Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-12

mos, snIandid ofort lnlly sustaining his nigh re-
pulaton popular orator Inc inliiie,se
present, (many of whom were " hl9s: ii'sAeu ~
it with marked attention; ana we 9ouot ho' on
will concur in the opinion expressed ~ Il @e"io'.>
member OF that party. that he IS lt,e nes' pun.
speaker that has been heart !no"i ooVi,-h'",e ioi
years. Mr.. Weller c0mncnced Ms do'"Is> " an
ausion TO the position occuf,c@ ny e'." ~ ,, VIZ
political parties al the present day-shoWcd GEAR
I f. ,har rbe nr;nc;nlas and measures which divi-
deti parties in l19l and al the present day, were
! ideniically the samc-;hal the Democratic party,
| following the lead of MIR Jefferson, were str''s-
4 Cling against Bank Of the u STATES, d io'ec
\ tive Tariff, 4 system oil Internal improvement
BY the General Government, an Assumption ol
State Debts directly or indirectly, ara ior s,iiel
construction of the Federal Cohs,i'u.ioh-"i','c
the Wing party, following the iead Oh Ale ,
/ Hamilton, the great head oil inc feUeidi PdiHI
maintained opinions Of dirccy OPPOSITE rhdiao
| ter. This position. was most eioquentiy suS-
/ tanned and is correctness illustrated with uncom-
mnn fnrce and cIearness We coudnot see how
il was possible. Tor any one 10 doubt, that the
Wings ofthe present day, occupied the very same
ground occupied by The Fcicralists and Alexan-
der Hamilton in 1891
Mr.. Weller next took up the question OF the
| Public Expenditures, al!udedo The promises OF me
Wings to reduce them TO the sum OF thirteen mn,
| lions per year. and showed mat the PromiSe haG
been most scandalouslr violated. he showed
| that the expenditures The last year OF Mr, van
Buren's term were 80 U00,000, and that
the Expenditures Of the Wings had been
upwards of SO.000oo0 per annum. He then
! called 10 mind other promises made blythe " hlSs,
and showed that they had also been violated
This par, Of his speech was particularly happy,
and told with great effect upon the audience
Mr.. Weller then took up the Resolutions passed
/ by the Democrats, at the Baltimore Convention,
! and called attention IL them, as showing The
grounds on which the Democratic Parry relied
for popular support He showed that onr party
had declared tieir opinions on The Bank, Tariff
Internal Improvement BY the General Govern
ment. Assuinrlion OF State Debts, the occupation
of Oregon. and the Annexation OF Texas, all OF
which questions he discussed with an coquencc
and ability iha; has rarely been equalcd.
In discussing the Bank question, he called al
,cation 10 the fact that at the time that institution
was before Congress for a renewal of lis char
LEI, FORTY-FOUR members had y. lis means
10 The amount ot SiSl 000i. and asked with great
signilcancy whether il was likely, tina; men i!:ns
indebted 10 that institution, would vote against 4
renewal of the charter, which ii was then seeking.
He called attention To the further fact lhat Mr..
CLAY himself in ISL, regarded it as an institution
dangerous to public liberty, and 50 believing had
opposed lis charter with great ability He show
ed also that this was one of the questions on
which parties divided in 1871, Mr. Jefferson the
head ofthe Democratic Party opposing and Mr..
Hamilton the head otthe Federal party advocat-
! ing its establishment.
Mr.. Weller then took up the Tariff and al
ter referring 10 Mr. Jcferson's opinion. in his lei
ter 10 w. L. Giles dated December 26lh, 1928.
in which he represents the manufacturers, as Ell
DING. AND RULING OVER THE rLrNDERED PLOUGH.
MAN. AND BEGG,RED YEoMANRY, went on 10 re-
ply 10 the various arguments mostly relied upon
by the advocates OF The system. He showed how
utterly absurd was the idea that the system would
create home market that would consume our sur
plus prolucc-ani riiiculcd most effectively the
Wing notion that high 1drlgS m01c tar F,'ce>.
iIe asked with great force who was 10 pay lorhc
protection that the manufacturer was asking. ana
showed very satisfactorily that the farmer and day
labourerS ol the nation were 10 bear the burden
Mr. Weller then took up the Oregon question.
and explained the grounds on which he thought
We should occupyi and give 10 our citizens that
protection winch thcv are entitled 10 from The
Government. When he stated that American
citizens were removed 10 distant countries 10 be
tiled for offence committed in Oregon, il was re-
ally amusing 10 see how The Wings who are vic
len,ly opposed to the measure, stared first 4, The
Speaker and then al each other. This fact should
rouse up every Democrat in the land-indccd
should rouse up the whole nation 10 the imme
diae assertion OF our rights The country is ours,
ana we must take il either peaceaby or iorcibly,
and extend 10 orr citizens seitlec there, that pro-
lection which they are asking from Us. and which
they richly merit. at or hands.
Mr.. Weller avowed himself in favor ofthe inn
mediate Annexation OF Texas. He considered
that il had been improperly given up, and that
oilr interests required that we should re-annex il
as soon as possible. He cited Mr.. Clay'S opinion
in 1904 and contraSled his views then. with his
late letter and showed that he had entirely changed
his grounG--that from his letter he was bound 10
bc opposed to it, in all time 10 come. In proof Of
the correctness OF that conclusion, he cited Mr.
Claws declaration that he was opposed 10 annex
alton 50 long as 'c0nStdcra5le p0rit0n" OF he
p.opln OF the United States were opposed 10 it
He $! d with great force that the Aboliuonists
were against il, and would ever remain against it.
And that inasmuch rs they were considerable
portion OF the United States, he must bc regarded
as opposed 10 i;-unallerably opposed 10 it. The
people of Texas were knocking Al the door OF The
Union, and asking admission, and he asked, can
we refuse an entrance TO those who have so often
knelt at the same temple with ourselves, in The
worship OF the living God
Mr. Weller closed his speech with Sublime
and thrlinaiy eloquent appeal to the Democratic
Party to rally around the nominees of The Bali
more Convention which elected thundcrs OF APP
plausc Never was a speech delivered in Rock
bridge which displayed greater ability, or gave
more general satisfaction 10 those who heard it,
The Democracy OF Ohio may we'll be proud Of
him.
CocRr-HorsE Thursday, June eth, 1914.
The Democratic Association met pursuant 10
adjournment, Col. Caruthcrs in the Chair, and
James e. Paxton acting as Secretary.
rar pror,pGinoS ~ The last fnpctiuu had
been read the President introduced the Hon. John
b. Weller Of Ohio, whose appearance was greet
ed with the most lapurous applause. Mr.. W.
addressed the association in a most able speech OF
an hour and quarter in which he discussed The
Tariff, Bank, the Annexation OF Texas, and the
Occupation of Oregon, and was listened 10 by
the large audience present, with the most marked
attention.
]. Lc,cher, Esq, then offered the following Re
solution, which was unanimously adopted:
Rc@ircd, That the thanks Of lhis Association
be rendered TO tie Hon John B. Weller OF
Ohio for the able, eloquent and logical address
this night delivered.
Hon. VIM. Taylor, our representative in Con-
gress, promised to address us at The next meeting
Of the Association
John Letcher, Esq, then offered the following
resolutions, which were unanimously adopted;
|. Rcsoircd, That this Association highly APP
prove OIL tue SlstC Co.lEcDllOn WHICH Is proposed
10 be held at Charlottesville on the Sd Monday in
Angus, next.
. R.@lrcd, That this Association do now APP
point forty delegates 10 represent this county in
said convention, and lhat said delegation be ait
,horzed 10 supply all vacancies that may occur
i'll said delegation.
The delegation consists of the following per
sons:
Col VIM H. Caruihers Mat, White. Hon.
William Taylor Inl,n o'cher col T. Par
clay, Col John jordan, S. +. Jordan Maj. Joseph
Bell, Samuel Ebhard, Rcnniy Hodge, James
Lcckey ST, Joel Lakeland, Reuben Grigsby JAS
s Grig>by A. J. Grigsby, A. Lindsay NJ Sehorn,
John Kirkpatrick, Robc;; G. Davidson, William
NJ. BRYAN, James Randolph, William Lusk, A.
N. Bell, John j. Mcbride, John McCorkle, Adj
Olson Gimcrc, Shanklm McClin,ic. Doctor d.
s Morgan, lanes Nlalhcny, Col w. Paxton