Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-27

| PROTEST OF ANOTHER EMINENT WIG
To the long catalogue Of distinguished Wings VIII
| have publicly repudiated any sympathy with hho"
Nothingsn, we have the satisfaction, this morning.
| attaching the name of THOMAS 5. GHoLsoN Oh ie
| tersbury The reputation Of Mr.. Gholsoh Is COM
mensurate with the limits of the State, but II Is cpe
ally ON the SOUTH Ssf that his protcssioh" ds''''
top and intellectual ability held III just appre'i
ution II. has long been the pet Of his party III ti'a
section and he was once their candidate iof
m opposition 10 the lanented Drohso"'e' ro' '''D
hs has stood aloof from the struggles oil parry
,.X,tinp meanwhile all the energies oil his hili'u "
th, .,actins engagements OF IN uneqnaiied proie'
shnal practice 1t Is worthy of mention, that wi'ei
the obligations of party were strongest upon h' Nv
wnud never abate anything of his ardent attachment
10 tire interests Of the South. From gentleman VI
sucb private worth aud public position an ehipha'e
aud eloquent protest against Know Noips'S'''' W."
mt fail +, exert decisive influence Oh popular seh'i'
| ment
MIR. (;ho,son writes as Wing, and addresses MN
..lf exclusively to the members of the late wing
party. Candid and Intelligent Wings VIII aekn'"-
lodge the force of his argument even '''ey w NV
Weld to the effect Of the appeal.
In its leading article OF Yesterday the h'."'"
Wing deliberately, and formally noS"lVe' IL" ""'s'
from allegiance TO their pnrty. This Is ''s '".S"S'
TO one no has noted stcntivey The dlSsolu'''i :"
the old parties aud the rcconstf"e,loi y, =, tr,n,
nntbiup IL more interesting orinstructi'et
nut its progress. IL as been is sudden Is II u 'o,
nL.,r Two wears ago, even, the old wing anu Demo"
cratic parties alone divided tho people wJo'm'
6y succession Of d,Jratsm nearly r"'Ty '"ms ne
Tuipo. Aad lost ali oJ as tnfmt"c'. Inc latter ny
nnrl;n, over tho spoils of UIice, and 'y essential
,En;renc.s of opinion in regard TO It's leading inca
sures had become much divided anu "eakeheu h"'
!, wns only the shadow Of its former sell Inc curious
phenomenon was presented al DOM ol .e"iu p':,k
could claim anything approaching majority oi tile
people. . g.. ,,;.o.,.
IT, as mas pr0r.t by he Pr,S,dcnfiM ehcftoH ~ l%:'
|as FURTHER reduced m nHmdtrs ana rtPl1t" "a W
ricnrv By tie grdiual absorption q diarSe f~'I'on
Il. uGrthtrn ring into he ranks n me ffcr,""T'
I'm. death Of Webster and Chy tie grFn mn .,t
,oir,ts Of lie pgyiy, and lie retirement q M; rm,
more Trom tie Presidency, htt tie Northern 'rnts
a,,L,, L,,l,r, 10 kn1k IT, or nucleus dr0"nd Th''"
,,,,,Un mn h.r, aadfhcyt an r[rr'm", ne y '",H
i;nJ themselves ruth Me F,rrSo|ers ana m""s" 30"
r,.D ibr,us,irss Wigs, had ceased 10 ~ mFm'e'I
oIMr UotDuaI rartg, 6u mcmbcrs 0"Iy@ %f1''T"
tniion ~hich @tfmp'"d TO rr's'n,oe m" "''' 4'
,,d m introduce netr aRd dangerous t'Sn,S. -,
with such Il party OF course, the w higs OIL the |
Souh could never affiliate. II was only as national
Whgs that the Wings ui the SCUM Wouiu rt'"S"iH'
then, as brethren. In this condition OF affairs noil-
inc conld be- done but sever the connection between
hen.--the Wings of the North planting themselves
lpon their anti slavery platform, and those oil til"
South still maintaining that national conservative
State Rights ground on which they had ever stood;
Thus was tho breach between the two established AMI
Dcrpetuated.
The ltAig has no authority to speak for tho De-
nocracy, and when it maintains that our party dis
olvcd and disbanded, it asserts what the noble attI
ude of the Democracy in Virginia and throughout
he Union, triun,phanty contradcts. Bat tho ''h'S
loes correctly represent its own party, when it de-
ares that its organization is dcfunct, aud its autho-
.ty overihruwn. Ii, then, there DO any Wing who
LOGS not approve tho principles OF the hno"N"''-
ing party, and is unwilling TO Cooperate with H. he
las the declaration of his organ that he Is not
restrained by any obligation to the Wing party from
tho candidates Of the Democracy. lie is
At liberty to yield the dictates # his own d"pcn-
lent judgment, and to oppose the principles ct the
Party of Prescription, in whatsoever manner he may