Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-04-12
HRICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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nyur srNTINENT OF RICHMOND

1.-THE SENTIMENT OF RlCiMo-ND
The two Wing organs the Times and the "nie ave '"'
upon us for our notice Of the meeting on SATURDAY 's
The Times expresses "asonshment AT the course OF m
Richmond ENQUIRER in declaring TO the country! '' y
vrpe of the proceedings the meeting OF CITIZENS VII
nrdav nioh, last tho people of Richmond have ehosc W
Nashville Convention If ever there was question: du
,ourned and avowedy left undecided this question 40
expsdiency of the city Of Rchmonds appointing
to Nashville Convention was 50 ADJOURNED anu '''' -"
kecded by that meeting. ,;.
N,u ,he Times cannot properly deny that the meeting
expressed the sentiment of Richmond without running !"
the teeth of its own article oil Monday morning - "e' -
<S Tho gratifying and unanimous for the resoiu-
,,on Announcing the Wnot Proviso and exclaimed ch
rSndn (not parr but the city OF Richmond true 70 Tie
South If the Times cite the vote oi the Injecting d
expressive of 'the sentiment OF Richmond hao We o "
sctlv the same grounds cite the almost uhaooS WIG "
the same meeting against Mr. Cranes resolution declaring
the Nashville Convention 10 be "lne1Peoien., d M
sentiment of Richmond" There is no difference IN
,be two cases: and with the single exception Oh -t
paske wbo was for the appointment OF committee
,ho,oh onnosed To- the Nashville Convention we and every
hody else whom have regarded the vote on MI
Cranes resolution as test question Mr.. crane IMAGE
,he tes-he insisted upon vote, Substantially announcing
The Nashville Convention and declaring ii ineSpedlen for
Richmond to send delegates 10 take part IN Its deoeaoh
The Times of that morning had itself made the test for II III
nkpd
ervttiag that might proposed for sustaining the recon-
endatons of the last Legislature in favor OF appointing oe
soa,es and the test being thus fully and fairly made the
resolution declaring the Nashville Convention inexpedlen'
received bur about 20 he Times admtsy ana was
voted down-down. Suppose Mr.. Granes resolution hau
been Dassed would the enemies oil the convention nave
,,d 10 "tbc sentiment of Richmond against the exped
ency of the Convention And yet because We have taken
the other side of the question and quoted the Overwhelming
,la pxeptiou Our
ceved with establishment" Upon all the facts OF the case
the "astonishmen is natural that other version OF Inc
result should have been put FORTH
The Times is very much rled that "in little spasm Of
spe" we STYLED II 1.-THE tender OF the National lntegeh
Ger" Now the Times itself must be responsible Tor that
DESIGNATION Ii published in lis own columns letter from
q corre.,ondent COMMUNICATING it 1.-THE National INTEL
gencer of Virginia. il here ranked as an organ OF ou
State while the big organ Washington has The whole
Union for its sphere Was there them any .npropey IN
s,yng II the tender of the great ogan-especaly as It's
course of attack on the Nashville Convention was very SIM
liar in ts tone and mode of treating the subject 10 hat o.
n. National elgencer We glad TO see however that
our article has had the effect of inducing The Times to remove
this impression by the following rebuke on the great
organ Washington:
awe do not hesitate say that the course which the IN
,elgcncer pursued durrg the present session o. IN
press in marshang together numerous extracts from Sou
ern papers apparently for The purpose OF throwing oouo
uressiye measures touching the institution OF slavery and
in impung iose have taken part IN declarations O.
that determination purpose OF bringing about alssoio,o
meets strong dsapprobaiioa we neEeNs the ea'ois
hare eney failed appreciat: the state OF public sentiment
in the Soun and consequently haze done that sentiment
great injustice
But says the Times, at is worthy of remark, that the En-
cuers estimate Of Times varies strangely according TO
the circumstances And il natural that such should
he The case7 Do nor circumstances alter casesf When
The mes stood up with the advocacy Of the Nashville
Convention and defence Of the bold stand taken by Caoe
Cngman Morton, &c, we cordially commented l'-ou'
now Thai il has abandoned the Nashville Convention and
for no sufficient strange that We who have stooc
firmly on the same ground should view our neghoor In
different Light The Times admits that 1t has changed lis
views and should that circumstance vary our opinion
o the course of that papel The Times out and
onenIv onnoses the Nashville Convention because says
other Stses have iaic and appoint delegates Flow
can the Times know that in the more than SIX weeks mat
intervene between this time and the holding the Convention
other States act} Have they not yet sulncieht
time 10 do so and is Richmond herself Just now acting
on the question: Every day hear OF delegates being a
pointed at this time in Virginia. or OF APPOINTMENTS over 10
mex, month to appoint them and with the that
the Times refers other States having rejected The Con-
ven,ion the opponents Of tbs Convention out OF Virginia
NAV refer 10 our own State having repudad the Con-
yenrion We believe the Convention will be held and
that The whole South will be represented there-and that
il becomes Virginia unite in the movement and send her
best and wsss sons counsel together IT, with theilimes
we believed thar the Convention is failure we should
indeed regard this surrender in the face OF the agessors ~
equivalent TO total sacrifice Of Southern rights, by the
South itself.
Having thus disposed Of the Times, we turn our atten
lion 10 the Wing which, while publishing our long notice OF
the meeting accompanies with structures most unjust and
uncaed The Wing ussais the tone oil our aucie a.
o, nsve" and saws that 'the assumption that the Demo
Gratis are entitled all the crcditis credit there be-s
scarcely warranted by facts" The Wing continues
ut had been put forth, that nothing like party was con
terminated bv the proposed II above ali par
W But as soon "a respectable meeting Is assembled L.
proclaim it a great Democratic triumph, is rather too much
People can't stand every thing And we tei the Eniutr
sc really desires the people OF Richmond To acquesce IN
its Nashville scheme, il will have 10 change lis 'une
This unwarranod OF the Enquier IN attempting 70
make pary-capll OF this movement, has not genN
SURPRISED u.s. Ii is what that party has always done lhe
do not desire the union of the South 50 much ms the asce
dency OF the Locofoco party
Wa are ostounded a, the cool impotence with which the
Wing so grossly msreprcsens article So lar from lis
allegations having the smallest basis TO stand uponso aI
from on evncing the least desire make party capital ou
Of the movement our article repubshed in the Wing SHOWS
exactly the contrary We shall 'ecan nothing nor In an!
wav "changc our tune"hut eassert In their iu loc,,
the lust compliments paid the Wings who co-operated
with us on Saturday night We said on TUESDAY ana ""
saw now Thanks YES, thanks deep and sincere we
otY.r
If bem who have risen above all other considerations ana
thus most periodically stood mp for the right Let the who
State thank ,hem Let their names DO remembered ano
their dsireresed conduct cherished with ever-endung e
titude."
Is there any thing in the above offensive TO the wings q
Richmond any claim of exclusive Credit 10 the Democa
CIV any attempt make party capta The charge is ao
surd on lis very face-and the Wing in publishing our art
Gle itself furnishes lis readers with its own condemna-
ZION True We did another short article indulge IN some
SHARP structures the OF the meagre minority i tie
Bo,ts ce) who resisted every the Nashville ConSen
ZION and bv ceaseless motions adjourn and finally oy
les, vote endeavored hwa, and defeat any action on Tie
subect /, was from their small battery that not the Ne
ocr.s alone but all friends OF the Nashville Convenoh
were ass.ied with insulting epaes ii disunionis's
and "H,rfori Conventions" Their actous course justly
incurred ebuke-and we took occasion TO nc'e IN our "
marks them alone expressly excepting all the other wings
fs,as of Ros and others who went for the Nashville Con-
yen,on and the South the Wing desire 10 DC regard
ed as the peculia. organ of that e for eo"Sns when We