Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-22

nosi,ion here: whether shall be shot or not; or
in n,bpr words, 10 hod Convention 10 SEE VIM
shall take my place. 1a,, -, ;
The Richmond Whig is 10 make deadly war
rnon np. and has kindly undertaken 10 manage
ami dictale 10 this district; and Inc ftcAHioha
Ua;o saws there must be a Convention. Is lneit
opposiIion 10 me political onei Certaih.y not
Because they cannot and 60 MOI donb my hg.
o-rv. What then is it A personal hosliiily' OF
contsc. What has this district 10 90 WIN lhe'l
neIsonal objections2 And am 10 yield, because
ihev demand3 Am 10 submit 10 my personal
enemes7 Men who have not, aud never di1
have as much genuine, nnadultefated disihle
rested Whiegery as | throw away every time
cut my finger nails .:. :; ,.;s
WHY is Convention urged 50 hastily IN thIs
district | have vel whole session OF congress
10 serve. Is no body eise 10 be galvanized by
Convention but me7 WhrH before, IN Virginia,
was Convention proposed 10 be held on can
didate already filling The place, until ne announc'
ed his intention 10 retire, unless The purpose was
fixed TO gel rid of him BY that meansf Now,
do mol doubt, nor do my friends donot, inal u a
Convention was fairly organized, mat would
get the nomination; but ior myself, | nave hau
enough o. Conventions icr one year: The one al
The African Church, and the other al Phlade!-
phia, have salaed my appetite for that species OF
W
country. they say 10 me, Il! you go into ConVcn-
liou YOU 90 without u.s. for we don't want one
and vont iape one" Now, then, put the ques
lion 10 the people, and lei ln"m determine Wheln-
or they want Convention or mol; and when Inc
majority nave said they Go, then il will be Time
enough tc ask me 10 submit TO ii but not upon
The invitation oi Tom, Dick, and Harry, who
ma. be- aspirans themselves, or have always
been opposed Ia me.
Bal there is ann her ground on which decline
10 % into Convention, besides that of n"' placing
myself in Se hands q managers. Are, rev prin-
cpe hay1ren established III the Wing party,
which has Just succeeded admirably, ana DO
not lhink i, tight TO discard it SO directly alter II
has served 50 nseiul purrnse. We have been
made the victims TO Availability" we were
forced 10 take \, whether OF no II was mol very
pa.atable 10 Us, hu, The Taylor men said "swal-
low H." and we did swallow il; and now they pro.
pose 10 punish US Tor making wry faces a. what
they themselves refuse 10 swallow. We think
one good tuIn deserves another; and, as we would
like 10 get the benefit OF The principle before u IS
entirely tramprd under loot, We propose to our
friends To try their own medicine next Spring
and every man that makes a wry lace al il will
sympalhze with and pardon me for not liking
the dose | like 10 follow iuslrious examples,
especially when they are successful. And when,
hereafter, a Convention is proposed, my answer
shall be, "You have converted me III part. am
so much OF Taylor man that 4 never SURRENDER
II ask no favor and shrink from no respOnsibi
liiy'-I am in The hands OF my friends, il there
should be a Cohven Ion, and il that Convention
should give me The nomination, shall accept il
with great cordially; bnt do mol contemplate
withdra wing, m matte lchomay Be the nominss. =
(Six cheers were here proposed and gwen enihu-
siaslicalIy J After which Mr. Bots said: thank
you, my irlends-l thank yon Tor this demonslra-
lion. II speaks volumes to me on the eve OF my
departure from home. II assures me that ! am
sale in The hands Of my friends, and | certain
" shall not withdraw from their custody 10 place
myself in the hands of my enemies.
1Mr. B. here beautifully turns the tables on
the Availables. He brings up their own machi-
merry ITO plague the inventors"
EXTRACTS FROM NOTES.
CHARGE 10. Isl and ID article in Wing OF Fri
day) thai | charged upon The Wing Convention
in Virginia that they had commlted fraud
(tuai il had mi,repr.sented public senlimenD up
on the people Of Virginia"
ANSWER. True, thsngM 50 then, kn0D Il
,,on, and The result Of The election proves II 10
my entire satisfaction, and | think The most OF
hem will acknowledge IL
CHARGE H.. being 4lh in fridays Whis,)
Chat The loss OF the STATE al The spring election
was IN consequence oil my iolly, ana lhal open
" exulted at mat loss"
ANSWER. The loss OF The State was owing 10
the folly OF the Convention, which was condemn-
ed by every cOnsiderale man, as mol only nIni'-
cipus, but altogether unnecessary, even u II had
been true that General Taylor was The choice OF
The parry; that recommended in all my publca
lions and conversations, that The friends OF Mr..
Clay should unite with those oil General Taylor
in The spring elections, and lake their action al
and that dill mol errlt over the loss OF
The State but nOErnsd over the consequences re-
sulting from the unwisc and impeiuous action o.
the Convention; hui II my "iolly IS capaoie oil
producing so much mischief, would advise Inc
Taylor men 10 correct il BY con clliation, and not
10 rriale il by contempt" and passionate ana
truiiiess opposition
CHARGE II. (Fihh in fridays paper,) THAI
went 10 The Philadelphia Convention presumP u
ou.ly declaring that Mr.. Clay should receive the
nomination, as il were master, and hey my
slaves; and that | afterwards denounced the Con-
venlion AS guilty Of fraud"
ANSWER such language as That MT. Clay
si0utd receive the nomination never escaped my
lips; while in Philadelphia | held no converse
TONS in public on The SUBJECT avoided Inc crowd
as far as possible, was so silent as 10 subJecl my
sell 10 the charge OF secret man9uucring, loi
which was altogether incapable for any Pur'
pose. and advised only with the friends Of MI.
CLAY in room where We usually mel iof that
purpose; did speak OF the Philadelphia Ton
venion as one managed by The poluicians WIN
uul respect 10 the public will, and without cue re-
card paid 10 The choice OF The Wing States. r.
peat il all, and The vole oi 1S4S, compared WIN
that o: 1914, proves The correctness OF my Juu2-
ment; il is NJ murc Than We all SAFE oil Inc Coh
vention OF 1910, and the man who expects Con
veniion, nov a-days, not 10 be controlled hy poii-
tea! managers and schemsf>, IS sappy-headed
and as vefdant as a watermelon SIX days Oh; y
proot is wanting OF this Management, look a.
Ohio, where majority ol The delegates were ai-
poinied by he people as the friends Of MI Gay
and for their known devotion 10 hun, with II
sructions and resolutions OF preference Tor him
adopted al the time OF their appointments, every
man Of whom abandoned him bul one, when u ~
IA, tcryc, the vote intended for him by the PEG
pie. il would have ru him ahead oil Gen. Taylor
on The first haIlol, aud thereby have secured m
nomination; inr here were enough OF The Dele
gates in thai Convention (as there have been and
will b. in The past, and for The lu'nre,) 10 Jump
into The support Of lie candidate most likely ~ "
successful, no matter who il might be, i! ne hal
he "sp0ih" Tor distribution.
Us tome tfduu. Lei u Dt tHh'
CHARGED in The Richmond Convention that there
vas a tiyei purpose on The part Of di>tlnsuishei
advocates OF General Taylol's election, 10 break
up the Wing paliy which il has taken twenty
wears 10 build up and 10 establish another parlv
On is ruins; and il this was tue, and was 10 er
he result OF General Taylor's election, then .
pas fraud upon The Wing parry, who designed
no such hing The proof has come sooner lhan
,r,ic,palr1 (see extracts from North American,
b.low) Already, within thirty days OF Genera
raylot's election, We have seen proposition
heated hy the North Ametcan," paper Of
large circulation and fnence, and The New or
leans Bee" predicalcd on speech Of The Hon
John M. Clavlon, proposing 10 disorganize The
lican parry" en- its ruins; and large meeting
has been called and held in Philadelphia which
adaned resolutions To this end, and war is al
ready gotten up by The political press, on his
subject, IN, 0, which my Constituents and the
Wings Of Virginia arc as Ignorant as Il they
lived in The moon, because il is The design OF
mir o,cap IN l,ecp them in The dark on that sub