Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-09

who wore The badge of their party and Joined IN their
procession had first been admitted. What 1'glh had
they 10 lay embargo on the whole thMui Sllar~,
and proven. any freeman from visiting the Capitol ri
his STATE: number OF persons werr refused aGGll-
lance under this h,gh handed and arbitrary arsnnP
ton One geEtlrman yah his wir, made Application
fr admission, wh" had determined t" voi" against Nh
Van Buren,, but SAID, since The Wings have uSnrptd
the Capitol Square, and assumed To deny nam "niranre,
he would If he lived till November, change his deter.
mnat on and vote for Martin Van Buren,. Another,
after admission, rudey thrust down from the stand
whercnn the Speakers s'n"d-iIr instantly Tor" the
badge from his coat, and exclaimed. at inns Is Wing
friendship for the ponr rcnouncr all connection wh
them and swear 10 vote for Marun Van Buren, We
have heard of variety OF changes IN consequence" ct
this effort oi the Wings {" gull and Gtc"iv" the people
In reference 10 the speakers some OF your c"nGiirr
have to ay that IN the whole course al their i
have they listened To such vehement and undign FED
assertions. We do n"t understand, that on" single
word was said BY any Of them relation TO IN" Bank,
Tariff, or Internal Improvements They mad" n" rA.
position Of the prnc plies their candidate w"nd pursue,
cclrcted They defended INN against none "i The nu-
charges brought against lrn By the D"m"crac
party /, enough for them 10 distort the measures
of the Administration, and 10 ascrbe motives and OBJ
ccts Mr. Van Buren,, which he has reputated and OF
which they ought 10 have known he was not guilty.
THIS was the very charitable office of those speakers
to whom it was the lot OF of your committee 10
listen.
They would be rccrcant 10 their first dn'y, clti
zeus # they did not take this occasion express their
strong sense of the Indignation they feel, IN common
with every member of the Democratic party with
whom they have convcrscd on the subject, ana not
few OF the Wigs themselves, nj the insult when
has been offered 10 the principles OF trir state by
those who had brought amongst thtmil " Hon Daniel
Webster Of Massachusetts 10 teach them pnriol'sm
and unltca wisdom They entertain II" hostility 10
llr Webster man and atniI"nan-aHd had TIE
come among them as such, and n",a> political ms.
snnary none would have thrown open 10 hon more
rr,dtly the rites uf hospitality and friendship; bat lie
comes IN The latter character-a man, lis true, bat
mol ,cian also who has uniformly opposed the
doctrines Of Virginia and the men "i Virginia. ihnn
any other man ia the L. 5 Could II b" eNprct ed lhat
under these circumstances the Democrats oil Virginia
would extend I" Mr.. Webster the rtah hand 81 TEL
lowship. No-ih,y would deem themselves GU lily At
treason 10 the land OF Jefferson and Madison, we're
they 10 have done So Ar. Webster IS a F"drraiSt "t
the oldcn school Yet could have ected hm hhd
h, come under his true cOlos and MAINTAINED the pTu-
cples of his whole lie but he has IN an entirely
new character as politician. He has told thus com.
nItinty that he is Drm"cra-a Jehcrsonan Demo-
crat For thus cannot respect hInl, because SO are
cnmpel!ed 10 suspect The sincerity oil his clarans,
bei,,r so inconsistent wIth hs ultra Federalism Iun
he IL, friend To Madison Resolutions, who advocated
the Proclamation unrXplaned who IS III ihV"r al
Bank a Tariff aud internal Improvements 10 say no
lhinr of the assumption Of The State Debts and other
Federal measures, Is he the man 10 teach Us Var
pin,a Jcfersonran doctrines and love Tor Madison,
whom h., opposed, as we'll rs for Thomns Jefferson,
whose Professions hc pronounced I" he ials"i Van
he teach US patriotism. VII" opposed tn" war an"
refused 10 vote a dollar 10 feed hungry and
starving soldiery Can lac teach M PATRIOTISM,
who co.opcrard with party that proclaimed Il was
immoral and rreligiouS TO rtnice at the victories OBJ
tanned over u foe that raragng our coast and v'o-
latinr We need no such teacher, We h""t'
him not Well may MIR Webster say, words are not
thinos professions are not prnc PIES and Ia use the
classic LANGUAGE ms Suffolk speech, "iar worGs
butter no parsnips.' In the language Of the Scrip
lures "we iudge the tree by lis iiut We Judge Mr..
Webster not by his empty, well concertrd words On
the Portco of Capitol" but by hrs overt act- 10y ms
votes in the Senate Chainbcr THIS gentleman, niirra
degree OF unsatisfactory opposition to the South IN
Abolition in the Senate of the L. States, and through
his friends in the legislature Of Massachusetts,, pro-
claimed in his speech Monday last, no, that h. "as
the friend of The South but that Congress had 10 power
either direct indirect 10 interfere with The institution
of slavery, aud referred 10 As speech III -tO. con
tanning the opinions he then entertained. Your commit
tee have examined that speech and d" not hesitate To
say that after all Of MIR Wcbsers parade on ths sub
jrcl hr, nearer the point now than N~l"fr |"
that speech he not word about the IrrrItnr",
or the District leaving the reader 10 infer hat Com
rress has power boh-he District of Column
bia being that point ct the Southern tnlr, nciur a..
against which the artillery Of ia" Abol'ions> has
hitherto been principally directed and Will coninu" 10
be pointed Nor Gmld all his Professions does Mr..
Webster dscarm the right al Petition, 10 the DIS
trct along with inevitable Consequences {" d. bate,
agitation the excitement Of sectional feeling, b.
which the bonds OF the l gradually Weaken.
ed and NAV be ultimately torn asundrr.
These professions of MIR. Webster are made too m
the face the most notorious tacis-n lo%O, he voted
against the resolution of Mr.. buchanan, IN minority
SIN reject the prayer 0t petition from Lancaster
for the emancipation of slaves III" District ol C"un-
bia In the session. he voted against bill 20 aIr-
the circulation of nccndary publications. III the south,
when Mr. Van Buren, gave his ensuing vote IN favor It
n-And ~ late I-.S-, he v"cd III small T,inurrtts
against Mr. Calhoun celebrated resolutions, dtryIng
rt,,I Ahn ,utstst upfi pu mr. t Ia
interfere with the sublct of slavery TIE State. the
Territories and IN the District o: Columbia. Although
his Monday speech delivered uncrr dHTcSE. ~
the presence of Virginia audience, 1t Is still very
unsatisfactory Ia US for, even some OF the nsiavry
associations have taken similar ground in their
stitu,rons in relation To tn. States. Mr. Wcbstrrs
new character may be considered OF the greatest
humbugs Of the uga, since with all his Federal here
sizes he can hunbug an audience Of Virginia Wings.
Your committee come 10 speak of = gentleman
who hos once been Governor Of this State md tie
President ot the Convention they deeply regret the
cessty which compels them TO alude in any "'i"r
terms than of respect for gentleman VIII" has hli'd
distinguished office, and whose years under ord
circumstances would entte HIM I" marked c"ur-
tesy and forbearancr-but your committee feel con
strained to throw off all reserve and speak OF hn as
ireemrn should speak, when he dare insult them The
remarks made by Tins gentleman harsh and c"as'"
beyond parallc!hr did not crup 10 indulge ~ tie
coasres, language towards the President and IN m ncs
If some Of the committee remember hIm correctly, heap
Piled language to the following effect 10 The ID mcral-
&c pnrty-your committee viii rndravor not 1" ADJ l."
or subtract word from what h. did say lnnk T. IT,
he, that no bohla p"t cans belong 10 the hEs-
all such comprised N the Administration party
Whenever he heard such defending the Admin slrnnn,
he felt conscious that they had s"me c"npsnsattn i"m
the Government in the shape "i contract IL ihmf
pockets, expected it-W htnevcrihey were 2'aL">,
he knew they had access way or other 10 ~"
public treasure, like the Priests al BEL Though pr
vate trapdo"r where they entered 1T" l. ed upon ii'
4 he sheer md lp ne IntuUh
expressly say, that every IN the Democratic parry
bobtaIls; yet his expressions were so broad mat
the inference Of his extending II 10 The Who'll" pnrtS
ii appeared Ia of his Democratic bearers Ne
most irresistible. In another par OF his speech hr
SAID, they corrupt that they actually "'h'G
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