Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-20
TUE WING PARTY OF THE NORTH.

Thor ipht
in The expressive language Of The Petersburg
- n,,, column Of aboI,ionlss wheeling and march
-; :, IL. command of Seward" who is the Gtneraih-
hr f tho WING forces with Johnston oil pennsylvania,
al rwnn Of Ohio as Brigldcrs, while Greeley ana Nec1
ro rho nids General Scott is expected TO DO the MONKEY
that will pull The chesnuts of the hire Tor these wofes
10 r.aae themselves And they Calculate hat ooue'
Wings will assist them in placing their catS-pa" Within
,ch e The daintes We shall if their expectations
siI he realized We shall sec ii Southern Wings VIII enu
themselves 10 assist in procuring free SOIL victory we 10
no, charge General Scott with being free soer-aoush
his ,eannps toward the aboonsls may be inferred from
his remark TO Senator Wade as yet uncontradlctcd mat
he woud sooner cut off his right hand than lend it to the
rnpor of sayeryn But his election will be triumph OF that
faction In The convention which nominated Gen. Scott there
w,s no influence more potential than that of Ex-Governor
Johnston OF Pennsylvania who pocketed the bill passed by
the LEGISLATURE intended lend the influence OF that state
towards carrying the provision of the federal cons'u
ton in relation 'fugitiyes from labor. lie pore
conspicuous part in the committee on resouons ana was
hasy in correcting 10 that portion oil the platform IN
relation TO the tariff while his vision was so darkened mat
the resolution 10 relation the compromise measures esca
ned attention. although the first publication was deficient
BY The omission of the important clause which ecog
nized the fnalty OF the fugitive slave law
But the influence OF Johnston is but 1.-THE of that Of
others we could name in the WING party of the North With
the exception Of Seward who the Inteigence says CON-
,nands them Greeley has, Perhaps much influence az any
other He is the head Of press OF large circulation
which endorses every humbug, from the yousela
farm party down to the spiritual rappers The Slieveeain
mon victory was first chroncIed in Tribune and it
an original advocate Of the Maine Liquor Law. But Gree
lev is no smpeloa. On the contrary he OF decided
intelligence He s radical in the sctcst sense, and is
no,ient wi,haL When he could get ou,-and-ou
I;lata Dras ianj in = In
porled General Taylor trusting closet influence. How
we'll he and his succeeded il is unnecessary now TO state
The varmes Wings in the union-in the South at least
had little hope saving the Republic when Providence To-
terposcd.
This virtue ofpaence Greeley has endeavorcd dissent
nate among his followers His object Is get the control
the hands OF the free soilers the follow
ing extract will show. II published in the New York
Tribune November 1851:
ave cannot expect elect 10 the Presidency I'M
e9nvoca Free spicr outsPoken adversary Of the Fugitive
Slave Law; yet decided, understand whether
strait ont Free soers shall shall be admitted into the
National Convention of the Democracy, should any have
The singular Of being elected to that oodyi and Hon
Robert roombs ds,resses beyond measure by proclaim
ing lie will into convention with such wings
this side Of Mason Dixons line because OF
their unsnundness the slavery question. Rather than re-
pei such consistent, reliable Wing he s We think We
shall keep away from The altogether unless
still further and cflecUay promote the Uon and
harmony of the National Wing party by preventing any
be deemed stamped uncurent in that Convention,
and Mcssrs Toombs Co., stay outof it, will it not be at-
CT slim aa-q Utica Of gathering, quite respectable
its compositions but with something like three delegates
Constituents Surely none al all would be prefer
able to this.
"Still We must elect President year, and it is
proper that plan should be adopted for presenting can
ddaes and concentrating and calling forth the energies OF
The Wings.
"We expect TO eject 10 the Presidency an un
equivoca eesoer outspokcn adversary OF the Fugitive
Slave Law When does he expect toeecl Of this sort
He expects il future time certainly, and his aims
are to effect that object One Of his plans doubtless is the
election of Gen. Scott Scott has advocate ardent
than he.
Will not our Whip friends nnnder on these things