Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-04-16
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
,r1pn,y ~,M,oRSING, April IS, 1880.
n,,,, r,ouprEs OF THE wHIG.

THE TROUBLES UF ltiE WHO.
The Wing has changed 80 often on te SUBJECT u "
yillo Convention, that its own iriehus w h'. Ao"
en,i Read the following characteristic article in yesterdays
,"r. -, ,;u more darkness over the subject IL Is
s,sino effort to struggle out of deep morass, that
m sor Witnessed The Wing now says that II never haS
hoo, favor If ,he convention. What did mcan men, "eh
II invoked eyery member OF tho Legislature 10 Vo'e io "'e
resolution which the people OF Richmond arc ca"'a "
m in al ,bc;r force and eectl Ii this is not backing
ont and most ungracefuy DONE there Is no meaning IN ''
English language. ,.u ,.,,,, cha .con,,s-
But saws the Wing, we would sooner 'u't '"e e'''''
men" free soers of the North thah many u 'n' "oS
"agitators"--and,i in connecticut '"oAe' "p' ,.,
ern Democracy We answer that win an interesting "''''
fac, stated By the Pennsylvania oil me s'i.
i,; ,o,ealinp the law of lS47, which ID vlo-
or of hs National Constitution III regard 10 the arrest
and detention of fugitive slaves plus ia ~ pass Go
branches of the Legislature, Notwithstanding oe couu
cond read on Saturday, by a vote OF ~ to Al.
Lastly the Wing tries 10 make US tho scapo goa' lot s
own regeneration this subject shai not ao" su'h
.h.Io exnedep, TO possess the least vitality We deny
as we proved Yesterday, any premature party exuta'oh
We been most willing for Wings to take the we
some months since proposed that there should be one wing
.nd ono Democrat sent as delegates Nashville from each
dis,rc II the Whr seeks make hs matter party ques
finn !, .ba no, make paw, and zee shall furnish no
| DrRt
10 dwn rho measure can easily be voted down-but the
WIFI; must bear the whole responsibility nndnot the
,ic minority As the Savannah Georgian says, I'M
der precisely similar attacks:
rho Recorder and some other Wing In the Stale
are determined make issue on this question: we are
willing to appeal the people, and ABIDE inc
@ M he remembered that if the South is divided on this
question is the fault OF the Democracy ihey ,se
allied for the of the whole South lhey nave uni
ted and urged the Wings to join them Inc great mass
he Vhps are uih them Ii of the leaders that par
~ are determined to stand aoo let them look to inc conse
quences .
The extraordinary article the Wing is follows Can
any one say whether is for against the proposition 10
send delegates 10 Nashville Convention 10 be submitted
to the meeting on this night week!
CORRESPONDENT enquiries whether In favor oil the
Nashville Convention. We aware that doubt ex-
listed on that point any quarter We never have been IN
favor of the Convention But when the measure was strip
ned of its obnoxious features and rendered npoien
r evilor the sake of harmony aguesced in as de-
fined and limited il. powers by the 9Th Resolution OF the
Legislature We did not and do not conceive that
Delegates appointed under that Resolution Gun do much
na if any In fact if they would rgdly adhere to the
letter and spirit of that Resolution they might defeat the
mischief medtated by others.
A. 10 the propriey of Richmond participating in the
movement we were in of it, epe caumnies which
have been ndustrousy propagted Many OF the czens OF
Richmond are Northern brh and that fact has been
seized upon represent the city unsond on the Southern
question Wa knew il &c be false We knew that nen
among us devoted 10 the South more TO be relied
on In anv emergency that might arise Indeed We have never
vet known Northern gentleman who not sound on this
question; and many of hc-as Winthrop OF Massachusetts
we would sooner than OF the bosterous agita
tors of the South. Ii is your Progressive Democracy
Natural Aes-who are our etcfnai anu oit'ei Civ
mics. 49,.
But the City amply INDICATED itself Saturday night BY
the unanimous adoption of resolution, condemning inc
Wilmot Proviso That satisfied Whether any thing
farther will be done we know not We apprehend that the
Enourers poma party exultaon has given tho qisfs
to tho movement