Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-09-16

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Mr., D.s he thus accommodates from ms support al
h ,,.h;as - Col! Meredith and Mess.s. james Lyons,
,vo. p,nIdi, T. r. ,!inor H. C. Cabe, and other Wing
of The Nashville Convention. Whether Mr. Bolts
shall for ,cys skc maze the anendc to these gentlemen
We shall moi undertake But should they now record
their votes for him. there must be hawins back some
where We utterly ,!cny the Nhs's insinuaon OF any de-
sign Il, ";rurer Col. NJ. 'h!s true friends We have
SOUGHT 10 do usic explain the nth, and TO close the
ios of the Wing editor by showing tic utter inconsistency
m whrh he will involve himself b. continuing TO denounce
Democrats 'GiSunctsts: Wlic ie 'pP'uuuS WINGS "n'
stand on the PLATFORM
r whg entirely oycrlooks one of the Indictment
viz thai IN dnouncng the abstract right Of secession, it
rms in the teeth of the Wing majority Of the meeting in
Richmond last year which in voting down the Nashville
Convention resolutions adopted Judge Robertsons resou
lions in favor Of the right oil secession With such an en-
dorssmco, Of the "CiibraItar of Whggery" may we'll
demand TO be exempted from the Wings ridiculous cry OF
| "disunonsis."
We may given space 10 this subject than 1t me-
r,ed But as the Wing organs and speakers abandoning in
Jss,,ir all The old issues which divided the two parties
re for success upon newly vanpedup pre1enson that
hty are the true "Unon party while the Democracy are
disunonis" we have thought proper, for ALL
the throat of all such false and ridiculous assumptions
Have not the Democracy If Virginia. whatever they tho ught
o the Justice of the compromise measures pledged them
selves acquesce in them and not to disturb The settlement
which they earnestly hope may be final estopper TO asta-
ton? Did not the Democrats in the last Legislature adopt such
course and has II not been sanctioned by all Democrats
who arc candidates for Congress or other high Offices 2?
Is it not the Wing and presses that have raised the
issue upon the compromise and have for miserable party
PURPOSES sought TO divide the South upon this question
to misrepesen majority Of the South as ready for dis
unon on account OF what has been done At the North the
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Of The Wings are for agitation The Democratic party thcn
is The Union party of the couny-whe the Wings whose
majority is in tho North still hold out the banner ofagitaon
But TO recur 10 the Democratic party OF the South We
epea that they have been and are ready 10 stand upon
rho COMPROMISE settlement and if Wing organs and po
ticans are not satisfied with this they will show that they
are The true agtaiors and dsunonss and the people will
thunder their rebuke accordingly. II the Whs then, is
honestly for peace and for the Unon and for wreched
political capital let il its prangs about "Seddon-
Caskie-Seccss and such like stuff.
If iii willing to stand upon the compromise, including
full and faithful execution OF the fugitive slave law all the De-
mocracv of the South prepared meet il on that ground
and as amongst the strongest proofs we vouch the follow
ing excellent article from the last Petersburg SouthSdc
Democrat of the decided opponents OF the COM
promise Can the Wing ask more and will it not hereafter
cease its senseess cry OF dsunion against the Denocra
tic party2
The Wing politicians OF Virginia are striving TO compass
the deea, Democratic party by representing them
disunonss. In Wing Journal and from no wing oaor
has anybody heard any auson TO the fundamental
issues which have heretofore constituted the distinctive en-
sence of the Two parties This abandonment Of the cher
sed principles Of the Wing party and this silent acques
in the Democratic party, cannot fail to make It's I'M
preston upon the attentive observer vi public affairs The
scheme concucrd by Wing politicians for the purpose OF &C
compshing The defeat OF the Democracy, is MIXTURE IN
about equal quantities. Of cunning alschoud and hypocrisy
1t truly artfu device TO concentrate popular odun
upon the Democratic party as being nmlca TO the Union;
nut they who make the charge themselves feel no earnest at
tachmun the Union and know what they assert 10 be
busrless fabrication. By which party has the existence OF
the Union been endangered Was it not by the tn
umph of Wig policy that the Modification excitement Of
32 was produced Did the perlnacous refusal OF
Wig Administration TO aid the passage oil the COM
PROMISE measures fome1t the slavery excitement ,. OF
saved the Cnon did no! TAYLOR BY opposing The ID
ustmcnt, contribute to the dissolution of the Union! The
passage Of tic Clayton Compromise would have prevented
The voen excitement which subsequently brought Inc Union
the brink OF destruction but its passage was defeated by
the opposition of Southern Wings 1t IS universally concs
Did that Fmores Texas proclamation aggravated HE great
sectional excitement and precptans Texas into
revolution The Compromise, the Wings now contend was
The remedy in CrreR which healed all d!sen5nns and saved
the Union; but this Compromise the offspring OF the
suggestion OF Democratic Senate, and received ITS che
SUPPORT from the Democratic party. andng these
notorious facts, Viii. journals persist claiming Tor their
party the merit Of being the exclusive ciahluas o The Union
and in sIma2ng The Democracy traitors 10 Their cuun-
try Is l.s much OF hypocrisy ana laisehood as
OF cunning, IN this deep laid scheme 10 destroy the Demo
cratic parry
Another false accusation against The Democratic party OF
tie South is that they wish 10 disturb the operation {" the
measures compromise, and 10 rekindla The flames OF Sec
strife The compromise unjust ana oppressive 10
the South and such, opposed II 20 tie last. but
having become law, willing 10 abide It's opera
tiUn The truth is, would thank Heaven il the cntnpro
mise could be The final adjustment OF the slavery
CONTROVERSY Beyond this, most eXravagant hopes do
not extend If the aboonss will but leave us in the quiet
enjoyment Of the rights now possess we would ash no
thing more This is feeling in relation 10 the compro
misc-we would rejoice if it could remain nyoln!c dna
this is the opinion Of the Democratic party Of The South; so
rnf
ry agitation and anxious destroy it, they cling to this
as their hope.
J THE PARkERSBURG ROAD-Thc Baltimore Patriot