Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-02-01
Ai{bmon0 Enquirer.
~ R,rcuIE, puNNAvANr. TYLER 4 WISE.
MORNING, FEBRUARY 1,
THE CONVENTION OF FEBRUARY 10TH"


name OF the party or parties COMPOSING said
Convention.
1t will not do To call said body "A Whis
Convention, because the Wing party was
voted a dead cock in the pit" in 1850 neither
will it do TO cali it an american Convention,
because it is agreed, nem. CON- that San w,S
inhumanly butchered, on the 4th Thursday OF
May, lS55--nor vet will "Whig and American
Convention he proper name for the body,
since both elements have been acknowledged,
by each party to BE- politically defnnct. Now
what shall it be called, This question cvi,
dently puzzled the !ramer Of the ANNOUNCE
,nent which headed the editorial columns nf
the "Whg" Of yesterday. II reads as follows:
THE Committee Of Arrangements for the
| Convention Of 10th February, will meet at the
'Whig' office (up stairs tomorrow, Saturday. =
at o'clock. p. NJ"
1.-The Committee OF Arrangements for h,'
Convention nothing said by which TO tell
its color OF complexion. 1t is called ".ht tor-
r.ntion" and il will be, We predict, THE Gem
reEtioa: but bv what other name it remains To
be seen.
Blu, for the sake OF euphony, il might be
called Convention OF the "indontablc d,dd
Wings and dcfndet Americans" called together
from THAT undiscovered bourne" the place Of
defeated politicians yclept ".Sut Rieer," to con-
suit upon necessary improvements in the place
Of their permanent abode.
For this purpose the denizens Of Salt River
will assemble in full force and solemn conclave
in the city Of Richmond-and mighty will be
the gathering on the 10th of Fehuary next
Prominent among the sojourners at Sait R;ser
will be the ol.iest r.si'cnt, the man whose 50.
iourn in that place Of departed whigs and Amer.
leans, dates from the time whereof the memory
Of man runncth not 10 the contrary the
immortal John Minor Bolts will be there
What treat it will he TO hear him rchcarsc the
sorrows and lamentations of himself and com.
rades in tina, Improbable land where tie in
cense Of the "ileSh.pots Il, Washington never
caches: none but his own graphic powers are
equal to the task Of telling the ills ard sorrows
ofdcfunct and defeated politicians; it is his expe.
soitudcs Of land without Offices, and a coun-
try without plumber. Rich and rare will be
the treat he will spread before his sympalh.
sing fellow sufferers from the lard without a
Federal Treasury.
Occupying the next place iii tine approach.
ing Sanhcdrim oi Salt River squatters, will
be the Hon \. II. II. Stuart Of Augusta
Sojourning at Washington in the employment
of the Federal Government, just long enough
to appreciate the luxurics and pleasures that
follow political success, his banishment to Salt
River was even more cruel and tantaiSing than
that Of the "Immortal" Mr.. Stuar,'s tastes had
been cultivated by = four years enjoyment Of
the sweets Of Office. ami his appreciative scn-
Sbilitics were Mortified by the hard fare Of the
dreary land TO which he was bani>hed While
amusement seizcs us rs we contemplate the
uncou,h Immortal in the land without Offices
pity minGles with our enjoyment when We
witness the more acute suifcrings Of the cu,-
tiva,ed and improved tastes Of Mr.. Stuart
Time and space forbid us going through the
catalogue Of the oldest residents in the Sal.
Rirer country, that will meet in Richmond on
" 10Th February" Few. if any, oM-liae
H1igs will participate in the deliberations Of
the SILT Rirtr malcontcnts.
Living in the quiet seclusion Of private life
these respectable and honorable members of a
oace great party regard the upstarts Of Ameri-
canism as far more responsible for the present
condition Of the Whig party than can be
chargeablc to the Democracy. The war be-
tween Whggery ard Democracy was an open,
fair fight of avowed enemies on political prin.
ciples; but the destruction Of the Wing party
| was the covert and culvert work Of disguised
| enemies. protesting friendship. AmericanisIn
was the uoodea horse that entered the citadel
Of the Whig party, filled with principles and
practices far more destructive TO political life,
than were the Grccian soldiers that came from
the belly OF the horse and overthrow Troy.
But there is another reason why the Old
Line Wings will stand aloof from the approach.
ing Convention The message Of President
Buchanan has electrified the nerves Of the de-
voices Of that Sncicnt party of latitudinarian
construction. In that document every prin-
ciplc of their party finds prominence. The
Tariff that they maintained would infuse life
and energy into American manufactures finds
vitality given to it in the proposition for specific
duties. Internal improvements, on scale and
under clause Of the Constitution never dream
ed ofby the most sanguine among gone advo-
Gates of lattudinarian construction; bankrupt
bill that will falsify every charge made by the
Democracy against Mr.. Clay. and which the
Wings view as posthumous justice to their great
and venerated leader; these and other reasons
will turn the attention Of the Old Line Wings
from affiliaton with Amcricanism, and cause
them to look TO Mr. Buchanan as the prospcc-
tive leader that is to fully inaugurate the poll
cy and principles to which they are devoted.
They must See that .Americanism stinks in
the nostrils "of the people, and they will hold
themselves aloof from its contaminating asso-
citation. They already see light breaking from
an unexpected source. and illuminating the
principles to them mos, dear; they are pre-
pared to rally 10 the support of the Admins
tration, hoping to find resuscitation Of their
own cherished policy in the serious differences
which now separate the President from the
Democratic party.
For these reasons We predict the presence OF
I'M, very few old lire Wings IN Richmond. OH
February 10th.
Ten Thousand Dollars More Paid to Mr.. Washington
The January number Of the Mount , er-
non Record" announces that on the l4th OF
noo.mh,r .ho ,nnivcrsarr ot Washington :