Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-22
RALLY OF THE "OLD-LINE WHlGs OF yiR
E1NIh

e Capitol square III THIS city, for the cyuress uur.
pose III exhibiting enthusiasm, or, as oar friend
of the Richmond Eramia,r used TO have Il. "Es
toosywesm" The Petersburg inisN,..ac.r style,
the metropolitan city "Eig Rie4,m0ud," and Old
Line Wigs, when We were boys, used 10 be
abl, to get up biz meetings" in the biz Gibraltar
!5u, the New York IribHac styles Richmond an out
ofthc-way.placc, too small and insignificant for
Crawfords equestrian statue Of Washington even to
be placed in IT, aud as lie old settlers of former days
used to shy of the Tar West "it is way out back
This no doubt will account in ,n.usure for the scene
which occurred al this enthusiastic Gathering
The Richmond Wing. in one OF its delighted and
Gra.sadocio articles III speaking of the grca: Con-
ven;on that had just concluded its great session. has
this iecitous expression This Convention of the
Old Line Wings OF Virginia, in point of numbers
taents, respecabiiity una influence, has exceeded
our oiosL sangnjHc cypscialtOns" But how sauguinc
his expectations were, We left to Conjecture
His mast sansulne expectations might have been II
miserable dninuiive abortion
The Old Line Wings are distinguished from the
New Line WhiSs. The Old Liners lest year, were
those who did not enter tho cuvert but stood on the
platform o"S'd, and threw up their caps and shout
The New Liners are those who went inside and lu..-
ged SAM and erected the platform lor the Old Liners
10 stand upon
The Old Liners, this year, are those who aided in
opening the mouths oi the cu:erts to let every BODY
look in, and when every body looked in and be,nlne
heartily Disguised with what they saw, declared thai
they could not stand it, got of line PLATFORM and
standing squarely aud erect upon the bare ground,
glori!ed The men selected by the liners and voted
for those who 20; of tic ground To the platform
While the new liners those ,yho had the honor of
selcciin. the for the old liners to gluriiy, pu
them the platform and ul,llc them say they were
proud 10 stani upon it.
This distinction should never be forgotten. 1t is
one worthy Of a.rcat party, whether assembled on
great occasions, in great conventions in biz cites, the
big Gbraliars of Big States or at small rallies hy
moonlight in littie.outol the-wny y-p!aces, way out
| back
| But to the enthusiastic gathering. Big Richmond
| contains population OF forty thousand souls. The
moon full, the sky cloudicss; brighter night
never slone in Southern cline II Was too hot To
stay in donrsihe brightness Of the nigh; invited 10
r stroll in the open air Il genial brec2a gently fam
ned the check Ladies' walked without bunnet.; gen
tcimen carried hats in iheir hands The heaus
and the bellies out The Capitol .Iuars was
shade! with trees. II ia ilv"re promenade Oh
such night Lrvc delight, 10 whisper III the car ot
the 1ucn~h henr, its dUIrt tones, and receive in r..
tirn n sympa:he;ic respuns". There were 10 amu#e'
mems in the city to draw OF; the ilsrong NJ c!"''m
! stirred Ep the monkey i"r The gnPinr crowd Th"r"
was II" ion no elephant IT, 500. The gay dance w1s
over and all the merry marriage bells had ceG'=''
to Jingle. WHO wer: expected 10 entertain the assem-.
ble nulfiiud" with cloqrrrra tn rival that Of Henry
nr cr Clay inoI.} w,fc rcml.,;vn, and Rivta. aut
Go..iu.and Speed. ard Mo.y, md BnnIin,an" Scot,
and NacfSrr;,l,G ,GnI DAME" md, and B B. e".nnt
\. A. L"'', auL Wiley F,-.'. Su:nly :" iIr"f anrh
! men wnGid attract iHnrn'r assembly, ii! ire"
crati- f,r nnhug-nn ha, - br art, around 30 ray
for III. lights even NJ rent ca7 light. lirR-
ven above aud carri. bnGuH;i.. Free hight tree air
| Fremont and Fillmore. Besides al! Richmond, the
whig sayr "About Gy counties nrn represented aud
0sr h"liytd"Hd Scrrhy ar ts-Hy delegates III atl@m-
dane" Including, 4" course, those ir"m nciitn"nd
| and l!enrico who were at their A"rs anI awHys
ready.
| We once heard minister of the Gospel in pray
or rut No a petition to Heaven mat all the i'i;lc
/ bovs in the congregation might become "lii!e No.
sS,>, and all the little girls little H"H~aScS,' and
| with this example before our eyes. we may coin
word. and say we had often hear! these forest born
DelnusihcnswS aud went once more ito be ediiied
having "most sancuine expectations Of meeting u
mighty host but, cannot accoun! Tor IT, the crsvd
was not, after exerting al our calculating powers
multiplying several fat men into five lean ones each
allowing twins Tor seyerai fat women, we cannot con
scien:!usly run the number up 10 quite one thousand
And such was tine attractive character OF the spcccLcs
tia; the promenaiers of whom spoke, wh"n wc
computed in our calculation rs part Q! the l.ess
never for moment stepped their pefambuations ur
gira.iolis but, ike clainsd bear walked to the end
of the clau in enc d;Gec,,"n aud then turned round
and walked 10 the other. We went 10 the two ends
uf TIM, ;ethe: 10 ascertain whether the Voice ol the
ne,nnstheneses could br heard, aud we regret to
say tia, the sence was so profound We could hear
nothing but II lovers sigh.
We have heard the Ar,lory Brass Band discoursing
music on the Square, and We have found it almost
impossible to pass among the hrong, but We moved
about in any direction OH this m"nentous OCCASION,
and rarely hud to change our course. We met Dem
ocrnts looking on. We could see the wink OF
their eyes We saw Sam looking OIL, aud when
one Of the Ciceros,ssrs would Gmnounce thut he
had never seen the inside ct a cuIvert, Sam would
nod ':never iaind we have your vote, but he would
look as much as 10 say, ave had it before, but we
coalnt quite rcfch
We heard gentleman suddenly say, al havo the
honor 70 present to you, fellow czr,Is, my friend,
tbe Honorable William L. Goggn, who will entertain
vou ,n the present oocason.' Some one near said,
4 &c knn
minus!
OF course tile remark was not made o: the man
WIN was abou. to speak, but of him who spake-or
not to know the gentleman who was about To speak
wn.,d nave been criminal. lie honorable
ono of the had becn>, one Of tho ms vino had been
nut oyl and one of tho Otts who had often tried
again 10 bo pnf but il; consequence OF the ever
lasting rains in old Madison had been as often washed
or;. w. had not heard OF the cx-h"murablo for such
n length of time, We were tempted to ask IN our Joy
at seeing him again, IAN where has We been. and
what hae we been doing: and what for did We M
write taa u.s." But luckily we did nu; interrupt him!
for if We had wc should 10 doabt have been com
ncc1 10 listen to u detailed, aGccnt oi salt River
and the yue times up there
Delnosthenes spoke. lie gave an account Of the
wonderful enthusiastic Conventions which, under the
hill, at Metropolitan ilal, one hundred and seventy
or eighty strnns, had endorsed the no ninati"u ut
MiIIard Fillmore e-mahnJnondY-every one having
come for the express purpose, and strange to say, n"
ope after two days intense labor, having own the
track. He said they were Old Line Wings worthy of
the State in ia pamest days and ne went int costa
sics upon the battles they had fought. The bloody
fields they had seen a"I the mighty deeds they had
ever been rear accomplishing ever winnins-nover
won.
I'm the nidst OF ihe speech, Volunteer Company,
1-iLoatuniGorm which had been drilling on the square
psssed slowly alon. III" edge "t the circle, in tho lock
sion without music. Sac!i ,ne Stiffness you nigh;