Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-04

md wba, = people. as we'll as what Govern
NOV, : ,ha, If lIeyico! A gentleman who mas
ao ~, re,n,ncd from Mexico, has given me
Most granb;c and n curious account OF INC popu-
ia,;on ami manner OF life in Mexico. Inc
raai.a. bore went ON 10 describe the mixed oreens
in Nleyico He gave most depiorapie aec1'''l
of The miserable Shan,eeS they live IN, ara lic''
law habits DO they work said | to my ih'oTn' :
ami. Work said he; why, 'hey aout No.h'
won't say two hours day, Oh! ,so' l"' no"', ;, :,
week. These are the people, WIN a ylaii, oh va
throne. the Texans have Soi 10 ueai y" GU,
these are the dangerous people we ie M
with having TO encounter, m case We i'%he
as a part OF the Union. men oai''a ttia i''s
heard of the treaty, am ioiu' oh ''e a.
= Gentleman who was a, his country seat, he was
rs cool TO rse John Randolnhs phrase, as Inc
cen,rl. GOOD Of a cncumber His only anxiety
seemed 10 he 10 know how much he (San'a An
NAY should oct | am informed. lie wrolc 10 Al
monte only 10 insist upon a good round price
And W, his i the treaty a Wing Senate has re-
;ec,sd This * the golden opportunity W Ing
Senate has los, The Wing Senate, indeed, have
done the very thing that Santa Anna wants
They have only mt him in condltlon 10 raise
his price The Whg Senate have let BRUSH
ministry cheat them out OF the greatest boon The
country ever could have had. The British mi
nistry have been kept IN the hlshe>l s'ae OF
eycitemen, by our course. oregon, VIII .heiii,
has dwindled into inSienicance before II. l
fear now. that within sixty days theIe VIII pe
4 treaty with Great britain cohciu9eo' anu
with France | fear that General Jackson ;
word viii nroye too true; but God forbid, that the
"eolicn moment" has been lost Ii this should
he the case. upon whom then the responsible
~ 10 resi- II Great Britain gets strong loot
hold in Government in the rear OF u, tear
consequences that may be tremendous. nave
said. that if | were citizen Of Texas would not
come into the Union at all. would not snIrcn-
der myself as a Texan Planter TO Federal Tariff
Laws. Texas can lay 4 revenue duty OF 10 per
cent; it will be enough. would not then, as a
Texan, wish 10 pay 50 per cent. IN the T. States,
would not, as Texan, surrender the power oil
having cotton competition with The teceFa!
States In less than twenty years, with popu-
laiion rushing there from The States 10 ENJOY free
trade. paving only duty OF 10 per cent, The 80
per cent. ,ax-rdden Southern States, will not have
land enough in them worth taking as gilt
will no, say worth buying and paving toT.
Mr. NcDuifie closed with another aluS!on 20
the speech Of Mr. Bolts, in Richmond Mr.. Is;
described 4 scene between Mr. McDulhe and
Mr. Benton in the Senate, in which Mr. Nc
DufIie was represented as covering before Mr..
Benton, after Mr. Benton had menacingy thrust
his fist in his (Nlr. McD.'s) face. Mr.. McDnihe
denied the ruth Of the whole scnce, as represent
ed by Mr.. Bots. Il have heard" continued Mr..
McDuihe. chat the fist of the honorable Sena.
tor had been thus thrust in his face, he should
have felt il his duty 10 have rhro,tled him on the
spot" Now, in reply TO this, have only 10 say
tbat if Mr.. Bots wishes 10 have dog fiSh! be-
fore the country and on The floor OF The Senate
he mus 90 there himself Tremendous cheers
should do no such thing. Colonel Benton,
YOU know, gentlemen is man OF violent ges'l-
culation, and great actor-oDc OF the greatest
ON the public stage. He sits only two seats from
me and in the course OF a heated haransuc, re-
moachinc me Of schemes Of disunion, and OK
Claiming Il IN bnte, and that he would meet me
at Phlippi, he shook his finger 50, Showing The
manner, and |, 50 far from covering before hun,
could moi help laughing in his face at The ridicn-
lousness OF the scene. Mr.. McDuiiie then went
on to say, that if Mr.. Bots has an Informant he
was misinlormcd, but if he spoke on his own
responsibility he spoke what was false and calum-
Nous. and became thereby base calumnialor
and Slanderer
Mr.. McDuiiie then sat down amid much ar-
pauSc, and greatly exhausted hy his prolonged eff
fort III was nearly II o'clock
TErom tie PstcrSjure Republican. NJ ,hDe %
SKETCH OF Mn. McDuFr!E's SPEECH IN PETERS
BURG.
HON. GEORGE McDUFFlE.
On Thursday night last it was our good for
tune 10 hear speech from this distinguished gen
tleman which We most sincerely wish could have
been heard by every citizen in the land II was,
however, addressed 10 very large assembly,
composed Of citizens of bo.h ral'!cs, ana we
were gratifed To see that the beauty and fashion
of our town also honorcd him with their attend
ance
The entrance of Mr. McDufiie was one OF rhc
most Interesting spectacles We ever Witnessed
unable 10 walk alone. he was supported to,lelin9
10 the seat assigned him-woln with disease, pale,
and emaciaied, Yet forgetting all self in lis dcvo-
lion 10 the cause in which we are engaged. When
we saw how much he was suffering, and the
gsea; personal sacrifices he was making. We could
not but feel how deep must bt his convictions OF
The importance o! tic con,es, now al hand-how
ardent his de"otion 10 the success Of our princi-
pies.
But never was The power Of mind more Won
deifuly exhibited Than during his spcech-as-
sis,e, TO rise, disease, debility all vanished AZ he
warmed with his subjcci-anl for more than an
hour and a half he held in hrea,hless attention The
immense auditory which surrounded him The
Protective System Was the chief subject Of his
discourse and in terms Of glowing eloquencc did
the idle talIaccs Of lis advocates We present
below a sketch Of his remarks on the Taril-wc
claim for it no higher character than mere
sketch or outline OF the ground occupied by
him. Still see how ii compares with the views
Of Mr. Clay on this same subject, either as cx-
pressed al Raleigh, or at this place. during ms
late visit Take either Of Mr.. McDufie's illus
importing merchant, the farmer
with his tobacco, or Mr.. Simmons OF Rhode
Island, and compare them with Mr.. Clay's shirt
story, and see how stands the argument.
Fcl!ow-citizens Of the Town Of Petersburg
n fulflment of promise made last night, ap-
pear before you to give my views on Inc great
questions now agitating the country, and which
Ire involved in the approaching Presidential can
;ass-lo impress upon you their vital importance,
and 10 urge the necessity of uniting the 1ra",s
South in the maintenance and preservation OF
hose principles which were consecraled by Viz
rinia in the contest OF 9S.
Since that period there have been many strus-.
rlcs between the contending parties, but none OF
! more deep intercs, than the present The eri-
* Of '9S is again al hard, and with II questions
similar in their import 20 those which then dlvi-
sod the country.
Rut of all the questions now before the people,
hal of Inc Protective system, advocaiedby our OPP
moments. in nv opinion, outweishs all others
and here solemnly declare, ana II Is a conV,c-
lion forced uron me By long, arduous, and Ia
borious reflection that / regard the system OF
Protection as involving the rights, the interests,
and the very existence Of the exporting States
il is indeed question Of Liberty. On this qness-
ton the two great parties of the country are dvi-
ded, and their respective leaders may each be re-
garled as an impcrsona,ion OF the principles OF
his party. Mr. Clay as an impersona,ion OF the
principles of the Wings; James K. Polk OF the
Democrats.
You all know the principles advocated by Mr..
Clay Tariff for Proiection-a distribution OF
the proceeds OF the sales of the Public Lands-a
National Bank, and opposition 10 the Annexation
of Texas 10 the United States.
And here will attempt, and would that had
the power 10 disabuse the mind OF every Virginian
in reference 10 the Tariff notions of Mr.. Clay as
lately expressed in his Southern trip. sec from
a speech OF his, delivered at Raleigh, that he is
for moderate Tariff. neither too high nor too
low, but is for avoiding each extreme. have
ever regarded him as the advocate Of a high Ia
riff for Prolection-he is the supporter Of the Ia
riff of 1912: and here soemny pledge whatever
a., hot bp pf Is 10