Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-23
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF ..OLD LINE"
WIIIES.

NATIONAL CONVENTION OF "0LD LINE"
WINGS.
The Convention Of "Od.Ln Wings in Baltimore
will influence the result Of the Presdentia
election about as much xsumaer's shower affects
the tides of the ocean. Never did any get of men
get together who represented little of the popular
interests, and whose declarations express little of
the thought and ieelin: o! the country. II WIS
phaticay and exclusively convention OF politicians
and OF broken down politicians too From Wm. a.
Graham, the great defeated for the Vice Presidency
down to Alexander Rves the unsuccessful aspirnnt
for the small hunors ot county constituency, they
all belong to the same class OF disappointed place.
Rare cabinet OF curious antiquities Interest.
ing collection Of fossil specimens. Valuable museum
OF mummies Such another h0rtuS SmcHS Of with.
cred leaves and faded flowers female enthusiast
in botanical studies ever wearied polite attenda
wthsl. The list Of delegates reads like census OF
the autcdiIuvihns We seem to associate with spec
tres Just risen from s-puchral sleep OF centu:es.-
Amiabe old gentlemen How pleasantly they pass
ed their time in impotent imitation OF The vigorous
bu.ter of youth. With whet an easy and tquab!e
current did tic stream OF garrulity flow No doubt
they forget their gou i'll the agreeable illusion Of the
er was relshed with appetite which might have
enioyed roast beef, but Tor difficulty of mast.ca'
ton.
a convention implies purpose anu HA act oi de
liberation But. il j. obvious from the proceedings o
these OlI Line Whiss ia Baltimore, that they got TO-
gethcr for III" aiJDp" object of raiitying the Know
Nothing nominations of the Philadelphia convention.
Listen to the Hon. WIN. 4. Graham:
Bat he kne" the purpose for which he came mere.
IAprlause.J And the purpose for which the present
convention came here To persuade the people 10
take NJ lizard Fillmore. tLoud cheers aud appaus9,
for several mi uutes Like the man VINO "hsh aNheu
If he would take this woman TO be his welded w'ie'
- 4 ->-----,-~n II II surLt.r and /.
ne rep, Hxpected Of them, why they would dIsap.
n";nt them and the delegates had better not, per-
baps return home again.
This il an honest confession Of the fac: that the
Baltimore Convention Of "Old.Line' Wings -
simply an expedieut for the promotion OF Fillmore S
de.pera,e fortunes. The National ir'''5'grnS'r- the
ORGAN nan. .cc,lircr of the "Oh inc" Whigs-is in
dpnnnt at the fraud OH it: party and the county
Hear il:
We supnose thai this Convention was intended for
consultation aud de!iheration, and not merely 10
enuucate a ior-gone conclusion: and we may be par
doucd for admitting doubt OF the freedom ut choice
of body of Wb-. to whom il is held to be treason
able 10 si!er the OF Edward Everett, or OF td'
ward Bates, or of Francis Granger, or OF John Bti,
or of Rufus Choate or of John NJ. Clayton, or 81 any
other genuine Wing, North or South, TOR !t5 colsde-
ration
The "reso!ution.' of this Baltimore Convention oi
Old. Line Wings, were given in the ERqn'rcr OF yes
terday. Did anyEcdy every read anything half so
funny il :be shape of party platform'-Thef first re.
solution declares that he Wings OF The United Sates
have no new principles to announce"
The sccDad resolution is lament over The unhappy
condition Of the country, which is the result, "t
courso of Democratic mis7.ie. The Democrats have
had control OF the 9odutry ;re years in ten OF its
history; and .is siow development its poverty, rs
wan; CT prosperity at home and power abroad are
all due to Democratic misrue. 1t is true BILL and
we have no reply
The hird and iciytk resolutions deprecate section
al paries Why then did not "the Wings Of the Uni
ted States" denounce the Black Republican organi'
cation Why did they not record az emphatic pro.
/ ,est against the election Of Fremont And why did
they no, pledge themselves to the support OF Buohan'
an the only national candidate, and to Cooperation
with the Democracy the only national party Perhaps
they considered that the best way ~ manifest their
aversion to sectionalsm, by declaring themselves
in favor OF candidate who is equally aud impartiay
repudiated in oil sections.
! The Eita and si.th resolutions declare that the
"Wbjgs of the United States have more sympa,
thy for the Democracy than for the Black Repubi'-
cans and that the only way TO save the country is to
support MIlard Fillmore.
The ss,rnth! and cghih resolutions formally nomi-
u.te Fillmore for the Presidency, and expatiate on
his imaginary virtues. E;e IS nominated, however
with an Ambiguous and indirect protest against the
prrcipes Of the Know-Nothing party.
Tb. :.:uth resolution nominates Doneson !or the
! Vice Presidency; the tenth compliments the patriot
sm of Whi.s; und the last orders the publication o.
the proceedings of their ConveutioM i'll Baltimore
| The nomination Of Andrew Jackson Doneison, De-
socrat in the disguise of Know Nnthinsism, at;:s:s
! a wonderful devotion to Wing principles a"d the re-
| putatlnu of the Wing party. This act exposes the
| irus character of the movement The Baltimore
| Convention oi "Old Line Wings is mere tender 10
tho Philadelphia Convention Of Know Nothing-.-
Neither is worth moments consideration in the can
vass, and they are equally contemplate in combhh
| ton.