Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-07-04

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In recent article, condemning the speech Of
Gov. Johnston before the Lancaster (Pa) Wing
Convention we said;
"In rla ing himself upon this platform, Gov. john
cannot expect to have the good will OF the South
Wing party, and, for part, we most heartily
wish THAT he may be rewarded with defeat 1t seems
10 us tn sraDges faulty in intelligent Wings OF the
NoTih lhrs 10 arrow themselves against the national
nocy OF their party.
The "South Side Democrat" in an editorial
wleysnit specially commends exhibitions of lib
crafty and frankness," perverts our language
thus:
ave commend the Richmond Times for the candid
confession that "the IVhigS of the North hdue Mro rn
and we join with him in the "heary wish that Gov.
ernor Johnston may be defeated" We have been en-
deavorng for some time past to persuade readers
that the Wings OF the North are the sworn foes OF
their rights aud the implacabe enemies of slavery; W.
are happy TO corroborate our perhaps biased
sertonS by the testimony of witness whose evidence
pronounces the condemnation of his accomplices and
is in direct opposition to his feeling and inter-
ests."
The reader will at once perceive that we
made no such statement as that "the wings of the
North have thrown themselves against the nation
al policy of their party and that our expression
amounted simply to this: that it was faulty in
Gov. Johnston, andany wings who might take
similar course to his, to do so. IF the I'D emo-
craft is disposed to observe the frmness it praises
in u.s. it will acknowledge its over statement OF
our proposition, and give us credit for believing
that the Democrats of the North are not whit
better or sounder than the Wings of the North.
Then as to what we said about Gen. Scott, the
democrat is inaccurate in representing us as
pledging ourselves not to support him for the
Presidency. We affirmed that he can never re-
ceive Southern support whilst his nomination is
associated with propositions to keep up Northern
agitation against the Compromise measures, and
especially the fugitive law, but expressed our
own "entire confidence" in his 'patriotism and his
desire to remove every cause of sectional distur
bance.' The obvious import of which was, that
the manner in which Gen. SCOTS name has been
brought forward in the North imposes upon him
the necessity of distinctly and satisfactorily def
ming his position these questions, or else of in
curing the opposition of the Southern wing party.
The democrat" proposes to treasure up our
declarations in its memory for future use. We
are perfectly willing to abide by them, as they
W0io iiiaue, out iiot a. tiioy may NC W
corroborate" the confessedly CHASED assertions
of political opponent Our object has been to
admonish such Northern Wings as may fall into
the errors committed by Gov. Johnston, that any
attempt to give the Northern Wing party section
al character, must inevitably, if successful, de-
prive it of Southern cooperation On former
occasion, we did not hesitate to condemn the po-
sition of Gov. Hunt, of New York, for the same
reason that we now condemn that of Gov. John
ston. And we shall in future, to the best of our
poor ability, inculcate upon our party the indis-
pensable necessity of sustaining liberal national
policy as the only mode ofaverting division and
disaster, not merely from the party but from the
country The same counsel in our judgment, is
as much needed by the Democrats as by the
Wings Let the "South Side Democrat direct
its attention for a while to the election of Chase
and Sumner to the Senate of the United States
by coalitions of the Democrats and Abolitionsts in
Ohio and Massachusetts. Let it consider the
late pronunciamento ofthe Vermont Democracy,
issued under the advice of John Van Buren,, given
in propria persona Let it. in short, cast out the
beam from the Democratic eye, before it pays so
much regard to Wbig notes. Both parties, it
must be confessed, have many black sheep in the
fold, and; for our own part, we think the good of
each should be separated from the bad, and be
firmly united together.
We hope our South Side friend now under
stands us.