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

unrs,ed 10 see that all the Electoral Tickets, which
have already been issued should be corrected accord
mgy.
The HUMBl'G CONVENTION ~ THIS CITY. :,
| On Monday, the great Wing Convention came off
in the Capitol square. Extensive arrangements had
been made TO accommodate vast concoursc OF stan-
gers Knowing did the disposition OF the Up
poson to magnify their gatherings, III The hope thus
10 operate on the ignorant, we took retired p"si"n
free from all interruption and NOISE, ana c"n''h '"r
whole procession, rs II marched down u street from
hcrinnnm To end, and W. MADE OFT i,.nb ALL ipLb'
Thus have the humbuggrrs most w"iully humbuggrd
theulscl 7hc Srcat Uhig Conrcnf'on IS t""Hre
They calculated at least, alter so much expense ana
paradc through their Club and press ol tins CITY, 10
have mustered not less Than "a, eco men. Some even
went 81 far AZ 10 say that $4,000 would not surprIze
them but after all, has dwndled away TO the neon
sIprab!e number OF THREE THOU THREE htNbEEp
,yp sIxr,..N including some boys and citizens OF thrs
city, who turned out. and they Tnc not jt~. W" 90
mi believe that there were Of b0nn dc voters more
,han 1900 or ync0 Wecxpect to increase our majority
by that amoan,, this STATE IN November, IN consr'
anencc of this miserable attempt to baInbo"zr ana mum
bnc the people of Virginia We are sustained by three
or fur others estimate OF the number WI" J"h-
cd The procession, and who, like "ursclf took positions
Favorable. Ia ascertain how many there were
After line ErirI had entered The Capitol square ana
taken their position, the gates were thrown open: we
do not know by what authority, F'gh'i"i AT i"aS''l
lh,v wore shut or anv Nirgnian drbarrcd the pTvI.
Iro of visiting the Capitol al hts state We entered
carefully and walked up near as We cohld SCI, ~
order TO hear wha, The orators should say The crowd
being much smaller than We anticipated, VIC l"nha
no difficulty in getting near enough I" hear Governor
H,rbopr fir, showed himself 10 the Crowd from amidst
shower of banners and upon c'rcniar balcony Jnt-
ting out from the Piazza OF the Capitol over part OF
,l,, crowd He made general remarks about me
administration Of The Government, winch, liz" The
sound al an empty barrel was heard aud passed away
without leaving any effect behind Key. Mr. fiuintr.
Presbyterian Minister of the Gospel then offered up
praver 10 bless the labors oil the Convention for good,
we suupnsc as We could not hear him distinctly enough
- ranor, ,y hat he did say We understand hrs prayer
was appropriate and happy. Then came B"uJam'n
Watkins Leigh, Esq, who, without more ihah r.
mark read what called an Address to ihc Soh-
venon We could not hear IT. and cared not 10 q" s." us
II was already in PRINT and could read IL more al
nur leisure The most amusing part OF this story -,
Mr. l. forgot to put IL To the Convention Tor adoption,
and retired after reading H. Mr.. Barbour inlnrdi'
atrv stepped forward and exclaimed, with me "A
dress or n pocket handkerchief IN his hand, "As
many as favor OF adopting this Address, wIil
say aye; III, opposed will say nc" UNANIMOUSLY
adopted says hr, and disappeared IN the region oil
flags. He rr.appearrd, however, IN moment or so,
and after some remarks introduced Mr. Webster to the
c,mpany He came forward, amid many shouts bow
ing and bowling, and bowling After the excitement
which succeeded his debit had subsidized, he commenced
bv putting himself right before Virginia AUDIENCE
He SAID the first time he had ever been IN me
Capital of Virginia. and that though he and NrgInlans
might fftr matters tins was II" time to ADJUST
tina, difference that he well as they, had common
enemy to oppose-an enemy, with Inc thonsaha arms
of BrIarcus and that they should unite at least !" pun
that enemy down. and cease, till they hnd forced
him 10 cap,,ulac take to flight He then charged
Mr. Van Buren with disposition 10 increase Executive
patronage, though he argued To show III MS "fc'Srf
Speech that Gen. jackson had Topped of all power
roui the Federal Government IN opposing bahk, Ia
A.. riff and Internal Improvements; policy pursued ny
Mr. Van Buren,. He c"mp'mrn'rd Madison, J"ttfrso"
and Vrrinia politicians generally, aud SAID, ilat ~
did not know whether he itrrrd WIN Mr. hau's"h
in his Resolutions OF % and -, or not man.
who has pursued the Mr. Webster has, To stand
up before the very people whose interests and whose
principles he had so steadily and uniformly opposed
and say he did not know whether he differed with MT
Madison IN his celeb, ated Resolutions or not, must e.
her be- beside himself deem those to whom l'o ad
dresses such language incapable OF understanding
him. Did not MIR. Webster oppose the war ana endea
vor 10 prove Mr.. Madison liar IN The reasons ne as
signed for III Are not the Resolutions Of - IN every
particular opposed to the declaration OF procpe made
by Mr. Webster in his speech favor OF the lroclana
ton: Those Resolutions were designed to embrace
4 National Bank within their inhibition. They Incn'cated
a strict uction of the Constitution. In all these
points Mr. Webster has shown himself opposed to MT
Mad son. vet he I" Virginia and grarely asserts
that he does not know whether he opposed 10 those
Resolutions not, and endravos t" prove himself
State Rirh;s man He uchcd upon the army bill, as
he called it, the bTreasury and the New Jersey case
neither of which would he argue, he sad though hr
took present them IN such Tht as l" excite all
the preiudcc he possibly could against the Admnisra
ton lie charged The Administration with hostility 10
State Rights in opposing the assumption OF State debts
and sad good deal, think beneath Mr.. Webster :
character as a man of intelligence and candor. We,
however, thought II not extraordinary that man Of
Mr. Webslers political principles should cndeavor 10
make good he could for his clients, the
Barinrs of ondon and lecture the Administration upon
the subject of State Rights, that he might prepare The
minds his Jury for assumption OF the State debts,
and thus at the time secure the object nearest his
| heart-a consolidated Government. MIR. Webster was
unsparng his denuncatlons OF Mr.. Van Buren, ad-
mini straon; but never said word as IL what sys-
TEN Of policy Gen. Harrison would BRING with him, IN
case he was elected He said not word o his qua
lifcaons Of his political principles His Arguments
were all old and common place from beginning TO end
Mummcry-mummery and 'mum 10 principle He
did say that "COngrcsS had p0'rr, either direct
dr,c 10 interfere tcith lie Msttuon Of sGrery; but
said not a word about the District the right of peti
lion He said no more on this subject than Arthur Tap
pan or Garrison would have said had they been address
ING a Virginia AUDIENCE as 1t were, under dnreSS In
conclusion the Mogul of Federalism has confessed in
the Capitol Of Virginia and IN compliment TO the De-
nocratrc principle which he has been opposing all his
life that he is Jefersnnian Republican,! Tell it in
Gath Daniel Webster has renounced his Federalism,
and the broad pennant Of Democracy now hangs over
the whole Union.
Mr.. Webster concluded about 2o'cock, when recess
asked for by GOV. Barbour, for the purpose of
freshments. In the evening, w. Archer, Esq, ad.
dressed the assemhlage unhead but by few, and that
few appeared indifferent to what they did hear. Mr..
Webster again took the stand after Mr. Archer had con-
cluded and from his violent action, and the shouts of
the crowd suppose gave nose to the spirit of
nvectrve and the force of denunciaton. This h. was
no doubt encouraged To do by Mr.. Archer, who hailed
him as the friend Of the South, in his opening OBJ