Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-11-11
SHARPE CARTER, Sec'y.
From the WythevIIe Republican,
DI'ESrInE ANSl\ EIgED

QUESTION ANSWERED..
The Lexington fa.) Gazette, announcing The nomination
OF Summers Watts and Baxter by the Wing Convention a.
Car loGsvc Wig candidates for Governor, Lieuten-
ant Governor and Attorney General the State
under the Constitution, remarks:
Such is the ticket around which the Wings of Virginia
called upon rally, the Sth OF December next and
under the banner Of whch il united and heartily co-oTea-
ting together, the 'rhg party must and lrW succeed"
The saPcnt Editor rerSsd in Firsinas political history
then asks the following pertinent question.
"tsu did n: Wigs Of Iirgiiia FAIL, when they
rallied forth in their f strength and made the proper tfor'
rHi' IS his question:! Is it not strange one? The
swcr implied Tic Of putting the question: would
seam say that the Wings nf Virginia, in all party
tests have arGys prevailed, whcn they rallied forth in
their full strength and made the proper cf,r" How false
r"p1si,ion ho" base the elliott 1T deception. Reader,
| cosicrit.
Had the Editor G.zao asked, when did the Fed
party the party OF aiiuscsnow the Whig-cver
ry conflict in Virginia !thc question would have had
parent al Lapse o memory Of the would
snagcst apology io The Iueson-Whrn did the Wings Of
Virginia tcr fail when they rallied forth in their full strength
AMI made proper eiiJr y as the answer, in truth, would
be Rerer-is impndence ignorance, SUPREME II
it is not wl+ Pn:encc and insult 10 The common sense
OF the people unsurpassed ignorance Of past events in
The political history Of Virginia Ignorance that we can
hardly believe attaches 10 any in all her borlcrsnuch
less The ignorance OF commanding press and profess
sing through the columns OF newspaper 10 teach the PEG
pie Knowledge.
But 10 The answer. We make il.
The Ftderusfs or Wings were beaten before the people
Virginia. in 1890 TunAAs JEFFERSON dcica It'd old John
Adams, the A.n and Sedon Law ancestor "I the present
whig party of Virginia.
Il.
In 1884, tn ancestors .! the wings the FecTlss were
again beaten before tbs people Virginia, by Thomas Jeler
som
THIS Is FAILURE NUMBER TWO
In 1868 the FedcriIists whose progeny known
BY the alias, whg were beaten before the people OF Virgil
"''' THIS IS FAILURE NUMBER THREE.
In 1872 NJ Madison beat them again before the people of
Virginia.
THIS IS FAILURE NUMBER FOUR
In this dc!ea, they began deal after the of wing
gery the present day They shut their men, their
condemned leaders, and voted for dsitcted democrat o
New York Mr. Dewitt Clnuns undue ambition seduceu
him allow his be used by the enemies Of himself,
democracy, the Fcdcrass voted ior Clinton
against Madison They now began to operate upon the
principle lately adopted in the South iviin and conquer
They coupled Clinton with the blue Fedcraist Jared nse
soil of Pcnnsy Is ania
In 1876 James Monroe beat the Fedcraist Rufus King Of
New York. before the people of Virginia.
THIS Is FAILURE NUMBER FIVE.
This was The last hreshn! whsgcry received in Virginia,
under the cognonen FcderaliSt.
The triumphant close of The second of independence
the Of 1872 Jacksons great victory the 9Th Of Jan.
ua!y S5te reasonable and unparrioc conduc; OF the
New England Fdesal!sts al Hartford altogether elevated
Democracy and Democratic the heads Of all compe
ttOn and competitors, and the Of icdcrat began 10
snk ont OF existence Mr. Jefferson had forcod this He
said they would Change their name" Tho ch7ysa5
came shortly after Mr.. AIunrocs first eection,-and
throughout his administration The Federass gradually
Sided out Of their old and their position Of opposition
to the VI lol2.
We do claim the second election Of Mr.. Monroe in
1920 failure number six for in that election there was
but ancestor Of the present wing party left in all the
Colleges OF all the States. Mr. Monroe received all the
votes in The State Colleges
In 1924 the people AMI the Democracy being lucd into
deep Quiet ana forgetting that cterna vigilance the price
OF liberty. "toParty' election for President
the Union and John lincy Adams, late 1b0ihioaist and
Modern Ihig became PRESIDENT Blu, not through the pco
pie the balJtbos Virginia scented the Ola Feder-t in
Adam and beat this ilvoe Of The wings The dea; be-
fore the people with VIM. II. Crawford, Of Georgia.
THIS Is FAILURE NUMBER SIX.
This modern WING, this nboltionist, this National Repub-
car nd
nevertheless he made President through blrgain in
trigua and management in an election in the House Of
representatives, The will Of the people OF Kentucky
tranpcd upon Scott Of Missouri and Cook of Illinois, sold
the of these States and received the reward OF their
,reachery the hands Of the State Department. after the
elevation of Mr.. Adams.
We the period when the chrysais state being
passed this DID and beaten party these ltludnous
OF the Federal Constitution Con solid unsts
Assumed an0the! name.
1er President proclaimed that il ras rrong for Repre-
sentatves TO be pa!sied by the will Of their constituents
His Secretary OF State called npon Heaven bring upon
the country Nar Pescnce and Famine rather than that
patio: Andrew Jackson should beat Adms and be Pesi
dent \ system az bribery reaching and seducnu all
the riding re1h Of the States presented called ,h
Aiaricsn system" Heaven Earth and He'll were Invoked
be- o:n9cracy %as arnnscd-the whrwind ua--and
in ~ fne Aot!rrw Jackson had % glo he.
cn:i IT, "'autV aad Booty Of New Ofcuns ou he 5i
Of JANUARY ISIS, turned this Wing pie-oaId Atmnisa.
on-Atams, Clay and Company-heels head out Of
the Capitol and out OF power. In Virgina-ths old Con-
g'cssiona District The Little Tennessee Dsrict-beat all
d-aI Lonioun and all the other Federal counties in the
State Adams nowhere in Virginia.
THIS IS FAILURE NUMBER SEVEN.
Venus; dwell space upon the last hrcstny Ii W.
full Ainms Clay, Webster Crtenien, and all the great
fathers OF WING faith, crushed the earth in this con-
iict In Virginia. Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Chapman
Johnson tie BAxrEas the SUMMERS the Stuarts and the
Whole round OF AL tine learning and sail the decency
modern wings had place for the soes Of their feet.
In lo32. tie Bank (tnotsrn Waigs) the Tariff men
(moicrn Wings the distribution (mIdcrn Whigs) the
American System men (notcrn Whiss) the National Re-
publicans (modern "higs)-Adims, Webster. Watkins
Leigh Johnson the Summers, the Bakers ct IL &C.
nus Ia;as cN hurahng Tor Henry Cay OF Kentucky,
piIsicd by this Andrew Jackson and the Demo
cracy beating Mr. Clay in the Colleges, hundred and
nineteen ioynine leaving vestige in all
Virginia.
THIS Is FAILURE NUMBER EIGHT