Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-10
RICHMOND WING.
ro CORRESPONDENTS.
For interesting news, photographic, SC, see outsd
The oA Line wings and the Enquirer.

Our neighbor of the Enquirer is still engaged in
the hopeless task Of persuadng the Old Line wings
10 Join the Democracy. II maniiests degree oil so
licitude in their behalf which would be truly sur
prsing ir il were not so confoundcdy amusing. IL
seems to think that these Old Line Wings the
greenest of all green things the top OF the ground
and that to entrap them in its mcshcs il has only t.
tell them what patriotic and glorious fellows they
are, and how well they would be treated, and how
quickly honorcd in the ranks of THE Democracy.
But the Enquirer, we fear, is calculating rather
too largely upon the gullibility and stupidity
of the Old Line Wings. Though in State of
Reorganization at present, they are yet personally
and politically the same kind of men they have al
ways been They execrate the policy and practices
of the pseudo Democracy with as much heartincSs
they did when ralying under the standard of the
immortal Clay. And why should they notE In
what respect has the Democratic party changed Is
it any purcr any patriotic any less devoted to
the slOils, or any less radical and destructive now
than it was ten, five, or two years ago: What l.
there in it or about it now to challenge the respect
and confidence of the Old Line Wings, or to induce
them To cooperate with it. and aid in its elevation
power Even the Enquirer while ndulging in its
graceleSs lattery of the Wings and while attempting
- threw dust in their eyes, and seduce them from all,
port OF Democratic men and Democratic measures
has the boineSs to announce that the Democratic
party is, in all respects the that it has
been for the past twenty-five years-the same cor
rupt and corruptng organization which the Wings
have warrcd against with persistent fidelity and ZEAL
ever since the commencement Of despotic misrule in
the days Of General jackson. 1t says We Adce
not abn.doAsl q 'iNyis plank Of our yLiitorm, nor
aI8tei pEs oi tifie ef dsroiioa 10 the cher
ssLei 5-.Ac.yie, = our lIriy This being so, what
in5noelueni i, Their for old Line Wings, who have
grown crey ia dshung against the Democracy, now
u ta-r around affiliate with their ancient and mpls-
cse enemies and contribuis TO putting them in PCS
Session q lhs reins 81 government, l. there any
cuIsisieDry iu ;a.s e1ur>e Of conduct, Does patri
u1ism require O, taem forget their principles and
r. iu-ce lit i-asacs % which they have been sub
is-5rl u- many iurc wears and iame,y ard i.no-
1nlmous-y surrrn1e- = f1e which las never shown
theu tht teas; JuH-ttf Admit their disiike-thvif
cOuiempt i YOU prkSe-of the American party
e, tht American party, h.s any party earth,
ha. any association OF o. AuJ sort ever
treated tne Old Line Wings with The iniignity.
Iht iiberaliiy. and the injustice, which
The >o-e4lied democratic PARTY has done: In tne.
what species Of mAl-treAtment and cOHiumely ha>
not the Dcmocracy-aye, the Virginia Democracy
heaped upon the old line Wings for long long years:
They have been prescribed, prosecuted hunted
down. a. il they political villains and traitors
of the deepest dye. Witness the iniqutouS and in |
famous gerrymandcr, which only two three year, |
ago the Virginia Democracy forced through the LIE |
gisatnre with the sole, unqualified view Of excluding
Wings from any participation in the offices aud in
the government of the country. And they dog,
that they should now lick the hand that smote
them! Is all that proud, indomitable spirit which
once animated them and which constituted their
highest praise and glory, dead within them; Aud
are they prepared to become hewers of wood
and drawers of water for the nsoent foes that once
denounced, abused, and oppressed themg And all,
too to help these Sposloving wreches perpetuatc
their power and luxuriate upon the fat of the land
We can never believe it, We will never believe
that WhigS-except such are already Locoocos in
object aud wish TO get the strong side-will sur.
render their manhood and their pride, and meekl,
bow their necks, and basey become the associate.
and the tools Of party held together only by tn,
cohesise power of the public plumber. And if tho
Enquirer cherishes any such hope we beg it to dis
miss it as an empty deluson. The old line Wings
are proud, Independent, high minded people aud
would shrink from association with the Democracy.
as from contact with the spirit of evil itself When
the time comes for them to act, they will be found
they have ever been, loyal to their principles and
true TO their ancient character. For one, we have
no fears of them. Their will be dictated b, |
patriotismi aud patriotism can prompt them
to side with the Democracy and against what they |
believe, and jlavc 50 long believed, be the best in
terests Of the country.
We have not time, today, to refer particularly to
the En7"irer'' article Of yesterday under the cap
ton of "Old Line Wings in Alliance with the Demor- !
racy.' We desire especially hereafter to notice H.,
'nectar portion tit, which is exceedingly nice and
beautiful. But We shall have something to say about.
it in day or two.