Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-12

e ho.s are sufficient 10 crimson his cheeks with the
burning blush of shame Now, as to his junto in the
Courthouse and about the It is dcult 10
Conceive what sort of unto has its habitaiion in the
Cot6ouse. or even about it. Its existence alone must
ha !, he head Of this very sagaclous writer, which IT
examined BIZ phrenoogist VIII be found 10 EXHIBIT The
hmm of mendacty strongly developed. There is not
r.nrd ortruh in The assertion, that any juno sci Of
ne, n This county have a,te mpted use anything
lii. an u,dpa influence with the people, Such at
tsmnt would be worse than useless Tor the people
as inte pent and independent as those OF any other
courtv in the commonwealth, and such conduct would
meet with their most decided feprooatIon-Io the truth
NJ which remark all candid Wings in this region Of
countrv will bear testimony THIS county is surround
cd no Wing counties, whose attempted dicteton
hos been uniformly and successfully resisted and
YER from the days of the lusrous Jefferson, TO the
prese Mt hour has she ven NnIg IN other words, o
Federal vote The people OF ihs county, for some
vears past whenever a representative retired have,
ih,ounh the means Of public meetings. on due notice,
nominated the new candidate and notice of the meet
inr which took place at our last January Court, was
nnbsbed in the Richmond Enquirer and posted al
most ne the public places the county for weeks
before the dly of meet,ng and on that day there
,urn out of the Republicans o! the county, with
fw o the sueled heads from other counties looking
Some few weeks before the meeting, gentleman OF this
county who had generally acted with the Republican
marty begau to cant and whine good deal about Court
bouse dct,t;on TO which The Wing party responded most
VT
.kepn.lled mack The gentleman then, by way of
medv for this pretended Courthouse dictaton did him
self alone nominate candidate IN advance oil The meet
ing lie fixed on young gentleman ln-t from school,
WHO in point of are will not be eligible Tor some Two or
three wears to come thus taking upon himself to put
aside all other persons of the county, thonga there are
manv who from their experience aud ability, are we'll
qualified in all respects 10 represent the comfy BHt
the worthy gentleman found that he mad reckoned with
out his host he found tina; The people were not disposed
to acknowledge his Dictatorship, and or the day o the
mee,ipo his nominee ha9ing Withdrawn went into the
neeiing and in an elaanent address, amongst other
thinps portrayed the and and corruption OF the late
L s Bank and declared irnsefopposed TO It'll every
form and shape and wound by declaring his 'nte-
ton to support Capt VI dcle,on, thorough-yong U.
s Bank man-then THINKS ! to myself 80 "naI i
beautiful thing consistency Is
will now return to the meeting; il was organized az
such meetings usually are. The Ch2t'man explained
the object Of; the meeting. Three delegates were APP
pointed 10 the State and District Convent ons-aiter
which, came on the nomination Of the county card
date TO succeed the present representative, who reres
with the rising Of the present Legislature. The meet
inr before the as committee was appointed from
various parts Of the county, who reported 10 the
meeting n person selected by them as candidate,
and a motion was made TO appoint committee at The
last mee,ing but this objected To, and The motion
was no, carried So the Chairman then announced that
il was in order for nominations 10 be made and, there
upon, DR.. Hudnoll, Capt Middleton, and Mr.. Thomas
Ball, were scYeray nom mated by their friends The
nominees then called on TO express their views
on the various questions which divide the pot cal par
ties of the day Dr. Tudna and Mr.. Ball, agreed
on all points with the Republican Party. Capt. Mid
deton declared his intention 70 support the nominee OF
the Baltimore Convention but, when called on for hrs
views the United States Bank his friends mani
tested great uneasineSs, and would II they could,
have lodged the qnestion-bnt Captain Middleton came
oa Bank, up to the hub. Now, let notice another
fasphood in the piece Of Mr. {. C. He says that the
vote was put, and DR. Hudna declareda candidate
,ohereUpon Captain Middleton friends declared him
candidate. Now, such is no. the fact. Before any
question was taken at all the nominations, Capt
Nliddetons friends declared their int ntion not TO
abide the decision of the meeting, and forthwith pro-
claimed him candidate, 10 which lie assented MI
Balls withdrawn. The question was lheh
put to Dr. Hudpalls nomination, he being TIE rst IN
order nomneted-and there was most triumphant vote
IN favor of0Dr uGnall nomination, so that he IS lie
Republican candidate for this county. And well may
the writer in the Wing say, that the Wings, almost 10
man, will support Capt Middleton, for he Is IN truth,
the Wing candidate. The Wing correspondent speaks
of disorder in the meeting. THIS meeting was char
acer I'D by rs much order such meetings usually
.re-lor i, is no thing for several speakers
a, the same time address the Chairman, who
has TO decide between hem the case IN tins IN
stance Perhaps he audes to our worthy friend, the
Dictator spoken OF above. He very ANXIOUS TO
make speech and, with view to catch the Char
mans eve, he mounted the Clerks table, where he
was near enough have caught The Chairman ny the
nose, if he had had courage enough to do So othefs
from their al the time, but there was no
difficulty 10 order. The gentleman the table was
decided to be entitled to the oor-but he dismonnted
without making speech, to the great regret OF nearly
all present who, doubtless, lost great intellectual
treat-a least, IN the opinion of the gentleman him
self in whose chronological chart the organ OF Seif-Es
TEEN is very strongly developed lie states that MIR
Rives letter has given great satisfaction to the h'gs,
and is death to the Locos If he CALI the Republicans
Locos, then nothing further from the truth. The
present position of Mr.. Rives is not 4: all surprising
The Republicans in this quarter meyer wish to see
Mr. Rves again in their ranks-and, had lie attempted
to return no doubt he would have met with the same
kind of reception that Arnold would have met with had
he attempted 10 return to the American army after
his dsser,on 10 the enemy. Having now noticed few
of The lalsehoods in the article OF our friend u Y,
will touch upon another subject, by way oil showing
YOU the Wig marnuvres, hereabout. Although Capt |
Middleton stated, that he would support the nominee
OF the Baltimore Convention, YET some OF his trends
OF meeting with Wing, represent the Captain as
Clay man-thus they have already manufactured Two
Of tales suit the political parties OF the day
but such shallow articles will not avail them think we
shall be very united the coming Preside ntial EIec
ton Mr.. Clay has battles TO bons: Of The ch'val-
rous deeds Of Col Johnson cannot he set down TO his
crcdi,-apd the wreath, that enccles the brow OF The
Hero of the Thames, cannot be torn from him. and
10 another, as was the case in 1s40
A DEMOCRAT.
Northumberland county, Va, February, lo4f.