Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-24

JOHN MINOR Boris AND WILLIAM BALLARD Preston ar
the recognized leaders of the Wings Of Virginia Such
spectacle men as JAMES LYONS and JOINS JASSEY quit tn
scene when Seward trends The stage but Boris and PREroS
warmed INTO life by the thirst of plunde exhibit exaord
nary industry in the performance of work from which Whg
OF scrupulous conscience in disgust To what pitiab
plgnt must the respectable Whg Virginia b.
reduced when joins Minor Boris and BALLARD PREsTos
are recognized az the guardians of its honor and the udvo
cafes o It's Interests How are the mighty fallen
OTIS and PRESTON are now pulling lovingly along under
he yoke OF SEWARD When last in conjunction, their reIa
IONS were not SO amicable. The public have for
vhi w euao'ula1ry iencounter between men, 10 the
wing convention OF Virginia, which met in Richmond in
le45 PREsroS announced teegra phc message Ken
lucky and North Carolina had nominated General TAYLOR
boTTs pronounced the dspah fabrca fraud and
50 It proved TO whom The credit of originating this fraud
should De gren s to this day unsettled question: but by
universal consent BALLARD PREs7ox was implicated in The
plot PREsroSs support of TAYLOR lucky spec ia-
ua The grateful old soldier gave the obscure demagogue
seat in his cabinet and thus by bound PREroS
from the position Of third county court lawyer to
The mnence of constitutional counsellor of the President OF
the Unted States. subtle schemer and sleek-tougued
sycopan PREsros wormed himself into confidence Of
INC "nsspccihg chl.ttan, and soon Welded command.
ing control over TAYL1Rs Administration. This il.gotten
influence he used defeat the passage of the Compromise
The poison of his counsel utterly corrupted the
honest old man al the head Of the Government Under The
baneiu influence Of BALLARD PREeroS TAYLOR lent himself
~ e schens OF The aooionists and opposed with all the
power MS nigh oicc every intended TO
the South an equal enjoyment the vast territory acquired
from Mexico TAYLOR but the tool of pREsrus and The
csti 0i he osst men o the Wing party could not per-
suadc the President abandon the perous policy which he
ad adopted at the instance Of his fawnng Secretary Of the
Navy He persisted in his opposition the compromise
uht ho country was driven TO the Of ruin. Prov
dence removed TAYLOR 10 another sphere before his mad pol
cy had worked out its Legitimate result and his Galphin
cabinet resolved into its original elements PREsToS
came bhck 10 Frginiaa fragment OF the Gaphn Cmbne'
Stunned like tainted hing-a OF political Cain with
the mark upon his brow He regarded utterly deunc
was not supposed that Tie voice OF the earthquake
could arouse HIM from his sumber of death. But the aho
tonlsts, his ancient allies had need of him. The whu
stood by him in relentless hostility 10 the South 10 the
WIN SCOTT. SEWARD JOHNSTON, CLAYTON and their com
ades he appears upon the stage OF politics. with
the same Gaphn smell about him.
Like PREsTnS BuTTs is dead politician whom the nom
naun OF ScoTT has galvanized into vitality In ordinary
times when of character and reputation In request
Boris is sighted and Stunned by the Wing party and noIh
ing but she urgent necessity which drew forth BALLARD
Preston from his mountain hiding place. could have pacct
Boris the head of the Wigs of Virginia. The eXigen
OF the Wing in the South demanded the
Of advocate at once bold able and unscrupuous and
such is BORIS. He was sent 10 the Wing Convention
Baltimore because he FILLMORE man. but he did his Ut
against TAYLOR because he would let the public know
his political opinions. In 1852 he prefers candidate
above all others. Whilst member Of Congress- he voted
for the reception OF abolition petitions; and speech de-
vcred in the county Of Powhatan within the last four
he undertook TO prove the conslutionay Of the Wmot
proviso In the Reform Convention Of 1851 he Indignantly
repudiaed the Instructions of his constituents
wisp of straw" which he would regard for moment
Such the whom the accidents Of The hour ha are
placed at The head Of the Whig party Virginia. They
worthy advocates of ScoTT and fit allies Of SEWARD BY
The respectable portion OF tho Wing party OF Virginia. they
regarded with suspicion not thing" and contempt
They would Kill whatsoever they might advocate.
Their embrace is death The fact that WILLIAM BALLARD
pREsToS and JoHS Minor Boris the especial champions
oi SCOTT will drive hundreds of respectable Wings from his
support They will cectuuly damn Whg cause Vir.
ainia.-[ South Side Democrat.