Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-05-28
urrT,ycs Is CHARLESTON.

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"Tbe Friends nf the Administration oil f1esoenl
TYLER as the c. Courier calls ,hcm held large meet
inn in the old Theatre of Charleston on Saturday Even
ing last, The ob ect OF il 10 bolster up Senator ffes
ton and the National Bank Most oniInous conJuhc-
lion indeed They were addressed by Messrs fet'-
orn Preston. IeGare aud r. II. Wilde Of Georgia
Preamble and Resolutions were adopted, IN favor Of
the COMPROMISE Act, and ola National Bank, denounc-
inc the session of the Public Lands TO the few States IN
which they lie; but not gong the lenglh OF asf'-
button Of the proceeds oil the sales among Tue Sa'es
The Preamble and Resolutions were very compliment
tary TO essrs Tyler and Preston Mr. Preston address
ed the meeting great length and substantially an
nounced his design of voting for National BANK.
But this effort of the Charleston Wings 10 bolster up
Mr. Preston cannot change the true position "hc ne
occupies in relation to South Carolina lie must know
that he is most grcs disappearing their WISHES
that he is about avail himself OF the possession ol
his office to iasten around their necks an institution
which she abhors-that thare is no Senator Of ths
United States, whose anpaihy 10 the wishes oil ms
Constituents, is so decided-none whose unnatural
position can admit of any comparison WIN ms own
And if after having dene The work of has party, mot Of
his Sate1 he shall s,cop TO accept oil an lembass.
from the Administration, lie will be considered AZ nav.
ing BETRAYED his Constituents for office The follow
inn article from the Charleston Mercury shows us what
is thought of this meeting by the Democratic party
"The press Of foreign news obges US TO postpone 70
ia morrow the I'd number Of MIR. Legares luminous
Anti Bank article, winch shall endeavor 10 com
plete in three numbers, getting nearly through
the argument on the constitutional point IN Inc next
number and commencing III the number aiter WIN MS
able demonstration Of the m.rp,liency Of National
Bank.
aNor have we room for notice Of the proceedings at
the old Theatre or Medical College on Saturday night;
but our comments that will come 1etter when The
Conrier has completed the ful! length gsricaton il
promised Yesterday. The ladies' were there OF course,
after the kind and delicate response OF the Courier 10
In
through It's columns response, the coarseness OF
which i. such as to preclude US from the retort to
which it ia obnoxious, and for abiding TO which we
crave pardon Of the ladies' assuring them that the De-
moerats will need Intervention OF simple Susans OF
either sex To secure them an invitation when our
meeting ia held and that their accommodation and
pleasure will be better cared for than BY those who
took them to an old rookery, long since deserted By
the muses. aRd abandoned 10 cobwebs, rats and doc
tors drugs diseases and dead bodies, to witness the
galyanizlng of political carcase, and gave them no
music, while Mr. Lerare tried to scare them with the
hoyroys of ,car and Mr. Yraon called for three
for MIR. Legare, and got only two and half, heart
less snivcng little things, and MIR. Preston failed hi
seraby in giving even plausible apology for deserving
The homely old road Of Carolina and Stale Rights poll
TICS and taking 10 the profitable Federal turnpike
and Judge Wilde qulbbled and also made failure and
Mr.. Thomas Lowndes, that veteran of Federalism
presided and delivered half and read The rest Of writ
len extempore opening address, which being unexpect
edy called on, he had not had time "in prepare
Surely ssthe raven hoarse that called hun TO the
chair His presiding has been the ominous presage
of defeat to that laundering party time after time. But
we are running beyond our room, and will only say
now. that although our friends the Democrats, many
them isregarded good advice, and made up the
majority of the male audience, yet the managers of the
spectacle exposed the weakness of The Wings by call
ing fer the ayes on the resolutions, when very email
proportion of voices responded, and showed that the
.lpp init nj tho meeting select