Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-17
Fer The Enquirer
GREAT MASS MEETING OF DEMO
(.pATS AT FARMVIIIE


The District Convention of the Prince Ed
ward Congressional District, was hell in Farm
vile, ON "Wednesday the 9ih inst. The assem-
ilage was the largest and most brilliant which
has met in this part OF Virginia during the pend
ny contest The great concourSc Of gentlemen
Vas sraced and enivened bv the presence Of a
large number of beautiful ladies, whose marked
and distinguished attention chccrcd aud ANNA
led The speakers throughout discussion Of two
DAYS The order was admirable. the speeches
unsurpassed and the f0M c'scn,jh ali that the
friends of the cause could desire Nor woak.
We omit 10 mention the full supply which WAS
furnished 10 crafty the physical appetite while
The Intellectual WAS 50 ully and richly provided
for That great good was accomplished we have
sufficient grounds 10 assert how much. time
alone can determine The audience Wings anu
Democrats was in general very attentive, all pro
claimed themselves gralltied and some convinced.
We extend 10 oar political brethren the pledge
that the Democrats OF this region will do their
duty in the great battle which is 10 I've fought on
lheith OF November next, forthc Country, for The
Constitution and Tor Rcpu5canism. The mum
Der OF persons present On the day OF the Conven-
ton, was variously estimated al from 3 to 6000-
On the second II was slightly, but very slightly,
reduced
The meeting was organized by the appointment,
of The following officers. viz
President-Wm. c. Flournoy
Vice Presidents Jas. Fl. Wilson and Samuel
c. Anderson of Prince Edward, James Neal OF
Lunenburg, Richard Gaines and VIVA. Smith oil
Charlotte, Thomas w. Crowdcr ana Thomas
NJ Isbell OF Cumberland, Neal Gay of Fluvan-
IA, Sterling c. Anderson Of Campbell, Robert T.
Hubbard and Willis p. Bocock OF buckingham
Secretaries-James W. Watson and Walker
Huntington
The discussion was opened by Col. Henry l..
Hopkins Of Powhatan, in most effective review
Of the rise and history oil the Wing party. He
showed that the original Federal party OF Virsi-
mia had been very small; that in 1888 and 1881
a considerable portion Of The Republican parry
broke off from General Jackson upon the Pro
camaton and removal of the Depositcs dcclar-
ing themselves 10 be too thoroughly Republican 10
tolerate those measures, and ayowng unrelenting
hostility 10 Bank Tariff, &c.-that they. Goa
lescing with the original Federal party, formed
the Wing parry, who, in 1910 after the no,ni-
nation Of Gen. Harrison declared themselves
Republican and not for Bank, Tariff. &c Ha-
wing shown the doctrines and professions OF the
Wings up to the year 1910, he contehled that
neither Repubica nsm, nor the Constitution of the
country, nor its interests have changed since
then; and closed with powerful appeal TO the
State Rights Wings TO resu ne their proper posi-
ZION in the Republican ranks.
Thos. T. Giles, Esq, of Richmond, followed
Col Hopkins in speech of great ability, in
which he demonstrated the uncons,ilutionalitv of
rhe Bank, Tariff &c. and in which he assaied
The Wing policy with much power.
After candle-light, John B. Young, of Rich
mond delivered most admirable speech, in
which he opposed the Wing policy with skill, and
delighted the audience with review of MIR. Clays
recent epistolary correspondence-he showed off
and conlras,cd the various letters on the subject
of Texas, showed them to be irreconcilable, and
conclusive of MIR. Clay's eager ambition But
when Mr. Young adverted TO Mr. Clay's Catho-
lie and Mormon letters in the first of which he sta
ted that some of his warmest friends were Caho-
lies and thai he entertained great regard for the
Catholic church, and in the ID declared that he
had ever viewed with the hreliea Interest the pro-
gress Of the "latter day Saints" The laughter of
the audience became irrepresSble, and the Wings
were driven 10 The necessity of denying the exist
ence OF such letters. Will not The Richmond
Wing give them some light upon The subject
On the second day, Colonel Thomas j. RAN
dolph Of Albcmarie. led OF in plain, strong and
able speech in which he proved by statistics,
that high Tariff had the double operation
against the farmers of reducing the price of
what they sell, and raising the price OF what
shey buy He also argued against the expedien-
cy of National Bank. The views which he
delivered upon the subject of the annexation OF
Texas, addressed as they were 10 the farming
and slaveholding interest were philosophical and
irrefutabe. His speech produced a powerful
effect
James A. Seldom, Esq. of Richmond follow
ed in complete and perfectly satisfactory re-
view of the Extra Session. Upon the inconsis-
tences of the Wing party in relation TO the Bans,
upon the repeal Of The Sub Treasury, the abol-
lion Of the Veto and the Bankrupt law, Mr..