Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-09
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80. do ,ome time since in defence Of our position that
80 quo orr nresent troubles Wing ascendency. We en-
rho whole of the passage of the Wing, pertinent TO this
ont because we desire to do it injustice, and because
n ,bis form our answer be compressed into smaller
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1t he Enquirer) attempts maintain that tis TO wing
that we owe the present troubles of the country
that is TO say Free.soilism. Its yokeelow OF those
troubles Dsunionis the Enquirer has overook II con-
tends that General Taylor and Daniel Webster are
BILE for eesoism ergo, the Wing party ana the wing
iy's "ascendancy" unanswerabe as aforesaid.
Now all this is again, like its logic for proving 'ne e.
graph Wing paper i mat as a h elder of The
two Fee-soilism preceded "Whlg ascenoancy: mem
can we owe to Wing ascendancy the present Eou-
Pn, aoa;n who is answerablc for Free Soism The
Whir marty Not unless that sweet little lello", ue
Euou;rer's ouondam darling, Martin Van buren-oy whom
y ~ Ia4o swore to sink swm-its follower in the
f,o,sens of Jackson"-its "Norhern with Southern
prncipes-not unless he and his mpucent son !onn pS
Wings Whggery be answernbe for INA, ,h n
Of Van Buren, Sin is of Satan.
OF ,eho came is not be disputed; and hotr came
is equally well known It was oey Ls NAV Of Which
1rey thought the father had been made the Vct IN INC
Democratic National Nominating Convention al bano';
IN 1914 Who was the Virginia agent Ut that betrayal (as II
no,nrally appearcd the orsuken political avoite
we need not say may say quite within the oounos OF
retaliation that would be much easier to trace the lnme
ate rise Of Soism Richmond Enquirer than
10 the Wing party or any OF It's members.
So much for the crime OF its direct setting up IL was
democratic ony Its oginis equally undenlabe-
The Wings party in their opposition 10 the MEXICAN
warned the country that the object was the punde OF
MEXICAN territories over which, they urged, we would be
certain TO fall 10 fighting like robbers their booty The
South they said hFd already avowed through the ups OF MI
Calhoun that the purpoe Of the war WIS 10 add 10 save re-
zion space enough TO re-estabsh their lost potica predom
nance while necessarily the Free States would resist ha
pretension and claim all conquests as enutnS 10 NON
Slavery because that aready the lar loci OF Mexlco 80
that Ireed the Whgs crime of the would be sure
10 draw after punishment, in that precise quarre
which is on foot which quarrel .nty Sov"
was nropbecv more literally rapidly fulfilled not even
the memorable about the blessing that Gen. Jackson
would If made President prove to his country
Now if in spite of this solemn and reiterated warning II
pleased the Democracy persist in that war and its selz
ure of great Mexican Provinces and II, thereupon me
fierce dissenson has ensued which was oreod upon h,ch
marty we enrea 10 told lie the crime OF free-soi
ISM 3-upon 1phch especially, when ree-soism as pollt
cal purpose party and noIty nnd rs Lead
ers Wings undoubtedly have Joined IT. al hrst lew;
in quarters, many since But 10 accuse mem Us
party of being the orgnaors or authors OF elher
lam or disunonsm about reasonable as would have
been on the part of the wicked Hebrews OF poor Jeremas
time to tax him the OF all those jewish caamles
which he vainy predicted and lamented
nDisunonsm" we have overlooked because, far as the
Democracy of Virginia concerned their withers are un
wrune The Wing papers, and the late Wing address, have
boosted much Of the Union attitude Of their party in the
Virginia Legislaure-bu they have always forgotten to
state that strong resolutions against disunon were adopted
long before by the joint meeting OF the Democrats OF me
Legislature and the State Convention These resolutions
have been made the platform OF the whole party by the
asbinpten Union and other leading journals, North and
South The resolutions adopted by the Legislature on ts
subject also from the pen OF Democrat reported
by Democratic Committee, and passed by Democratic
LEGISLATURE Again. we should hear nothing of "disunon,
but for the Infamous of the frecsoers, which has
aroused the indignation the South We therefore are far
from placing -sosm and "dsunionism the same
platform They are not "yoke felows have SYM
patty and kind feelings for mpeuous brethren OF South
Carolina aroused passion by sense OF injustice ana
wrong-we have nothing but scorn for Inc miserable
free-soes who in their hypocrcal crusade would break
up the Union and flood the nation with the blood and car
mage of civil war.
We shall not pretend to follow the Wing through all its
fanciu arguments prove that the Democratic party Is re-
sponsibe for the origin of ree-soism They all on
trace tne tste 70 the Richmond En-,
quirer than the Wing party any it's members" The
Enquirer gave up Martin Van Buren-n revenge he deserted
the Democratic cause became the leader of the host
arga the Enquirer is responsible for the rise of
ISM Wonderful reasoning most wise judgment! We have
no objection the Whies making much capital as it
out of the abandonment of Van Buren, Presidential
ddae by the Enquirer and ourselves individually acting as
delegate the Baltimore Convention Van Buren,, in OPP
posing the annexation Of Texas great Of the par
y justly himself oil from the support Of that partyespe
caly the slavery OF the North resisted the
nexaon Of Texas, because she was to come in q
Stare State That he afterwards proved his
principles and false TO the Constitution is dark spot
of infamy on his own escutcheon Of blame
the Enquirer which aimed its batteries at the monsrous
propositions of the anslavery party But utterly deny
that Van Buren, the author Of the free soil
We say nothing here OF Mr.. Fillmore President and
the avorite Wing Presidential candidate of the Southern
Wing press-whose notorious abolition Erie letter gave
sequence and power TO the cause Of abolition We vouch
stronger evidenceihe direct testimony of whom the
Wing cannot disregard Daniel Webster himself
What did he say this subject7 Did he openly rid
Guile the seassumcd free soil pretcnsons Of the Van Buren,
and Adams Buffalo party! Did not Daniel Webster CON-
plain that they had stolen his Wing thunderand did he
in his Abingdon (Mass) Speech employ such strong and
emphatic and unmistakeabe language the following
'"Bu, by this time meaning the time when Texas
nexed the efforts of the WHGs ALONE had raised strong
excitement in the North against the annexation of Stare ter
the other party North South, East West stirred
finger in that cause; if Their: any, they
50 few as mot to Dc h IN s mass Hn the
HAD ACCOMPLISHED A GREAT EXCITEMENT,
new feeling the public mind And then this portion Of the
Democracy of New York, denomnated the Barnburn
ing party seized upon this of excitement thus brought
about by Who and attached this principle TO their
creed to give them pre-eminencc over their rivals
We might here safely rest our defence this mprcgnabe
ground Of Daniel Websers solemn declarations But, how
did things proceed afterwards. Wmo, it is true, was
Democrat-but he not like Van Buren, repudated by
the party his attempt infamous Interpolation on its
creed In the same have been treated all prominent
Democrats who have up their exclusive ceeds, for the
nationality of the party The difficulty might have been set
tied and the incubus of freesosm crushed into atoms by
the adoption OF the Clayton Compsomsc-but that de-
feaed by the votes of eight Southern Wings whose sim
lister object TO keep up agitation TO make General
Taylor Pesiden-in which unholy game they unfortunately
succeeded. But this enough. Gen. Taylor, the
author of the "Sgna letter which construed by the FREQ
sellers endorsing all their miserable purposes made
President-and, even before he invested with the
robes of Office, through his agent Seward defeated
Senator Walkers proposition which would have peace
fully and permanently settled the whole question, TO
the satisfaction of all sections of the Union In reciting
the evils springing from Wing ascendency We may also
properly refer the hotbed State manufacture of Caor
MA which, It no. originated by certainly connirca at
and encouraged by the Taylor dynasty. This was an i'm
portant impetus given TO the cause of free soilism