Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-12

,,;,h, % confirm. for an indefinite period. or, at least
~ long As the unsettled land. Of the West afforded
an oailet for a surplus population.
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G~2UCuANAN WIGS"
Under tii, head ~ Hhig of Monday las
reeds q lecture to "a lev p'G;!lnent men, ""'
il odoes not pretend TO deny, having i-'setol"re ".'
ed with the Wing psrty. shave atinoanced 'lo'' oe
termination TO vote for the Democratic hou''i'eeS'-
TIE, Mig .protcsts against their retiit'oh u '"e
! name Of Wing" on the ground that q ma" eAnnot De
n Wbic and s,.,ain ami. Wing men and n'essufe'.
Are We 10 understand, then, that the doctrines OF
the Know. Notiiicss are Wing doctrines! II "'u'"
seem SO, or our ~neighbo, SSa!d NOT 'uPP'' -"
o,Isr nominee of the Know.S cti:as party IL So
We would be glad 10 know when they ~e7H Gu'p.'N
by the Wing party, and why the wing .oh'on 49,
which assembled in this city, recommended "''
4 more to Wing support, notwithstanding he vas ~
! candidate of another and distinct organization; anu
whv il fsileJ tc incorporate Catholic Intolerance and
foreign prescription in its plattcrm'
The profession of ccuruoa principles can alone
make d party. Are tue principles al S4e Eh'S anu
K~uow-Nothings common principles' II Iiey ae'
when did they become 80; and when did the hlch'
mond lHhig adopt those newly incorporated portions
Of the creed against which il once proteaied!
Does the Richmond IIhig support Mr.. Fillmore on
the ground that he is a Whigl II so, which is right;
the Hnig, which thus classes him. or the late Virgil
MIA Whir Convention, which followed Dir. Fillmore's
own declaration. and classed him differently! or!s
i; reserved for Mr.. Fillmore alone. OF all the Wings
to be the head OF a separate organization, to run
with the hare Of Whiggery aud hold with the hounds
of Known othingism!
But Supporting the Wing party 10 have become IN
corporated, ieithey az whale or Jonah,l with the
Know.Nottings, docs o. does not the Interpolation
of a creed Justify reputation OF the part OF those
who originally framed or professed 1t! Is TO- pro
scription,' though OF a foreigner, and still more pro
scrjption' for opinions sake-as OF q Catholic vital,
nay fatal te one OF the most cherished principles OF
the old Wings?
The EGts csnuot believe that any substance may
be sweet and sour at the same time. Wereconmend
the War to try A. apple, Z peach, an orange; or II
these be not to its taste, perhaps &c position Ill reSpe"i
to the KuGw-Nothiugs now aud formerly. ;Gay pre-
sent all instance Of tie supposed anomaly.
But the Wings are recognizing. says our neIgh-
Dor. All, uni what will they doi Nominate Mr..
Fillmore in the approaching baltimore Con9sniIon'
and thus ride beth sides OF the sapling," We have
! heard OF q gentleman, in fact we Eaeg him, perhaps
know others. who would perform that teat If you
give them time. But when attempted at 0i's LA
nGuvre. at a singh bound. it is very apt TO tear the
pautaloons. and produces other unpleasant conse-
qBences. not the least being a faii9re.
Twenty yeers ago, when Van Bures beat White
and Harrison, ice Wings tried a man on eaen aide OF
the sspliug. We called that a double sliotted ticket.
Now we have a double-barreled ticket. In a few
years, if We survive the shock, the Enion now quiv-
es uud-r, we may expect to see a few Hore parties
united under the lead Of some future Fillmore, whose
several sets CT party connections may entitle him to
be called the revolver.
Taking. as we do, = lively interest in such matters,
who, may we bs permitted u ask. il to reorganlze
this 'etfete respeetabili,yi' No. ihs hoary veteran Of
the National IntcNigcncer UhO does not approve the
Americans" and prouounces the Wing party 'broke
down. not the ssgacious Evans of Maine. nor the
patriotic ChoAte of Massachusetts; not the clear
.igtted Pearce of Maryland, nor the impulsive Jones
of Tennessee. None Of these. nor anybody like them:
not even the sage Of Castle Hill, ~ our reitrrd but
not Jrti, ias friend, Mr.. Wm. e. Rivcs 10 called by 4
few admirers, who erst. recognized him by the more
endearing epithet of the Little Expunger." For
has not lie, in a style OF studied effect, called on the
pick of all parties 10 unite with hint
So far as we are to Judge from the past, we consi.
der ourselves authorized TO conclude, though VT do
not presume officially to announce, that of all those
who were SO;it ITO rulle up the spirits" of the party,
and lend them 10 battle. If not to victory, very few,
and those Of not the greatest mark, viii eudeavor to
transfer the old Wing blood into the young Know
Nothing veins. Speaking for VirginiS. VIZ may sup
pose that the manly figure Of map1uvering Stuart
the portly preseuce Of majestic Mactarland, the Mas.
sive amplitude of bury Bolts, tlIs busting aspect OF
noisy Pcndlc;on, the shade. like teRuiiy Of noiseless
Watson, the turgid corpulence of the lesser Hives,
these and perhaps Il few more like them, who are now
merely figures. US we have described them, the stuffed
efigies OF their former selves, these may represent
now left Of the controlling influence of Il once brilliant
party, whose every movement commanded attention,
40 their every decree enforced respect. We shall see
if Wings proper, Wings who bciIeve As Mr.. Buc.
hanan's Democratic supporters do, that the contes; j.
between him and the illegitimate Fremont, nnG tha,
should go to the House OF Repressntstives-we shall
see ifmeu accustomed to follow the great Clay, shall
heed the counsels of gentlemen, who, respectable as
they may be in intellect aud III character, are no more
resource, whether to rally his friends or save hs coun-
try, in all the qualities Of a great party leader, than
is the evening galaxy to the noon day sun.