Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-15
RICH MON ID, VA.
Morning. September IA. Is4s
TIE srR,FEs OF THE wu,cs

nor TO decide for them "paich is the true prince
at whose feet they should fall supplianl and d,
homage But il is our province 10 lay befor
our readers facts, and, as far as possible in IN,
language Of the Wing, "vindicae tho truth 0
history"
1t has amused Us not u little 10 witness III,
desperate efforts Of the 'disgrunlled r. VI hig Il
break The force Of the tremendous Clay demon
stration in New York. 1t attempts to ridicul,
The affair, but, in the end, becomes serious, an,
arragns the Clayiles (and Indirect, Mr.. Bolts
a Geographic complotter) for high crimes ant
misdemeanors. The Clay men Tin New Yorl
and elsewhcre) are charged with design {,
dlsorganize the Wing party, and 10 defeat III,
election Of General Taylor a: all ;,,xarls. Now
this result we shall certainly not complain Of
but il sounds strange to hear The supporters OF {
candidate, who will not be the Wing candidate
and who accepts nominations of Democrats
Natives, (and why not of Buffalo men con the
same terms!'), complain Of "disorganization. =
We had thought that the no party mer had
"disorganized" the Wing party long since. But
we pass over this charge, a. we'll as The charge,
that the Clayiles design 10 defeat an election by
the people, and send it to the House, which is
very naughty indeed and he i'll effects of
which, in ls25, tho Wing comments upon most
feelingly, for it ''prostrdtei the successful
(Adams) party for twenty years.
We come finally TO the las, charge, In which
the whole Sonth is interested The Wing saws
"The next object, and The ptacipal one, OF the
New York Ciayirs, seems lc be the establish.
nenI OF The free SOL basis as The erouhd OF H.
tue Haig ottjon. TINS wAs FREE SOIL MEET.
Isd! We beg The Wings Of Virginia. slavehold.
ers nearly all OF them, 10 ,mtite las inporiant tacl
This meeting which Giscards Zachary Taylor
because he is a STAKEHOLDER anCa Southern man,
was wholly and solely a FREE OIL MEETING"
Now, il this be true, this zee sol meeting"
embraced and endorsed MlIsd Fillmore; ard
I'VE beg The Wings 81 Vrgaia, Shareholders
nearly all Of them, 10 notice IN iimpoftanl fact"
In The words of The Wing, which ii applies 10
Henry Clay, VIC vii! say, Filliore, The nominee
OF The meeting, SIS 10 be made.he Instrument Of
carrying out the plans Of M.se h@rganszing sec.
lion,,ts these men who seem tjlegard slareiold.
ing as crime, and sarehnl3eras The irora Of eri-
miuab." The Wings hardest blows, therefore,
tall upon its very "sound" Wig candidate for
Vice President!
We will not dispute The Wigs position that
this Clay meeting was "freeUl meeting" for
we believe that The whole Wig party OF the
North, without exception are lhrough'y iDpreg-
mated with Tree soil priacipes-bul We contend
that this meeting, So angrily cnounced by The
Whig is far from being 50 sfogly and marked.
ly "free soil'' as The great TaNr and Fillmore
meeting in New York, short inc since |. is
true that Willis Hall, the Chairman, sustained
MIR. Clay as a tree soil candid,e-bu, ad-
dress and resolutions adopted, which we pub
iished 10 tull from The Tribune and which he
Express, the Wings authority, i'd not contain)
say nothing for or against free sill.
But le, Us look al the "pIalfora" OF resolutions
MT same -lty or-1xe:. ~. !Gni s-r-.':"r. in
vious. Here are some Of the s;,ases; tree soiP
resolutions which could be penrsd
"Resolved, Thai in the promse ne (Gen. lay-
lori has given 10 The country tt leave me ousi-
ness Of legislation 10 The people: direct Reptcsen-
ta,iyes, where il properly beluns, We have an DO
surapce that The odious anti. American one man
mower will no longer lrampe bnealh us leel lhe
nopuar will as expressed by On: rfssi ano IVA,
The rivers and harbors Of The graz West VIII itei
the fostering ali oil the Government 10 Improve
menis which they require.
RescIyc,i, That in this sGmcPr0mtsc we nave
a security that his care and priecnon oil human
liberty will MOI be bounded BY my parallel oil ia
,itude, and that he will saactio: and approve ANY
n,t Of Congress upon h> molentous su6Jeef 81
free soil, aohsiher the tsrritory0Geeted DC NOM
or, ,ouh Of sc 30. ;,
Resolved. That our cordial hanks are due 70
n. n,emi,srs al Congress ao resisted the ct
tempts of the southern eonfed, aey fth" Clayton
Calhoun Compromise Bill 10 extend me 40
nin;oa Of Slavery over our rsariy acquired pos
sessions. and fasten its bightag curse upon me
shore, of The Tree and lar Pcihcj and mat our
thanks are especially due 10 Hon. F. a. Tau
madee. The able Representative In Congress o.
Inc filth district, for The abililyand assiuuons a.,
lenlion with which he has discharged ms ON :iai
duties during the late pfoIracsd session - '""'
body.
Resolved, Tha, on he erct and fundamental
princis Of hostility 10 thc ertasion Of humt,l '.'
pcrv, the position Of The Hhig Of Ncic fm6 ~
early taken, and has bsen nnF ,hi"ey ma'nu'.
ed, and we point with conhiece 10 tas ananini"a.
notes of our Vh'g members ~ Congress on eu'y
question involving th,s princie as a" en,'b@ ~
our c0npc,ions aud our frninc'; we appcal " 0ar
Wing brethren to stand ~ thoe VINO n'Ve =. ~,
compromised, never irafficke, never ue'uy
The free spirit of the North, raher man 'lle ~
n.,o conpcris To Tree soil and fee labor, VINO nc,
yer cease, 10 lruckle 10 the Soulh until she mac
spurned them with contempt from her counc e.. !
and refused longer 10 repay ubserVIency WIN
Offices and honors
m was a, this same meeIiua that as Inc fIe'
derick.bnrg News says, "or old iflenu' ~.
While, Of Caroline, uhe detected Taylor cah"''
date last SPRING. gave them 'tonch Of 'ha' sa"'' '
old Coon. which the Tribune tells us was uon'
with much effect
Now, we ask, If s,rongd "iree-tol'' anu
Southern resolutions, than lfr above aaoP'e' v
The T4ylor,tes, could be framed Are tney no
grossly insulting TO The Southland, II Tue p'"'
Of these disorganizing seciiolis's be carried ou''
fatal TO The Union, and destructive OF The Fign's
al
the south2 Do they mol fully merit the ana'ne
ma OF the Whis, which it poured out aga'0s, 10
Clayles2 We tell Inc South 10 beware Oh 10
whole Northern Whig par', Tor they are 0'i '.A'
Here is The ana,hrma Il The Wing wh'e'
though designed Tor The Chyi:es, suits most Iu''
ly The Taul9rttes Of he NORM:
"We have thus placed, 10 mer rue COZ coz,
the objects # this mscti'g-a meeting wn NC.
| Of The B,rnburssrs, that faction OF free 10 :,
men, aboltionisIs and di.organizers OF every ur
scrplion says hat these same conye D,
burners, great number oil whose .oa' slavs
were negroes some Of them runaway .s, ; ;a.",
hare stolen their thundr-and wnlch 'n'ls 'u,J
fe, itslfin ali its Claims, objects and p,'ne'P e
with those who are the mot consi'.en ILL.,, II
mos, pcrseverios aud ne most ~ deadly s.r so9'
Of Southern rights. Need we say t m1l.
so,.th.rn m.n-to rngnian'-tO slave a0,a ,e',s,
to men who would not n,ve negroes and ma al
Toes in their drawing rooms, The companion,
unou equal terms Of their sons-the wooe's
their daughters, their equals in all re'Pes t. -
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