Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-24

Ronr,aunock; and while have few leisure moments,
| " give YOU the political news OF the day. } on
havdoubtlcss seen report OF the debate On the mig
hct.en orr candidate for the Senate, William SMITH,
ESQ and the stump missionary, Orator John ,. rem
diem, which took place on Monday last, hnPPanah,
M, court day Some of the Wings boosted that
Sr,b would not lead the way; that he always pre-
rcrd to follow Pcndleton-thns pretending mat ne
wo,rraid of Pendlctons fire. 1t was partly on tins
acnnt that Smith friends adv scd hun 10 speak irs':
anmhy should he not have the right to do so, re
h., sent word that he should speak on that day
=. was candidate for the Senate; he had served
,hocoplc four years. and he wished 10 tell them VIVA,
nd been doing-his reelection IS near at hand, ana
il IS his first and last opportunity ni addressing l'c
pclc pre- vous TO that election Mr. 7 complained Hat
Snh intended his speech to bear upon that r!ecinh
TIL we all admit-and we would here ask inc g"hte'
m, MIR Pl what his speech was intended Tor, ."s'
,lr with two or three others at the various precincts
see that ,ime The people can answer this question
themselves Mr.. 7. complained that Smith spoke
a;ns time rs much as against larrlson-No DOUBT nc
uuld have il appear II Is known 10 All VINO were
resent, that Smith would have finished much sooner
ian he did had he not been often disturbed by te
VL;rs He consumed more time than he intended or
,, of bis friends al least desired but the Wings
nay hear portion of the blame, for their improper m
.orfaronce We would also ask Mr.. L. why he con
sumcd nearly the whole time OF debate al IuPePer =
w. on last court, not giving Mr. ShackIeord an oPPo1
unity Of replyng3 He stated there, that ne wished 'e
Irish his Spcech-So we suppose, Smith only wished
i finish hs--There is 4 circumstance referred 10 ~
he Whir, which would have been TO their crcdit &c
ave omitted, as all present, and we believe large
or,ion of the Wings at the time believed the ACT as
raceful and beneath the dignity OF any wei pre-
AN II is as follows: While MIR. Smith was reach'h=
Ter some document, certain man, whose aeheaio
ne onv thing but ren,lcmanly, asked hun II he "a'
n in the pay of the Government, or something sum
Smith rerlied No sir This did not satisfy th'
an,lcnan of the decent party-but, whiilngE, III
,ntinued snot directly, but indirectly: Inc " NY
orrespondent SAYS, he replied neither the one nor ,"'
her: if he so said, have no recollection Oh i,-ou
know this much of his response VIZ: "ho toid y"'
ask that question: You have prompter or you WOMB
=, have bcen so knowng-had you asked the qneS
IAN Yourself would answer it-observtng that sue
onduct coming from party who claimed all 'hr ue
cncv was a matter OF no little surprise, ior WoF"S
tat amount1 This is very moderate specimen
f. behaviour of the Wing party on that OCCASION
I'm NAV suppose that the qucrst and his hacker "ef
a w. hbhng off-at least the querst was no NOR
ssr ~ lie nlace-his prompters might have been roun
abut and about. ,,
MIR smith had occasion to say something about 10
cain and hard cider, the name OF winch inc "h'S
whcd 10 Gull and dclude the people with mss seen
ado c,use deal of sensation III the wing rankS-th
o,,or cr;ed out 80 lord, All says Snnth, you ir'
;,jo rou Oh, saws one on his left We ought 10 lee
: ;i.rou arc consuming all of our time, &c. when Il
hai concluded Pendcton followed, attempting to prov
II rrison good Democrat: That all his acts were !
vr,blc TO the South; read full history OF his mta'
v,Io;,s. culopized his letter 10 Bolivar denied IN
beyas run bv the Abolition party! charged the Dem
crts with voting for an Abolitionist CAlcDowGll i
Governor, and the Democrats Of New lork T, mn ' a.
n;, Cerrit Smith for IT, S. Senator! charged the a.
ml;sraton party with the scarcity OF money the 81
trss of the country with increasing the banking car
tt of the country &C. &C. not proving one s,H H[
10 yIole. are entirely unoundcd This is the sort
"r;c preached to the people this spring But the pc
pc Of Virginia are intcgen, enough to know Tor tue,
sdves and they will show on the sd INST mat ''
lre ,oken their affairs into their own hands;
s.R;vcs, on his way from Winchester, called al
NH and Joined the Rappahannock orator on Sa'uTda
- consuming about four hours between them IN sun
Speaking They had all the fun TO themselves :
: not much could he gained, am sure, by ticn
,bsv wcre in the lutbed Of Federalism OF kaPPahaho
n comfy. suppose Rivcs thinks his speaking time
Y soon cease and he wants to make the most Oh IT,