Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-29
vIcHMOND ENQUIRER.
sn,Y MORNING, APRIL "a, 1854
.,ncp ,TIoN OF WRlGGERY.

tih the whig press Is driven IN '"e'' a''e'p'' y
s,ss Of whgsery whose very name, according 10
:; h;r oracles has become bye-word win Tue peo-
one :" Tn;,ed States Although fortified by the potent
Of Poss Fogg & Co., blessed saints OF Seward
,h,las, campaign the Scott party were utterly
:, tho South, The General only saving two Wing
Us" - ,be skin of their teeth Bourbon like, learning
from the past Some of the Southern whig journals
-, m The cIamor of "free soism" against PRESIDENT
,hnse Inaugural lakes the strongest and oodest
'N ssihle in defence of the rights OF The Soulh.-
ves,.rda,'s Whig says, "The free 'soilers are
Iii, ,ime If il, under the Brieader's reign =
"= ao,,.s rsn aippant writer in Tuesdays Wing.
#s {, snch wholesale Iaduction OF Southern men as
Bhs l,llowne: ;,
- ,;;o,sm ana Free Soism are every where triumph
IL, ard for This ,iamph they are 'hoeo'en 10 u hih
So =; The siihest or the mos! corrapl party WIN ,
wa ., ,vas ever curscdihe Democrats oil the Save
kN @ Siates-for what but stupidity the most consuh''
or corruption the most roten can have oTus "ud ha
a. in placing in power party which is openly ~ ,hnir
Ir asssllng their rights, and warning asu aS,,i,;nn
Np,wlilistan nding the wide. spread OF n'ss is 10
$n,ucisa Notwithstanding the eno,;s Ind bu little
il Us an element 10 party poii''cs suu Ina ns
:it1ue ,s n,cu,iar Interests Of the South SO 'ons N
soou' manned true itself But seeing thal net oMn
ram alone she look for protec'ion anu saief
poe 10 Heed up her Interestingly, her very le
e IN The altar of Poner and Patronage CONFESS
y ! slrd with The most alarming ioreoooi"ss.
m >,byi,e Banner pours forth tirado OF apuse upo"
u pi,htsn paty, seeking TO identity them IN p''"'
II ,. N Rantoul OF Massachusetts,. forgetting W ~
,,sts that this same Mr. Rantou was' oy an o'e.
.i,a vo,s excluded from fellowship in me last ral'''
u a,,o,,,ic Convention. With It's concentrated g
n r, ana with The same spiri! that was snow" oy
ID u,. sn3 which secured his pohllcai oo"nial, Tue
,. ,.,ounees the States Rights party as "lreasohuoe
,I,<s i,s article with the following pTonunclame"''
ti,h is in real Santa Anna slyie:
,,oo ,he ir,t acts of the Government are the appo'
n;oh offices Of such men as Jeh. Davis, DIX untsi
R,r Nci,.land Fowler, Inge Haett, hllchie' o's"o ~
soiI,rs or State Rights nen who sl''t ~ -
80 t-c,,ous opinions liaay oi tie recipish's ~ ,t.
:, men Of whose opinions we kno% EoIus IJnon
&nnp lights have The best otnces lhe psnis These
morra,s have received some inferior aPps nf which
1 B,g,o,nen,s throw Hood OF light upon "'e s'''
Rr Administration Is composed. ,,o
" .,ow net why the Banner finds II proper %
,o,,esoonGine with that OF ihe Eo''o's =, ''''
AA'',' .,a v.ty young gentleman .! 'hst name
"s'' .f,,.d bg President Fierce from enc Depart
- ,,o,Dr1,nt 10 another, bG, he has playea 50
N ooli,ics tina. be is the last man la TIC 'ou''
T. 10 be charged win disani'n 5e"'l'hen'' - ~
u, h.vs uppiei or office and sha accept VI no"'
=. hands ol ne Federal GVvetnment-sna ''o'eo's''
. y. b-Ions 10 ,,e epubicaa Sta'es Rights party "
n. LABOR OF S,yphus convict US oi any 'nhg ''se
.anion sentiments ,,,
f,eb,. complaints OF The Wing press can DC easily
ana answered In Tie first place, we shsii in'fou"ee
h., witness 10 elre the position !'iil inc Hiuhp" %
n.ln Pierce has given aid and comfort 10 Tue aooh''on
5o,yem,n! In speech OF Mf. Clnsman at Henderson
IL ca he shows clearly that Pieces election mas eA
l powerful influence in crushing the monster Oh aoo'
n Mr. c. principally devoted Elmaell u lhe ue'co u
n,s sna he other Southern Wings VINO feuseo " sup
III General Scott giving his reasons why IN Ms opn'o"
Southern Wnigs they could not support hat nomiha'oh
suns seemed 10 afford genera! Satisfaction ~ ''s
a,.nce air l.. con.dCred .lat the detas VI es S'o
a 4. more 10 rcprsss aboonism than any event ol Tue
mas Tncre aooit no no doubt that whether righuily or
Z, na susDcion o f.ee-sosn aho 'ti& aSsoc'aaoi ''
,y S,,r:s name and nomination OF some ol Inc most
~ so,i,;cnis,s Of lhs day, had been The main causes
s h.lmir, defeat and with such warning otiore
..t roliciaIs or parties would hereafter De iounu
), c,pr: abolition support The men Whose
,,i,rd Gen Scott would hereafter be shunhet
",,,.,ir.,ce The result OF this Mr. G. thought, hai
-. me country N g safer aad more hopeju siiud
n sas tssn for many gears. As the most marked
II 40 roancc 10 observant man could help noting
Hh.n, and or, saen the abolition party had become;
,n faction lately vauntng in its ainbition seemed
Lace tie econ 10 have become rs si!sR; and as scarce,
use Nj Cs eIpressionJ IS lro.s alter frosty morn
H."
ssan the Banners wrong in iosinuang that The Union
:nocrats" have heen cavaery .reated Dy the admins
ra5a In reutaou may point 10 the important ohces
ss;isd 10 Dickinson. Bronson Halet and such other
aihg compromise But, TO cut the matter short,
H:nt Pierce properly resolved not 10 go behind the
9npomsc measures but simply TO require that the main
unge those measures, final settlement, should De
@ lest and lhat his appointecs 10 ohce snouid iully
up to iat test. This is the exact ground upon which
ei'G2ht and lie battle in Virginia. and upon which
uamphinI election OF Pierce and King prostrased free,
d and gave peace and safety 10 the country. The N
n National Democrat conservative and leading "Hunk-
ngan places this matter in a clear and just view. in
0aLccon With the present position OF Ex-senator Dix
TIE Wig press have selected h!a a9 lsc strongest case
Jon when their batteries against the adminstra.
th- but rhe National Democrat shows that Gen. DIX "was
De oI III, rrst in the State of New York, 10 give a
,nio,srment in public speech the Fugitive Slave
Law" We regard Gen Dir es arm friend OF The pinci.
pes Of The rmetu adhnisration-he is what we call
,a3on Democrat, and all who became involved in The
eEoh "i lsl5, would follow his example and spirit, we
mould h'' have had the dsgraceiu which have been
'Ae'd At Albany pas: winter. He has proclvities
wards aooi"nlsm; ARD had he stood by his better
s"eh AM his own wishes, believe ho would not have
'Ii " iH?0ftnbiea selfish and wise tGlends.
"' nm The past is past and he stands honorahy
' a'oim s94Hg full and hearty sanction 10 lis prnc-
H. Ma more can DC askedl''
"'"V9Ioes the following lashing which the Nashville
""Nah administers 10 the Wings Of Tennessee for their
ssg~ oi Plesidrn, Pierce.
IL. nast contemplate political twultl, We law. .o
etsn aged encounter, is that which fills III. sou,h
Wig paprts relative appointments Office by the "A
mn,t:.ln The feeble and sickly little remnsnt Of wha,
c Whg party, is whining out The brief hours OF il,
m1'a doful complaints about the freeaters aud free
1:fs sho, they say, monopoizng the Offices wer
ast charges true they would come with i'll grace from
e nea who knowingly and dehers ey last summer
sd into an nlilncs with the worst and most dangerou
enemies OF The compromise 10 be found In the north
tbs not true that single man has been appointed
e oy IeneaA Pierce who doss not stand upon that plat
' "h'tn insists upon The hnaity of the compromise, an
e ''''N' execution Of the fugitive slave law. Genera
a'oG' whom 'hee ,he most talk was never muci
as Mr. Fillmore once was, and he is bette
p'o"'sc fhtn lan some Of those southern Whig editors
W. "nu auh win hm for he not only unqus l6ediy ap
~ ''u anu advocates faithful execution of the fugitive
s""' tnt ne suppoed General Pierce ior President
81 "s enemies wen! with Seward and Greeley for Scott
III country nad been divided upon the subject OF the
'se. II would not be proper for General Pierce TO
''e discussions which preceded It's passage and
'' 10 man should be appointed 10 Office who did no,