Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-11-08

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Clay: but we are prepared for either fortune. We
nmity as possitle-nei,har cruelty Growing over
our opponents, nor clothing ourselves in sackclcth
and ashes.
To INC Editors NJ Ms Enq"nu:
Being called by brsincss 10 he lower counties
OF the Norise.n Meek of Virginia. happened
10 be IN The counties OF Northumberland ana Lam
caster al their respective October Courts. | was
frs, in Northumberland, where found larger
gathering than u>uall attend their county courts.
On enquiry, learned that The people expected
some distinguished gentlemen 10 ex?onnd Ia them
The principles o! the Wing aad Democratic par
lies The Conri gave way al an carly hour a
proclamation was mace, and in a few moments
the house was filled to c"erlowins. Then came
the SEEKERS, Tue first who arose was person
somewhat above he ordinary .iaurs, o: com
maLling a?pei rance and seemingly not more
than ihiiIv veal, Of age. IVES tod that This man
was General Bay!v, The Democratic Member OF
Congress in TIA, District, and the successor OF
Henry y Wise, Esq. Gen. Rayly commenced
his address W stating 10 his constituents that ne
alone, Of all he Virginia Representatives il. Con
.ress, had been singled on, ~ this early period
hy the Wing party as tic objec, OF lEeir OPP
nosion. before he had served through half the
turned against him so prematurev he was al
loss 10 conceive, as he had met with no one who
could pu; hi; finger on any act OF his, during The
short time he had ned seat in Congress, 10 which
there was any jus; ground ofexccption-that he
had addressed the people OF the district al various
places, but had not met his opponent but once,
nor had he been met BY he same one second
time--ihat there was always Il fresh nag in rca.
illness al every quar.er stretch, and behold, said
he (pointingto MIR Daniel the Wing orator pre-
senil We have now "a second Daniel come 10
Judgment" Gen Bavly then proceeded TO give
an account of the proceedings Of last Congress.
was vetoed b. the President, and showed how The
scheme laid out in thai bill, was extended over
The lace OF the country having an appropriation
Tor almost every disiric, and neishborhood IN
the Ulion He pointed out the seductive intlu-
cnce Of this measure as designed 10 bring 10 lis
support all the members of Congress within
whose vicinity improvements were contemplated,
and he portrayed the wild tendencies OF such
measure in so clear and iorclble manner rs 10
leave no doubt $50 far as | can jndge) on The
mind of any un2-ejudicei man, that ne Gen. b.
deserves the thanks, not only OF his immediate
constituents. bur oil the vliu,e State Rights party
in the Union. for his opposition 10 that measure.
When Gen B. was Speaking Of this broadcast
y
was foreiblv reminded Of that great net mention
cd BY Mr.. Newton, which was spread by The
Wings in 1910 To catch birds OF every feather.
Gen. b. then proceeded 10 the Tariff question.
He examined il in all lis bearings; exposed the
protective feature in all lis nakedness and detor-
mily and illustrated his positions in the clearest
and most torGible manner. The bill al 1872 ne
showed to be so hcinous and oppressive in all lis
operations, that the Wing: themselves for the
moment, startled al this monster Of such fright
full niien. From statistics, which none have
dared 10 deny he showed that whenever The Ia
riff ha. been high. the r~ic, OF agricultural pro-
ducts has been low; and that whenever 'h" Ia
riff has bcca low, the prizes ol agriculture! pro
ducts have been high The idea OF home mar
ket lie placed in 50 uG:crorS Il light, that The
Wings themselves Were ashamed ol il. The
speech OF Gen Ravly on this occasion was one
oi SURPRISING ability, and one which has received.
the highest encomiuus no only rom his own
party but from many distinguished members oil
the Wing party. There is no doubt of his being
a m.a of the highest order Of talents, III which
not only his district, bit his native State should
be proud. He occupied .eary two hours, and
the 'dcaloning shonls Of applause with which he
was repeatedly interrupted, cvnced that The hearts
Of his audience were wiih him.
Aiier nc had concluded then came forward
gentleman rather below the middle size. After
pullin. of his grcat-coat (Which he says cost him
only Sls, when. few years ago, he had 10 give
:,t5 for orc not bit better. And here | would
BE-. him 10 rcco!lect, that by his own confession,
he purchs scd il from that house in Richmond
which is branch OF that house in Boston. which
said house, it is well known, brings into the
country ali the goods which it import on
The moss, aGrantcCea9 Terms! Thus, his Goa,
story, turned 10 ashes on his lips. VIVA,
could sec OF him behind a pair OF goggles and
fashionable whiskers, struck me as being remark
ably handsome; and in all respects, such an one
as is we'll calculated TO take with the ladies. This
was R. T. Daniel-R O w. p & P. r. c. c.
that is 10 saw Brag Orator of the Wing Parry,
lin this S,aie) aud President Of the Richmond
Clay Club In this instance, Mr. Daniel sns-
tair I'll Ike high reputation which had pre-
ceded hin. He commenced by stating, that
General Bayl; had swallowed some six or seven
OF his political opponents, and that he, Mr.. Da-
mel, Il smlll man IS he was could not be ex-
pected ar !cCnda-like, 20 shallow General Rayly
with siol an enormous load 80 ne begged 10 be
excus IN that head. He then proceeded 10 fol-
low G n.ral Bayly through his argument on The
Internal Improvement question He reviewed
MIR Folks political acts fwhi,e in Congrcss) on
that subject and introduced many instances in
which Mr.. Polk had voted against this scheme
OF Internal Improvement o. Congress, and pro-
duced hut one single instance where Mr. p. had
vo:ed for anv thing OF TIE kind, and that was
bill 10 arpror rale portion Of The public lands,
10 remove ohslruc,rons in one OF the Western
rivers, called Inc Muscle shoas-the effect Of
which was 10 raise the price Of the public lands
above that point. r. I. Daniel, B. @. w. p,
and P r. c. c. then proceeded 10 examine the
Protective Tariff question, 10 which he appears
10 be much de-o:el. J: is with him ole OF The
erea, panaceas tor hard times, broken for
iunes NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., &c, &c. He con-
siders line best interests Of the dear peop!e TO
IL. dependent upoa The Protective System, and
seems 10 be utterly astounded that any one
should be so stupid as not 10 be able 10
see that high protective Tariff will have The ct.
feet oil atfoTding home market, which will give
The farmer higher prices for what he has TO sell,
and enable him 10 get al lower prices whatever he
has to buy, than would be the case il he had ac-
cess 10 foreign markets and foreign competition.
The currency, SAYS ne, is TO he made pure by il.
In word, is there fault in our Government,
Judging from The tenor of his remarks, should
say, that in his opinion, tina, fault will he
remedied BY The protective system. Now, all this
may possibly be true, but very lew Of US plain
peonle have acu,eness Of perception sufficient to
see through This abstruse abstraction But r. T.
Daniel, s. o. WP. Il P. R. c. c., is man OF
distinguished ability, and he says so-therefore
we, The lag-rag-ana- bobtail portion Of creation
ough. not 10 50. up our judgment in opposition to