Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-26

as ever grew in Ireland. Aiter ilstchlES " ms
Williamsburg speech, | was lrresi>toly ieo ~
the conclusion, that he had but ono Yseeh, anu
that bad been delivered At York. What argn-
mems did he advance to win The Democrats over
to Mr. CLAW (which OF the issnes now dlViuihS
The two grea, parties of The country dd he Nus
,rate. by "wons that breathe, and thoughts lhat
burn" or even may ask, what sophislry ana 1T
use 10 make his Uhe WORST appear inc Dei'ei
cause? | answer. that The Generals speeches.
are wanting, both in coqueEce anu argument tnis
descriptive powers are very tne,) ana that nc ana
not attempt even 10 weave web oil soPhisiry III
favor OF Bank, Tariff or against Iexas-oh tne
contrary, he, with all the rest oil ms speahinS
brethren, claimed 10 be Democrats-Delnocfauc
Wings, Tin 1913 greatly fear they WIN can
themselves Loco Fooo Whi@>,) favorable 10 an
nfya,ion nj Inc propcr timc-when will that
time come?-an echo answers, Wien In
view of this magnificent failure of the Wings
through their orators. and the viuperalve decla-
nation which was attempted 10 be lois'ca Oh
the people in place Of sound reasoning, IL was
we'll said by highly respectable gentleman ron,
neiuhboIing county, that "le thanked ms o"d
he was present at This Wing festival LOT ne hdo
come there undecided how he should vo'e, anu 10
cain information in order that ne lni"h VOC, uh-
der>andinsly; but that nc had hearL ho'll'hs'
save abuse of the opposite parry, (lhc Dc'iiocId-
snch means was. in his opinion, unfit TO lrlumph;
from that moment he rcnounccd Whigscry- and
thai forever" How many other gentlemen were
similarly impressed has yet 10 he ascertaned; out
il is more than probable, from what have learned,
there are several.
As for the Generals speech in Williamsburg,
the Wings themselves must admit that IL was
"small ahair''-a school boys account OF the bat
tie between the Constitution and The onerriefe-
/ L. ~ 10, ful n rnSn
luton. and which gained for him the victory oil
Bonnockburn and the manner in which his ror was
executed by the DouslaSs-with the exclamation,
"lead On. we will follow" which last sentence he
mi into The mouths OF CayS fp!owerS, is an cpllo-
inc of his speech: il add what ought not to be
omitted. his abuse of Oiircr CromreH and his
cplosp on hinns. | wonder If the General wants
10 make Harry of the West one OF those patftot
kincs he talked so much about? But, AlcsSrs.
Editors find that the aforesaid General Leslie
Coombs is taking up qnite too mich OF my com
municaon, and will draw II TO close alter
have given YOU bIiei account of General Willis
| Green. another orator from Kentucky and Colo
mel Jack. from Philadelphia. General Green, hav-
inc been introduced 10 the Convention, commenced
his >peeoh in pompo2s ard arrogan! manner
/ he roarcd nlos lus;iy--an inadvcrlcnt observer
might have mistaken him for the king OF beasts,
which his Wing friends set him up for; but close
inspection. bv IN Jmparii0t observer, al all ac-
uuanied with animals might have very soon sat
! slicd himself that il was only In his comhi'lre-
ness that there any resemblance ana that IN
his other qualities he appro1imatcS more closely
10 another animal (Which will moi nancy Than
to the i1ar of beasts. This General Green, be it
known. has been, for some months past stationed
in Washington CITY, for the purpose OF doing the
| Thanking OF the parry, Of catering. &c By the
| way. he sometimes franks large packages OF pam
phcts. containing extracts from WiSe's speeches,
abusive of Mr. Pok-whal a pity he did no, ap-
pend To the same pamphlets what Wise has SAID,
more recently OF Henry Clay. Surely, II Mr..
| Wise is good evidence TO convict lF P0H. he is
equally 50 10 convict M Clan. In this assigned
| duty of lranking General Green has lately
taken a. his assistant, Senator Barrow; The gen
tleman who not many months since, msreprc-
scented the people of Louisiana on the Texas ques-
ton OH how these gentlemen do love us (he
/ LocoS) down here in Eastern Virginia. and e>pe-
| ciav those in UI@,S diS'rid, as il is called. viii
these gentlemen continue 10 homer lis with their
! (anks after Old Virginia records her vote against
! Henry Clay! a. reckon Cot. Jack, who pro-
pose now 10 bringon the taps, would say guess
not This genleman'S speech deserves only pas.
sing nollce--he told few Irish anecdotes, and then
passed off the stage Mr.. Senator White, I'll In
| diana, I belicve( also addressed the audience
did not hear his speech, bat have learned that ii
was chastc and eloquent. Now, dear Sir>, IS II
moi strange, passing strange, that these Ft!cr0i
IHjss from Kentucky. Indiana, and penn>yl-
vania, should have pul themselves to the trouble
to come to Virginia 10 teoeh Virsinians .Iclier-
sonian principles Let tho people answer, and
on the an 81 .NorcmJer they will answer. And
10 Tie e,cctioa returns from York county, beg
leave 10 cali their particular attention. II am
no; greatly deceived they will lie taught lesson.
Thus ends tho York Town farce. without a
single change, EXCEPTION IW'gscry 10 Demoefa-
| IN Az 1910 WIG.