Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-08
1srR1GuEs OF THE CLOSET"

I,,o ,av;ccs from the North INFORM US mat
tho nol;ticians of the CLOSET have lately been
,,. ,,h ,notber intrigue calculated to pro-
a,cr d;scord among the Democracy OF Virginia
Sow. If the faction whose names are furnished
nc have been very active at Washington in
spreading the false report that Governor Wise
is opposed to Mr.. Lctcher's election. The Oh
icct Of this game is manifest. 1t is only
Presidcnt-making vancouver, to make MT
Lctchcr's election appear defeat to Governor
Wise, or to throw upon the latter the RESPONSE
bility of Mr.. Letcher's defeat.
Thus. whatever may be the result oil inc
election, the little cabal who have made II 'he'r
constant employment for the last three years 10
cooperate with the ''culvert' in attempts 10
injurc the present Governor Of Virginia nope
20 ,n,le can;tal out of it for their own "rule or
ruin policy.
These gentry have already tired the patience
of Virginia Democracy Holding themselves
,loof from the general councils of the party
keeping up a separate organization and hoiu'
;np close caucus almost without intcrm'SSion'
exchanging telegraphic signs between hich-
mond and Washington. telcgraphing. too al
most as necessarily the counsels of the Demo
cratic camp to n league of Know NothinGS VINO
now occupy n position in the Opposition party
very similar to that which the "Closet holoS
in the Democratic ranks-in word, constant
ly intriguing against their own party ana o.
ten bringing in Opposition aid to cohsn'niila'e
their intrigucs-this secret organization has
run the full length of its thither
The Democratic party is beginning to be
alive to these tricks. Hereafter the move
ments of the marked men Of the closet will
always be regarded with distrust and the
Democracy will be on the alert to contra
vcne their schemes. Nevertheless. they have
still the. power of mischief incident to
every well organised political faction. and
persistence in their plan Of Misrepresentation
and intrigue may render necessary the expo
surc Of individual names, as we'll rs Of the va
rious features Of their gerry Wandering policy.
AZ for the assertion that Governor Wise is
ayersc 10 Mr.. letcher's nomination, we can bear
witness that !, is an untruth, manufactured
from whole cloth, without preteXt even
colored with truth. From the first moment
that Mr.. I.ctcher's name was mentioned IN
connection with the CovcrnorShip, Governor
Wise announced his intention to support him,
if nominated regardless Of Mr. LetcherS course
towards himself in 1855. From this declara'
ton. Governor Wise has never yet swerved by
word or deed.
We are happy, too. to announce 10 our reao'
ers throughout the State, that every delegate 10
Petersburg who heSitated TO endorse the nomi-
nation after i, was made. has finally given in
his adhesion TO the entire Democratic ticket
Indeed. we feel authorized to predict tina! no
thing short of Il sudden, mad abncgation OF the
principles of his party-no,hins short OF the
position to which the Opposition press is siren
uouslv endeavoring to drive the Democratic
Misunderstanding short Of an endorsement
Cmorally impossible, by Mr.. Letcher of the OBJ
noxious recommendations Of the President S
message. can endangcr the success Of the De-
mocracy in the approaching election.