Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-09
WILL. NOT FUSE,

We regard il good sign illnt portion Of The
Wing party "t aassnchusc.ts and New York by II"
means the largest, but certainly the most honest and
respectable p"rinnhavc refused I" be swallowed
up ly Tie n""tic purity organizations n the day and
have taken measures tn keep up their own "rclniHn-
ton, name nml principles. Im Massachusetts, thc
party lrl by such Wings Choac and llilIard, have
nominated .trnighl."ught Wing ticket, i'll "pp"Sl-
ton to the abolition "Rcpubcnns," tho qunsiah"li-
ti"n Know Nnilngs, ana the conservative National
Democrats. In New York city, alsn, there ha. been
held injecting "i "Whigs who respect tho memories
Uf Webster and Clay, Ia take intn consideration the
abandonment and transfer "f the Wing party
George Wood WIS called to the ehnir and mad" n
speech. lie said that he had regarded the "Wig par
~ ~ party Of principle bu 1.-The atr movement
at Syracuse the natural result ol the action of
portion "l the Wing party for so;nc time pas. II
the action at Syracu>c wns persisted IN, II would rc-
suit in sectional strife, aud an in-nnblc spiri; "l ter
rturia H. asgrnhdizcmrnt fed by such strife The dan
gers Of high party spirit i'll hepuhlc like ours, all
perceived and ulmrcd-douhy dangerous WAS il
when il parook "i II sectional character Ii this Re-
public wa, ever 10 fall il YVES by such means a-
| this"
The following preamble and RESOLUTIONS were then
unanimously adopted:
To TIM Wmlns "r NEW Y,KR.-Wr are hctray-
c--trull,icrrrl- uii,r, upa- cattle in the sham
| hlrs Ia mock Democrats aud Ahulr"nlsis! They.
who have had hold of the machinery "t "Ir party,
hive d,pnscd uG uS H. mere Innc'I!nrs, ana nave
! thought nI Il transfer ul two hundred hii
| frrtv or iiity thousand humm brlngs than they
would have thought Of Scllin" many hoes, iarrowS,
nr spinning icilrr The odd tiinc- -Iunnrril and con
srcrntcd principles of Clay, Webster, liarra"n
n Crittrnicn, Graham, Ch"aic. Granger, AN
Everett Nintum, Bates, IN Evali-, Hunt, nrc nj
declared and we invited I" II funeral pro-
crssinn Ia bury ourselves, yet living, III the grave
ward "f Sccuuulism, ihultInni>IIi, ai u the ''m'
i'll mass,
We subirn the resolutions. by the last oi which Il
will b. seen that Stnic Whis Convention IL called;
Whereas the Wing Party established by II,
great founders, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster n'd
| "lh"r-, I" maintain md I" v.ndcair certain hiS
principls-such nc the development ana protection
of American industry from the undue competition
OF foreign labor and foreign industry and inr ti,c o.
ver o, %I II iIaiE"rs, and for the resistance o
cr,acInr Federal Executive power agHl> tlic rghis
f ,,. u,,,plc-tle recent abandonment al these lrn
;uIe. hy men possessing themselves "t the mere nln
rhucrv oi this pariy at Syracuse, nnd the transfer :"
il :, ihr mock Democracy and AbolItIonSIn "i The
State IL rcnchcror> tu trust anu iIcdsohhOic 10 our
principles Their fore
BE- it Resolved, That the spirit aud principles of
,nr immortal Clay and Webster yet live nirl breathe
in IL. their associates while living, and their vindcr-
tors though drad-nud that principle founded upon
IN. CONSTITUTIONS and upon the rights and interests oi
our fellow imam, never c and never can die, but are
a. immortal ls the great statesmen that bcqu"nhri
them Ia H. wing cgaocs, I" be cherished aIIi IL
br promulgated Ia the wIll forever
Rrslve,l Tint the imitation Ia us Wings la vote
FIR such Democrats aS Preston King ana Ah!ialI
MANN men well known il Congress, aud lun-, III OPP
nn,ltinu tu our Clays and Wcbstcrs with whom for
TWENTY-FIVE years VIC have not had Wing principle
in common, is only addig insult Ia injury. They
have not changcc-and hive We! They are as they
have been for twenty-five GaIs-Dut where arc They
who have nominated lhcnl
Resolved That the saifco Of the interests oi
twenty-five millions ri whc men, and silence upon
all the principles that conhrn them, t" the supposed
interests Of some three and halt millions ni irSr"'s,
j. nm abandonment of our r race ami cuuf Ia az
pran,sr into greater impriance the race an,l color
of the African. The WhlparIy was made for the
American, and not i"r the 4rc'lIi. .
Resolved, therefore, Thalhr recent delivery "i the
Whir party nj Syracuse Ger Ia mock Democrats
and Abolitinsts, by men Appearing Ia have in their
hands the mere uachincryf "t lnriy, i, ir'"ch"ry
10 ali our principles nul pr'r'lcn- for quarter {"
century, and that sur! trrarry ought To hc resisted
in every possible mud llor'br way.
Resolved. therefore, Ihahc " iIiSS al the State oi
New York be invited tn .srinhn in State Cunvru-
finn. IN Constitution iInlNew York, on Tuesday,
October I'D, tn take such lasurcs ~ may be deem
ed advisable to m;lin,ain y integrity nmd our honor
Now, while the South IA bnt little to expect froio
the practical operation of cSc Wing doctrines, it is
encouraging to see the athpts "t "ur honest "Pp".
ncuts discarng all the lSns of the day. to put
dawn sectional aud gaogrmical parties. Ii is cheer
inr To see Il faint prosct OF the revival Of
manly issue of principlrsietween the two old par
tic,. instead OF the raging sectional warfare and the
oyerturning of every rhched principle Of c"r-tiIn'
tiona right anl civil nj religious liberty. The
mrinieuanc. of their frmorgnnlzaiI"n nnd iHmn by
a respectable portion Of tlWhiss of the two States,
mentioned above will, artnin cStcnc check th"p
,,rc.s of the vile Rrpncan' fusion Of abolition
Whi,s. aud a few traitot trec-sol Democrats, lik"
Preston King and Abiit Mann. In this respect
m. movements We ha' announced will he re-
reiyed with satisfaction all patriots VIII" would
mt down sectional slrcd guard the constitution
mud Union from unlHllnW assaults.