Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-13
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escaped his >talvar m, were anticipating ri
umph over orr friend Gregory in James City,
who VS. 10 he attacked hy tie Wing ilccioi,
backed, suppose, BY the Metropolitan Senator
eject, that same old coon from Lelow' and our
talented wv ; { yngresslGan i'll embryo. Truly
a formidable host. and The more so, when il IS r.
inemtercd. that the fight was 10 come off in the
! very citadel of Whiggety; but "F1rtuna fartt
( lori,bus and sure enough Mr.. Scott was pre-
I vailed Oh 10 change his mind, and on Sunday
evening he arrived in Williamsburg, with his
terrible hattle-tXc in good order for the morroWs
, fight When the news spread of his arrival, ard
| reached The ears of our Wing trends bivouaced
in the streets and chuckiins over the morlows
/ victory, il WIS amusing 10 witness their disn3y
as shown in their heightened visages and wry
faces. They woui no, a, first believe the report,
anu so 10th were they 10 the last 10 realize lis truth,
| that they offered 10 BET w ger that it Wa not
SO. Done, said Mr. 81 tell You have seen him;
but. if You persist, will take the let; and the
wager was won. I is often thus with the Wings,
who will not believe an unpleasant tlu.h, and
pursue after The decisions Of their leaders (which,
like phantomS, only fly 10 lure them 10 their
| doom"
The people Of James City being called toge-
iicr from notice that Mr. Scolt would address
them on that day, il was expected lha. his friends
would lie allowed 10 arrange The order of discus
I formed, that a meeting had been held in the
Church. appointing Wing President; and his
I Commute. consisting OF three Of his own PARTY,
TO two q Tic opposing party, had settled that the
I Wing EIccior was 10 speak his', Mr.. Gregory
] next, MIR. Stan" n 10 succeed, Mr.. Scott vas {"
/ follow, ami Mr. Scgar corcludc-thus making
themselves The beginning and the end, when, &C.
| cording 10 TIE courtesy whicl prevails on such
occasions, they wcre only e..;itled 10 be heard
after tie parry which convened The people had
finished "verily, verify. without doubt they are
the people, and wisdom will die with them" But
rather than disappoint The people, andhave row,
the irend> Of Mr.. Scott acquiesced. The Wig
Elcclor then ascended he pulpit, and commeh-
ced with some very appropriar illusions 10 The
place he then occupied, and the feelings TO which
il gave rise, and then procecdetn few moments
Ia forget his ">olcnn impressions" and launched
OFT i'll a beautiful erlogy Of Henry Clay, such an
one a. Philips would pronounce, and concluded
BY saying, his fame lllcd universc-.hus desc
Grating the hoy place on which he stood. by Civ
ing 10 the crcatulethat praise which clone belongs
Ia our Creator The Wing Elector having
erected 10 Mr. Clay IN airy fabric, whose COR
gcoUs outlines vanish as they ale approached
like similar Castles of the Arabian Nights, apo
lcgiscd for an ndisrosi,ion which rcyented him
from participating i'll The thick hattlc Of the days
contest where Greek was To meet Greek, ana cN-
pcriencc
That stem JOY which warriors feel
In iocmtn worthy Of each others Steel.
Mr. Gregory ncNl assembled tie stand, a nd pro-
cecdcd To discuss The Bank question, the ami end
Distribution policy, ami the n,oprciy Of anneNiA@
Tcxas in a speech OF an hour and quarter, which
did him ueai credit. In his opposition To the two
fir>i tnea>lircs, ilr &. said he had been untom--
and had always. whilst the repre- cnalve of the
COUNTY James CITY, received hci cOH>lansupron;
he lad seen no reason why he should now change
opinions which were formed matulCly. and which
we're always considered, until very laiey, orthodox
and Republican he VIZ, decidedly in favor the
annexation ol Texas. Mr.. &. was followed bv Mr..
Sanald. who hurled the thunder Of the Richmond
| Wing ,ains the positions OF his adversary; but
il fell harmless at his feet. and frightened no tody
from their prophecy" Give Us, >aid Mr.. :,
in con fusion, Henry Clay; and mcihou2h The
statue OF the gertlelIan seemed 10 dila,c, IS II
Under The immediate inspiration Of tic genius OF
WhiggcW Give us Clay. Che exelaimcd) III
picc. lnce TO all measures What is this bu, Il
slavish sentiment Of l0:r-v ,r>hip whether ap-
piled 10 4 alea' citizen Of Republic, or used, a.
I more generally j., 10 pay :)mage 10 military
dictator or a h;oighty aiitoc.at? How odious To-
ilecmcn is such 4 sentiment. when conuasled
with the L!oiio oil -t apostle oil freedom Tho
mas J,.lclSon. !,riac.pia non hOmtacS 1t
stands also in lhc .ceIh Of that splendid aphor-
ism of tie same siic--"Resisance 10 Trranis
is obedience c God" No! do, it stop here; il
would erase the proud Inscription ".Sic "Msr ~
u ,aiS' from EmsinIas coat Of aims, and lace
the Goddess q! Libelty .ader The foot o! the "
rant
AIr. Scot, followed M. S,anard, and in a few
remarks iui led The p, ,iionS OF MIR Gregory and
brushed oil the cobwc!,s which b. Aeen woven
by Mr. s.. around the Rank md Tarifi que
tons lie then adycitcd TO The charge made Nv
Mr. St.lard, that meetings had been Neld i'll
South Carolina favorable 10 disunion and tic
covert iiisnuaton, Ill the Republican Party
were dislnionislS. Ally did Mr.. Scott meet ami
throw back Ibis accusation onilic opposing rcry
inc traced lie seeds Of dsunion .. they wee first
sown by Quincy OF Massachusetts, anon: 81 The
national representatives IN Congress assembled
! they were sen 10 geininaic on the soil II the
! Hartford Convention, and, under The culture Of
| Northern Abolitioni,is arc now large cough,
say Ex-Prcsident Adams and eleven Other mem
bcrs u Congress 10 shelter the whole non-slavc-
holding Stalcs with their ten millions OF copu!
non. The reasonable letter Of Mr.. Adams, and
lis eleven compccrs alluded TO- was followed up
with the astounding disclosure, that the Wings
had recently invited this same Johnny q. TO ie:-
tval near Richmond, with n knowledge OF his
above opinions and his infamous declaration, that
he would persist in his abolition efforts although
800 millions OF white women and children .EouM
perish These revelations produced an intense ex-
element amongst IT, people. II was e-ident tha,
the voters OF that Oh Republican county OF James
City wee aroused, and would givea good account
OF themselves in the iall
Mr.. Scgar replied to Mr. Scott, and discussed
the Texas ques, IA at length; when he finished,
thu meeting broke up much pleased with The in
tcllectual treat which had been afforded them
, Mr.. Segar, in returning home, challenged our DC
lcgalp 10 meet him he same evening in discussion
before the Clay Club Of: Williamsburg, on iEc
Tcxas question. Our delegate in answer express
ing his willingness Ia meet Mr.. s., or any ono
else, on Iha, sGblec, before the pccpt; and neSt
day these gentlemen, in The presence of many oil
orr citizens, de!a I'll This question. | doubt mol,
Mr.. ). and his friends were mbsted, before this
debate was closed that they had 'caugh, a laIiar'
for, never were arguments on any subject more
fairly met ANA cverthgown, than were those adj
yanccd by Mr.. Segai.
| shall not attempt TO sketch the arguments
OF these gentlemen in regard TO The treaty,
| or the Bcntonian humbug raised about The
boundary, which could have been settled by
the motion of ary Senator present TO amend the
| treaty in that particular. | prefer rather to give
you some account OF the argument OF Mr. BOW
| den on the .'6e iuyc and ne Iacfo" distinction so
much insisted on, and which Mr. b. ceded 10 MIR.
S.. for arguments sake, to le true in the case Of
| Texas and then he showed by appeals To the
Uniform opinions an acts If nations, that Texan
| independence was in 10 wise affected by it. Did
mol tic United States, said Mr. T., proclaim them
selves free, sovereign, and independent! and were
the. no; recognised rs such by France and other
nations Was not her alliance with France and
her treaties with other nations, formed prior to
the consent of England, that she sliodid be free,
sovereign and independent dc Jnrc! II was asked
il France, under the bloody reign Of Robespicrre
and the brilliant dynasty Of Bona pare, was not
competent, and did not do every thing, which, asa
nation, she had right odo, not only ne fdcto but
dc wte? Did Charles, on his accession IL
the French throne, deny that the Government
which had Just preceded him: h2a no de Jnrc right
10 bind Ire nation Z Dii;he llingly successor Of
Cromwell deny that the English Government,
under the Lord Protector, was incompetent to