Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-27
,,,,r, rrcTryr BLACKSMITH.


=, ' -. uRrcEeye" was certainly an imposing
affair ard Buckeyes performance ich, rare ana eh'ei
tanning We noticed ~ The pssenoaee az 'he Tenh"|'
os the pnr,r-lle we!l-shavec, we-"hsNeied, sSlo'-
Site acrfumed 'ah ia dem nc P"f,''. w 'n P'e
sent and seemed infinitely edited, electrified and eS-
lied n, TIE burst of eoquence, and showers Of saliva,
win which Iiuckeye alternately despatched me anu,-
snce md The stage We recognized but one blacksmith
at the meeting, who sal upon The Stage ta'nef peh,u
the scenes, and occasionally peeped kno"ngiy iofln'
ever and anon eyeng the speaker, as II rathef susp
c;ous NJ b;s ben the artclea yerlaDie black
smith. Considering the decided taste oil our wing
friends for the "home market and It's PRODUCTIONS
we houpht our native Vulcan rather cavaeriy treat
ed in not being called out utter "oucReye hao coh-
cluded.
W. cannot say much for Buckeye specimen Of
blocksmiths Good manners we think, a;e IN this
country not the exclus We property OF any Glass; and
after training Of three four years, we should have
suppo.ed tina; even 6tdr might he taught that s?ittng
,lmo. in the faces Of the spectators who assembled to
witness his antics superiuous and disgusting per
lormance.
AS statesman and political economist, buckeye
showed himself of course, profound and original lie
proved concusvely that tax of fifty per cent on I'M
ported goods made them fifty per cent cheaper; hat
competition is the life of trade; that the Tariff pro-
duces competIon-because every body knows that
there is no competition in the foreign market-the
American manufacturers being the only people that
by any possib lily be induced 10 compete with each
other; and therefore, if we had no other customers,
bot the British and other foreigners, they would COM
bine, knock down the price OF cotton, and knock up
the price Of manufactures We could not help think
ny OF the foreign paupcr aborers, OF whose low wa
ges and cheap labor have heard SO mich, rs the
deadly foes OF American Industry-and awaited IN
some expectation for "Buckeye 10 reconcile the ne
cessiy for protection these accounts with the won
derfuly opening effects OF it, which he demonstrated
so conclusively. But "Buckeye wisely stunned this
part of the subject
Having demonstrated the great blessing ola Tariff
"Buckeye' next proceeded TO show that although it
was glorious thing, yet, like every thing else,
could mt get il without money, and hence the next
great Wing measure National Bank, 10 give the
people plenty Of good currency. And here he was
very racy, iaceous, and original: attributed all The
disorders of the currency 10 tine Locofocos they
were like the man who borrowed copper kettle, and
after he had broken 1t and refused to pay for the breRk
age, sued whereupon he instructed his lawyer to
take three grounds, whch lie accordingly did, lst That
the kettle broken when he borrowed H. I'd, that
he did borrow 1t; and3j, that whole when
he returned it. So he SAID it with tie Locoiocos,
who took hold of good currency, soiled III declared
it bad when they got IL then that they never did
NEEDLE with it and last, that they left it perfectly
sound And so buckeye" went on building up card
houses, and very vaianlly beseging and knocking
them down again-leing anecdotes and embellshing
the whole with salivary equirations, right and left but
more frequently towards his gaping and admlfIns au-
dience
which Mr.. Calhoun was highly compimented, and pros
nonncad his "seeond ehoicc''-an announcement tina
elected very profound silence, and long b.eah-at
the introduction Of such name is we'll calculated to
do in the midst of execrabe mixture Of buloonery,
demagoguism and sophislry. The idea of Free Trade,
State Rights, Southern dignity and Independence,
which rises like visions of promise, whenever tina,
mighty name is called, was in sad contrast with the
shallow faaces and the low Jokes Of such occasion
Aud SO we were not surprised that poor "Buckeye
rather choked and boggled in this part of his march
On the whole, buckeye is quite blossom in his
way. Born for the vocation of vagabond politician,
he acts out his destiny with the keen relish of one
uxuriating in the gores of his art. In any kindred
pursuit he would have succeeded equally wel-as
Clown in Circus repeating, with enthusiastic grin,
the old jokes every nght-as vender OF pinch
back watches horn combs, and wooden nutmegs-the
grinder Of barrel organ, accom- panied by monkey
or, short, any thing in which small conscience,
large imagina,;on aad infinite mpudence were re
CURED, he would evidently make great man. But
thai, he has put off the leather apron, qu't his anvil and
thrown down his sledge hammer in disgust, IS not Mt all
surprising. He would never have made great Black
Sn,tt--th is clear. Genus homo is written clearly
enough upon his front, but Species communis loattr
still more SO. lie is of that ustrious OF morals
who are born with instructive contempt for hard
work, and conscientious aversion to living on his
own earnings. Such fellows valued beyond price,
by our Wing friends, who fondly imagine that they
see the dear people among them, in any thing that
savors Of faith, ugariiy, and vacabondrsm.
T.NoLde Tribune, Ftb. IL.