Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-19

The Wing, OF yesterday, with an oyefweehing
kindness, viii oh we duly appreciate, vouchsa!es
to instruct us in our editorial duty touching the
matter of party organization, recently so farm dis
pute between us and the Enquirer that a sin
ole article was essayed on either side. Like
most writers whose taste it is to display the
point and pith Of their style rather any solid
merit, the editor of the Wing imagines target to
his liking that he may speed his arrows at it,
He treats the Times to dissertation on the i'm
policy of defending the Wings against the charge
Of organization, which he justly says is the one
thing needful to their success; when, In truth,
we have been doing far more than he to stimulate
the Wings to begin it.
The issue between us and the Enquirer, entire
y misstaed by the Wing, was upon collateral
point. The Democrats of the Convention took
the questionable step of calling a party Conven-
ton, in advance of the adoption of the new con-
stituon, especially to nominate candidates for
Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney
General. Their anticipation Of the action of the
people, upon the instrument which is to create the
popular election of those officers, excited some
structures in Wing papers. Afterwards, when
Mr.. Lyons called meeting of the Wing Cen
trail Committee, the Enquirer proclaimed, with
great exutaton, that he had disclosed the facts,
that the Wing members of the Convention con-
cocted a secret party organization, before the
Democrats got up theirs; that the whole affair was
kept steadily concealed; and that Central com =
mittee was appointed, whose names were with
held from the public. AS Mr.. Lyons notice to
the committee made no such disclosures, and as
the facts were altogether otherwise, it seemed to
US, we confess, to be not altogether inappropri-
ate to state the real history, which was this: On
the evening Of the LIST Of August, the day the
Convention adioured, and long after the Demo-
cratic organic alton had been announced, some OF
the Wing mem bers had an informal consultation
(of which, as we have stated we never heard until
we saw Mr.. Lyons note) and they agreed that
itwould be we'll for the Wing party to have a
State Convention at Staunton, and that the Cen
tra Committee appointed by the last general
Convention of the party, that of 1913, ought to
fix the day of it's meeting. We simply met the
Enqurer's charge against our party, pursuing
disngenous course; and, whatever may be the
Wings opinion, we do not regret that we did
so. The Enquirer, very adroitly. chose not to
mention our correction of its mistakes; and thus
ended the " amusing and learned dispute
the "famous discussion," of which the Wing
has had more to say than was said by the par
ties in it.
We shall not retert upon our neighbour by ten
derng him advice, as to some particulars wherein
we perhaps think amendment in his ways might
be salutary. We have no desire to convince the
public what sharp reproofs we might administer,
if we chose, to an ally in common cause. And
the only precept we will now commend to him is
this that private hint to friend is better policy
than public dispute with him. Achilles, whose
character our neighbour in some sort assumes,
was least admirable when he fell to quarreling
with his comrades.