Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-23

/ handles "yexed questioh ,L,o
and force. Such views as ne presents "'"E' "a
an effect upon the minds Of patriollc anu Inv
liaen, neonle which will cxclaim, with The wing,
Nm. IN a far diaereu, spirit, "Was there ever such
n.,vp 40 Inc modern Federal Parly3
f' For the Enquirer.
Msssrs Edi,ors:-To plain man it is not an
oosu m.,,er 10 find out what is The real meaning
~ he word sWhig' in It's present acceplaiion IN
his country. or whether, indeed, II has any deh'
nile meaning attached 10 il. 'Whis, originally,
according 10 some authorities, was derived from
sWhieey,' Scotch term, ssoiy'n! sour 'n'if,
and in one sense, The term is very characteristic
nj The modern American Wing party, Tor there
oest greater quantity OF that sort OF beverage,
and il is probable that a good deal OF The same
is in store for hem yet General Taylor having
been nominated for the Presidency, BY The Wing
Convention, held al Philadelphia, is pow to be
con- idered as The representative oil the WING party
AS The exponent OF their polilcal principles, IL
any such are still adhered 10 and recognized, or al
| the least as the exponent OF the abandonment oil
such principles, if they have been abandoned. II
| is not many months since Gen. 1. avowed. that
he had never had lime or opportunity 10 form OPT
Mons on the great questions that have divided The
country. In The short and excited interval
been able to investigate those questions;
and even if he has found leisure, opinions
formed SO hastily, and in the midst of so
MANY excitements, distractions and Interrupt
| lions, could not be altogether satisfactory TO
himself, or such as be would be willing to put
forth formally, as the well digested and dellbe
rate convictions of his mind However this
may have been, as yet General Taylor's OPT.
Mons have been but slightly developed. and that
| in terms cautiously vague, and studiously uncer-
tain And as the maxim is, that things not ap.
pearing are TO be reckoned as not existing, It
may perhaps be reasonably concluded, that the
Wing candidate is yet in state OF glorious
uncertainty as TO all these matters. lie has, IN
deed avowed himself moderate Wing, and as
such has been adopted by the Wing National
Convention, without, however, any definition of
"Whig," or moderate Whig,' only leaving it
to be concluded, that candidate may be a
moderate Whig," without any ayowed distinc.
tive political opinions whatever. Thus plain
man, uninitaed in the secrets oil the Wing
caucus, is at as great loss as ever TO ascertain
what this cabalstic term "Whlg' means, or
whether, indeed, il has any more meaning than
hocas pocus, or Gbracadabra. The WING party
claiming 'all the talents, all the decency, and
all the modesty,n have selected candida who
was quite willing TO be nominated by the Demo.
Gratis. The Wing Convention has determined
to run candidate who was determined to run,
"nolens rotens,'' whether the wing Convention
nominated him or not He ayowed himself
moderate Wing, but declared That he would mol
allow himself TO be nominated as wing
Therefore he has either not been nominated as
q Wing, or else he has been so nominated with
out his own consent. The "no party candidate
has been nominated by the Wing party, Does
not this make the "Whig party" SYNONYMOUS
with "no party:n
The game is now, as formerly, 10 "spread the
nets" OF Whlecery wide enough 80 catch birds of
every iralher'-lo excite contrary hopes 10 fiat
Ter prejudice and truckle 10 faction, 10 allure IN.
der their molly standard The odds and ends OF u!-
lraism, cheese parinss and candle ends, all 10 &c
harmonsed and coajulaled BY the magic Of
clamor and caIch.wurds. The party who Tor
| mery held that The election oil military chiel-
tain would be worse than war, pestilence aud
famine now rely wholly ior success on The mill
tary cclat OF chellain whose principal lauIeis
have been won in a war denounced by The same
party as 'unconsiluiional,' "a war Of agression,'
oGious, barbarous, without justification and with
out excuse.
Al a Clay meeting, held in February last in
the city of New YORK, Mr.. While said chat ne
and say that they were an assembly OF The ODDS
and ends OF faction party. This was no mill
lary hall (laush!erl where were strange set
advocating a strange cause, making nl9hi
more hideous By uneanhly sounds" This com
plimenlary remark was made in aliuslon TO
Taylor meeting held in thai city lev days be-
tore Mr. W. also said That "Gca. L. had mol IN
any way announced himself a Wing; and farther,
in 1923 and 1882 HE Wing parry we're opposed
To all nominations OF military men as Presidents,
and nothing had occurred 10 change the decision"
Mr.. Bous in his controversy with The editor Of
The Petersburg Inleigancer, said that he knew
nothing OF Gen. T. las politician and states
man." "And, suppose him (Mr. Clay) out Of
The way and Gen. Taylor 10 run on the princi-
pies avowed in the resolutions OF his friends in N.
Orleans, who feel authorized 10 say thai come
,yhat nay come he will not change his position,
and no should be beaten, as he would be, for the
want of union in the Wing party, in supporting
mo party candidate,' as both he and his
friends proclaim him" For great party to
shrink from lis principles and measures, does
not display the greatest possible confidence in
heir cause or in the people. II is unworthy oil
great party 10 conceal themselves behind a
masqued battery-an open field and clear sky IS
the proper arena for the grand conflicts Of a
Republican Government. SPECTATOR.
| four correspondent could not have seen what
General Taylor said to the famous Colonel
Haskell that he (T.) was "a Wing, and quar-
ter orer.'' But even this adds to the fog Of The
subject. Hho shall be the Edipus, to solve the
mysteries Of the political Sphinx Eng.
TRUE TO ITS INSTINCTS.-The Nation
al Inelligencer publishes a letter from lis Lon
don correspondent, excusing and defending the
British Government for It's lyrannical course To-.
wards John Mitchell the Irish patriot. With