Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-03
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To tic EdH0r Gt &c h,citmvad Hhic:
Dear Sir:-l have read Your "!calEr" Of March
the 9TH, Whig--a we Wing! and am still alive
You are terribly severe, freely acknowledge Youl
| ansthemas are as ligh.sJuudiug as any Popi5h Bull
thn; ever thundercd from tho Vatican. and quite as
awful as those denounced in the Know Nothing Obli
CATION. You rise To What might be termed the mo-
raj () sublime OF 'rcora'ing herceneos. The won
der with INC is, how you drew yourself up 10 such
tremendous pitch Of fury without fhintng in the ei.
fort. And the wonder Ii increased, vixen remember
that the blows von deal upon the lVi@ Wings. recoi
with redoublcd force upon the kn0r- Nothing Wigs
Of whom you ARE thn innuhp piece and great Sir Ora
Gle. a man, whose brcas: s cu!IuuI and nncrlmg,
may, withou. any icry extraordinary effort, infCt
stripes upon cn"'hrr. But when it comes to lacerang
nnd torurlrg hs o"H person 10 the degree exhibited
m your EDITORIAL II requires moro unrve aud fDrtitu
than nm master "f-its bare contemplation is really
appalling: .bo- :, ,,,......
the fact, TINT you have thrown of ali "our Whg
clothing, even to tn" last shred and latter This You
had to do beturr YOU c"ail JOIN tho Ozark Lantern
party Ii cschew' all prac.icg! -,lrs, either nf State
or National politics II d"cgrdy persists in knor.
Noshime which mi yht dcvclope our resources, build
up our commerce. adv ancc "r manufacturers regulate
our cTcncy, or a-nd tream. of prosperity over the
land. II is obiivious t" all these things, but wide
awake to Office, and power, aud place. They arc the
gods il worships mud form the ultima thule Of all it's
homes aud ardent asplrnlinng Now sseu. that .uch
s the fairly stated docs not Il repruand TO the
IFISc Wings come Will al least questionable proprI-
ETY. from you-a know.Noihius, possessing nothing
of Wing principle, or even "f State policy.
Say what you may, and all YOU cili you are bound
to admit, that we vote Tor principle aud open iucn-
surcs, whom VIC support NJ. Wise. They nre not, in
all respccls, what we wond desire had VIZ candidate
of our own. But where and how are We 10 crt such
standard-bearer, when tho great metropolitan or.
gam which has always blown the lo,rdest ram horn
iu the whole camp, ha- iursaken the Whg faith and
turned away 10 the w0rshlp Of strange gods both Ia
Wings and Democrats! Pile Your curses upon Mr..
Wise mountain high, for ~; agrrcn. with certain
men. Still he has what You have not rot--uroned
principles, openly lcfcul"l and proclaimrd You
have said that his speech Lynchburr was in part
u good Wing speech. e becalls. h. has the man.
ness to 60 for nit0sHris hot Dl'H (which lras Whig
princpic,) you spurn him from your presence. and
take 10 ypur arms -No-Ioihnri unt no much ~ the
,aMe Of Wing. 4 most beautiful Whiy ynu are, 4
choice Mentor to keep the fold iron, wandering -
4 nice father TO have The care and protection
of the great Wing lnlanly. As we'll set the
Devil up I" reprove the world of ,in. Yoa
talk pUout "cravtn, skukng Spirits" IN lie
name of all that is truthful, where nrs such
characters found j. not in Your midnight cnncaye.
Here Is their chief roos. Here treason a li:rhrd
and but for ts craven spirit II might come forth tu
fasten s degrading chains us a rs il has already
On the "init,dttd." Waut oi ssli.rsspect" too Won
attribute 20 the It,se Wings! What efirnn,eryi-
How could you write il, without tho very pm You
hold burning your fngCrs, rs You traced The sri.aC-
cusing renencul Tho hundreds Di t.sc Wings i'll the
State will laugh y"u to overwhelming Confusion,
whilo the morley crew, which now supper: yun, will,
after little season, melt away like wax before the
tanc and leavs you forsaken, wretched and uninne.
\ WISE WIG.