Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-09-02
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.


mind between twccdcdum and wcedledec But the TASK ol
distinguishing Winthropsm from Sewadlsm IS conccoeu -
H. entirely hopeless Psychologists have debated the prac
,hitv of severrg the Siamesc twins but The scheme Vi
separating the twin Wing sisters above named Is given up
10 be one which would be certainly fatal to the precious eA
i>tence of the pair.
The Democratic party a, the South undoubtedly en-
braces members whose great sin is, 100 cafhcs' anu
rash a zeal for the South. But the sin OF Nor'hefh
wi,bronism ia ,oo easy virtue towards Frecsoisn-
The Southern Democratic party is conceded 10 DC Oh
vIed upon the Compromise. One portion OF them arc
original advocates of that measure; announcer portion
object TO its provisions but sustain and acquesce IN Tue
and another portion ressi But all cling 20 the CONSTITUTION
of the country and insist upon strict Interpretation Oh us
language as the only protection against ianatca aggression
and the only guaranty of the Union The Wings OF tue eA
IRENE Southern State have abandoned their own demolished
,onization and enlisted pvaes in the ranks OF the
Compromise Democrats just mentioned under the lead OF
Cobb, Foo,e, and others. Their friends in Virginia.
with the liberaity peculiar 10 Wings, claim for them
all the aurels won by their ustrious commanders ana the
powerful and numerous Democratic compeers engaged III
The same cause. Farther nohward in virginia or
The handful of Wings who still preserve their party cosho
,cn and entity make great virtue OF uniting IN the eo'h
promise movement the Democrats and like the ny on Inc
wheel make prodigous boast Of the huge dust cy raise
Tor the Union Such Wings are unonsts In the sense tha
tho fifth wheel 10 coach is wheel
The Southern fragment of the Wing party cannot be de-
MED to be advocates of the Union determination TO car
~ unrelenting war; the sword and halter into the disaec
cd States under the lead of Mr. Webster, be Unionlsm-
Whehe. such policy and the threats and denuncations
which form part Of that policy is better calculated 10 win
back TO loyalty who mediate secession from inc ohion
than the caccfu and persuasive measures oi e DC
mocratic party is question for the impartial people, nor
can that agms: Of federalism be denied to advocate unon
if latitudnons construction OF the federal constitution
which paces tn armies and navcs of the nation in the
hands of the general government for the purpose OF eo
cry Unon and comedies abotonsm all the power over
Slavery which i, claims for the federal government and
which ia welded in Mr. Emorcs Erie letter. be Unonism
rh. Wing recipe for preserving the Union is TO scout and
drive the dsconens of the South out OF III and then 10
marshal the military forces of The federal government 10
twhipn them back submission. The Democratic recipe
for preserving the Union is TO secure Southern institutions
by holding federal government strictly toits specheo
powers and 20 rally the whole South upon the Constitution
and compromises Objectionable to some OF them as ese
last may be.
The existence of the Union depends upon the maintenance
of the Compromise Of 1880 That party which is most ~
dustrous in reconcing the South this measure and IN
raying the North its support papaby the Cnon parry
What have Southern Wings accomplished in reconclng 'e
South? What have they sought to accomplish! II 'hes
have done augh else, in the promotion OF TINS hpot'n
work heap deacon and insult upon the heads Oh noss
who are disalectcd the Compromise, it has only been
what the pharisec did, who went up In the synagogue 10
pray They thanked heaven that they are not as oe
men are They have been loud in empty procamatons OF
their Unonsm ut the corners of and in public places
What have the Wing party accomplished in ralyins the
North this compromise? Mr.. Stuart the only member
IF their administration who stand up and proclaim, Us
lie did in Richmond in the singular NUMBER " have lett no
-soier in Office No other member OF the cabinet mas
ever announced the salutary prescription In no
State of the North have the Wing party distinct national
organization free from the ain of rccsolsm. In no pub
lie man Of their party in that division of the contederacy
they boast national statesman TO whose support SIN
ole Southern State Gao now be rallied Mr. Webster perhaps
ter soundcs man. upon the special subject OF slavery but
his rank federalism has long since rendered him nsurnount
ably obnoxious. to the South and prouse display of pyo
technics at the Capon Springs has exploded all the Southern
popularity which his upon the compromise had
for him.
Mr. Fillmore enjoys perhaps greater southern popularity
in the Wing party, than any of their prominent men, IN
the heat of the resistance Fugitive law he did erince
,ardy and inefficient demonstrations of disposition to en-
force compliance and measured determination In case OF
necessity to enforce the law alter full enquiry ana
due preliminary procrastination each individual of
resistance He seems also severed his personal a
aions the abo,ionss Of his native States though his
immediate supporters there about renew their old
alliance which they countenanced by his
organ at Washington and the Fillmore press Of the more
Northern cities Yet Mr.. Fillmore the only national wing
of any strength in the party by his cautious espousa of the
Compromise has aenated his party from him in the Norh
who are all gone off in chase after ScoTT.
Have therefore the Wing party rendered any ecicnt assist
ance the Compromise either North or Souh Have they
any champion of that measure whose voice Is needed o
any considerable party in either section of the Union! Do
he nj
spirits Sou,honc pon, of danger to the Unonl or
hold and exert any control esoism in lis assaults
upon the Compromise the Noh,he other point of dan
ger7 The truth that Whgsery has given up the ghost at
each extreme of the Union. 1t has distinct existence IN
only few The midde-mos States OF the concderacy So
far from saving the Union has allowed itself to BIO utterly
engulphed almost every where.
Hore follows of their confessions of the freeso
,hraldom which they have been subdued MIR. Toombs
speaks thus for and Of his party:
rhe Wing party has succumbed to it, and controls the
organization Of that party in every nonsavehodng State
Union is thoroughly denatonGli.ed and sect'onGA-
=ed By and ,rM make another national contest The
Wing party Of the South will never meet the Stewards anu
Winthops and Vintons and Johns.ons and Badwins OF
the North in another national convention we are naeo
ed TO defeat of the policy Of these for The crSfsnce
the government this day. We shall trust Them no more
And the Baltimore American speaking Of their recent CO.
a,ion in New York. "lt wants honesty ltwans SIN
certify. II is platform upon which Northern Wings can
stand look their Southern brethren honestly in the face
Yet these same Southern brethren do look bazeny in the
face and declare that they the Union party
Whatever resembances there may be- therefore, between
Duocracy and Disunon there is wide difference between
Uaonsm and Whggery II We look to the Northern atm
tits of the last, they an-unonsts. II we look at the
policy which they pursue nj the South, it only aggravaies
and augments secession. If look 10 their capacity to
the Unon every where most beggariy exhibit
of routed broken and Gete organization They boast m-
moderately of their Union saving but that is the
suit OF mental nseparably attendant upon
s,ous ysca decay They be INDUCED in il with the
kindness with which indulge aged bankrupt me-
chn, IN posting their books and calculating their wealth
that might have been if their stock in trade had not utterly
vanished and if this tina, and the other Of their adventures
bad not hopelessy failed.
THE STAUNTON CONVENTION.