Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-27
THEnAyAILABLE" POW-WoW.

The vulley OF squits in Inc wing papeI
The appoiormen, as President oil 'lsny" and
doubtful" Wings, had dashed the hopes oil all
such waveripg sspi.an.s, though We can see nc
reason Why "AvaiIables," who nave no Pf'nc''
pies. should sickle for "uue Wings" and, as eve
ry body expected, Mr.. VIM. Ii. Maciariand, Ere
siden, o, The Farmers Bank, was elected Pfesi
den. OF the Club, without opposition. lie has
been Of The fright stripe" but why nc shou'a "
chosen 10 preside over "Rough and Ready
Club, none bu, The "Availables" can understand
Ia his speech, Mr.. M. shed many tears over lhs
buried hopes OF Mr. CLAY, his "hfst cnolce' ane
10 view OF Mr.. C IS "seif sasTuei"s pm. ana NJ
entire freedom from the casl tain! OF selfmness'
(the Lexington letter, what does that meanD Mr.
M. was convinced tha, Mr.. Clay would ha'l
without one pans of disappointment or chasrin
the nomination of Zachary Taylor. II 'neie
was any man in all The land 10 whom such
course would give more pleasure man anooef
he was sure i, was Mr. Clay himself. he anew
him-lhey all knew him"
Now, Mir M may have some private ihior'
malicn" on The subeci, but The new iofR Iiue
Sun gives very diffefen! version Of Inc manner
in which Mr. Clay received The lightning HASH
from Philadelphia
"Hc had ridden over TO wait Tor intelligence,
and was silling al able with parry OF 'lisnns
when The thunder clap came. he rose up anu,
under great excemen, Denounced lhe CnnVen,
ton as having in day sacTllleeo inc faorIc Of
II. 4.
Whie PRINCIPLES which hal only peen reared by
The labor Of the lifetime OF me greatest, pufest,
and most patriotic sia esmen the Union ever pos
srssed tie showered ara,hem npnn Genera
Taylor and his presumplunus belief that BY dra
COON me The Convention inIo SUBMISSION 10 ms
demand Tor the nomination, he had Compelled
the patriotic Wing people OF the country TO bo"
heir 1ecks by way Of bridge for The sale con
clcl OF TylerI>m back 10 The high places ct lht
government. Alter thus expressing himself io
few minu'es he ordered his carriage and drove
home 10 ruminale over The sudden death 0
"Whig principles"
Moreover, if Mr.. M. speculated rightly upor
MIR. C.'s feelings, the latter gentleman must have
completely backed ont from his famous speech
10 Baltimore in 1923, when, referring TO Genera
Jackson, he said:
az indeed, we have incurred The divine dis
pleasure, and If il be necessary 10 chas,se I'M
people with rod OF vengeance, would humbly
presIrate myself before him and impore him il
his mercy 10 visit our favored land with war
p-sience and famine, .rih anu sco.rge other thai
military rul:, OR A BLIND AND HEED
LESS ENTHUSIASM FOR MERE MILL
TARY REMOVING"
Still Mr.. NJ. alluded 10 The powerful infu
ence" which Mr. Clay "had exercised over Iht
public mind" and 10 the fact that he "had mould
ed Wing opinion srch as it is at present" Thi'
was cruel Renaissance OF MIR. NJ, for Tx
very occasion which he was celebrating pro
claimed 10 the world that Mr.. C.'s once 'power
fol influence" had been pTos'raed a the feet OF =
mere military chrilan." and The gloriou:
"nouId" had been crushed 10 atoms before new
rival Alter having been duly installed as ar
available" Mr.. M. proceeded at some length
AMI, tree 10 his new mo party" position leit Iht
crowd as ignorant OF the Wing platform oil pin
ciEles as Old FAC himself had done.
The Wing writes long elorfcation article
the burlhen OF which is hat The Wings eYhibIt
ed no jealousy-no heanbarning mistrus,.
III. public, sill, would like 10 be enlightened a
10 he position OF the Representative in Congress
from this Disiricr, once a "sreat gun" OF Wing
geH. He has been in the city very recently, bu
he :oes no, appear 10 have Tell The "elecric spark
20 brilliantly described by The Wing. In all 'hei
rejoicing, could not so important, character *
indeed 10 approach The altar OF availability, ant
swtar allegiance 10 The "new gods" of ;ht
"R,ush and Ready C!ab2"
Mr.. R. T. Daniel, but without his "Yaller
Kivr," INDUCED in one of his sweeping TRADE
asses tho Democratic party. He represented
then as very Ogres, anxious and ready 10 swal
low he whole of Mexico, and "all creation
besites. Mir D took occasion TO follow close
in tfs footsteps of the Old Fedsralists, who de-
nourced the worlhessness Of Louisiana, BY RI
dicuing what he called the mise able deserts
,hatwe had acquired BY the treaty with Mcxi
co. Mr. D. may know all about it, but the Que
retao Progre:o, leading Mexican paper, VIC
len,y assails the Treaty as an enormous sacri
fee % the United States, and ad s, tina, "hIore
than half Of the Mexican Repubic-that is I
say. eighty two thousand square leagues Of rich
andtr lie lands, comprising part of our b'au
,iful Tamaulpas, Coahuila, Sonora, Chihuahua
Now Mexico and the CALIFORNIA;, have been
sold or a small amount Of money 10 the Go
yernnent at Washington, the implacablc enemy
Of or friends
We learn that the Shsrffs who are coming In from
lowe. Virginia 10 settle up their taxes, represent thai
TayIt viii make almost "A clean sweep" IN that par
OF Id. sla.e."-l Times Of 7a9rstay
A ere i many of these clean sweeps were
made by the Wings in l544-Jefo'e the election.
The Richmond Wing declared that il party
wouh sweep Virginia BY at least "tea thon
sand. and that BY little extra cxertion, it said,
they might sweep it by "t~ My Mousard.'-
How The "sweeping' was done in November, we
al we'll remember:
Hone sprlrgs eternal in The Wings breast,
Til, yn.v-r are, hut alwaysto be hiest.
The Wing also contained the following
"sweeping' dccla alton in lSi4:
.Kenucky will vote for Mr.. Clay by Is 600,
Tennessee by 5000; North Carolaa by $1,000
Indiana By 10000; Geo ga BY 1000. Keep
this paper, and see HOW NEAR We COME TO the
MARK, We will bet ANOTHER HAT that We arc
not 1000 out in the case Of either Sta,e.'
So much for Wing Dragging and for Wing
".weeping' 10 1874. Still they are at their old
game again. They are determined, it seems, 10
sweep Virginia once more-and no doubt in
the same way. Lei them indulge their "sweep-
ing" prnpensiiies. It is very innocent amuse-
ment-and as il is the only kind of enjoyment
thew have in the "sweeping" way, it would be
cruel to deny them this small crumb Of consola
ton. So long as they give US the sweeping al
elections, we will allow them the privilege Of
sweeping" ASSERTIONS.
Our information from slower Virginia
Sweeps" away the Information OF the Times.
aRULE OR RUIN"
We wonld have been surpTzed a, nothing thai
the iufpriaed Barnburners at Utica nigh; have
,,n.-bu, we confess that we were somewhat