Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-28

Inc Substance OF speech delivered by Mir Dali
It's, at The town meeting Of "Wednesday is reported
'" 'he rankin GaEeiie The following passages Of
It, (sats the National Gazeue,) deserve particular
| notice. "
: lie a'ver,ed to the caucus lately held at Wash.
| i"e'o", aud OF which iniprmaton reached us bu,
Yesterday u WAS The caucus OF miserable and in
fdfndfed minority, striving To bend the urcIces
usag-s oi The Republican party their own purpo.
ses IN defiance OF The Of that party, and of an
overwhelming majority, asce rtained ia the most nm
questionable manner, and proclaimed by "A body of
men whose vrraciiy aud integrity could moi h.
uouhied Look Al it But fourteen out of the ,we,
ionr States enjoyed even the semblanc1 of rep
resehiaon five States, Of ima.ense population and
known To tie av"ise 10 The proceeding, were repre-
sen'td bv i've persons, eenileni f,onl en- ch
o,''e zen S."' gave but eighteen votes and the
o'hrr tour, NJ" York, Virginia, North CaI oina
and Geogn. gave fifty! Georgia alone, voted as
strongly " Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Ohio, and
h"'!'."", put together and entire half Of the
vote give" To The nominated candidaie-could il he
credited !-caGI" from States onIy New York
and Vitgnia. Such farce upon he Ie"reseni.,iye
principle, never was exhibited before. The geoie-
men who played u, cannot hut lie conscious thar they
have gone oo FAR. Call it, if YOU will a n,ee,ino nr
the friends Ola particular candidate but to describe
" IS ,.'''y rt"esenirg the democracy ct the Union
- obligatory upon the giea, Republicans parIy WAS ~
perVerson n principles, aSd abuse Of forms loo
mons'rous for arqnescence
this caucus, however, was The political engine
against winch ~ was necessary To din ect unce
"r 'Horis oil all men who value their rights and VIA,
viii not bndy, by u mummery, he cheateI mo IN e;r
surrender. II WAS iormidab from the imorrssion
e'i upon The people 10y the past The very name of
congressional raucus Ease mated the ear and slIur-
Gu me vote, Vi many AN hosest Republic an We ,,e
apt To presume What Is DONE be rightly done and
caucus has heretofore heck a general meeting of
large D+JoriIy, "b,isr assembling was plainly ac-
P"'-sred IN l'y the party. Let the people know The
real character 81 this let them lie ap,,rizrd how in.
significant IN number, how partial IN representations
no" e1u'voca ~ democracy, were It's enbers aud
the result is rs inevitable true RepubIicanism IS
uniform and cons's'rmr. But u was formidable IL
concentrated ior ~ iavoriie canddaie the force of
desperdte and needless lction aud it could only be
encountered efr"ually Ivy similar concentration of
us opponents. We must cease TO contend for per-
sons. Principles which lie nj The root of our poies
were involved aud we we're hound to make common
cause against Tue caucus, I" the mode likely TO
achieve - signal Triumph
Gen''r reader, (iriumplauIy says the National
.'Hzeue,) do MOI SUPPOSE that the Z" miserable nd
'niaiuaIrd minority, -f the desperate and needless
action was composed Of those old sinners and
,"g,ra's--ibe fede'oliSts The sxy.six members
81 Congress Ins characterised, claim he old Re
P"Diica"s, /" Democrats par excellence, and are SO
nrori"m"I !" that stauoch " Republicans" print, ihe
National InielIigeucer