Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-07-22
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Darn for The Democratic party ana Is 50 ,h
ioy for some indications on us part VI ~ n;,ou
adanis,a,ion i, seems wholly oblivous ol 'ne ,
ynio ,n,v in the State. Even il were true ~"
,na namocra,ic party of Virginia was disapPo"' ..
Cav Pierce and was in danger Of dissolution ~ >,
ia, far eYpected office, those circumstances ,,cl,
Al, nso the Wing party up, and would not iu"''
Of ,ust cause for Wing exul,alion. ,s,,Iy disap-
II one par of the Southern peope ,, i, M,
pointed with their Northern pfes'de' 49, ,,ld be sub
anti slavery policy Of his administrator ;, mo oppose
,ec Of serious concern und t"hao ,ho v.rv fac,
NAVY rather than Of idle and hilarious fa'ie' H.
,h,, the Iytis makes the assumed eohuO ,,o c,,.e
''''' n,os,.,, and The Virginia Democracy Tue cau<'
tween '"' -, s,d immodrrale cachinauon rs assn
,,,o, tho country and the South ls IN no e'ea' "1"
'n'' $40 49,, cs,,,,ye We can hardly suppose tha' '"'
n.a ,o.chsd h,, stage OF partisan madness VIE" "
10 a, IN ,be real belief that all but TWO OF tue "0'
81 S,a,oe had l.eu really cheated and oeirauuea y ~
nm, ,hev had elected the Presidency An iu'a
Moro who 6ddled willie Rome TX. pc SURPASSED y ~, -
believe from the uncontrollabe mermehi 0! Tue 5' w
public affairs ure really going on very hapis' 'na ~
con,inua broad Of wit and fun daily ouco "'o "
Bngadier arc only attended 10 draw OH me popular
,; from The homeless condition Of what once the Wing
oary which is very accurately depicted as ioo~s % Tue
Wheeling Argus
Alta season when OF political diSsensons are CIV
eryyhere absed aud where else more than 10 our own
community We may without offence aoc perhaps with nope
OF doing good make temperate remarks 70 ana 0! se
Wing party Of This county II mas oesn' III rs uas
ergeIc powerful organization II has borne us banners
proudly fields Of triumph and not unwofthy sCstaneu
defeat It's zeal and efficiency have Jnstiy chaenseu e
td Wing viii admit il Il far otherwise Withou, energy
wthou, aud wi,tou; object. II is but TIE
corpse OF its furEcr lvng 5ody, even 'hous" y" "s
may have been hide diminished
That party has long had uscendancy in the county 10
$40 us power eliminated 10 maIoy OF more lhau SiA
hundred In le4I with somewhat smaller majority, II
made tho most vigorous struggle Tor Clay that ever has
made Since time hes visihy on the "ahe-not
so much in the naorties occasionally numbered as in the
spirit which the life Vi party Alter the eection OF
Gen Taylor it fell mo so: Of decIspl'ude whcN sun IN
gers like fna decay Of old age Yet nearly s the same
counted in its raaks now as when sh0uoer 70
shoulder they ready TO narch 10 the cannon NOUN
their gaan, chief Henry Clay. They are as Intelligent
patriotic ever but not The same so 81 :" hss; APa.
and Indifference have taken the place o; zeal The proud
and eager spirit snued the battle afsr and courd thu
conflict OF opposing parties has vanished
Why is this In answering our own question we shun
perhaps the most efficient cause when puposey refrain
from catering into the striies the eaonseH te iu.ua
suspicious euds which have ahown themselves
home We leave those 10 The Two wing presses oil te cy
But there general open 10 our discus
ia article intended 10 CRATE hatshly on Inc ears
Of Wing fellow citizens When Clay was The guiding
of the Wing party had whst il has not now
policy and aim large national its policy was al
in Judgment wrong; but IL waa pcilrY Wnch
national party could grasp 10 those VINO approved us oc
could inscbe IL banner and march under II with
hearty belief tina. he serving his country That was
thing give life and strength and animation 10 party
And when vindcated by the bold and manly eoquence
of great statesman the hearts Of parsans were aroused
enthusiasm by The call OF trumpet None respond
ed with cheerful aacrity than the Wings Of this cnun
ty Besides the personal friendships formed by Mr. Clay
among citizens and the immediate benefits derived by
this city from some his rendered him lille less
ihuu The idol OF his followers here The wing party Oh THIS
county essentially Clay party Under his lead II could
rally Without him, il falls Apart from devotion 10 him
do not think tina, there any Thing in Wing policy 10
have created ouch in it's behalf existed among u.s.
This county in the beginning pledged 10 extreme State
Rights doctrines Her delegates voted for The resolutions
vi 49, She Republican, lin the party scnsc) until she
went OFT with Clay She should be now what she was 10
ihs beginning The events OF the last few years have in
fact tended reclaim he 10 her st love- In bitter exye
rence she has learned again 10 value al their true worth the
great Republican principles OF States Rights We shall be
surprised il their convictions in this regard do not Induce
many Of our honest citizens WHO been Wings
r6ce those party sntes which now 50 feeble and RANG
Virginia. Al least ask them calmly 10 consider
what is their duty TO their State and their country al Inc
present moment
From great many notices of the President and Cati-
nets late progress New York. by the Wing press we Sc
lec the following extracts showing the feelings Of the
respectable and liberal portion Of that press on the subject
The New York Commercial Advertiser says:
president Peces reception a, the various places upon
his route has been most codia aud In justice we arc com
PEELED to admit that his bearing through the whoc mas oee
manly and worthy Of The Chief Magistrate Of great re-
public. His speeches in response to the addresses PIE
scented him. and his brief remarks other occasions
singusrly elcitous free from place
sms Some Z" hs illusions have been exceedingly striking
aud Fortunate and in all of Them they have been report
ed columns the reader have failed 10 discern
the yigor and freshness OF dcon which were apparen, in
his inaugural address. Beyond all question: Mr. Pierce pos
sesses the power OF pleasing an moving his hearers. lie
popular speaker and turns his public interviews with
his fellow cxens good account; and he has the good
aiso in The MAN, leave public affairs and political
illusions out Of his speeches"
The Baltimore American has the following:
TINS RECENT VlslT Or THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE, and a
full representation u his constitutional advisers celebrate
the opening of the great Temple erected in New York
universal Concord, every way appropriate and be
coming Ii suggests that memorable occasion when
the first and greatest Of the Roman Emperos almost
currently with the advent OF Prince Of Peace marched
in solemn close the frs. time in deury
centuries the boodsaned portals of the Temple Of War
Hail for yet unborn such eurons cpocs: scribe them
upon the living HdaInan with pen indeliae
Man proposes but God tisp"ses Arc we wrong in re-
calling the tact that many suffrage in November last
Tor the successful candidate for Presidential honos
der the impression that II would be the surer way 10 dis
ruption OF that and OF the world less friendly
than strife and booshed 10 The selfish hopes OF the cSes
and ambitious And this God al War, whose hands
rash men were willing 10 place millions 'mischef mo-
ncy has become under Hcsvens overriding Providence,
the heralt and harbingcr OF peace.
We take leave 10 regard 10 the ast of the
American that very Few surages Tor Gen Pierce
under any such begcran idoa il alludes 1t
HAT administering intentions very ndusousy charged
npon portions of tho Democratic pary and upon General
Pierce mset during The canrass but they charges
oaseless and unonnicd nine tenhs the crmna lions
with which such contests always rife Nor is this the
first time in which tie Wing party Of this country have
been compelled acknowledge in the sequel that
whom they had once charged with every of vicious and
dangerous propensity have proved themselves when in Of
fee like General Pierce the 'herads and harbngers" Of
peace.
The New York Times probably the respectable and
able Wing paper published IN the States noticing the
happy speech Of Col JEFFERSON DAVIS al the New York
Banquet Friday night last pronounces The protective
policy of The old Wing creed au obsolete idea" The fol-
lowing acl. details s views the subject Of Free Trade
and contaus gratifying evidence OF the conversion
OF the intelligent OF the Wing party the true sound
philosophc and catholic doctrines ut political economy
FREE TRADE AS A BOND OF PEACE.-Mr Sec.
Rotary DAVIS The banquet Friday night
TO declare himself very warmly in favor OF Free Trade
means OF preserving among the nations OF the earth
Those whose recollection past political contests is cspcci
ally sharp probably thought the introduction OF such
PIC violation o The propretes OF tho nccusirn though
the cordial applause with which his remarks rtceisr
Indicated general in the sentiments
pressed Indeed we believe the rHoc generally regard il
lestlon oil elton having settled ha