The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-02
For the Winchester Republican.
THE VIRGINIA WINGS.

faj~a hlood CUMbEhLANN.
For the Winchester Republican.
THE VIRGINIA WINGS.
MIssss EDITORS Can you inform me whether
the editors Of the Richmond Wing are from home or
no,i II So whether they will endois. the sanors
time past debating to the Wings of the South the
future course to be pursued By them3 One OF two
EMPLOYED our old charm IN Of the Wing State Cen.
trail Committee, Mr.. James Lyons. to take charge
in their sb's9es sssS have ss1ans r. sss
have actually been sedaced from their party and ON
I'd in NTH isyevilers. in the foolish charge of 1to
tion Whiggeyy and so on and become as erest d'sor
sanizers aud aioymisfs IS any In the country
So bitter has the whig erroneoualy SO called, of
late become, that it not only desires to sever the
ties that bind the party North and South but 1t see
to divide us here at home. Hear what IL says; Let
no anti-Nebraska man, whether by accident OF de-
Syn get into the Gubernatoral CHI In. Legislature or
Consrsss, from Virginia. Now, would respect
fully ask the editors of ths Wing from what state
they would import candidates Tor our parry or
we do not honestly believe there were nifty Wings
in the State in favor of the Nebraska bill. The
Wings of Viz ginia meant what they said when they
endorsed the resolutions of the Wing National Coz
vention, declaring ire compromise measure hnai
settlement of tn exciting subj ct and were oppos-
ed to re-opening It. when it could produce no pTac
Stephen A. Douglas, veritable political tyfckster
as that adept Chas Jas Faulkner himself 10 order
he poor foolish man. hoped to enhance his prospect
for the Presidency What those chances are, Penn
sylvana, Ohio aed Indiana have Just told him.
No, the truth Is about this The Wing has been
the means by its continued, untirng and bitter OPP
position to John Bolts, one of the most faithful
able and eloquent Whgsin the Union, of causing the
Not content with that it is willing to PROSTATE
the Wing party throughout the State. rather than
see Botts who is mere beloved by the Wings of Viz
GINA than any in it, elevated to office. This IS
doubt not, the true cause OF the the Wing
from vrenia--Mr. Bolts having avowed his opposi.
ton to it. ask of the Wing the question. in what
county can they find Wing, who was in favor Of
the Nebraska bill, whose name is known five miles
from home7
l do not think have done the Wing Injustice
take the paper. and have done SO for eight years;
and can tell Its editors that true to the
South as they can be. am Virsinian and a slave
holder, but, like them, with the Know Mornings
would not ask the Wing candidate for Governor tho
question, sAre you for against the Nebraska bill '
And such. suggest will be the true policy Of the
Wings of the State OF Virginia Now that the bill
is law, opposed to its repeai but before its
passage we would have opposed it as FIRE brand.
A VALLEYsW RIG.
Washington Correspondence of the Pennsylvania
WAspINGToN, Jan q, 1855.
The Cube material canvass in Virginia is attracting
much attention in Washin gton. The prestige Of
W;se's name seems to be on the wane. He has no
competitor yet, but canvsssing the State aone
and beating himself. He nominated in part be.
of his fame Of ability in administrative
affairs, in part because of his great qualities
stump orator and in part because having supported
the White hssis princ pie in the Slate Convention lin
opposition the estimating five negroes az three
white in the superintendent of repres tation
it presumed that he could carry all parties in ths
West These may prove strong points against weak
adversary; but there are men III girslnia capable
them stands most promn emily thai abused man
in the world, John Minor Botts-a man of stIong
common sense-the best stump speaker in the United
States, and one whose influence in the State Com
yention was on the same side OF the question
with that of Wise, and y generally conceded.
consistently. more honestly. and more heartily
that side. II Bolts receives the nomination the
three pillars of Wise's strength are in moment
stricken from beneath him. and ne is let down to the
earth for fair fight with whom. of all men, be
would most wish to avoid confic..
1t is stated here very freely in conversation that
Holiday ofVrgnia, and Letcher, now in the suss
have both refused Democratic independent noIni-
nation, and that McMullen of the House. ighs for,
but can't obtain lt. PENN
I'm great majority of cases the Wings of this
State and others have heretofore defeated them
selves. That, when victory was about perch itself
upon their banners some unforeseen bugaboo III III
shspe of petty fsuds and petty ciques raises ts hy
consequence. There is doubt in the success Of
the opposition to the Wise ticket in Virginia proyi.
ded that opposition is correctly and properly ar
rayed 1t is not every scrub acey in the State that
will come out winner in the We our beat
men on the track-men whose abilities we know and
acknowledge, not only in the Valley or North
Vest but everywhere; and, which Is still better,
men who knoU TO be capable of carrying the best
interest of the State into practicsl usefulness when
"There is no man, who knows anything about the
history OF the gentlemen will presently name but
win coincide with me and say that they possess the
elements necessary to make good Governor and
Lieutenant Governor. Here they are Hon JOHN
M. BoTTs. of the city of Richmond, for Governor,
and Col. Thomas S. Raymond, of Marion, for Lieut..
Governor-both good Native Americans ever
shouldered frefock and to the interests of
the Old Dominion, and capable of filling the re-.
spective posts any to be found within her borders
Who can say aueht against the gentlemen? There
can be no doubt that both of these gentlemen csn
enli.t opposition to Wise than almost any 9th
ers in the State. And whya Because they have
done and believe they do it again.
Yours, truly, M