Tariff, We replied that We were satisfied TO
lei The Tarid Of '46 remain. The country
wanted stability in this matter. The people and
manufacturers demanded permanent settlement
OF this vexed question. With The present Tariff,
The manufacturers we're prospecting: and II 'lle
Democratic pary would retain the present Tariff,
the Wings, Tor The sake of peace, should lei II
remain as il was. We arc mar more fniiy coa.
frned ~ that opinion. We have seen things
lately that have opened our eyes little wider;
but The way in which il was obtainsd, il sionld
not be published IN tic streets II As.a'om."
Who can misunderstood The concluding wolds
Of the writer2 lie fears that TO tear back The
curtain and exhibit The whole truth might be too
severe shock 10 lhe nerves Of The advocates Of
the Tariff oil 1912, and subject !hsm TO public IL
dicule or indignation.
| In Alabama we have shown how Mr. billiard,
! the only Wing who voted for the present Tariff,
and who has since on The stump boldly proclaim.
ed that ii would be fatal 10 Southern Wings 10
advocate the doctrine Of "protection," has been
nominated iorre election despite the erumbli1gso Of
few ultra Tariff men, and has even been brought
| forward as prominent candidate for the Speak
ershp OF the next House OF representatives.
i IGstIudG mai uS iiilt any,
Their Wing candidate for Congress in Alabama
has taken the same ground We mean Cover
nor Gayle, an old politician, who, according 10 The
Mobile Register, in a late speech, uncerenonious-
ly discarded all The old projects and most cherish
ed feelings Of The Wing party, and made himself
GU. almus, Democrat He said that he would
vote against bank OF The Uniled Stales-he was
opposed 10 any disturbance Of The Democratic
Tariff Of 1916, throwing The Tariff Of 1912 over
board without conjunction had always been a
Jackson man-and The whole burden Of his dis
course, says the Register, was assault on Mr..
Polk; and, TO borrow Gov Cts own eesan, ex-
preston, going "5itad" Tor Gen. Taylor.
Well may this Wing candidate, snd all The
Wings who profess 10 advocate The election Of
! General Taylor, be sal, % 90 "biind" We con.
| Tess ourselves 10 be utterly in a log a. 10 The old
| Hcros politics, though, 10 see The leaning Of some
| Of The promincn, Wings in favor Of The Tariff Of
1916, we think there IS some ground 10 believe
That he agrees with The Democratic parry upon
that point The Taylor papers in Virginia pro-
fess 10 believe him thorough. going Wing, high
Tariff and all. Onlhe contrary, the MaIamoras
Flag. edited BY Wings, disapproves entirely Of
the nomination OF General Taylor, and ayows H.
self in favor OF Mr.. Clay for the Presidency.
| The Editors declare ,hemsclye' warm admirers
oil General Taylor, hit zealously assert their
preference 10 see Wing principles triumph.
They say:
an word, il The parry opposed 10 the present
Administration party desire a Triumph 81 rR "
clrlr in The next Presidential election, They should
unite upon the man whose honored name, Henry
CLAY, surmouns this alticle. There is charm
attached TO The name that will draw 10 his sup
port every opponent Of misrnle-ihen why seek
10 bring another man upon the fled2 Any
triumph, bat 4 triumph ol PRINCIPLE, will be
tphpmeral in lis nature.
we suffer no one 10 snrpass rs in admiration
al General Taylor's qualities as 4 man and an
officer; but while the venerable head OF Henry
Clay retains The vigorous intellect il nov holds,
nothing in favor OF any other man shall escape
our pen or voice or The Presidency Of The United
States"
Upon ibis language The Vick>burg Sentinel
may well remark:
"Ths emphasis on The word pe"-lhis
admiration OF Gen. Taylor only as man and an
oilicer-aIe not 10 lie mistaken These gentle
men, in The immediate neighboihood u General
\ LAY lUI anu lUc Amy die w IHOI1Cu'diN
course with those who hear his principles, and
| know that Gen. Taylor, is moi Wing in pTinci-
pie, and that Wing principles would not be seou-
| red by his election TO The presidency. Poor wing
gerry has indeed caught dreadful tartar in lis al
tempt 10 advance itself by taking up old Rough
and Ready"
With the conflicting evidence before u, We
cannot Tor our lives form an opinion as 10 The pc
litcal sentiments Of Gen. Taylor. Why large
portion oil the Wings should seem so clamorous
in his support, we canrot explain, unless We
regard il as a continuation of The game they
played in 1910, when they nominated and voted
for Mr. Tyler, "wilhoul a why or wherefore"
hoping 10 catch Southern votes. Willoughby
Newton said that they then violated The golden
rule Of "honesIy is The best policy"-avowins
principles which they afterwards iepiobaled and
charging Mr. Tyler with "lreason," because he,
They were severely bitten lhen-may they mol be
50 again2 II they honestly believe that General
Taylor will carry out Wing principles, why not
furnish indispulable and unequivocal evidence OF
The fact? Our own opinion is that they so for
power and lis consequent "spois,'' regardless Of
the principles which they profess. Their con-
due, in parading The name oil Gen. Taylor as The
candidate OF The snli-war party, demonstrates
this proposition. Their "blind" advocacy Of an
individual whose opinions, 10 say The least, are
involved in doubt, shows that power, and not The
success OF principles. is their aim.
The duty Of the Democrats is plain one
The grea, measures they have so nobly and ar.
dnousy fought for, are now Tiuniphantly es,ab'
lishcd. The country prospers under their opera
ton and our opponents are compelled 10 give les
timony in their behalf Shall we risk The sta
bility Of those great measures by any hallway,
timid movements Shall we not continue to
fgh, under The Gag of our principles, by whom.
ever borne7 The Democratic party feel and ex-
press The warmesl gratitude and highest admira.
lion for Gen. Taylors great military services Blu,