Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-11

Z ant queStI"hs. IT'S time having cNprei, he gave way Il
. Samuel Chiffon, Esq who promised {. follow h,m in
discussing the principles Of the differ mt parties, bu,
: left the principles of the Wing party entirely alone. and
! tried TO prove that the Democratic party were no, the
J"h~-sonran Democrats; and has only reason was, tina,
the oHicch"lders seemed very otiicious: That MIR Crit
%'endens bH! for the pnrpo g of deprving oiiceho'ders
Of their rights as American cittzens1 was a copy or a
c!aGsr Of a iaw enacted in Great Britain for a similar pur-
pose, and was not 50 ndinus rs represented. Mr.. C.s
was a very good British Speech, taken altogether. He
complained 81; hard times, and arrangement If the cur.
rency, and said il was the duty otthe Presdrntto correct
1t (thc currcncy J and suppose the President could have
done 50. ere tins, he could have had the control Of the
Staic Ltytsiatnrcs, and the Importing .Nsrchaats. and
small note insttutions-(al all must see these are the foun-
tains of the present evils)-but no doubt Mr.. G. would
call this unconstitutional. He SAID the people could not
tell when the Government was working wrong, until
they felt is effects. He SAID, he admitted his party was
the Federal party. IN i certain sense; that they were for
the Federal Constitution. But mark you, sir. h.. con.
demn"d no act If VI. Van Buren's as unconstitutional.
/ How mysterious, 10 he sure: how shall the people com.
proiiend these thing>D When Mr.. Chiffon concluded,
the COMPANY retr.dt 10 Mr.. Daniel Wards ward 10 par.
tax" Of a dinner, wiicA Ind been prepared Tor them ov
the Tippocanoe Club. When they returned 10 The
Church, Mr. Smith of Culpeper took the ioor, and
assure yGu. that his hour and a htlf was vel! spent
They call hun Extra Billy, and surely this was an extra
effort He shot ot: hand, bu; seldom missed the mark
Some looked as sour as the hardest CIDER. and some were
highly delighted. John s seemed not satisfied in one
position long AZ 4 time. He took a bret review Of the
Datt!e u ilpptcannc, ana proven 10 lHe "ous", that the
Club should christrn the hero with some other zane
than Tlppscanoe. He referred To the secret and myst-.
rIous policy pursued by the Wings, and Their attempts
Ia impose upon the unde rstand'ngs OF The people, and
drill them INTO service, without regard to principle
In the North, under the banner Of Tip, Tyler, Tart,"
and Abolition, for the private Eye-ln the South, Old
TIP, Lug Cabin, and Hard Crd-r"-And when a,rv-
ed here, says he, perceived, (pointIng towards IT,
reared ups flag, "Harrison and Tyler, and u sttle fur.
Their a box, IN the shape Of a house, with the word.
"Lng CABIN and Hard Cider, written in large letters.
rpm II. Yon can better imagine than ! can describe,
The applause this called forth. lie read HARRISON : or
cuIar TO the propl. of Ohto, at full length, which p,"aG
with the opponents Of slavery that h" vas a m"mbrr Of
an Abolition Society, al i years Of age and that he
was the first IN Congress TO propose a check 10 slavery
n the Missouri Territory, TO a certain extent; ior West
Of the Mississippi, am not now certain which, but IN
\ either case the principle rs the same, the circular VIII
show fer Itself he took we ofour .'rurnrd condition
(which mas L"en the watch-word of the Federal party for
IN years and observed, the best answer he could give,
was. that the LAWYERS were all about 10 starve out, and
had all turned sponting politicians, hncludtng himself
for want of cases That all around, looked we!l-clad
and fat, and that The ladies', some beng present. wor"
pretty. smiling faces. NC, &c. He took a 81 light
view Of the cry about office holders, and remarked,
That as the Puslmas,prs were the chief office holders IN
these parts, he thought the Wings should not complain;
that in his county, Culpeper, there were about IA Post.
masters, and about 4 of the number friendly 10 the
present Administration, and that he knew some OF the
WIN Postiuast-rs 10 be very otactous opponents
Now. SIT, alter all - SAID about soStmisteFs, "here Is
their patronage or influence upon the community, ad-
hitting a majority 10 be Administration men. provided
I they are faithful 10 their trusts, II must De- Obvious 10
all. that tins cry O.: Office holders is a d%eceptlors policy.
4 scarecrow al best. for 1t IS plain that according 10
the laws Of virginia, the State officers, the court
party, and their suborGlnates, who are the arbrters
os the people and their solicitors, possess the pa
tronagc of Virginia, as we'll as many other States, and
this they know well. \ poor. ptiul Postmaster,
more u slave than otherwise, receiving about halt
compensation, must not speak o. men and Measures,
when all other officials have no limit; and the office
seekers about five 10 one holder, each more NOISY
than the holder, are allowed 10 pass on unnotIced.-
The people should observe these things. (ButIt was
not my purpose to transpose THIS communication int" a
commentary. and wNl return to the SUBJECT UT.
-. Smith having spoken ms last minute, Mr.. rend!eton
took IT," stand m i safe al great excitement tie re
mark-t 10 Mr. SmE:h. he hoped lie void not cut
aud run, bat would stay and receive a cut from
iiim. saving al the same time, that he intended 10
take hun through a sitting process, or something
similar. Saws Smith, don t boast; and went on I"
sav TINT he had previous 10 speaking ini"rmed me
C!ub Of pcnG!eton also, that he was compelled To- leave
- soon - he had closed his speech. You could MT 'r
.. him here. SAYS Pendletnn, his policy l. 10 cut ana run
tgrca, applnuse:l "a TO the cutting part l was true pu'
I, don't think h. run. Mr.. Pendeton ) meuactng at.
i u,udc towards Mr.. Smith appeared very Disgusting 70
many Of the spectators, and lessened inc hu"'petn u
;. HIS hearers. Mr. 7. $ first shot was at the ONCE mold
.rs terrutur t7-m culprts. and saving with regard To
0 them. that q culprtt would not be allowed 10 Try nun
r sslr: he NEXT boiled upon Marnn, a he called MN;
asking what has he done: Has he any military
frats 10 boast Of: Suppose be had about the same
that Jefferson. and Madison, and the two Adj
q. ,m..; haG.J He called upon Major Wallace to- tell
/ hrm w!a; Tariff ,ir. Van Buren, had opposed. Alaj"r
". readily replied, showing VII. an buren, ; past acis
. and present expressed OPINIONS on THIS question MAJ.
Wallace then enquired of Mr.. P. what Tariff Gen. h.
; had ever opposed. Mr.. P could not hearhtn. but con
4 ,inued. He asked agan-result the same. Inc MAJ.
, watched his chance TO catch his eye, and rose upon MS
!, s.., and asked the question Mr.. I replied, they are
{, about the same thing on this question-Out YOU nor
W smith snal! lead me from nv course-ny purpose
/ i 10 convict Martin. HIS speech was al! denunc ati"n
s. md anu,e, Ola very vulgar nature lie remarked mat
1 Mr.. V b. kept an account with hell and hea'rn Il ulT
/. same time. &c.-he put men IN oilce ""o"aa O'eh re-
iac,ed bv their crr~titu0nts-tNow think there was a
1r-.a, cry against Gen. jackson about plttlng members
: n CONGRESS n Office, 80 think ilr. J. and hrs party are
i rather hard 10 please that Congress had gwen seatst'
tn. ar,lcants from ". Jersey, having no returns, elth"l
s,,,ao... or rsqI--ihosc are hrs pr"cis" words, nctltion'
!. or real. lie had lately seen Mr. Hoffman from y loFh
; vbo told HIM that he and the Wings oi the North wen
n heart and hand wrk the Wings ct the South on the ADO
!, l,,ion question-Crhts - probable; and, IN 50 DONG Ut
) Hoffman and his friends have surrehurrru n't"'"g' :"
: the result of the Harrisburg Convention ana the TX"
cutge Committee viii clearly prorel iha' the Loo
:. rnco party had ran McDowri! or Governor, "io wa
i an aroT,d .ibJLHoniSt, and he wcniG prove | "."'
space allow could dwell lon-er, hnt must come -
}. close. Nr. Charles Chiffon. brother OF SAMUEL ''
4 Iowat l1r P. This cut off Mr.. Scott from th~ "pP''
:. .,,,,,v o. speaking Mr.. Chiffon was very poiEte" an
f,rcble in his remarks-he sad he had "ot mar
through the dag 4 promis" what policy u'"F ~
Wigs expected to adopt, should Harrison De e'"'''"
! . observed, ,hut Mr. Ps speech had about as ''u.'
r.an,nu in it, a. regards National pr!rirc.. a. an emp
- r,d.r barrel. Nj {. spoke with much ah'iti! ana '"
ahon, an hour and a half Capt Tur!ry from kappa
!. hammock was called for, who addressed the people ir""
Tho Church door, about fifteen minutes, IN nrhai "
the Democratic party. Mr.. Samuel CLINTON ce''.
=. MAC, Of DortrV. and the scene closed. ."
THE hgy with the words Log Cabin aud nara Ht -
J. ~, 8 y,- Al, ut three feet long. two WIDE. tNo deep roo, :" ~ :,
toiu d: \ hou.s made OF plank aud painted a . '1 -, ;, :,
y sni. ihat saddles W. :. - 90 \. Il.
KING WILLIAM COUNTY,
At meeting OF tie democratic Republican party
KING William, held ct the Courthouse; on h'hDay, .
27th Of july, lao, James J. snaGwGh, hs4 : Ssc,
y ,arv The obiret Of the meeting being explained
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