Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-11-28
p,cus3NNp ENQUIRER.
.c-,1.s,1>>- :, ,,,,RSIXC. NOVENBER 26.
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his duplicy aud apprehensions oil IN ,ar hollow
- D,ccn,cr was his purftanical anu "'' It, - /
,d carefully disguised professions OF
:; his dis,;n guislled breakdown at the 1.''' h5
Ills aeinBt 10 persuade his hearers 'na' M hIdcst
.a.inc "a i, with gubenatotia election, was ''o
,.,.rv and i,npudent nonsense, ever Pa''u
r. ,, - =, e,li,ent auditory. The same nanl'"o'e US
80, - ,h, "a hear in the election Of neihoe's u ~
s,,r,o would be secuted BY the wings IN .''iS ."';
, ludd The doctrine, when broachea oy M. "u, |
mers The idea is simply new phase oi nv - uIl
,,.,.herous character Of which, The people u 'is
understand. Mr.. SUMMERS ms s'"e' ~; c, tho |
.,s,rv ,b,, if party lines are drawn IN "i' 80
Re,nhl;con narty, with Joseph Johnson a. i's "e"1'
crush him md his federal cohorts, ana '''a' nc
Kanawha, tho woMt whipped 'ga'' '''''
ah and Jack the Giant Killer. o;,,,oa
WI Summers under the impression that he was
- - ;,ochablc political responsibility, Oh great oiu
,;I owsrs-and that the consolidation oocHi"es' -
which bo was very prominent advocate, were cAccsSes
onI il yi1oiua In all OF these things they nave ocen
sbockinpy disappointed. Unlike Achles nc nus O' '0"
n have moi one alone but vast NUMBER Oh V'eiao'
hu, him His rusty old federal armor mas neeh peFecu ~
dozen places an easy matter 10 ioen'ls n.n "'
,hs ba ,ch Of Hamltonian measures winch were TIC ~
frpi,s of no-partyis,n by which the wings sneuAeu 49,
Io,o /, was notorious that he supported, with
afTan
ha C,v The biggest OF the Wing ColosSi, went by ie
toard n he contest with one James X. Pok-but that
~ ho,d tprn ND burning light OF The antsia'e-
~ school before whose enthusiastic aud brilliant as
nov the fltcrnc candles, Garrison and GddEgs, paed'
was most unexpected pleasure to his lehas, anu a
Of SURPRISE generally, to the public his oraoiy' Ae ~ "
vulnerable political character has turned OIL sac
al b I,av,s behind him everywhere the reputation OF
very common place Of person. The recent Cohse
onal elections in this State have somewhat weakened e
faith of the federal party in the popularity oil heH cohSo
daon and coercve doctrines. The people nave NOT occ"
do;d Nv their pharsaical devotion the Union They
looked upon the patriotic resolutions OF the Ciafo''e
Convention as the theatrical makeshs OF desperate par
49, M denocra has been driven from his allegiance by Inc
or Wing orators about the Union and the Com
,omise Disnterested overures and immense induce
ments to dcscrton Offered by Messrs Gessi BOILING
Raymond Bolts and Flournoy Their indignant reiusas
were the death Of those famous Union wing
But we tread lightly upon the asneS Oh 'c u'au
Their consolidation doctrines crushed them IKE aSc Eye
.h.,s Mr. Summers has taken view Of the field, and
finds every where sad Of the overthrow the oeo
tim the fatal rout and humiliation Of Whlggery. tie
seeks in vain ur comfort in this dark hour oil adversely N
ONE STATE ALONE, OF THIRrY-oSE, HAVE THE WINGS
rur CONTROL OF EVERY BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT.
members of the glorious sstcrtood hare ne
|
tive sluveuw The bed Of dsunlon ana po
Ec,l rssca;y remains true throughout to the party OF
which Geo. w Summers is distinguished leader inc
Ouch hare conquered Hoiand-the Wings claim Inc ata'e
of Vermont, From the Atlantic TO the Pachc from the
frontiers of Maine the Rio Grande the Democrats nave
trumphed in every State The people have spoken
loud and emphatica and the Wing party has ceased 10 De
party Of decent strength Its vitality has followed us
cherished principles unlimey grave There is through
| ,liI Racha Pa Nh
ing for her chidren- tina. of the ghost OF deunct Fede
alism gathering up the remains of the Wing party The
broad Union has been orc battlefield and from twenty
eight points, our flag floats proudly in the breeze Whis
Mr. Summers and his dispred followers have afforded then
rather unpleasant political panorama OF "enty-elg DE
mocratc States they derive consolation from rale
singular source and very remarkable state OF things IN an
other quarter.
The strange spectacle presented this time OF nationa
House of Representatives largely Democatic-a uhte
States Senate also Democratic. In the tryone States
twcnty-eisht Democratic Governors and nearly the sam
number of Democratic State Legislatures yet the Execnv
wing Federal government Is IN the nanas % VI
This gives encouragement and lets in n CLEAN of light
Mr.. SUMMERS in the midst Of his adversely. He l.
THE PRESENT ENG ADMINISTRATIONS SUCCESSFUL FRUIT
OF So-PARTY swISDLE PRAcTicEp 1918. Els
Democratic aariy uf hundreds of thousands in this Unio
misepesenie by man vino, with Gen. Taylor, SNUG
ged into office in 1915 He be!olls in this the unphan
result Of the dupicty ami dishonesty OF the last Pesden
tial The exampl of successful political dishonesty
has not been lost upon him. He is aiming play the
part upon the boards Of country theatre. He supports h
respectable character Of Jeremy Ddder in the provinces
With the borrowed pumage OF Truman Smith, he declaim
from the footshs about the mmateriaty of inroducn!
federal politics into gubernaoria election. He puts
battered noparty mask and with concealed features soc
the support o the Democratic party. Provided he mis-
represent the political sentiment Of Virginia for four years
ne endorses iii. jesulcal doctrine, shat the end uses The
means" and plays the part of the Yelled Prophet. 1t
worthy OF great Ii is certainly Gscreditablc for
protesting particle OF political honesty such
expedients office. High Office obtained by fair
honorable means cnnoblt and ccvatos patriotic ncun
bent. Office, obtained by dupicy hypocrisy and lrcache
ry merely places successful demagogue in gided piory
If Dir. Summers will boldly the advocate OF hi:
party principles fight under his party coors and defeat
will honor and respect him. But if lie continues his
foolish transparent fraud upon the people, Of trying per
slade them that federal politics have nothing do with
gubernaoria election, lie will BIZ regarded by the world
unfortunate person, in whom transparent ckery and
laughabc simplicity are strongly blended. Let Mr. Sum-
mcrs LOOK around aud point 10 single instance in which
Wing subernao candidate in Wing State has surrcn-
dercd his vantage ground ncuIcatc such novel and absurd
doctrines those carefully elaborated BY Mr. Summers
In his recent speech in this city Were the Wings
known in Stale in which they happened be in
jorily advocate noparyism? Did Mr. Snmmcss anti
slavery party friends in Massachusetts advocate the
trine TO which REFER in the election Of Governor Did
THE DuTcH, WArG HOLLAND, VERMONT, ever
vote for Democratic candidate for Governor upon the
grounds that federal politics had nothing TO do with that Of
fce7 Would Mr.. Summers himself if candidate for the
Legislature in federal Augusta magnapmousy declare that
federal politics should nave nothing do with the election?
Mo- From what VIC have of this Wing candidate, de-
rsivey called an he would be the very last man under
the 10 extend the least aid Democratic candidate
for any office whatever Ii running for Cons,ablcs place.
in strong Wing parish, believe that this same Mr.. Sum
mers would fling every Wing into party traces at once
His ungenerous, sly designing assault upon his noble
competitor, $50 charmngy exposed by the vanity the
Petersburg nfigencer) furnishes key the character
Geo. w. Summers. His cevenh-hour recanation Of his
gnsavery SINS propiiac Eastern voters also furnishes
little insight into his character The Democrat so un-
mindful of the nvarabc results Of noparyism be
duccd by the idle words OF the woodyed feeralst into sup
porting him. would discover that he had aided in The