Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-05-20
THE OLD LINE WIGS.

The Old Line Wings cannot run candidate OF
their own party for the Presidency, as we'll because
their numbers are too small to offer prospect OF sue
cess as because there are no living issues oe'"een
them and the Democratic party. In the soutn' al
least they agree with the proposed measures and po'
licy of the Democratic party, and 10 the North be-
inc generally conservatives they will find still great
.r reason to act with that party because is opposed
by two parties the most revolutionary, radical and
dsorganizing that ever before appeared IN our coun
try The recent elections in Philadelphia, as we'll as
all that ha, preceded it for more than year, show
that the Old Wing party ut the North is gradually be-
ing drawn into ranks by sheer dread OF the trea'
sonable designs and practices OF Northern Know
Nothings and Black Republicans. We have no par
~ in the South except the Democratic party and
little squad called hotts te, here in Richmond
There are, however, many thousands of Wings, and
of mon who Joined the Know Nothings before they
discovered abolition proclivtiss, running about the
country in confusion and trepidation like partrdgea
in ne. seeking hole to get out at or nquirng, like
Mr. Webster, "where shall l gol" Many OF them
indulge the faint hopethat Mr.. Fillmore can extrlcate
then, from their diitcuteS Because lie was t"ily
conservative whilst President, they conclude that he
has ceased to be IN sbolionst. Bat we believe that
even they would not sustain him unless no shall ex.
pressy repuLiate and recant the opinions OF his
early and middle life. He will not do SO, for ne
would thereby lose all his chances at the North'
md Jain very little at the South. He must
bs run rs both Abolitionst and know-No
thing to give him the falntest nope OF sue
cess He represents one more ism than Sewaro.-
1t will require the united strength OF all the isms to
make even respectable fight with the Democracy
1t is the policy of Richmond squad thus to unite
them. They have SO far shown great tact in all
their proceedings. They have out wltted and out
voted the Wings and Southern Know Sothings. Any
one who observed their course last winter, and even
since, cannot but that they base their hopes OF
success upon the fact that they are more tolerant and
liberal to radicasms and treasons of all sorts, than
even Seward and Grseley's men. The witches caul-
jron, in Macbeth, never "builed and dubbed" with
ver Hell.brorh than our little Richmond squad are
to force down the reluctant hroats Wings
snd Southern Know. Nothinss. Now the old line Wings
are confined to choice between this Richmond tail,
whom they oaihe and despise, and the regular old De-
nocratic party sth whom they profess to concur in po
icy and principle, in love OF the South the Union and
he Constitutoni in consoryatism in any form and de-
essliou Of the ndelity, the agrsranism the licen-
iousuess tho religious intolerance, and The abolition
ss, which constitute the whole stock in trade @: the
parties opposed to the Democracy.
We have prs.occupied the whole conservative
ground aud it is idle and vain for old line Wings to
.ttenpt to organize another conservative party
Their late movements North and South show that
hey are Disguised Sith Know-Nothings and Black
Republicans Nothing but the sleeping embers of
I'D feuds and prjudices preven. their joining US in
mass. They mus, join us, or become the mere tools
lud instruments of Eo..s tui the only organized OPP
position party at tbs South.