Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-05-04

These democratic gentlemen VIII o'eishoo. M rem
mi, abut Of Scott they will il they dent iaho nddntc
r him more popular with the wings than any S more
,hey have ever had They would display se n business
act and sdvr Z they would attend to tnc' ov fact that
I'D leave ,c who's 10 manage ,hcirs. The very
he Locos manifest much dread OF the wide
bu,ed lhan any other one viInbe man: They hnu
spread iu,rrseinn that is the ihey will preclar
better krc ino ,ears 10 Richmond " ag
| tho ,,,,e,, ,nlr ;aey 50 much ucp'
| Of yesterday. H., Whiy thus scduluusly hold
III mus responsible for the assaU!a upon Zen.
"s va ,vnb n singular oblquv OF vision II oVc''''" -"
80, ,, u,,acky cf its Wing allies, and IL "aete va
INN the Democratic journals whose only Pf"Sihc" '
- chronicle The hot shot which Wig papers and iea'''s
have no,, into Gen. Scott Has any Democrat uttered
any thing a thousandlh part as severe against u1,
as the Lightning assaults Of the Fredericksburg
Whig joulna7 Are not Mcsars Caoe'' % y,
| Marshall Of Kentucky, Williams and Gentry u -,
nnd al the sigusrs Of the seeding address, including h'
H. PRESIDENT Of the Virginia Wing State Consen.
,;or bono,sd md influential members OF Inc why p''
49,. ,oo 10 be siqnatzed'a as "L0coioco deaineis'
! -, 49,. h,vo denounced the Seward influence. ana
| ihi n The world that under such auspices anu
,h, fan avowa in f!vor of the compromise, On ''e
800 r f:, Sco they and their Wig associates III 'i'c
s,u,h will scout The nomination OF Gen. seou' Le, "''
Who in It's Jealous support OF Stewards ia'ore
,re wor mon these leading Wings, ana not teSo'' " VIC
;, ,,o,,p,ins TO make little capital oy holding
ho Dnor,,s responsible assaults ON Gen. Scol "alc
have al snrunu from its own Wing associates.
IT. WIKI nrfesses great devotion 10 Mr.. Fillmore aho
h ,h, ., the ground Of necessity, The Natlona "h'e
Convention will endorse the fnaty OF the compromise ie
s,res II docs not yet however, seem 10 nave aoa'u' "
o,;,,aI doctrine that Gen. Scott is perfectly sou'a o' "
and that any demand for pledge from him
ON this point would be most insulting we 90" ,'1s
evidence OF partisan blindness than The haluc
have "
s election under any circumstances we look upon Us ac
II under The guidance Of Seward, he holds on 10 hs
I'm mp polioy refuses 10 avow his eaty 70 the
comnromise We have the word of the best and aoest "
at The South that will not receive the vote OF ssf
savc State In this connection, we may mere teer 10 '
a, ,,s, which we have received from prominent Whig
in one Of the lower counties OF Virginia, who speaks mus
emphacally:
q" srs in your Friday paper you speak OF one oe
ole of Fredericksburg fanting by the way IN he ia'e
Convention fear that will he many more OF INC
same sort ere the dog days shall have set IN mar -
Scott be the choice of the national coEVenon TIN,
be right side IN upon the compromise and the ahu ee
,i f Tho foiiiye slave law and that not upon The
tDye Dirt of Tom, Dick Hurry Mnngum' out hs o"n
else he will not be touched WIN N. whis nay There are
VET many very many States Rights men among me "ss
and you humble servant among mem; oui as " E a.
sniring 10 The high office Of President OF me oneu
S. ybo + moi a, sound as Spanishmilcd dollar upon
the vital question of slavery the whole party hhu oeet
shpd thousand
This will be the voice Of thousands OF Southern wings,
and The Richmond Wing will be awuiy in the vocativc,
should Lc called upon sustain Gen. Scott as lie stano
"a The ncmnea of the Wing National Convention.
The New Orleans Bulletin leading Wing Journal, has
the following:
We and they (thc Southern Wing and people, have
maintained fnality of tbs Compromise should
constitute leading feature in the National Platform o.
the party the very OF the Presidential
controversy and shall insist upon 10 The last We can
and will not allow any mncns OF matters IN ths De-
half We claim nothing entitled 10, and If our
Northern friends cvnce un~ngness 10 secure US thu
absolutely and unquaedly can see neither reason nor
safety ailiang combining with them in The approach
inc eieclion WHY should wei Where Serardsm predom
mates Southern hos business and with me arch
agi,aor his abeers we cannot aflale-such con-
necton would be revolving and unnatural
On the Other hana should Gen. Scott be ncuced TO make
an avowu which shu all satisfactory the South he
will lose the benefit OF The Free Soil Northern support and
will be ds,auccd il the race MIR. Washburn leading Wing
member Of Congress from Maine in speech in the House
referring To tile Whig caucus, admitted that the WING
demonstration In tho caucus al the beginning OF me
session was all sham, in so lar us II pretended
10 indicate acquiescence by the wing party, IN
The faaty policy, and that any canaiaase, VINO IN
sists upon the fnay OF The Compromise measures, or VINO
is nominated by convention which arms or requires It,
"cannot obtain the vote OF single Northern Stae-not ona
Again, the " o. Bulletin, time SINCE laid down The
following unaam:
The Wh!a candidate for the Presidency mus stand en-
phacaly and without qualification reservation upon the
Compromise platform, if he would carry single Southern
State
AT this The Psburg Gazette Scott paper, hres up and
hurs back ,hs following threat clearly indicating that the
hiy marty may be better Strengthened by encouraging The
shirt of agitation and faction than by adhcrng in good
10 the terms the compromise which act of duty and
LOYALTY 10 the constitution is called serve submission:
Such il The language used by the Southern Wing press
generally bv tie resolutions OF Souhern wing CohvSn-
IONS and by Southern Wing speakers IN Congress Inc
WhGs of the North mas. rennnncr the Southern shi65ofeh
or ali political .nmunlun will be dissolved Well DO So
Better co than any sacrifice OF fnhnnesss and pn.
cire II is more important the whg party TO maintain
It's consistency and its PRINCIPLES than 10 elect PRESIDENT
The s,rens Of the whg party Is principally IN lie NORM
Ia II better 10 conciiatc the South where il has but little
strength bv sey submission 10 increase its power 10
Tie North by firm adherence TO t5 ntegryl On The de-
c.inn of this question will depend the future OF the wing
party.
As seunans 10 The subject tie following article in yes
te,day Reprtcan touching the Northern movement in
favor Of Gen Scott is not wi,hou, Significance and should
be studied by The Wing:
TIE SEWARD MovEMENT-The Washington cor
RESPONDENT of the Baltimore Clipper remarks that the Ba
more Suns correspondent lon evidently takes the cor
rect view Of tho present Seward movement II Is nothing
bul Van Burcns scheme attempted 10 be carried on. in
different way. Van thought he was strong enough II ne
could unite every shade OF ansavcry men, TO 60 on his
own i,os Seward is more artfGi he would, while ne
really belongs type of aholonsts remain IN
The bosom Of tbs Wing mould tito suit his purposes
lie will not give 40 of his onStTous doctrines, but
thinking tina, he can rule by his guard remains IN
the party Ne that The North rule and lie IS de-
tcrincd to rule with H. lfhe red ice tho Sout WE'LL
he cannot h. must do without il. Ion well remarks the
nolry is To drive of tie Southern Wings and establish
Northern party on Mr Stewards principles with view TO
complete triumph in 1856 800
"I h. can nov. induce the Wings rcpudate Fillmore
anc Webster; il time has when The tempting bait o
avainoly held BY this man and Others can make The
South subject yolvng their peace their pro.
,criy their highest Interests what may he not do hereaer
Ii such thing. done in the green wha; will not be
done in the dry
The Democracy OF Portsmouth, Va. have unanimously
Dr.. K " Boykin for the CIerkship of the Circuit
and County Court Of Norfolk county.
The following Democratic Committee of Vigilance 70. the
city Of WiIlamsa burg been handed for publication