Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-25


pudated those doctrines which claimed tho support OF hs
early manhood
we were never follower" of Mr.. Calhoun ana 'houe
we admired his giant genius devotion to the Sout uha PHI
Vute virtues, he was modcIas Statesman Al Inc
same time we believe that had his advice al one e ee
carried out by the united South should have ootaneo
recognition of all rights and avoided the present asac
tion and danger We will further and express Inc oecoeu
opinion that, were Mr. Calhoun alive he "oulo De
among the last to encourage the rash movement IN oou
Carolina, for separate secession
But TO come to the gsL Of the Wings artice-S us'oh
ishment at tracing the present troubles the country 10
The ascendancy of tie WING party II brings up ''' en-
citcment in Democratic South Cnro:na and the NashVe
Convention, supported mainly by Democrats as aisui-
cient offsets 10 the assertion Is 1t strange fha IN re-
counting present troubles the Wing confines itself 10 oont
ern movements altogether leaving Of view the lhl"ous
and awless acts of the Northern fanatics which alone nave
led to the excitement at the South? Had the No''h
performed its duty, and abstaned from all improper
interference with the rights and property Of the South we
should have the torch of discomfort now waving
in the South-against whom complaint OF uncons'i'"-
tona improper meddlng with the rights OF other Sec
tons Of the conederacy justly be brought AS 10 'e
Nashville Convention have no fear in ayowng mat We
warmly recommended it.. Had it been taken up oy 'he
South and carried original purpose we soemnS
action the South whose moral influence would have Sc
cured justice and peace al! sections It's object was now
ever perverted by the Wing press the people did not Sus'
it ns we had hoped and i, fell sll-born.
To declaration that present troubles ure
properly taceablo "lhe aeccndcncy OF the wing par
y" We pass the mischicvous effects Oh he la'uu
construction of the Constitution by tho wing pay
distort!ng that sacred instrument 10 their own Ve"s ana
beating down the barriers therein for the protection
of minority aguinst oppressive majority we come ~
later PERIOD when which had passed the senate
for the adjustment of all the difficulties OF the teofia! eho
slavery questions rejected In the House by Inc 'o'es OF
eight Southern Wings, with the miserable view afterwards
avowed by one of the most prominent of hen TO keep the
slavery question open for the Presidential question: 10 deea
Gen. Cass ana elect Gen. Taylor Had this unhoy action
of the Wings never stained the pages Of Congress- the whole
slavery question would have been adjusted on true grounds
and free-soism crushed. This Wing movement, however,
again threw wide open the gates OF ansayery agitato
Gen. the author of the "Sgna letter. was sustained
at the North the esso cnnddate and ms election
was trumpe,ed triumph of Seward ee-solsni Aithat
day even Daniel Webster bous,ed the Buffalo party had
stolen his hunder" and that the Wing party was the true
free soil party of the country. Taylos election gave new
impulse the Of free-so agitation Elected ny Inc
Of the Wing party the great body Of which Is found
In the North he naturally inclined the free soil influence
and Seward was notoriously the master spirit OF his
administration The premature, hot-bed organization
of California into State, the orerunner OF oil trouble
if not originated by, was connived al and WARM
ly encouraged by the Taylor administration This Is
why refer the mischieyous fruits Of Whg ascenden
cy" The Wmos and Van Burens have covered themselves
with nfamy for the part they payedbut all their acious
schemes would have been bed but for the sinister "Whg
ascendency" in the election of Taylor and his cabinet This
fact has been universally admitted that surprised
10 the Mhlg raise the issue al this late day.