Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-30
RICH M 0 ND, VA.
monday Morning, october 30, ls4s.
WING SPIRIT.

journal, published al Chareslown, Va. II speaks
Tor itself: and il speaks volumes OF the Wing
principles and practices in Virginia. After all
is said in praise Of the great "Cohseryative par
~" which The humbuged and the humbugsers Of
'all tbs decency" can possible invent-al,er eve.
ry conceivable term Of gloriicalion which "all
the intelligence" can draw from the store houses
of unialhomless self-conceh is exhausted 10
their own praise, they can succeed in producing
but one universal sentiment upon The minds Of
the American people; aud thai is, for selfshness.
insL iousness, intolerance, hypocrilical devices
10 gull the people, the stand without a rival in
the history OF parties. With prolitcness OF
promises, they exhibit poverty Of performance
which ought and would call forth blush upon
anything on earth with blood in i--e1ccpt a
Wing face. They slismaliz. and denounce pro.
scription with frenzied enihusiasm, which
would do credit 10 The assaults OF missionary
upon The practices OF helhanism and The devices
OF Salai; and they follow and persist. In il, when
possessed oil The power, with a zeal and cunstan
cy which would enlile the same missionary III
holy pursuits 10 place 10 The calendar Of saints.
| The very last means oi ascerla lining what the
Wings will do is from what they say they will
| do II they lIaduce and eIccrale principle or
measure, il affords not The sg est reason 10
suppl Sc they will no, be lnnnd in he open defence
| aud practice U! The same. With whitening
curse always upon their lips again, pfoscrir.
ton, they are themselves The most Iemols-less
cruel and unsctupulous prosecutors The country
ever knew. The spirit is in The il hearts and IN
their nature You see ii plainly every where. In
one Judicial circuit in Va out Of une hundred and
ninely-lhrce justices OF the peace, "he Wings
have majority Of seventy nine;" and this circuit,
100, be il remembered, is Democratic. And so
we find it, even in stronger degree, with those
Offices which PAY. Praiseworlhy patriots! -imma-
culaie pally-mosl sanity el-wilh what
rancorous and overpowering force does The odor
Of 1.-THE spells enter into their pure and unlainl-
ed olaclories How they loalhe "lhe spoils, So
how they iualhe the lovers Of spoils and the
"spoils patty !"-and oh, how they clutch AMI
fdsen upon aud monapozs The spoils! Who
can misunderstood their purify and then patriot
ism2
Let US look TO Washington, aud what do We
sse7 The same seceiltn spiri! speaking in their
acs. GoiLs; into power upon their protested alb.
hoIrence Of prescription, they are more prosclip-
tive Than even they charge The Democrats with
being-wilh captivating profession oi "no par
~" they are most ultra parlizans that ever
held the reins Of government in This com.
try; for they prescribe no, only all The Demo,
Gratis, but large portion Vi their own people
he "Old GuaIds," The Clay wing are understood
10 be in bad odor. II is In vain that justi6cs-
ton is attempted for such removals as Peter
Hagner-lhan whom George Washington, who
did appoint him, never appointed more faithful.
competent or honest man. How Tar jus6ca.
lion is 10 be found, in The removal being made
for The benefit of a parlizan Editor who takes
bis place, We leave TO be seen, by the unmea-
sured abuse hcaped upon The heads Of the Demo-
Gratis Tor coulerrns now aud then appointments
upon Editors OF their own faith. Whatever the
Wings have denounced with The greatest bitter.
ness they have praclised-and that which is
striking characteristic OF lh=ir own party, to vii:
contempt for lhe popular understanding the
charge which they most increasingly urge against
their opponents. But we mus. conclude for The
present, requesting the reader 10 peruse The fol-
lowing article from The Spirit Of Jefferson:
WHIG POWER AND PATRONAGE.
In an article relative 10 the action OF the Ex.
eculive OF this State uron the nominations OF
new justices tor This county, We promised 10
notice in some future number The remarks OF the
"FIee Press" on that subject. We now under
take 10 redeem that promise. And we mean Ia
| show. from authentic accounts, The true position
VI The Wing party in This JUDICIAL district. We
mean also 10 show what consideration they are
entitled 10 when The question OF Offices is invol
we'd. We take the judicial district, because, the
counties composing that district are about equal
y divided TN the suit ecl OF federal politics, ard
| hence The district itself. We claim however a
slight ascendancy Tor The Democracy but we
| will see how The rights OF that Democracy, COM
| posing fully one-half il mol more oil til. popu.
| laion OF The district have been respected. We
will commence with The most distant county
10 the county Of Hampshire, where The Demo
craIs usually have msjofity OF from 50 10 100
votes there are lorly one Justices OF the peace
and OF This number tire oay arc Democrats!
| The balance, OF course, To the number Of
IhilIy>eighI OF The forty one, are Wings
| The principal officers holding their respec-
tive appointments from The County Court are
all Wings, viz: the Clerk and Deputy Clerk OF
| the Court,-lhe Commissioner in Chancery, the
Two Commissioners OF the Revenue,-the Receiv.
| er Of The Courl,-the Attorney Tor The Common
| wealth, the Coroner OF The County and The
Surveyor and Deputy Surveyor OF the County.
! This is pretty fair specimen OF Wig liberaliIy
| 10 liz County OF Morgan, usually Democratic
| there are fourteen justices Of The peace,-ol
whom nine are Democrats, and five are Wings
| The officers holding their respective appoint
menls from The County Cuurl, are mostly Demo.
| cratic, viz: lite Clerk and Deputy Clerk, Com
| missioner OF The Revenue, the Attorney tor The
| Commonwealth, The Receiver OF the Cour, The
| Coroner Oi The County, are Democrats, aud The
Commissioner in Chancery is presumed 10 be
Wing. The politics the Surveyor oflhe Coun.
" are not known. Here, it is pretty much
monopoly 90 The other side,-yet when The tact is
brought in comparison with Tie Stale .! things in
the Other portions or Counties in The District, il
dwindes down III mailer Vi snail Importance.
In the County oil Frederick We do not know the
precise number oil Justices, there is however,
Democratic majority on The bench OF, we believe,
one or two. The County is Democratic by from
fifty 10 one hundred msiofity. The off GERS hold,
ing their resp, Give appointments from the
County Courl are chilly Wings, viz: the Clerk,
and Deputy Clerk, the Attorney Tor The Commons
wealth, Surveyor Of The County Com missioner
| III CndnCtIy, cHc VI tHc OOHllHfsSlbLtTS III Tue
Revenue, the Receiver Of The Court, Tie Coroner
OF the County and -four Inspector, ATE Wings
One Commissioner of the Revenue is a Demo.
crat. This is more than a complete Offset 10
Morgan. In III. County OF Berkeley, where The
Whig majority is usually from fifty TO one hun
dred, there are 30 justices of lie peace, Of whom
25 are Wings and S ouly are Democrats. The
officers abiding appointments from the County
Coun are all Wing 10 man. We deem il IN
necessary 10 name them over. In the county Of
Clarke. where there is usually Democratic ma.
jorny oi from ten la thirty, we know nut the eY-
acI number oil The JUSTICES, but the Wing ju. ices
outnumber the Democratic ius;I.e> .~o 10 one
As in Berkeley al! The principal officers holding
their respective appointments tom the County
Court are Wing 10 man. Ia The county Of Jet
Ic,son, where lnere is usually Wing majority
OF from seventy TO one hundred, there are about
thirty-,wo Justices of The Peace, oil whom twenty
six are Wings and SIX only are Democrats