Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-06-20
JCSTITlA FLAT.
For lie EagHrer.
A MEETING OF OLD LINE WBios # TAPPAhAN
MOCK MONDAY, JUNE 10TH, le3g.

For lie Eagmrer.
A MEETING OF OLD LINE WB.os # TAPPAhAN-
MOCK, MONDAY, jUNE 10TH ls5q.
4 fter much talk and great preparation, tina august
body 81 auOU: Twelve Persons inst IN Inc recei''nn
room of Thomas Muses. Bayern, near i o Clock l.
VI. D.. Thomas &. Gordon addressed the hte'lhS 10
Il neat little speech, in which lie congratulated Us
brethren that although their nnme vas far from being
leg ion their Importance was III Inst begun 10 DC i;I'
and acknowledged ~ both their old ioe--'he i!",
,nncracy aud the POLITICAL fungus, vuEariy Called
Know NutGgisn, which Ind well nlsG S"a.io"eg
up the whole Wing party, together With The refuse %
the Democracy. lie concluded Ey Offering preah,
bile setting forth the purity and excecncy ri the ld
Line Wings aud urging the Importance OF preserving
'lu,act their little party, which, alth"uSh er'""o
small by degrees and beautifully less, might stand ms
q nucleus around which Tho good aud patriotic "f ali
parties might gather in trnublous times !he came
couple Of short resolutions approving o. me COLI
templated State Convention OF O!d-Llme Hhige III
the city Of Richmond and appointing dreEateS 10 lie
same. The DR.. sceued To think that there were pro
badly not to be found III each magsterIal district
,nuro than two Of their party and therefore ''oFei
that two delegates he appointed from each W's'''e'
rial district in the county.
Mu.coe Glrne;t, Esq, commonly called pm
head" but sometimes politely una di-'lhc',tt,S'
and perhaps complimentary, "Ben L'm"nd, nc
cause he don't live on lake. at this stag" 1i me
proceedings became very rcsIlve, ana' s"ulenl
sprging 70 his tes;, proclaimed that he was re'ucah'
u
delegation should be enlarged To six from each n's
trct. tehad no doubt there were IEora Than 81. olu
Line Wings IN each distrct-hat III Es district ne
" as tho only Old Line Wing who had ever so'lra MS
garments with Kn0w.Nutninglsmi that alfhouyn NE
had denied the old faith and wurshpped at The siirlne
of this political Molorh, he had recovered from ms
apostacy, and was again treadIng the Old pains VI
Whiggery. The Doctor replied that 1t WAS posture
il the delegation made to cons st oi SIX n"rau
of two from each magisteral district, they mi-hi
4 ~ farm,
four Know NothnGs. The motion at Mr.. Gar.
nett, however, prevailed. Now comes me iuhirS'
part of the whole buslncss. = Mr. Fisher + nnhlc mp
peared among the delegates from nnc "t the diS'ri:,S'
The President immediately cried ont MIR kisrr alt.
tisher--to be sure he ia An Old Line Wing hut ne
SAYS he won't vote for Fillmore strike his name on
yes said another, Mr.. Fisher ID Know. N"'tiin!'
strike his name of So, poor Mr.. Fisher had hs
name stricken Off doubtless because he WIS niue
slIy in his course towards the nominees of the fhlia
delphia Convention who have distinctly aud squarry
placed themselves upon Il platform Of principles
which repealed the famous twelfth section OF me
June PLATFORM and which denounces the kan e.
bras ia bill.
The whole thing perfectly farcica and ahso'
uely ridiculous. Understand that every man IN The
meetiny voted for T. pournny aud the whole an"w-
Nothing ticket, At the last gQh-ratDrlal el1ciion.
They are in grain Know Nothing; and il the Old
Line Wing Convention I" assemble in Rchin"nhs
should by possibility declar for the nominees VI Tue
Cincinnati Convention, | believe every man OF the
Tuppnhannock Convention would bolt know thal
the movers of the amendment to the rrsuui"n, ap-
pointing delegates, would. The whole thing Is MI
abnrve attempt To decay to the support OF the mon
sre ticket of Philadelphia the gallant and patri"uc
PORTION of the old Wing party who. preierring the
South aud her interests to party, refused in Tie memo
rabe Contest of 1882 TO bend the knee 10 Bnai' ana
nubIy, gal.|tly and triumphantly batrled with the
glorious old conservatives G0nstituti"novlig De'ioc
rary, in crushing out the hydra,heaiei monster:
which then threatened TO aboltunlze the south
A LOCKER ON.