Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-09
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ERIDAY MORNING, MAY ., 1851.
uWHO,S TO BLAME1"

- o,oe ,ime since in defence of our position that
~ QUE our present troubles Wing ascendency. We ex-
the whole of the passage of the Whig pertinent TO this
in because We do desire injustice and BECAUSE
in this FORM our be compressed into smaller
space: mn.
1t 1.-THE Enquirer attempts maintain that t is TO WING
ascendancy that we owe the present troubles OF the
that is TO say, sosm uts yoke-fellow OF those
troubles Disunionism the Enquirer has
BILE for Free-soism ergo the Wing party and the wing par
tys "ascendancy" unanswerable, as aforesaid ~.
Now all this is again. like its logic Tor proving 'e &c
rroph Wing paper argues that as cause which couo DC
none simply because the imputed effect was the elder OF he
two Free.soism preceded "Whg ascendanGy now men,
we owe to Wing ascendancy 'e present
But, again. who is answerabe for Free Soilism? The
1yh; Nor unless that "swee little fellow, the
E,anrers ouondam darling Martin Van Buren-by whom
II IN 1870 swore to sink swlm-its follower In Inc
footsteps of Jackson-its Northern man win Soune
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT unless he and his impudent son john De
WHO'S can Whigsery be answerabe for that misceaeG
imp Soisn For it is solely and certainly the ehia
Of Van Buren, Sin is of Satan.
OF rhom il came is not 10 be dlspued ana Ro0 II cu
is equally we'll known 1t beyond dispute devised oy
the Vaa Burens in revenge for the foul play OF when
nev thought the father had been made the Vct IN tue
Democratic National Nominating Convention at Baltimore
in 1874 Who was the Virginia agent OF that betrayal JUS
naturally appeared TO be- to the fosasen pGea -
we need not say but say quite within the BOUNDS OF
retaliation that would be much easier to trace the imme
date Of FreesoiIsm TO the Richmond Enquirer than
10 the Wing party any of its members
So much for the crime OF its direct setting up II was
democratic ony lis remoer origin equally undenablc-
The Wings party, in their opposition TO the Mexican
Mexican territories which, they urged we would De
certain fall fighting like robbers over their booty Inc
South thew said hd already avowed through the lips OF MI
Calhoun that the purpoe the TO add TO suve re-
on snace enough 10 re-esabsh their lost political predomi
while neoessa the Free STATES Nrna 80 Non
Slavery because already the Tar toc' OF exco 50
tina. the Wh the crime Oh te Isi rece
which is now on foot which quarrel they thought would
probably violent enough 10 endanger the Union Never
was prophecy more literally rapidly iuileo no. not even
the memorable one about the blessing that Gen. Jackson
would, if made President, prove to his country.
Now, if in spite of this solemn and reiterated warning,
neassd the Democracy persist in that war and lis SELF
ure of great Mexican provinces; and, IL heeupon, me
fierce dssenson has ensued which was oretod upon rhh
party we enea TO be told lie the crime OF freesol-
ism 7-upon ,rc especially, when tree-soism as poll.
cal purpose party and organization was originally gotten
I'D by one great division Of the Locotoco party and lis lead
efs Wings undoubtedly have Joined at hrs very ew
in some quarters many since. But accuse them, as
party of being ognators authors OF either
ism or dsunionism about reasonable as it would have
time 10 tax him as the of all those Jewish caiames
which he vainly predicted and lamented.
"Disunionis we have overlooked because far as the
Democracy of Virginia concerned their whes are un'
wrung The Wing papers, and the late Wing address, have
boosted much Of the "Unon attitude OF their party IN the
Virginia Legslature-but they have always forgotten to
state strong resolutions against dsunlon were aoopea
D@''oSi"'S -
Legislature and the State Convention These resolutions
have been made The platform OF the whole party by the
Washington Union and other leading journals North and
South The resolutions adopted by the Legislature on this
subject were also from the pen of Democrat, reported
by Democratic Committee, and passed by Democratic
Legislature. Again, should hear nothing OF disunion,
but for the infamous of the soiers which has
aroused the indignation Of the South We therefore are lar
from placing soilism and "disunonsm on the same
platform They "yoke fellows" we may have SYM
pahy and kind feelings for our impeiuous brethren OF oou
Carolina aroused passion by sense Of injustice and
wrong-we can have nothing but for the miserable
free sellers who in their hypocrtca crusade would break
up the Union and flood the nation with the blood and car
mage of civil war.
We shall not pretend to follow the Wing through all its
ancifu arguments prove that tho Democratic party re-
sponsble for the origin of freesosm They are all on Par
trace Inua1e t1iiee sisT TO the Richmond En-
qurer than the Wing party any Of ts members" Tho
Enquirer gave up Martin Van Buenn revenge he deserted
the Democratic cause became the leader of the free soil host
orga the Enquirer is responsible for The rise Of eeso
ism Wonderful reasoning! most wise judgment Wehave
no objection the Whgs making much capital can,
out the abandonment of Van Buren, Presidential
ddae the Enquirer and ourselves individually acting
delegate TO the Baltimore Convention Van Buren, in OPP
posing the annexation of Texas great Of the par
ty justly himself off from the support of that paryespe
ciay the antisavey OF the North resisted the
nexaon of Texas, because she was TO come in as
State. That he afterwards proved receant to his
principles and false TO the Constitution is dark spot
OF inamy his escutcheon, Of blame on
the Enquirer which aimed its batteries the monstrous
propositions of the anslavery party But utterly deny
that Van Buren, was the author of the free soil movement
We say nothing here OF Mr.. Fillmore President and
the favorite Wing Presidential candidate of the Southern
Wing presswhose notorious abolition Erie letter gave
sequence and power the of abolition. We vouch
stronger evdencethe direc, testimony of whom the
Wing cannot disregard Daniel Webster himself
What did he say this subject Did he openly rid
cue the selfassumed free soil preensons of the Van Buren,
and Adams Buffalo par,yl Did not Daniel Webster
plain that they had stolen his Wing thunderand did he
in his Abingdon ass speech, employ such strong and
emphatic and unmistakeabe language the following
"But by this time neaning the time when Texas
nexed the efforts of the WHO'S ALONE had raised strong
ory say the WHs Alone for NOBODY belonging
the other party North or South East West stirred
finger in that AZ s Or ner WEIR, ere amy they ere
WINGS of New England Ohio and other middle States
HAD ACCOMPLISHED A GREAT EXCITEMENT, a
feeling in the public mind And then this portion of the
Democracy of New York. denominated the Barnburn
ing party seized upon this of excitement thus brought
abou, by WHO and attached this principle to their
creed, TO give them pre-eminencc over their rYas
we might here safely rest defence this mpegnable
did things proceed afterwards. Wmo,, it is true,
Democrat-but he not like Van Buren,, repudatcd by
the party for his attempt infamous Interpolation its
creed2 In the have been treated all prominent
Democrats who have up their exclusive creeds for the
of the party The difficulty might have been set,
tied and the incubus of freesolsm crushed into BY
the adoption Of the Clayton Compromisc-ou that de-
feaed by the of eight Southern Wings whose sim
lister object to keep up agitation to make General
Taylor Pesidenin which unhoy game they unfortunately
succeeded. But this not enough Gen. Taylor, the /
author of the Sgna letter which construed by the free
sellers endorsnga their miserable purposes made
President-and even before he invested with the
robes of Office, through his agent, Seward, defeated
Senator Walkers proposition, which would have peace
fully and permanently settled the whole question,
the satisfaction of all sections of the Union In recng
The evils springing from Wing ascendency may also
properly refer 10 the hotbed State manufacture of Caor
Ma which, If no. originated by certainly connvcd
aud encouraged by the Taylor dynasty This an i'm
oortant impetus given to the cause of free.soisn.