Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-18
THE RICHMOND ENQUlRE4k..
rur TRuTH COMING OUT.

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ladelphia Convention must have been Inc lhau' /.
moth humbug OF the age. "The veteran political
gamblers" whom the Republican, in lis days OF
"independency," once denounced, but now be-
praises as the noblesl patriots and most honesl
fellows in the world, INDUCED TO the utmost Their
faculties OF deception and chicane, which are the
only "principles" which they seem 10 possess
The "secret caucuses" of that Convention VIII
long mark il as the scene Of evil deeds, done 10
the dark. What say some OF its actors as TO Inc
nroceedines and results OF that Convenient
VIM. L. Perkins was the Wing delegate 10
Philadelphia from Giddings' District in Ohio
1t is true that he has lately come Out, urging his
constituents to 90 for Taylor, but private ieIei
from him, written before his return home from
The Convention, has been published, which, while
it shows The deep duplicity OF The writer, deVet
opes some strange and discrediiable proceedings
al The Convention, and proves that the leading
Taylores looked TO The yoils as the great end o
their conyocalion:
(From the Ashtabula, Ohio, Sentinel.)
HUNTINGTON, L. l., June IL, lS4S.
MY Dear Sir: | hasten 10 write on subjects
which press me exceedingly. 1t seems to me
wears arc crowded into the experience OF the
last ten days To my utter dismay, | found al
Washington that such Northern men as A. Law
renee, Governor Seward, Thurlow Weed, Tru
man Smith, id omne genus, acre ready 10 take
office under General Taylor. The Taylor faction
were holding nightly meetings and issuing morn
ing bulletins. At Philadelphia they had their
separate organizations and their separate head
quarters The South entire, the extreme North
east, and scattered delegates here and there
purchased doushfaces, were banded. The Con-
rention itself Das mob, poorly organised at that
But will not attempt description-nether
time nor paper will admit. Suffice it to say,
that States that never did and never will give a
Wing vote, together with Pennsylvania, which
never did but once, and then by accident; and
Virginia, which has not given Wing vote for
twenty-five years, have forced on the working
States the Slavery candidate. They demanded
gunpowder; we offered them Scott; they admit
ted they could carry every State with him which
they could for Taylor, but turned away from the
offer Will the north endure this longer' answer
1 cannot. think the time has come. A parry
meeting was held, in which Ohio, Kentucky
Massachusetts and other portions OF the North
were represented, and this arrangement entered
into Tha, the convention 10 be held al Colum
bus on The 2lst and 22d should not nominate a
candidate Tor President. but should call a North
ern convention TO be held al Piusburg or Buffalo
The Isl OF August, for the purpose OF uniting on
the great platform OF The Wilmot Proyiso and ne
| further extension OF sayery-there 10 nominate
| Northern candidale-it is exceedingly desirable
that you auend that meeting al Columbus.
| pledged myselflo Mr. Wilson Of Massachusetts
| that would write 10 you and press you 10 do so
| Al Washington learned that MIR. Hale was in
viled 10 be there and had accepted the invitation
Are our people ready}
! wri e 10 you both al home and at Washing
ton, and beg your immediate reply. shoulf
| write more 4. length but have more letters tt
write. Yours, very respectfully, ~
/ Hon. J. R. GiEDINGs.
II MIR. 6. is gone 10 Washington, this lelIe
need not be forwarded, but may be shown 10 am
Of our Wing friends w. L. 2.
The New York Tribune called the Philadel
phia Convention the National Slaughter
house, which idea is assented 10 by Mr.. Bol
in statement which he authorized MIR. Mccall
la 10 make denying that he (Mr. b. had applied
certain remarks TO Mr.. Cri,tenden. We make al
extract from Mr.. Bots' statement:
at is true, thai have often said ascribet
Mr. Clay's defeat TO Inc influence Of Mr.. Cfiuen
den, who looked upon as the controlling spirit
OF The Taylor party in Washington; Tor talked
with scarcely any one, no matter from what quar-
ter he came, on the subject of Mr.. Clay's avail
ability, that was not met with the question
Why, then, is MIR. Crittenden opposed 10 his no
mnaion because OF the impossibility OF eeclin.
| hint
~ have no doubt have often been heard II
say--not with any view to its publicalion-tha
| considered MIR. Clitlenden as responsible 10
| Mr.. Clay's defeat; for, in the absence of the US
that was made of his name, Mr.. Clay, did no
believe, could have been defeated.
Il never did apply such remarks 10 Mr. Crit
| tenden As are ascribed 10 me. did no, say ina
| Mr.. Crilenden had lomaha wspd and pod Mr.
| Ciny, SC, but when returned from Phiadel
phia | said-in speaking OF the ConUcnt,o'I, o
| which Mr.. CTtlendsn was not member-tha
they had tomaha,cked and ssaipsd Mr.. Clay ant
buried him SO careessly as not 10 pull dirt enough
over his dead body 10 keep The hyeDas and jack
alls Of party from preying upon his carcass-o
words TO this effect. Mr.. Greeley called it th'
! Philadelphia slaughter house. | suppose W
meant about The same thing"
Judge Allen, delegate from Massachusetts
employed The following strong language in
speech at the whig meeting in Worcester. Wher
Wing parlizans thus speak of their own patty il
ii mol prepos,erous Thing in the Wing leaders Il
expect any Democra, 10 affiliate with "such {
pany"9
"When said (at the Philadelphia Conven
tion) that The whig party was dissolved, did bu
| declare fact. The undertakes may preserve
the corpse tor a little time but il will soon be oil
| fensiye to The smell, and must be removed iron
the sight OF the people"
II Read The powerful Address OF The Demo
cratic Slate Cen,ral Committee 10 the Republi
cans OF Virginia. Ii is a document, which, Will,
it holds up The candidates OF the Democratic par
" in clear light, will not be very easily diseset
by the Wing no-party Tayorites
II See The Interesting sketch of the discussion