Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-17
PUBLIC SENTIMENT OF v1ncIN:A.z
To tie Editors Of the Enquirer:
AccoMscE, Sept. %, 1911
VIsit of .l1ssr. CaS,ic anA S-ddoa 10 The Eastern

AccoMacK, Sept. 81, ISL
Viat Of Mssre. Castle an@ S-ddon, 10 The Eastern
Sioye.
Mcssrs. Editors,-The recent visit Of the above
distinguished members OF tie spartan Band
| 10 the Counties Of Accomack and Northampton,
! has afforded the Democrats OF our Shore not on
| " very great pleasure, but matter ot honest tx
| ullalion. In compliance with IN invitation ten
| dercd them BY a Committee Of this County they
made their first appearance al Drummondlown,
! on Monday the 2Gth OF August, that bcin. Court
day. The Wings had mace preparations 10 meet
them, by inviting Joseph Scsar, i>q, and Gas
! believc,) the Reryead Mr.. Grlswold-that Mr..
Grswold who 10 his other intellectual quaiica-
lions, adds most extraordinary degree oil memo-
ry The latter however, invited or not, as il may
be. did not come II invited he was deferred
| from coming. ii is likely hy The tear OF meeting
the gentlemen from Richmond, or perhaps, hav-
ing already bearded the Lon OF our District al
| Hampton, his holiness felt entirely satisfied As Ia
! his own prowess and had no overwcening anxiety
10 exhibit it here Mr. Seyar did not arrive until
| late in the evening preceding The 10Th, and being
therefore somewhat an unexpected appariton 10
| his friends his arrival was greeted by them with
many expressions Of joy, and b. those who en-
| tertaln eXtravagant opinions oil his talents ana
| power as dcbater, an easy triumph over our
! friends from the Capitol, was most earnestly an
| ticipated.
The order of discussion having been first duly
arranged, about midday Of The 26,h, in the pre-
s,.ncc OF a very large assembly, John :. Ca>kc,
I Esq. took the stand and opened the discussion.
! In speech of two hours DURATION he demon
>tratcd the expctiency aud justice oil anncxins
| Texas 10 our Union--lhc cxpedlcncy and justice
of the measure, so Tar as the whole Coaicdcracy
is concerned whether as REGARDS lis domestic or
its foreign relations and lis absolute necessity 10
the protection oi Souihcrn rights and Southern
interests The arrangement and force 81 aigu-
mcnt the aptuc > and beauty NJ illustration, which
distinguished this effort I'll Mr.. Caskie II has
never been my good i"runct TO hear eXcelled IN any
place or on any occasion. Never did an audience
manifest more undivided attention 10 speaker
than did the citizens OF Accomack this occasion,
To this brilliant youn. man. He was Omen and
most enthusiastically checrcd, and while he was
describing the singular and unnatural coalition
now existing between the Southern Wings and
Northern Aboitionisis in reference 10 the annex
alton question every word that fell from his lips
seemed To sink deeply into the minds and hearts
of his hearers.
Mr. Caskic was followed by Mr. Segar The
ability and coquence OF Mr.. :. in debate are
well known to the people OF Eastern Virginia; nor
would |, were il possible for me 10 do So, delract
in the least from his wcll-earncd fame as popu-
lar speaker But, alas it did seem to me, as 10
many others, that in arguing against The admis-
sion of the Lone Star into our constellation OF
Republics, he was arguing against his own con-
yictions and the best feelings OF his heart. True
he airaycd all the facts and arguments with which
le could make show Of fight in defence oi his
great leader and lac presented those facts and ar
s.mens as fairly and fully as was possible; but
10 answer the arguments of Mr.. c., was task
too great for even his great ability. lie laborcd
hard and labored long 10 effect this end. but he
laborcd in vau and, although many OF his politi-
cal friends applaudcd his speech III hearty style,
am confident that the marked effect o. his adver-
sary> reasoning and cloqucncc was not at al dI-
unfinished or shaken.
And now came Seldom the stand. lie com
lucnccd with an cXordum OF rare beauty aid
eluquence, which called forth from tie people
/ loud and rapurous applause His whole soul
( seemed cngrosscd with the cause which he advo-
Gated: and with an ingenuity, power oil analy-
/ sis. and IA strength OF language not 10 be sur
passed. he took from Mr.. Se.ar the seemingly
/ fair and firm foundation on which he had placed
himself. and umblet him, with The whole fabric
of his anti-Tcxas argument, 10 The ground. The
demolition was compe,c-and by no man pre-
sent was il felt more liccnly than ~ the Wing
champion himself. tle G1empCd 10 reply to Mr.
Seddun; and for few moments, seemed deter
mined 10 he rational and argumenlative: but soon
he struck off in another direction, and devoted
all his oratorical energies 10 most lulsomc !au-
dation OF the great embodiment
When he had concluded Notwithstanding The
/ Ia,enesS OF the hour Mr.. Seldom took The stand
for lcw moments onIv. in order 10 comment on
the unboGndcd idolatry exhibited towards Mr.
I CLAY, by his distinguished advocate. This duty
was performed by our friend from Richmond III
! short order, but, at the same time with keen
rcss of sarcasm, and in a spirit OF whitening re-
buke that must have had 4 most uncomfortable
/ effect uponlhc gentleman against whom they were
directed.
On "Wednesday Of the same week, in oledi-
encc Ia an earnest wish expressed by many oil
the Democrats of Northampton, Mcssrs. Caskie
and Seldom repaired 10 Ea>lvillc and addressed
the people. Mr. Segar net them there too-no
! other Wing feeling willing * yet TO encounter
them. He deserves great credit for thus exposing
/ himself 10 so hot and calling fire. The sub
icct discussed al Eastvile was the Tariff. You
will no doubt receive from that place an account
o.; the discussion. We have understood here,
that the Democratic cause was trIllmphanily
sustained, and, knowing something OF Inc knights
conba;ant we do not hesitate 10 believe II most
fully
On the Saturday following two discussions
were held: one at Ecl Haven, the other al Gull
ford. At the former place we were represented
}
latter, Mr. Caskic appeared, and was encountered
/ by Mr.. Pits. The Texas question was discussed
/ al Bell Haven. In addition 10 his other weapons.
Mr.. Scidon was armed with The speech delivered
/ by his opponent some years ago, when he advo-
Gated so ably the recognition Of Texan lndepend-
cree. Either from this cause, or from some other
unknown,o your correspondent. Mr. Segar ahan-
doncd the field not waiting 10 hear his adversary
out. The enthusiasm manifested by the people,
in favor of annexation was very great, ana at
the conclusion vi Mr. Scddons address, nine
cheers Tor Polk, Dallas and Texas were given
with unboundcd ca!ncs,nc>s.
AT Guiliofd, there were not, in the early part OF
the discussion, many on the ground. bun alter
wards the people came in until they amounted Ia
quite a numerous assembly Mr. CaSie led OH
in AN argument upon the Tariff question. The
time for each speaker was limited 10 one hour
wish that could report rcrJatiM The speeches
of these gentlemen.
But need not tell you, McssrS. Editors, how
ably the iniquity ana oppression OF The present
hiah Tariff we're exposed You know Mr.. Caskie
TOO we'll 10 doubt that he bore himself most gal
lantly. OF his antagonist, have only 10 say
that the fimsy, hackneyed, ard feeble arguments
which he used So far as they presented any thing
worthy OF attack were scattered by the well-ci
rccted shot of our speaker like chafi before tht
gale Between the speakers the utmost good feel
ing sulsised throughout the debate, and among
the Democrats, entire satisfaction at the results
OF the meeting was warmly expressed.
This imperfect narrative Of last weeks party
proceedings on the Eastern Shore, will give yot
some idea ofthe warmth with which the canvas
is here conducted; and from j, you may Judge
(and Judge truly that the good cause Of Repnb
lican principles, in this portion of Bayly's dis
trct at least is advancing with no tardy pace
Acrornack and Northampton counties. which
in 1910 gave an aggregate majority of S2i 10 tht
Wing ticket, will prove at the coming election
that they are redeemed from the curse Of Fe
deralism and the influence OF Dictator Harry
Let the other counties OF the Old Dominion
take like noble stand, and Folks majority vii
be indeed triumphant SAN IAClNTO.
~ Old Dominion requested 10 copy.
To the Editors of Tic enquirer:
LOUISA, August 81, 1871.