Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-06-01

The Petersburg Inteligencer rebukes the
Wings of Richmond for their '.vauntings and
flourishes" before the election, and their poor
show OF strength at the polls. We are not aware
that the Wings of this city are specially prone
TO parade and Boosting, and we are very sure that
they INDUCED in nothing of the kind during the
late canvass. 1t is true that the Wing papers
claimed that Richmond could give 1000 mnjori-
ty for Coleman ifshe would, but nobody promised
or predicted that the thing would be done. Our
adversaries did not charge US with playing the
Dragging game, but on the contrary warned their
followers from day TO- day that the Wings were
working silently and secretly, and expected to
steal march on the Democracy.
We have no excuses or apologies to make for
those Wings who absented themselves from the
polls at the late election, but we beg leave to
dissent from our Petersburg contemporary when
he says that Coleman's vote conclusively demon.
strates that the Wing strength here has been
greatly exaggerated and that of the Democracy
moderated. The fact that 400 or 500 persons ia
this city, who usually vote with the Wings, did
did not appear at the polls on Thursday last, does
notpro9e that these mon have ceased to be Wings,
Or that they cannot be relied on in future party
contests. Richmond gave Summers a majority
of e44 over Johnson, aud Scott majority of s42
over Pierce. Why should We discard these votes
as tests, and adopt Mr.. Coeman's poll as tho true
measure of Wing strength in this city? The
vote given for Judge Caskie last week, does not
concuslvely demonstrate, Us the Integencer
argues, that the Democratic strength in Rich
mond has been greatly ''underlated," for TINT
vote actually fell below Gen. Pierce's vote last
November The Wings Of Richmond failed in
the discharge ftheir whole duty in the late con.
test, we know, but we assure our Petersburg
cotemporary that there is not the smallest feun-
dation for tho opinion he expresses, that the
Spartans, with their "pocket pistol" are rapidly
reducing this Gibraltar of Whiggery to their
subjection. The Spartans themselves Gun tell
him better than that.
The lnteligencer says that every Wing press
in the State has the right to complain of the
Richmond Wings This may be true, but we
can tell our gruinbling brother Of the quill that he
and his Wing friends 10 Petersburg would employ
their time and talents far more wisely and prof.
tably In keeping up the Wing party at home
than in complaining of their friends on this side
OF the river. Permit US to ask what has become
OF the Wing MAJ ority which Petersburg was
wont to give in those happy days. when our con-
temporary of the Intelligencer could come to the
Legislature whenever it suited his funcy 1t is
gone, anniailated, and numbered with the things
that were. So thoroughly benighted in its Lo-
cofocoism has that once gallant Wing town be
come, that we very much question whether our
respected confrere, Notwithstanding his fine Ia
Tents and acknowledged merit, could now be-
elected there to Constuble's place. This is a
woful picture of political degeneracy and we
think that we of Richmond have Just as much
right to complain flour friends 10 Petersburg rs
they have to complaic Of US. For years they have
permitted the Democrats to ride rough-shod over
them. Their ranks are thoned at each success
sve election and at their present rate of decline,
they must at very distant day, dwindle away
into nothingoess. We therefore invite the at
tentlon Of our contemporary to the Importance of
reminding the old Wing spirit in the Cockade
town, aud of arresting the downward tendency of
things at his own door. The steady aud rapid
encroachments of the Democratic party in Pc
tersburg prove that the Wings of that city are
not doing their duty, and we hope that the H.
telligeucer will take frequent occasion to remind
Thorn of the fact.