Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-07-23
THE WHIG PLATFORM EEPUDiATED BY THE
ILLINOIS WIG STATE CONVENTION.

ILLINOIS WIIIG STATE CONVENTION.
We nnblisb below an article from the Springfield (l')
Register exhibiting the n!odus optranai BY when 'lc A
nos whss have evadcd an endorsement ot the Pa'or"' "
pr;nciples laid down Baltimore. We believe mat 'he''
h,ic course will ares; the attention Of the country
We shall look with interest the steps iAai may DC 'aHe
il The premises by these prol,sscd national wings, "ho 10
brt,e N. Tribune and kindred prints for splitting upon
The platform have broadly ntimatcd that persistence IN such
course will evoke organized opposition to The uket Inc
irs If soyercgn State have spoken What is TO be HE
s,onse nf The lovers OF the Union and the constitution
auJJSOIS WHIG -THEl DEE ,
EyECRATE, AND SPIT UPON THE tliH Fla :
FORM I'm our Yesterdays paper wc stated ihht II wa
hc intention Of the convention 10 give inc bhnple pa
form the 90 by consequently no cotrn'iec on Foso"on
was appointed, and resolutions whatever were r'"'''
formally Three four resolutions relating soY 10 me t
ranzaan of the party, offered by different indlvana'S
and one approving the nomination oi Scott ans: ut":an
which adopted. turht hin 'his !hc c"h'c'''' a
"As we stated yesterday Mr. Herndon Of this county, to-
wards the close OF the proceedings offered resolution ap
proving The Baltimore VIII: platform when resolution was
an astonishing con.rc temps 10 The leading sf VINO pan
ned the programme n ths campaign The whole plot vas
upset by interference not properly provided agalnsI ho
,n,icpaed from that quarter. But "hat could thoE 40
,yhnn inc resolution faf before the convention II
,hsv rejected il they would lose the Union ana ty
adnn;inp il they feared they would compromise their pr!nc
mi abolition capital They took the latter horn q The o.
| ien,u,u and the resolution was agreed to-
dr. s notorious this resolution was literally Tamnea
dpyr the
followed by the most melancholy mutterss OF disapHoa
ment and dsconen, alter the ado"tnnient which finally
ruse To such PITCH that high handed scheme OF SuiPT
sion was finally proposed rs means vi Sr.iaS tId o m
offensive resolution One Of the members ui The convenion
scruped not declare that should be omitted in The pup
shed proceedings as would prove destructive 70 n" -
who desired abolition alliance were unquesilonaoy WI"
ling TO accept Scott because they know his Seward pe, M
viIies but in the language Of Mr. Greeley, editor OF te
Leading New York Wing organ they dsfsd they ercsraed.
ttey spit upon, the iThig platform,
1--WE alluded to this dodglng scheme in yesterdays iSe
,,d in confirma tion Of oreshauwings, nd npo
examination of the official proceedings. duty authenticated
and published in yesterdays J1unl that The Baltimore
platform resolution does not appenr lf1s k!sssa ol !"
uSnch is one of the proofs that he Scott wing o me
whig party of the Union intended fraud upon their ofc
en uho were honest in their advocacy OF the Compromise
Tho conduct of the Illinois whg leaders in the suppression
of The resolution passed by the convention exhibits 10
clear light the hoowness Of The northern support OF .ne
national resolutions Throughout the northern States
while the candidate is endorsed the resolutions t'esps
whipgcry of its abolition odo are either construed by m
whio press the reverse oil what was lnendeu o
southern wings spurHed in the coarse and emphatic an
on,oe of Greeley II shows beyonL all doubt that Sco
moi only no,o controlled by the magn influence which nl
jis leading head at Albany but that that influence, shou
he be- elected will control and give direction the admins
tra.ion of the government
ESTRAoRDINiEY DESPATCH.
1t will be seen from the advertisement OF Kent fa'''
Ken, in odays paper that they had in their store LOT sas
on the 18th inst British goods which shipped iron
Liverpool on the 3o,h u They were brought over IN "
steamer "Arctic" to New Yorkand thence in the 'soa
oke" 10 Richmond This fact speaks volumes for the Po"
OF steam and the increased facilities OF communication o'
tween Richmond and ports of Europe-though we ea
nesy hope long, to see still more direct ana
+ communication from our own Virginia waters
-4ss----
Yesterday, John and Jane Williams, the negroes c"'s
with the murder of Mrs Winston and child, were eSa"'
before the Mayor and sent for trial by the Hastings
on Tuesday next. of :,
. Hands was postponed until this morning.