Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-23
a TANGLED WEIR

The public here have for The last few weeks,
been amused with the meetings and counter
meetings, conventions and couner-c0nvenIions
Bolts and anli-Botls sanhedrims, and every ina
ginable conlrivance 10 gel The advantage Of each
other, and place the respective factions in false
position. So far from untaveing the difficulty,
the labyrinth becomes more and more confused,
and j, would require Philadelphia lawyer 10
decide which nomination has more Of The odor OF
'regularily." The last event We chronicled was
the nomination, by the Convention al Bosher's
Hail. OF Charles Carter Lee, ESQ who was sent
into The political world "half made up"-for the
resolutions declaring him heir candidate recon-
mendcd 10 him 10 abide by The decision Of any
Convention, "iarly constituted, 10 which The
views and wishes Of majority OF the Wings OF
the District can be fairly asceraned"
The Bolts men caught at this flaw, and Gale!
a meeting Of "the whole Wing party on
Tuesday night, to respond T. the action OF the
Louisa Wings, and send delegates TO the 9Th
April Convention. For two days The Wing
press were silent, with the exception of the
Republican, which appealed most afcclonately
for harmony and union, in the name OF Old Zac;
out Oh Tuesday morning the Wing, which, in
the mean time, smclt a rat, enters solemn pro-
test against movement-n regard to which,
said paper was ignorant of those who called
the meeting, and "under whose auspices it (lhe
mee,ing) is 10 b. heidi The Wing goes on 10
declare that "the harmony and success of the
Wing party cannot be attained, while MIR.
Bolts is in the feld"-whe Mr.. Bolts, TO
whose support sit IS impossible TO rally the
party" "persists in pressing himself upon the
District"
The meeting, and it was numerous one,
was held-but, as every body expected, il was
like jug handle, all on one side al Bolts. A
Bolts Chairman and Secretary, Bolts Commit.
tee, who reported tro hundred delegates 10 the
5th April Convention-of whom some tpenty
fire only are Lee men, as we learn. The
otsites say there are no more Lee men in the
cily! A resolution was then adopted, but by
faint voice, pledging the meeting TO the sup
pUIA vi INC HOIIIucc VI HC
ouly orator was Bolts man. who, by way Of
showing the harmony and Cancellation he pro-
fessed at The outset, goriiied Bolts 10 the skies,
and -idicued Mr.. Lees principles and prospects
The latter he illustrated BY story of "cal
with three tails" which seemed TO fall fiat on
the meeting.
Mr.. Bolts, therefore, will, doubtless, be the
nominee of the 5th April Convention de-
legates from Louisa being already pledged 10
him, and an overwhelming majority of the
Richmond delegation going the same way. The
Goochland meeting on Monday also appointed
delegates-but the Lee men, we hear, held
aloof. MIR Bolts, then, will be The nominee
but, as the Wing says, "He might be nominated
BY conventions every week from this time till
the 9th Of April, and he would still fail Of an
election. The disafection TO that gentleman in
the Wing party, is ten times greater now than
it was in le4o, when Mr.. Seldom defeated him
by upwards of 900 votes"
The above are few of the facts clustering
around the position of the true" and the
"false" princc-in regard 10 whose claims to
Legitimacy the Wings are now revolution
izipg We leave it to our readers to draw their
own deductions.