Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-23
RICHMOND, VA.
Thursday Morning. June %. ls4s.

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On. wa, from this day, the Hon. Henry Gay rom
rn,ueSy will enter .pon his eFea! danes as go ~
Of the United States Mr.. 7; VIII M,ss,ehusss, Rhode
Ine .nd Connecticut Vermont, New Jersey rsnnsy.-
.a,a Delaware, Maryland. North Carolina neo.g.s'
vaH ,,,,nni Louisiana, Ohio, Kentucky, ienhessee'
Mssf apnd Michigan. These States cast l7o eiec'o
inu, a,ss Resides these States, however, theie 10
, and equal chance that Mr. Clay VIII receive Nil.
.a .s NJ Maine NewYork, Virginia, Illinois anu a.. .
",i These win increase the Wing vote 10 z4o or
.Sui viii then only remain four States casting -
votes: New Hampshire, Alabama AIkansas anu 'o1'''
c,,olina-I Boston 7tlos March ftA, 1914.
We canno, better introduce notice OF the
came Of bras which the Wings are now most
roisily practising, Than with the above oracuid'
.,.a;c,;on Of The Boston Atlas little more tnan
sonr vearsago. 7asn the Wing party was uni'ea
,oa man, upon Henry Clay. In every Stale chy
and township The party organization was pefiec''
and co confident were they OF signal victory,
,ba: they proclaimed Mr.. Clay President 10 aa'
vance. only requiring the form OF an eiec'io" -
install him as The Wing President lor inc "eA'
t,o, .sats. rat ?77Tse;T a2d f''i'tc'ans o. '''''
a,v were much more sansuine ihan now-ioF
,5ry had better prospec, o. success as Inc hea''s
OF The whole Wing party beat in unison 70 'ne
name Of Henry Cay. The Boston Aiias men
elected Mr.. Clay mos, certainly and gave " ''''
Democratic parly only four States or - votes
How tearfully was their prediction lasinea 90
far from Mr. CLAY entering upon his "ofhciai uu'
tie. as President" he was defeated oy neaSy
vote and lef. 10 inglorious retirement In Ash'a"u'
Tb. scene. we witness al the present time re-
cap The events OF 1914, and The voice OF experi'
;oh hrao oil A.
lions Of GU. opponents are based upon no nrmef
foundation than they were tour years ago. AS
The Bosom Atlas, in 1874, gave 10 the Democrats
oaly Tour Slaes SO now some OF the Wing pa
pers allow 10 Gen. Cass only three States and
The exuirg Republican (f our memory is mol al
iau,) besruigss 10 him single State. The
Wings in 1914 were united and harmonious and
vel they were oveT,hrown. Now, they are terri
biz split up in some of their strong Wing States,
and why should they no, be beaten again7
We have been not little amused at some Of
the ex,ravagant calculations of the Wing "pol-
ticians" Pennsylvania they count upon as
surely dragged" for General Taylor and "oid
Whitey'-yeta gentleman, just from philadel.
phia assures US that our friends there are in the
highest spirits, confident of majority of 80 0OO
for Cass and Butler. Ohio is boldly claimed for
TAYLOR; but, on the other hand, we hear that
MIR. Giddings, who has just returned from
Ohio states that there are 10000 Wings in
that State who will not vote for Taylor, and
that he has no chance Of carrying the State
Moreover, the Washington correspondence OF
Yesterdays Baltimore Sun DEVELOPS the follow.
ing important facts;
"Mr. Root, of the Huron district Of Ohio, has
written letter to the Convention 'or nomina'
ting candidates for members of Congress, sta.
ting that he cannot support General Tay!or un
der any circumstances, and that if they mean TO
run him, (Mr. Root,) they must run him as an
independent candidate.
Governor Ford, the Wing Gubernatoria!
candidate of Ohio, has written, and complained
that he has been sacrificed by the Philadelphia
Convention
In Yesterdays Union We find the following
corroborating information:
The MoSoREL MEETiso.-Ohio IS lost 20
General Taylor, beyond the possibility OF re-
dempton. The Wes.srn Reserve IS laundering
against him. The Wings there will recognise no
such candidate
mopgrel meeting called by $4,000 names,l at
Cincinnati, is just over. 1t was large crowd,
made up, a. one Of them says, Of Abolitlonlsts,
Wings and Barnburners. Another paper says,
that John Van Buren, was at the bottom OF II.
"Certain it is, that the Convention repudiated
both Taylor and Cass, and that they passed re-
solutions approving of the Convention at Utica,
and requesting that Convention TO call more
general Convention, for the purpose, no doubt,
Of establishing Northern, Barnburnins, Free.
territory, Abolition faction. The "Signal" Edi.
tor, (Taylor } who, by-,he.bye, has abandoned
General Taylor and his fortunes, says that the
Utica Convention will either nominate Presi-
dent, or transfer the nomination to a more &C..
neral Convention, to be held at Pittsourg or
Cleveland.
"If the Barnburner leaders go on at this rate,
hey will find themselves finally merged in mon
grel Abolitionism and Whggery."
The Empire State the Wings seize upon as
their legal property, but, as we think, without any
juN reason. The angry meetings in New York
city, tie detection Of The ablesl members OF their
party, Inc reputation OF Taylor, and the calling
OF an in1ependen. Convention al Bufalo-a
these events ausur i'll for Wing success in this
great Stale The spirit of disaffection engender.
e. in the ely Of New York is spreading through
the Sae The Tribune contains call for an
An!iTaylor, Wimot Proviso meeting in Wy
onins county, New York, and from the same
source We learn that "the ireemsn OF Seneca
Fall, irrespective Of party" held meeting on
The 18Th, and rejected The nominations OF both
Cas- and Taylor. So much for TayloI's pros
psc,s in New York What may be the issue OF
- hold IN.
day We canno, reasonably predict. The same
correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun states that
the Barnburners will nominate Senator Niles as
heir candidate for President, and, perhaps, Mr.
Wilno for Vice President. On tine other hand,
We fnd in Yesterdays Baltimore Sun the follow
ing important item, for which, however, we do
MOI vouch:
lex PRESIDENT Van BuREN.-The Kinder.
hook Sentinel, the Democratic organ al the real
cence Of MIR. Van Buren,, comes out strongly and
adv IN support OF the nominations OF Cas- and
Boiler, ami the Troy Commercial Advertiser
saws.
1--WE have il now In our power 10 state 10 our
readers, that, since the Baltimore Convention
Martin Van Buren, has stated 10 Democrat of
Columbia coonty, al casual meeting and con.
versa;ion, tina. The nominations OF Cass and But
Ter were popular nominations; lha, they were
sood nominations, and ought 10 be supported
A friend jus, arrived from New York is conf.
dent that the great mass Of the Barnburners will
adhere 10 the Democratic nomination, whatever
lhe infatuated leaders may attempt, and vii! Sc
cure the vote OF the Stale 10 Cass and Butler
We repeat our firm conviction tina, the Demo.
eaiic nomination has by lar the bes, chance o.
succeeding in New York; because, as we view
Inc oeld, the Wilmot Proviso nominee Of The
UTICA faction, (should they make nomination
VII abstract much more largely from The Wings
llln lhe DemanraiS h. -, r.