Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-04-11
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Washington correspondent OF The Baltimore Pa
lriu', est a Taylor organ. l, clearly exconmu.
nicates our neishbors of The Republican from the
great Viii. parry aud il The Wing do not take
care, it will merit the same fate; ior, although The
Wing does no: include Corwin nor Webster
(WiImol Proviso men, in its list Of p.o.cribed
(uale. Pallry and Glddings,) yel il declares ihar
in violation Of The pledge OF The Wing virginia
Convention, the Southern Wings will no, consi-
der themselves bound 10 vote Tor any man a,ain,ed
in the %slish'es, degree with Aboliticnism, merely
because hey are called Wings" t:oy, no one will
deny hat Corwin and Webster are Hinged with
Aboli;ionism : and, if The Wing shopld resis,
their nomination, j, vii be- ruled off by This
s!ashing Wing exponent. Truly Inc Wing
party Of The South have involved Inc mstlyes, BY
their own action, in an eaianeiine dilemma
They have given the reins to taeir Wilmot Pro-
viso allies al The North, and when lie crisis
comes, they find that The Northern majority
are hard riders and determined 10 tide them
booted and spurred 10 the Wilmot Proviso goal.
Tim ii is. that they kick up agains, their SELL
elected jockeys, and lose The race by an open
"bolt" Had they pursued a different Course
had they FIRM the frs! taken decided stand On
this vital question, they might have cxerted some
Influence on their now ine1orabie mas,ers.-
But their game was power, and principles they
carefully thrust aside. Behold The !ssult--as
the Republican says, Che times are oct o; joint
We have quoted this long article Of a Wblg
knowing one" because il holds back the curtain
from the secrets of The Wing parry. He tells
them, their great object is 10 nominate an laval.
able" man, ITO beat The party in power, " and win
The spoils. AS The best means OF doing so, b,
advises The Wings to practise The game viii h
they SO successfully employed with General Har-
rison as their leader: now as then, 10, unrca.
sonabiy 10 demand any declarations for lhe pub
lie eye" buI 10 be satisfied with The slimmefinss
Of light which Harrison asmuch as Tay!c. shat
upon the political field. Taylor, they al, is
"rverv inch as much a Wing" as Harrison:
, why should the Wings be more ~ezieeaas now
than ,hen7 YET, ia 1910, the Virginia Whios Re.
presented General Harrison as an.i-Bauk and
anti. Protective Tarifi-and for such double deal.
ing they lcit The keen lash If w. NeMton's
honest" indignation. Why SHOULD 70; that Men
tor OF the Wing parry Apply he same corrective
10 a similar trick that is badly concealed b. the
Tayloriles?
Passing over "Po;omac's" rnjust lis At lie
course Of our party in 1874, We iete5 10 his al
mission Ina, the Northern Democracy will sand
BY any good and true Democrat who shall be
willing 10 recognize The constitutional rights Of
the different sections OF the Union. We have an
abiding faith in The Justice and patriotism ct cur
Northern friends; and "Poromac" is right, when
he warns The Wings, that The Democratic parry
OF The Union will rally around their principles
and give no "child's play" % he Wings.
Here is the letter, which We qs,le Il Length.
no, only 10 exhibi! The vial Discussions in the
Wing ranks. bur 10 encourage cur own friends
every where 10 Go their du'y. an al wiil be ueli ,
Correspondence Of he Baltimore pa,rio,.
.. WA;aiSdraS Mi; { :9.s
| that unless the Wing National! Convention nor.
| mates this man Or that man. he vii no: sa,5,r
| lie nominee. Such q Hbig Il MT ..ay,i . b,.ss
| fd1tiing ohis p0tty. Hs hadbeper "a orcr 10 4.
LocOfOeos. It's right enough ina. W should nj
| have our indiv dua! preferences. kut Il ~ n.
true Wings we ought 70 be really 1T any m nm
10 yield them all NJ, and unite upon Any OF
whom the Wing NaIioual Convention may deem
the most available, and PM in nomination. 10
| matter whether Va, nominee hal! ~ CLAY. r.
Tor, or Sect, u VI Lear, or w En-. Tes, ~ Cry
TON, or CriteDden, or CrRwlS nr 6tii. Or i;Iy.
or any other " hig Of respectable iaIcB!s ari
charac,er-whn care>7 II with him we can ~;
he Locoioco parry, ought We rottu Gu 50. and |
rejoice that we CAM He is In sooi Wnig VII
will taller and carp in This ma.!e.! III man
harm 10 The Wig pariy.
II may be that Gen. Taylor will gel The Ma
tiQnal Wing Convention nominaiion-and i! maj,
! b. that he will not get il. Why is il lba, ,bos,
who profess 10 be Wings and who prefer h mol
minalion Of some other man, are 50 forward III
| finding fault with The Oh Hero fns mol cominJ
OUT with a more positive and unmis.akabIc decs
ration Of Wing principlesl Ssms If fhesc ,.cy,l
nrn hrep up tier caps IN SnlDJrt Gen Hgy,i,os
and 7fj.1ced hat las d.cldTGtl3ls Jar ne avb }. c,d
pcre just as enigmairc0L rs h5 s-eyc! The puu.
| cipies uhich he ayo wed had Is much Of mo-
| Democracy in them as anYdeclafalions WIN
have bern drawn rom or uttered ny Gen. Ta9lr
TIE latter comes as near Icing 'lys,y inn Hht.
a, ,cas Gen. Harrison. ANA Tct he Whi->, /
some Of them, who were loud.,t and wat'acst !,
their support oI Harrison in reference 10 Ga,
L INV 81 tUCF ilIAiO SNRppih I atil ~
Comes oui more thoroughly and entirely a VIII.
Rely upon it, all such Wings, whcfever y
find Them, would never see these WING shof
comings in Gen. Taylor, il they were nj 5ea',c
pre-. bent, on getting some tthrr man Nominated
Now, The great AMI vital question @i,h u
Wings Shouts be, not iba, His man from on
section shall. and that man from another srcti"i
shall mol, be our candidate, bui, WI" j ne ms
aratahe and al The So m time worthy man, witn
whom we can eflectual;y beat The Locotocos?-
We must heat the parry in power-hat IS ne
p7tnt 10 be gQiaed! And the .as!; will b. no easy
one, no maucr VINO may be our candidate! Evea
with every Wing standing shoulder 10 shonidcI
and exerting all his best energies in The wing
cause. the work OF baating the nominee oi ihs
Baltimore Convention, will be no chisds play,
rest assured! Look al The L0colocn parry four
years ago! Cut up BY jealousies and heartburn
inss-Van Buren, lhrown overhoard-Cass tool
ed-a slight paid 10 Silas Wright-and little
Jimmy POLK put in nomination 10 run aeaIhslI
Henry Clay! IL VIC could not triumph then, no"
are we i'd il now, without greater efforts an
unanimity7 Can we - il, if Ohio and Mass;
chusc,is say they will support TO Southern mars
Can We do il, if Tennessee an! Georgia say ln}
will suppor, no Northern MANI No, We mud
eyer, our united energies for or cardtdotc, 70
matter whelhrr he resides North or SoUihoi We
son and Dixon's Line" SO that he is a palrlh
and loves his whole country, and DO our utma.
To elect him, or we will come out of The confess
as We did in 1874! Is there a Whis IN he whoe
Union who would ike 10 teri as he dii ihenf
The Wings should louk ior one 1ne nj ie
conduc, of The Locofocos, and learn from 'h'm
how 10 stand together al The proper lime and ID
cases of great emergency. The Wings Of !ae
Sonlh, generally, do look at the conduct oil lac
Lccolocos of the North, and comment The man'
ner in which they stand by and support the nom,
inees of heir parry, as firmly and devo'ed'y wnen
those nominees are OF he Sou h. as when 'hey
are # The North! They see This, and they an
themselves, how it is, that The Wings OF me s h's ~
nj he Soul when nominaled 10. high places :
Lei any man OF The Locofoco patty, who Is
ever so much opposed TO The WilmcI ProVis', DC !
the nominee OF the Baltimore Convention; am