Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-23
RICH MON VA.
wednesday Morning, June 81, ls4s.

Our readers Will recolect the anecuole Oh tue
fox, which had the misfortune of getting ms
tail in steel trap, and to preserve his lie ne
gnawed it of, and for awhile was ashamed o.
the figure he cut, but finally he concluded .e
sport his stump tail as new fashion, and iustii,
called upon his neishbors to follow the fashion
as it was both graceful and tecoming. de pre-
served his life, but could find no supporters o.
his new fashion, a, it was currently oeiievee
that it was necessity, and not choee' whicn ieo
him to adopt it.
Welbipk he was more fortunate than the BOD
ta;, coons are likely to be, as the new fashion
thew have invented will likely prove SO odiou'
- tho neople that, so far from following it, the
or;s;nators of it will be scattered to "the four
winds" by the It'll of November next
To drop the figure, We will present the posl-
ton of the once "proud Wing party but now
the unprinciplsd "Availables, In 1874 they
stood up boldly for High Protective Tariff
United States Bank, and all the "glorious" prin-
ciples of the GLORIOUS Wing party they
stand before the country in the unprincipted
position in which their great Wing Convention
in Philadelphia has placed them-and they are
thus driven to the necessity of advocating no
principles, and loudly insist that the new fashion
should be followed by the whole country.
We were much amused, on Saturday evening
last in witnessing the labored efforts of three dis
| tinguished Wing members of Congress, and a
leading Wing from North Carolina, to prove
| to them that the advocacy of principles was
most shockingly out of fashion. They took the
grounds that the Democratic Convention laid
down the principles of their party, and that
their candidate, if elected, would have to carry
out the known views of his party, and that by
such course he would "defeat popular rights,
which they said was of more importance than
Bank, Tariff, Distribution, Sub-Treasury, and
all other questions involved.
Such reasoning as this, it struck our minds,
could not be dignifed with even the name of so.
phistry Who created the Baltimore Democratic
Convention Most certainly the advocates Of
popular rights the people. And for what
purpose was that Convention called Clearly to
select candidates, whose political opinions were
in unison with those who composed the Conven-
ton; and that body, in selecting servants for the
people to protect their popular rights were,
both in duty and honor, bound to declare what
we're the wishes Of the people; so that in select
ing those 10 serve them, they would make
choice Of none others than those who would de-
fend popular rights" BY faithful conformity
to the declared sentiments of the people.
To our minds the great Wing error just now
is that they advocate rulers of the people in con-
nexion with The Presidency and W. Presidency
Of the United States, instead oi srrant; OF HE
people. They illustrate lhisdiference when they
denounce The Democracy for laying down a plat.
form OF principles 10 govern the President and
Vice President, who hold power from The people
as servants, in defiance Of popular rights and
then cry out "wont you have Old lack 70 rule
over you, because The course Of the Democracy
will defeat popular righls2 Z"
A motion was made in the Wing Convention
10 adopt some platform OF principles, but it was
smothered up, because they knew that any creed
which they nigh, agree upon would not suit one
third Of The people, and that any principles they
would be likely to put forth, would come in such
direc coIhic, with popular rights" lha they woaId
be mos, emphalicalIy rrpudialed; and hence their
determination 70 conceal their opinions aud rust
TO the hope ha, "Hurra Tor Old Jack" will en-.
able them to get into power and become The
rulsrs OF The people, by lramplins under FOO
popular rights" as they have ever done, when
ever! unfortunately for The country, power has
been placed in their hands. This, however, has
not been often. They held power under the senior
Adams, and his administration was 20 revolving
10 all lovers of popular rights" that his party
never recovered strength enough for more than a
quarter OF century 10 make respectable show
against the Democracy. The younger Adams
openly abandoned the party he was reared in, and
took his chance as Democratic Republican, and
was elected, by the election unfortunately, going
| 10 The House Of Representatives, where he was
strongly supported Ivy those who knew The school
he was reared in and adopting the doctrines Of
| that party his administration soon became almost
as unpopular with the advocates OF popular rights
Of popular rights brought forward as their stand
! dard bearer that glorious Republican Gen. Jack
son, and with him they swept from power those
who proved that their hearts did not beat in uni
son with popular rights. In 1910, The same
| party protested their sentiments 10 be in
unison with the advocates of popular rights
| and through the influence of General Harri
sons military popularity, connected with Iht
sturdy republican position Of Mr.. Tyler, they
again got into power, and in hot haste they callec
the Federal hooflhe popular rights OF the people
| by fastening upon them measures which The lead
| ing Federalsts themselves had but few shor
| months before openly avowed were abandoned
because they were in conflict with the opinions
OF The people in their support Of their popular
rights. In 1874 they boldly proclaimed that hei
political doctrines were those which the people
commended for as embodying their popular rights
and SO believing, they were willing to trust tht
people with their platform Of Wing principles
The defenders OF popular rights-the unainching
Democracy-sgnay overthrow The Federalists
i
wiser by experience, 1--WE regret that We canno
add, and better, also,) they again abandon lhe
chief, "nnder whose banner j, was honor enough
10 fight" as was said by distinguished Wing
speaker on Saturday evening last, and the burs
Of applause i, elected appeared TO come more
from The heart than all that went up when tht
''Hurra for Old lack" was given oul or lha
which the best of some very good jokes and yer,
we'll told drew from The "Avaabes."
We say they have no, only abandoned such {
chief, but have also abandoned their platform o
principles, and are now running their last Tac'
with new aud nntried courser, "Gen. Availabi
lily" Against this entry, the great party which
has made this country the admiration of the world
touching It's advancement in the present century