Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-12


South, it has been dormant, is awakening, and re-
quircs aid and stimulation from government. Nir-
ginia it is admitted on all hands has the richest nat
raj resources of any State in Union. Nothing but
money can develop them. But her natural wealth,
through the agency nj Ganks properly secured and
conducted. will afford her MS much ol money and of
credit, rs she can rroitnblv employ.
"TIIE WING FIRE"
II il amusing 10 contrast the language Of Southern
Wing Editors with their deliberate nets. For in
stance the Richmond Wing extos the Webster and
Clay Wings of New York for their opposition 10 "Fu
siomisn" and it spenks thus warmly of their brcih
rem of the Same class in the Bay State:
The wings oi Massachusetts, whether few many
in number have erinced spirit "f nationality aud o
Loyalty Ia me constitution nnd Union, which is de-
serving ot all commentator. FImiy uihrriHS Ia
their cid name anil Mrir ancfrm vylur,jRcs amm al
irmJfait0MS 10 hNrl'0H, amt Manding ai,ol jrOm ali
Dihcr pirf'cS agd tritOH& they have lately assembled
in convention, nd"ptc, n platform, aud Nominated
candtiItcS. which, We doubt not, will command the
support al Io nconSIerubc Number Of The people of
that State.
What practical rrhukc IL contained in these words
TO the policy pursued by the Wig pnrty Of Virginia.
in the recent contest well at present Have the
their old hume and their ancient prnciplcs!" On the
contrary, they have liz ardcd their nume and prnci.
PIES and their orgnns are calling upon them To
surrender, bag and baggage to the know-Nothing
party aud to be swallowed up in the "Amcrcan"
State Convention which will assemble in Lynchburg
on the 18th October Have Virginia Wings been
proof against "al temptations TO dcscrtiun"-havc
they "sood sooi from all other parties and ncii"Is
and made firm and practical opposition TO "usiosn!'
Far from il it is notorious fact that, abandoning
their name and organization, the Wings of Virginia.
aud Of the South, deserted tu the ranks Of Know
NotllIngs and pcrpctrntcd 'uS.un" by voting for ia
cile Democrats, Us tn break down the Democratic
party and secure he spOil>
| 1t is with very bad grace, therefore, that Wing
editors uic South undertake 10 cxtol the movements
oi the conservative Wings Of tie North for abstain
| ing from acts wlrl they themselves have committed.
They cHIoi, without the greatest inconsistency, re-
! echo tho ollowin. sentiments which fall with grace
tul proprcty from an old nnd uuwaverins organ Of
never abandoned tie Wing name aud organization for
the ,sms OF the day, including Know Notling ism
THE WIG FIRE IN NEW YORK.
II hes heretofore hccm the pride ot the Wing party
that III rrlrs warc banded together, not for the
spuils Uf victory, but for the preservation of sound
principles at governments and. whether surcc-r!ui "r
not, they hal the pr"ld conscious e>, !h"t th'y hi
checked a..rrSsi"n restrained lawessn"Ss ard com
p-lcd respect for rIc laws and Institute. II! the
country utiIe maintenance al liberty r. gula"ti hy
lav il wa moi always essential that they should b"
victors in party contests IL wns the Restrain
ing, conservative qualities Ci ne " nag "r@'w="'i'"
that kcpi within bounds the radical and destructive
/ al IN .l %
circumstances, therefore, III trnnph or d'';t, the
old VIII, party fr"wnrd upon and rrru!iatci dl."r-
ganizu- doctrines. ~ wei! expressed by Mr..
CnoATs, they kept step only I" the music {" tht
Union. For -cnspn the war with their wcl.-bandcd
ndversarirs seemed tn bc at m end and portion {"
their mrInhers wurshippcd Ht new altnrs; hut the
Wing fire not qucnChcd nor all IT. glorious re-
collections obiiteraed. Danger 10 the country Is i'm
pending, various sectional issues have been raised
aud the old Wing bugle has been sounded 10 rally the
good and true Aud they are promptly coming To the
rescue. The distinguished men oi Massachusetts. ig-
norny all the mad ,snS OF the day. have AGAIN raj
lied under the flag Of the Union, aud resolved to stand
by the good work of their Revolutionary fathers 1t
gives unicgnrd pleasure Ia bc able tn record Ais"
the movements in the same path OF duty, "f the "Id
line" Wings of the city ot New York. a. cvInccd nj
! n numerous meeting held on Thursday last-Hn cN-
ample to he followed doubtless, III every part OF the
State The proceedings nrc III" cslnn"ton "i l'htTl-
otic hearts and sound heads, and - such thty are
commended to the friends "i The country every where
They will be found in preceding columns oil this day
| paper.
In vain, nlas' will the old VIII. hugle sound to
rally the good and true 1t may AWAKE an echo here
md there-but the Wings ci th" South have thrown
away their banners have gone over 10 another party
and now drill by the wheczy trumpet of know-N"-
thincsm What has heconc oi the once mighty
Whir army in tho great States of Obi" al Pennsyi-
vaniu Swallowed up in the hosts of k"nw-N"i!n.;-
ism. with its abolition tenets, fatal to the Constitution
and the Union. We slnll allow the "American Or
gan" at Washington to draw the picture Of the utter
decentralization of the Wings Of Pennsylvania. 1t Is
"a follows and will equally well apply to the same
party in Ohio:
WuIG CONyESrIUH IS PHILAUELPuIh.-Thl-
meeting we suppose portends more tu'iol he ieso'
mrious re utlirm the basis principles OF The Wing
uurty but ignoring all thu-e questions oi policy
which used tu address themselves so cInrhacHliy IL
Peursylva interests, they treat the public L" I;
lecture uI,ui the Wnot Pr"vlSo, and announce de-
termination la admit M more slave States into The
rrnu" Thi. is remarkable termination 10 II grra
uatunql pnrtv What has become of The regulations
a.: the currency and the defence ui tile marble MOI"
.,cr in Ch.4unt street Why do not The bones 0f tht
cauonzed Bldir burst their easements aud denounct
sucL n hearllcss Abandonment! Why do not looms
and trip hammers stop with paralysis of mdgmntInn
bccaus,. Of such signal ngraudc! Why do iini t.lt
rivers liko the Nissus and the Severn shrink nnhrl
their own scdgc ut this selfish abandonment, and th1
harbors freeze over i'll midsummer when the Src'u
Whir marty of PENNSYLVANIA has not one word io
their relief These Philadelphia Wings long for OF
flee with an insatiatc appetite They have broker
down the tariff, the currency, and internal improve
mcmt, by their reckless and interruptions advocacy
| of thes.. svstclns They tried Frecsuilism unde
Governor Johnston, upon the occasion whenint cini
uent Dalgrtty was beaten So lSnoinnously. lhc!
now imagine the contract is to be hnd BY the hiShrs
Addition bidder, 50 they hasten to compete with ihI
Hock RcuuhlicaiIS and pledge themselves 10 Il wa
Of sections, which will last until the unhappy rrpuh
Ii, shn cxprc in the convulsions of civil war Win
would CLAW or Frclinghuyscn say ~ such II d"Grada
tion of their principles The purity ofthc constitution
proscrbing States for their institutions! The parry
| that ndvocacd American labor against the w"rl'i
cour;ing and importing the pauicr labnrol Europe II
divide the crust with the American mechanic. Ah"
doning all those bright principles and glorious in1h
sures TO enlist under Wilson, Chaseamd Suincr-in
miserable campaign about inc niSScr'. r"l'u,lntets
for the peace Of the gallant Harry llc is no mor':
Neither the whispered bargains, nor the inilaic"
yels of those who once SAID they loved hh'' c"'
| break his rest
| 4 GOOD REASON FOR REPCDlAIlNG TIE
| SECRET ORDER.
wc cnlI the serious attention OF readers to th,
Glluwing extract from the Huntsville tAla.) Adv"
vocatc, staunch Wing paper whore editor ho- been
induced 20 ntJure ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i"' '
he assigns will be appreciated by every intelligent
voter who has watched the progress OF the ordcr "ic
famiiiarizr,! himself with lis results
"Whcn Know Notliugi,ir first manifested i'Seil' n
came wnoinr the South with the soothing, sweet "Td
nfirctunntc voirc oi Jarnh; we lunt viking ear IL
il, hnpny that il would he power in the Aorth Il
| master and swallow up abolitunismi. Hn IFS hands
have been the hands ol Esa. strong rugged, agEre7
sve, warkr, striking down III" rights, ouragnS The
feelings, and prp,raing the Interests oI the a""t-
rendering nothing in exchange but mess 81 "'th2'
the inheritance, while robbed them" "l all As soon
as tho mask was thrown of, ard know-Noihlngi'm
Mt the North and abolitiouisn became 'one aud lnd
visible, we washed our hands Of it. 1t was not The
fras; To which We were invited.
All. nnINInN nE TILE ATTORNEY