Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-05
From the New York Evoning Post.

The w-Nu:ilng- nppcar Ia BE- bitterly disap-
pointed with the result nf the Virginia election and
rC puzzng Themselves II account iur the success ut
Mr. WISE. They have overlooked some circumsian-
ceS III considerable importance which should have
moderated ,i.i. c1pcc!n,urs.
in Nirsiiid the ciIGric!cr of the people is by far
more conservative than in our State or almost any
Of the Northern States. They do not 30 readily run
after novelties Of opinion they arG NOR, ilciiued Ia
follow in lhr old wa ". That Know olhiusi,.n was
novelty was one obj j";t! tv it III Virginia Ii was,
moreover, ~ direct opposition "a the opinions ci thOsc
vino early took he lend IN Virginia politics and
stamped upon Virginia her political characteristic.
jefferson and his associates. Nuihin. could be in
more perfect contradiction 10 thr doctrines maintained
by JriIs.s,n ani taugh, Dy min IL thousands of e!-
;iusa,ic dsc lc., ia the creed Ut thi. sriistyled
American party w!.icn has just suffered defeat.
1t was III" bna-t oi Mr. Jefferson aud his political
irien', ii!ns the United Sars tho land Of refuge
iur the oppressed and the unfortunate of every Cnuu-
try, who welcomed tn unr soil by benign and
friendly Institutions admitting them U all tho privi-
leg,s of citizenship, after such brief delay might bn
necessary ~ establish their character actual resi-
dents. The rQu,y Ut all UrIns Of religion in tho eve
ii the law was also asserted by Jefferson and his
friends in It's larycs. r1t-nt. lliS lbernliy this
point mad ihn uarcacrv.d terms III which il was eX-
p.r-ard, drew upon Inn ma;y nitackP, hu: gradually
hi- views were almost universally acGu!eSccd ~ md
Incorporated with TIE public feeling both III NrS Sna
and elsewhere.
]: was quite too much EXPECT that tho Democrats
of Virginia cdura;cd from their ear!;est youth in op,-
ions like these, should suddenly iorsake Them for their
opposc. and connect themselves with new political
;i;ty by whom they '!eriird and denounced Rea-
sDiiaDu as hey seem To- minds which wcl-groaEde'
in The principles yf freedom, nmendrr!,a ,as they
IRE. by :hai comprehensive goodwill which i"rms
their bLT, md giv,- ih.m cGl a!c. Ui n"blcncss ht
generosity, il VA. not ~ b" expected that they
would be lad asId. M moments notice by men who
hni never before in their lives questioned them.
T."r.. Is another cins- of in Virginia who are
n": quite ready I" connect Themselves with this ne"
.nuy,mrnt Of nntv-m The know NotEinS party
III ;!IGt State s recruited both from the Wings mn!
;Ie Dem"rra:s-- The Wings il much the largest mum
hcr--hu; there are thousands of Wings in Virginia
who nrr not prepared TO rcn"uacr iiicir party w .
quoted, tne other day, passage from spe&th made
bv Mr Preston, III L";cl;1ur:, III wh"! he prn";am
cd TINT the Wig; uriy had brc"I!a extinct, not 10 be
revived and declared ii, determination never 10 net
With i: agau Tie arrogance oi those WHO thus de-
Inand The amiIilatiuU OF ..rcGt party-the modern
representative "i aUricut rdcga..in-a party which
numbered among j. founders s""lC of ihr ;nn"; rs:r!
ull- men of ~ cpunry-such Marshall r..i LIE
compe"r- who ST usiic Hil their p"ca! philosophy
their principles nf interpreting the c"i-iu"!!, AID
rir meh~nres of putc polly, n'd reduced the great
strife n parties 10 mere quarrel about tho nn;irailIn-
ton laW, md the question whether Catholics should
hr permitted n hNli office, Disguised n large class oi
lhn Wings, and these declared their determination IN
vut" FOR Wise rather than allow Themselves to be a6-
-VIted into political association vuIGur1rd 10y suc
marrOw nIms
1t seems 10 that these considerations explain the
rcsui; uf Tho Virginia election In the towns where
tho public mind is more READILY affected hy influences
from without, and whcro tho fashions Of The day urc
soonc.t followed in politics as in everything eisc tie
kEow-NU;hiEgs obtancd their principal vIctorlss.-
Ia the country, nn the plantations, apnrt from tie
hauns o! trade, the people rcmmnci stcadlast to their
Old associations.