Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-17
RICHMOND, VA.
TUESDAY aonN.xc. SEPTEMBER Il.
TUE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

cess. We Law the journal oi is proceedings This
morning before our readers The Address which
they have put forth is wonhy OF til glorious cause
10 which Il is devoted. We did not meet with
single delegate q, Charlottesville, who did moi
bring with him ,itiH,> oil Srealioy-oi acccSsicns
10 the Republican ranks-ol undocMed con'i-
dcnce in the success. oi our ticket b. several thou
sands i'll November next.
Several Orators were called OF: in the course
of lis session-anI al OF them were remarkable
Tor Tie abili,ie, ,heY displayed Nc:nay DEFY The
whole Whig Paity 10 proauce such cons:eila-
ton OF speakers Bat our culver was lar iron
being exhausted. We had many other arrows Il
produce. il sufficient time had been allowed ioi
The exhibition Of their talents. OF those wlit
SPOKE, we must single out the first gentleman, G.
r,cn;her Of the Spartan Band Of Richmond too,
who first addressed the Conventon Robert CT
SCOT. ESQ. because nc has been selected As llic
mark of false and iiiibcral attacks by the VIII.
press of this City ami lis Correspondents. Hi'
speech has been abuse,l-hs tolcnls underrated-
and he has been STYLED a dcmasosuc. There i
not 4 Wig in the State, not even excepting thc'l
:.hle>, Speaker. w. c. Rivc>, who could have sur
PASSED il. Great as Mr. Scots efforts have ire
aucully been, we have never heard hm q able ant
elective IS he was on that occasion. His speech
was received with reclamation, and was adm'uc,
hy general conScn; 10 b one otthr most ma>crli
srecchcs which have been delivered during IL,
present rro rac,ed campaign. Bat what justice
much les li5eralny can Robert G. Scott cNrcc
from the b;-o.lcd critics who swarm in lht
Richmond Wig
The Charlottesville Jcfer>onian estimates tit
whole aumter Of Delegates 81 near 100. lnclut-
inc M. large delegation from Albemarc, which
was no, quite as large in attendance - it was in
1910 and excluding all allcrnal"> from the count
though they were included in the estimate III tho
las. Convention. W. understand there were lew
more than 100 present Considering the circum-
Stances under which they assembled, il was indee!
a Numerous ana respectable assembly. The State
HIS already been Hooded with mass nlce,ias,s
which have consumed mach ol The time, means
and curiosity OF those who attended them. Other
mass meetings. are organized. There were no
delegates from the Northwest, because al i'm
,aense gathering OF the Republican party was 10
take place al Wheeling Oh the l2th (ihc very dav
ON which the Convention ;dlou-ncd.l This meet
inc was expected 10 embrace laI"" asscmala@e
OF quests from Pennsylvania and OL;o.-A great
mass meeting was 10 take place on The 13ih. the
DAY a0ey ih. adjournment ot The Convention. ~
Kingston. Terri on the borders Of the Two STATES,
II which II 10 10000 citizens Of Little Tcnaes-
see" AMI The Stale OF Tennessee, were 10 congrc-
gate together No delegates, ihcrciore. appeared
from III. Southwest. \ great meeting is also 10 IA
place in I'Llqli!cr to-day-whic!i prevented the
attendance ot several Delegates from that region
oi the state Blu, the talents, and the zeal of lhose
who were present, Were in greater proportion llan
their numbers We have never sen { finer Spi-
ri, prevail-nohlcr enthusiasm, 10 support The
of Virginia, iirmcr confidence il our
carving The State By a decided majority, and a
NOR. indomitab,c determination Ia obtain the
~.
Of til Dictator
In addition 10 the speeches which wer. deli
ve;"l before the Convention, we had the De-
Association Of Charlottesville in Tell
hla.t. Mr.. J. Alfred Jones, Of Petersburg, de-
I;yeled an admirable speech the frs, (Nionday)
ni.h.-aad no miserable cavilcr who CORES
ponds with the Wing can strip one leaf trn'a
he Orators brow He MADE some of his audi
nee indeed 'niscrah!c"- thcy were Wings.
On TUESDAY night we heard a powerful! and
>cahing speech from Lcakc oi GoociIand-and
3 .,.:nscr OF Jefferson succeeded him, i'll one ol
he most cloquen; cliusiors which we have ever
Iear!. There is rot Il Wing Speaker, who can
.otnc wi;'.in several leagues Of it.
<z1~
The Richmond Wing ahounds with the gross
:, Interpretations about the Convention from
Is busy correspondents. We have no room
o cnl them up, il the game were worth the
,Gn1lc Cut VIC think il due 10 Truth aud
us,icc 10 pronounce 4. i. Of Char.oitcs
lille a gross c.lunniatcr, for his asserting,
hat. " Notwithstanding. the prc'c7tded lovc OF
he Enquirer for Surplus William, it is well
Known here thai, in 1910. al the Loco Conven-
ion. Richie was quite reluctant 10 give him any
prominent nosi,ioM. and that al this now i'll scs-
ion he has maGe many efforts 10 pass By his pre-
ensons. Indeed On Yesterday, after finding that
smith couldn't be crowded or chokcd Of, the Edi-
OF, in a PCT, said: AM how, Mr. Hunter will
rcak tomorrow
II This wrc.chcd scribb!cr had set down Gas We
rave no doubt he ;liD TO concoct deliberate mis-
representation, he could not have succeeded better
n his object. We IRE happy, indeed, IN tie op-
h 9ivc> us 10 declare, before the world
,ur sincere admiration for The abilities oil Mr..
Smith car gratitude .or his noble cxcit!ons and our
.cgar.i tor the man. No one present could ka""
oeca mere anxious to hear him speak, than we
rcrc-and well were We rewarded for The attention
which We paid 10 him, and most deeply grateful Tor
he kind,the extravagant compliment which he faid
o Us before that respectable assembly. II IS
alse that in 10 We were yclucian;to assign Mr..
". Smith amy prominent positions" false, that
yc attempted to choke him oa" at the late
Convention; false, Ina, W. Eaadc any such lccla-
alton in pet or that W. ielt any s"ch sentiment
bring the whole Convention. This scribbler for
,e,s Il plain matter o; fact; or, smith md Hun
cr spoke on the very same day. Su IL is lille IL
.;icmt 70 contradict all the misrepresentation
which swarm in the columns oil! the Wing like
hc frogs in Egypt
|, is equally false as stated ~ the L. WING o!
vest rlav, that hi. Convention has ''rccommcnd-
Il The destructive and dsorganizing doctrines o.
Dorrsm"-talse, tha, there is any Thing about i;
10 eradicate from The joarnal'-talso, that any
idea has ever entered into any mans head 10 IS
sue secret orders 10 The country press 10 breathe
70 syllable Of IT, One delegate only alluded 10
|, in his speech. The resi- neither @1jd nor d'd
any thing abou, j, in the Contention. Rut The
|, chmonI Wing must now stand upon his
own defence It's S"nior Editor is arraigEed
beforc the people OF Virginia, on a more Sc
nous charge than Do,rSm-or Notification
and the country will demand IN invcstsa-
ion. This charge is stated in The last Char
otcsyi!c Ieilcrsonian, in the following terms -
III forms the conclusion 81 tn very long article
which is able Eii;or has Published in his last
30. III rcp'y 10 the qicrics OF lhc K. Whig)
"Bn, who i il that has this holy horror of dis
nnion. ami stands ready braccd to resist in Who
i il that winds his horn 10 apIrzc us oiihc dan
ccl? Who is hel Who but The man who still
avows himsclfa Nulliier, and opposes move
meat which can only end III Nnlllhcaicn. u Mf'-
Bu, who is ii. we ask again.-Lci The testimony
Of Thomas 4. Crorper answer on lcl it h. DIS
proved We understand, on The most re- pacla1lc
authority, that ne has Catchy stated in speech,
ION he Eastern Shore,) thai in $780, iht.
Senior Editor Of The Richmcnl Wing, in his
presence, ard in the presence Of Doctor Yer
By Of Northampton, and Mr. Oscar NJ Crulch-
field OF s2o,,<rivania. did say tha; the North had
been bi,c,cd on the South from The commence
ment Of the Government, and that il was time
hat il was put IN end 10; and that Tor one. he was
ready Tor immediate dissolution, which was the
ony means 10 effect The emancipation oil The
Southland we Learn that Mr. Crorpcr called on
DR.. Ycrby 10 deny it, if he could, ard Dr. VERIFY
could not or would not do il. Let this testimony
be conradicted-le, the Wing call Oh DR. VERIFY
end Mr.. CrulchGe.j 10 do il. aEd clear his skirts
81 disuuioa. or hcncefosih an! brewer holi lis
peace"
Let The Senior OF the l.. Wing, who has been
raising M an idle clamor about Disunon against
he ''polk party" look to himself. Virginia
shall know i. as iar as we aud others can make
our voices hcarin-and she viii demand 4 salts
factory answer from the parry implicated MI
4 H.; IN ha I,rs no i