Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-03-12
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
WEDNESDAY MoRNrHC, MARCH 10.
THE WIG FIELD.

~ ~, .,ulsiye efforts of fieEds ~ promote lc scc'Ss
of f,vo:i.s We pfc"d 10 o.''eVc ''a' 'e = nv e
n nriDcirs The storm about The COMPROMISE measures
,G.v nns=ed BIZ and the whole Na!iona! Democracy
North and South have wisely aad Pa!Eot!cay fes'''ea 10
ncqncsce in those measures, rs ilna'y ana 10 ra' III
defence o: their old principles, which have fes.s'a' Nv"
c,hcs the assaults of the Federal party. The Democracy
have hitherto conquered with the banner oil "
men !" and we cannot bring ourselves to doup' "n''
bsr.,ofrc narsonal preferences and an:ipa''cs WI" y"
nocrrcd in IN. selection OF the Democratic holhe'' aE
that tho candidate of the Baltimore Coh'eh'o'' "i
the undivided supper; Of the Whole Dc'hoc'a'!' o ''
South , ~,
IN the Whg parry, the contrary, iHefe lie 81"
-, =, ro,,1d 10 men, bu, in regard to principles Inc
e, who's are dcvoled 10 Mr. Fillmore, and Insist up
- ho so,ccion of an open and avowcd champion Oh l'e
,n,o,nso The Northern Wings led on and governed ny
el c,ov ( Co. resolved 10 secure the free SOIL 'o'c'
- 40 aoo of Gen. Scott, and swear most Justify 'a' Nc
h bs and that he shall not make any Vi
HE opiniops on the slavery question. mo Aehneo'c '
Journal (Nhig) says: ,,,. ,,;.,so
,bon ga conceded them in the election OF 1915 we ne
'un W. 60 TAYLOR as the Whis candidate without icqni.,
ave anv nae upon the subject o The Wilmo' proy<o and
we now ass 70 accept Cen Scoi' fci""s ~"
nl.arr touching the compromise measures.
Tho New York Tribune follows up 'h5 declaration "'
,bres..ns the Southern Wings as follows:
usropose the Opposition Baltimore Convention eSn'n's'
n !, nTbaLy will decided Southern leaning YES !, may uo
;,ner with ar without endorsing the Comproilst III 'hc
ne,I nroeestings resolutions, nominations G; ana sup
o1sr lint after this ard quickly following, tic wing
vcn,ion Halirue'c should IGect anu n,'. ,,a,ins
SCOT ~ lie stands w!oGt Pledge, Without po'rsi.i,
without allrson the compromise man! '"'i ,. -,
and suppose that. consequence oi ~. nE Eil
hn Sr,b.rn STATES lraccd ay NJ Cabrll "' fioraa'
' in va ,.y,an4 10 demand sreca! pledge ri e.
WON "" ,.i lie Fugitive Slave Law sloG'G 5o The
summation ard leave The Conventio declaring ''t "t'
mination not 10 support the nominee go,
IN mod y usk TO be !ot what woHi &c likely !" i"-
low such demonstration? Would not lns nnTsa,0"aoee
ness of the iir imp"ncu-y rouse TIE Whole Norm l" u"
eneG determination elect Gen. Scott upon Tue Fe!
grounds chosen by The South 10 defeat MIN we s".Es:t
Ito i,nn~y Is bring one Of small Significance bo'h III
regard 10 the next election Of President and INC la'uIe o.
uunizlcn OF parties We maintain 'Aa IL Il easy, ~ '!:'
presen, condition OF things 10 Start powerful sectional pa:
", and that the prospect wca'd DC g1oa i'' ''S ~
! 1t the first campaign.
I, another article the New York Tribune cooy ills the
Southern Wigs tia, ,hey mus take the Scott ieach" JuS'
as il has been prepared for them by tho Sewartes as io
lows:
1--WE do not believe there need be eay Wing Nanral C"n-
ven,ion held we believe any one %Elsn may sc NJ; -
TO 10 Wig al a-including Kentucky ana !canesse"-""
nominate Winfield Scout br State conventions necessary
and choose electors vote for hir And no matter no" c
delegates Wing National Convention may be ci0:"t
will nominate Gea Sect Tor President uch cn:''"hu''
may do s4ndYy foolish and nS@herous lhnss-t"9S ca"
cuied to tnlaIas; party In the can"asa, aHl Ettnce
G,n Sru's majoy-bui no convention be got io4eih-
=r OF which majority VIII vote 10 ran I've EN- ca wv '"
wi en- Irt
with tho signal Of triumph streaming at me Has-hcaa
So much for Scott WhiGgey Il, the Northi and :il we
see lilo metropolitan Wing preparing 10 surrender at
discretion abandon Fillmore and Webster the Compromise
candidates and nin in the jubilee OF alteration nj ie III
unolul chariot wheels Of Cen Scott. Though Southern
Whippcry has committed mos. extraordinary c"o'H
liens and vnshppei. As tho nominees whom the!
spurned When frs. nt!ud ca"didstes wc cann"t y'
believe ,ha; HE whole RINK and r b. whipped into the
nuder such auspices IL support II CTR view, sc place IN
record III. declarations !csding Why's Of fir.inia. lA"
Fredericksburg News agrees with the Eararian Tribune
but from utterly different motives on one 0! lis recolncn
cations that any Wing National Convention which may
be held will 90 productive of mischief alone Ii says iat
| "such Convention mag do sundry foolish and mischc
vous things" the foolish and miEchievc!s Of which,
in the editors opinion will be the nomination Vi Cen Scot
The News then proceeds assign the following ovcs"hcr
ing reasons iOr its opinions
Tie Southern por;nn oi the Wig party cannot uncondi
icrqiiy p age themselves 10 HE nominee Of National Con-
rention Hihhe 1fibune' c nominee, urtat Stare
holder can for him Gen. Scott ia the avoilc Of The
NO ana Ie p ,r XIII srrnnr hec nnd
hence the certainty Of his nomination AND why Is Cen
Scott SO powerful at the No,h7 Why are New York and
nomination! Why do we sec Seward and Gic'oy nnd
Sumner and Johnston and Stevens, and cven we are t|
old GIdn-s p:cnaurcy declaring their advocacy Of his
nrccnsdns Would they bc the supporters Of any man 'i
ha; IN nkIns of Southern rights? III" very TACT tha
these ,ncn .rc his supporters iii nothing more cSiscd s
conclusive that there is something rotten IN Denmark
The Petersburg lnlelIigencer says:
Nothing less shan II dis pubc pledge support and
enforce the Compromise w and TO resist the doGilac OF
intervention can secure support, and VIC bae"c We
NAV with great truth say support of the Wings VI the
South.
| If Gen Scott ail 10 make his opinions publicly known,
continues tic Petersburg iaie!!nnc:r suspicion will in
ovi,ab!y arise i!,a, hs silence IS attributable t'a desire on
his part, 10 c,ncto The Sewaris and otc: lIa'onisiH N
the State Of New York and the North generally. Such tt
suspicion aroused, wou'i be utterly fatal TO Cen
Scott (or any otie: clndIda,c III the South. We consc
en,iousy do believe that Gen. 81 any other caac
date labon under such suspicion, could cary single
county in rhe sou,h-much less State"
Richmond correspondent of the Danville (Va) Regis
ter the following emphatic language
The friends of Gen. Scott busy. One Of The most I'M
promising signs of the times is the New York Tribune
espouszi Of Sctt,s claim 10 be good Wing as
any in The STATE oacI expect 10 support tue nominee o. Nc
WING National Cnnr:niion but should nominate Cen
Scor w net support hn-tic Southern Ways ''H Hos
.pror. him mics :n uncfGvuca!iv Gn''"fS" the C"Hi:o
mise am! ri, be hsls,lt TO make the ruiz al his admins
ra.ion. ii wi! DO IN ray, TINT Ger scott Is th or
that III" oHr: hing, and na SUCH AMI s"c is mrTaoe
from his ias coiiise ". want me nntfmHncal
Of his views sGlry il c7. Scott Is s"und, he VIII not
hesitate 10 SiS" IL ct III" proper time and IN tie proper
! Mariner.
Tine tew Orleans Crescent thus indicates Whis senncH,
NJ tho extreme South:
a.:cGuhc procedure hu Shr icads, they take ~
Gen. OF wiz d. Noting less than 10 nd'Ii iit
ruc:ia iglesVa;o iEccisirc urCxprcsScl AM
wiifu!ig " ne Questions involved IN the series 81
COMPROMISE measures Gt: Sco, has bccors Thoroughly %f-
70 th c:sss u ts sous-i p,@" q cr coni,ds'ty
is said ai he Is ins"r SID That he assisted |"
pass the >c.S q" Compromise measures Bot Ills 1T Il
SAIL viii no Gns"t:; J." s'.G egc ONT. i!'o1Ih we ap'
rrhcn,: 7: nr has 0r remained s, nj un:rr the 20.
uGisiiiua G,ic sediment ils las d"lr good sct:r'
mas been, ouahy creates; General ard de:t,;'s
ana has nac:nl appreciation and :atitue Bar military
DpF iIl
These Democratic 5pecra;ionE, but The solemn
warnings Of i,aing Why's in various pof;iona 81 c So"h
Are they ~; sr: n, oo.unn thai, snond
Gen. Scott b. the Whg nominee" acg> will &c thousands Of
deserters am the Wni! rankS the South The BAIL!
P2aruna all spirited Democratic o;sin, clio.
quent!: appeals the Wings If Mt-ylan 20 know il they
prepared Southern rcn d. ba!!Ie in his General
Scots. behalf. sto b; aIs with Cio"cno7 Johnston OF
Pennsylvania Governor Seward OF New YORK. and others q
ha ik Where t asks is Cen Scots platform tire sa-
very question: Can any find ns single plank which