Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-03
THE EASTERN SHORE.

The Portsmouth Chronicle, OF Friday last
describes some political scenes which transprcd
last week in Accomack, whittier h. went in
company with MessrS. James a. Scddon, and
John : Ca>kic Of The Spartan Band al This CT
". IL Editor speaks with rapture o: The beau
ties and Inequalities OF the Shore. and tlic pros
poets of the Republican Party. The discussion
came olai Accumack Court House on her busy
day"-,he I'LL Monday OF August, in the presence
OF large crowd OF spectators. There were
3 OF 100 gigs the usual vehicles 81 travelling oh
the Shore->omc of which had been driven from
fifty 10 sixty miles TO hear the Richmond Orators.
Caskie led oil in Il powerful speech, ana spoke
icrtwo houI> on the great question OF the AnneIa-
ton Of Texas Mr.. Scsar, the Coon Stumper,
followed taking gruund, that the South ought 10
wait upon the North on this question He com
tended al they (who the AholltioniSt>? docs he
mean Seward, Webster Read. &c, &c! Ncver)
would soon see their error, and be III favor oi The
measure Gin the mean time, are We 10 eXpcc,
Texas Ia wait the slow process Of their ds''n-
thraIment from prejudice p Seldom followed "in
one OF the most imprisoned and mastery
speeches we Mr. Cunningham o! the Portsmouth
Ghruniclr) ever listened To, and exposed and
wlhercd The iim>y arguments of his opponents.
Scgar ''so>c in reply, but gave up the Question:
ard gloriicd CLAY. and underraied Polk and
promised al Il future day 10 prove that high du-
ties make low price>-a proposition. which J. q.
Adams pronounceS in his Report OF b from the
Committee on Manufactures 10 conflict with The
ErJ di.iaiss II eOmia0H ta~-and declares that
il is "A bouaiy on the domestic manufacture and
bl,yn.R upon the torcign-and that 'ttc HiNdi ~
ne tG1 mRN 0I~fatt as an cqatr0tcm reduction ~
tie piic, 0f Mca,tiric waefacf i0rcj@ or d0met't.
(And Mr. CLAY himself in his speech in the Sc
nate OF l2h February, iS33 declares that Eve
are instructed FL All. EXPERIENCE, that the con
sumption of any article is in proportion 10 the re-
ducon of lis price, and that in general, ii may be-
takcn as Il fHic, THE Duty UPoH An ARTICLE FORMS
PORTION or irs pRicE.) Mr.. seldom closed
This discussion 10y answering the question 'Ulm
che nroyrHptblc poititidH, tic tdlcnted sat.Smaa,
ami nc R0yea man."
On that Monday evening, the Chronicle lays
"A meeting of those Wings who had left the
Democratic party on the Proclamation and Force
Bill. and who had sustained Harrison and Tyler
was held in the courthouse where resolutions were
adopird expressive of their determination to sup
port Polk aud Dallas and committee appoint
I'd 10 present an Address To their ieow-ciiiIen>.'
A acner0i m,ccIta9 of the Democratic party WAS
also held OH the same evening, Robert j. Poal-
son in the Chair. and A. r. Gray Secretary
They appointed 81 delegates Ia the ChallolteS-
vile Convcntion-eXpre>sed their warm thanks
to Mcs>ls Seldom and Caskie "of the Spartan
Bant"- determined On Mass Meeting Ia I've
held al Bell Haven. about the Isl Ocober-alid
recommended the Portsmouth Chronicle 10 the
patronage of the Eastern Shore Dcmocracv-
Messr>. Seldom and Caskc have been prevail
cd upon Ia remain upon the Eastern Shore until
Saturday la>,-and will return 10 Richmond this
evening.