Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-09
10 tle Editors Of nc Enquirer:
MESSRS. SEGAR AND BOWDEN.

MESSRS. SEGAR AND BOWDEN.
nIIe wen. out ior tcoo' and came home Atcaff@.
Last Monday evening the Clay Club OF Will
Harrisburg received hasty sunmonsto assemble
Al The Court House, enforced 10y the ingins Oh
The bell, and the shouts and Waller Aver songs
o! the 'whippcrs-in' OF the party. The object Of
an this noise. and haste AMI sudden assembling OF
themselves together was announced 10 ne 10 40
honor TO Joseph Segar Esq, and 10 hear from his
lips the words OF political wisdom This gentle
man. il appears is the great champion OF IN"
par,v in this region. and is now traversin@ the
idle water section oil Virginia, in search oil oppo-
nenis on whom 10 sisnaliae his proves, anu py
whose overthrow his brows are 10 bc crowned
with triumphant iauel>. He was at our las'
York Court anxious 10 en!ighen the leep!c ihere
with the radiance of his unclouded intc!leci--bu,
10 the srca, loss and lasting damage OF ihat conn
~ the Court sal till 80 late III the evening Is 10
deprive The natives of the promised blessing.
The CLAY Club Of Williamsburg was informed
hy Mr.. Scgar that he had come 10 enishcn them
Ga the subject Of Tcxas-iha, he was anxious 10
NEE, any champion on the other side--and he par
ricuarlv designated our worthy Young delegate,
IL. Bowden. ESQ. as the man over whom be
wished 10 enjoy the pleasure Of 4 triumph on he
Texas question. Mr. Bowden happened TO be
absent from town when This bold defiance was III
tercl-but Oh his return next morning he remark
gu 10 ms lTlguts, W!lu VI
place. that on the Texan question he was willing
ia meet Mr. Scgar or any hoiy Else @cfrc H. pco-
9le ard il was accordingly understood that they
should meet at four o'clock AMI discuss tie subject
But when the hour came, 10 and behold! The
CiGy Cinb, mark We, and no, the neop'r, are as
senbled, and the public are given to understand
that Mr. Segar will address The Gun. and Mr.
Bo@icn or any other Republican, is informed that
liberty is granted for such an one 10 appear 6c!0yc
<.II \ To- IT,
and his friends positively objected 10 going into the
arg1meat Of great national question tcforc tic
Clay Ciab and gave satisfactory reasons why
fair discussion could not take place before meet
ing entirely under the control OF The Clay Party.
But 50 anxious were Mr. Clay's followers to en-
10Y the anticipated triumph over MIR H., and 10
witness his overthrow in the heart Of the disric,
which he represents that they forthwith ADJOURNED
The Club and requested Mr.. Scgar 10 0ddtC@ nc
pcopic, (meanin. thereby The Clayitcs then pre-
sent. and few Struggling Republicans, who had
called BIZ 10 attend Bowden in his last moments
10 witness his expiring Struggle, 10 see that his
corpse was decenily composed and that the rites
of sepnlture were daily pcr.onned) Mr. Bow
den, mounting the stand before Mr. Segar, stated
that il was wholly impossible ior 4 tair discGs-
sion then 10 take place, and he proposed TO MIR.
Sesar 10 meet him before the people al any other
time that lie might appoint and that he would dis
,lss the question with him BY The day. The week, or
the month. After many fruiilcss attempts 10 force
a discussion then the friends of Mr.. Scgar pro-
posed that they should have Il public meeting al
The Court House next morning, at 10 O'Clock, and
that Committee of six should be appointed 10
arrange the order OF the discussion, which was
agreed TO- According 10 arrangement, the parties
and the public assembled al the appointed time
Segar led of in speech Of an hour and bali,
praisns Fl. Clay. denouncins John Tyler John
Calhoun, &c.--contcnding that Texas could NOT be
obtained honoraby that il would lead 10 war, that
il was an electioncering machine. &c, &c. When
he concluded, Bowden arose, and after general
declaration that he came not 10 defend Tyler,
Calhoun, or any other man, but 10 prove We
ought 10 have Texas, and that the next Prcsiden-
,ial election would decide whether We were 10
have her or not he marched directly into the sub
lect, rcfued every ground and position assum-
ed by the opposite side, and Ivy facts and reason
ings the most conclusive showed the importance
of acquiring Texas and The justice and prcpIle.
~ of the acquisition. After The conclusion OF this
speech, the company adjourned 10 meet al ioul
o'clock: al which hour Mr.. Segar commenced
and spoke an hour on the boundary question, TIC
war. and last though not least, on The g,cat inm-
m ,raich the annexation 81 ISras roHM nifief on
lie SoatA His speech was plausitle-and salts.
lied the public tina, in him they saw talents and
abilities that might render important services &c
Tue country pSlNl!eu " Psitt St''H - - $500
iry's injury.
In his reply, Mr.. Bowdcn was scathing and
oyerpowering He commenced BY promising &c
satisfy the audience that Mr.. Segar had not ASST
med single position that could be maintained
and this promise he amply redeemed. So enthu-
sastic was The applause with which his remarks
were greeted, that Mr.. B. had 10 request that nc
demonstrations of feeling might lie exhibited; but
notwithstanding this request, when some thirty
minutes afterwards, he replied in strains Of the
most imprisoned eloquence 10 MIR. Scsar'S re-
mark. that in case Of war with Mexico, he could
moi pray the Almighty that success should attend
Our arms, the enthusiasm was too great TO be sup
pressed, ami the house resounded over and again
with the most deaienns applause. On the CUES
lion, whether the South would be benefited by
the annexation, his argument was close, solid and
overpowering. Nor do we believe that one of the
Audience remained unconvinced Of lis great ad,
yantase 10 this part of The Union
When Mr. Bowden concluded no suggestion
was made that The other side wished to continue
the discussion but the crowd dispersed, fully sa-
,isfed that SO far as Mr. Segar and his anti Texas
CLAY friends were concerned. ''ihey had come on
for WOOL" and would have 10 'retun home shear
ed" w.
August 4lh.
ExTRAcr # a letter from -
"RocxrmF, I'm, July II, 1914