Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-19
RICHMOND EN4UiR 4 r.
s.TURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER TO- e" :
nCrEy,,E nr ,r,IT sECOAD RESOLUTION "
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Tue "'n a from, and upheld BY the popular VIZ ''I
contra, il with the creed ara Ifa'.'1 ni ,h viii 81
wh,men, and which cnnceiyos no im'"s"fe '"' mon
strong inr The popular crehnll'f.
A distinguished and highly respected Why gentleman VINO
had been senl from Virginia. +" nominate III conne'"""
with others candidate for that party, with the Understand
uy tina, Willard Fillmore was The choice at us cohSu,
n,s and THE aas Of HE party returned TO Richmond On
his way to his county, and attended r"o'ic
meeting on the Capitol square, where ne ""u''
his fellow ci,izcus On the SUBJECT ot me NOMINATION
os General Scott This gentleman was rechohc" una '''',
and moreover IS one of the powerl" "hls ofa'os u
the State lie is certainly great feasohc' an" an MN.
man though Of the strongest pr'1"''ceS "'' 80
tressinp therefore, 10 The synla'hcuc ''"'S VIM
-, ,Iwavs established the speaker
d the listener 10 fellow him in his DISCOURSE and 10 see nm
s,.,chny himself On the rack of hia own reason and
oa,ive nrobty that Innate Of fcctitude "mc"
h, believed guided im--n the endeaVor TO say a"Sh'
/, decnc. 81 The action Of The Wing Convention
M circumstances in which he placed, dictated most
;onersv.v certain line of proceeding, into "hchhe soon
fell and from which he made scarcely departure curing '
whole coursr his speech This was I" substitute lot u
efenee of The action of the Wing Convention, an ahch
upon the action OF the Democratic Convention WIN suc
Incentives 10 zeal this attack the situation presented u
il not wonderful that the assault was warm one. 'ne
great buwatk OF Democracy, that strong and massive wall
hui,r were Of granite hewn from the quarry worked h
Henry by Jefferson, BY Madison and others IN oe "":"7
the Democratic the most TREMENDOUS c
from the batteries the speakers afgunlen'afe aey'
VIVA, most excited his Indignation was the last Inc oil 's
second resolution of the Platform, where is said mat leu
erasm "conceves no nposturc monsrous for the pou
lar credulily"
This was he speaker urged ioc coarse ruar gross
rue ungenuemanly, backguard insinhaon anu observed
uy contempt disgust and indignation! In SNORT we
soon discovered with regret that however different Tue o'"o
was from most the other Wings had ever been o" soon
fortune 10 hear yet when da,ing The sounspring topic
of the vugay pebeian and backguardish Vi Tue
democratic party he showed Wing spirit lin truly
wonder ha Democrats have been long ago shhneu ou'
Of their principles instead of being proud to MAINTAIN c
be,te the world How is il that this article ni The pciho-
crotic form il 90 obnoxious Whigsl Let Us rxui-
inc il.
There are general observations placed al me heao "
the Democratic platform being broad definition Vi
the moral element upon which il is founded 80 sudonsy
conved contain in its quiet simplicity The explanation
of oil the of the party in time past or in time TO come
principle from which all other principles derlrcd-the
other stating that the opposite principle belongs TO the OPP
posite party; assigning the Wings controlling Gle
ment which contains all their theories and is the life OF all
their In the political sense. Now il was highly pro-
per TO open the series of resolutions with these TWO dctn
lions or observations Nothing reasonable could have
been devised All this is so tue that II may well be air-
ed that that who would allow the will OF the consu'
ent free play and who does not think popular ceduly
50 voracous as swallow the worthless mposnrcs
is not properly Wing In confirmation OF which assertion
the fact may be cited that federalism has time after time
abandoned and punished the talented and worthy men
who were even suspected OF entertaining such notions
The definition OF that which all Wing doctrine may be
Ia. hays Thus
raism ls seeks palsy The will Of the constituents ID con-
ceves mpostnrc for the popular ccdnlly
As to the first many OF the Wings proclaim IT, trumpet
tongued IL is upon these eight words, however that The III
destEes Of republican free institutions are perhaps
The subject is of vast magnitude and would re-
qui1c volume Let il be remembered that this is Wing
principle held up boldly by many prominent men OF that
party and cvasvely denied by only very few. To this
may be traced half the Wing policy The other half is
that assertion OF which the second resolution is so
violently assailed
Any one who has marked the different campaigning tactics
OF the TWO parties have become of this curious
difference between them democratic speaker always
talks of his principles and attempts argument wing ora
gives the larger a "i his speech 10 rdcue OF his OPP
ponents aud narrative The aIci true in great degree
of their newspaper and other writer's respectively One may
always expect treat in the way OF anecdotes whg
speaker an, wing paper. Narrative is their forte II
very seldom found among democrats except 10 counterfeit
or contradict wing narratives. Democrats prefer TO argue
10 in the search for TRUTH for il is the effect naturally
| produced on mem cua,ed by the first resolution.
J Now The wings relying almost wholly upon narrative,
what are the cnnacqucnccs II would BE- absurd collect
personal other narratives thai Of To do
credit lhemscv and discred 10 their ndrcrsarirs be
cause the interesting anecdotes however well told,
would be time thrown away if they had not his political
bearing and because it would be worse Than fault 10 relate
anecdotes their injury and tending 10 do honor 10
their opponents Therefore ehstory of the times is
lated by them az do credit themselves and dscrcil
\ their ndSersaries.
1t is clear that every narrative or assertion thus made
must be true be false. And again, if false, it must
either b. known be known by the person giving
utteancc III again may be Intentionally false not 80
or finally may be repeated by The speaker al second hand
| or invented by him.
In comparing the two methods will be ionnd, that
n incorrectly and that too without be-
ing detected detecting themselves than
| incorrectly.
The seeoud resolution may interpreted ~ charging
federal pay with prophguins mposturea and is
consceni"sy il must be conicssrdD understood hy wings
generally; may be taken literally nilribullng them
pra, founded The belief that popular
dniry is such that their fellow citizens devoid Of
good sense reason and discrimination, thai impos!ue'
however munstrous can fail TO be received
Ii there time since the existence OF parties 10
the United Srurs when democrat would he fully justified
in pushing home The FIRST of these charges surely il is tie
present Time There who cassed with the why
party whose purity u soul whose sarred regard Tor truth
be questioned bpi between these and the acting
parry there great gull which, ride, cannot be
passed and the ether will mol. Such from time 10
divorce themselves from repuiialed by thai patty
But whether consider the shameful anecdotes and
circulated in relation candidate the whole
OF the nomination n the whie candidate and the
duet OF the campaign led to the conclusion
We shall say nothing however this subject. We have
do with the second resolution in form and substance
find il in HE platform. Is il true? We think Ought il, be
ing 10 be sci forth preliminary in declaration Of
democratic principles! We think
The nnGdaiiOn Of tho political creed o The American De
mocracy is trust in the Intelligence the patriotism aud
the discriminating justice OF the American people" How
is this initiated in the Wing plaIfnrml "telyEg the in
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