Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-19
STRANGE COINCIDENCE.


and composure" and in only one county oil al
Virginia king and Queen has there oeen
public meeting, 10 deliberate upon thus weisn9
mater" TIE quetulaus Times mistakes ih'
tscls |, was King W,Hiam and no; hing ahe
Queen, in which large meeting OF ooih PaI''e'
Unanimously spoke out against Inc sssfeSs'oH'
Of Congress Yesterdays Wing furnishes an
other eyidenc. of The sentiments of The COUNTY,
Wings. The following resolution was oneleV
BY John T. Thornton, Esq, ala Wing meenns
a, the Bowling Green, cal ed 10 appoint delegates
10 a congressional nominating Convention, aho
unonimou,ly adopted OF course these Caroline
Wings mus be set down as mschlevous agra
tors and cisnnionsls," IN The eyes OF their metro
po'i:an organs:
.Resoived. Thai,he Wings OF Caroline approve
most co daily OF The acion OF the S"o'he,h n,e
h.,s ~ c,nsy-ss on rhp save quesrioa; that they
consider ann iatef rence uuh he sal]cei ei'hef 10
,ns S,,,ss Jcoito,es ar ui>tIlcl ot Columbia, 4
as.ss v,ct Atm ~ THE CONSTITUTION 'F tn
Us,rep STATES, and di,ct "na'k rPn hs
,,ehts and institutions OF the S.ufh; that lh0nSh
ihey weld To no portion of heir fe'l"w-c"Zshs W
ardent sttachmrn, 10 our glorious Union, Wv
there IS poinl bevond which 'ioforarance cedses
10 be a virus" and mat they recommend 10 thei
reor.s, natives IN c. bnere.s concillaIoIy tnoush
firm course on this suol-ct
These Caroline Wings are far from vIewins
the Wilmol restriction as "miserabis sosfac-
ton" Of no practical momen, and, therefore
lightly 10 be surrendered; on The contrary, tbe'
regard ii as mater 81 serious Importance, !"
gross Vi larion Of The GINS ilu'ion OF Inc unieo
S,ales, and dMect attack upon The rlsh's ahC
ins,c. ions OF the u h." FMS meeting W..
canpo, doub', fairly represents The sentiments q
the noou,ar masses OF Virginia. |. is ir"., lev
meerins. nave been helt-but i, il not owing !"
the shpuaess OF time, and the recent very incis
ment season and wrelched roacsf As lar as VI
can learn from the fespondence OF me me r
bers OF TIE Legislature, H. m conversations WIZ
ciizeus OF the country, from maloriy OF ue
Sale pres and from our own lellefs, we
are satisfied that The people oil Virginia ar.
looking with ep anxiety 20 the ac'ion Of IN
Lesisla,ure-bul never dreaming ha their rerrs'
senla,ives would commit SO suci'a! an act as Is
rerreaI from their unanimous posiion q t@o
wears ago, in The face OF ihs auemeGlins agstes
sion. and insults OF The Northern fanatics. The
people may be t'quiei" but il is the "quiet Of ioe
sleeping volcano. Let heir representatives mere
srullify and disgrace Virginia, BY bealing amir
glorious re,Iear, instead OF maalully meeting
the wave of abolitionism, and Instantly the popu
lar mass; will be in ,hroes and will pour forth the
hot lava of indignation upon their recreanI ser
wants We think we know something Of The PEG
pie OF Virginia, and we arc convinced that We
truly represen, their present position. Time WI
test. should the alternative arise, the accuracy o
our picture.
The Times of Thursday follows up The sub
iec,-bold asserts (and here i, follows in 'h'
lead of Mr. Scott OF Fauquier,) thai party mo
lives were at The houom oil much Of this Son'h
ern agitation. but .hat"Mt. Calhoun and bis I'D
mirers, who, il is notorious, originated he whole
faes nave ostera io N 'hs'F. sonEsez
ting, if not viii the purrcse Of dissolvihs 'he
Union, al least loo careless whether |! be DIS
solved or no. We attribute 10 dts7n 90 other par
" design Than is involved in pursuing she! lave
rite policy under all circumstances, an on al
occasions"
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the Democratic parry in this Stale as elsewhere
and tha, The masses have "succumbed" to thei
leadership, upon condition OF retaining their al
leeiance." Now, If This be true (thoueh moi Ions
since The Times took precisely tie opposite srouno
viz tina, The "chvsry,"s ii called them, bad sue
cumbed" 10 The old Hunkcrs, as they were term
edD il he l.aders be Influenced by no parry mo
tiye, how can the masses" who are represented
aslamely following in their train. have any otht'
mo'ives7 The argnmeat is suicidal.
The Times with the very "honest lago,' ou
most desperate purpose Of exciting lht {
feeling Of dis fec,ion in our party, undertake
to give "lbe real history Of the passage" Of IN
resolutions On The Wilmo, .Proviso by The Viz
GINA Legislature in lS47. If lis 'hs,ory" e'
Indeed real" it certainly places is own Whit
friends WHO yuted for them in an utterly absufl
and ridiculous position. The Times says
1.-THE Virginia resolutions f 1917 were pro
posed by Mr.. tiarvie OF Amelia at time when
bitter feud existed between The Calhoun
wing and The old Democratic body They wee
the offspring of the feud referred TO, and wee
prepared BY the Calhounites 10 spue The ieeu
lar Democracy. who were making war upof
sihs or at lasu s. IF South rltna as The
Entlnner al mat Time called their champion
that the later were onpellei to swiiiow th'
dose Of Cahouni.m with a bad grace; anh ina
the Wings merely Looked on aud enjoyed th'
thing as Joke, IN VIII ch they had no concerI
but 10 laugh AT il. ln-se resolutions are no"
revived by Mr.. Floyd, whose brot'tcr was one
OF the famous 't@euly.thrce, and boih a theu
sttached warmly 10 Nr. C-lhoun. ice Mr
Floyds r@mov,l To The Governors mansion.
they have bee ).ne the bantiin5 OF VIZ Conway
another Calhoun MAJ; aud thei' staunchest al
vocate, Mr.. Fer Suson, av wed, the other lay
that ne Thought tbs brightest pot on South "a
rolina esculchcon vas ncr nuilicalion, a"t
her opposition to the proclamation OF Andrew
Jackson"
Now does not this story, even as tah by IN:
Times, (,s a cufacy we do not ADMIT fafnlst
the strongest evidence OF the Lofty considerations
and elevated mo;ives, which induced he passage
OF Inc resou,ion>2 H. in spite al The bitter ieud'
between lac Men Two DIVISIONS o, the Denocfaic
party, lnsy oata railleI 10 support oi RESOLUTIONS
called for by The spirit oil aggression upon III
rights o. The Sou h. can we have more pcwerr
pfoci II the palrioc ineaiioas OF lnose who vote
for ,hem2 The Times has retaled i,seii-anc
mas iselr provid-! lie weapon 10 defeat rs man
hest purpose 10 eSci- Jealousy among our friends
The Democrats aic MT tc o. swervea !rm ihei
high duiy 10 their Sale ant The Consultation b,
any sucn ,ps,dious devices. Ia lS47 hey vole-
for the res liilvns, because Trey b-i'esed them
called ior ty The exis.ncy Of the day; ;hey WI
vote for Them nos, in the face OF increased as
sressions and stronger eIisency, 10 main,ain lne
consistency, honor and rights Of Virginia, and, as
they verify be,ievs, 10 conduce most effectively Il
the safety oil the Union. Let others falt.. and
retreat as they may, the Democrats will main.
tain their attitude ny he Constitution and the
South. By this course. they exhibit 10 iac!iou'
.piri, OF agitation. T,0, gears ago Virginia took
ner stand; they only maintain il now. The
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