Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-11-18
THE DEMOCRACY oE VIRGINIA

t,vo every motive 10 exert themseyes and every sign TO
cheer them in the work of eecting thei ce, by triumph
m, majority Jus, victory themselves they see te
BRETHREN in nearly every Siue, triumphant
We find in the country press of both parties, some cheer
ng evidences Of the approaching death Of the Federal party
and the union Of the Dcmocracy-North and South.
upooFs OF THE DECAYING CONDITION OF THE
WIG PARTY.
From Albany Knck-rbocker Wing paper oil the se"au
=, wy,,orn cosnrsIry.ri'he elections which have
,,rer Mace ia Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey AND New
SIk prove Two things the Wing party is rhPpsd com
,nunt and tina, the Democrats In 81. can nhf any
President they may please The treochery OF the ssel
cus kes impossible for the Wing party to become an
"ni1n again till they have passed through ehg Seles u
and disasters Like Ephram OF DID, they nave
o I lick" long indulgence in good luck has made
hon insane and given BIRTH not to gratitude Du " VIZ
dciiyeness. Fillmore proi scd to revenge hsen On m
ho marty and he has doDcit. When he was elected wee
p'TT,en, the Why's were strong and apowerlul ney
m now broken and sca.tered-wlhout the means Of uo,ns
If NJ rood ship without ruddcr SHOULD De lhe e''e'
~ every standard in the country. The resuhsg inc 'aS'
| ,r.tks hare completely broken down the spirit mePaT
~ and shows that all the attempts 10 elect WING Pfesuen
~, fall would be alike childish and mPotent lhee is hr
Wing in the Union who would carry hall Dozen ''a'e9'
The Hartford Times, (Dem,) has the following on the
same subject:
h,e never has been time in the history of this country
uhrn The Wings as parity utterly prostrae and
now.rless they are now. lhe recent eectons u I'll"
Noh and the South taken Rway their last hope anu
If Them 10 contemplation of prospective nnnhhtion
:, The polls November In New York, pennsylvania
New Jersey Ohio Michigan and other States, Inc people
70 recorded their condemnation OF Whseery and It's mea-
snres In Pennsylvania the Wings went into the election
with The name Winfield Scott inscribed upon their ban
ner as their candidate for the next President aud Inc result
in mai State been their complete overthrow by major
inv of some l0000 Notwithstanding they were aided 10 le
Y,en, of the Free Soil Abolition vote In ONO they
a y {, red still worse and in Michigan, Robert McCeand,
,hc candidate Of the Democrats, is elected Governor by
N MOO majority over Wings and Free Sellers In New ork
the Wings virtually defeated whether they have succeed
ed in cIectng part OF their ticket or not WIN cofup
ton fund Of 900 TO aid ncm in The canvass hcy con-
Gjeniy relied sweeping tho State and eect!ns their can
ddatrs BY overwhelming maJotity but the result mas
been that New York is nearly certain 10 vote Tor
the Democratic candidate in the Presidential election and
they not hesitate express their disappointment and des-
pondency With no candidate upon whom hty Gun rely
with even faint hope Success the Wings certainly
in ai way" Some OF them begin 10 talk OF again bring
nr OUT Henry Clay in his Old age as 10 add insult 10 his
former injuries by holding him up to the sure prospect Of
being knocked down. Some OF the more directly spoken
and Comparatively honest Wing presses are ready u &C
knowledge the hopcessncss Of their and the bad odo
in which Whiggcry stands with the people,"
The Philadelphia Pennsylvania puts forth the following
WHERE ARE THE WINGS IN THE ASCENDANT?
There are lhrv-onc States and uur Territories IN this
Union And yet in all this vast siserhond OF cnniederacies
this family OF Repn5ics-ths world OF Freedom, OF Pro-
eess anu of Equaity-he WING principle IKE Inc dove OF
Noahs ark has barely place which 10 rest the sole Of
its foot 1t has entire control OF but one State in tins bfoa"
Union This is the State of Vermon,-the citadel Of Free
SoIstn the very Gibraltar uf secGnaisn where the Toes
OF the Constitution seemed to have made las stand against
the conqueng egions of the National Democracy What
contrast How this spectacle rebuEes the past pohcy o
the Wings How prepares the future for tile victories vi
the Democracy w
From ocean 10 ocean, the defeat Of the Wing principle has
alos, been an determination. In many oil The old wing
foesses the Wings have managed 10 retain partial power
BY cenyng their cherished doctrines. In others they
hare escaped the wreck BY hccring themselves upon the
Democratic platform. Maine has rejected theH IN the tar
extrmc OF the East Oregon has expelled them in the tar
extemc of the West New York. the Atlantic, after da
lying with them for years rises against mem JUST As he IN
tcgencc their discontinue IN California; on the RACINE
reathrs our ears. Massachusetts and Acknowledgment
and ADMINISTRATIONS and llnois-Ncw jersey and Ne"
mississippi and Missuur-Norlh Carolina and
Suuh Carolina-Nirnil OHIO and Pcnnsy
sec md knntucky-a have declared for the Democracy in
Interstate in their Congressional elections, by great and
conclusive naor:ies And may not add that after the
Unio victories OF South, M Southern wing can roic
for Northern candidate Tor Pesdent History VIII record
this miraculous instance Oi pGlItca! unanni!i? aud
nls will hail il Inc ST and seal OF the renewed palr!-
orisnof tie people, and the invIncoy Of our Cohsu-
tlunalUnunl
Her, lhcn upon this hrcshoIl let united Democracy
whchls blessed this whole hemisphere with good govern
ment md cxlingusri the fires Of that dangerous discon-
tent which plunge ir,u retrievaole anarchy
-upo, this broad nation and ausicrus s1' ot
1882 IA us take our stand. wl be our own folly and oar
own SHINE if march from ii 10 an untqasd con-
quest Ger the principles Of our opponents.