Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-07-30

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every Democrat will BE- prcsen', -
of rio Democratic Association Oh ficiho"u'
nm WEBSTER AND Fl NATIONAL While" Or
THE NORTH
pos,on Courier, the organ Of the conservative mer
of business in the Wing party Of that city, puts form oai'l
a series of remarkable articles on the position OF itself an'
Marty in The present canvass. 1t says that The Scott me-
have undertaken TO change the old rule OF 'Principles, no.
men,"
"They abandon principles, and call upon US TO support MEN
They selec, a man as candidate for President, ana piaee ~"
for our acceptance on q platform Of principles. NO oo'
have they secured their man than they white u nv ~ a.
down the wind-they openly declare 10 US lnat mi =, y,
eXecrate, and spit upon" the Wing PLATFORM u W." 80
bound by it," whios7 WHO
are the true %adherents .! the 'Ine - n,;,rinIcsq f.
viii be no way difficult . answer inns query. fo' our oMH
mart we hold 10 the platform; we maiEtlln he oo WINS
principles, and we will support no man VINO IS ho' ,rue ail
known 10 be true 10 those principles. We have called upon
the supporters Of the Ba!;lnn1r n"""' ,hai, n,a no io" "nsnIy ard
manfully upon ito avow their intention honestly, sincere
ly and in good faith 10 be bound ~ II, and TO carry us pm
cinlss INFO nracticc withou; attempts at cquivocatlon or eva
sipn THev hare not done ii. and they asN mol 40 It
Again we ask-who ae the true wings! VINO ahlons Us
go for principles and not men-"ho iof men anu ho' pm
eiples9
The Courier then goes on to show that the present most
1ealou, supporters of Gen. Scott, as represented by the Bos
ton Atlas, never understood that the Constitution, the Union,
and The supremacy of the laws had any thing to do with
Whip principles-bu, did raise opposition and resistance to
. law OF the United States. did declare that the North would
not be "saddled with it, did work with might and main 10
prevent the adoption Of those measures OF compromise and
settlement which were found necessary TO fulfil! the constl-
tutional obligations of the States, and preserve the tranquil
iiy and welfare of the Union; did all it could 10 strengthen
the hands Of the Free SoileIs, Aboliionis,s, and disorgani-
srs and disturbers of the peace Of the country"
The Courier next notices a constant assertion Of the Wing
papers, that Mr.. Webster will supper. the nomination of Gen.
Scott, and il, uses the following significant language:
That he MI. Webstcr) is TO promote or aid The success
of the Wing party under The lead ~ the men who are now
its assumed leaders, Notwithstanding the manner in which
he has been treated; that he is 10 Us" his great Influence 10
give power and consequence 10 u class OF po!!tlcians who
hare been The bitter opponents OF "c great rcHcy q ne conf
promise, which he perlled $" much TO establish and perpetu.
ale; that he will thus enable these men 10 orer.urn wla! il
has cos, him SO much ,iiNrt 10 build up; and hat he will con-
slider himself bound to do 80, because he has said that he Is
and always will be a Hhig; are supposi,ions, in our Juds-
men,, quite as improbable, as the idea o: his changing his
political opinions. If as we maintoin the truth 10 be, a set
of men, nominaly belonging TO The wing party, nave sue
oesded 10 obtaining the control of lis organizations: who are
known TO be hostile TO the policy OF President Filmores
administration; who have dore MI they possibly could 10 de-
strov the influence OF ,ha, administration, and 10 prevent
either Of its principal members !rcn rece win: the formally
expressed confidence OF the n'rts; and tctc hare tTccctsr0uS-
~ accepted a platform, solely in order het they might gS
their candidate. and intending all the chiic nat 10 DC bound by
i; If, we say, these men nov represent the Wing party, an!
act for the Wing party, WE BELIEVE Mr.. WEBSTER WILL NOT
De EoCSD coCSTESASCiSG THEIR EXERTlCSS. We think his
influence and sanction riN be uiihheld rom them, ard
we believe that the c0uniry will thank him Tor not
allowing himself, upUa the poor pfetcnce OF party
allegiance, 10 be driven u suctl sell. :ult.icati0n.
For what else could il be? Did not Mr.. Webster, in his
great 7th OF March effort for the peace ana safety Of lhe
Union, throw himself into the breach, for n course uf public
policy, which these men have ALWAYS bitterly opposed =
Did not the presses, which are now foremost and loudest ter
Genera. Scott, resist - the ginIust-and have they not al
ways resisted, the measures which MIR. Webster advocated :
It's thought, we are aware, b. some honest persons, that
the endorsement of The compromise measures, in The Whi-
platform, may be considered as q caange on The part of THESE
politicians. Mr. W.ast,r's policy. "" are iola, has triumph.
ed, although he hes beer deIr&i.i We do not believe that
his policy has triunphri Win ,ati section uf the Whin par
~ BY whom General Scott !.s I,Iu procured 10 be made
the party candidate. Wc believe that tie formal, assent.
az far as it was given 20 The platform, 1ras a hciGr
farce, O trick 10 procure r0tS fr their candidate, and
not an honest h.ni-r..i"- ct the srncr:r CONVICTIONS and
firm determinations Of straightforward mer. We think tnat
apart from all other Signs, III" mere selection 81 The canGi.
date, is ground Tor tie strongest suspicion o: ins:Ecerity IL
this matter Of lie compromise. Wnn ever head be.o'" Of Il
political party. sincerely and heartily DESTROYS ii pcr;e'Ga.
Ting a particular c"nH. nj poilrV, Undertaking 10 90 !, ny
passing by, in The formation 81 an administration which IS 10
be brought into existence by a popular election, all the prin-
cipal Statesmen identified with that policy, and the one man,
whose gigantic influence created, and has hitherto sustained
II, and selecting as u lender in the canvass-an officer Of the
army-who hd nothing 10 GO with its enactment, ard
whose personal orthodoxy Of sentiment, mis- supporters are
obliged TO prone subsequently,, by cGfdart?
We conclude with one more pregnant extract from the
Courier. These revelations rot only show that MI. Web.
s.er, the great Wing statesman of the country, will withhold
his powerful support from the Seward ticket, but they prove
that the conservative wings in all portions of the country,
Ofe y III sdlie lui!utuCLs, III hJCp away liUHl Inc CDu-
test, resolved TO do nothing in aid OF the mischievous pur-
poses Of the bitter enemies Of The constitution and the
Union. They know full we'll hat the election of Gen. Scots,
under the auspices Of the ScwarditeS who will not &c bound
BY the platform, can end in nothing but rc.opening The
fruitful sources of agiiaion and imminent perm to the best
interests of the confcderacy and 10 the Un;on-and. wings
though they be, they prefer the success Of Pierce and King
to The a%scendancy of Scwardism, with all its train of viola
lions OF the compact and injury 10 the Union. These sol.
emn warnings Of sound national Wings, must fall with cf.ct
upon the cars of Southern Whi@s, no; blinded with pa:tzan-
ship They arc tic words, not OF Democrats, bu, Of con.
sisient, influential and reliable Wings, who see nothin. bu;
Scott:
again, (says the Boston Coulier.) he representatives Of
the WhiI party are assembled To make a n animation. This
time it might have been thought THAI they would have done
with the baubhc of military "avaiiahility." This time, At
least. Ihey might have remembered. II not that hey wer"
Americans, at least that they were Wings, and have recalled
the services Of ue whose vast Influence had, Tor twenty
wears, been given 10 their party purposes.
But the step was taken. and taken for the thir! time, 9:
nominating military hero: and now it is expected tia: III"
first civilian in the !uud, who has been thus treated, will az.
quiescc in all this, rs right "nd proper, because Il party con.
yention has 80 Gccrcei,
'In that decree Their. is matter Tor the sober reflection OF
the American people. II tells Them that the greatest length
of public service of the most important chisuc;c-, that ths
most eminCn, fitness and capacity fcT the highest office IN
their gift, are things of no comparative moment in the eyes
OF the Wing party; and that they cannot have the benefit al
man whose connection with the Wing party. has been ore
OF the chief causes that have made il Of any service 10 the
countryn'
II NEW BOSTON CALUMNY.
The Wing must amuse, ii it does not Disgust its readers,