Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1844-10-10
Iaolp. A. n. II. STUART


ey 10 proceed win hls task The dsy vas foe. !
aIier heavy rain The night before, and me a. |
Tendance from The county was Iolefabsy taiiE
Ithad been previously suggested. b. eec'- !
snttee or the opposite party. lhas ,heJ weud have
a ehsmpion "a reply soHr. St1ari, hshs COMMITTEES
on the part ortbs Wings bad 10 otjsctian. ne
Wing COMMITTEES replied that hey eon1ld not
then COMMIT Mr.. Stuart 10 AIRY particular course
Of procedure -iha, they waaid GOT limit hin a.
Is line, &c. hui should certainly make Ro'ohSee.
lion 10 any gen,lsmsn's replying 70 him. -
doubtless he would not hipself make such Job
jsesiou, nut that al aIlesenls reioinder sheulH be
made ifInecessaiy --apa therefore % ( nion
! Of The Democrats coula te selected.
HtsHr BrDIEoEa, Ese,, The Electoral csFdi-
date, il was generally understood would reps 10
saf. Etpsss. bal shat ge1sleman, much TO he re-
gfefto iii parties. being qeiIe sick At Martins
burg. ii &astfonpa necessary, The day before the
discussion. 10 supply bis place, and the Han.
WiLLiip LUeAs was called upon 10 do battle
for the Democracy.
The Court Room was handsomely decorated
by the Wing ladies ef the leEp. An arch CT
evergreen, With portraitof Mr., Clay - tthe
eedlre, was arranged on the jusiiees' bepch,
from two COLUMNS PIT up for be purpose, and
the Banners oflhe Clay Club were Planied u ar
propriale positions, right and let. full IsPgih
likeness Of MF. Clay was placsa opposite the
speakers stand, in the gallery, and in this gal
fesis were arranged for the ladies, and Ifll'
ed " them exclusively. r y
Whes Mr.. Lncas appeared, the Banner e The
'sZemoeralic Assoeislonn was brongh. IN, and
placed On he beach with the other banners =
The whole PRESENTED an sgreeabis sPpearape',
abd,lhe crewdkJ this time Jeayinsi large enough
ID Inspire Tho speakers, WiihOut incommOlliag
ene another,
!, At . qharleF before p o'clock, ASokEw
4IusrEa, Ese. announced the order Of straFge-
nent-ihat Mr., sinart was 10 have sufficient
time to discharge his appointment, and that Mr..
Lueas would have The same lime 20 reflg, apd
The rejoindess weud be regulated 10 suit The
convsnence Of tie speakers !.
Being introduced 10 the audience, al q quarter
before IL oscleck, Mr. Stuart commeneedi BY
expressing tie pleasure which il gave him 70
address bis fellow citizens Ct Jefferson stating
his perfect wiling nesslo~hesr Mr.. Lue, serlfny
other gentleman iHTep'y-and invoking The au-
ditoryI 10 weigh dispassionaIely and cs1nly
whalsYer might be-u.ged % both sides as the
! best means OF arriving at the truth. He wes
willing 10 eoneede 10 the mass or lbe Opposite
parry just as much honesty and patriotism a. he
claimed for The Wings. OF for himself, ADD thai
no ooe would more eheerfully correct his errors
when cohyiacsI or them, than ne Uonid-and
be insHsItse slrlelesa scruliey iato every FACT
and argument presented BY him.
~ q a,rneures airr Jificullf, ia alieFft.
guuisnt lie spoke fer more 7h5n Two houts-
discussed principally The subject or the TaEif.
showing lha, The prOteeiiss sga,H originated Win
the Trainers and founders Of the government ard
constitution -}hatths first Tariff Act ia 1850,
! was ago~edly for prOi'slion. in addition to rs
: other obiests-ihat ths rate varied fromS5lo. so
per cs1t, with view Reproduction Of American
maDufseiuses--ard tha lhs Fd,hefs9Of ihe
Democrat sschagcb, many Of them from Vlr-
gnia and Pennsylvania, had insisted apen he
protection Of coal, ron, and ether conmodiiits,
ia lha, very act.
That lbe ProiteHrs Sysiem had been more sub
stantahy refounded Pin 1916, BY Democratic
Congress, aud had received the sanction BOT Oh
ly Of all The Republican Presidents but the actu.
al support, ia speeches and votes, of.ihs leading
Democrats of that day, NIessrs Calhoun, L9wndes
Forsyth, Mccoy Tucker, &c, &c.
That ID 1891, 1925. and 1882. The same sys.
ten, viii higher rate Of per cen; than the PIE
sent aBlack TafiF,n had been sanciiopel by
Jackson, vaa Baren, Diekslson, johnson. Ben.
:. 4 ~ Il.
ctafo AIRY, and had been opposed By The Fede-
ralisis-sbd Therefore could not have bsea, ass
now alleged, Federal r'easart.
az, Stuart lhea reviewed the Compromise
Aei. now SO greata favorite Of the Democracy,
and showed that halbesa Obstrrsl cith gsOd fdit
BY the wings during The whole. period Of years,
for which Il waste run -and that 50 far from be-
ing its exclusive friends. as they NOW claimed 10
be, manypf the Dtmoeracy in Congress, as well as /
IN theIeeisialure Of Virginia, had actually voted
against preserving its sanc,is! Andzhe:e MIR
Stuart adver,ea 10 the fact that be had himself ia.
Iroduced resolution into The House Of Delegsies,
1886, expressing an adherence 10 the spirit Of
ne cOmpromise--and that nearly every Demo-
:rat hat voted against that resolution. n
Mr.. s. then proved ronclasively, BY Document t
No. ISL, 81 The House Of Representatives, that
the funded dehi aud liabilities Of The government,
on the sshcf tfnreA fssl, a.Asa she ishes came
ato power temporarily, amouhled 10 nearly TAir.
y fire Millions II Dollars That the dalies ua-
Ter the cosnprouise were yielding b6t lille more
han TAiriss .uIliisas IF Dollars And that Sc far
rom violating any pledged faith, tie Act itself